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A list of research articles recently published in the scientific literature.

Potential for Estimating Cloud Liquid Water Path Over Sea Ice From Airborne Passive Microwave Measurements, Haggerty, Julie A.; Curry, Judith A.; Liu, Guosheng, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 9, 2002 (Vol. 107, No. D1)

A General Approach for Deriving the Properties of Cirrus and Stratiform Ice Cloud Particles, Heymsfield, A.J., et. al, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, January 1, 2002 (Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 3-29)

The Iris Hypothesis: A Negative or Positive Cloud Feedback?, Lin,, B.; Wielicki, B.A.; Chambers, L.H.; Hu, Y.; Xu, K.-M., Journal of Climate, January, 2002 (Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 3-7).

Entrainment, Rayleigh Friction, and Boundary Layer Winds over the Tropical Pacific, Stevens, B.; Duan, J.; McWilliams, J.; Muumlnnich, M.; Neelin, J.D.; Journal of Climate, January, 2002 (Vol. 15, No. 1, pp 30-44)

Relative Climatic Effects of Landcover Change and Elevated Carbon Dioxide Combined With Aerosols: A Comparison of Model Results and Observations, Chase, T.N.; Pielke, R.A., Sr.; Kittel, T.G.F.; Zhao, M.; Pitman, A.J.; Running, S.W.; Nemani, R.R., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 31,685)

Impact of 837 GPS/MET Bending Angle Profiles on Assimilation and Forecasts for the Period June 20-30, 1995, Liu, H.; Zou, X.; et. al., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 31,771)

Mean Ages of Stratospheric Air Derived From In Situ Observations of CO2, CH4, and N2O, Andrews, A.E.; Boering, K.A.; Daube, B.C.; Wofsy, S.C.; Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 32,295)

On The Accuracy of Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer Retrievals Over Tropical Cloudy Regions, Newchurch, M.J.; Liu, X.; Kim, J. H.; Bhartia, P.K., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 32,315)

Evolution of Tropospheric Ozone Under Anthropogenic Activities and Associated Radiative Forcing of Climate, Hauglustaine, D.A.; Brasseur, G.P., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 32,337)

Pacific Exploratory Mission in the Tropical Pacific: PEM-Tropics B, March-April 1999, Raper, J.L.; Kleb, M.M.; Jacob, D.J.; Davis, D.D., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 32,401)

Dust and Pollution Transport on Global Scales: Aerosol Measurements and Model Predictions, Clarke, A.D.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 32,555)

Continental Sources, Transoceanic Transport, and Interhemispheric Exchange of Carbon Monoxide Over the Pacific, Staudt, A.C.; Jacob, D.J.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 32,571)

Trace Gas Transport and Scavenging in PEM-Tropics B South Pacific Convergence Zone Convection, Pickering, K.E.; Thompson, A.M.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 32,591)

Experimental Evidence for the Importance Of Convected Methylhydroperoxide as a Source of Hydrogen Oxide Radicals in the Tropical Upper Troposphere, Ravetta, F.; Jacob, D.J.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 32,709)

Nucleation in the Equatorial Pacific During PEM-Tropics B: Enhanced Boundary Layer H2SO4 With No Particle Production, Weber, R.J.; Moore, K.; Kapustin, V.; Clarke, A.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. D23, p. 32,767)

Use of Data Assimilation Via Linear Low-Order Models for the Initialization of El Nino - Southern Oscillation Predictions, Canizares, R.; Kaplan, A.; Cane, M.A.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Oceans, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. C12, p. 30,947)

Modeling the High-Frequency Barotropic Response of the Ocean to Atmospheric Disturbances: Sensitivity to Forcing, Topography, and Friction, Hirose, N.; Fukumori, I.; Zlotnicki, V.; Ponte, R.M., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Oceans, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. C12, p. 30,987)

Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Phytoplankton, Nutrients, TCO2, CO2, and O2 in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific (Ocean Weather Station Papa), Signorini, S.R.; McClain, C.R.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Oceans, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. C12, p. 31,197)

West Florida Shelf Response to Local Wind Forcing: April 1998, Weisberg, R.H.; Li, Z.; Muller-Karger, F., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Oceans, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. C12, p. 31,239)

Studies of Antarctic Sea Ice Concentrations from Satellite Data and Their Applications, Comiso, J.C.; Steffen, K., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Oceans, January 2002 (Vol. 106, No. C12, p. 31,361)

Multiobjective Calibration and Sensitivity of a Distributed Land Surface Water and Energy Balance Model, Houser, P.R.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,421)

Chemistry-climate Interactions in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies General Circulation Model, 2, New Insights Into Modeling the Pre-industrial Atmosphere Grenfell, J. Lee ; Shindell, Drew T.; Koch, Dorothy ; Rind, David, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,435)

Controls on ERS Altimeter Measurements Over Ice Sheets: Footprint-Scale Topography, Backscatter Fluctuations, and the Dependence of Microwave Penetration Depth on Satellite Orientation, Arthern, R.J.; Wingham, D.J.; Ridout, A.L., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,471)

On the Origin of Polar Vortex Air, Rosenfield, J.E.; Schoeberl, M.R., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,485)

Intercomparison of BOREAS Northern and Southern Study Area Surface Fluxes in 1994, Barr, A.G.; Betts, A.K.; Black, T.A.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,543)

Mapping Canadian Boreal Forest Vegetation Using Pigment and Water Absorption Features Derived from the AVIRIS Sensor, Fuentes, D.A.; Gamon, J.A.; Qiu, H.-l.; Sims, D.A.; Roberts, D.A., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,565)

Modeling Spatially Distributed Ecosystem Flux of Boreal Forest Using Hyperspectral Indices from AVIRIS Imagery, Rahman, A.F.; Gamon, J.A.; Fuentes, D.A.; Roberts, D.A., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,579)

Carbon and Energy Exchange by a Black Spruce-Moss Ecosystem Under Changing Climate: Testing the Mathematical Model with Data from the BOREAS Experiment, Grant, R.F.; Goulden, M.L.; Wofsy, S.C.; Berry, J., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,605)

Boreal Forest CO2 Exchange and Evapotranspiration Predicted by Nine Ecosystem Process Models: Intermodel Comparisons and Relationships to Field Measurements, Amthor, J.S.; Chen, J.M.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,623)

Comparison of Boreal Ecosystem Model Sensitivity to Varuability in Climate and Forest Site Parameters, Potter, C.S.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,671)

Balance Mass Flux and Ice Velocity Across the Equilibrium Line in Drainage Systems of Greenland, Zwally, H.J.; Giovinetto, M.B., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,717)

Accumulation Over the Greenland Ice Sheet From Historical and Recent Records, Bales, R.C.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,813)

Local to Regional-Scale Variability of Annual Net Accumulation on the Greenland Ice Sheet From Parca Cores, Mosley-Thompson, E.; McConnell, J.R.; Bales, R.C.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,839)

Multiyear Accumulation and Temperature History Near the North Greenland Ice Core Project Site, North Central Greenland, Shuman, C.A.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,853)

Evaluation of Polar MM5 Simulations of Greenland's Atmospheric Circulation, Cassano, J.J.; Box, J.E.; Bromwich, D.H.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,867)

Trend Surface Analysis of Greenland Accumulation, Van der Veen, C.J.; Bromwich, D.H., et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,909)

Mapping Greenland accumulation rates using observations of thermal emission at 4.5 cm wavelength, Winebrenner, D.P.; Arthern, R.J.; Shuman, C.A., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,919)

Assessment of Greenland Albedo Variability from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer Polar Pathfinder Data Set, Stroeve, J., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 33,989)

Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Forests and Pastures of Various Ages in the Brazilian Amazon, Melillo, J.M.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 34,179)

Modeling Modern Methane Emissions from Natural Wetlands, 1, Model Description and Results, Walter, B.P.; Heimann, M.; Matthews, E., Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 34,189)

A Preliminary Three-Dimensional Global Model Study of Atmospheric Methyl Chloride Distributions, Lee-Taylor, J.M.; Brasseur, G.P.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research ? Atmospheres, January 2002, (Vol. 106, No. D24, p. 34,221)

Forcing Mechanisms of Sea Level Inter-annual Variability in the Bay of Bengal, Han, W.; Webster, P.J.; Journal of Physical Oceanography, January 2002, (Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 216-239)

Impact of Soil Moisture Aggregation on Surface Energy Flux Prediction During SGP'97, Crow, W.T.; Wood, E.F., Geophysical Research Letters, January 1, 2002 (Vol. 29, No. 1)

Large-Scale Forcing of the Agulhas Variability: The Seasonal Cycle,� Matano, R.P.; Beier, E.J.; Strub, P.T.; Tokmakian, R., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2002 (Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 1228-1241)

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