North Pacific Gyre Oscillation Links Ocean Climate and Ecosystem Change, Di Lorenzo, E., et al., Geophysical Research Letters, April 30, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08607, doi:10.1029/2007GL032838)

Possible Linkages Between Saharan Dust and Tropical Cyclone Rain Band Invigoration in the Eastern Atlantic During NAMMA-06, Jenkins, G. S., A. S. Pratt, and A. Heymsfield, Geophysical Research Letters, April 30, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08815, doi:10.1029/2008GL034072)

Ground-based Validation of EOS-Aura OMI NO2 Vertical Column Data in the Midlatitude Mountain Ranges of Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan) and Alps (France), Ionov, D. V., Y. M. Timofeyev, V. P. Sinyakov, V. K. Semenov, F. Goutail, J.-P. Pommereau, E. J. Bucsela, E. A. Celarier, and M. Kroon, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 30, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S08, doi:10.1029/2007JD008659)

Enhancing the Estimation of Continental-scale Snow Water Equivalent by Assimilating MODIS Snow Cover with the Ensemble Kalman Filter, Su, H., Z.-L. Yang, G.-Y. Niu, and R. E. Dickinson, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 30, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08120, doi:10.1029/2007JD009232)

Downscale Linkage of Global Model Output for Regional Chemical Transport Modeling: Method and General Performance, Song, C. -K., D. W. Byun, R. B. Pierce, J. A. Alsaadi, T. K. Schaack, and F. Vukovich, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 30, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08308, doi:10.1029/2007JD008951)

Comparison of Ozone Profiles by the Umkehr Measurements Taken at Belsk (52°N, 21°E) with the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder Overpasses: 2004–2006, Krzyścin, J. W., J. Jarosławski, B. Rajewska-Więch, P. S. Sobolewski, and L. Froidevaux, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 30, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S09, doi:10.1029/2007JD008586)

Validation of the Aura MLS Cloud Ice Water Content Measurements, Wu, D. L., J. H. Jiang, W. G. Read, R. T. Austin, C. P. Davis, A. Lambert, G. L. Stephens, D. G. Vane, and J. W. Waters, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 30, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S10, doi:10.1029/2007JD008931)

Controls on Temporal Patterns in Phytoplankton Community Structure in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, Anderson, C. R., D. A. Siegel, M. A. Brzezinski, and N. Guillocheau, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 29, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04038, doi:10.1029/2007JC004321)

Annual Cycle of the South Indian Ocean (Seychelles-Chagos) Thermocline Ridge in a Regional Ocean Model, Hermes, J. C., and C. J. C. Reason, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 26, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04035, doi:10.1029/2007JC004363)

Impact of Stratospheric Ozone Hole Recovery on Antarctic Climate, Perlwitz, J., S. Pawson, R. L. Fogt, J. E. Nielsen, and W. D. Neff, Geophysical Research Letters, April 26, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08714, doi:10.1029/2008GL033317)

Characterization of MJO-related Upper Tropospheric Hydrological Processes Using MLS, Schwartz, M. J., D. E. Waliser, B. Tian, D. L. Wu, J. H. Jiang, and W. G. Read, Geophysical Research Letters, April 26, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08812, doi:10.1029/2008GL033675)

Effects of Radiative Cooling on the Tropical Convective Response to Sea Surface Temperature: 2-D Large Domain Cumulus Ensemble Simulations, Sui, C.-H., X. Li, C.-H. Ho, and K.-M. Lau, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 25, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08116, doi:10.1029/2007JD008557)

Validation of Ozone Monitoring Instrument Level 1b Data Products, Dobber, M., Q. Kleipool, R. Dirksen, P. Levelt, G. Jaross, S. Taylor, T. Kelly, L. Flynn, G. Leppelmeier, and N. Rozemeijer, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 25, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S06, doi:10.1029/2007JD008665)

Four-dimensional Variational Assimilation of Ozone Profiles From the Microwave Limb Sounder on the Aura Satellite, Feng, L., R. Brugge, E. V. Hólm, R. S. Harwood, A. O'Neill, M. J. Filipiak, L. Froidevaux, and N. Livesey, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 25, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S07, doi:10.1029/2007JD009121)

Analyzing Signatures of Aerosol-cloud Interactions From Satellite Retrievals and the GISS GCM to Constrain the Aerosol Indirect Effect, Menon, S., A. D. Del Genio, Y. Kaufman, R. Bennartz, D. Koch, N. Loeb, and D. Orlikowski, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 25, 2008 (Vol. 113, D14S22, doi:10.1029/2007JD009442)

Implications of the Carbon Cycle Steady State Assumption for Biogeochemical Modeling Performance and Inverse Parameter Retrieval, Carvalhais, N., et al., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, April 25, 2008 (Vol. 22, GB2007, doi:10.1029/2007GB003033)

The Influence of European Pollution on Ozone in the Near East and Northern Africa, Duncan, B. N., West, J. J., Yoshida, Y., Fiore, A. M., and Ziemke, J. R., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 25, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 8)

Improving Forecast Skill by Assimilation of Quality-controlled AIRS Temperature Retrievals Under Partially Cloudy Conditions, Reale, O., J. Susskind, R. Rosenberg, E. Brin, E. Liu, L. P. Riishojgaard, J. Terry, and J. C. Jusem, Geophysical Research Letters, April 25, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08809, doi:10.1029/2007GL033002)

Mechanisms for Recent Warming of the North Atlantic: Insights Gained with an Eddy-permitting Model, Marsh, R., S. A. Josey, B. A. de Cuevas, L. J. Redbourn, and G. D. Quartly, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 25, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04031, doi:10.1029/2007JC004096)

Low Frequency Variability in Fall Precipitation Across the United States, Small, D., and S. Islam, Water Resources Research, April 25, 2008 (Vol. 44, W04426, doi:10.1029/2006WR005623)

Sub-mesoscale Ocean Vortex Trains in the Luzon Strait, Zheng, Q., H. Lin, J. Meng, X. Hu, Y. T. Song, Y. Zhang, and C. Li, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 25, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04032, doi:10.1029/2007JC004362)

Circulation in the Ona Basin, Southern Drake Passage, Barré, N., C. Provost, N. Sennechael, and J. H. Lee, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 26, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04033, doi:10.1029/2007JC004549)

Performance of Commercial Radiometers in Very Low Temperature and Pressure Environments Typical of Polar Regions and of the Stratosphere: A Laboratory Study, Wenying Su, Ellsworth Dutton, Thomas P. Charlock, and Warren Wiscombe, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2008 (Vol. 25, No. 4, doi: 10.1175/2007JTECHA1005.1)

Biophysical Responses of the Upper Ocean to Major Gulf of Mexico Hurricanes in 2005, Gierach, M. M., and B. Subrahmanyam, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 24, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04029, doi:10.1029/2007JC004419)

Stationary Mesoscale Jet-like Features in the Ocean, Maximenko, N. A., O. V. Melnichenko, P. P. Niiler, and H. Sasaki, Geophysical Research Letters, April 24, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08603, doi:10.1029/2008GL033267)

Development of Precipitation Retrievals at Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Wavelengths for Geostationary Satellites, Defer, E., C. Prigent, F. Aires, J. R. Pardo, C. J. Walden, O.-Z. Zanifé, J.-P. Chaboureau, and J.-P. Pinty, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08111, doi:10.1029/2007JD008673)

Radiative Fluxes From Satellites: Focus on Aerosols, Liu, H., and R. T. Pinker, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08208, doi:10.1029/2007JD008736)

Effects of Aerosol Optical Properties on Deep Convective Clouds and Radiative Forcing, Fan, J., R. Zhang, W.-K. Tao, and K. I. Mohr, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08209, doi:10.1029/2007JD009257)

Global Identification of Warm Cloud Microphysical Processes with Combined Use of A-Train Observations, Suzuki, K., and G. L. Stephens, Geophysical Research Letters, April 23, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08805, doi:10.1029/2008GL033590)

Characterization of ICESat/GLAS Waveforms Over Terrestrial Ecosystems: Implications for Vegetation Mapping, Neuenschwander, A. L., T. J. Urban, R. Gutierrez, and B. E. Schutz, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, April 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, G02S03, doi:10.1029/2007JG000557)

Changes in the Soil C Cycle at the Arid-hyperarid Transition in the Atacama Desert, Ewing, S. A., J. L. Macalady, K. Warren-Rhodes, C. P. McKay, and R. Amundson, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, April 23, 2008 (Vol. 113, G02S90, doi:10.1029/2007JG000495)

Ensemble 1-Year Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice for the Spring and Summer of 2008, Zhang, J., M. Steele, R. Lindsay, A. Schweiger, and J. Morison, Geophysical Research Letters, April 22, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08502, doi: 10.1029/2008GL033244)

The Contribution of Cloud and Radiation Anomalies to the 2007 Arctic Sea Ice Extent Minimum, Kay, J. E., T. L'Ecuyer, A. Gettelman, G. Stephens, and C. O'Dell, Geophysical Research Letters, April 22, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08503, doi:10.1029/2008GL033451)

Dust and Sea Surface Temperature Forcing of the 1930s “Dust Bowl” Drought, Cook, B. I., R. L. Miller, and R. Seager, Geophysical Research Letters, April 22, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08710, doi:10.1029/2008GL033486)

Revisiting Atmospheric Dust Export to the Southern Hemisphere Ocean: Biogeochemical Implications, Wagener, T., C. Guieu, R. Losno, S. Bonnet, and N. Mahowald, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, April 22, 2008 (Vol. 22, GB2006, doi:10.1029/2007GB002984)

Characterization of Atmospheric Aerosols Using MFRSR Measurements, Alexandrov, M. D., A. A. Lacis, B. E. Carlson, and B. Cairns, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 22, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08204, doi:10.1029/2007JD009388)

Aerosol Hygroscopicity and Cloud Droplet Activation of Extracts of Filters from Biomass Burning Experiments, Carrico, C. M., M. D. Petters, S. M. Kreidenweis, J. L. Collett Jr., G. Engling, and W. C. Malm, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 22, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08206, doi:10.1029/2007JD009274)

Regional and Seasonal Variations in Aerosol Optical Characteristics and Their Frequency Distributions Over India During 2001–2005, Ramachandran, S., and R. Cherian, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 22, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08207, doi:10.1029/2007JD008560)

Sources of Particulate Matter in the Northeastern United States in Summer: 2. Evolution of Chemical and Microphysical Properties, Brock, C. A., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 22, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08302, doi:10.1029/2007JD009241)

A Satellite-based Assessment of Transpacific Transport of Pollution Aerosol, Yu, H., L. A. Remer, M. Chin, H. Bian, R. G. Kleidman, and T. Diehl, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 22, 2008 (Vol. 113, D14S12, doi:10.1029/2007JD009349)

Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer Nadir Spectral Radiance Comparisons, Shephard, M. W., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 22, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S05, doi:10.1029/2007JD008856)

A Statistical Filtering Approach for Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Gravity Data, Davis, J. L., M. E. Tamisiea, P. Elósegui, J. X. Mitrovica, and E. M. Hill, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, April 18, 2008 (Vol. 113, B04410, doi:10.1029/2007JB005043)

Space-based Measurements of HCl: Intercomparison and Historical Context, Lary, D. J., and O. Aulov, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 18, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S04, doi:10.1029/2007JD008715)

Remote Sensing of Hydrologic Recharge in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada, Pavelsky, T. M., and L. C. Smith, Geophysical Research Letters, April 18, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08403, doi:10.1029/2008GL033268)

THEMIS Observations of Modified Hall Fields in Asymmetric Magnetic Field Reconnection, Mozer, F. S., V. Angelopoulos, J. Bonnell, K. H. Glassmeier, and J. P. McFadden, Geophysical Research Letters, April 18, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17S04, doi:10.1029/2007GL033033)

THEMIS Observations of Penetration of the Plasma Sheet Into the Ring Current Region During a Magnetic Storm, Wang, C.-P., L. R. Lyons, V. Angelopoulos, D. Larson, J. P. McFadden, S. Frey, H.-U. Auster, and W. Magnes, Geophysical Research Letters, April 18, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17S14, doi:10.1029/2008GL033375)

Ground-based Observational Signature of a Downward Current Channel in an Active Auroral Arc, Michell, R. G., K. A. Lynch, and H. C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, Geophysical Research Letters, April 17, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08101, doi:10.1029/2008GL033596)

Quantification of the Effect of Urbanization on Solar Dimming, Alpert, P., and P. Kishcha, Geophysical Research Letters, April 17, 2008 (Vol. 35, L08801, doi:10.1029/2007GL033012)

The 1998 Mw 5.7 Zhangbei-Shangyi (China) Earthquake Revisited: A Buried Thrust Fault Revealed with Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar, Li, Z., W. Feng, Z. Xu, P. Cross, and J. Zhang, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, April 17, 2008 (Vol. 9, Q04026, doi:10.1029/2007GC001910)

Tropospheric Transport Climate Partitioned by Surface Origin and Transit Time, Holzer, M., and T. M. Hall, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 17, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08104, doi:10.1029/2007JD009115)

Stratospheric Impact of the Chisholm Pyrocumulonimbus Eruption: 1. Earth-Viewing Satellite Perspective, Fromm, M., O. Torres, D. Diner, D. Lindsey, B. Vant Hull, R. Servranckx, E. P. Shettle, and Z. Li, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 17, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08202, doi:10.1029/2007JD009153)

Stratospheric Impact of the Chisholm Pyrocumulonimbus Eruption: 2. Vertical Profile Perspective, Fromm, M., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 17, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08203, doi:10.1029/2007JD009147)

The Seasonal pCO2 Cycle at 49°N/16.5°W in the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean and What it Tells us About Biological Productivity, Körtzinger, A., U. Send, R. S. Lampitt, S. Hartman, D. W. R. Wallace, J. Karstensen, M. G. Villagarcia, O. Llinás, and M. D. DeGrandpre, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 17, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04020, doi:10.1029/2007JC004347)

Arctic Waters and Marginal Ice Zones: A Composite Arctic Sea Surface Temperature Algorithm Using Satellite Thermal Data, Vincent, R. F., R. F. Marsden, P. J. Minnett, K. A. M. Creber, and J. R. Buckley, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 17, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04021, doi:10.1029/2007JC004353)

Dynamics of the Middle Atmosphere as Simulated by the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model, Version 3 (WACCM3), Richter, J. H., F. Sassi, R. R. Garcia, K. Matthes, and C. A. Fischer, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 16, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08101, doi:10.1029/2007JD009269)

The Impact of Local Sources and Long-range Transport on Aerosol Properties Over the Northeast U.S. Region During INTEX-NA, Thornhill, K. L., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 16, 2008 (Vol. 113, D08201, doi:10.1029/2007JD008666)

Reconstruction of a Magnetic Flux Rope from THEMIS Observations, Lui, A. T. Y., D. G. Sibeck, T. Phan, V. Angelopoulos, J. McFadden, C. Carlson, D. Larson, J. Bonnell, K. Glassmeier, and S. Frey, Geophysical Research Letters, April 16, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17S05, doi:10.1029/2007GL032933)

Monitoring Root-zone Soil Moisture Through the Assimilation of a Thermal Remote Sensing-based Soil Moisture Proxy Into a Water Balance Model, Wade T. Crow, William P. Kustas, John H. Prueger, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.11.033)

Estimation of Regional Terrestrial Water Cycle Using Multi-sensor Remote Sensing Observations and Data Assimilation, Ming Pan, Eric F. Wood, Rafał Wójcik, Matthew F. McCabe, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.02.039)

Multi-sensor Model-data Fusion for Estimation of Hydrologic and Energy Flux Parameters, Luigi J. Renzullo, Damian J. Barrett, Alan S. Marks, Michael J. Hill, Juan P. Guerschman, Qiaozhen Mu, Steve W. Running, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.06.022)

Retrieving Soil Temperature Profile by Assimilating MODIS LST Products with Ensemble Kalman Filter, Chunlin Huang, Xin Li, Ling Lu, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.03.028)

Assimilating Canopy Reflectance Data Into an Ecosystem Model with an Ensemble Kalman Filter, Tristan Quaife, Philip Lewis, Martin De Kauwe, Mathew Williams, Beverly E. Law, Mathias Disney, Paul Bowyer, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.020)

Assimilation of Meteorological and Remote Sensing Data for Snowmelt Runoff Forecasting, Thomas Nagler, Helmut Rott, Petra Malcher, Florian Müller, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.07.006)

Sensitivity of the Indian Ocean Circulation to Phytoplankton Forcing Using an Ocean Model, Bulusu Subrahmanyam, Kyozo Ueyoshi, John M. Morrison, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.021)

Evaluation of MODIS Snow Cover and Cloud Mask and its Application in Northern Xinjiang, China, Xianwei Wang, Hongjie Xie, Tiangang Liang, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.016)

An Application of MODIS Data to Snow Cover Monitoring in a Pastoral Area: A Case Study in Northern Xinjiang, China, Tian Gang Liang, Xiao Dong Huang, Cai Xia Wu, Xing Yuan Liu, Wen Long Li, Zheng Gang Guo, Ji Zhou Ren, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.06.001)

Evaluation of Hyperspectral Data for Pasture Estimate in the Brazilian Amazon Using Field and Imaging Spectrometers, Izaya Numata, Dar A. Roberts, Oliver A. Chadwick, Joshua P. Schimel, Lênio S. Galvão, João V. Soares, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.014)

A New Model of Gross Primary Productivity for North American Ecosystems Based Solely on the Enhanced Vegetation Index and Land Surface Temperature from MODIS, Daniel A. Sims, Abdullah F. Rahman, Vicente D. Cordova, Bassil Z. El-Masri, Dennis D. Baldocchi, Paul V. Bolstad, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Allen H. Goldstein, David Y. Hollinger, Laurent Misson, Russell K. Monson, Walter C. Oechel, Hans P. Schmid, Steven C. Wofsy, Liukang Xu, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.004)

Mapping U.S. Forest Biomass Using Nationwide Forest Inventory Data and Moderate Resolution Information, J.A. Blackard, M.V. Finco, E.H. Helmer, G.R. Holden, M.L. Hoppus, D.M. Jacobs, A.J. Lister, G.G. Moisen, M.D. Nelson, R. Riemann, B. Ruefenacht, D. Salajanu, D.L Weyermann, K.C. Winterberger, T.J. Brandeis, R.L. Czaplewski, R.E. McRoberts, P.L. Patterson, R.P. Tymcio, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.021)

Sub-pixel Water Temperature Estimation from Thermal-infrared Imagery Using Vectorized Lake Features, Gabriel I. Sentlinger, Simon J. Hook, Bernard Laval, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.019)

Detecting Land Cover Change at the Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico with ASTER Emissivities, A.N. French, T.J. Schmugge, J.C. Ritchie, A. Hsu, F. Jacob, K. Ogawa, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.020)

North American Vegetation Dynamics Observed with Multi-resolution Satellite Data, Christopher S.R. Neigh, Compton J. Tucker, John R.G. Townshend, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.08.018)

Haze Reduction from the Visible Bands of LANDSAT TM and ETM+ Images Over a Shallow Water Reef Environment, C.Y. Ji, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.006)

Polarization of Visible Light by Desert Pavements, Charles A. Hibbitts, Alan R. Gillespie, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.004)

The Impact of Soil Reflectance on the Quantification of the Green Vegetation Fraction from NDVI, L.M. Montandon, E.E. Small, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.007)

Spacebased Estimation of Moisture Transport in Marine Atmosphere Using Support Vector Regression, Xiaosu Xie, W. Timothy Liu, Benyang Tang, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.003)

Integrating Waveform Lidar with Hyperspectral Imagery for Inventory of a Northern Temperate Forest, Jeanne E. Anderson, Lucie C. Plourde, Mary E. Martin, Bobby H. Braswell, Marie-Louise Smith, Ralph O. Dubayah, Michelle A. Hofton, J. Bryan Blair, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.009)

Uncertainty Estimates for the FAPAR Operational Products Derived from MERIS — Impact of Top-of-Atmosphere Radiance Uncertainties and Validation with Field Data, Nadine Gobron, Bernard Pinty, Ophélie Aussedat, Malcolm Taberner, Olga Faber, Frédéric Mélin, Thomas Lavergne, Monica Robustelli, Paul Snoeij, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.011)

Relationship Between Satellite-Derived Land Surface Temperatures, Arctic Vegetation Types, and NDVI, Martha K. Raynolds, Josefino C. Comiso, Donald A. Walker, David Verbyla, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.008)

Quantification of Impervious Surface in the Snohomish Water Resources Inventory Area of Western Washington from 1972–2006, Scott L. Powell, Warren B. Cohen, Zhiqiang Yang, John D. Pierce, Marina Alberti, Remote Sensing of the Environment, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 112, No. 4, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.09.010)

Spatial Patterns of Soil Nutrients in Two Southern African Savannas, Okin, G. S., N. Mladenov, L. Wang, D. Cassel, K. K. Caylor, S. Ringrose, and S. A. Macko, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 113, G02011, doi:10.1029/2007JG000584)

Changes in Surface Albedo After Fire in Boreal Forest Ecosystems of Interior Alaska Assessed Using MODIS Satellite Observations, Lyons, E. A., Y. Jin, and J. T. Randerson, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 113, G02012, doi:10.1029/2007JG000606)

A New Satellite-based Census of Precipitating and Nonprecipitating Clouds Over the Tropics and Subtropics, Liu, Q., Y. Fu, R. Yu, L. Sun, and N. Lu, Geophysical Research Letters, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 35, L07816, doi:10.1029/2008GL033208)

CALIPSO Lidar Observations of the Optical Properties of Saharan Dust: A Case Study of Long-range Transport, Liu, Z., A. Omar, M. Vaughan, J. Hair, C. Kittaka, Y. Hu, K. Powell, C. Trepte, D. Winker, C. Hostetler, R. Ferrare, and R. Pierce, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07207, doi:10.1029/2007JD008878)

Modeling the Transport and Optical Properties of Smoke Plumes from South American Biomass Burning, Matichuk, R. I., P. R. Colarco, J. A. Smith, and O. B. Toon, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07208, doi:10.1029/2007JD009005)

Analysis of Ice Crystal Habits Derived from MISR and MODIS Observations Over the ARM Southern Great Plains Site, McFarlane, S. A., and R. T. Marchand, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07209, doi:10.1029/2007JD009191)

Saharan Mineral Dust Transport Into the Caribbean: Observed Atmospheric Controls and Trends, Doherty, O. M., N. Riemer, and S. Hameed, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 15, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07211, doi:10.1029/2007JD009171)

A Satellite-based Biosphere Parameterization for Net Ecosystem CO2 Exchange: Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model (VPRM), Mahadevan, P., S. C. Wofsy, D. M. Matross, X. Xiao, A. L. Dunn, J. C. Lin, C. Gerbig, J. W. Munger, V. Y. Chow, and E. W. Gottlieb, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, April 12, 2008 (Vol. 22, GB2005, doi:10.1029/2006GB002735)

A Light-driven, One-dimensional Dimethylsulfide Biogeochemical Cycling Model for the Sargasso Sea, Toole, D. A., D. A. Siegel, and S. C. Doney, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 12, 2008 (Vol. 113, G02009, doi:10.1029/2007JG000426)

Spatial and Interannual Variability in Mesoscale Circulation in the Northern California Current System, Keister, J. E., and P. T. Strub, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 12, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04015, doi:10.1029/2007JC004256)

Mesoscale Dongsha Cyclonic Eddy in the Northern South China Sea by Drifter and Satellite Observations, Chow, C.-H., J.-H. Hu, L. R. Centurioni, and P. P. Niiler, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 12, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04018, doi:10.1029/2007JC004542)

Particle Mass Yield in Secondary Organic Aerosol Formed by the Dark Ozonolysis of α-pinene, J. E. Shilling, Q. Chen, S. M. King, T. Rosenoern, J. H. Kroll, D. R. Worsnop, K. A. McKinney, and S. T. Martin, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 11, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 7)

Factors Influencing the Large-scale Distribution of Hg° in the Mexico City Area and Over the North Pacific, R. Talbot, H. Mao, E. Scheuer, J. Dibb, M. Avery, E. Browell, G. Sachse, S. Vay, D. Blake, G. Huey, and H. Fuelberg, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 11, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 7)

Synthesis of Information on Aerosol Optical Properties, Liu, H., R. T. Pinker, M. Chin, B. Holben, and L. Remer, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07206, doi:10.1029/2007JD008735)

NASA/Aura/Microwave Limb Sounder Water Vapor Validation at Mauna Loa Observatory by Raman Lidar, Barnes, J. E., T. Kaplan, H. Vömel, and W. G. Read, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, D15S03, doi:10.1029/2007JD008842)

Recently Discovered Small Polar Motion Loops and Their Atmospheric Excitation Mechanism, Johnson, T. J., Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, April 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, B04407, doi:10.1029/2007JB005181)

Antarctic Ice Mass Balance Estimates from GRACE: Tidal Aliasing Effects, Moore, P., and M. A. King, Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, April 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, F02005, doi:10.1029/2007JF000871)

Statistical Reconstruction of Daily Total Ozone Over Europe 1950 to 2004, Krzyścin, J. W., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07112, doi:10.1029/2007JD008881)

Cluster Multispacecraft Determination of AKR Angular Beaming, Mutel, R. L., I. W. Christopher, and J. S. Pickett, Geophysical Research Letters, April 9, 2008 (Vol. 35, L07104, doi: 10.1029/2008GL033377)

A 170-year Sr/Ca and Ba/Ca Coral Record from the Western Pacific Warm Pool: 1. What Can We Learn from an Unusual Coral Record?, Alibert, C., and L. Kinsley, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04008, doi:10.1029/2006JC003979)

Air-Sea Stability Effects on the 10 m Winds Over the Global Ocean: Evaluations of Air-Sea Flux Algorithms, Kara, A. B., A. J. Wallcraft, and M. A. Bourassa, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04009, doi:10.1029/2007JC004324)

Equatorial Pacific Chemical and Biological Variability, 1997–2003, Strutton, P. G., W. Evans, and F. P. Chavez, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, April 9, 2008 (Vol. 22, GB2001, doi: 10.1029/2007GB003045)

Land Surface Temperature Retrieval at High Spatial and Temporal Resolutions Over the Southwestern United States, Inamdar, A. K., A. French, S. Hook, G. Vaughan, and W. Luckett, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07107, doi:10.1029/2007JD009048)

Lightning Return Stroke Current Waveforms Aloft from Measured Field Change, Current, and Channel Geometry, Willett, J. C., D. M. Le Vine, and V. P. Idone, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07305, doi:10.1029/2006JD008116)

Long-term Variability in Saharan Dust Transport and its Link to North Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature, Wong, S., A. E. Dessler, N. M. Mahowald, P. R. Colarco, and A. da Silva, Geophysical Research Letters, April 8, 2008 (Vol. 35, L07812, doi:10.1029/2007GL032297)

GPS Constraints on 34 Slow Slip Events Within the Cascadia Subduction Zone, 1997–2005, Szeliga, W., T. Melbourne, M. Santillan, and M. Miller, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, April 8, 2008 (Vol. 113, B04404, doi:10.1029/2007JB004948)

Continental Outflow from the US to the Upper Troposphere Over the North Atlantic During the NASA INTEX-NA Airborne Campaign, S. Y. Kim, R. Talbot, H. Mao, D. Blake, S. Vay, and H. Fuelberg, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 8, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 7)

Total Observed Organic Carbon (TOOC) in the Atmosphere: A Synthesis of North American Observations, C. L. Heald et al., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 8, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 7)

Aerosol Extinction Profiles at 525 nm and 1020 nm Derived from ACE Imager Data: Comparisons with GOMOS, SAGE II, SAGE III, POAM III, and OSIRIS, F. Vanhellemont, C. Tetard, A. Bourassa, M. Fromm, J. Dodion, D. Fussen, C. Brogniez, D. Degenstein, K. L. Gilbert, D. N. Turnbull, P. Bernath, C. Boone, and K. A. Walker, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 8, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 7)

Kinematic Analysis of Fractures in the Great Rift, Idaho: Implications for Subsurface Dike Geometry, Crustal Extension, and Magma Dynamics, Holmes, A. A. J., D. W. Rodgers, and S. S. Hughes, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, April 8, 2008 (Vol. 113, B04202, doi:10.1029/2006JB004782)

Model Simulations of Global Change in the Ionosphere, Qian, L., S. C. Solomon, R. G. Roble, and T. J. Kane, Geophysical Research Letters, April 5, 2008 (Vol. 35, L07811, doi:10.1029/2007GL033156)

Environmental and Biological Controls on Water and Energy Exchange in Florida Scrub Oak and Pine Flatwoods Ecosystems, Bracho, R., T. L. Powell, S. Dore, J. Li, C. R. Hinkle, and B. G. Drake, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, April 5, 2008 (Vol. 113, G02004, doi:10.1029/2007JG000469)

Variational Analysis of Drifter Positions and Model Outputs for the Reconstruction of Surface Currents in the Central Adriatic During Fall 2002, Taillandier, V., A. Griffa, P. M. Poulain, R. Signell, J. Chiggiato, and S. Carniel, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 4, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04004, doi:10.1029/2007JC004148)

Assessing Vegetation Change Temporally and Spatially in Southeastern Arizona, King, D. M., S. M. Skirvin, C. D. Holifield Collins, M. S. Moran, S. H. Biedenbender, M. R. Kidwell, M. A. Weltz, and A. Diaz-Gutierrez, Water Resources Research, April 4, 2008 (Vol. 44, W05S15, doi:10.1029/2006WR005850)

CHAMP Observations of Global Gravity Wave Fields in the Troposphere and Stratosphere, Namboothiri, S. P., J. H. Jiang, P. Kishore, K. Igarashi, C. O. Ao, and L. J. Romans, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 4, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07102, doi:10.1029/2007JD008912)

Comparison Between Early Odin-SMR, Aura MLS and CloudSat Retrievals of Cloud Ice Mass in the Upper Tropical Troposphere, Eriksson, P., Ekström, M., Rydberg, B., Wu, D. L., Austin, R. T., and Murtagh, D. P., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 3, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 7)

Ballooning Mode Waves Prior to Substorm-associated Dipolarizations: Geotail Observations, Saito, M. H., Y. Miyashita, M. Fujimoto, I. Shinohara, Y. Saito, K. Liou, and T. Mukai, Geophysical Research Letters, April 3, 2008 (Vol. 35, L07103, doi:10.1029/2008GL033269)

Sensitivity of Southern Hemisphere Climate to Zonal Asymmetry in Ozone, Crook, J. A., N. P. Gillett, and S. P. E. Keeley, Geophysical Research Letters, April 3, 2008 (Vol. 35, L07806, doi:10.1029/2007GL032698)

Global Fire Activity Patterns (1996–2006) and Climatic Influence: an Analysis Using the World Fire Atlas, Le Page, Y., Pereira, J. M. C., Trigo, R., da Camara, C., Oom, D., and Mota, B., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, April 2, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 7)

Positive Leader Characteristics from High-speed Video Observations, Saba, M. M. F., K. L. Cummins, T. A. Warner, E. P. Krider, L. Z. S. Campos, M. G. Ballarotti, O. Pinto Jr., and S. A. Fleenor, Geophysical Research Letters, April 1, 2008 (Vol. 35, L07802, doi:10.1029/2007GL033000)

Combination of Laser and Radar Altimeter Height Measurements to Estimate Snow Depth During the 2004 Antarctic AMSR-E Sea Ice Field Campaign, Leuschen, C. J., R. N. Swift, J. C. Comiso, R. K. Raney, R. D. Chapman, W. B. Krabill, and J. G. Sonntag, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, April 1, 2008 (Vol. 113, C04S90, doi:10.1029/2007JC004285)

Study of Long-term Trend in Aerosol Optical Thickness Observed from Operational AVHRR Satellite Instrument, Zhao, T. X.-P., I. Laszlo, W. Guo, A. Heidinger, C. Cao, A. Jelenak, D. Tarpley, and J. Sullivan, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 1, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07201, doi:10.1029/2007JD009061)

Characteristics of the Atmospheric CO2 Signal as Observed Over the Conterminous United States During INTEX-NA, Choi, Y., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 1, 2008 (Vol. 113, D07301, doi:10.1029/2007JD008899)

Satellite Observations of the Impact of Weak Volcanic Activity on Marine Clouds, Gassó, S., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, April 1, 2008 (Vol. 113, D14S19, doi:10.1029/2007JD009106)

Antarctic Tropospheric Chemistry Investigation (ANTCI) 2003 Overview, Fred Eisele, Douglas D. Davis, Detlev Helmig, Samuel J. Oltmans, William Neff, Greg Huey, David Tanner, Gao Chen, Jim Crawford, Richard Arimoto, Martin Buhr, Lee Mauldin, Manuel Hutterli, Jack Dibb, D. Blake, Steven B. Brooks, Bryan Johnson, James M. Roberts, Yuhang Wang, David Tan, et al., Atmospheric Environment, April 2008 (Vol. 42, No. 12, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.04.013)

A Reassessment of Antarctic Plateau Reactive Nitrogen Based on ANTCI 2003 Airborne and Ground Based Measurements, Douglas D. Davis, Jon Seelig, Greg Huey, Jim Crawford, Gao Chen, Yuhang Wang, Marty Buhr, Detlev Helmig, William Neff, Don Blake, Rich Arimoto and Fred Eisele, Atmospheric Environment, April 2008 (Vol. 42, No. 12, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.07.039)

Assessing the Photochemical Impact of Snow NOx Emissions Over Antarctica During ANTCI 2003, Yuhang Wang, Yunsoo Choi, Tao Zeng, Douglas Davis, Martin Buhr, L. Gregory Huey and William Neff, Atmospheric Environment, April 2008 (Vol. 42, No. 12, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.07.062)

Distinguishing Aerosols from Clouds in Global, Multispectral Satellite Data with Automated Cloud Classification Algorithms, Keith D. Hutchison, Barbara D. Iisager, Thomas J. Kopp, and John M. Jackson, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2008 (Vol. 25, No. 4, doi:10.1175/2007JTECHA1004.1)

Hydrometeor Detection Using Cloudsat—An Earth-Orbiting 94-GHz Cloud Radar, Roger Marchand, Gerald G. Mace, Thomas Ackerman, and Graeme Stephens, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2008 (Vol. 25, No. 4, doi: 10.1175/2007JTECHA1006.1)

A New Method for Time Series Filtering near Endpoints, Anthony Arguez, Peng Yu, and James J. O’Brien, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2008 (Vol. 25, No. 4, doi: 10.1175/2007JTECHA924.1)

Integrated Ocean Skin and Bulk Temperature Measurements Using the Calibrated Infrared In Situ Measurement System (CIRIMS) and Through-Hull Ports, A. T. Jessup and R. Branch, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2008 (Vol. 25, No. 4, doi: 10.1175/2007JTECHO479.1)

Global Positioning System (GPS) Precipitable Water in Forecasting Lightning at Spaceport Canaveral, Kristen Kehrer, Brian Graf, and William P. Roeder, Weather and Forecasting, April 2008 (Vol. 23, No. 2, doi: 10.1175/2007WAF2006105.1)

Cloud Liquid Water Path from Satellite-Based Passive Microwave Observations: A New Climatology over the Global Oceans, Christopher W. O’Dell, Frank J. Wentz, and Ralf Bennartz, Journal of Climate, April 2008 (Vol. 21, No. 8, doi: 10.1175/2007JCLI1958.1)

Impact of Dynamics and Atmospheric State on Cloud Vertical Overlap, Catherine M. Naud, Anthony Del Genio, Gerald G. Mace, Sally Benson, Eugene E. Clothiaux, and Pavlos Kollias, Journal of Climate, April 2008 (Vol. 21, No. 8, doi: 10.1175/2007JCLI1828.1)

Thailand Daily Rainfall and Comparison with TRMM Products, Roongroj Chokngamwong and Long S. Chiu, Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 2, doi: 10.1175/2007JHM876.1)

Evaluating Uncertainties in the Projection of Future Drought, Eleanor J. Burke and Simon J. Brown, Journal of Hydrometeorology, April 2008 (Vol. 9, No. 2, doi: 10.1175/2007JHM929.1)

Variability of East Asia Dust Events and their Long-term Trend, Xin Wang, Jianping Huang, Mingxia Ji, Kaz Higuchi, Atmospheric Environment, April 2008 (Vol. 42, No. 13, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.07.046)

Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds Simulated by a Cloud-Resolving Model: Comparison with ARM Observations and Sensitivity to Microphysics Parameterizations, Yali Luo, Kuan-Man Xu, Hugh Morrison, and Greg McFarquhar, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, April 2008 (Vol. 65, No. 4, doi:10.1175/2007JAS2467.1)

Fragmentation of Freezing Drops in Shallow Maritime Frontal Clouds, Arthur L. Rangno, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, April 2008 (Vol. 65, No. 4, doi:10.1175/2007JAS2295.1)

Using Singular Value Decomposition to Parameterize State-Dependent Model Errors, Christopher M. Danforth and Eugenia Kalnay, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, April 2008 (Vol. 65, No. 4, doi:10.1175/2007JAS2419.1)

Bred Vectors and Tropical Pacific Forecast Errors in the NASA Coupled General Circulation Model, Shu-Chih Yang, Eugenia Kalnay, Ming Cai, and Michele M. Rienecker, Monthly Weather Review, April 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 4, doi:10.1175/2007MWR2118.1)

Comparing the Vertical Structures of Weighting Functions and Adjoint Sensitivity of Radiance and Verifying Mesoscale Forecasts Using AIRS Radiance Observations, Matthew J. Carrier, Xiaolei Zou, and William M. Lapenta, Monthly Weather Review, April 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 4, doi:10.1175/2007MWR2057.1)

The Impact of High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperatures on the Simulated Nocturnal Florida Marine Boundary Layer, Katherine M. LaCasse, Michael E. Splitt, Steven M. Lazarus, and William M. Lapenta, Monthly Weather Review, April 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 4, doi:10.1175/2007MWR2167.1)

Turbulent Mixing Processes in Atmospheric Bores and Solitary Waves Deduced from Profiling Systems and Numerical Simulation, Steven E. Koch, Wayne Feltz, Frédéric Fabry, Mariusz Pagowski, Bart Geerts, Kristopher M. Bedka, David O. Miller, and James W. Wilson, Monthly Weather Review, April 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 4, doi:10.1175/2007MWR2252.1)

The Use of Structure Functions and Spectra from Numerical Model Output to Determine Effective Model Resolution, Rod Frehlich and Robert Sharman, Monthly Weather Review, April 2008 (Vol. 136, No. 4, doi:10.1175/2007MWR2250.1)

Surface Ozone Measured at GLOBE Schools in the Czech Republic: A Demonstration of the Importance of Student Contribution to the Larger Science Picture, John K. Creilson, Margaret R. Pippin, Bryana L. Henderson, Irene H. Ladd, Jack Fishman, Dana Votápková, and Ilona Krpcová, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, April 2008 (Vol. 89, No. 4, doi:10.1175/BAMS-89-4-505)

Short Range Forecast Verification of Convective Rain for a Night-time Event Over the Area of Cyprus, Nazario Tartaglione, Marco Gabella, Silas Chr. Michaelides, Atmospheric Research, April 2008 (Vol. 88, No. 1, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.09.003 )

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