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(29) Yang, X. †, Yan, Y., Zhou, X., Zhu, L. *, Ma, M., Chen, Y., Gao, L., Risk of Compound Typhoon Disaster Chains: Insights from Southeastern China. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-025-00674-x
(28) Evans, C. †, Zhu, L. *, Meng, L., Baker, K., Unveiling multiscale drivers of wind speed in Michigan using machine learning. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2025, 19, 285; DOI: 10.1038/s41612-025-01161-2
(27) Zhu, L. *, Quiring, S., Hybrid Machine Learning Model for Hurricane Power Outage Estimation from Satellite Night Light Data. Remote Sensing, 2025, 17(14), 2347; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17142347
(26) Wu, J. †, Zhang, Y., Zhu, L., Yang, R., Su, T., Wang, L., Gao, L. 2025: The topography of Taiwan Island mitigates the damage of tropical cyclone disasters in southeastern China. Environmental Research Letters, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/adb31e
(25) Zhu, L., Wang, Y., Chavas, D., Johncox, M., Yung, YL. 2024: Leading role of Saharan dust on tropical cyclone rainfall in the Atlantic Basin. Science Advances, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn6106: Featured as the frontpage paper for the journal in Vol 10, issue 30, in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric; reported by 22 national and international news releases (see attached file), including prominent ones, including NSF, Scientific American, Newsweek
(24) Qin, L. †, Zhu, L.*, Liu, B., Li, Z., Tian, Y., Mitchell, G., Shen, S., Xu, W., Chen, J. 2024: Global expansion of tropical cyclone precipitation footprint. Nature Communications, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49115-1
(23) Qin, L. †, Zhu, L. *, Liao, X., Meng, C., Han, Q., Li, Z., Shen, S., Xu, W., Chen, J. 2024: Recent northward shift of tropical cyclone economic risk in China. Nature Npj Natural Hazards, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-024-00008-9
(22) Zhu, L. *, Liu B., Su, H., Guikema, S. 2023: Impacts of climate change on cassava yield and lifecycle energy and greenhouse gas performance of cassava ethanol systems: An example from Guangxi Province, China. Journal of Environment Management,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119162
(21) Meng, L., Zhu, L. *, 2023: Modeling monthly and seasonal Michigan snowfall based on machine learning: A multiscale approach. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, https://doi.org/10.1175/AIES-D-23-0016.1
(20) Zhou, Y., Zhu, L., Matyas, C. J., Luan, H., Tang, J. 2023: Assessing environmental conditions associated with spatially varying rainfall structure of North Atlantic tropical cyclones: An object-based climatological analysis. International Journal of Climatology
https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8156
(19) Zhu, L. *, Quiring, S. M. 2022: Exposure to precipitation from tropical cyclones has increased over the continental United States from 1948 to 2019. Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 3 (1), 1-8.
(18) Zhu, L. *, Emanuel, K., Quiring, S. M. 2021: Elevated risk of tropical cyclone precipitation and pluvial flood in Houston under global warming. Environmental Research Letters, 16, 094030.
(17) Zhu, L. *, and Aguilera†, P. 2021: Evaluating variations in Tropical Cyclone Precipitation in eastern Mexico using machine learning techniques. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2021JD034604.
(16) Yuan, S., Zhu, L., and Quiring, S. M. 2021: Comparison of two multisatellite algorithms for estimation of tropical cyclone precipitation in the United States and Mexico: TMPA and IMERG. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22, 923-939.
(15) Feldmann, M., Emanuel, K., Zhu, L., and Lohmann, U. 2019: Estimation of Atlantic tropical cyclone rainfall frequency in the United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 58, 1853-1866.
(14) Filbin, R. J. †, Zhu, L., DeChano-Cook, L., Meng, L. 2019: Implications of Dam Removal: Modeling Streamflow in Lansing, Michigan Using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool. International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research, 6.
(13) Lei, C. †, and Zhu, L. 2018: Spatio-temporal variability of land use/land cover change (LULCC) within the Huron River: Effects on stream flows. Climate Risk Management, 19, 35-47.
(12) Reilly, A. C., Guikema, S. D., Zhu, L., and Igusa, T. 2017: Evolution of vulnerability of communities facing repeated hazards. PloS one, 12, e0182719.
(11) Zhu, L.*, and S. M. Quiring, 2017: An extraction method for long-term tropical cyclone precipitation from daily rain gauges. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18, 2559-2576.
(10) Wang, R. †, Zhu, L., Yu, H., Cui, S., and Wang, J. 2016: Automatic Type Recognition and Mapping of Global Tropical Cyclone Disaster Chains (TDC). Sustainability, 8, 1066.
(9) Zhu, L.*, Quiring, S. M., Guneralp, I., and Peacock, W. G. 2015: Variations in tropical cyclone-related discharge in four watersheds near Houston, Texas. Climate Risk Management, 7, 1-10.
(8) Zhu, L.*, Quiring, S. M., and Emanuel, K. A. 2013: Estimating tropical cyclone precipitation risk in Texas. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 6225-6230.
(7) Zhu, L.*, Frauenfeld, O. W., and Quiring, S. M. 2013: Seasonal tropical cyclone precipitation in Texas: A statistical modeling approach based on a 60 year climatology. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, 8842-8856.
(6) Zhu, L.*, and Quiring, S. M. 2013: Variations in tropical cyclone precipitation in Texas (1950 to 2009). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, 3085-3096.
(5) Quiring, S., Schumacher, A., Labosier, C., and Zhu, L. 2011: Variations in mean annual tropical cyclone size in the Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 116.
(4) Quiring, S. M., Zhu, L., and Guikema, S. D. 2011: Importance of soil and elevation characteristics for modeling hurricane-induced power outages. Natural hazards, 58, 365-390.
(3) Gu, W., Zhu, L., and Coauthors, 2011: The research of sea-land breeze (SLB) on the west coast of Bohai Bay based on field observation. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 3(3): 264-273
(2) Zhu, L.*, Xu, Y., Cui, W., Gu, W., and Huang, S. 2009: The observation research of temperature impacted by the sea land breeze in the coastal area of Western Bohai bay. Scientia Meteorologica Sinica, 29: 694-699. In Chinese
(1) Wang, J., Shi, P., Yi, X., Jia, H., and Zhu, L. 2008: The regionalization of urban natural disasters in China. Natural Hazards, 44, 169-179.
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In preparation or under review
Zhu, L., Wang, Y., Emanuel, K., Tolstoff, T.S., Diffenbaugh, N.S., Increasing Tropical Cyclone Rainfall and Landslide Risk in Southern California, Nature Climate Change, 2025, under 1st revision.
Schamess, L., … Zhu, L., Elevating the Discipline: Creating Pathways for Geographers as Public Scholars. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, accepted
Melcher, M.†, Zhu, L., Mann, M. 2025: Longer staying time of Tropical Cyclones in the Atlantic, in preparation
Frimpong, K. †, Zhu, L., Meng, L., Orimoleye, I. 2025: Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Thermal Comfort in Urban Coast of Ghana, Communications Earth & Environment, 2025, under review
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