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

Fresh Air in the 21st Century? Prather, Michael, et. al, Geophysical Research Letters, January 31, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 2)

Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ) 1998-2000 Tropical Ozone Climatology 2. Tropospheric Variability and the Zonal Wave-One Thompson, A.M.; Witte, J.C.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 31, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

Evaluation of Algorithms for Fire Detection and Mapping Across North America from Satellite, Li, Z.; Fraser, R., et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 31, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

Interannual Changes of Active Fire Detectability in North America from Long-Term Records of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer,Csiszar, I.; Abuelgasim, A.; Li, Z.; Jin, J.-z.; Fraser, R.; Hao, W.-M., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 31, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

Dry Deposition of Airborne Trace Metals on the Los Angeles Basin and Adjacent Coastal Waters, Lu, R.; Turco, R.P.; Stolzenbach, K.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 31, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

Lower Stratospheric Temperature Differences Between Meteorological Analyses in Two Cold Arctic Winters and Their Impact On Polar Processing Studies, Manney, G.L.; Sabutis, J.L.; Pawson, S.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 31, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D5)

Global Characterization of Rossby Waves at Several Spectral Bands, Polito, P.S.; Liu, W.T., Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, January 31, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. C1)

Sources and Chemistry of Nitrogen Oxides Over the Tropical Pacific, Staudt, A.C.; Jacob, D.J.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 30, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

The Impact of Road Traffic On Global Tropospheric Ozone,Granier, C., Brasseur, G.P.; Geophysical Research Letters, January 29, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 2)

Effect of Stand Age on Whole Ecosystem CO2 Exchange in the Canadian Boreal Forest, Litvak, M.; Miller, S.; Wofsy, S.C.; Goulden, M., Journal of Geophysical ResearchAtmospheres, January 29, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

Ephemeral Lakes and Desert Dust Sources,Mahowald, N.M.; Bryant, R.G.; del Corral, J.; Steinberger, Geophysical Research Letters, January 25, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 2)

Impact of Biomass Burning on Cloud Properties in the Amazon Basin, Roberts, G.C.; Nenes, A.; Seinfeld, J.H.; Andreae, M.O., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 25, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System (ATLAS): Background, Objectives, Results, and Future Directions, McGuire, A.D.; Sturm, M.; Chapin, F.S., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 25, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

Sensitivities of Deep-Ocean Heat Uptake and Heat Content To Surface Fluxes and Subgrid-Scale Parameters in an Ocean General Circulation Model With Idealized Geometry, Huang, B.; Stone, P.H.; Hill, C., Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, January 25, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. C1)

Estimation of Land Surface Window (8-12 mm) Emissivity From Multi-Spectral Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing - A Case Study in a Part of Sahara Desert, Ogawa, K., Schmugge, T., Jacob, F., French, A. Geophysical Research Letters, January 24, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 2)

Tangent Linear Analysis of the Mosaic Land Surface Model, Yang, R.; Cohn, S.E.; da Silva, A.; Joiner, J.; Houser, P.R., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 24, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

Effects of Nonsphericity on Mineral Dust Modeling, Ginoux, P., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 23, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

Investigations into Free Tropospheric New Particle Formation in the Central Canadian Arctic During the Winter/Spring Transition as Part of TOPSE, Weber, R.J.; Orsini, D.; Wang, B.; Scheuer, E.; Talbot, R.W.; et. al, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 22, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D24)

The Spatial Coherence of Interannual Temperature Variations in the Antarctic Peninsula, King, J.C., Comiso, J.C., Geophysical Research Letters, January 18, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 2)

Correction to "CO2 Exchange Coefficients from Remotely Sensed Wind Speed Measurements: SSM/I Versus QuikSCAT in 2000", Carr, M.-E.; Tang, W.; Liu, W.T., Geophysical Research Letters, January 17, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 2)

The Impact of Sea Surface Temperature on the North American Monsoon: A GCM Study, Yang, Z.-L.; Gochis, D.; Shuttleworth, W.J.; Niu, G.-Y.; Geophysical Research Letters, January 17, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 2)

Interannual and Seasonal Variability of Biomass Burning Emissions Constrained by Satellite Observations, Duncan, B.N.; Martin, R.V.; Staudt, A.C.; Yevich, R.; Logan, J.A., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 16, 2003 (Vol. 108, No. D2)

The Gill Model and the Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation, Bretherton, C.S.; Adam H. Sobel, A.H.; Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, January 15, 2003 (Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 451-460)

Trends in the North Atlantic Oscillation - Northern Hemisphere Annular Mode during the Twentieth Century, Ostermeier, G.M.; Wallace, J.M.; Journal of Climate, January 15, 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 336-341)

Large Aerosol Radiative Forcing Due to the 1997 Indonesian Forest Fire, Podgorny, I. A.; Li, F.; Ramanathan, V.,Geophysical Research Letters, January 15, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 1)

An Estimate of the Stratospheric Contribution to Springtime Tropospheric Ozone Maxima Using TOPSE Measurements and Beryllium-7 Simulations, Allen, D.J.; Dibb, J.E.; Ridley, B.; Pickering, K.E.; Talbot, R.W., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 15, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D4)

A Modified Formulation of Fractional Stratiform Condensation Rate in the NCAR Community Atmospheric Model (CAM2), Zhang, M.; Lin, W.; Bretherton, C.S.; Hack, J.J.; Rasch, P.J.,Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 15, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D4)

Maritime Component in Aerosol Optical Models Derived From Aerosol Robotic Network Data, Smirnov, A.; Holben, B.N.; Dubovik, O.; Frouin, R.; Eck, T.F.; Slutsker, I., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 15, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D4)

Nitric Acid Emission From the F100 Jet Engine, Miller, T.M.; Ballenthin, J.O.; Hunton, D.E.; Viggiano, A.A.; Wey, C.C.; Anderson, B.E., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 15, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D4)

Consistency of ARESE II Cloud Absorption Estimates and Sampling Issues, Oreopoulos, L.; Marshak, A.; Cahalan, R.F., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 15, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D4)

Ozone Depletion Events Observed in the High Latitude Surface Layer During the TOPSE Aircraft Program, Ridley, B.A.; Atlas, E.L.; Montzka, D.D.; Browell, E.V.; et. al., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 15, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D4)

Seasonal and Decadal Patterns of Soil Carbon Uptake and Emission Along an Age Sequence of Burned Black Spruce Stands in Interior Alaska, O'Neill, K.P.; Kasischke, E.S.; Richter, D.D., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 15, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D4)

Microphysical and Radiative Evolution of Aerosol Plumes Over the Tropical North Atlantic Ocean, Garrett, T.J.; Russell, L.M.; Ramaswamy, V.; Maria, S.F.; Huebert, B.J., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 15, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D4)

Cloud Resolving Modeling of the ARM Summer 1997 IOP: Model Formulation, Results, Uncertainties, and Sensitivities, Khairoutdinov, M.F.; Randall, D.A.; Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, February 15, 2003 (Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 607-625)

Climate Change During 1985-1999: Cloud Interactions Determined From Satellite Measurements, Cess, R.D.; Udelhofen, P.M.,Geophysical Research Letters, January 10, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 1)

Nonorographic Generation of Arctic Polar Stratospheric Clouds During December 1999, Hitchman, M.H.; Buker, M.L.; Tripoli, G.J.; Browell, E.V.; Grant, W.B.; McGee, T.J.; Burris, J.F., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 10, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D5)

A High-Resolution Surface Vector Wind Product for Coastal Oceans: Blending Satellite Scatterometer Measurements With Regional Mesoscale Atmospheric Model Simulations, Chao, Y.; Li, Z.; Kindle, J.C.; Paduan, J.D.; Chavez, F.P., Geophysical Research Letters, January 8, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 1)

Characteristics of the 1997/1998 El Ni�o Cloud Distributions from SAGE II Observations, Wang, P.-H.; Minnis, P.; Wielicki, B.A.; Wong, T.; Cess, R.D.; Zhang, M.; Vann, L.B.; Kent, G.S., Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 8, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D1)

FROSTFIRE: An Experimental Approach to Predicting the Climate Feedbacks From the Changing Boreal Fire Regime, Hinzman, L.D.; Fukuda, M.; Sandberg, D.V.; Chapin, F.S.; Dash, D., Journal Of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 8, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D1)

Canadian Aerosol Module: A Size-Segregated Simulation of Atmospheric Aerosol Processes for Climate and Air Quality Models 1. Module Development, Gong, S.L.; Barrie, L.A.; et. al, Journal Of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 8, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D1)

A First Estimate of Present and Pre-industrial Air-Sea CO2 Flux Patterns Based on Ocean Interior Carbon Measurements and Models, Gloor, M.; Gruber, N.; Sarmiento, J.; Sabine, C. L.; Feely, R. A.; R�denbeck, C., Geophysical Research Letters, January 7, 2003 (Vol. 30, No. 1)

Retrieval of Cloud Droplet Size From Visible and Microwave Radiometric Measurements During INDOEX: Implication To Aerosols' Indirect Radiative Effect, Liu, G.; Shao, H.; Coakley, J.A.; Curry, J.A.; Haggerty, J.A.; Tschudi, M.A., Journal Of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 3, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D1)

Global Frequency and Distribution of Lightning as Observed from Space by the Optical Transient Detector, Christian, H.J.; Blakeslee, R.J.; Boccippio, D.J.; Boeck, W.L.; Buechler, D.E.; Driscoll, K.T.; Goodman, S.J.; et. al., Journal Of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 3, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D1)

Relation Between Interannual Variations In Satellite Measures of Northern Forest Greenness And Climate Between 1982 and 1999, Zhou, L.; Kaufmann, R.K.; Tian, Y.; Myneni, R.B.; Tucker, C.J., Journal Of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 3, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D1)

Behavior of Tropopause Height and Atmospheric Temperature in Models, Reanalyses, And Observations: Decadal Changes, Santer, B.D.; Sausen, R.; Wigley, T.M.L.; Boyle, J.S.; AchutaRao, K.; Doutriaux, C.; Hansen, J.E.; Meehl, G.A.; Roeckner, E.; Ruedy, R.; Schmidt, G.; Taylor, K.E., Journal Of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 3, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D1)

Weak Impact of Mixing on Chlorine Deactivation During SOLVE/THESEO 2000: Lagrangian Modeling (Clams) Versus ER-2 in Situ Observations, Konopka, P.; Groo�, J.-U.; G�nther, G.; McKenna, D.S.; M�ller, R.; Elkins, J.W.; Fahey, D.; Popp, P., Journal Of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 3, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D5)

Model Analysis of the Temporal and Geographical Origin of the CO Distribution During the TOPSE Campaign,Lamarque, J.-F.; Hess, P.G., Journal Of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 3, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D4)

Long-Range Transport of Continental Plumes Over the Pacific Basin: Aerosol Physiochemistry and Optical Properties During PEM-Tropics A and B, Moore, K.G.; Clarke, A.D.; Kapustin, V.N.; Howell, S.G., Journal Of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 3, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D2)

Interactions Between Tropospheric Chemistry and Aerosols in a Unified General Circulation Model, Liao, H.; Adams, P.J.; Chung, S.H.; Seinfeld, J.H.; Mickley, L.J.; Jacob, D.J., Journal Of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 3, 2003 (Vol.108, No. D1)

Validation of Microwave Sea Surface Temperature Measurements for Climate Purposes, Detlef Stammer, Frank Wentz, Chelle Gentemann, Jourrnal of Climate January 1, 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 73-87)

Dynamic Downscaling of Seasonal Simulations over South America, Vasubandhu Misra, Paul A. Dirmeyer, Ben P. Kirtman, Jourrnal of Climate January 1, 2003 (Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 103-117)

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