Alleaume, S., C. Hély, , J. Le Roux, S. Korontzi, D. Roy, R.J. Swap, H.H. Shugart, and C.O. Justice (2003, in press). Using MODIS to evaluate heterogeneity of biomass burning and emissions in southern African savannas: The Etosha National Park Case Study. International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Banzon, V., Marullo, S., D'Ortenzio, F., Santoleri, R., & Evans, R.H. (2003). Year-to-year variability of the phytoplankton bloom in the southern Adriatic Sea (1998-2000): Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor observations and modeling study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C9).

Barnes, R.A., D.K. Clark, W.E. Esaias, G.S. Fargion, G.C. Feldman, & C.R. McClain (2003). Development of a Consistent Multi-Sensor Global Ocean Colour Time. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(20), 4047-4064.

Baum, B. A. , R. A. Frey, G. G. Mace, M. K. Harkey, and P. Yang (2003). Nighttime multilayered cloud detection using MODIS and ARM data. J. Appl. Meteor.

Brown, S.W., B.C. Johnson, M.E. Feinholz, M.A. Yarbrough, S.J. Flora, (2003). Stray light correction algorithm for spectrographs. Metrologia, 40(1), S81-S84.

Buermann,W., B. Anderson, C. J. Tucker, R. E. Dickinson, W. Lucht, C. S. Potter, and R. B. Myneni (2003, in press). Circulation anomalies explain interannual covariability in northern hemisphere temperatures and greenness. J. Geophys. Res..

Carder, K., Cheng-Chien Liu, Lee, Z., David C. English, James Patten, F. Robert Chen, James E. Ivey, and Curtiss O. Davis (2003). Illumination and turbidity effects on observing faceted bottom elements with uniform Lambertian albedos. Limnology and Oceanography, 48(1), 355-363.

Chomko, R.M., H. R. Gordon, S. Maritorena, and D.A. Siegel (2003). Simultaneous retrieval of oceanic and atmospheric parameters for ocean color imagery by spectral optimization: A validation. Remote Sensing of Environment, 84, 208-220.

Chu, D. A., Y. J. Kaufman, G. Zibordi, J. D. Chern, J. Mao, C. Li, and B. N. Holben (2003). Global Monitoring of Air Pollution over Land from EOS-Terra MODIS. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D21), doi: 10.1029.

Gao, B. C., and Y. J. Kaufman (2003). Water vapor retrievals using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) near-infrared channels. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D13), doi:10.1029/.

Gao, B. C., P. Yang, G. Guo, S. K. Park, W. J. Wiscombe, and B. Chen (2003). Measurements of Water Vapor and High Clouds Over the Tibetan Plateau With the Terra MODIS Instrument. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41(4), 895-900.

Gatebe, C.K., King, M.D., Platnick, S., Arnold, G.T., Vermote, E.F., & Schmid, B. (2003). Airborne spectral measurements of surface–atmosphere anisotropy for several surfaces and ecosystems over southern Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(8489), doi:10.1029/.[Full Text Available]

Gordon, H. R. (2003). Pitfalls in atmospheric correction of ocean color imagery: how should aerosol optical properties be computed?: comment. Applied Optics, 423(3), 542-544.

Habauzit, C., S.W. Brown, K.R. Lykke, B.C. Johnson, M.E. Feinholz, M. (2003). Radiometric characterization and absolute calibration of the Marine Optical System (MOS) bench unit. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20(3), 383-391.

Hély, C., P. Dowty, S. Alleaume, K. Caylor, S. Korontzi, R.J. Swap, H.H. Shugart, and C.O. Justice (2003, in press). Regional fuel load for two climatically contrasting years in southern Africa. Journal of Geophysical Research.

Heymsfield, A. J., and L. M. Miloshevich (2003, in press). Parameterizations for the cross-sectional area and extinction of cirrus and stratiform ice cloud particles. J. Atmos. Sci..

Heymsfield, A. J., S. Matrosov, and B. A. Baum (2003, submitted). Ice water path-optical depth relationships for cirrus and precipitating cloud layers. J. Appl. Meteor.

Heymsfield, A. J., S. Matrosov, and B. Baum (2003). Ice Water Path--Optical Depth Relationships for Cirrus and Deep Stratiform Ice Cloud Layers. J. Appl. Meteor., 42(10), 1369-1390.

Hook, S. J., Prata A. J., Alley, R. E., Abtahi, A., Richards, R. C., Schladow, S. G. and S. Ó. Pálmarsson (2003). Retrieval of Lake Bulk-and Skin-Temperatures using Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) Data: A Case Study using Lake Tahoe, CA. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology., 20(4), 534-548.

Hu, C., F.E. Muller-Karger, D.C. Biggs, K.L. Carder, B. Nababan, D. Nadeau, and J. Vanderbloemen (2003, in press). Comparison of ship and satellite bio-optical measurements on the continental margin of the NE Gulf of Mexico. International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Ichoku, C., Y. J. Kaufman, L. Giglio, Z. Li, R. H. Fraser, J.-Z. Jin, and W. M. Park (2003). Comparative analysis of daytime fire detection algorithms, using AVHRR data for the 1995 fire season in Canada: Perspective for MODIS. IJRS, 24(8), 1669-1690.

Jia, L., Li, Z.-L., Menenti, M., Su, Z., Verhoef, W. and Wan, Z. (2003). A practical algorithm to infer soil and foliage component temperatures from bi-angular ATSR-2 data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(23), 4739-4760.

Kaufman, Y. J., C. Ichoku, L. Giglio, S. Korontzi, D. A. Chu, W. M. Hao, R.-R. Li and C. O. Justice (2003). Fires and smoke observed from the Earth Observing System MODIS instrument – products, validation, and operational use. IJRS.

Kaufman, Y. J., I. Koren, L. Remer, D. Tanré, P. Ginoux, and S. Fan (2003, submitted). Dust transport and deposition observed from the Terra-MODIS spacecraft over the Atlantic Ocean. .

Kaufman, Y. J., J. Haywood, P. Hobbs, W. Hart, R. Kleidman, and B. Schmid (2003). Remote sensing of vertical distributions of smoke aerosol off the coast of Africa. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(16), doi:10.1029/.

Kaufman, Y.J., D. Tanré, J.-F. Léon and J. Pelon (2003). Retrievals of profiles of fine and coarse aerosols using lidar and radiometric space measurements. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41(8), 1743-1754.

Key, J. R., D. Santek, C. S. Velden, N. Bormann, J.-N.l Thépaut, L. P. Riishojgaard, Y. Zhu, and W. P. Menzel (2003). Cloud-Drift and Water Vapor Winds in the Polar Regions from MODIS. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Aqua Special Issue, 41(2), 482-492.

King, M. D., S. Platnick, C. C. Moeller, H. E. Revercomb, and D. A. Chu (2003). Remote sensing of smoke, land and clouds from the NASA ER-2 during SAFARI 2000. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(8502), doi:10.1029/.[Full Text Available]

King, M. D., W. P. Menzel, Y. J. Kaufman, D. Tanre, B.-C. Gao, S. Platnick, S. A. Ackerman, L. A. Remer, R. Pincus, and P. A. Hubanks, (2003). Cloud and aerosol and water vapor properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and humidity from MODIS. IEEE Transactions Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41, 442-458.[Full Text Available]

Korontzi, S., C.O. Justice and R. Scholes (2003). The influence of timing and spatial extent of vegetation fires in southern Africa on atmospheric emissions. Journal of Arid Environments, 54(2), 395-404.

Korontzi, S., D. E. Ward, R. A. Susott, R. J. Yokelson, C. O. Justice, P. V. Hobbs, E. A. H. Smithwick, and W. M. Hao (2003). Seasonal variation and ecosystem dependence of emission factors for selected trace gasses and PM2.5 for southern African savanna fires. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D24), 4758.

Kumar, A., P. J. Minnett, G. Podestà, and R. H. Evans (2003, accepted). Error characteristics of the atmospheric correction algorithms used in retrieval of sea surface temperatures from infrared satellite measurements; global and regional aspects. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

Laney, S.R., R.M. Letelier, and M.R. Abbott (2003, submitted). The natural fluorescence response of a marine diatom to changes in nitrate availability and irradiance intensity. Limnology & Oceanography.

Letelier, R., M. R. Abbott, T.J. Cowles, A. Ashe, and J.S. Nahorniak (2003, submitted). Analysis of MODIS chlorophyll fluorescence variability off the Oregon Coast using bio-optical and photosynthetic data collected during GLOBEC NEP mesoscale surveys. Ocean Optics XVI.

Letelier, R.M., D.M. Karl, M.R. Abbott, and R.R. Bidigare (2003, submitted). Light driven seasonal patterns of chlorophyll and nitrate in the lower euphotic zone of the North Pacific subtropical gyre. Limnology & Oceanography.

Levy, R C., L. A. Remer, D. Tanré, Y. J. Kaufman, C. Ichoku, B. N. Holben, J. M. Livingston, P. B. Russell, H. Maring (2003, accepted). Evaluation of the MODIS retrievals of dust aerosol over the ocean during PRIDE. JGR.

Li, J., Z. Yang, H.-L. Huang, W. P. Menzel, R. A. Frey, and S. A Ackerman (2003). High spatial resolution surface and cloud type classification from MODIS multi-spectral band measurements. Jour. Appl. Meteor., 42(2), 204-226.

Li, R.R., Y. J. Kaufman, B.-C. Gao, and C. O. Davis (2003). Remote sensing of suspended sediments and shallow coastal waters. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 41(3), 559-566.

Li, S., and X. Zhou (2003). Assessment of the Accuracy of Snow Surface Direct Beam Spectral Albed Derived under Various Overcast Skies by Reciprocal Approach through Radiative Transfer Simulation. Applied Optics, 42(27), 5427-5441.

Li, Z.-L., Jia, L., Su, Z., Wan, Z. and Zhang, R. (2003). A new approach for retrieving precipitable water from ATSR-2 split-window channel data over land area. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(24), 5095-5117.

Lotsch, A., Tian, Y., Friedl, M.A., & Myneni, R.B. (2003). Land cover mapping in support of LAI and FPAR retrievals from EOS-MODIS and MISR: classification methods and sensitivities to errors. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(10), 1997-2016.

Lotsch,A., Y. Tian, M.A. Friedl, and R.B. Myneni (2003, in press). Land cover mapping in support of LAI/FPAR retrievals from EOS-MODIS and MISR: Classification methods and sensitivities to errors. Int. J. Remote Sens..

Lyu, C., and W. Barnes (2003). Four years of TRMM/VIRS on-orbit calibrations and characterization using lunar models and data from Terra/MODIS. J. Atmos. Oce. Technol., 20(3), 333-347.

Minnett, P.J. (2003, accepted). Radiometric measurements of the sea-surface skin temperature for the validation of measurements from satellites – the competing roles of the diurnal thermocline and the cool skin. International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Moeller, C. C. , H. E. Revercomb, S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, and R. O. Knuteson (2003). Evaluation of MODIS thermal IR band L1-b radiances during SAFARI 2000. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 108(D13), Art. No. 849.

Moeller, C. C., H. E. Revercomb, S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, and R. O. Knuteson (2003). Evaluation of MODIS thermal IR band L1B radiances during SAFARI-2000. JGR Special Issue on SAFARI-2000, 108(D13), 30-1 - 30-12.

Naud, C., J.-P. Muller, and E.E. Clothiaux (2003, accepted). Comparison between active sensor and radiosonde cloud boundaries over the ARM Southern Great Plains site. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmospheres, Submitted 21.8.02, (accepted 10 December 2002 for publication in 2003).

Platnick, S., M. D. King, S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, B. A. Baum, C. Riedl, and R. A. Frey (2003). The MODIS cloud products: Algorithms and examples from Terra. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Aqua Special Issue(41), 459-473.[Full Text Available]

Potter,C. S. Klooster, R. Myneni, V. Genovese, P. Tan, V. Kumar (2003, in press). Continental scale comparisons of terrestrial carbon sinks estimated from satellite data and ecosystem modeling 1982-98. Global and Planetary Change.

Potter,C., P. Tan, M. Steinbach, S. Klooster, V. Kumar, R. Myneni, V. (2003). Major disturbance events in terrestrial ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 9(7), 1005-1021.

Privette, J.L., J. Morisette, and C. O. Justice (2003). A global observing system for the validation of space-borne land observations . Advances in Space Research .

Seemann, S., J. Li, W. P. Menzel, and L. Gumley (2003). Operational Retrieval of Atmospheric Temperature, Moisture, and Ozone from MODIS Infrared Radiances. Journal of Applied Meterology, 42, 1072-1091.

Shabanov, N.V., Y. Knyazikhin, and R. Myneni (2003, accepted). Monitoring green leaf area of global vegetation with the MODIS sensor onboard the EOS-Terra and Aqua platforms. (book not yet titled).

Shabanov, N.V., Y. Wang, W. Buerman, J. Dong, S. Hoffman, G.R. Smith, Y. Tian, Y. Knyazikhin, and R.B. Myneni (2003, in press). Effect of Foliage Heterogeneity on the MODIS LAI and FPAR over Broadleaf Forests. Remote Sens. Environ..

Stramska, M. & Petelski, T. (2003). Observations of oceanic whitecaps in the north polar waters of the Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C3), 31-1 - 31-10.[Full Text Available]

Stramska, M., Stramski, D., Hapter, R., Kaczmarek, S., & Ston, J. (2003). Bio-optical relationships and ocean color algorithms for the north polar region of the Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C5), 12-1 - 12-16.[Full Text Available]

Sun J, Xiong X, Guenther B, and Barnes, B. (2003). Radiometric Stability Monitoring of the MODIS Reflective Solar Bands Using the Moon. Metrologia, 40(1), S85-S88.

Swap, R.J., Annegarn, H.J., Suttles, T., King, M.D., Platnick, S., Privette, J.L., & Scholes, R.J. (2003). Africa burning: A thematic analysis of the Southern African Regional Science Initiative (SAFARI 2000). J. Geophysical Research, 108(8465), doi:10.1029/.[Full Text Available]

Tanré, D., J. Haywood, J. Pelon, J. F. Le´on, B. Chatenet, P. Formenti, P. Francis, P. Goloub, E. J. Highwood, and G. Myhre (2003). Measurement and modeling of the Saharan dust radiative impact: Overview of the Saharan Dust Experiment (SHADE). J. Geophys. Res., 108(D18), doi:10.1029/.

Vogelmann, A.M., P. J. Flatau, M. Szczodrak, K. M. Markowicz, and P. J. Minnett (2003, submitted). Observations of large aerosol greenhouse effects at the surface. Geophysical Research Letters.

Wang, Y, W. Buermann, P. Stenberg, P. Voipio, H. Smolander, T. Hyme, Y. Tian, J. Hu, Y. Knyazikhin, and R. B. Myneni (2003). A New Parameterization of Canopy Spectral Response to Incident Solar Radiation: Case Study with Hyperspectral Data from Pine Dominant Forest. Remote Sens. Environ., 85(3), 304-315.

Xiong, X., Barnes, W.L., Guenther, B., and Murphy, R.E. (2003). Lessons Learned from MODIS Calibration and Characterization. J. of Advances in Space Research, 32(11), 2107-2112.

Xiong, X., Chiang K, Esposito, Guenther, B., and Barnes, B. (2003). MODIS On-orbit Calibration and Characterization. Metrologia, 40(1), S89-S92.

Yang, P., B. A. Baum , A. J. Heymsfield, Y.-X. Hu, H.-L. Huang, S.-C. Tsay, and S. A. Ackerman (2003, in press). Single scattering properties of droxtals. J. Quant. Spectros. Rad. Transfer.

Zhang, X., Friedl, M.A., Schaaf, C.B., Strahler, A.H., Hodges, J.C.F., Gao, F., Reed, B.C., Huete, A (2003). Monitoring vegetation phenology using MODIS. Remote Sens. Environ, 84, 471-475.

Zhou, X., and S. Li (2003). Comparison between in situ and MODIS-derived spectral reflectances of snow and sea ice in the Amundsen sea, Antarctica. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(24), 5011-5032.

Zhou, X., S. Li, and K. Stamnes (2003). Effects of vertical inhomogeneity on snow spectral albedo and its implication for optical remote sensing of snow. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 108(D23), Art. No. 473.

Zhou, X., S. Li, and K. Stamnes (2003). Geometrical-optics code for computing the optical properties of large dielectric spheres. Applied Optics, 42(21), 4295-4306.

Zhou,L., R.K.Kaufmann, Y.Tian, R.B.Myneni,and C.J.Tucker (2003). Relation between interannual variations in satellite measures of vegetation greenness and climate between 1982 and 1999. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D1), doi:10.1029/.

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