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Terrestrial ecological carbon cycle

• Sun, W., Luo, X., Fang, Y. et al. Biome-scale temperature sensitivity of ecosystem respiration revealed by atmospheric CO2 observations. Nat Ecol Evol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02093-x 

• Nina A. Randazzo, Anna M. Michalak,Charles E. Miller,Scot M. Miller, Yoichi P. Shiga, Yuanyuan Fang (2021), Higher Autumn Temperatures Lead to Contrasting CO2 Flux Responses in Boreal Forests Versus Tundra and Shrubland, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2021GL093843 

• Wu Sun, Y. Fang, and X. Luo et al. (2021), Midwest U.S. croplands determine model divergence in North American carbon fluxes, AGU Advances, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000310 (Editor's highlight: https://eos.org/editor-highlights/how-do-croplands-reduce-co2-during-the-growing-season)

• Christopher R Schwalm, Deborah N Huntinzger, Anna M Michalak, Kevin Schaefer, Joshua B Fisher, Yuanyuan Fang, Yaxing Wei (2020), Modeling suggests fossil fuel emissions have been driving increased land carbon uptake since the turn of the 20th Century, Scientific Reports, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66103-9

• Christopher R Schwalm, K. Schaefer, J. B Fisher, D. H Huntzinger, Y. Elshorbany, Y. Fang, Daniel J Hayes, E. Jafarov, A. M Michalak, M. Piper, E. Stofferahn, K. Wang and Y Y Wei (2019), Divergence in land surface modeling: Linking spread to structure, DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ab4a8a

• He, Y, Peng, S, Liu, Y, X. Li, K. Wang, P. Ciais, M. A. Arain, Y. Fang, J. B. Fisher, D. Goll, D. Hayes, D. N. Huntzinger, A. Ito, A. K. Jain, I. A. Janssens, J. Mao, C. Matteo, A. M. Michalak, C. Peng, J. Peñuelas, B. Poulter, D. Qin, D. M. Ricciuto, K. Schaefer, C. R. Schwalm, X. Shi, H. Tian, S. Vicca, Y. Wei, N. Zeng, Q. Zhu (2019), Global vegetation biomass production efficiency constrained by models and observations. Glob Change Biol. 2019; 00: 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14816 

• Yongwen Liu, S. Piao, T. Gasser, P. Ciais, H. Yang, H. Wang, T. Keenan, M. Huang, S. Wan, J. Song, K. Wang, I. Janssens, J. Penuelas, C. Huntingford, X. Wang, A. Arain, Y. Fang, J. Fisher, M. Huang, D. Huntzinger, A. Ito, A. Jain, J. Mao, A. Michalak, C. Peng, B. Poulter, C. Schwalm, X. Shi, H. Tian, Y. Wei, N. Zeng, Q. Zhu, and T. Wang (2019), Field-experiment constraints on the enhancement of the terrestrial carbon sink by CO2 fertilisation, Nature Geoscience, DOI: 10.1038/s41561-019-0436-1  

• Hannah Kolus, Deborah N Huntzinger, Christopher Schwalm, Joshua Fisher, Nicholas Paul McKay, Y. Fang, Anna M Michalak, Kevin Michael Schaefer, Yaxing Wei, Benjamin Poulter, Jiafu Mao, Nicholas Parazoo, Xiaoying Shi (2019), Land carbon models underestimate the severity and duration of drought’s impact on plant productivity, Scientific Reports, volume 9, Article number: 2758 (2019) , doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39373-1 

• Huang, Kun, Jianyang Xia, Yingping Wang, Anders Ahlstrom, Jiquan Chen, Robert Cook, Erqian Cui, Y. Fang, Joshua Fisher, Deborah N Huntzinger, Zhao Li, Anna M Michalak, Kevin Schaefer, Christopher Schwalm, Yaxing Wei, Xiaoni Xu, Liming Yan, Yiqi Luo (2018), Enhanced peak growth of global vegetation and its key mechanisms, Nature Ecology & Evolution 2, pages 1897–1905 (2018)  

• Shiga, Yoichi, A. M. Michalak, Y. Fang, et al (2018), Forests dominate the interannual variability of the North American carbon sink, Environmental Research Letters, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aad505

• Schwalm, C., W. Anderegg, A. Michalak, J. Fisher, F. Biondi, G. Koch, M. Litvak, K. Ogle, J. Shaw, A. Wolf, D. Huntzinger, K. Schaefer, R. Cook, Y. Wei, Y. Fang, D. Hayes, M. Huang, A. Jain, H. Tian (2017), Global patterns of drought recovery, Nature, DOI: 10.1038/nature23021

• Huntzinger, D.N., A. M. Michalak, C. R. Schwalm, P. Ciais, A.W. King, Y. Fang, K.Schaefer, Y. Wei, R.B. Cook, J.B. Fisher, D. Hayes, M. Huang, A. Ito, A. K. Jain, H. Lei, C. Lu, F. Maignan, J. Mao, N. Parazoo, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D. Ricciuto, X. Shi, H. Tian, W. Wang, N. Zeng, F. Zhao (2017), Uncertainty in the response of terrestrial carbon sink to environmental drivers undermines carbon-climate feedback predictions, Scientific Reports, 7, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03818-2

• Fang, Y.; Michalak, Anna; Schwalm, Christopher; Huntzinger, Deborah; Berry, Joseph; Ciais, Philippe; Piao, Shilong; Poulter, Benjamin; Fisher, Joshua; Cook, Robert; Hayes, Daniel; Huang, Maoyi; Ito, Akihiko; Jain, Atul; Lei, Huimin; Lu, Chaoqun; Mao, Jiafu; Parazoo, Nicholas; Peng, Shushi; Ricciuto, Daniel; Shi, Xiaoying; Tao, Bo; Tian, Hanqin; Wang, Weile; Wei, Y; Yang, Jia (2017), Global land carbon sink response to temperature and precipitation varies with ENSO phase, Environmental Research Letters, 12 (2017) 064007, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aa6e8e 

• Fang, Y., and A. Michalak (2015), Atmospheric observations inform CO2 flux responses to enviroclimatic drivers, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi: 10.1002/2014GB005034

• Fang, Y., Michalak, A. M., Shiga, Y. P., and Yadav, V. (2014), Using atmospheric observations to evaluate the spatiotemporal variability of CO2 fluxes simulated by terrestrial biospheric models, Biogeosciences, 11, 6985-6997, doi:10.5194/bg-11-6985-2014.

Climate change impacts on extreme weather, air quality and human health

• Forbes, Whitney; Mao, Jiafu; Jin, Mingzhou; Kao, Shih-Chieh; Fu, Wenting; Shi, Xiaoying; Ricciuto, Daniel; Thornton, Peter; Ribes, Aurelien; Wang, Yutao; Piao, Shilong; Zhao, Tianbao; Schwalm, Christopher ; Hoffman, Forrest; Fisher, Joshua; Ito, Akihiko; Poulter, Ben; Fang, Yuanyuan; Tian, Hanqin; Jain, Atul; Hayes, Daniel (2018), Contribution of environmental forcings to US runoff changes for the period 1950-2010, Environmental Research Letters, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aabb41

• Li, Chao, Y. Fang,  K. Caldeira, X. B. Zhang, N. Diffenbaugh, A. Michalak (2018), Widespread persistent changes to temperature extremes occurred earlier than predicted, Scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-19288-z

• Li, Chao, X. B. Zhang, F. Zwiers, Y. Fang, A. M. Michalak (2017),  Recent very hot summers in northern hemispheric land areas measured by wet bulb globe temperature will be the norm within 20 years , Earth's Future, doi: 10.1002/2017EF000639 

• Fang, Y., D. Mauzerall, J. Liu, A. M. Fiore, and L.W. Horowitz (2013), Impacts of 21st century climate change on global air pollution-related premature mortality, Climatic Change, doi 10.1007/s10584-013-0847-8 

• Fang, Y., Naik, V., Horowitz, L. W., and Mauzerall, D. L. (2013): Air pollution and associated human mortality: the role of air pollutant emissions, climate change and methane concentration increases from the preindustrial period to present, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 1377-1394, doi:10.5194/acp-13-1377-2013 

• Fang, Y., A. M. Fiore, L. W. Horowitz, A. Gnanadesikan, I. Held, G. Chen, G. Vecchi, and H. Levy (2011), The impacts of changing transport and precipitation on pollutant distributions in a future climate, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D18303, doi:10.1029/2011JD015642. 

• Fang Y. (2011), Warmer and wetter climate, more pollutants?, Newsletter of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project, Issues No. 44, 2011 

• Fang Y. (2010), The impacts of emissions, meteorology and climate change on pollution transport, Ph.D. thesis, Princeton University, 188 pp., Publication Number: AAT 3435956; ISBN: 9781124348865

• Fiore, A. M., H. Levy II, Y. Ming, Y. Fang, L. W. Horowitz (2010), Interactions between climate and air quality, Conference Proceedings from the 30th NATO SPS ITM on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application Xx, Pages: 481-489

Atmospheric chemistry, long-range air pollution transport and air quality

• Bart Ostro, Fang, Y., Sospedra M. C., et al., Health impact assessment of PM2.5 from uncovered coal trains in the San Francisco Bay Area: Implications for global exposures (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118787

• Wenyu Wei, Y. Fang and Y. Zhou (2021), Synoptic and meteorological drivers of regional ozone pollution events in China, Environemental Research Communications, doi: 10.1088/2515-7620/abfe9c

• Yue Qin, Y. Fang, Xiaoyuan Li, Vaishali Naik, Larry W. Horowitz, Junfeng Liu, Noah Scovronick, Denise L. Mauzerall (2019), Source Attribution of Black Carbon Affecting Regional Air Quality, Premature Mortality and Glacial Deposition in 2000, Atmospheric Environment,in press, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.02.048 

• Yiyun Wu, Baojing Gu, Jan Willem Erisman, Stefan Reis, Y. Fang, Xuehe Lu, Xiuming Zhang (2016), PM2.5 pollution is substantially affected by ammonia emissions in China, Environmental pollution, doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.08.027

• Fang, Y., D. Mauzerall, J. Liu, A. M. Fiore, and L.W. Horowitz (2013), Impacts of 21st century climate change on global air pollution-related premature mortality, Climatic Change, doi 10.1007/s10584-013-0847-8 

• Fang, Y., Naik, V., Horowitz, L. W., and Mauzerall, D. L. (2013): Air pollution and associated human mortality: the role of air pollutant emissions, climate change and methane concentration increases from the preindustrial period to present, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 1377-1394, doi:10.5194/acp-13-1377-2013 

• Fang Y., A. M. Fiore, JF Lamarque, L. W. Horowitz. and M. Lin (2013), Using synthetic tracers as a proxy for summertime PM2.5 air quality over the Northeastern United States in physical climate models, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1002/grl.50162

• Harald E. Rieder, A. M. Fiore, L. M. Polvani, J-F Lamarque and Y. Fang (2013), Changes in the frequency and return level of extreme ozone events over the Eastern United States following changes in National Ambient Air Quality Standards, Environ. Res. Lett. 8 014012, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/014012  

• Fang, Y., A. M. Fiore, L. W. Horowitz, A. Gnanadesikan, I. Held, G. Chen, G. Vecchi, and H. Levy (2011), The impacts of changing transport and precipitation on pollutant distributions in a future climate, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D18303, doi:10.1029/2011JD015642. 

• Fang Y. (2011), Warmer and wetter climate, more pollutants?, Newsletter of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project, Issues No. 44, 2011 

• Fang Y. (2010), The impacts of emissions, meteorology and climate change on pollution transport, Ph.D. thesis, Princeton University, 188 pp., Publication Number: AAT 3435956; ISBN: 9781124348865

• Fiore, A. M., H. Levy II, Y. Ming, Y. Fang, L. W. Horowitz (2010), Interactions between climate and air quality, Conference Proceedings from the 30th NATO SPS ITM on Air Pollution Modeling and its Application Xx, Pages: 481-489

• Fang, Y., A. M. Fiore, L. W. Horowitz, H. Levy II, Y. Hu, and A. G. Russell (2010), Sensitivity of the NOy budget over the United States to anthropogenic and lightning NOx in summer, J. Geophys. Res.,115, D18312, doi:10.1029/2010JD014079.

• Fang, Y., A. M. Fiore, L. W. Horowitz, A. Gnanadesikan, H. Levy II, Y. Hu, and A. G. Russell (2009), Estimating the contribution of strong daily export events to total pollutant export from the United States in summer, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D23302, doi:10.1029/2008JD010946. 

Satellite remote sensing of air pollution

• Zhao C. S., L. Peng, X. X. Tie, Y. P. Lin, C. C. Li, X. D. Zheng and Y. Y. Fang (2007), A high CO episode of long-range transport detected by MOPITT, Water Air Soil Pollution, 178, 207-216, doi: 10.1007/s11270-006-9191-1

• Lin, Y.P.,  Zhao, C.S.,  Peng, Li and Y. Fang (2007), A new method to calculate monthly CO emissions using MOPITT satellite data, Chinese Science Bulletin, Vol. 52, Issue 18, 2551-2558, doi: 10.1007/s11434-007-0349-z

• C.S. Zhao, Y. Fang, J. Tang, X. Zhen and G. Zhou (2007), Distribution of Carbon Monoxide from MOPITT of 2000-2004 and Comparisons with Surface Measurements in Mt. Waliguan Station, Journal of Applied Meteorological Science, Vol.18, No.1, P.36-4

• Y. Li, C.S. Zhao, Y. Fang, H. Yu (2007), Analysis of Distribution and Seasonal Change of Tropospheric Ozone Residual in Recent 20 Years Using Satellite Data, Journal of Applied Meteorological Science, Vol.18 No.2 P.181-186

• Fang. Y., C.S. Zhao, C.C. Li (2005), Distribution Characteristics of Carbon Monoxide Concentration in 2002, Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 29(3), 363-371, doi:10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.2005.03.04

• Fang. Y., C.S. Zhao, C.C. Li (2005), Analysis of the distribution of carbon monoxide from MOPITT over East Asia in 2002, Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Science (English version), 29(4), 407– 41