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Tall Precipitation Cells in Tropical Cyclone Eyewalls are Associated with Tropical Cyclone Intensification, Kelley, O.A.; Stout, J.; Halverson, J.B., Geophysical Research Letters, December 31, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24112, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021616)

Tidal Perturbations and Variability in the Mesopause Region over Fort Collins, CO (41N, 105W): Continuous Multi-Day Temperature and Wind Lidar Observations, She, C.Y.; Li, Tao; Collins, R.L.; Yuan, T.; Williams, B.P.; Kawahara, T.D.; Vance, J.D.; Acott, P.; Krueger, D.A.; Liu, H.-L.; Hagan, M.E., Geophysical Research Letters, December 31, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24111, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021165)

Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange of Mass and Ozone, Olsen, M.A.; Schoeberl, M.R.; Douglass, A.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 31, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24114, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005186)

Mesoscale Convective Systems, Houze, R.A., Jr., Reviews of Geophysics, December 31, 2004 (Vol. 42, No. 4, RG4003, Paper No. 10.1029/2004RG000150)

Variational Estimation of Soil and Vegetation Turbulent Transfer and Heat Flux Parameters from Sequences of Multisensor Imagery, Caparrini, F.; Castelli, F.; Entekhabi, D., Water Resources Research, December 30, 2004 (Vol. 40, No. 12, W12515, Paper No. 10.1029/2004WR003358)

Snow Accumulation, Surface Height Change, and Firn Densification at Summit, Greenland: Insights from 2 Years of In Situ Observation, Dibb, J.E.; Fahnestock, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 30, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24113, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004300)

Interannual Variability in Upper Ocean Heat Content, Temperature, and Thermosteric Expansion on Global Scales, Willis, J.K.; Roemmich, D.; Cornuelle, B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, December 30, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C12, C12036, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC002260)

Regional and Hemispheric Impacts of Anthropogenic and Biomass Burning Emissions on Summertime [CO] and [O3] in the North Atlantic Lower Free Troposphere, Honrath, R.E.; Owen, R.C.; Val Martin, M.; Reid, J.S.; Lapina, K.; Fialho, P.; Dziobak, M.P.; Kleissl, J.; Westphal, D.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24310, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005147)

Bedrock Response to Llanquihue Holocene and Present-Day Glaciation in Southernmost South America, Ivins, E.R.; James, T.S., Geophysical Research Letters, December 29, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24613, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021500)

A Three-Dimensional Global Model Study of Atmospheric Methyl Chloride Budget and Distributions, Yoshida, Y.; Wang, Y.; Zeng, T.; Yantosca, R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24309, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004951)

Classification of Particle Shapes from Lidar Depolarization Ratio in Convective Ice Clouds Compared to In Situ Observations during CRYSTAL-FACE, Noel, V.; Winker, D.M.; McGill, M.; Lawson, P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24213, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004883)

Optimal Multiscale Kalman Filter for Assimilation of Near-Surface Soil Moisture into Land Surface Models, Parada, L.M.; Liang, X., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24109, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004745)

A Simulated Soil Moisture Based Drought Analysis for the United States, Sheffield, J.; Goteti, G.; Wen, F.; Wood, E.F., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24108, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005182)

A Global Ocean Carbon Climatology: Results from Global Data Analysis Project (GLODAP), Key, R.M.; Kozyr, A.; Sabine, C.L.; Lee, K.; Wanninkhof, R.; Bullister, J.L.; Feely, R.A.; Millero, F.J.; Mordy, C.; Peng, T.-H., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, December 29, 2004 (Vol. 18, No. 4, GB4031, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GB002247)

Greenland Ice Sheet: Increased Coastal Thinning, Krabill, W.; Hanna, E.; Huybrechts, P.; Abdalati, W.; Cappelen, J.; Csatho, B.; Frederick, E.; Manizade, S.; Martin, C.; Sonntag, J.; Swift, R.; Thomas, R.; Yungel, J., Geophysical Research Letters, December 28, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24402, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021533)

On the Distribution of Ozone in Stratospheric Anticyclones, Harvey, V.L.; Pierce, R.B.; Hitchman, M.H.; Randall, C.E.; Fairlie, T.D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 24, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24308, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004992)

Climatic Shift in Patterns of Shallow Clouds Over the Amazon, Chagnon, F.J.F.; Bras, R.L.; Wang, J., Geophysical Research Letters, December 24, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24212, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021188)

Evaluation of GOME Satellite Measurements of Tropospheric [NO2] and [HCHO] Using Regional Data from Aircraft Campaigns in the Southeastern United States, Martin, R.V.; Parrish, D.D.; Ryerson, T.B.; Nicks, D.K., Jr.; Chance, K.; Kurosu, T.P.; Jacob, D.J.; Sturges, E.D.; Fried, A.; Wert, B.P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 23, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24307, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004869)

Local Atomic Structure of Fontainebleau Sandstone: Evidence for an Amorphous Phase?, Page, K.L.; Proffen, Th.; McLain, S.E.; Darling, T.W.; TenCate, J.A., Geophysical Research Letters, December 22, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24206, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021717)

On Tracer Correlations in the Troposphere: The Case of Ethane and Propane, Wang, Y.; Zeng, T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 22, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24306, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005023)

Episodic Physical Forcing and the Structure of Phytoplankton Communities in the Coastal Waters of New Jersey, Moline, M.A.; Blackwell, S.M.; Chant, R.; Oliver, M.J.; Bergmann, T.; Glenn, S.; Schofield, O.M.E., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 22, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C12, C12S05, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC001985)

Observations of Carbon Monoxide and Aerosols from the Terra Satellite: Northern Hemisphere Variability, Edwards, D.P.; Emmons, L.K.; Hauglustaine, D.A.; Chu, D.A.; Gille, J.C.; Kaufman, Y.J.; P�tron, G.; Yurganov, L.N.; Giglio, L.; Deeter, M.N.; Yudin, V.; Ziskin, D.C.; Warner, J.; Lamarque, J.-F.; Francis, G.L.; Ho, S.P.; Mao, D.; Chen, J.; Grechko, E.I.; Drummond, J.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 16, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24202, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004727)

Sea-Salt Vertical Profiles over the Southern and Tropical Pacific Oceans: Microphysics, Optical Properties, Spatial Variability, and Variations with Wind Speed, Shinozuka, Y.; Clarke, A.D.; Howell, S.G.; Kapustin, V.N.; Huebert, B.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 16, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D24, D24201, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004975)

Introduction to Special Section: The MaCWAVE-MIDAS Program to Study the Polar Summer Mesosphere, Goldberg, R.A., Fritts, D.C, Geophysical Research Letters, December 16, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24S01, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021789)

Analysis Of Multi-Angle Imaging Spectroradiometer (MISR) Aerosol Optical Depths over Greater India During Winter 2001�2004, Di Girolamo, L.; Bond, T. C.; Bramer, D.; Diner, D.J.; Fettinger, F.; Kahn, R.A.; Martonchik, J.V.; Ramana, M.V.; Ramanathan, V.; Rasch, P.J., Geophysical Research Letters, December 15, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 23, L23115, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021273)

Comparative Inverse Analysis of Satellite (MOPITT) and Aircraft (TRACE-P) Observations to Estimate Asian Sources of Carbon Monoxide, Heald, C.L.; Jacob, D.J.; Jones, D.B.A.; Palmer, P.I.; Logan, J.A.; Streets, D.G.; Sachse, G.W.; Gille, J.C.; Hoffman, R.N.; Nehrkorn, T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 11, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23306, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005185)

Variability of Aerosol Parameters over Kanpur, Northern India, Singh, R.P.; Dey, S.; Tripathi, S.N.; Tare, V.; Holben, B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 11, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23306, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004966)

Effects of Vegetation Canopy Processes on Snow Surface Energy and Mass Balances, Niu, G.-Y.; Yang, Z.-L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 11, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23111, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004884)

A Note on the Relationship Between Ice Core Methane Concentrations and Insolation, Schmidt, G.A.; Shindell, D.T.; Harder, S., Geophysical Research Letters, December 10, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 23, L23206, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021083)

Pole-To-Pole Validation of Envisat GOMOS Ozone Profiles Using Data from Ground-Based and Balloon Sonde Measurements, Meijer, Y.J.; Swart, D.P.J.; Allaart, M.; Andersen, S.B.; Bodeker, G.; Boyd, I.; Braathen, G.; Calisesi, Y.; Claude, H.; Dorokhov, V.; von der Gathen, P.; Gil, M.; Godin-Beekmann, S.; Goutail, F.; Hansen, G.; Karpetchko, A.; Keckhut, P.; Kelder, H.M.; Koelemeijer, R.; Kois, B.; Koopman, R.M.; Kopp, G.; Lambert, J.-C.; Leblanc, T.; McDermid, I. S.; Pal, S.; Schets, H.; Stubi, R.; Suortti, T.; Visconti, G.; Yela, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 9, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23305, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004834)

Warm Ocean is Eroding West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Shepherd, A.; Wingham, D.; Rignot, E., Geophysical Research Letters, December 9, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 23, L23402, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021106)

Recent Dramatic Thinning of Largest West Antarctic Ice Stream Triggered by Oceans, Payne, A.J.; Vieli, A.; Shepherd, A.P.; Wingham, D.J.; Rignot, E., Geophysical Research Letters, December 9, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 23, L23401, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021284)

Uncertainties in Sea Surface Temperature Retrievals from Space: Comparison of Microwave and Infrared Observations from TRMM, Ricciardulli, L.; Wentz, F.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, December 9, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C12, C12013, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC002247)

Dissolution, Speciation, and Reaction of Acetaldehyde in Cold Sulfuric Acid, Michelsen, R.R.; Ashbourn, S.F.M.; Iraci, L.T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 9, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23305, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005041)

El Nino�Southern Oscillation�Induced Variability in Terrestrial Carbon Cycling, Hashimoto, H.; Nemani, R.R.; White, M.A.; Jolly, W.M.; Piper, S.C.; Keeling, C.D.; Myneni, R.B.; Running, S.W., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 9, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23110, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004959)

Changes in the Photochemical Environment of the Temperate North Pacific Troposphere in Response to Increased Asian Emissions, Parrish, D.D.; Dunlea, E.J.; Atlas, E.L.; Schauffler, S.; Donnelly, S.; Stroud, V.; Goldstein, A.H.; Millet, D.B.; McKay, M.; Jaffe, D.A.; Price, H.U.; Hess, P.G.; Flocke, F.; Roberts, J.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 8, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23S18, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004978)

Ozone Production in Transpacific Asian Pollution Plumes and Implications for Ozone Air Quality in California, Hudman, R.C.; Jacob, D.J.; Cooper, O.R.; Evans, M.J.; Heald, C.L.; Park, R.J.; Fehsenfeld, F.; Flocke, F.; Holloway, J.; H�bler, G.; Kita, K.; Koike, M.; Kondo, Y.; Neuman, A.; Nowak, J.; Oltmans, S.; Parrish, D.; Roberts, J.M.; Ryerson, T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 8, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23S10, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004974)

The Interannual Variability of the North Atlantic Ocean Revealed by Combined Data from TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason Altimetric Measurements, Fu, L.-L., Geophysical Research Letters, December 8, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 23, L23303, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021200)

Separating the Natural and Anthropogenic Air-Sea Flux of Carbon Dioxide [C02]: The Indian Ocean, Hall, T.M.; Primeau, F.W., Geophysical Research Letters, December 8, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 23, L23302, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020589)

Determining Reflectivity Measurement Error from Serial Measurements Using Paired Disdrometers and Profilers, Gage, K.S.; Clark, W.L.; Williams, C.R.; Tokay, A., Geophysical Research Letters, December 7, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 23, L23107, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020591)

Regional Water Quality Mapping through the Assimilation of Spaceborne Remote Sensing Data to Ship-Based Transect Observations, Pulliainen, J.; Veps�l�inen, J.; Kaitala, S.; Hallikainen, M.; Kallio, K.; Fleming, V.; Maunula, P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, December 7, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C12, C12009, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC002167)

A New Technique for the Estimation of Sea Surface Salinity in the Tropical Indian Ocean from OLR, Murty, V.S.N.; Subrahmanyam, B.; Tilvi, V.; O'Brien, J.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, December 7, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C12, C12006, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC001928)

GOES 8 Aerosol Optical Thickness Assimilation in a Mesoscale Model: Online Integration of Aerosol Radiative Effects, Wang, J.; Nair, U.S.; Christopher, S.A.,Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 4, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23203, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004827)

Definitions and Sharpness of the Extratropical Tropopause: A Trace Gas Perspective, Pan, L.L.; Randel, W.J.; Gary, B.L.; Mahoney, M.J.; Hintsa, E.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 4, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23103, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004982)

Evidence of Vertical Transport of Carbon Monoxide from Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT), Kar, J.; Bremer, H.; Drummond, J.R.; Rochon, Y.J.; Jones, D.B.A.; Nichitiu, F.; Zou, J.; Liu, J.; Gille, J.C.; Edwards, D.P.; Deeter, M.N.; Francis, G.; Ziskin, D.; Warner, J., Geophysical Research Letters, December 3, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 23, L23105, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021128)

A Three-Dimensional Semianalytic Viscoelastic Model for Time-Dependent Analyses of the Earthquake Cycle, Smith, B.; Sandwell, D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, December 3, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. B12, B12401, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JB003185)

An Empirical Analysis of the Spatial Variability of Atmospheric CO2: Implications for Inverse Analyses and Space-Borne Sensors, Lin, J.C.; Gerbig, C.; Daube, B.C.; Wofsy, S.C.; Andrews, A.E.; Vay, S.A.; Anderson, B.E., Geophysical Research Letters, December 2, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 23, L23104, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020957)

Aerosol Distribution in the Northern Hemisphere during ACE-Asia: Results from Global Model, Satellite Observations, and Sun Photometer Measurements, Chin, M.; Chu, A.; Levy, R.; Remer, L.; Kaufman, Y.; Holben, B.; Eck, T.; Ginoux, P.; Gao, Q., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 2, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23S90, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004829)

Effect of Convection on the Summertime Extratropical Lower Stratosphere, Dessler, A.E.; Sherwood, S.C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 2, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D23, D23301, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005209)

Atmospheric Front over the East China Sea Studied by Multisensor Satellite and in situ Data, Ivanov, A.Y.; Alpers, W.; Litovchenko, K.T.; He, M.-X.; Feng, Q.; Fang, M.; Yan, X.-H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, December 1, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C12, C12001, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JC002432)

Elevated Ozone in the Troposphere over the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in the Northern Hemisphere, Chandra, S.; Ziemke, J.R.; Tie, X.; Brasseur, G., Geophysical Research Letters, December 1, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 23, L23102, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020821)

Simulating Springtime Temperature Patterns in the Community Atmosphere Model Coupled to the Community Land Model Using Prognostic Leaf Area, Levis, S.; Bonan, G.B., Journal of Climate, December 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 23, 4531-4540)

Characterizing Tropical Cirrus Life Cycle, Evolution, and Interaction with Upper-Tropospheric Water Vapor Using Lagrangian Trajectory Analysis of Satellite Observations, Luo, Z.; Rossow, W.B., Journal of Climate, December 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 23, 4541-4563)

Model Study of Evolution and Diurnal Variations of Rainfall in the North American Monsoon during June and July 2002, Li, J.; Gao, X.; Maddox, R.A.; Sorooshian, S., Monthly Weather Review, December 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 12, 2595-2915)

Prediction of August Atlantic Basin Hurricane Activity, Blake, E.S.; Gray, W.M., Journal of Weather and Forecasting, December 2004 (Vol. 19, No. 6, 1044-1060)

Variability in Springtime Thaw in the Terrestrial High Latitudes: Monitoring a Major Control on the Biospheric Assimilation of Atmospheric [CO2] with Spaceborne Microwave Remote Sensing, McDonald, K.C.; Kimball, J.S.; Njoku, E.; Zimmermann, R.; Zhao, M., Earth Interactions, December 2004 (Vol. 8, No. 17, 1-23)

The Relationship of the Terra MODIS Fire Product and Anthropogenic Features in the Central Siberian Landscape, Kovacs, K.; Ranson, K.J.; Sun, G.; Kharuk, V.I., Earth Interactions, December 2004 (Vol. 8, No. 18, 1-25)

Convective Influence on the Heat Balance of the Tropical Tropopause Layer: A Cloud-Resolving Model Study, Kuang, Z.; Bretherton, C.S., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, December 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 23, 2519-2927)

Abrupt Transition to Strong Superrotation in an Axisymmetric Model of the Upper Troposphere, Shell, K.M.; Held, I.M., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, December 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 23, 2928-2935)

A New Heuristic Lagrangian Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Model, Park, S.; Leovy, C.B.; Rozendaal, M.A., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, December 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 24, 3002-3024)

Effects of Large Eddies on the Structure of the Marine Boundary Layer under Strong Wind Conditions, Ginis, I.; Khain, A.P.; Morozovsky, E., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, December 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 24, 3049-3064)

Mixing Layer Formation near the Tropopause Due to Gravity Wave-Critical Level Interactions in a Cloud-Resolving Model, Moustaoui, M.; Joseph, B.; Teitelbaum, H., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, December 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 24, 3112-3124)

Effects of Environmentally Induced Asymmetries on Hurricane Intensity: A Numerical Study, Wu, L.; Braun, S.A., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, December 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 24, 3065-3081)

Stratospheric Influences on MSU-Derived Tropospheric Temperature Trends: A Direct Error Analysis, Fu, Q.; Johanson, C.M., Journal of Climate, December 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 24, 4636-4640)

An Ensemble Study of Wet Season Convection in Southwest Amazonia: Kinematics and Implications for Diabatic Heating, Cifelli, R.; Carey, L.; Petersen, W.A.; Rutledge, S.A., Journal of Climate, December 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 24, 4692-4707)

The Relation Between the North Atlantic Oscillation and SSTs in the North Atlantic Basin, Wang, W.; Anderson, B.T.; Kaufmann, R.K.; Myneni, R.B., Journal of Climate, December 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 24, 4752-4759)

Climate Variability Over the Tropical Indian Ocean Sector in the NSIPP Seasonal Forecast System, Wajsowicz, R.C., Journal of Climate, December 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 24, 4783-4804)

Sensitivity Analysis of Cirrus Cloud Properties from High-Resolution Infrared Spectra. Part I: Methodology and Synthetic Cirrus, Kahn, B.H.; Eldering, A.; Ghil, M.; Bordoni, S.; Clough, S.A., Journal of Climate, December 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 24, 4856-4870)

Downward Coupling between the Stratosphere and Troposphere: The Relative Roles of Wave and Zonal Mean Processes, Perlwitz, J.; Harnik, N., Journal of Climate, December 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 24, 4902-4909)

Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Imagery Using an Artificial Neural Network Cloud Classification System, Hong, Y.; Hsu, K.-L.; Sorooshian, S.; Gao, X., Journal of Applied Meteorology, December 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 12, 1834-1853)

The Role of Airmass Types and Surface Energy Fluxes in Snow Cover Ablation in the Central Appalachians, Leathers, D.J.; Graybeal, D.; Mote, T.; Grundstein, A.; Robinson, D., Journal of Applied Meteorology, December 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 12, 1887-1899)

Ocean Wave Slope Observations Using Radar Backscatter and Laser Altimeters, Vandemark, D.; Chapron, B.; Sun, J.; Crescenti, G.H.; Graber, H.C., Journal of Physical Oceanography, December 2004 (Vol. 34, No. 12, 2825-2842)

Comparison, Validation, and Transferability of Eight Multiyear Global Soil Wetness Products, Dirmeyer, P.A.; Guo, Z.; Gao, X., Journal of Hydrometeorology, December 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 6, 1011-1033)

Flux Replacement as a Method to Diagnose Coupled Land-Atmosphere Model Feedback , Dirmeyer, P.A.; Zhao, M., Journal of Hydrometeorology, December 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 6, 1034-1048)

Realistic Initialization of Land Surface States: Impacts on Subseasonal Forecast Skill, Koster, R.D.; Suarez, M.J.; Liu, P.; Jambor, U.; Berg, A.; Kistler, M.; Reichle, R.; Rodell, M.; Famiglietti, J., Journal of Hydrometeorology, December 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 6, 1049-1063)

Updating a Land Surface Model with MODIS-Derived Snow Cover, Rodell, M.; Houser, P.R., Journal of Hydrometeorology, December 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 6, 1064-1075)

Scale Dependence of Radar-Rainfall Rates-An Assessment Based on Raindrop Spectra, Steiner, M.; Smith, J.A., Journal of Hydrometeorology, December 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 6, 1171-1180)

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