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Take Your Pick! NASA climatology research articles published in Sept. 2008

Research: September 2008

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  1. Assessing Land-Atmosphere Coupling Using Soil Moisture from the Global Land Data Assimilation System and Observational Precipitation, Zhang, J., W.-C. Wang, and J. Wei, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 13, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17119, doi:10.1029/2008JD009807)

  2. A Study of AMSU-A Measurement of Brightness Temperatures Over the Ocean, Mo, T., and Q. Liu, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 13, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17120, doi:10.1029/2008JD009784)

  3. An Analysis of the Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere and the Upper-Level Meteorology and their Impact on Surface Ozone Levels in Houston, Rappenglück, B., R. Perna, S. Zhong, and G. A. Morris, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 13, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17315, doi:10.1029/2007JD009745)

  4. Preliminary Comparison of CloudSAT-Derived Microphysical Quantities with Ground-Based Measurements for Mixed-Phase Cloud Research in the Arctic, de Boer, G., G. J. Tripoli, and E. W. Eloranta, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 12, 2008 (Vol. 113, D00A06, doi:10.1029/2008JD010029)

  5. Total Ozone and Tropopause Zonal Asymmetry During the Antarctic Spring, Evtushevsky, O. M., A. V. Grytsai, A. R. Klekociuk, and G. P. Milinevsky, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 12, 2008 (Vol. 113, D00B06, doi:10.1029/2008JD009881)

  6. A Joint Satellite and Global Cloud-Resolving Model Analysis of a Madden-Julian Oscillation Event: Model Diagnosis, Masunaga, H., M. Satoh, and H. Miura, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 12, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17210, doi:10.1029/2008JD009986)

  7. Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Properties from OMI Radiances Using a Multiwavelength Algorithm: Application to Western Europe, Curier, R. L., J. P. Veefkind, R. Braak, B. Veihelmann, O. Torres, and G. de Leeuw, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 12, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17S90, doi:10.1029/2007JD008738)

  8. Atmospheric Warming and the Amplification of Precipitation Extremes, Richard P. Allan and Brian J. Soden, Science, September 12, 2008 (Vol. 321, No. 5895, doi: 10.1126/science.1160787)

  9. Heterogeneous OH Oxidation of Palmitic Acid in Single Component and Internally Mixed Aerosol Particles: Vaporization and the Role of Particle Phase, McNeill, V. F., Yatavelli, R. L. N., Stipe, C. B., and Landgrebe, O., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 12, 2008 (Vol. 8, No.17)

  10. Comprehensive Airborne Characterization of Aerosol from a Major Bovine Source, Sorooshian, A., Murphy, S. M., Hersey, S., Gates, H., Padro, L. T., Nenes, A., Brechtel, F. J., Jonsson, H., Flagan, R. C., and Seinfeld, J. H., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 12, 2008 (Vol. 8, No.17)

  11. Buffered, Lagged, or Cooled? Disentangling Hyporheic Influences on Temperature Cycles in Stream Channels, Arrigoni, A. S., G. C. Poole, L. A. K. Mertes, S. J. O'Daniel, W. W. Woessner, and S. A. Thomas, Water Resources Research, September 11, 2008 (Vol. 44, W09418, doi:10.1029/2007WR006480)

  12. Investigating the Rank-Size Relationship of Urban Areas Using Land Cover Maps, Kinoshita, T., E. Kato, K. Iwao, and Y. Yamagata, Geophysical Research Letters, September 11, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17405, doi:10.1029/2008GL035163)

  13. Causes of Decadal Subsurface Cooling in the Tropical Indian Ocean During 1961–2000, Trenary, L. L., and W. Han, Geophysical Research Letters, September 11, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17602, doi:10.1029/2008GL034687)

  14. A Multi-Model Study of the Hemispheric Transport and Deposition of Oxidised Nitrogen, Sanderson, M. G., et al., Geophysical Research Letters, September 11, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17815, doi:10.1029/2008GL035389)

  15. Aircraft Measurements of Spectral Surface Albedo and its Consistency with Ground-Based and Space-Borne Observations, Coddington, O., K. S. Schmidt, P. Pilewskie, W. J. Gore, R. W. Bergstrom, M. Román, J. Redemann, P. B. Russell, J. Liu, and C. C. Schaaf, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 11, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17209, doi:10.1029/2008JD010089)

  16. A Nonsteady-State Firn-Densification Model for the Percolation Zone of a Glacier, Reeh, N., Journal of Geophysical Research – Earth Surface, September 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, F03023, doi:10.1029/2007JF000746)

  17. Satellite Observations of High Nighttime Ozone at the Equatorial Mesopause, Smith, A. K., D. R. Marsh, J. M. Russell III, M. G. Mlynczak, F. J. Martin-Torres, and E. Kyrölä, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17312, doi:10.1029/2008JD010066)

  18. Estimation of Regional Emissions of Nitrous Oxide from 1997 to 2005 Using Multinetwork Measurements, a Chemical Transport Model, and an Inverse Method, Huang, J., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 10, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17313, doi:10.1029/2007JD009381)

  19. Comparison of New and Existing Global Digital Elevation Models: ASTER G-DEM and SRTM-3, Hayakawa, Y. S., T. Oguchi, and Z. Lin, Geophysical Research Letters, September 10, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17404, doi:10.1029/2008GL035036)

  20. A Comparison of In Situ Bottom Pressure Array Measurements with GRACE Estimates in the Kuroshio Extension, Park, J.-H., D. R. Watts, K. A. Donohue, and S. R. Jayne, Geophysical Research Letters, September 10, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17601, doi:10.1029/2008GL034778)

  21. Stereo Observations of Polar Stratospheric Clouds, Mueller, K. J., L. Di Girolamo, M. Fromm, and S. P. Palm, Geophysical Research Letters, September 10, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17813, doi:10.1029/2008GL033792)

  22. A Multi-Model Assessment of Pollution Transport to the Arctic, Shindell, D. T. and Chin, M. et. al, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 10, 2008 (Vol. 8, No.17)

  23. Photolysis Frequency Measurement Techniques: Results of a Comparison Within the ACCENT Project, Bohn, B. and Corlett, G. K. et. al, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 10, 2008 (Vol. 8, No.17)

  24. Satellite Remote Sounding of Mid-Tropospheric CO2, Chahine, M. T., L. Chen, P. Dimotakis, X. Jiang, Q. Li, E. T. Olsen, T. Pagano, J. Randerson, and Y. L. Yung, Geophysical Research Letters, September 9, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17807, doi:10.1029/2008GL035022)

  25. Relative Contributions to Surface Shortwave Irradiance Over China: A New Index of Potential Radiative Forcing, Kawamoto, K., and T. Hayasaka, Geophysical Research Letters, September 9, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17809, doi:10.1029/2008GL035083)

  26. Historical Reconstruction of Monthly Oceanic Precipitation (1900–2006), Smith, T. M., M. R. P. Sapiano, and P. A. Arkin, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17115, doi:10.1029/2008JD009851)

  27. Evaluation of Satellite Estimates of Downward Shortwave Radiation Over the Tibetan Plateau, Yang, K., R. T. Pinker, Y. Ma, T. Koike, M. M. Wonsick, S. J. Cox, Y. Zhang, and P. Stackhouse, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17204, doi:10.1029/2007JD009736)

  28. Satellite-Based Model Detection of Recent Climate-Driven Changes in Northern High-Latitude Vegetation Productivity, Zhang, K., J. S. Kimball, E. H. Hogg, M. Zhao, W. C. Oechel, J. J. Cassano, and S. W. Running, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, September 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, G03033, doi:10.1029/2007JG000621)

  29. Combined Simple Biosphere/Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Model, Schaefer, K., G. J. Collatz, P. Tans, A. S. Denning, I. Baker, J. Berry, L. Prihodko, N. Suits, and A. Philpott, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences, September 9, 2008 (Vol. 113, G03034, doi:10.1029/2007JG000603)

  30. Increased UV Radiation Due to Polar Ozone Chemical Depletion and Vortex Occurrences at Southern Sub-Polar Latitudes in the Period [1997–2005], Pazmiño, A. F., Godin-Beekmann, S., Luccini, E. A., Piacentini, R. D., Quel, E. J., and Hauchecorne, A., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 8, 2008 (Vol. 8, No.17)

  31. Rates of Southeast Greenland Ice Volume Loss from Combined ICESat and ASTER Observations, Howat, I. M., B. E. Smith, I. Joughin, and T. A. Scambos, Geophysical Research Letters, September 9, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17505, doi:10.1029/2008GL034496)

  32. An Efficient Calibration Method for Continental-Scale Land Surface Modeling, Troy, T. J., E. F. Wood, and J. Sheffield, Water Resources Research, September 6, 2008 (Vol. 44, W09411, doi:10.1029/2007WR006513)

  33. Radiative Properties of Aerosol Mixture Observed During the Dry Season 2006 Over M'Bour, Senegal (African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Campaign), Derimian, Y., J.-F. Léon, O. Dubovik, I. Chiapello, D. Tanré, A. Sinyuk, F. Auriol, T. Podvin, G. Brogniez, and B. N. Holben, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 6, 2008 (Vol. 113, D00C09, doi:10.1029/2008JD009904)

  34. Seasonal Variation of Nitrogen Oxides in the Central North Atlantic Lower Free Troposphere, Val Martin, M., R. E. Honrath, R. C. Owen, and Q. B. Li, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 6, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17307, doi:10.1029/2007JD009688)

  35. Seasonality in the “Grasshopping” and Atmospheric Residence Times of Persistent Organic Pollutants Over the Oceans, Jurado, E., and J. Dachs, Geophysical Research Letters, September 6, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17805, doi:10.1029/2008GL034698)

  36. Influence of Environmental Moisture on TRMM-Derived Tropical Cyclone Precipitation Over Land and Ocean, Jiang, H., J. B. Halverson, and E. J. Zipser, Geophysical Research Letters, September 6, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17806, doi:10.1029/2008GL034658)

  37. Experimental Test of Self-Shielding in Vacuum Ultraviolet Photodissociation of CO, Subrata Chakraborty, Musahid Ahmed, Teresa L. Jackson, and Mark H. Thiemens, Science, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 321, No. 5894, doi: 10.1126/science.1159178)

  38. Climate Controls on the Variability of Fires in the Tropics and Subtropics, van der Werf, G. R., J. T. Randerson, L. Giglio, N. Gobron, and A. J. Dolman, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 22, GB3028, doi:10.1029/2007GB003122)

  39. Effects of Basal-Melting Distribution on the Retreat of Ice-Shelf Grounding Lines, Walker, R. T., T. K. Dupont, B. R. Parizek, and R. B. Alley, Geophysical Research Letters, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17503, doi:10.1029/2008GL034947)

  40. Low-Ozone Pockets Observed by EOS-MLS, Harvey, V. L., C. E. Randall, G. L. Manney, and C. S. Singleton, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17112, doi:10.1029/2007JD009181)

  41. Numerical Simulations of the Three-Dimensional Distribution of Meteoric Dust in the Mesosphere and Upper Stratosphere, Bardeen, C. G., O. B. Toon, E. J. Jensen, D. R. Marsh, and V. L. Harvey, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17202, doi:10.1029/2007JD009515)

  42. Role of Convection in Redistributing Formaldehyde to the Upper Troposphere Over North America and the North Atlantic During the Summer 2004 INTEX Campaign, Fried, A., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17306, doi:10.1029/2007JD009760)

  43. Antarctic Circumpolar Current Frontal System in the South Atlantic: Monitoring Using Merged Argo and Animal-Borne Sensor Data, Boehme, L., M. P. Meredith, S. E. Thorpe, M. Biuw, and M. Fedak, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, September 5, 2008 (Vol. 113, C09012, doi:10.1029/2007JC004647)

  44. An Assessment of Remotely Sensed Land Surface Temperature, Trigo, I. F., I. T. Monteiro, F. Olesen, and E. Kabsch, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 4, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17108, doi:10.1029/2008JD010035)

  45. Four-Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation for Inverse Modeling of Atmospheric Methane Emissions: Analysis of SCIAMACHY Observations, Meirink, J. F., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 4, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17301, doi:10.1029/2007JD009740)

  46. Estimating the Impact of the 2004 Alaskan Forest Fires on Episodic Particulate Matter Pollution Over the Eastern United States Through Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Aerosol Optical Depths in a Regional Air Quality Model, Mathur, R., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 4, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17302, doi:10.1029/2007JD009767)

  47. Observed and Simulated Seasonal Co-Variations of Outgoing Longwave Radiation Spectrum and Surface Temperature, Huang, Y., and V. Ramaswamy, Geophysical Research Letters, September 4, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17803, doi:10.1029/2008GL034859)

  48. The Effect of Lightning NOx Production on Surface Ozone in the Continental United States, Kaynak, B., Hu, Y., Martin, R. V., Russell, A. G., Choi, Y., and Wang, Y., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 17)

  49. CO Emission and Export from Asia: An Analysis Combining Complementary Satellite Measurements (MOPITT, SCIAMACHY and ACE-FTS) with Global Modeling, Turquety, S., Clerbaux, C., Law, K., Coheur, P.-F., Cozic, A., Szopa, S., Hauglustaine, D. A., Hadji-Lazaro, J., Gloudemans, A. M. S., Schrijver, H., Boone, C. D., Bernath, P. F., and Edwards, D. P., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 17)

  50. The Total Solar Eclipse of March 2006: Overview, Gerasopoulos, E., Zerefos, C. S., Tsagouri, I., Founda, D., Amiridis, V., Bais, A. F., Belehaki, A., Christou, N., Economou, G., Kanakidou, M., Karamanos, A., Petrakis, M., and Zanis, P., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 17)

  51. CO2 Efflux from Amazonian Headwater Streams Represents a Significant Fate for Deep Soil Respiration, Johnson, M. S., J. Lehmann, S. J. Riha, A. V. Krusche, J. E. Richey, J. P. H. B. Ometto, and E. G. Couto, Geophysical Research Letters, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17401, doi:10.1029/2008GL034619)

  52. Reduced Ice Thickness in Arctic Transpolar Drift Favors Rapid Ice Retreat, Haas, C., A. Pfaffling, S. Hendricks, L. Rabenstein, J.-L. Etienne, and I. Rigor, Geophysical Research Letters, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 35, L17501, doi:10.1029/2008GL034457)

  53. Assessment of the Quality of the Version 1.07 Temperature-Versus-Pressure Profiles of the Middle Atmosphere from TIMED/SABER, Remsberg, E. E., et al., Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17101, doi:10.1029/2008JD010013)

  54. An Analysis of the Dependence of Clear-Sky Top-of-Atmosphere Outgoing Longwave Radiation on Atmospheric Temperature and Water Vapor, Dessler, A. E., P. Yang, J. Lee, J. Solbrig, Z. Zhang, and K. Minschwaner, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17102, doi:10.1029/2008JD010137)

  55. Observational Evidence for the Radiative Impact of Indonesian Smoke in Modulating the Sea Surface Temperature of the Equatorial Indian Ocean, Rajeev, K., K. Parameswaran, S. K. Nair, and S. Meenu, Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, September 3, 2008 (Vol. 113, D17201, doi:10.1029/2007JD009611)

  56. Tropospheric Ozone Sources and Wave Activity Over Mexico City and Houston During MILAGRO/Intercontinental Transport Experiment (INTEX-B) Ozonesonde Network Study, 2006 (IONS-06), Thompson, A. M., Yorks, J. E., Miller, S. K., Witte, J. C., Dougherty, K. M., Morris, G. A., Baumgardner, D., Ladino, L., and Rappenglück, B., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 2, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 17)

  57. Pressure Broadening in the 2ν3 Band of Methane and its Implication on Atmospheric Retrievals, Frankenberg, C., Warneke, T., Butz, A., Aben, I., Hase, F., Spietz, P., and Brown, L. R., Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, September 1, 2008 (Vol. 8, No. 17)

  58. Rapid Early Holocene Deglaciation of the Laurentide Ice Sheet, Anders E. Carlson, Allegra N. LeGrande, Delia W. Oppo, Rosemarie E. Came, Gavin A. Schmidt, Faron S. Anslow, Joseph M. Licciardi & Elizabeth A. Obbink, Nature Geoscience, September 2008 (Vol. 1, No. 9, doi:10.1038/ngeo285)

  59. Use of Numerical Forecasts for Improving TMI Rain Retrievals over the Mountainous Area in Korea, Eun-Han Kwon, Byung-Ju Sohn, Dong-Eon Chang, Myoung-Hwan Ahn, and Song Yang, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, July 2008 (Vol. 47, No. 7, doi: 10.1175/2007JAMC1857.1)