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Mechanisms of Air-Sea [CO2] Flux Variability in the Equatorial Pacific and the North Atlantic, McKinley, G.A.; Follows, M.J.; Marshall, J., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, May 28, 2004 (Vol. 18, No. 2, GB2011, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GB002179)

Nonlinear Guiding Center Theory of Perpendicular Diffusion: General Properties and Comparison with Observation, Bieber, J.W.; Matthaeus, W.H.; Shalchi, A.; Qin, G., Geophysical Research Letters, May 28, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 10, L10805, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL020007)

Potential of MODIS Ocean Bands for Estimating [CO2] Flux from Terrestrial Vegetation: A Novel Approach, Rahman, A.F.; Cordova, V.D.; Gamon, J.A.; Schmid, H.P.; Sims, D.A., Geophysical Research Letters, May 28, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 10, L10503, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019778)

Influence of Rossby Waves on Nutrient Dynamics and the Plankton Community Structure in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Sakamoto, C.M.; Karl, D.M.; Jannasch, H.W.; Bidigare, R.R.; Letelier, R.M.; Walz, P.M.; Ryan, J.P.; Polito, P.S.; Johnson, K.S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, May 28, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C5, C05032, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC001976)

Elevated Stresses and Creep Rates Beneath the Brittle-Ductile Transition Caused by Seismic Faulting in the Upper Crust, Ellis, S.; Stockhert, B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, May 27, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. B5, B05407, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JB002744)

Carrier Phase Delay Altimetry with GPS-Reflection/Occultation Interferometry from Low Earth Orbiters, Cardellach, E.; Ao, C.O.; de la Torre Jurez, M.; Hajj, G.A., Geophysical Research Letters, May 26, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 10, L10402, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019775)

Relationship between Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) and In Situ Observations of [CO] Based on a Large-scale Feature Sampled during TRACE-P, Crawford, J.H.; Heald, C.L.; Fuelberg, H.E.; Morse, D.M.; Sachse, G.W.; Emmons, L.K.; Gille, J.C.; Edward, D.P.; Deeter, M.N.; Chen, G.; Olson, J.R.; Connors, V.S.; Kittaka, C.; Hamlin, A.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 26, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D15, D15S04, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004308)

Evaluation of Pollutant Outflow and [CO] Sources during TRACE-P Using Model-calculated, Aircraft-based, and Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT)-Derived [CO] Concentrations, Allen, D.; Pickering, K.; Fox-Rabinovitz, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 26, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D15, D15S03, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004250)

A Semianalytic Model for Photo-induced Isotopic Fractionation in Simple Molecules, Liang, M.-C.; Blake, G.A.; Yung, Y.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 26, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D10, D10308, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004539)

Organic Aerosol Effects on Fog Droplet Spectra, Ming, Y.; Russell, L.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 26, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D10, D10206, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004427)

Rapid Ice Discharge from Southeast Greenland Glaciers, Rignot, E.; Braaten, D.; Gogineni, S.P.; Krabill, W.B.; McConnell, J.R., Geophysical Research Letters, May 25, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 10, L10401, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019474)

A New Approach to Improved SST Anomaly Simulations Using Altimeter Data: Parameterizing Entrainment Temperature From Sea Level, Zhang, R.-H.; Busalacchi, A.J.; Murtugudde, R.G.; Hackert, E.C.; Ballabrera-Poy, J., Geophysical Research Letters, May 22, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 10, L10304, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019237)

Gravity Waves and Mesospheric Clouds in the Summer Middle Atmosphere: A Comparison of Lidar Measurements and Ray Modeling of Gravity Waves over Sondrestrom, Greenland, Gerrard, A.J.; Kane, T.J.; Eckermann, S.D.; Thayer, J.P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 22, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D10, D10103, Paper No. 10.1029/2002JD002783)

Chemical Transport Model Ozone Simulations For Spring 2001 over the Western Pacific: Regional Ozone Production and Its Global Impacts, Wild, O.; Prather, M.J.; Akimoto, H.; Sundet, J.K.; Isaksen, I.S.A.; Crawford, J.H.; Davis, D.D.; Avery, M.A.; Kondo, Y.; Sachse, G.W.; Sandholm, S.T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 21, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D15, D15S02, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004041)

Neural Network Uncertainty Assessment Using Bayesian Statistics with Application to Remote Sensing: 3. Network Jacobians, Aires, F.; Prigent, C.; Rossow, W.B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 21, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D10, D10305, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004175)

Neural Network Uncertainty Assessment Using Bayesian Statistics with Application to Remote Sensing: 2. Output Errors, Aires, F.; Prigent, C.; Rossow, W.B., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 21, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D10, D10304, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004174)

Neural Network Uncertainty Assessment Using Bayesian Statistics with Application to Remote Sensing: 1. Network Weights, Aires, F., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 21, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D10, D10303, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004173)

Microphysical Modeling of the 1999-2000 Arctic Winter: 3. Impact of Homogeneous Freezing on Polar Stratospheric Clouds, Drdla, K.; Browell, E.V., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 21, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D10, D10201, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004352)

Estimating Air-Sea Fluxes of Heat, Freshwater, and Momentum Through Global Ocean Data Assimilation, Stammer, D.; Ueyoshi, K.; Kohl, A.; Large, W.G.; Josey, S.A.; Wunsch, C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, May 21, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C5, C05023, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC002082)

Long Wave Dynamics of the Interannual Variability in a Numerical Hindcast of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation During the 1990s, Yuan, D.; Rienecker, M.M.; Schopf, P.S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, May 20, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C5, C05019, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC001936)

Tropospheric Ozone over the North Pacific from Ozonesonde Observations, Oltmans, S.J.; Johnson, B.J.; Harris, J.M.; Thompson, A.M.; Liu, H.Y.; Chan, C.Y.; Vomel, H.; Fujimoto, T.; Brackett, V.G.; Chang, W.L.; Chen, J.-P.; Kim, J.H.; Chan, L.Y.; Chang, H.-W., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 20, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D15, D15S01, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003466)

Forest Biomass Estimation over Regional Scales Using Multisource Data, Baccini, A.; Friedl, M.A.; Woodcock, C.E.; Warbington, R., Geophysical Research Letters, May 19, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 10, L10501, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019782)

Interpreting the Temperature of Water at Cold Springs and the Importance of Gravitational Potential Energy, Manga, M.; Kirchner, J.W., Water Resources Research, May 19, 2004 (Vol. 40, No. 5, W05110, Paper No. 10.1029/2003WR002905)

GPS and Seismological Constraints on Active Tectonics and Arc-Continent Collision in Papua New Guinea: Implications For Mechanics of Microplate Rotations in a Plate Boundary Zone, Wallace, L.M.; Stevens, C.; Silver, E.; McCaffrey, R.; Loratung, W.; Hasiata, S.; Stanaway, R.; Curley, R.; Rosa, R.; Taugaloidi, J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, May 18, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. B5, B05404, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JB002481)

Predicted Errors of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer Nadir Retrievals from Spectral Window Selection, Worden, J.; Kulawik, S.S.; Shephard, M.W.; Clough, S.A.; Worden, H.; Bowman, K.; Goldman, A., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 15, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D9, D09308, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JD004522)

Phytoplankton and Heterotrophic Respiration in the Surface Layer of the Ocean, Marra, J.; Barber, R.T., Geophysical Research Letters, May 13, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 9, L09314, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019664)

Evidence for an [OH] Excitation Mechanism of [CO2] 4.3 �m Nighttime Emission from SABER/TIMED Measurements, Lupez-Puertas, M.; Garcia-Comas, M.; Funke, B.; Picard, R.H.; Winick, J.R.; Wintersteiner, P.P.; Mlynczak, M.G.; Mertens, C.J.; Russell, J.M., III; Gordley, L.L., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 13, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D9, D09307, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004383)

Recent Arctic Sea Ice Variability: Connections to the Arctic Oscillation and the ENSO, Liu, J.; Curry, J.A.; Hu, Y., Geophysical Research Letters, May 13, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 9, L09211, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019858)

Storm-induced Injection of the Mississippi River Plume into the Open Gulf of Mexico, Yuan, J.; Miller, R.L.; Powell, R.T.; Dagg, M.J., Geophysical Research Letters, May 12, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 9, L09312, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019335)

On the Detection of Summertime Terrestrial Photosynthetic Variability from Its Atmospheric Signature, Bonfils, C.; Fung, I.; Doney, S.; John, J., Geophysical Research Letters, May 11, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 9, L09207, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019453)

Particles in the Great Pinatubo Volcanic Cloud of June 1991: The Role of Ice, Guo, S.; Rose, W.I.; Bluth, G.J.S.; Watson, I.M., Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, May 8, 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 5, Q05003, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GC000655)

Assessing Precipitation Products in the Indian Ocean Using an Ocean Model, Yu, Z.; McCreary, J.P., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, May 8, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. C5, C05013, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JC002106)

Global Simulation of Tropospheric Ozone Using the University of Maryland Chemical Transport Model (UMD-CTM): 2. Regional Transport and Chemistry over the Central United States Using a Stretched Grid, Park, R.J.; Pickering, K.E.; Allen, D.J.; Stenchikov, G.L.; Fox-Rabinovitz, M.S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 8, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D9, D09303, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004269)

A Model of the Bifurcated Current Sheet: 2. Flapping Motions, Sitnov, M.I.; Swisdak, M.; Drake, J.F.; Guzdar, P.N.; Rogers, B.N., Geophysical Research Letters, May 8, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 9, L09805, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019473)

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment: Mission Overview and Early Results, Tapley, B.D.; Bettadpur, S.; Watkins, M.; Reigber, C., Geophysical Research Letters, May 8, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 9, L09607, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019920)

Light-driven Cycling of Dimethylsulfide (DMS) in the Sargasso Sea: Closing the Loop, Toole, D.A.; Siegel, D.A., Geophysical Research Letters, May 6, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 9, L09308, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019581)

Impact of Observed Vegetation Root Distribution on Seasonal Global Simulations of Land Surface Processes, Barlage, M.; Zeng, X., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 6, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D9, D09101, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD003847)

Increasing Exchanges at Greenland-Scotland Ridge and Their Links with the North Atlantic Oscillation and Arctic Sea Ice, Zhang, J.; Steele, M.; Rothrock, D.A.; Lindsay, R.W., Geophysical Research Letters, May 6, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 9, L09307, Paper No. 10.1029/2003GL019304)

Increased Exposure of Southern Ocean Phytoplankton to Ultraviolet Radiation, Lubin, D.; Arrigo, K.R.; van Dijken, G.L., Geophysical Research Letters, May 4, 2004 (Vol. 31, No. 9, L09304, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL019633)

Resilience of Hybrid Ensemble/3DVAR Analysis Schemes to Model Error and Ensemble Covariance Error, Etherton, B.J.; Bishop, C.H., Monthly Weather Review, May 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 5, 1065-1080)

Evolution and Structure of the Mesoscale Convection and Its Environment: A Case Study during the Early Onset of the Southeast Asian Summer Monsoon, Wang, J.-J., Monthly Weather Review, May 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 5, 1104-1120)

Nocturnal Cloud Systems and the Diurnal Variation of Clouds and Rainfall in Southwestern Amazonia, Rickenbach, T.M., Monthly Weather Review, May 2004 (Vol. 132, No. 5, 1201-1219)

Global Simulation of Tropospheric Ozone Using the University of Maryland Chemical Transport Model (UMD-CTM): 1. Model Description and Evaluation, Park, R.J.; Pickering, K.E.; Allen, D.J.; Stenchikov, G.L.; Fox-Rabinovitz, M.S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May 1, 2004 (Vol. 109, No. D9, D09301, Paper No. 10.1029/2003JD004266)

Precipitation over the Interior East Antarctic Ice Sheet Related to Mid-latitude Blocking-High Activity, Massom, R.A.; Pook, M.J.; Comiso, J.C.; Adams, N.; Turner, J.; Lachlan-Cope, T.; Gibson, T.T., Journal of Climate, May 2004 (Vol. 17, No. 10, 1914-1928)

A Microphysical Interpretation of Radar Reflectivity-Rain Rate Relationships , Steiner, M; Smith, J.A.; Uijlenhoet, R., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, May 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 10, 1114-1131)

A Case Study of the Development of Contrail Clusters over the Great Lakes, Duda, D.P.; Minnis, P.; Nguyen, L.; Palikonda, R., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, May 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 10, 1132-1146)

Vacillations in a Shallow-Water Model of the Stratosphere, Rong, P.-P., Waugh, D.W.; Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, May 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 10, 1174-1185)

Physical Origin of a Wet Microburst: Observations and Theory, Atlas, D.; Ulbrich, C.W.; Williams, C.R., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, May 2004 (Vol. 61, No. 10, 1186-1195)

Heat Budget in the Gulf Stream Region: The Importance of Heat Storage and Advection, Dong, S.; Kelly, K.A., Journal of Physical Oceanography, May 2004 (Vol. 34, No. 5, 1214-1231)

Mapping Surface Broadband Emissivity of the Sahara Desert Using ASTER and MODIS Data, Ogawa, K.; Schmugge, T., Earth Interactions, May 2004 (Vol. 8, No. 7, 1087-3562)

Daytime Cloud Overlap Detection from AVHRR and VIIRS, Pavolonis, M.J.; Heidinger, A.K., Journal of Applied Meteorology, May 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 5, 762-768)

Microphysical Characteristics of Tropical Updrafts in Clean Conditions, Stith, J.L.; Haggerty, J.A.; Heymsfield, A.; Grainger, C.A., Journal of Applied Meteorology, May 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 5, 779-794)

Minimum Local Emissivity Variance Retrieval of Cloud Altitude and Effective Spectral Emissivity-Simulation and Initial Verification, Huang, H.-L.; Smith, W.L.; Li, J.; Antonelli, P.; Wu, X.; Knuteson, R.O.; Huang, B.; Osborne, B.J., Journal of Applied Meteorology, May 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 5, 795-809)

The Impact of Doppler Lidar Wind Observations on a Single-level Meteorological Analysis, Riish�jgaard, L.P.; Atlas, R., Journal of Applied Meteorology, May 2004 (Vol. 43, No. 5, 810-820)

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