NASA/GISS News and Features http://www.giss.nasa.gov/ The latest news, features and other updates from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. en-us Mon, 14 May 2012 19:26:33 GMT Robert.B.Schmunk@nasa.gov (Robert B. Schmunk) 540 012 456 8910 2223 SaturdaySunday Causal correlation functions and Fourier transforms: Application in calculating pressure induced... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ma01800s.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ma01800s.html Publication: Journal article by Ma et al. published in <cite>J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer</cite>. Mon, 14 May 2012 19:26:31 GMT Publication Comparison of trajectory models in calculations of N2-broadened half-widths and N2-induced... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/la01400w.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/la01400w.html Publication: Journal article by Lamouroux et al. published in <cite>J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer</cite>. Mon, 14 May 2012 19:26:15 GMT Publication The influence of ozone precursor emissions from four world regions on tropospheric composition... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/fr01200l.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/fr01200l.html Publication: Journal article by Fry et al. pubished in <cite>J. Geophys. Res.</cite>. Thu, 10 May 2012 20:05:34 GMT Publication The clean air dividend http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/sh03600a.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/sh03600a.html Publication: Commentary by Shindell published in <cite>New Scientist</cite>. Thu, 10 May 2012 20:04:55 GMT Publication Constraints on Saturn's tropospheric general circulation from Cassini ISS images http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/de06500y.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/de06500y.html Publication: Journal article by Del Genio and Barbara published in <cite>Icarus</cite>. Fri, 4 May 2012 20:39:35 GMT Publication Sensitivity of stratospheric geoengineering with black carbon to aerosol size and altitude... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/kr03000u.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/kr03000u.html Publication: Journal article by Kravitz et al. published in <cite>J. Geophys. Res.</cite> Thu, 3 May 2012 20:11:14 GMT Publication Decades of Data Show Spring Advancing Faster Than Experiments Suggest http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20120502/ http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20120502/ News: Decades of data show plants are leafing and flowering sooner each year than predicted by controlled experiments designed to predict plant responses to rising temperatures. Wed, 2 May 2012 21:08:29 GMT News Warming experiments underpredict plant phenological responses to climate change http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/wo04000r.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/wo04000r.html Publication: Journal article by Wolkovich published on-line in <cite>Nature</cite>. Wed, 2 May 2012 21:07:59 GMT Publication On the causes of mid-Pliocene warmth and polar amplification http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/lu08000d.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/lu08000d.html Publication: Journal article by Lunt et al. published in <cite>Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.</cite> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:20:42 GMT Publication Can self-organizing maps accurately predict photometric redshifts? http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/wa02400t.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/wa02400t.html Publication: Journal article by Way and Klose published in <cite>Publ. Astron. Soc. Pacific</cite>. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:20:03 GMT Publication Changes in land surface water dynamics since the 1990s and relation to population pressure http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/pr04400m.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/pr04400m.html Publication: Journal article by Prigent et al. published in <cite>Geophys. Res. Lett.</cite> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:56:01 GMT Publication Will a Warmer World Be Stormier? http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/delgenio_07/ http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/briefs/delgenio_07/ Science Brief: No single extreme event is evidence of climate change. But what is the likelihood of more events such as stronger thunderstorms and hurricanes as surface temperatures rise? Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:55:32 GMT Science Brief Iterative atmospheric correction scheme and the polarization color of alpine snow http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ot01100t.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ot01100t.html Publication: Journal article by Ottaviani et al. published in <cite>J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer</cite>. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:13:07 GMT Publication A fast and efficient Version of the TwO-Moment Aerosol Sectional (TOMAS) global aerosol microphysics... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/le04500f.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/le04500f.html Publication: Journal article by Lee and Adams published in <cite>Aerosol. Sci. Technol.</cite> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:14:10 GMT Publication Theoretical studies of N2-broadened half-widths of H2O lines involving high j states http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ma02800o.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ma02800o.html Publication: Journal article by Ma et al. published in <cite>Molec. Phys.</cite> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:13:33 GMT Publication Aerosols in the CALIOPE air quality modelling system: validation and analysis of PM levels,... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ba08300g.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ba08300g.html Publication: Journal article by Basart et al. published in <cite>Atmos. Chem. Phys.</cite> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:40:53 GMT Publication Climatic effects of 1950-2050 changes in US anthropogenic aerosols - Part 2: Climate response http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/le02500l.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/le02500l.html Publication: Journal article by Leibensperger et al. published in <cite>Atmos. Chem. Phys.</cite> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:40:18 GMT Publication Climatic effects of 1950-2050 changes in US anthropogenic aerosols - Part 1: Aerosol trends... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/le01500p.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/le01500p.html Publication: Journal article by Leibensperger et al. published in <cite>Atmos. Chem. Phys.</cite> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:39:58 GMT Publication Advances in Machine Learning and Data Mining for Astronomy http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/wa01400w.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/wa01400w.html Publication: Book edited by Way et al. published by Chapman and Hall/CRC. Fri, 6 Apr 2012 20:04:22 GMT Publication A holistic approach to guide development of future climate scenarios for water-resource applications http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/pu06000k.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/pu06000k.html Publication: Journal article by Puma published in <cite>J. Contemp. Water Res. Educ.</cite> Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:09:40 GMT Publication The Continual Intercomparison of Radiation Codes: Results from Phase I http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/or03000u.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/or03000u.html Publication: Journal article by Oreopoulos et al. published in <cite>J. Geophys. Res.</cite> Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:09:10 GMT Publication Hydroclimate of the northeastern United States is highly sensitive to solar forcing http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ni08000d.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ni08000d.html Publication: Journal article by Nichols and Huang published in <cite>Geophys. Res. Lett.</cite> Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:18:57 GMT Publication Atmospheric dust modeling from meso to global scales with the online NMMB/BSC-Dust model -... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ha07510x.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ha07510x.html Publication: Journal article by Haustein et al. published in <cite>Atmos. Chem. Phys.</cite> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:40:48 GMT Publication Polarimetric retrievals of surface and cirrus clouds properties in the region affected by the... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ot00100w.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/ot00100w.html Publication: Journal article by Ottaviani et al. published in <cite>Remote Sens. Environ.</cite> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:00:10 GMT Publication Regional climate model applications for West Africa and the Tropical Eastern Atlantic http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/dr08300g.html http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abs/dr08300g.html Publication: Chapter by Druyan and Fulakeza included in book <cite>Climate Models</cite>. 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