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• Retrieval of UV-visible aerosol absorption using AERONET and OMI-MODIS synergy: spatial and temporal variability across major aerosol environments.

  Authors:Vinay Kayetha, Omar Torres, and Hiren JethvaFrom:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Vol. 15, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 18, 2022355 words Brief article Measuring spectral aerosol absorption remains a challenging task in aerosol studies, especially in the UV region, where ground and airborne measurements are sparse. In this paper, we introduce an algorithm that...

• Tracking aerosols and SO.sub.2 clouds from the Raikoke eruption: 3D view from satellite observations.

  Authors:Nick Gorkavyi, Nickolay Krotkov, Can Li, Leslie Lait, Peter Colarco, Simon Carn, et al.From:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Vol. 14, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 6, 2021268 words Brief article The 21 June 2019 eruption of the Raikoke volcano (Kuril Islands, Russia; 48.sup." N, 153.sup." E) produced significant amounts of volcanic aerosols (sulfate and ash) and sulfur dioxide (SO.sub.2) gas that penetrated into...

• The long-term transport and radiative impacts of the 2017 British Columbia pyrocumulonimbus smoke aerosols in the stratosphere.

  Authors:Sampa Das, Peter R. Colarco, Luke D. Oman, Ghassan Taha, and Omar TorresFrom:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 21, Issue 15) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 12, 2021380 words Brief article Interactions of meteorology with wildfires in British Columbia, Canada, during August 2017 led to three major pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) events that resulted in the injection of large amounts of smoke aerosols and other...

• Validation of the Saharan dust plume conceptual model using Lidar, Meteosat, and ECMWF data

  Authors:V. Mohan Karyampudi, Stephen P. Palm, John A. Reagan, Fang Hui, William B. Grant, Raymond M. Hoff, et al.From:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 80, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

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• Effects of the water content in the sample preparation for MALDI on the mass spectra

  Authors:Iddys D. Figueroa, Omar Torres, and David H. RussellFrom:Analytical Chemistry (Vol. 70, Issue 21) Peer-Reviewed

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• Mutation-oriented profiling of autoinhibitory kinase conformations predicts RAF inhibitor efficacies

  Authors:Johanna E. Mayrhofer, Florian Enzler, Andreas Feichtner, Ruth Rock, Jakob Fleischmann, Andrea Raffeiner, et al.From:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (Vol. 117, Issue 49) Peer-Reviewed

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• Evaluation of the OMPS/LP stratospheric aerosol extinction product using SAGE III/ISS observations.

  Authors:Zhong Chen, Pawan K. Bhartia, Omar Torres, Glen Jaross, Robert Loughman, Matthew DeLand, et al.From:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Vol. 13, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 30, 2020397 words Article The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler (OMPS/LP) has been taking limb-scattered measurements since April 2012. It is designed to produce ozone and aerosol vertical profiles at a 1.6 km vertical...

• G3BPs tether the TSC complex to lysosomes and suppress mTORC1 signaling.

  Authors:Mirja Tamara Prentzell, Ulrike Rehbein, Marti Cadena Sandoval, Ann-Sofie De Meulemeester, Ralf Baumeister, Laura Brohée, et al.From:Cell (Vol. 184, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 4, 2021845 words Article

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• Phylogeny and diversity of neotropical monkey lizards (Iguanidae: Polychrus Cuvier, 1817)

  Authors:Omar Torres-Carvajal, Claudia Koch, Pablo J. Venegas, and Steve PoeFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 12, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 1, 20176,645 words Report 1570LNeotropical monkey lizards (Polychrus) are arboreal lizards with compressed bodies, partially fused eyelids and strikingly long, whip-like tails. The eight currently recognized species occur in the lowlands of South and...

• AEROCOM and AEROSAT AAOD and SSA study - Part 1: Evaluation and intercomparison of satellite measurements.

  Authors:Nick Schutgens, Oleg Dubovik, Otto Hasekamp, Omar Torres, Hiren Jethva, Peter J. T. Leonard, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 21, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  May 6, 2021407 words Report Global measurements of absorbing aerosol optical depth (AAOD) are scarce and mostly provided by the ground network AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork). In recent years, several satellite products of AAOD have been...

• Early bursts of body size and shape-evolution are rare in comparative data

  Authors:Luke J. Harmon, Jonathan B. Losos, T. Jonathan Davies, Rosemary G. Gillespie, John L. Gittleman, W. Bryan Jennings, et al.From:Evolution (Vol. 64, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

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• Independent Demographic Responses to Climate Change among Temperate and Tropical Milksnakes (Colubridae: Genus Lampropeltis)

  Authors:Sara Ruane, Omar Torres-Carvajal, and Frank T. BurbrinkFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 17, 20158,918 words Article 1590LThe effects of Late Quaternary climate change have been examined for many temperate New World taxa, but the impact of Pleistocene glacial cycles on Neotropical taxa is less well understood, specifically with respect to...

• Intercomparison of satellite retrieved aerosol optical depth over the ocean

  Authors:Gunnar Myhre, Frode Stordal, Mona Johnsrud, Alexander Ignatov, Michael I. Mischenko, Igor V. Geogdzhayev, et al.From:Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (Vol. 61, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

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• Using the PARAGON framework to establish an accurate, consistent, and cohesive long-term aerosol record

  Authors:David J. Diner, Robert T. Menzies, Ralph A. Kahn, Theodore L. Anderson, Jens Bosenberg, Robert J. Charlson, et al.From:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (Vol. 85, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

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• Cost-Effectiveness of Using Small Vertebrates as Indicators of Disturbance

  Authors:MIKA ROBERT PECK, SIMON T. MADDOCK, JORGE NOE MORALES, HUGOLINO ONATE, PAOLA MAFLA-ENDARA, VANESSA AGUIRRE PENAFIEL, et al.From:Conservation Biology (Vol. 28, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

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• Interpreting the ultraviolet aerosol index observed with the OMI satellite instrument to understand absorption by organic aerosols: implications for atmospheric oxidation and direct radiative effects

  Authors:Melanie S. Hammer, Randall V. Martin, Virginie Buchard, Omar Torres, David A. Ridley, and Robert J. D. SpurrFrom:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 1, 2016428 words Author abstract, Bri... Satellite observations of the ultraviolet aerosol index (UVAI) are sensitive to absorption of solar radiation by aerosols; this absorption affects photolysis frequencies and radiative forcing. We develop a global...

• A 12-year long global record of optical depth of absorbing aerosols above the clouds derived from the OMI/OMACA algorithm

  Authors:Hiren Jethva, Omar Torres, and Changwoo AhnFrom:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Vol. 11, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 24, 2018503 words Author abstract, Bri...

  Aerosol-cloud interaction continues to be one of the leading uncertain components of climate models, primarily due to the lack of adequate knowledge of the complex microphysical and radiative processes of the...

• Merging regional and global aerosol optical depth records from major available satellite products

  Authors:Larisa Sogacheva, Thomas Popp, Andrew M. Sayer, Oleg Dubovik, Michael J. Garay, Andreas Heckel, et al.From:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Vol. 20, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 24, 2020328 words Brief article Satellite instruments provide a vantage point for studying aerosol loading consistently over different regions of the world. However, the typical lifetime of a single satellite platform is on the order of 5-15 years;...

• Accuracy assessment of MODIS land aerosol optical thickness algorithms using AERONET measurements over North America

  Authors:Hiren Jethva, Omar Torres, and Yasuko YoshidaFrom:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Vol. 12, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 9, 2019431 words Brief article, Techn...

  The planned simultaneous availability of visible and near-IR observations from the geostationary platforms of Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) and Geostationary Operational Environmental...

• Independent Activity of the Homologous Small Regulatory RNAs AbcR1 and AbcR2 in the Legume Symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti

  Authors:Omar Torres-Quesada, Vicenta Millan, Rafael Nisa-Martinez, Florian Bardou, Martin Crespi, Nicolas Toro, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 15, 201311,237 words Article 1580LThe legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti expresses a plethora of small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) whose function is mostly unknown. Here, we have functionally characterized two tandemly encoded S. meliloti Rm1021 sRNAs...