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Long-term Decrease in the Global Atmospheric Burden of Tetrachloroethene, Simpson, I.J.; Meinardi, S.; Blake, N.J.; Rowland, F.S.; Blake, D.R., Geophysical Research Letters, April 29, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 8, L08108, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019351)

Diurnal Variability of Dust Aerosol Optical Thickness and Angstrom Exponent over Dust Source Regions in China, Wang, J.; Xia, X.; Wang, P.; Christopher, S.A., Geophysical Research Letters, April 29, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 8, L08107, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019580)

Crustal Deformation Measurements in Guerrero, Mexico, Larson, K.M.; Lowry, A.R.; Kostoglodov, V.; Hutton, W.; Sanchez, O.; Hudnut, K.; Surez, G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, April 28, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. B4, B04409, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JB002843)

Propagation of the "Great Salinity Anomaly" of the 1990s around the Northern North Atlantic, Belkin, I.M., Geophysical Research Letters, April 28, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 8, L08306, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019334)

The 2-Day Wave during the Boreal Summer of 1994, Riggin, D.M.; Lieberman, R.S.; Vincent, R.A.; Manson, A.H.; Meek, C.E.; Nakamura, T.; Tsuda, T.; Portnyagin, Y.I., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 28, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D8, D08110, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004493)

Sunlight Transmission through Desert Dust and Marine Aerosols: Diffuse Light Corrections to Sun Photometry and Pyrheliometry, Russell, P.B.; Livingston, J.M.; Dubovik, O.; Ramirez, S.A.; Wang, J.; Redemann, J.; Schmid, B.; Box, M.; Holben, B.N., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 27, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D8, D08207, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004292)

A Methodology for Snow Data Assimilation in a Land Surface Model, Sun, C.; Walker, J.P.; Houser, P.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 27, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D8, D08108, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003765)

Relationship between Synoptic Forcing and Polynya Formation in the Cosmonaut Sea: 2. Regional Climate Model Simulations, Bailey, D.A.; Lynch, A.H.; Arbetter, T.E., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 24, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C4, C04023, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC001838)

Relationship between Synoptic Forcing and Polynya Formation in the Cosmonaut Sea: 1. Polynya Climatology, Arbetter, T.E.; Lynch, A.H.; Bailey, D.A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 24, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C4, C04022, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC001837)

Fluxes of Nitrogen Oxides over a Temperate Deciduous Forest, Hofzumahaus, A.; Lefer, B.L.; Monks, P.S.; Hall, S.R.; Kylling, A.; Mayer, B.; Horii, C.V.; Munger, J.W.; Wofsy, S.C.; Zahniser, M.; Nelson, D.; McManus, J.B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 23, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D8, D08305, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004326)

Distributions of Ozone in the Region of the Subtropical Jet: An Analysis of in situ Aircraft Measurements, Ray, E.A.; Rosenlof, K.H.; Richard, E.; Parrish, D.; Jakoubek, R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 23, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D8, D08106, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004143)

Association between Atmospheric Circulation Patterns and Firn-ice Core Records from the Inilchek Glacierized Area, Central Tien Shan, Asia, Aizen, V.B.; Aizen, E.M.; Melack, J.M.; Kreutz, K.J.; Cecil, L.D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 22, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D8, D08304, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003894)

Annual Cycles of Sea Ice and Phytoplankton in Cape Bathurst Polynya, Southeastern Beaufort Sea, Canadian Arctic, Arrigo, K.R.; van Dijken, G.L., Geophysical Research Letters, April 22, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 8, L08304, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018978)

Surface Winds, Divergence, and Vorticity in Stratocumulus Regions Using Quikscat and Reanalysis Winds, McNoldy, B.D.; Ciesielski, P.E.; Schubert, W.H.; Johnson, R.H., Geophysical Research Letters, April 22, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 8, L08105, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019768)

Impact of Desert Dust on the Biogeochemistry of Phosphorus in Terrestrial Ecosystems, Okin, G.S.; Mahowald, N.; Chadwick, O.A.; Artaxo, P., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, April 21, 2004 (Vol. 18, No. 2, GB2005, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GB002145)

Comparison of Heat and Moisture Fluxes from a Modified Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Model with Observations from BOREAS, Lee, Y.-H.; Mahrt, L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 21, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D8, D08103, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003949)

In situ Validation of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Sea Surface Temperatures, Gentemann, C.L.; Wentz, F.J.; Mears, C.A.; Smith, D.K., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 21, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C4, C04021, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC002092)

Irrigation-induced Changes in Potential Evapotranspiration in Southeastern Turkey: Test and Application of Bouchet's Complementary Hypothesis, Ozdogan, M.; Salvucci, G.D., Water Resources Research, April 21, 2004 (Vol. 40, No. 4, W04301, Paper No. 10.1029/2003WR002822)

A Modeling Study of the Export Pathways of Pollution from Europe: Seasonal and Interannual Variations (1987-1997), Duncan, B.N.; Bey, I., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 17, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D8, D08301, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004079)

Airborne Measurements of Areal Spectral Surface Albedo over Different Sea and Land Surfaces, Wendisch, M.; Pilewskie, P.; Joukel, E.; Schmidt, S.; Pommier, J.; Howard, S.; Jonsson, H.H.; Guan, H.; Schroder, M.; Mayer, B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 17, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D8, D08203, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004392)

Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and Terra Satellites, Minnis, P.; Gambheer, A.V.; Doelling, D.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 16, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D8, D08202, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004471)

The Dependence of Langmuir Wave Amplitudes on Position in Earth's Foreshock, Sigsbee, K.; Kletzing, C.A.; Gurnett, D.A.; Pickett, J.S.; Balogh, A.; Lucek, E., Geophysical Research Letters, April 15, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 7, L07805, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019413)

Detecting Drizzle in Marine Warm Clouds Using Combined Visible, Infrared, and Microwave Satellite Data, Shao, H.; Liu, G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D7, D07205, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004286)

Sea Ice Control of Water Isotope Transport to Antarctica and Implications for Ice Core Interpretation, Noone, D.; Simmonds, I., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 14, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D7, D07105, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004228)

Iron and Silicate Regulation of New and Export Production in the Equatorial Pacific: A Physical-biological Model Study, Jiang, M.; Chai, F., Geophysical Research Letters, April 13, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 7, L07307, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL018598)

Chemical Retention during Dry Growth Riming, Stuart, A.L.; Jacobson, M.Z., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 10, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D7, D07305, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004197)

Streamflow and Water Balance Intercomparisons of Four Land Surface Models in the North American Land Data Assimilation System Project, Lohmann, D.; Mitchell, K.E.; Houser, P.R.; Wood, E.F.; Schaake, J.C.; Robock, A.; Cosgrove, B.A.; Sheffield, J.; Duan, Q.; Luo, L.; Higgins, R.W.; Pinker, R.T.; Tarpley, J.D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 9, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D7, D07S91, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003517)

The Multi-institution North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS): Utilizing Multiple GCIP Products and Partners in a Continental Distributed Hydrological Modeling System, Mitchell, K.E.; Lohmann, D.; Houser, P.R.; Wood, E.F.; Schaake, J.C.; Robock, A.; Cosgrove, B.A.; Sheffield, J.; Duan, Q.; Luo, L.; Higgins, R.W.; Pinker, R.T.; Tarpley, J.D.; Lettenmaier, D.P.; Marshall, C.H.; Entin, J.K.; Pan, M.; Shi, W.; Koren, V.; Meng, J.; Ramsay, B.H.; Bailey, A.A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 9, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D7, D07S90, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003823)

The Hydrogen Isotopic Composition of Water Vapor Entering the Stratosphere Inferred from High-precision Measurements of [Dd-CH4] and [Dd-H2], McCarthy, M.C.; Boering, K.A.; Rahn, T.; Eiler, J.M.; Rice, A.L.; Tyler, S.C.; Schauffler, S.; Atlas, E.; Johnson, D.G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 9, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D7, D07304, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004003)

Storm-driven Mixing and Potential Impact on the Arctic Ocean, Yang, J.; Comiso, J.; Walsh, D.; Krishfield, R.; Honjo, S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 9, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C4, C04008, Paper No. 10.1029/2001JC001248)

Physical Processes in Acoustic Wave Heating of the Thermosphere, Schubert, G.; Hickey, M.P.; Walterscheid, R.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 9, 2005 (Vol. 110, No. D7, D07106, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD005488)

Modeling Evidence for Recent Warming of the Arctic Soil Thermal Regime, Oelke, C.; Zhang, T.; Serreze, M.C., Geophysical Research Letters, April 8, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 7, L07208, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019300)

Assessment of Current Passive Microwave and Infrared-based Satellite Rainfall Remote Sensing for Flood Prediction, Hossain, F.; Anagnostou, E.N., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 8, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D7, D07102, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003986)

Improved Estimation of Terrestrial Water Storage Changes from GRACE, Han, S.-C.; Shum, C.K.; Jekeli, C.; Alsdorf, D., Geophysical Research Letters, April 6, 2005 (Vol. 32, No. 7, L07302, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL022382)

Time-variable Aliasing Effects of Ocean Tides, Atmosphere, and Continental Water Mass on Monthly Mean GRACE Gravity Field, Han, S.-C.; Jekeli, C.; Shum, C.K., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 3, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. B4, B04403, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JB002501)

Re-evaluation of [SO2] Release of the 15 June 1991 Pinatubo Eruption Using Ultraviolet and Infrared Satellite Sensors, Guo, S.; Bluth, G.J.S.; Rose, W.I.; Watson, I.M; Prata, A.J., Geochemical Geophysics Geosystems, April 3, 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 4, Q04001, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GC000654)

Combined Lidar-Radar Remote Sensing: Initial Results from CRYSTAL-FACE, McGill, M.J.; Li, L.; Hart, W.D.; Heymsfield, G.M.; Hlavka, D.L.; Racette, P.E.; Tian, L.; Vaughan, M.A.; Winker, D.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 3, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D7, D07203, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004030)

Impacts of Data Length on Optimal Parameter and Uncertainty Estimation of a Land Surface Model, Xia, Y.; Yang, Z.-L.; Jackson, C.; Stoffa, P.L.; Sen, M.K., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 3, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D7, D07101, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004419)

Roles of Saltation, Sandblasting, And Wind Speed Variability On Mineral Dust Aerosol Size Distribution During The Puerto Rican Dust Experiment (PRIDE), Grini, A.; Zender, C.S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 2, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D7, D07202, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004233)

Hydrologic Scales, Cloud Variability, Remote Sensing, and Models: Implications for Forecasting Snowmelt and Streamflow, Simpson, J.J.; Dettinger, M.D.; Gehrke, F.; McIntire, T.J.; Hufford, G.L., Journal of Weather and Forecasting, April 2004 (Vol. 19, No. 2, 251-276)

A New Parameterization for Shallow Cumulus Convection and Its Application to Marine Subtropical Cloud-Topped Boundary Layers, Bretherton, C.S.; McCaa, J.R.; Grenier, H., Monthly Weather Review, April 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 4, 864-882)

A New Parameterization for Shallow Cumulus Convection and Its Application to Marine Subtropical Cloud-Topped Boundary Layers. Part II: Regional Simulations of Marine Boundary Layer Clouds, McCaa, J.R.; Bretherton, C.S., Monthly Weather Review, April 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 4, 883-896)

A Numerical Study of a Mesoscale Convective System during TOGA COARE. Part II: Organization , Nagarajan, B.; Yau, M.K.; Zhang, D.-L., Monthly Weather Review, April 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 4, 1000-1017)

A Damaging Downburst Prediction and Detection Algorithm for the WSR-88D, Smith, T.M.; Elmore, K.L.; Dulin, S.A.; Journal of Weather and Forecasting, April 2004 (Vol. 19, No. 2, 240-250)

A Multiscale Remote Sensing Model for Disaggregating Regional Fluxes to Micrometeorological Scales, Anderson, M.C.; Norman, J.M.; Mecikalski, J.R.; Torn, R.D.; Kustas, W.P.; Basara, J.P., Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 2, 343-363)

Sensitivity of Tropical Land Climate to Leaf Area Index: Role of Surface Conductance versus Albedo, Hales, K.; Neelin, J.D.; Zeng, N., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 7, 1459-1473)

Relationships between Water Vapor Path and Precipitation over the Tropical Oceans, Bretherton, C.S.; Peters, M.E.; Back, L.E., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 7, 1517-1528)

Remote Impact on Tropical Atlantic Climate Variability: Statistical Assessment and Dynamic Assessment, Liu, Z.; Zhang, Q.; Wu, L., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 7, 1529-1549)

North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA): VHF Source Retrieval Algorithm and Error Analyses, Koshak,W.J.; Solakiewicz, R.J.; Blakeslee, R.J.; Goodman, S.J.; Christian, H.J.; Hall, J.M.; Bailey, J.C.; Krider, E.P.; Bateman, M.G.; Boccippio, D.J.; Mach, D.M.; McCaul, E.W.; Stewart, M.F.; Buechler, D.E.; Petersen, W.A.; Cecil, D.J., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 4, 543-558)

Depolarization Estimates from Linear H and V Measurements with Weather Radars Operating in Simultaneous Transmission-Simultaneous Receiving Mode , Matrosov, S.J., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 4, 574-583)

Evaluation of a New Polarimetrically Based Z-R Relation, Bringi, V.N.; Tang, T.; Chandrasekar. V., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 4, 612-623)

The Effects of Rainfall Inhomogeneity on Climate Variability of Rainfall Estimated from Passive Microwave Sensors, Kummerow, C.; Poyner, P.; Berg, W.; Thomas-Stahle, J., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 4, 624-638)

Deriving Mixed-Phase Cloud Properties from Doppler Radar Spectra, Shupe, M.D.; Kollias, P.; Matrosov, S.Y.; Schneider, T.L., Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2004 (Vol. 21, No. 4, 660-670)

Degree-2 Harmonics of the Earth's Mass Load Estimated from GPS and Earth Rotation Data, Gross, R.S.; Blewitt, G.; Clarke, P.J.; Lavallee, D., Geophysical Research Letters, April 1, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 7, L07601, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019589)

The Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation of the Monsoon-ENSO System in an Interactive Ensemble Coupled GCM, Wu, R.; Kirtman, B.P., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 8, 1623-1640)

Circulation Regimes and SST Forcing: Results from Large GCM Ensembles, Straus, D.M.; Molteni, F., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 8, 1641-1656)

A Modeling Study of the ENSO Influence on the Terrestrial Energy Profile in North America, Chen, J.; Kumar, P., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 8, 1657-1670)

Contrails, Cirrus Trends, and Climate, Minnis, P.; Ayers, J.K.; Palikonda, R.; Phan, D., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 8, 1671-1685)

Assessing Impacts of Global Warming on Tropical Cyclone Tracks, Wu, L.; Wang, B., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 8, 1686-1698)

Tropical Ocean Decadal Variability and Resonance of Planetary Wave Basin Modes. Part II: Numerical Study, Yang, H.; Liu, Z.; Zhang, Q., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 8, 1711-1721)

ENSO Impacts on Peak Wind Gusts in the United States, Enloe, J.; O�Brien, J.J.; Smith, S.R., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 8, 1728-1737)

Retrieval of Precipitation Profiles from Multiresolution, Multifrequency Active and Passive Microwave Observations, Grecu, M.; Olson, W.; Anagnostou, E.N., Journal of Applied Meteorology, April 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 4, 562-575)

Laboratory and In Situ Observation of Deposition Growth of Frozen Drops, Korolev, A.V.; Bailey, M.P.; Hallett, J.; Isaac, G.A., Journal of Applied Meteorology, April 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 4, 612-622)

Climate and Glacier Variability in Western North America, Rasmussen, L.A.; Conway, H., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 9, 1804-1815)

Tropical Warm Pool Surface Heat Budgets and Temperature: Contrasts between 1997/98 El Nino and 1998/99 La Nina, Chou, S.-H.; Chou, M.-D.; Chan, P.-K.; Lin, P.-H.; Wang, K.-H., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 9, 1845-1858)

Variations in Low Cloud Cover over the United States during the Second Half of the Twentieth Century, Sun, B.; Groisman, P.Y., Journal of Climate, April 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 9, 1883-1888)

A New Theory for the Generation of the Equatorial Subsurface Countercurrents, Jochum, M.; Malanotte-Rizzoli, P., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2004 (Vol. 34, No. 4, 755-771)

A Different Outflow Length Scale?, Nof, D.; Van Gorder, S.; Pichevin, T., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2004 (Vol. 34, No. 4, 793-804)

A Geosolitary Wave Solution on an f Plane, Li, C., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2004 (Vol. 34, No. 4, 856-864)

The Thermal Structure of the Upper Ocean, Boccaletti, G.; Pacanowski, R.C.; George, S.; Philander, H.; Fedorov, A.V., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2004 (Vol. 34, No. 4, 888-902)

A New Method for Estimation of the Sensible Heat Flux under Unstable Conditions Using Satellite Vector Winds, Pan, J.; Yan, X.-H.; Jo, Y.-H.; Zheng, Q.; Liu, W.T., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2004 (Vol. 34, No. 4, 968-977)

Effective Ice Particle Densities Derived from Aircraft Data, Heymsfield, A.J.; Bansemer, A.; Schmitt, C.; Twohy, C.; Poellot, M.R., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 9, 982-1003)

Isentropic Cross-tropopause Ozone Transport in the Northern Hemisphere, Jing, P.; Cunnold, D.M.; Wang, H.J.; Yang, E.-S., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 9, 1068-1078)

The Necessity of Instantaneous Optimals in Stationary Turbulence, DelSole, T., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 9, 1086-1091)

Analysis of Land Skin Temperature Using AVHRR Observations, Jin, M., Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, April 2004 (Vol. 85, No. 4, 587-600)

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