The GISS publications database lists 2750 research publications authored or co-authored by GISS scientists and colleagues since the Institute was founded in 1961. It is not a complete listing but does include almost all GISS journal papers published since 1990. Copies of many of the publications are available in electronic form; otherwise, entries are abstract-only. Some listings may also include links to related news releases and/or non-technical science briefs describing the research.

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Tishkovets, V.P., and M.I. Mishchenko, 2009: Approximate calculation of coherent backscattering for semi-infinite discrete random media. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 110, 139-145, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2008.09.005.

Robinson, M., H.J. Dowsett, and M.A. Chandler, 2008: Pliocene role in assessing future climate impacts. Eos Trans. Amer. Geophys. U., 89, 501-502.

Anderson, B.T., A.C. Ruane, J.O. Roads, M. Kanamitsu, and G. Salvucci, 2008: A new metric for estimating local moisture cycling and its influence upon seasonal precipitation rates. J. Hydrometeorol., 9, 576-588, doi:10.1175/2007JHM968.1.

Carlson, A.E., D.W. Oppo, R.E. Came, A.N. LeGrande, L.D. Keigwin, and W.B. Curry, 2008: Subtropical Atlantic salinity variability and Atlantic meridional circulation during the last deglaciation. Geology, 36, 991-994, doi:10.1130/G25080A.1.

Ruane, A.C., and J.O. Roads, 2008: Dominant balances and exchanges of the atmospheric water cycle in the Reanalysis-2 at diurnal, annual, and intraseasonal time scales. J. Climate, 21, 3951-3966, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI2015.1.

Dowsett, H.J., M.A. Chandler, and M.M. Robinson, 2009: Surface temperatures of the Mid-Pliocene North Atlantic Ocean: Implications for future climate. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. A, 367, 69-84, doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0213.

Dwyer, G.S., and M.A. Chandler, 2009: Mid-Pliocene sea level and continental ice volume based on coupled benthic Mg/Ca palaeotemperatures and oxygen isotopes. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. A, 367, 157-168, doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0222.

Cook, B.I., G.B. Bonan, S. Levis, and H.E. Epstein, 2008: The thermoinsulation effect of snow cover within a climate model. Clim. Dynam., 31, 107-124, doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0341-y.

Hansen, J., Mki. Sato, P. Kharecha, D. Beerling, R. Berner, V. Masson-Delmotte, M. Pagani, M. Raymo, D.L. Royer, and J.C. Zachos, 2008: Target atmospheric CO₂: Where should humanity aim?. Open Atmos. Sci. J., 2, 217-231, doi:10.2174/1874282300802010217.

Stothers, R.B., 2008: Analytic criteria for the mechanical and thermal stability of magnetic stars with finite electrical conductivity . Astrophys. J., 686, 1275-1279, doi:10.1086/591546.

Mishchenko, M.I., 2008: Broadband electromagnetic scattering by particles. J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A, 25, 2893-2895.

Frappart, F., F. Papa, J.S. Famiglietti, C. Prigent, W.B. Rossow, and F. Seyler, 2008: Interannual variations of river water storage from a multiple satellite approach: A case study for the Rio Negro River basin. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D21104, doi:10.1029/2007JD009438.

Bulgin, C.E., P.I. Palmer, G.E. Thomas, C.P.G. Arnold, E. Campmany, E. Craboni, R.G. Grainger, C. Poulsen, R. Siddans, and B.N. Lawrence, 2008: Regional and seasonal variations of the Twomey indirect effect as observed by the ATSR-2 satellite instrument. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02811, doi:10.1029/2007GL031394.

Bauer, S.E., D. Wright, D. Koch, E.R. Lewis, R. McGraw, L.-S. Chang, S.E. Schwartz, and R. Ruedy, 2008: MATRIX (Multiconfiguration Aerosol TRacker of mIXing state): An aerosol microphysical module for global atmospheric models. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 6603-6035.

Knobelspiesse, K.D., B. Cairns, B. Schmid, M.O. Román, and C.B. Schaaf, 2008: Surface BRDF estimation from an aircraft compared to MODIS and ground estimates at the Southern Great Plains site. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D20105, doi:10.1029/2008JD010062.