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Spatial and Temporal Multiyear Sea Ice Distributions in the Arctic: A Neutral Network Analysis of SSM/I Data, 1988-2001, Belchansky, G.I.; Douglas, D.C.; Alpatsky, I.V.; Platonov, N.G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, October 30, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C10, C10017, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JC002388)

Deep Convective Cloud-Top Heights and Their Thermodynamic Control during CRYSTAL-FACE, Sherwood, S.C.; Minnis, P.; McGill, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 30, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20119, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004811)

Influence of Dust Storms on the Aerosol Optical Particles Over the Indo-Gangetic Basin, Dey, S.; Tripathi, S.N.; Singh, R.P.; Holben, B.N., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20211, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004924)

Long-Term Global Measurements of Ozone Profiles by GOME Validated with SAGE II Considering Atmospheric Dynamics, Bracher, A.; Weber, M.; Bramstedt, K.; Tellmann, S.; Burrows, J.P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20308, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004677)

Using the �Blue Spike� to Characterize Biomass-Burning Sites During Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI) 2000, McCourt, M.L.; McMillan, W.W.; Ackerman, S.; Holz, R.; Revercomb, H.E.; Tobin, D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 29, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20307, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004805)

Direct Observations of the Effects of Aerosol Loading on Net Ecosystem [CO2] Exchanges over Different Landscapes, Niyogi, D.; Chang, H.-I; Saxena, V.K.; Holt, T.; Alapaty, K.; Booker, F.; Chen, F.; Davis, K.J.; Holben, B.; Matsui, T.; Meyers, T.; Oechel, W.C.; Pielke, R.A., Sr.; Wells, R.; Wilson, K.; Xue, Y., Geophysical Research Letters, October 29, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 20, L20506, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020915)

Impact of New Land Boundary Conditions from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Data on the Climatology of Land Surface Variables, Tian, Y.; Dickinson, R.E.; Zhou, L.; Shaikh, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 28, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20115, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004499)

MIRAGE: Model Description and Evaluation of Aerosols and Trace Gases, Easter, R.C.; Ghan, S.J.; Zhang, Y.; Saylor, R.D.; Chapman, E.G.; Laulainen, N.S.; Abdul-Razzak, H.; Leung, L.R.; Bian, X.; Zaveri, R.A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 27, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20210, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004571)

Improving Total Column Ozone Retrievals by Using Cloud Pressures Derived from Raman Scattering in the UV, Vasilkov, A.P.; Joiner, J.; Yang, K.; Bhartia, P.K., Geophysical Research Letters, October 27, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 20, L20109, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020603)

Basin Scale Estimates of Evapotranspiration Using GRACE and Other Observations, Rodell, M.; Famiglietti, J.S.; Chen, J.; Seneviratne, S.I.; Viterbo, P.; Holl, S.; Wilson, C.R., Geophysical Research Letters, October 26, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 20, L20504, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020873)

New Particle Formation Observed in the Tropical/Subtropical Cirrus Clouds, Lee, S.-H.; Wilson, J.C.; Baumgardner, D.; Herman, R.L.; Weinstock, E.M.; LaFleur, B.G.; Kok, G.; Anderson, B.; Lawson, P.; Baker, B.; Strawa, A.; Pittman, J.V.; Reeves, J.M.; Bui, T.P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 22, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20209, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005033)

Decadal North Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Variability and the Associated Global Climate Anomalies in a Coupled General Circulation Model, Yeh, S.-W.; Kirtman, B.P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 22, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20113, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004785)

Power Law Probability Distributions of Multiscale Auroral Dynamics from Ground-Based TV Observations, Kozelov, B.V.; Uritsky, V.M.; Klimas, A.J., Geophysical Research Letters, October 21, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 20, L20804, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020962)

The Melt Anomaly of 2002 on the Greenland Ice Sheet from Active and Passive Microwave Satellite Observations, Steffen, K.; Nghiem, S.V.; Huff, R.; Neumann, G., Geophysical Research Letters, October 21, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 20, L20402, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020444)

Tropospheric Ozone Climatology over Irene, South Africa, from 1990 To 1994 and 1998 to 2002, Diab, R.D.; Thompson, A.M.; Mari, K.; Ramsay, L.; Coetzee, G.J.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20301, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004793)

Effects of Film-Forming Compounds on the Growth of Giant Cloud Condensation Nuclei: Implications for Cloud Microphysics and the Aerosol Indirect Effect, Medina, J.; Nenes, A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20207, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004666)

Airborne Measurements of Ground and Cloud Spectral Albedos under Low Aerosol Loads, Webb, A.R.; Kylling, A.; Wendisch, M.; J�kel, E., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20205, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004768)

Transport of Biomass Burning Emissions from Southern Africa, Sinha, P.; Jaeglé, L.; Hobbs, P.V.; Liang, Q., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20204, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005044)

Temporal Variability of Dust Mobilization and Concentration in Source Regions, Luo, C.; Mahowald, N.; Jones, C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20202, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004861)

Vertical Profiles of Aerosol Volume from High Spectral Resolution Infrared Transmission Measurements: Results, Eldering, A.; Kahn, B.H.; Mills, F.P.; Irion, F.W.; Steele, H.M.; Gunson, M.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20201, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004623)

African Dry Air Outbreaks, Zhang, C.; Pennington, J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20108, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003978)

Estimates of Net Carbon Dioxide Flux by Application of Equilibrium Boundary Layer Concepts to Carbon Dioxide and Water Vapor Measurements from a Tall Tower, Helliker, B.R.; Berry, J.A.; Betts, A.K.; Bakwin, P.S.; Davis, K.J.; Denning, A. Scott; Ehleringer, J.R.; Miller, J.B.; Butler, M.P.; Ricciuto, D.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20106, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004532)

Climate-Related Vegetation Characteristics Derived from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Leaf Area Index and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, Zhang, P.; Anderson, B.; Barlow, M.; Tan, B.; Myneni, R.B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20105, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004720)

Westerly Wind Events and Precipitation in the Eastern Indian Ocean as Predictors for El Nino: Climatology and Case Study for the 2002-2003 El Nino, Curtis, S.; Adler, R.F.; Huffman, G.J.; Gu, G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20104, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004663)

Absolute Values of Gravity Wave Momentum Flux Derived from Satellite Data, Ern, M.; Preusse, P.; Alexander, M.J.; Warner, C.D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 19, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D20, D20103, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004752)

A Thermal Dissociation�Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry (TD-CIMS) Technique for the Simultaneous Measurement of Peroxyacyl Nitrates and Dinitrogen Pentoxide, Slusher, D.L.; Huey, L.G.; Tanner, D.J.; Flocke, F.M.; Roberts, J.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19315, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004670)

Characteristics of Asian Aerosol Transport Simulated With a Regional-Scale Chemical Transport Model during the ACE-Asia Observation, Satake, S.; Uno, I.; Takemura, T.; Carmichael, G.R.; Tang, Y.; Streets, D.; Sugimoto, N.;; Shimizu, A.; Uematsu, M.; Han, J.-S.; Ohta, S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 12, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19S22, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003997)

Cross-Validation of MIPAS/ENVISAT and GPS-RO/CHAMP Temperature Profiles, Wang, D.-Y.; Stiller, G.P.; von Clarmann, T.; Fischer, H.; L�pez-Puertas, M.; Funke, B.; Glatthor, N.; Grabowski, U.; H�pfner, M.; Kellmann, S.; Kiefer, M.; Linden, A.; Tsidu, G.M.; Milz, M.; Steck, T.; Jiang, J.H.; Ao, C.O.; Manney, G.; Hocke, K.; Wu, D.L.; Romans, L.J.; Wickert, J.; Schmidt, T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 9, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19311, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004963)

Ice Nucleation in Internally Mixed Ammonium Sulfate/Dicarboxylic Acid Particles, Wise, M.E.; Garland, R.M.; Tolbert, M.A.,Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 9, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19203, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004313)

Fire at Iraqi Sulfur Plant Emits [SO2] Clouds Detected by Earth Probe TOMS, Carn, S.A.; Krueger, A.J.; Krotkov, N.A.; Gray, M.A., Geophysical Research Letters, October 8, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 19, L19105, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020719)

Evaluation of [CO] Simulations and the Analysis of the [CO] Budget for Europe, Pfister, G.; P�tron, G.; Emmons, L.K.; Gille, J.C.; Edwards, D.P.; Lamarque, J.-F.; Attie, J.-L.; Granier, C.; Novelli, P.C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 6, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19304, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004691)

Calculation of Radiative Fluxes from the Surface to Top of Atmosphere Based on ISCCP and Other Global Data Sets: Refinements of the Radiative Transfer Model and the Input Data, Zhang, Y.; Rossow, W.B.; Lacis, A.A.; Oinas, V.; Mishchenko, M.I., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 6, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19105, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004457)

Environmental Snapshots from ACE-Asia, Kahn, R.; Anderson, J.; Anderson, T.L.; Bates, T.; Brechtel, F.; Carrico, C.M.; Clarke, A.; Doherty, S.J.; Dutton, E.; Flagan, R.; Frouin, R.; Fukushima, H.; Holben, B.; Howell, S.; Huebert, B.; Jefferson, A.; Jonsson, H.; Kalashnikova, O.; Kim, J.; Kim, S.-W.; Kus, P.; Li, W.-H.; Livingston, J.M.; McNaughton, C.; Merrill, J.; Mukai, S.; Murayama, T.; Nakajima, T.; Quinn, P.; Redemann, J.; Rood, M.; Russell, P.; Sano, I.; Schmid, B.; Seinfeld, J.; Sugimoto, N.; Wang, J.; Welton, E.J.; Won, J.-G.; Yoon, S.-C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 6, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19S14, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004339)

Bias Reduction in Short Records of Satellite Soil Moisture, Reichele, R.H.; Koster, R.D., Geophysical Research Letters, October 6, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 19, L19501, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020938)

Water Vapor Retrieval over Ocean Using Near-Infrared Radiometery, Dubuisson, P.; Dessailly, D.; Vesperini, M.; Frouin, P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 6, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19106, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004516)

Seasonal Accumulation Timing and Preservation of Nitrate in Firn At Summit, Greenland, Burkhart, J.F.; Hutterli, M.; Bales, R.C.; McConnell, J.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, October 2, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D19, D19302, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004658)

Mathematical-Physical Framework for Retrieval of Rain DSD Properties from Dual-Frequency Ku-Ka-Band Satellite Radar, Kuo, K.-S.; Smith, E.A.; Haddad, Z.; Im, E.; Iguchi, T.; Mugnai, A., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, October 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 19, 2349-2369)

Estimates of Turbulence from Numerical Weather Prediction Model Output with Applications to Turbulence Diagnosis and Data Assimilation, Frehlich, R.; Sharman, R., Monthly Weather Review, October 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 10, 2308-2324)

A Simulation Study of Shallow Moist Convection and Its Impact on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Zhu, P.; Bretherton, C.S., Monthly Weather Review, October 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 10, 2391-2409)

Tangent Linear Abstracts of the Kain-Fritsch Moist Convective Parameterization Scheme, Fillion, L.; Belair, S., Monthly Weather Review, October 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 10, 2477-2494)

An Optimal Filter for Geostrophic Mesoscale Currents from Along-Track Satellite Altimetry, Powell, B.S.; Leben, R.R., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, October 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 10, 1633-1642)

Correction of the High-Latitude Rain Day Anomaly in the NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis for Land Surface Hydrological Modeling, Sheffield, J.; Ziegler, A.D.; Wood, E.F.; Chen, Y., Journal of Climate, October 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 19, 3814-3828)

Association between NSSL Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm-Detected Vortices and Tornadoes, Jones, T.A.; McGrath, K.M.; Snow, J.T., Journal of Weather and Forecasting, October 2004 (Vol. 19, No. 5, 872-890)

A "Vertically Lagrangian" Finite-Volume Dynamical Core for Global Models, Lin, S.-J., Monthly Weather Review, October 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 10, 2293-2307)

Observations of Extreme Temperature and Wind Gradients Near the Summer Mesopause during the MaCWAVE/MIDAS Rocket Campaign, Fritts, D.C.; Williams, B.P.; She, C.Y.; Vance, J.D.; Rapp, M.; L�bken, F.-J.; M�llemann, A.; Schmidlin, F.J.; Goldberg, R.A., Geophysical Research Letters, October 1, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24S06, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019389)

Gravity Waves in the Troposphere and Stratosphere during the Macwave/MIDAS Summer Rocket Program, Schoech, A.; Baumgarten, G.; Fritts, D.C.; Hoffmann, P.; Serafimovich, A.; Wang, L.; Dalin, P.; Muellemann, A.; Schmidlin, F.J., Geophysical Research Letters, October 1, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24S04, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019837)

The Macwave/MIDAS Rocket and Ground-Based Measurements of Polar Summer Dynamics: Overview and Mean State Structure, Goldberg, R.A.; Fritts, D.C.; Williams, B.P.; Luebken, F.-J.; Rapp, M.; Singer, W.; Latteck, R.; Hoffmann, P.; Muellemann, A.; Baumgarten, G.; Schmidlin, F.J.; She, C.-Y.; Krueger, D.A., Geophysical Research Letters, October 1, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 24, L24S02, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019411)

PARAGON: An Integrated Approach for Characterizing Aerosol Climate Impacts and Environmental Interactions, Diner, D.J.; Ackerman, T.P.; Anderson, T.L.; Boumlsenberg, J.; Braverman, A.J.; Charlson, R.J.; Collins, W.D.; Davies, R.; Holben, B.N.; Hostetler, C.A.; Kahn, R.A.; Martonchik, J.V.; Menzies, R.T.; Miller, M.A.; Ogren, J.A.; Penner, J.E.; Rasch, P.J.; Schwartz, S.E.; Seinfeld, J.H.; Stephens, G.L.; Torres, O.; Travis, L.D.; Wielicki, B.A.; Yu, B., Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, October 2004 (Vol. 10, No. 85, 1491-1501)

Scientific Objectives, Measurement Needs, and Challenges Motivating the PARAGON Aerosol Initiative, Seinfeld, J.H.; Kahn, R.A.; Anderson, T.L.; Charlson, R.J.; Davies, R.; Diner, D.J.; Ogren, J.A.; Schwartz, S.E.; Wielicki, B.A., Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, October 2004 (Vol. 10, No. 85, 1503-1509)

Aerosol Data Sources and Their Roles within PARAGON, Kahn, R.A.; Ogren, J.A.; Ackerman, T.P.; Boumlsenberg, J.; Charlson, R.J.; Diner, D.J.; Holben, B.N.; Menzies, R.T.; Miller, M.A.; Seinfeld, J.H., Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, October 2004 (Vol. 10, No. 85, 1511-1522)

Integrating and Interpreting Aerosol Observations and Models within the PARAGON Framework, Ackerman, T.P.; Braverman, A.J.; Diner, D.J.; Anderson, T.L.; Kahn, R.A.; Martonchik, J.V.; Penner, J.E.; Rasch, P.J.; Wielicki, B.A.; Yu, B., Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, October 2004 (Vol. 10, No. 85, 1523-1533)

Using the PARAGON Framework to Establish an Accurate, Consistent, and Cohesive Long-Term Aerosol Record, Diner, D.J.; Menzies, R.T.; Kahn, R.A.; Anderson, T.L.; Boumlsenberg, J.; Charlson, R.J.; Holben, B.N.; Hostetler, C.A.; Miller, M.A.; Ogren, J.A.; Stephens, G.L.; Torres, O.; Wielicki, B.A.; Rasch, P.J.; Travis, L.D.; Collins, W.D., Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, October 2004 (Vol. 10, No. 85, 1535-1548)

Shadoz: A Tropical Ozonesonde-Radiosonde Network for the Atmospheric Community, Thompson, A.M.; Witte, J.C.; Oltmans, S.J.; Schmidlin, F.J., Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, October 2004 (Vol. 10, No. 85, 1549-1564)

Actinoform Clouds: Overlooked Examples of Cloud Self-Organization at the Mesoscale, Garay, M.J.; Davies, R.; Averill, C.; Westphal, J.A., Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, October 2004 (Vol. 10, No. 85, 1585-1594)

The Atmospheric Energy Budget and Large-Scale Precipitation Efficiency of Convective Systems During TOGA COARE, GATE, SCSMEX, and ARM: Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations, Tao, W.-K.; Johnson, D.; Shie, C.-L., Simpson, J., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, October 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 20, 2405-2423)

Predictability and Information Theory. Part I: Measures of Predictability, DelSole, T., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, October 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 20, 2425-2440)

Approximation of Single Scattering Properties of Ice and Snow Particles for High Microwave Frequencies, Liu, G., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, October 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 20, 2441-2456)

Retrieval of Atmospheric Optical Depth Profiles from Downward-Looking High-Resolution [O2] A-Band Measurements: Optically Thin Conditions, Min, Q.; Harrison, L.C., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, October 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 20, 2469-2477)

Model Climatology of the North American Monsoon Onset Period During 1980-2001, Xu, J.; Gao, X.; Shuttleworth, J.; Sorooshian, S.; Small, E., Journal of Climate, October 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 20, 3892-3906)

The Effect of Aerosols and Clouds on the Retrieval of Infrared Sea Surface Temperatures, Vaszquez-Cuervo, J.; Armstrong, E.M.; Harris, A.M., Journal of Climate, October 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 20, 3921-3933)

A Comparison of Latent Heat Fluxes over Global Oceans for Four Flux Products, Chou, S.-H.; Nelkin, E.; Ardizzone, J.; Atlas, R.A., Journal of Climate, October 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 20, 3973-3989)

Diagnostic Case Studies of the Northern Annular Mode, Black, R.X.; McDaniel, B.A., Journal of Climate, October 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 20, 3990-4004)

Understanding the Impacts of the Indian Ocean on ENSO Variability in a Coupled GCM, Wu, R.; Kirtman, B.P., Journal of Climate, October 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 20, 4019-4031)

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