To-be Submitted 


Li, F. and T. Tamarin-Brodsky, 2024: Heatwave peak temperatures associated with convective instability buildup over midlatitude land.

Li, F. and T. Tamarin-Brodsky, 2024: Relating the Vertical Structure of Midlatitude Atmospheric Warming to Arctic Amplification.

Li, F., et. al., 2024: Tug of war on low-level winds and precipitations between elevated terrain and surface roughness. 

Jiang, Q., D. T. Dawson II, F. Li, and D. R. Chavas, 2024: Classifying synoptic patterns driving tornadic storms and associated spatial trends in the United States. Preprint link



Published


Davis, I., F. Li, D. R. Chavas, 2024: Future changes in the vertical structure of severe convective storm environments over the U.S. central Great Plains. Journal of Climate, in press.


Li, F., D. R. Chavas, B. Medeiros, K. A. Reed, and K. L. Rasmussen, 2024: Upstream surface roughness and terrain are strong drivers of contrast in tornado potential between North and South America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 121. (Media: AGU Eos, PNAS Science Sessions Podcast, Physics World)


Chavas, D. R. and F. Li, 2022: Bias in CMIP6 historical U.S. severe convective environments driven by bias in mean-state near-surface moist static energy. Geophysical Research Letters, 49. 


Li, F., D. R. Chavas, K. A. Reed, N. Rosenbloom, and D. T. Dawson II, 2021: The role of elevated terrain and the Gulf of Mexico in the production of severe local storm environments over North America. Journal of Climate, 34. (Media: NSF)


Li, F., and D. R. Chavas, 2021: Midlatitude continental CAPE is predictable from large-scale environmental parameters. Geophysical Research Letters, 48.


Li, F., D. R. Chavas, K. A. Reed, and D. T. Dawson II, 2020: Climatology of severe local storm environments and synoptic-scale features over North America in ERA5 reanalysis and CAM6 simulation. Journal of Climate, 33. 


Qiao, W., J. Song, H. He, and F. Li, 2019: Application of different wind field models and wave boundary layer model to typhoon waves numerical simulation in WAVEWATCH III model. Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology & Oceanography, 71.  


Li, F., J. Song, and X. Li, 2018: A preliminary evaluation of the necessity of using a cumulus parameterization scheme in high-resolution simulations of Typhoon Haiyan (2013). Natural Hazards, 92.


Xu, Y., H. He, J. Song, Y. Hou, and F. Li, 2017: Observations and modeling of typhoon waves in the South China Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47.


Li, F., J. Song, H. He, S. Li, X. Li, and S. Guan, 2016: Assessment of surface drag coefficient parametrizations based on observations and simulations using the Weather Research and Forecasting model. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 9.