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Intense Turbulence Observed above a Mesospheric Temperature Inversion at Equatorial Latitude, Lehmacher, G.A.; Croskey, C.L.; Mitchell, J.D.; Friedrich, M.; L�bken, F.-J.; Rapp, M.; Kudeki, E.; Fritts, D.C., Geophysical Research Letters, April 28, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 8, L08808, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL024345)

Role of Tropospheric Ozone Increases in 20th-Century Climate Change, Shindell, D.; Faluvegi, G.; Lacis, A.; Hansen, J.; Ruedy, R.; Aguilar, E., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 28, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D8, D08302, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006348)

Spacebased Observations of Oceanic Influence on the Annual Variation of South American Water Balance, Liu, W. Timothy; Xie, X.; Tang, W.; Zlotnicki, V., Geophysical Research Letters, April 27, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 8, L08710, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL025683)

Topography, Relief, and TRMM-Derived Rainfall Variations along the Himalaya, Bookhagen, B.; Burbank, D.W., Geophysical Research Letters, April 27, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 8, L08405, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL026037)

Multi-Scale Spatial Correlation and Scaling Behavior of Surface Soil Moisture, Ryu, D.; Famiglietti, J.S., Geophysical Research Letters, April 26, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 8, L08404, Paper No. 10.1029/2006GL025831)

Regional High-Resolution Spatiotemporal Gravity Modeling from GRACE Data Using Spherical Wavelets, Schmidt, M.; Han, S.-C.; Kusche, J.; Sanchez, L.; Shum, C.K., Geophysical Research Letters, April 26, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 8, L08403, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025509)

Biases in Total Precipitable Water Vapor Climatologies from Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer, Fetzer, E.J.; Lambrigtsen, B.H.; Eldering, A.; Aumann, H.H.; Chahine, M.T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 26, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09S16, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006598)

Nocturnal Cold Air Drainage and Pooling in a Tropical Forest, Goulden, M.L.; Miller, S.D.; da Rocha, H.R., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 26, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D8, D08S04, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006037)

Post-Processing Removal of Correlated Errors in GRACE Data, Swenson, S.; Wahr, J., Geophysical Research Letters, April 25, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 8, L08402, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025285)

Precise Estimation of In Situ Geopotential Differences from GRACE Low-Low Satellite-to-Satellite Tracking and Accelerometer Data, Han, S.-C.; Shum, C.K.; Jekeli, C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, April 25, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. B4, B04411, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JB003719)

Critical Finite-Size Scaling of Energy and Lifetime Probability Distributions of Auroral Emissions, Uritsky, V.M.; Klimas, A.J.; Vassiliadis, D., Geophysical Research Letters, April 22, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 8, L08102, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025330)

Preliminary Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Heliospheric Response to the 28 October 2003 CME Using SMEI White-Light Observations, Jackson, B.V.; Buffington, A.; Hick, P.P.; Wang, X.; Webb, D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 22, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04S91, Paper No. 10.1029/2004JA010942)

Characterizing the 18 April 2002 Storm-Time Sawtooth Events Using Ground Magnetic Data, Clauer, C.R.; Cai, X.; Welling, D.; DeJong, A.; Henderson, M.G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 22, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04S90, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011099)

Unusually Quick Development of a 4000 nT Substorm during the Initial 10 Min of the 29 October 2003 Magnetic Storm, Yamauchi, M.; Iyemori, T.; Frey, H.; Henderson, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 22, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04217, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011285)

Imaging the Global Solar Wind Flow in EUV, Gruntman, M.; Izmodenov, V.; Pizzo, V., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 22, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04216, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011530)

Striated Drifting Auroral Kilometric Radiation Bursts: Possible Stimulation by Upward Traveling EMIC Waves, Menietti, J.D.; Mutel, R.L.; Santolik, O.; Scudder, J.D.; Christopher, I.W.; Cook, J.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 21, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04214, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011339)

Distribution of Density along Magnetospheric Field Lines, Denton, R.E.; Takahashi, K.; Galkin, I.A.; Nsumei, P.A.; Huang, X.; Reinisch, B.W.; Anderson, R.R.; Sleeper, M.K.; Hughes, W.J., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 21, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04213, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011414)

Widths of Suprathermal Pitch Angle Distributions during Solar Electron Bursts: ACE Observations, de Koning, C.A.; Gosling, J.T.; Skoug, R.M.; Steinberg, J.T., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 21, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04101, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011326)

Homogeneous Aerosol Freezing in the Tops of High-Altitude Tropical Cumulonimbus Clouds, Jensen, E.J.; Ackerman, A.S., Geophysical Research Letters, April 20, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 8, L08802, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL024928)

Source and Loss Rates of Radiation Belt Relativistic Electrons during Magnetic Storms, Selesnick, R.S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 15, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04210, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011473)

A Multimodel Study of the Twentieth-Century Simulations of Sahel Drought from the 1970s to 1990s , Lau, K.M.; Shen, S.S.P.; Kim, K.-M.; Wang, H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 15, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D7, D07111, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006281)

Angstrom Exponent and Bimodal Aerosol Size Distributions, Schuster, G.L.; Dubovik, O.; Holben, B.N., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 14, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D7, D07207, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006328)

Regional Distribution and Emissions of Mercury in East Asia: A Modeling Analysis of Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-Asia) Observations, Schuster, G.L.; Dubovik, O.; Holben, B.N., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 14, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D7, D07109, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006381)

Temporal Invariance of Leading EOFs for Western United States Precipitation over a Range of Scales, Small, D.; Islam, S., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 14, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D7, D07108, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD005876)

Theory of Energetic Particle Transport in the Magnetosphere: A Noncanonical Approach, Zhang, M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 13, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04208, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011323)

Evaluation of Trends in Derived Snowfall and Rainfall across Eurasia and Linkages with Discharge to the Arctic Ocean, Rawlins, M.A.; Willmott, C.J.; Shiklomanov, A.; Linder, E.; Frolking, S.; Lammers, R.B.; Vorosmarty, C.J., Geophysical Research Letters, April 12, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 7, L07403, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025231)

Analysis of Raman Lidar and Radiosonde Measurements from the AWEX-G Field Campaign and Its Relation to Aqua Validation, Whiteman, D.N.; Russo, F.; Demoz, B.; Miloshevich, L.M.; Veselovskii, I.; Hannon, S.; Wang, Z.; V�mel, H.; Schmidlin, F.; Lesht, B.; Moore, P.J.; Beebe, A.S.; Gambacorta, A.; Barnet, C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 12, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09S09, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006429)

Arctic Oscillation Response to Volcanic Eruptions in the IPCC AR4 Climate Models, Stenchikov, G.; Hamilton, K.; Stouffer, R.J.; Robock, A.; Ramaswamy, V.; Santer, B.; Graf, H.-F., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 11, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D7, D07107, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006286)

A Satellite Altimeter Model for Ocean Slick Detection, Tournadre, J.; Chapron, B.; Reul, N.; Vandemark, D.C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 11, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. C4, C04004, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JC003109)

Diurnal and Seasonal Variability of Rainfall in the Sub-Sahel as Seen from Observations, Satellites and a Numerical Model, Pinker, R.T.; Zhao, Y.; Akoshile, C.; Janowiak, J.; Arkin, P., Geophysical Research Letters, April 7, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 7, L07806, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025192)

Absolute Accuracy of Water Vapor Measurements from Six Operational Radiosonde Types Launched during AWEX-G And Implications for AIRS Validation, Miloshevich, L.M.; Voemel, H.; Whiteman, D.N.; Lesht, B.M.; Schmidlin, F.J.; Russo, F., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 7, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09S10, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006083)

Ship-Based Measurements for Infrared Sensor Validation during Aerosol and Ocean Science Expedition 2004, Nalli, N.R.; Clemente-Colon, P.; Minnett, P.J.; Szczodrak, M.; Morris, V.; Joseph, E.; Goldberg, M.D.; Barnet, C.D.; Wolf, W.W.; Jessup, A.; Branch, R.; Knuteson, R.O.; Feltz, W.F., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 7, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09S04, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006385)

Radiative Scaling of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer and the Diurnal Temperature Range, Betts, A.K., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 7, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D7, D07105, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006560)

Postmidnight Convection Dynamics during Substorm Expansion Phase, Liang, J.; Sofko, G.J.; Frey, H.U., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 7, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04205, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011483)

Thermospheric Densities Derived from Spacecraft Orbits: Application to the Starshine Satellites, Lean, J.L.; Picone, J.M.; Emmert, J.T.; Moore, G., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 6, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04301, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011399)

ICESat Antarctic Elevation Data: Preliminary Precision and Accuracy Assessment, Shuman, C.A.; Zwally, H.J.; Schutz, B.E.; Brenner, A.C.; DiMarzio, J.P.; Suchdeo, V.P.; Fricker, H.A., Geophysical Research Letters, April 6, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 7, L07501, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025227)

Assessing a Land Surface Model's Improvements with GRACE Estimates, Niu, G.-Y.; Yang, Z.-L., Geophysical Research Letters, April 6, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 7, L07401, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025555)

Inverse Estimates of Anthropogenic [CO2] Uptake, Transport, and Storage by the Ocean, Mikaloff Fletcher, S.E.; Gruber, N.; Jacobson, A.R.; Doney, S.C.; Dutkiewicz, S.; Gerber, M.; Follows, M.; Joos, F.; Lindsay, K.; Menemenlis, D.; Mouchet, A.; Mueller, S.A.; Sarmiento, J.L., Global Biogeochemical Cycles, April 5, 2006 (Vol. 20, No. 2, GB2002, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GB002530)

Validation of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) Sea Surface Temperature in the Southern Ocean, Dong, S.; Gille, S.T.; Sprintall, J.; Gentemann, C., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 5, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. C4, C04002, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JC002934)

Effects of Threshold Retrievals on Estimates of the Aerosol Indirect Radiative Forcing, Matheson, M.A.; Coakley, J.A., Jr.; Tahnk, W.R., Geophysical Research Letters, April 4, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 7, L07705, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025614)

First Light from the Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Troposphere (FIRST) Instrument, Mlynczak, M.G.; Johnson, D.G.; Latvakoski, H.; Jucks, K.; Watson, M.; Kratz, D.P.; Bingham, G.; Traub, W.A.; Wellard, S.J.; Hyde, C.R.; Liu, X., Geophysical Research Letters, April 4, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 7, L07704, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025114)

Global Mapping Function (GMF): A New Empirical Mapping Function Based on Numerical Weather Model Data, Boehm, J.; Niell, A.; Tregoning, P.; Schuh, H., Geophysical Research Letters, April 4, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 7, L07304, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025546)

Cloud Clearing of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Hyperspectral Infrared Radiances Using Stochastic Methods, Cho, C.; Staelin, D.H., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 4, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D9, D09S18, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006013)

Interannual Variability in Northeast Pacific Circulation, Douglass, E.; Roemmich, D.; Stammer, D., Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, April 4, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. C4, C04001, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JC003015)

Heterogeneous Freezing of Ammonium Sulfate and Sodium Chloride Solutions by Long Chain Alcohols Cantrell, W.; Robinson, C., Geophysical Research Letters, April 1, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 7, L07802, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL024945)

Characteristic Ion Distributions in the Dynamic Auroral Transition Region, Zeng, W.; Horwitz, J.L.; Tu, J.-N., Journal of Geophysical Research-Space Physics, April 1, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. A4, A04201, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JA011417)

Climate Model Fidelity and Projections of Climate Change , Shukla, J.; DelSole, T.; Fennessy, M.; Kinter, J.; Paolino, D., Geophysical Research Letters, April 1, 2006 (Vol. 33, No. 7, L07702, Paper No. 10.1029/2005GL025579)

Microphysical Modeling of Southern Polar Dehydration during the 1998 Winter and Comparison with POAM III Observations, Benson, C.M.; Drdla, K.; Nedoluha, G.E.; Shettle, E.P.; Hoppel, K.W.; Bevilacqua, R.M., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, April 1, 2006 (Vol. 111, No. D7, D07201, Paper No. 10.1029/2005JD006506)

Monitoring Active Volcanism with the Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment on EO-1, Davies, A.G.; Chien, S.; Baker, V.; Doggett, T.; Dohm, J.; Greeley, R.; Ip, F.; Castano, R.; Cichy, B.; Rabideau, G.; Tran, D.; Sherwood, R., Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2006 (Vol. 101, No. 4, 427-446)

Autonomous Detection of Cryospheric Change with Hyperion On-Board Earth Observing-1, Doggett, T.; Greeley, R.; Chien, S.; Castano, R.; Cichy, B.; Davies, A.G.; Rabideau, G.; Sherwood, R.; Tran, D.; Baker, V.; Dohm, J.; Ip, F., Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2006 (Vol. 101, No. 4, 447-462)

Flood Detection and Monitoring with the Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment Onboard EO-1, Ip, F.; Dohm, J.M.; Baker, V.R.; Doggett, T.; Davies, A.G.; Castano, R.; Chien, S.; Cichy, B.; Greeley, R.; Sherwood, R.; Tran, D.; Rabideau, G., Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2006 (Vol. 101, No. 4, 463-481)

Multiresolution Analysis of Radiative Transfer through Inhomogeneous Media. Part II: Validation and New Insights, Ferlay, N.; Isaka, H.; Gabriel, P.; Benassi, A., Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2006 (Vol. 63, No. 4, 1213-1230)

Contrasting Characteristics of Convection over the Northern and Southern South China Sea during SCSMEX, Ciesielski, P.E.; Johnson, R.H., Monthly Weather Review, April 2006 (Vol. 134, No. 4, 1041-1062)

Baroclinic Development in Observations and NASA GSFC General Circulation Models, Robinson, D.P.; Black, R.X., Monthly Weather Review, April 2006 (Vol. 134, No. 4, 1161-1173)

A Comparison of Data Assimilation Methods Using a Planetary Geostrophic Model, Zaron, E.D., Monthly Weather Review, April 2006 (Vol. 134, No. 4, 1316-1328)

Extracting Envelopes of Nonzonally Propagating Rossby Wave Packets, Zimin, A.V.; Szunyogh, I.; Hunt, B.R.; Ott, E., Monthly Weather Review, April 2006 (Vol. 134, No. 4, 1329-1333)

To What Extent Can Raindrop Size Be Determined by a Multiple-Frequency Radar?, Meagher, J.P.; Haddad, Z.S., Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, April 2006 (Vol. 45, No. 4, 529-536)

Impact of Atmospheric Intraseasonal Oscillations on the Indian Ocean Dipole during the 1990s, Han, W.; Shinoda, T.; Fu, L.-F.; McCreary, J.P., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2006 (Vol. 36, No. 4, 670-690)

A New Study of the Mediterranean Outflow, Air-Sea Interactions, and Meddies Using Multisensor Data, Yan, X.-H.; Jo, Y.-H.; Liu, T., He, M.-X., Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2006 (Vol. 36, No. 4, 691-710)

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