Carbon Dioxide Fluxes and Concentrations in Cotton Field of Northwestern China: Effects of Plastic Mulching and Drip Irrigation

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Li Z.G., R.H. Zhang, X.J. Wang, J.P. Wang, C.P. Zhang, C.Y. Tian (2011). Carbon Dioxide Fluxes and Concentrations in Cotton Field of Northwestern China: Effects of Plastic Mulching and Drip Irrigation. Pedosphere, 21(2), 1‐9.

In northwestern China, there has been a change from traditional cultivation system (TC) with no mulching and flood irrigation to a more modern cultivation system (MC) using plastic film mulching with drip irrigation. A field study was conducted to compare soil CO2 concentrations and soil surface CO2fluxes between TC and MC systems during a cotton growing season.

East Asian Studies of Tropospheric Aerosols and Their Impact on Regional Climate (EASTAIRC): An overview

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Li, Z., C. Li, H. Chen, S.‐C. Tsay, B. Holben, J. Huang, B. Li, H. Maring, Y. Qian, G. Shi, et al. (2011). East Asian Studies of Tropospheric Aerosols and Their Impact on Regional Climate (EASTAIRC): An overview. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 116.

As the most populated region of the world, Asia is a major source of aerosols with potential large impact over vast downstream areas. Papers published in this special section describe the variety of aerosols observed in China and their effects and interactions with the regional climate as part of the East Asian Study of Tropospheric Aerosols and their Impact on Regional Climate (EAST-AIRC).

A Study on the Potential Applications of Satellite Data in Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting

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Li, C., N. C. Hsu, and S.‐C. Tsay (2011). A Study on the Potential Applications of Satellite Data in Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting.

In this study we explore the potentialapplications of MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) -like satellite sensors in air quality research for some Asian regions. The MODIS aerosol optical thickness (AOT), NCEP global reanalysis meteorological data, and daily surface PM10 concentrations over China and Thailand from 2001 to 2009 were analyzed using simple and multiple regression models.

Subsurface Salinity, Global Oceans (in State of the Climate in 2010)

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Levitus, S., J. Antonov, T. Boyer, J. Reagan, C. Schmid (2011). Subsurface Salinity, Global Oceans (in State of the Climate in 2010). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92(6), 88-92.

Subsurface salinity, Global Oceans (in State of the Climate in 2010).

Projected Risk of High Ozone Episodes in 2050

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Lei, Hang, Donald Wuebbles, Xin‐Zhong Liang (2011). Projected Risk of High Ozone Episodes in 2050. Atmospheric Environment.

Projected risk of high ozone episodes in 2050.

A Systematic Method for Vegetation Height Retrieval from ICESat Data: Application in White Mountain National Forest New Hampshire, USA

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Lee, S., Ni‐Meister, W., and Yang, W. (2011). A Systematic Method for Vegetation Height Retrieval from ICESat Data: Application in White Mountain National Forest New Hampshire, USA. Remote Sensing of Environement, 115(11).

Vegetation structure retrieval accuracies from spaceborne Geoscience Laser
Altimeter System (GLAS) on the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) data are affected by surface topography, background noise and sensor saturation. This study uses a physical approach to remove surface topography effect from lidar returns to retrieve vegetation height from ICESat/GLAS data over slope terrains.

: A First‐ Order Radiative Transfer Model for Microwave Radiometry of Forest Canopies at L‐band

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Kurum M., R. H. Lang, P. E. O’Neill, A. T. Joseph, T. J. Jackson and M. H. Cosh (2011). : A First‐ Order Radiative Transfer Model for Microwave Radiometry of Forest Canopies at L‐band. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 49(9), 3167 – 3179.

In this study, a first-order radiative transfer (RT) model is developed to more accurately account for vegetation canopy scattering by modifying the basic τ-ω model (the zero-order RT solution).

Impact of Forest Litter on Forest Emission at L‐Band: Modeling the Forest Floor

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Kurum M., P. E. O’Neill, R. H. Lang, M. H. Cosh, A. T. Joseph, and T. J. Jackson (2012). Impact of Forest Litter on Forest Emission at L‐Band: Modeling the Forest Floor. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50(4), 1-14.

Impact of Forest Litter on Forest Emission at L‐Band: Modeling the Forest Floor.