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The Role of Ion Cyclotron Motion at Ganymede: Magnetic Field Morphology and Magnetospheric Dynamics, Paty, C.; Winglee, R., Geophysical Research Letters, May 31, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 10, L10106, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025273)

Long-Term Evolution of Upper Stratospheric Ozone at Selected Stations of the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC), Steinbrecht, W.; Claude, H.; Sch�nenborn, F.; McDermid, I.S.; Leblanc, T.; Godin, S.; Song, T.; Swart, D.P. J.; Meijer, Y.J.; Bodeker, G.E.; Connor, B.J.; K�mpfer, N.; Hocke, K.; Calisesi, Y.; Schneider, N.; de la No�, J.; Parrish, A.D.; Boyd, I.S.; Br�hl, C.; Steil, B.; Giorgetta, M.A.; Manzini, E.; Thomason, L.W.; Zawodny, J.M.; McCormick, M.P.; Russell, J.M., III; Bhartia, P.K.; Stolarski, R.S.; Hollandsworth-Frith, S.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 31, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D10, D10308, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006454)

Estimation of Atmospheric Methane Emissions between 1996 and 2001 Using a Three-Dimensional Global Chemical Transport Model, Chen, Y.-H.; Prinn, R.G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 31, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D10, D10307, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006058)

Near-Surface Retrieval of Air Temperature and Specific Humidity Using Multisensor Microwave Satellite Observations, Jackson, D.L.; Wick, G.A.; Bates, J.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 31, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D10, D10306, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006431)

Change in Atmospheric Mineral Aerosols in Response to Climate: Last Glacial Period, Preindustrial, Modern, and Doubled Carbon Dioxide Climates, Mahowald, N.M.; Muhs, D.R.; Levis, S.; Rasch, P.J.; Yoshioka, M.; Zender, C.S.; Luo, C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 31, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D10, D10202, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006653)

GPS Constraints on Continental Deformation in the Africa-Arabia-Eurasia Continental Collision Zone and Implications for the Dynamics of Plate Interactions, Reilinger, R.; McClusky, S.; Vernant, P.; Lawrence, S.; Ergintav, S.; Cakmak, R.; Ozener, H.; Kadirov, F.; Guliev, I.; Stepanyan, R.; Nadariya, M.; Hahubia, G.; Mahmoud, S.; Sakr, K.; ArRajehi, A.; Paradissis, D.; Al-Aydrus, A.; Prilepin, M.; Guseva, T.; Evren, E.; Dmitrotsa, A.; Filikov, S.V.; Gomez, F.; Al-Ghazzi, R.; Karam, G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, May 31, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. B5, B05411, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JB004051)

Progressive Increase in Ice Loss from Greenland, Thomas, R.; Frederick, E.; Krabill, W.; Manizade, S.; Martin, C., Geophysical Research Letters, May 27, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 10, L10503, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL026075)

Volcano-Earthquake Interaction at Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii, Walter, T.R.; Amelung, F., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, May 27, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. B5, B05204, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JB003861)

Energetic Outer Zone Electron Loss Timescales during Low Geomagnetic Activity, Meredith, N.P.; Horne, R.B.; Glauert, S.A.; Thorne, R.M.; Summers, D.; Albert, J.M.; Anderson, R.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, May 27, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A5, A05212, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011516)

Solar Flare Signatures of the Ionospheric GPS Total Electron Content, Liu, J.Y.; Lin, C.H.; Chen, Y.I.; Lin, Y.C.; Fang, T.W.; Chen, C.H.; Chen, Y.C.; Hwang, J.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, May 26, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A5, A05308, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011306)

Evidence for Newly Closed Magnetosheath Field Lines at the Dayside Magnetopause under Northward IMF, Lavraud, B.; Thomsen, M.F.; Lefebvre, B.; Schwartz, S.J.; Seki, K.; Phan, T.D.; Wang, Y.L.; Fazakerley, A.; R�me, H.; Balogh, A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, May 26, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A5, A05211, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011266)

Are High-Latitude Forward-Reverse Shock Pairs Driven by CME Overexpansion, Manchester, W.B, IV; Zurbuchen, T.H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, May 25, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A5, A05101, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011461)

Kinetic Simulations of X-Line Expansion in 3-D Reconnection, Lapenta, G.; Krauss-Varban, D.; Karimabadi, H.; Huba, J.D.; Rudakov, L.I.; Ricci, P., Geophysical Research Letters, May 24, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 10, L10102, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025124)

Thermohaline Circulation in the Deep South China Sea Basin Inferred from Oxygen Distributions, Li, L.; Qu, T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, May 23, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. C5, C05017, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JC003164)

Observed Radar Reflectivity in Convectively Coupled Kelvin and Mixed Rossby-Gravity Waves, Swann, A.; Sobel, A.H.; Yuter, S.E.; Kiladis, G.N., Geophysical Research Letters, May 20, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 10, L10804, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL025979)

Plasma Sheet Expansion: Statistical Characteristics, Ohtani, S.; Mukai, T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, May 19, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A5, A05206, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011547)

A Reevaluation of Airborne HO[x] Observations from NASA Field Campaigns, Olson, J.R.; Crawford, J.H.; Chen, G.; Brune, W.H.; Faloona, I.C.; Tan, D.; Harder, H.; Martinez, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 19, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D10, D10301, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006617)

Geomagnetic Storms Driven by ICME- and CIR-Dominated Solar Wind, Denton, M.H.; Borovsky, J.E.; Skoug, R.M.; Thomsen, M.F.; Lavraud, B.; Henderson, M.G.; McPherron, R.L.; Zhang, J.C.; Liemohn, M.W., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, May 18, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A7, A07S07, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011436)

Relationship between Satellite-Observed Cold Water along the Primorye Coast and Sea Ice in the East Sea (the Sea of Japan), Park, K.-A.; Kim, K.; Cornillon, P.C.; Chung, J.Y., Geophysical Research Letters, May 18, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 10, L10602, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025611)

A Long-Range Forecast of Arctic Summer Sea-Ice Minimum Extent, Drobot, S.D.; Maslanik, J.A.; Fowler, C., Geophysical Research Letters, May 16, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 10, L10501, Paper No. 10. 10.1029/2006GL026216)

Terrestrial Water Mass Load Changes from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), Seo, K.-W.; Wilson, C.R.; Famiglietti, J.S.; Chen, J.L.; Rodell, M., Water Resources Research, May 16, 2006 (Vol. 42, No. 5, W05417, Paper No. 10.1029/2005WR004255)

Simultaneous Geotail and Wind Observations of Reconnection at the Subsolar and Tail Flank Magnetopause, Phan, T.D.; Hasegawa, H.; Fujimoto, M.; Oieroset, M.; Mukai, T.; Lin, R.P.; Paterson, W., Geophysical Research Letters, May 13, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 9, L09104, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL025756)

Validation of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Radiative Transfer Algorithm, Strow, L.L.; Hannon, S.E.; De-Souza Machado, S.; Motteler, H.E.; Tobin, D.C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 13, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09S06, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006146)

Tropospheric Water Vapor from Solar Spectrometry and Comparison with Jason Microwave Radiometer Measurements, Somieski, A.; Buerki, B.; Geiger, A.; Kahle, H.-G.; Pavlis, E.C.; Becker-Ross, H.; Florek, S.; Okruss, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 13, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09104, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD005767)

Impact of Three-Dimensional Radiative Effects on Satellite Retrievals of Cloud Droplet Sizes, Marshak, A.; Platnick, S.; V�rnai, T.; Wen, G.; Cahalan, R.F., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 13, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09207, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006686)

Effects of Atmospheric Particle Concentration on Cloud Microphysics over Arecibo, Comarazamy, D.E.; Gonzalez, J.E.; Tepley, C.A.; Raizada, S.; Pandya, R.V.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 13, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09205, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006243)

Orientation and Motion of a Plasma Discontinuity from Single-Spacecraft Measurements: Generic Residue Analysis of Cluster Data, Sonnerup, B.U. �.; Haaland, S.; Paschmann, G.; Dunlop, M.W.; R�me, H.; Balogh, A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, May 12, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A5, A05203, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011538)

On the Importance of Antiparallel Reconnection When the Dipole Tilt and IMF By Are Nonzero, Park, K.S.; Ogino, T.; Walker, R.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, May 12, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A5, A05202, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JA010972)

Radiometric Validation of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder over the Antarctic Plateau, Walden, V.P.; Roth, W.L.; Stone, R.S.; Halter, B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 12, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09S03, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006357)

Potential Nighttime Contamination of CERES Clear-Sky Fields of View by Optically Thin Cirrus during the CRYSTAL-FACE Campaign, Lee, Y.-K.; Yang, P.; Hu, Y.; Baum, B.A.; Loeb, N.G.; Gao, B.-C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 11, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09203, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006372)

Kinetic Properties of Heavy Solar Wind Ions from Ulysses-SWICS, von Steiger, R.; Zurbuchen, T.H., Geophysical Research Letters, May 9, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 9, L09103, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL024998)

Ulysses Observations of Very Different Heliospheric Structure during the Declining Phase of Solar Activity Cycle 23, McComas, D.J.; Elliott, H.A.; Gosling, J.T.; Skoug, R.M., Geophysical Research Letters, May 9, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 9, L09102, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL025915)

Effect of Ocean Surface Currents on Wind Stress, Heat Flux, and Wind Power Input to the Ocean, Dawe, J.T.; Thompson, L., Geophysical Research Letters, May 6, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 9, L09604, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL025784)

Solar Wind Proton Temperature Anisotropy: Linear Theory and WIND/SWE Observations, Hellinger, P.; Tr�vn�cek, P.; Kasper, J.C.; Lazarus, A.J., Geophysical Research Letters, May 6, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 9, L09101, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL025925)

[CO] Signatures in Subtropical Convective Clouds and Anvils during CRYSTAL-FACE: An Analysis of Convective Transport and Entrainment Using Observations and a Cloud-Resolving Model, Lopez, J.P.; Fridlind, A.M.; Jost, H.-J.; Loewenstein, M.; Ackerman, A.S.; Campos, T.L.; Weinstock, E.M.; Sayres, D.S.; Smith, J.B.; Pittman, J.V.; Hallar, A.G.; Avallone, L.M.; Davis, S.M.; Herman, R.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 6, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09305, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006104)

Time-Dependent Inversion Estimates of Global Biomass-Burning [CO] Emissions Using Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) Measurements, Arellano, A.F., Jr.; Kasibhatla, P.S.; Giglio, L.; van der Werf, G.R.; Randerson, J.T.; Collatz, G.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 6, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09303, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006613)

Geocenter Motions from GPS: A Unified Observation Model, Lavall�e, D.A.; van Dam, T.; Blewitt, G.; Clarke, P.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, May 6, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. B5, B05405, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JB003784)

Sensitivity of Cloud Condensation Nuclei Activation Processes to Kinetic Parameters, Chuang, P.Y., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 5, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09201, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006529)

Aeolian Sediment Transport through Large Patches of Roughness in the Atmospheric Inertial Sublayer, Gillies, J.A.; Nickling, W.G.; King, J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, May 4, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. F2, F02006, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JF000434)

Strain Accumulation across the Carrizo Segment of the San Andreas Fault, California: Impact of Laterally Varying Crustal Properties, Schmalzle, G.; Dixon, T.; Malservisi, R.; Govers, R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, May 4, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. B5, B05403, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JB003843)

Relative Humidity over Antarctica from Radiosondes, Satellites, and a General Circulation Model, Gettelman, A.; Walden, V.P.; Miloshevich, L.M.; Roth, W.L.; Halter, B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 3, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09S13, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006636)

Mapping Forest Structure for Wildlife Habitat Analysis Using Multi-Sensor (Lidar, SAR/Insar, ETM+, Quickbird) Synergy , Hyde, P.; Dubayah, R.; Walker, W.; Blair, J.B.; Hofton, M.; Hunsaker, C., Remote Sensing of Environment, May 2006 (Vol. 102, No. 1, 63-73)

Space�Time Multifractality of Remotely Sensed Rainfall Fields, Deidda, R.; Grazia Badas, M.; Piga, E., Journal of Hydrology, May 2006 (Vol. 322, No. 1, 2-13)

A Multi-Sensor Approach for the On-Orbit Validation of Ocean Color Satellite Data Products, Bailey, S.W.; Werdell, P.J., Remote Sensing of Environment, May 2006 (Vol. 102, No. 1, 12-23)

The ITCZ in the Central and Eastern Pacific on Synoptic Time Scales, Wang, C.-C.; Magnusdottir, G., Monthly Weather Review, May 2006 (Vol. 134, No. 5, 1405-1421)

Using the Bootstrap Method for a Statistical Significance Test of Differences between Summary Histograms, Xu, K.-M., Monthly Weather Review, May 2006 (Vol. 134, No. 5, 1422-1453)

Sensitivity of Ice Storms in the Southeastern United States to Atlantic SST-Insights from a Case Study of the December 2002 Storm, da Silva, R.R.; Bohrer, G.; Werth, D.; Otte, M.J.; Avissar, R., Monthly Weather Review, May 2006 (Vol. 134, No. 5, 1454-1464)

Spatial Variability of Liquid Water Path in Marine Low Cloud: The Importance of Mesoscale Cellular Convection, Wood, R.; Hartmann, D.L., Journal of Climate, May 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 9, 1748-1764)

Composite Analysis of Winter Cyclones in a GCM: Influence on Climatological Humidity, Bauer, M.; Del Genio, A.D., Journal of Climate, May 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 9, 1652-1672)

A Climatology of Midlatitude Continental Clouds from the ARM SGP Central Facility. Part II: Cloud Fraction and Surface Radiative Forcing, Dong, X.; Xi, B.; Minnis, P., Journal of Climate, May 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 9, 1765-1783)

Stable Water Isotope Simulation by Current Land-Surface Schemes: Results of iPILPS Phase 1, Henderson-Sellers, A.; Fischer, M.; Aleinov, I.; McGuffie, K.; Riley, W.J.; Schmidt, G.A.; Sturm, K.; Yoshimura, K.; Irannejad, P., Global and Planetary Change, May 2006 (Vol. 51, No. 1, 34-58)

Water Isotopes in the GISS ModelE Land Surface Scheme, Aleinov, I.; Schmidt, G.A., Global and Planetary Change, May 2006 (Vol. 51, No. 1, 108-120)

Altitude Variations of Middle-Latitude Topside Ionospheric Electron-Density Profiles, Webb, P.A.; Benson, R.F.; Grebowsky, J., Advances in Space Research, May 2006 (Vol. 37, No. 5, 951-957)

Seasonality and Meridional Propagation of the MJO, Wu, M.-L.C; Schubert, S.D.; Suarez, M.J.; Pegion, P.J.; Waliser, D.E., Journal of Climate, May 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 10, 1901-1921)

Decadal Variability in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension Simulated in an Eddy-Resolving OGCM, Nonaka, M.; Nakamura, H.; Tanimoto, Y.; Kagimoto, T.; Sasaki, H., Journal of Climate, May 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 10, 1970-1989)

Seasonal and El Nino Variability in Weekly Satellite Evaporation over the Global Ocean during 1996-98, Mestas-Nuntildeez, A.M.; Bentamy, A.; Katsaros, K.B., Journal of Climate, May 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 10, 2025-2035)

Weakening of North Indian SST Gradients and the Monsoon Rainfall in India and the Sahel, Chung, C.E.; Ramanathan, V., Journal of Climate, May 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 10, 2036-2045)

Biases in Stratospheric and Tropospheric Temperature Trends Derived from Historical Radiosonde Data, Randel, W.J.; Wu, F., Journal of Climate, May 2006 (Vol. 19, No. 10, 2094-2104)

An Improvement to the High-Spectral-Resolution [CO2]-Slicing Cloud-Top Altitude Retrieval, Holz, R.E.; Ackerman, S.; Antonelli, P.; Nagle, F.; Knuteson, R.O.; McGill, M.; Hlavka, D.L.; Hart, W.D., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, May 2006 (Vol. 23, No. 5, 653-670)

Assimilation of Ice Concentration in an Ice-Ocean Model, Lindsay, R.W.; Zhang, J., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, May 2006 (Vol. 23, No. 5, 742-749)

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