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| No. | Report Title | Author(s) | month-year |
| 79 | Optimal Estimation of the Surface Fluxes of Chloromethanes Using a 3-D Global Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model | X. Xue [abstract] [PDF] | 9-2008 |
| 78 | Formation of Ozone and Growth of Aerosols in Young Smoke Plumes from Biomass Burning | M. Alvarado [abstract] [PDF] | 7-2008 |
| 77 | The Municipal Solid Waste Landfill as a Source of Montreal Protocol-restricted Halocarbons in the United States and United Kingdom | E.L. Hodson [abstract] [PDF] | 3-2008 |
| 76 | Description of the MITgcm Atmospheric Physics (Fizhi): Algorithm and Simulated Climate | A. Molod, J.-M. Campin, C. Hill & J. Marshall [abstract] [PDF] | 10-2007 |
| 75 | The Diurnal Cycle of Air Pollution In the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal | A.K. Panday [abstract] [PDF] | 6-2006 |
| 74 | Investigations of Cloud Altering Effects of Atmospheric Aerosols using a New Mixed Eulerian-Lagrangian Aerosol Model | H.D. Steele [abstract] [PDF] | 9-2004 |
| 73 | Estimation of Methane and Carbon Dioxide Surface Fluxes using a 3-D Global Atmospheric Chemical Transport Model | Y.-H. Chen [abstract] [PDF] | 12-2003 |
| 72 | The Equilibration of an Adjoint Model on Climatological Time Scales. Part I: Sensitivity of Meridional Overturning Circulation to the Surface Boundary Conditions. Part II: The Sensitivity of the Thermohaline Circulation to Surface Forcing and Mixing in Coupled and Uncoupled Models | V. Bugnion & D. Hill [abstract] [PDF] | 6-2003 |
| 71 | Mechanistic, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Studies of the Atmospheric Oxidation of Dimethylsulfide | D. Lucas [abstract] [PDF] | 6-2003 |
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| 70 | Box Modeling of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea | Y. Ashkenazy & P.H. Stone [abstract] [PDF] | 5-2003 |
| 69 | The 41 kyr World: Milankovitch's Other Unsolved Mystery | M. Raymo & K. Nisancioglu [abstract] | 9-2002 |
| 68 | Reorganization of Miocene Deep Water Circulation in Response to the Shoaling of the Central American Seaway | K.H. Nisancioglu, M.E. Raymo & P.H. Stone [abstract] | 8-2002 |
| 67 | Snowpack Model Estimates of the Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its Changes Over the 21st Century | V. Bugnion & P.H. Stone [abstract] | 1-2002 |
| 66 | The Production of Non-Methane Hydrocarbons by Marine Plankton | S. Shaw [abstract] [PDF] | 9-2001 |
| 65 | Optimal Determination of Global Tropospheric OH Concentrations Using Multiple Trace Gases | J. Huang [abstract] | 1-2000 |
| 64 | Measurement and Deduction of Emissions of Short-lived Atmospheric Organo-chlorine Compounds | G. Kleiman [abstract] [PDF] | 9-1999 |
| 63 | Construction of the Adjoint MIT Ocean General Circulation Model and Application to Atlantic Heat Transport Sensitivity | J. Marotzke, R. Giering, K. Zhang, D. Stammer, C. Hill & T. Lee [PDF] | 5-1999 |
| 62 | Terrestrial Sources and Sinks of Atmospheric Methyl Bromide: Three-Dimensional Modeling of Tropospheric Abundance and Sensitivities | C. Jensen [abstract] [PDF] | 4-1999 |
| 61 | Inverse Modeling of Seasonal Variations in the North Atlantic Ocean | L. Yu & P. Malanotte-Rizzoli | 8-1998 |
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| 60 | Interhemispheric Thermohaline Circulation in a Coupled Box Model | J. Scott, J. Marotzke & P. Stone | 7-1998 |
| 59 | Seasonal Measurements of Nonmethane Hydrocarbons (NMHC) in a Sub-tropical Evergreen Forest in Southern China | J.J. Graham, Jr. [abstract] | 7-1998 |
| 58 | Temporal Changes in Eddy Energy of the Oceans | D. Stammer & C. Wunsch | 6-1998 |
| 57 | On Convective Mixing and the Thermohaline Circulation | J. Marotzke | 6-1998 |
| 56 | The Importance of Open-Boundary Estimation for an Indian Ocean GCM-Data Synthesis | Q. Zhang & J. Marotzke | 4-1998 |
| 55 | Boundary Mixing and Equatorially Asymmetric Thermohaline Circulation | J. Marotzke & B.A. Klinger | 4-1998 |
| 54 | Impact of the Horizontal Wind Profile in the Lower Stratosphere on the Convective Transport of Chemical Species | C. Wang & R.G. Prinn [HTML] | 3-1998 |
| 53 | Adjusting to Policy Expectations in Climate Change Modeling: An Interdisciplinary Study of Flux Adjustments in Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Models | S. Shackley, J. Risbey, P. Stone & B. Wynne [HTML] | 3-1998 |
| 52 | Open-Ocean Convection: Observations, Theory and Models | J. Marshall & F. Schott | 1-1998 |
| 51 | Global Thermohaline Circulation Part I: Sensitivity to Atmospheric Moisture Transport. Part II: Sensitivity with Interactive Atmospheric Transports | X. Wang, P. Stone & J. Marotzke | 10-1997 |
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| 50 | Destabilization of the Thermohaline Circulation by Atmospheric Transports: An Analytic Solution | Y. Krasovskiy & P. Stone | 7-1997 |
| 49 | The Global Ocean Circulation Estimated from TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimetry and the MIT General Circulation | D. Stammer et al. | 5-1997 |
| 48 | Trapped Methane Volume and Potential Effects on Methane Ebullition in a Northern Peatland | E. Fechner-Levy & H. Hemond | 5-1997 |
| 47 | Seasonal Cycles of Meridional Overturning and Heat Transport of the Indian Ocean | T. Lee & J. Marotzke | 3-1997 |
| 46 | Analysis of the North Atlantic Climatologies Using a Combined OGCM/Adjoint Approach | L. Yu & P. Malanotte-Rizzoli | 12-1996 |
| 45 | Tracer Applications of Anthropogenic Iodine-129 in the North Atlantic Ocean | H.N. Edmonds | 11-1996 |
| 44 | Boundary Mixing and the Dynamics of 3-Dimensional Thermohaline Circulations | J. Marotzke | 8-1996 |
| 43 | The Role of Aerosols in the Troposphere: Radiative Forcing, Model Response, and Uncertainty Analysis | W. Pan [abstract] | 5-1996 |
| 42 | Development of a 3-Dimensional Chemical Transport Model Based on Observed Winds and Use in Inverse Modeling of the Sources of CFCl3F | N. Mahowald [abstract] | 4-1996 |
| 41 | The Role of Vegetation in the Dynamics of West African Monsoons | X. Zheng & E. Eltahir | 3-1996 |
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| 40 | Inferring Meridional Mass and Heat Transports of the Indian Ocean by Fitting a GCM to Climatological Data | T. Lee & J. Marotzke | 2-1996 |
| 39 | Analysis of Thermohaline Feedbacks | J. Marotzke | 12-1995 |
| 38 | The Iron Hypothesis: Basic Research Meets Environmental Policy | S. Chisholm | 12-1995 |
| 37 | Hydrostatic, Quasi-Hydrostatic and Non-Hydrostatic Ocean Modeling | J. Marshall, C. Hill, L. Perelman and A. Adcroft | 9-1995 |
| 36 | A Finite-Volume, Incompressible Navier Stokes Model for Studies of the Ocean on Parallel Computers | J. Marshall, A. Adcroft, C. Hill, L. Perelman and C. Heisey | 9-1995 |
| 35 | A Case Study of the Adequacy of GCM Simulations for Assessing Regional Climate Changes | J. Risbey & P. Stone | 3-1995 |
| 34 | On the Role of Vegetation in Sustaining Large Scale Atmospheric Circulations in the Tropics | E. Eltahir | 2-1995 |
| 33 | Sprites, Q-Bursts and Positive Ground Strokes | D. Boccippio, E. Williams et al. | 2-1995 |
| 32 | Subduction of Carbon in the Subtropical Gyre of the North Atlantic | M. Follows, R. Williams & J. Marshall | 10-1994 |
| 31 | The Growth of Convective Plumes at Seafloor Hot Springs | K. Speer & J. Marshall | 10-1994 |
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| 30 | The CMPO/MIT TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimetric Data Set | C. King, D. Stammer & C. Wunsch | 8-1994 |
| 29 | Atmospheric Transports, the Thermohaline Circulation, and Flux Adjustments in a Simple Coupled Model | J. Marotzke & P. Stone | 4-1994 |
| 28 | Climate Dynamics and Global Change | R. Lindzen | 3-1994 |
| 27 | Effects of Atmospheric Coupling on the Stability of the Thermohaline Circulation | M. Nakamura, P. Stone & J. Marotzke | 1-1994 |
| 26 | Poleward Heat Transport in a Barotropic Ocean Model | X. Wang, P. Stone & J. Marotzke | 12-1993 |
| 25 | An EPV View of the Zonal Mean Distribution of Temperature and Wind in the Extra-tropical Troposphere | D.-Z. Sun & R. Lindzen | 12-1993 |
| 24 | Laboratory Experiments of Chemical Reactions on Polar Stratospheric Cloud Particles | K. Beyer | 11-1993 |
| 23 | A Model of the Ion Chemistry of Electrified Convection | R. Boldi [abstract] | 5-1993 |
| 22 | Destabilization of the Thermohaline Circulation by Atmospheric Feedback | M. Nakamura, P. Stone & J. Marotzke | 3-1993 |
| 21 | Global Circuit Response to Seasonal Variations in Global Surface Air Temperature | E. Williams | 3-1993 |
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| 20 | Precipitation Recycling in the Amazon Basin | E. Eltahir & R. Bras | 1-1993 |
| 19 | On the Response of the Tropical Atmosphere to Large-Scale Deforestation | E. Eltahir & R. Bras | 1-1993 |
| 18 | On the Feasibility of Determining Surface Emissions of Trace Gases Using an Inverse Method in a 3-D Chemical Transport Model | D. Hartley & R. Prinn | 11-1992 |
| 17 | Deducing Trace Gas Emissions Using an Inverse Method in 3-D Chemical Transport Models | D. Hartley [abstract] | 11-1992 |
| 16 | An Active Titration Method for the Local Measurement of Tropospheric Hydroxyl Radical | M. Sprengnether [abstract] | 10-1992 |
| 15 | A Description of Rainfall Interception Over Large Areas, and On the Estimation of the Fractional Coverage of Rainfall in Climate Models | E. Eltahir & R. Bras | 8-1992 |
| 14 | The Schumann Resonance: A Global Tropical Thermometer | E. Williams | 5-1992 |
| 13 | The Heterogeneous Reaction HOCl + HCl → Cl2 + H2O on Ice and Nitric Acid Trihydrate: Reaction Probabilities and Stratospheric Implications | J. Abbatt & M. Molina | 4-1992 |
| 12 | Forecast Cloudy: The Limits of Global Warming Models | P. Stone [PDF] | 3-1992 |
| 11 | The Implementation and Validation of Improved Landsurface Hydrology in an Atmospheric General Circulation Model | K. Johnson, D. Entekhabi & P. Eagleson | 2-1992 |
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| 10 | Inferring the Annual-mean Subduction Rate Over the North Atlantic | J. Marshall, A. Nurser & R. Williams | 1-1992 |
| 9 | The Role of Ice in the Conditional Instability of the Tropical Atmosphere | E. Williams & N. Renno | 11-1991 |
| 8 | Nonmethane Hydrocarbon Chemistry in the Remote Marine Atmosphere | N. Donahue [abstract] | 7-1991 |
| 7 | Global-Scale Sea Surface Variability from Combined Altimetric & Tide Gauge Measurements | C. Wunsch | 1-1991 |
| 5&6 | Non-Linear Dynamics of Soil Moisture at Climate Scales: Stochastic Analysis and Chaotic Analysis | I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, D. Entekhabi & R. Bras | 11-1990 |
| 4 | Atmospheric emissions and trends of nitrous oxide deduced from ten years of ALE-GAGE data | R. Prinn, D. Cunnold, R. Rasmussen, P. Simmonds, et al. | 6-1990 |
| 3 | A Scheme for Representing Cumulus Convection in Large-Scale Models | K. Emanuel | 4-1990 |
| 2 | On the Limitations of General Circulation Climate Models | P. Stone & J. Risbey | 3-1990 |
| 1 | An Annotated Bibliography on Greenhouse Effect Change | M. Handel & J. Risbey | 4-1992 |
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