JCET 8th Annual Report (2002-2003)

JCET 9th Annual Report (2003-2004)

JCET 10th Annual Report (2004-2005)

JCET 11th Annual Report (2005-2006)

JCET 12th Annual Report (2006-2007)

JCET 13th Annual Report (2007-2008)

Research Scientist Positions:

None at this time.

Exempt Staff Positions:

POSITION TITLE: Staffing Specialist

PERSONNEL STATUS: Exempt, Full-time, Regular

DEPARTMENT: Goddard Earth Sciences and Technology (GEST) Center and Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET)

Note: Position is located at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center located in Greenbelt, Maryland.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Reporting to the Associate Director, the incumbent will be responsible for oversight of hiring and faculty reappointments for both the JCET and GEST research centers. Specific duties include: responding to requests for information on UMBC hiring practices; preparing all required documentation from Personnel Requisitions to drafting final justification to hire memos; coordinating new hires with Human Resources and International Educational Services; tracking hiring process and maintaining internal monitoring system; coordinating all Contingent hires; coordinating faculty reappointments; and performing other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Experience: Requires a Bachelor's degree. Must have excellent customer service and organizational skills. Knowledge and experience with faculty hiring preferred. PeopleSoft, Human Resources and University experience desirable. Occasional travel to UMBC is required. Selection is contingent upon obtaining Goddard security clearance.

SALARY: Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

APPLICATION: For best consideration, submit a cover letter, resume and contact information for three professional references by November 30, 2009 (resumes will be accepted until the position is filled) to Applications_GEST_JCET@umbc.edu or to: Ms. Danita E. Eichenlaub, Acting Director GEST/JCET 5523 Research Park Drive Suite 320 Baltimore, MD 21228.

As required by the 1986 Immigration Act, be prepared to present acceptable documentation upon hire showing your identity and that you are a U.S. citizen or an alien who is authorized to work.

UMBC IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Please visit our web page at http://www.umbc.edu/hr for additional employment opportunities.

Non-Exempt Staff Positions:

None at this time.

If you have a publication not listed here, please use the JCET Publication Submission Form to let us know about it.

For publications in prior years, see

• Publications in 2006
• Publications in 2005
• Publications in 2004
• Publications in 2003
• Publications in 2002
• Publications in 2001
• Publications in 2000
• Publications in 1999

Bulmer, M. H., Petley, D. N., Murphy, W., and Mantovani, F. (2006), Detecting Slope Deformation using Two Pass Differential Interferometry: Implications for Landslide Studies on Earth and other Planetary Bodies, J. Geophys. Res. E. Planets, 111(E6), (June 2006), DOI:10.1029/2005JE002593.

Chahine, M. T., T. S. Pagano, H. H. Aumann, R. Atlas, C. Barnet, J. Blaisdell, L. Chen, M. Divakarla, E. J. Fetzer, M. Goldberg, C. Gautier, S. Granger, S. Hannon, F. W. Irion, R. Kakar, E. Kalnay, B. H. Lambrigtsen, S.-Y. Lee, J. Le Marshall, W. W. McMillan, L. McMillin, E. T. Olsen, H. Revercomb, P. Rosenkranz, W. L. Smith, D. Staelin, L. L. Strow, J. Susskind, D. Tobin, W. Wolf, and L. Zhou (2006), AIRS: Improving Weather Forecasting and Providing New Data on Greenhouse Gases, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 87(7), 911-926 (July 2006), DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-87-7- 911.

Chiu, J. C., A. Marshak, Y. Knyazikhin, W. Wiscombe, H. Barker, J. C. Barnard, and Y. Luo (2006), Remote sensing of cloud properties using ground-based measurements of zenith radiance, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D16201 (August 2006), DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006843.

Chiu, J. C., and G. W. Petty (2006), Bayesian retrieval of complete posterior PDFs of oceanic rain rate from microwave observations, J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 45 (8), 1073-1095 (August 2006), DOI: 10.1175/JAM2392.1.

Ciufolini, I., E. C. Pavlis, and R. Peron (2006), Determination of frame-dragging using Earth gravity models from CHAMP and GRACE, New Astrom. 11(8), 527-550 (July 2006), DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2006.02.001. Corp, L. A., E. M. Middleton, J. E. McMurtrey, P. K. E. Campbell, and L. M. Butcher (2006), Fluorescence Sensing Techniques for Vegetation Assessment, Appl. Optics, 45(5), 1023- 1033 (February 2006).

Demoz, B., C. Flamant, T. Weckwerth, D. Whiteman, K. Evans, F. Fabry, P. Di Girolamo, D. Miller, B. Geerts, W. Brown, G. Schwemmer, B. Gentry, W. Feltz, and Z. Wang (2006), The Dryline on 22 May 2002 during IHOP_2002: Convective-Scale Measurements at the Profiling Site, Mon. Weat. Rev., 134(1), 294-310 (January 2006), DOI: 10.1175/MWR3054.1.

Derimian, Y., A. Karnieli, Y. J. Kaufman, M. O. Andreae, T. W. Andreae, O. Dubovik, W. Maenhaut, I. Koren, and B. N. Holben (2006), Dust and pollution aerosols over the Negev desert, Israel: Properties, transport, and radiative effect, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D05205 (March 2006), DOI:10.1029/2005JD006549.

DeSouza-Machado, S. G., L. L. Strow, S. E. Hannon, and H. E. Motteler (2006), Infrared dust spectral signatures from AIRS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L03801 (February 2006), DOI:10.1029/2005GL024364.

Edwards, D. P., L. K. Emmons, J. C. Gille, D. A. Chu, J.-L. Attie, L. Giglio, S. W. Wood, J. Haywood, M. N. Deeter, S. T. Massie, D. C. Ziskin, and J. R. Drummond (2006), Satellite observed emission from southern hemisphere biomass burning, J. Geophy. Res., 111, D14312 (July 2006), DOI:10.1029/2005JD006655.

Engel-Cox, J. A., R. M. Hoff , R. Rogers, F. Dimmick, A. C. Rush, J. J. Szykman, J. Al-Saadi, D. A. Chu, and E. R. Zell (2006), Integrating Lidar and Satellite Optical Depth with Ambient Monitoring for 3-Dimensional Particulate Characterization, Atmos. Environ., 40, 8056-8067, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.02.039.

Gamon, J. A., A. F. Rahman, J. L. Dungan, M. Schildhauer, and K. F. Huemmrich (2006), Spectral Network (SpecNet)--What is it and why do we need it?, Remote Sens. Environ. 103(3), 227-235 (August 2006), DOI:10.1016/j.rse.2006.04.003.

Gao, F., J. Masek, F. Hall, and M. Schwaller (2006), On the Blending of the Landsat and MODIS Surface Reflectance: Predicting Daily Landsat Surface Reflectance, IEEE T. Geosci. Remote, 44(8), 2207-2218 (August 2006), DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.872081.

Gobron, N., B. Pinty, O. Aussedat, J. M. Chen, W. B. Cohen, R. Fensholt, V. Gond, K. F. Huemmrich, T. Lavergne, F. Melin, J. L. Privette, I. Sandholt, M. Taberner, D. P. Turner, M. M. Verstraete, and J. L. Widlowski (2006), Evaluation of fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation products for different canopy radiation transfer regimes: Methodology and results using Joint Research Center products derived from SeaWiFS against ground-based estimations, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D13110 (July 2006), DOI:10.1029/2005JD006511.

Grecu, M., and W. S. Olson (2006), Bayesian Estimation of Precipitation from Satellite Passive Microwave Observations Using Combined Radar-Radiometer Retrievals, J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim. 45(3), 416-433 (March 2006), DOI: 10.1175/JAM2360.1. Hartle, R. E., and R. Killen (2006), Measuring pickup ions to characterize the surfaces and exospheres of planetary bodies: Applications to the Moon, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L05201 (March 2006), DOI:10.1029/2005GL024520.

Hartle, R. E., E. C. Sittler Jr., F. M. Neubauer, R. E. Johnson, H. T. Smith, F. Crary, D. J. McComas, D. T. Young, A. J. Coates, D. Simpson, S. Bolton, D. Reisenfeld, K. Szego, J. J. Berthelier, A. Rymer, J. Vilppola, J. T. Steinberg, and N. Andre (2006), Preliminary interpretation of Titan plasma interaction as observed by the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer: Comparisons with Voyager 1, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L08201 (April 2006), doi:10.1029/2005GL024817.

Kaufman, Y. J., G. P. Gobbi, and I. Koren (2006), Aerosol climatology using a tunable spectral variability cloud screening of AERONET data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L07817 (April 2006), DOI:10.1029/2005GL025478.

Koren, I., Y.J. Kaufman, R. Washington, M.C. Todd, Y. Rudich, J.V. Martins and D. Rosenfeld (2006), The Bodélé depression: a single spot in the Sahara that provides most of the mineral dust to the Amazon forest, Environ. Res. Lett. 1 (October 2006), 1-5, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/1/1/011001.

Krotkov, N. A., S. A. Carn, A. J. Krueger, P. K. Bhartia, and K. Yang (2006), Band Residual Difference algorithm for retrieval of SO2 from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), IEEE T. Geosci. Remote 44(5), 1259-1266 (May 2006), DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.861932.

Kundu, P. K., and T. L. Bell (2006), Space-time scaling behavior of rain statistics in a stochastic fractional diffusion model, J. Hydrol. 322(49), 49-58 (May 2006), DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.02.031.

Leithead, A., S.-M. Li, R.M. Hoff, Y. Cheng, and J. Brook (2006), Levoglucosan and dehydroabietic acid: Evidence of biomass burning impact on aerosols in the Lower Fraser Valley, Atmos. Environ., 40(15), 2721-2734 (May 2006), DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.09.084.

Levelt, P. F, E. Hilsenrath, G. W. Leppelmeier, G. H. J. van den Oord, P. K. Bhartia, J. Tamminen, J. F. de Haan, and J. P. Veefkind (2006), Science Objectives of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument, IEEE T. Geosci. Remote, 44(5), 1199-1208 (May 2006), DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2006.872336.

Lohmann, U., I. Koren, and Y. J. Kaufman (2006), Disentangling the role of microphysical and dynamical effects in determining cloud properties over the Atlantic, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(9), L09802 (May 2006), DOI:10.1029/2005GL024625.

Marshak, A., S. Platnick, T. Várnai, G. Wen, and R. F. Cahalan (2006), Impact of three-dimensional radiative effects on satellite retrievals of cloud droplet sizes, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D09207 (May 2006), DOI:10.1029/2005JD006686.

Masek, J. G., E. F. Vermote, N. E. Saleous, R. Wolfe, F. G. Hall, K. F. Huemmrich, F. Gao, J. Kutler, and T. K. Lim (2006), A Landsat surface reflectance dataset for North America, 1990-2000, IEEE T. Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 3(1), 68-72 (January 2006), DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2005.857030

Olson, W. S., C. D. Kummerow, S. Yang, G. W. Petty, W.-K. Tao, T. L. Bell, S. A. Braun, Y. Wang, S. E. Lang, D. E. Johnson, and J. C. Chiu (2006), Precipitation and latent heating distributions from satellite passive microwave radiometry. Part I: Improved method and uncertainties, J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 45, 702-720 (May 2006), DOI: 10.1175/JAM2369.1.

Oreopoulos, L., A. Marshak, R. F. Cahalan, T. Várnai, A. B. Davis, and A. Macke (2006), New Directions in the Radiative Transfer of Cloudy Atmospheres, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(5), 52 (January 2006), DOI: 10.1029/2006EO050006.

Polak, T., B. N. Rock, P. K. E. Campbell, J. Soukupova, B. Solcova, K. Zva´ra, and J. Albrechtova (2006), Shoot growth processes, assessed by bud development types, reflect Norway spruce vitality and sink prioritization, Forest Ecol. Manag., 225, 337-348 (April 2006), DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.027.

Rosenfeld, D., Y. J. Kaufman, and I. Koren (2006), Switching cloud cover and dynamical regimes from open to closed Benard cells in response to the suppression of precipitation by aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 2503-2511 (June 2006).

Salomonson, V. V., W. L. Barnes, and E. J. Masuoka (2006), 2.0 Introduction to MODIS and an Overview of Associated Activities in Remote Sensing, edited by J. Qu and, V. V. Salomonson, Springer-Verlag.

Strow, L. L., S. E. Hannon, S. De-Souza Machado, H. E. Motteler, and D. C. Tobin (2006), Validation of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder radiative transfer algorithm, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D09S06 (May 2006), DOI:10.1029/2005JD006146.

Whiteman, D. N., B. Demoz, P. Di Girolamo, J. Comer, I. Veselovskii, K. Evans, Z. Wang, M. Cadirola, K. Rush, G. Schwemmer, B. Gentry, S. H. Melfi, B. Mielke, D. Venable, and T. Van Hove (2006), Raman Lidar Measurements during the International H2O Project. Part I: Instrumentation and Analysis Techniques, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 23(2) (February 2006), 157-169, DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1838.1.

Whiteman, D. N., B. Demoz, P. Di Girolamo, J. Comer, I. Veselovskii, K. Evans, Z. Wang, D. Sabatino, G. Schwemmer, B. Gentry, R-F., Lin, E. Browell, R. Ferrare, S. Ismail, and J. Wang (2006), Raman Lidar Measurements during the International H2O Project, Part II: Instrumentation Comparisons and Case Studies, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 23(2) (February 2006), 170-183, DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1839.1.

Yang, S., W.S. Olson, J.-J. Wang, T.L. Bell, E.A. Smith, and C.D. Kummerow (2006), Precipitation and latent heating distributions from satellite passive microwave radiometry. Part II: Evaluation of Estimates Using Independent Data, J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 45, 721-739 (May 2006), DOI: 10.1175/JAM2370.1.

Al -Saadi, J., J. Szykman, R. B. Pierce, C. Kittaka, D. Neil, D. A. Chu, L. Remer, L. Gumley, E. Prins, L. Weinstock, C. MacDonald, R. Wayland, F. Dimmick, and J. Fishman (2005), Improving National Air Quality Forecasts with Satellite Aerosol Observations,B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 86(9) (September 2005), 1249-1261, DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-86-9-1249.

Anderson, T. L., Y. Wu, D. A. Chu, B. Schmid, J. Redemann, and O. Dubovik (2005), Testing the MODIS satellite retrieval of aerosol fine-mode fraction, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D18204 (September 2005), doi:10.1029/2005JD005978

Anderson, T. L., R. J. Charlson, N. Bellouin, O. Boucher, M. Chin, S. A. Christopher, J. Haywood, Y. Kaufman, S. Kinne, J. A. Ogren, L. A. Remer, T. Takemura, D. Tanré, O. Torres, C. R. Trepte, B.A. Wielicki, D. M. Winker, and H. Yu (2005), An "A-Train" Strategy for Quantifying Direct Aerosol Forcing of Climate, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 86(12), 1795-1809 (December 2005), doi:10.1175/BAMS-86-12-1795.

Bulmer, M. H., L. S. Glaze, S. Anderson, and K. M. Shockey (2005), Distinguishing between primary and secondary emplacement events on blocky volcanic deposits using rock size distributions, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B01201, (January 2005) DOI:10.1029/2003JB002841

Bulmer, M. H., and B. A. Zimmerman (2005), Reassessing landslide deformation in Ganges Chasma, Mars, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L06201(March 2005), doi:10.1029/2004GL022021.

Cahalan, R. F., L. Oreopoulos, A. Marshak, K. F. Evans, A. Davis, R. Pincus, K. Yetzer, B. Mayer, R. Davies, T. Ackerman, H. Barker, E. Clothiaux, R. Ellingson, M. Garay, E. Kassianov, S. Kinne, A. Macke, W. O'Hirok, P. Partain, S. Prigarin, A. Rublev, G. Stephens, F. Szczap, E. Takara, T. Vá&rnai, G. Wen, and T. Zhuravleva (2005), The I3RC: Bringing Together the Most Advanced Radiative Transfer Tools for Cloudy Atmospheres, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 86(9) (September 2005), 1275-1293, DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-86-9-1275

Cahalan, R. F., M. McGill, J. Kolasinski, T. Várnai, and K. Yetzer (2005), THOR - Cloud Thickness from Offbeam Lidar Returns, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 22(6), (June 2005), 605-627.

Castanho, A., J. V. Martins, P. Hobbs, P. Artaxo, L. A. Remer, and M. Yamasoe (2005), Chemical Characterization of Aerosols on the East Coast of the United States Using Aircraft and Ground-Based Stations during the CLAMS Experiment, J. Atmos. Sci. 62(4), 934-946 (April 2005), DOI: 10.1175/JAS3388.1.

Chu, D. A., L. A. Remer, Y. J. Kaufman, B. Schmid, J. Redemann, K. Knobelspiesse, J.-D. Chern, J. Livingston, P. Russell, X. Xiong, and W. Ridgway (2005), Evaluation of aerosol properties over ocean from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) during ACE-Asia, J. Geophys. Res. 110 (D07308), (April 2005), DOI:10.1029/2004JD005208.

Ciufolini, I., and E. C. Pavlis (2005), On the Measurement of the Lense-Thirring effect using the nodes of the LAGEOS satellites, in reply to "On the reliability of the so-far performed tests for measuring the Lense-Thirring effect with the LAGEOS satellites" by L. Iorio, New Astrom., 10(8), 636-651 (August 2005), DOI: 10.1016/j.newast.2005.04.003

Demoz, B.B., D. O'C. Starr, K.D. Evans, A.R. Lare, D.N. Whiteman, G. Schwemmer, R.A. Ferrare, J.E.M. Goldsmith, and S.E. Bisson (2005), The Cold Front of 15 April 1994 over the Central United States. Part I: Observations, Mon. Weather Rev., 133(6) (June 2005), 1525-1543, DOI: DOI: 10.1175/MWR2932.1.

Drolet, G. G., K. F. Huemmrich, F. G. Hall, E. M. Middleton, T. A. Black, A. G. Barr, and H. A. Margolis (2005), A MODIS-derived photochemical reflectance index to detect inter-annual variations in the photosynthetic light-use efficiency of a boreal deciduous forest, Remote Sens. Environ., 98(2-3), 212-224.

Engel-Cox, J. A., G. S. Young, and R. M. Hoff (2005), Application of satellite remote sensing data for analysis of fine particulate matter transport events, J. Air Waste Manage. 55(9), 1389-1397 (September 2005.)

Hoff, R. M., S. P. Palm, J. A. Engel-Cox, and J. Spinhirne (2005), GLAS long-range transport observation of the 2003 California forest fire plumes to the northeastern US, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22S08 (October 2005), DOI:10.1029/2005GL023723. Huemmrich, K. F., J. l. Privette, M. Mukelabai, R. B. Myneni, and Y. Knyazikhin (2005), Timeseries validation of MODIS land biophysical products in a Kalahari woodland, Africa, Int. J. Remote Sens., 26(19) 4381-4398 (October 2005), DOI: 10.1080/01431160500113393.

Jeong, M. J., Z. Li, D. A. Chu, and S.-C. Tsay (2005), Quality and compatibility analyses of global aerosol products derived from the advanced very high resolution radiometer and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S09, (March 2005), DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004648.

Jiang, W. Y., B. Helenbrook, S.P. Lin and S. Weinstein (2005), Low-Reynolds-number instabilities in three-layer flow down an inclined wall, J. Fluid Mechanics, 539, (September 2005), 387-416, DOI:10.1017/S0022112005005781

Jiang, W. Y., and S.P. Lin (2005), Enhancement or suppression of instability in a two-layered liquid film flow, Phys. Fluids, 17, 054105 (May 2005), DOI: 10.1063/1.1899211.

Kahn, B. H., K. N. Liou, S.-Y. Lee, E. F. Fishbein, S. DeSouza-Machado, A. Eldering, E. J. Fetzer, S. E. Hannon, and L. L. Strow (2005), Nighttime cirrus detection using Atmospheric Infrared Sounder window channels and total column water vapor, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D07203 (April 2005), DOI:10.1029/2004JD005430.

Kaufman, Y. J., L. A. Remer, D. Tanré, R.-R. Li, R. Kleidman, S. Mattoo, R. Levy, T. Eck, B.N. Holben, C. Ichoku, V. Martins, and I. Koren (2005), A critical examination of the residual cloud contamination and diurnal sampling effects on MODIS estimates of aerosol over ocean, IEEE T. Geosci. Remote 43(12), 2886-2897 (Dec 2005), DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.858430.

Kelley, O. A., J. Stout, and J. B. Halverson (2005), Hurricane intensification detected by continuously monitoring tall precipitation in the eyewall, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L20819 (October 2005), DOI:10.1029/2005GL023583.

Knapp, K. E., R. Frouin, S. Kondragunta, and A. I. Prados (2005), Toward aerosol optical depth retrievals over land from GOES visible radiances: determining surface reflectance, Int. J. Remote Sens., 26(18), 4097-4116 (September 2005), DOI: 10.1080/01431160500099329.

Knobelspiesse, K. D., C. Pietras, G. S. Fargion, M. Wang, R. Frouin, M. A. Miller, A. Subramaniam, and W. M. Balch (2004), Maritime aerosol optical thickness measured by handheld sun photometers, Rem. Sens. Environ., 93 (1-2), 87-106 (October 2004), DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2004.06.018.

Larsen, M., A. Konstinski, and A. Tokay (2005), Observations and Analysis of Uncorrelated Rain, J. Atmos. Sci., 62(11), 4071-4083 (November 2005), DOI: 10.1175/JAS3583.1.

Levy, R. C., L. A. Remer, J. V. Martins, Y. J. Kaufman, A. Plana-Fattori, J. Redemann, and B. Wenny (2005), Evaluation of the MODIS aerosol retrievals over ocean and land during CLAMS, J. Atmos. Sci. 62(4), 974-992 (April 2005), DOI: 10.1175/JAS3391.1.

Li, Chengcai, A. K.-H. Lau, J. T. Mao, and D. A. Chu (2005), Retrieval, validation, and application of the 1-km aerosol optical depth from MODIS measurements over Hong Kong, IEEE trans. geosci. remote sens., 43(11) (November 2005), 2650- 2658. Loughman, R. P., D. E. Flittner, B. M. Herman, P. K. Bhartia, E. Hilsenrath, and R. D. McPeters (2005), Description and sensitivity analysis of a limb scattering ozone retrieval algorithm, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D19301 (October 2005), DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005429.

McMillan, W. W., C. Barnet, L. Strow, M. T. Chahine, M. L. McCourt, J. X. Warner, P. C. Novelli, S. Korontzi, E. S. Maddy, and S. Datta (2005), Daily global maps of carbon monoxide from NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L11801 (June 2005), DOI:10.1029/2004GL021821.

Mehta, V. M., A. J. DeCandis, and A. V. Mehta (2005), Remote-sensing-based estimates of the fundamental global water cycle: Annual cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D22103, (November 2005), DOI:10.1029/2004JD005672.

Oreopoulos, L. and R.F. Cahalan (2005), Cloud inhomogeneity from MODIS,J. Climate, 18, No. 23, 5110-5124 (December 2005)

Oreopoulos, L. (2005), The impact of subsampling on MODIS Level-3 statistics of cloud optical thickness and effective radius, IEEE trans. geosci. remote sens. 43(2), 366-373 (February 2005), DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.841247.

Petley, D. N., F. Manotovani, M. H. Bulmer, and A. Zannoni (2005), The use of surface monitoring data for the interpretation of landslide movement patterns, Geomorphology 66 (1-4), 133-147 (March 2005), DOI:10.1016/j.geomorph.2004.09.011.

Petley, D.N., T. Higuchi, D.J. Petley, M.H. Bulmer, and J. Carey (2005), Development of progressive landslide failure in cohesive materials, Geology 33, 201 - 204 (March 2005)

Remer, L. A., Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanré, S. Mattoo, D. A. Chu, J. Martins, R-R. Li, C. Ichoku, R. C. Levy, R. G. Kleidman, T. F. Eck, E. Vermote, and B. N. Holben (2005), The MODIS Aerosol Algorithm, Products, and Validation, J. Atmos. Sci., 62(4) (April 2005), 947-973.

Tokay, A., P.G. Bashor, K.R. Wolff (2005), Error Characteristics of Rainfall Measurements by Collocated Joss-Waldvogel Disdrometers, J Atmos Ocean Tech 22(5), 513-527 (May 2005), DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1734.1.

Torres, O., P. K. Bhartia, A. Sinyuk, E. J. Welton, and B. Holben (2005), Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer measurements of aerosol absorption from space: Comparison to SAFARI 2000 ground-based observations, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S18 (February 2005), DOI:10.1029/2004JD004611.

Wang, M., K. D. Knobelspiesse, and C. R. McClain (2005), Study of the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) aerosol optical property data over ocean in combination with the ocean color products, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10S06 (February 2005), DOI:10.1029/2004JD004950.

Wolff, D. B., D. A. Marks, E. Amitai, D. S. Silberstein, B. L. Fisher, A. Tokay, J. Wang, and J. L. Pippitt (2005), Ground Validation for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 22(4), 365-380 (April 2005), DOI: 10.1175/JTECH1700.1.

Wu, Z.-J. and A. Tokay (2005), Comments on 'Spurious power-law relations among rainfall and radar parameters' by A. R. Jameson and A. B. Kostinski (July B 2002, 128, 2045-2058), Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., 131(605), 381-383 (January 2005), DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.43A.

Xiong, X., N. Che, and W.L. Barnes (2005), Terra MODIS on-orbit spatial characterization and performance, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens., 43(2), 355- 365 (February 2005), DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2004.840643.