Publications
Publications
2026
#3
Bhuyan, D. P., Upadhyaya, P., Pathak, R., Namdev, P., Salunke, P., Anand, A., ... & Mishra, S. K. (2026). Advancing Climate Services in South Asia: The SARCI Framework for Actionable Climate Information and Regional Capacity Building. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, BAMS-D. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-25-0172.1
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Key drivers and predictability of the unprecedented 2024 United Arab Emirates flood
Wang, J., Wang, X., Sun, S., Yonggang, W., Pathak, R., Dong, L., ... & Hoteit, I. (2025). Key drivers and predictability of the unprecedented 2024 United Arab Emirates flood. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae3096
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Rising heavy precipitation amid decreasing typhoon contribution in Southeast Asia
Li, J., Wang, J., Dong, L., Pathak, R., Yim, S. H. L., Lu, C., ... & Yang, K. (2025). Rising heavy precipitation amid decreasing typhoon contribution in Southeast Asia. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae2e1a
2025
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Poh, G., Wang, J., Park, E., Tran, D. D., & Sun, X. (2025). The spatiotemporal characteristics of urban heat extremes in Singapore as revealed by high-resolution weather stations. Environmental Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ae20e0
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Sun, N., Huang, T., Wang, J., Park, E., & Yim, S. H. (2025). Aerosols Shape the Vertical Structure of Convective Overshooting in Southeast Asia Through Microphysical Processes. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(19), e2025GL116841. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116841
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Pathak, R., Sahany, S., Mishra, S. K., & Wang, J. (2025). Formulation of a dynamic convective adjustment time-scale in the CESM1. 2 and its influence on the Indian summer monsoon simulations. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-15073-x
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El Niño was a key driver of anomalous ocean warming in Southeast Asia in 2023
Tan, F., Samanta, D., Morgan, K., Martin, P., Chua, S., Aw, Z., ... & Horton, B. P. (2025). El Niño was a key driver of anomalous ocean warming in Southeast Asia in 2023. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 16106. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-99511-w
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Li, J., Lu, C., Chen, J., Zhou, X., Yang, K., Xu, X., ... & Lin, P. (2025). The combined effects of convective entrainment and orographic drag on precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-024-1619-5
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Dong, S., Li, Y., Xie, M., Zhang, Z., & Wang, J. (2025). Enhancing marine oil spill detection through dynamic adaptive knowledge distillation with spectral mask superpixel. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 219, 118270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118270
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Comparative Evaluation of Decadal Predictions of Global SST Between CMIP5 and CMIP6 Datasets
Pan, M., Zhi, X., Wang, J., Ji, Y., Chen, S., Zhu, D., & Fan, C. (2025). Comparative Evaluation of Decadal Predictions of Global SST Between CMIP5 and CMIP6 Datasets. International Journal of Climatology, e8923. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8923
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Ong, Z., Wang, J., & Park, E. (2025). Geographic Information Science (GISc) as a Possible Alternative to Fieldwork in Physical Geography Learning: A Case Reflection from Singapore. In Virtual Fieldwork in Humanities Education (pp. 217-238). Springer, Singapore. https://doi-org.libproxy.nie.edu.sg/10.1007/978-981-96-4200-7_10
#3
Xie, Y., Wang, J., Wan, X., & Lyu, Y. (2025). Assessing the monthly performance of daily precipitation products over Southeast Asia using the gauge-based analysis. PloS one, 20(3), e0319477. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319477
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Tran, D. D., Park, E., Wang, J., Loc, H. H., Lee, J., Zhan, S., & Kantoush, S. A. (2025). Environmental pressures on livelihood transformation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: Implications and adaptive pathways. Journal of Environmental Management, 377, 124597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124597
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Lyu, Y., Wang, J., Zhi, X., Zhu, S., Zhang, H., Lee, J., ... & Wang, X. (2025). Revealing the circulation patterns most conducive to regional heatwave in Southeast Asia and the mechanisms behind. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(3), e2024GL112190. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112190
2024
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Lommen, D., Wang, J., Su, H., Zhi, X., Wang, X., Park, E., ... & Wong, M. C. (2024). Burst flooding in Singapore: an emerging urban flooding type revealed by high-temporal-resolution observations. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad975c
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Lyu, Y., Wang, J., Zhi, X., Wang, X., Zhang, H., Wen, Y., ... & Dung, D. T. (2024). The characterization, mechanism, predictability, and impacts of the unprecedented 2023 Southeast Asia heatwave. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7(1), 246. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00797-w
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A 1940-2020 spatiotemporal analysis of thermal discomfort days in Southeast Asian countries
Wong, M. C., Wang, J., Zhi, X., & Dong, L. (2024). A 1940-2020 spatiotemporal analysis of thermal discomfort days in Southeast Asian countries. Environmental Research Communications, 6(10), 101009.
https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad810b
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Severe decline in extent and seasonality of the Mekong plume after 2000
Feng, Y., Park, E., Wang, J., Feng, L., & Tran, D. D. Severe Decline in Extent and Seasonality of the Mekong Plume after 2000. Available at SSRN 4807847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132026
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The changing rainfall patterns drive the growing flood occurrence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Huang, W., Park, E., Wang, J., & Sophal, T. (2024). The changing rainfall patterns drive the growing flood occurrence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 55, 101945. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2024.101945
#8
Xin, S. L. C., Park, E., Tran, D. D., Yuen, K. W., & Wang, J. (2024). Landscape and Social Disruption from Sand Mining and Mining-Related Activities: A Case from the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2024.2366899
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Lyu, Y., Zhu, S., Zhi, X., Wang, J., Ji, Y., Fan, Y., & Dong, F. (2024). Significant advancement in subseasonal-to-seasonal summer precipitation ensemble forecast skills in China mainland through an innovative hybrid CSG-UNET method. Environmental Research Letters, 19(7), 074055. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad5577
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Zhang, Y., He, S., Wee, B., LeGrande, A. N., Wang, J., Goodkin, N., & Wang, X. (2024). Precipitation 17O‐excess altered during tropical convection: Evidence from Monsoon cold surges in Singapore. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(9), e2023JD040437. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040437
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Tran, D. D., Thuc, P. T. B., Park, E., Hang, P. T. T., Man, D. B., & Wang, J. (2024). Extent of saltwater intrusion and freshwater exploitability in the coastal Vietnamese Mekong Delta assessed by gauging records and numerical simulations. Journal of Hydrology, 630, 130655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130655
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Lin, K., Han, T., Zhang, Y., Shen, C.-C., Lee, S.-Y., Wang, J., Mohtar, A. T., Huang, K.-F., Chiang, H.-W., Chen, Y.-G., & Wang, X. (2024). Influences of East Asian Winter Monsoon and El Niño-Southern Oscillation Variability on the Kuroshio Intrusion to the South China Sea Over the Past 60 Years. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(2), 2023GL104155. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104155
#3
Extent of illegal sand mining in the Mekong Delta
Yuen, K.W., Park, E., Tran, D.D. Loc, H. H., Feng, L., Wang, J., Gruel, C. R. & Switzer, A. D. (2024). Extent of illegal sand mining in the Mekong Delta. Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 31. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01161-1
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Wang, J., Lin, Y., Wang, X., Gu, Y. & Yim S. H.-L. (2024). Significant changes in cloud radiative effects over southwestern United States during the COVID-19 flight reduction period. Science of The Total Environment, 910, 168656. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168656
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A deep learning framework to map riverbed sand mining budgets in large tropical deltas
Kumar, S., Park, E., Tran, D., Wang, J., Ho, H., Feng, L., Kantoush, S., Binh D., Li, D., & Switzer A. (2024). A deep learning framework to map riverbed sand mining budgets in large tropical deltas. GIScience & Remote Sensing, 61(1), 2285178. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2023.2285178
2023
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Revealing the Key Drivers Conducive to the “Once-In-A-Century” 2021 Peninsular Malaysia Flood
Dong, L., Wang, J., Zhi, X., Park, E., Wang, X., Yim, S. H. -L., Zhang, H., Lee, J., & Tran, D. (2023). Revealing the Key Drivers Conducive to the “Once-In-A-Century” 2021 Peninsular Malaysia Flood. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(null), 2023GL106112. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106112
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Wang, J., Wang, X., Park, E., & Lin, Y. (2023). Brief communication: Soil moisture observations reconcile the discrepancy in detecting tornado early-stage track during the 24–25 March 2023 Mississippi outbreak. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 100, 100. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2023-100
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Tran, D., Thien, N., Yuen K., Lau, R., Wang, J., & Park, E. (2023). Uncovering the lack of awareness of sand mining impacts on riverbank erosion among Mekong Delta residents: insights from a comprehensive survey. Scientific Reports, 13, 15937. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43114-w
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Lau, R., Park, E., Tran, D., & Wang, J. (2023). Recent intensification of riverbed mining in the Mekong Delta revealed by extensive bathymetric surveying. Journal of Hydrology, 626, 130174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130174
#10
Lin, Y., Takano, Y., Gu, Y., Wang, Y., Zhou, S., Zhang, T., Zhu, K., Wang, J., Zhao, B., Chen, G., Zhang, D., Fu, R., & Seinfeld, J. (2023). Characterization of the aerosol vertical distributions and their impacts on warm clouds based on multi-year ARM observations. Science of The Total Environment, 904, 166582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166582
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Huang, T., Li, Y., Lolli, S., Cheng, J.C.H., Wang, J., Lam, D.H.Y., Leung, W.H., Lee, H.F., & Yim, S.H.L. (2023). Influences of approaching tropical cyclones on water vapor and aerosols in the atmospheric boundary layer of Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area of China. Science of The Total Environment, 880, 163188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163188
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Urbanization may enhance tornado potential: A single case report
Fan, J., Wang, J., & Lin, Y. (2023). Urbanization may enhance tornado potential: A single case report. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11(null), 1148506. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1148506
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Principal Modes of Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall over South China during the Presummer Rainy Season
Dong, F., Zhi, X., Zhu, S., Zhang, L., Ge, F., Fan, Y., Lyu, Y., Wang, J., & Fraedrich, K. (2023). Principal Modes of Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall over South China during the Pre-summer Rainy Season. Journal of Climate, 36(8), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0284.1
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Wang, J., Lin, Y., McFarquhar, G. M., Park, E., Gu, Y., Su, Q., Fu, R., Lee, K. W., & Zhang, T. (2023). Soil Moisture Observations from Shortwave Infrared Channels Reveal Tornado Tracks: A Case in 10–11 December 2021 Tornado Outbreak. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(6), e2023GL102984. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL102984
#5
Alcântara, E., Marengo, J. A., Mantovani, J., Londe, L. R., Lau Yu San R., Park, E., Lin, Y. N., Wang, J., Mendes, T., Cunha, A. P., Pampuch, L., Seluchi, M., Simões, S., Cuartas, L. A., Goncalves, D., Massi, K., Alvalá, R., Moraes, O., Filho, C. S., Mendes, R., & Nobre, C. (2023). Deadly disasters in southeastern South America: flash floods and landslides of February 2022 in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 23, 1157–1175. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-1157-2023
#4
Wang, J., Fan, J., & Feng, Z. (2023). Climatological occurrences of hail and tornadoes associated with mesoscale convective systems in the United States. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 23(12), 3823-3838. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-3823-2023
#3
Lin, X., Fan, J., Hou, Z. J., & Wang, J. (2023). Machine learning of key variables impacting extreme precipitation in various regions of the contiguous United States. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 15(3), e2022MS003334. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022MS003334
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A triumph of reducing carbon emission by banning open straw burning
Wang, J., & Wang, X. (2023). A triumph of reducing carbon emission by banning open straw burning. Science Bulletin, 68(1), 18-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2022.12.029
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Zhi, X., & Wang, J. (2023). AI-based prediction of high-impact weather and climate extremes under global warming: A perspective from the large-scale circulations and teleconnections. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11(41), 41-42. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1126381
2022
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Kumar, S., Amarnath, G., Ghosh, S., Park, E., Baghel, T., Wang, J., Pramanik, M., & Belbase, D. (2022). Assessing the Performance of the Satellite-Based Precipitation Products (SPP) in the Data-Sparse Himalayan Terrain. Remote Sensing, 14(19), 4810. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14194810
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Fan, J., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Jeong J. H., Chen, X., Zhang, S., Lin, Y., Feng, Z., & Adams-Selin, R. (2022). Contrasting responses of hailstorms to anthropogenic climate change in different synoptic weather systems. Earth's Future, 10(8), e2022EF002768. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002768
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Zhi, X., Pan, M., Song, B., & Wang, J. (2022). Investigating air-sea interactions in the North Pacific on interannual timescales during boreal winter. Atmospheric Research, 269, 106043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106043
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Ma, P.-L., Harrop, B. E., Larson, V. E., Neale, R. B., Gettelman, A., Morrison, H., Wang, H., Zhang, K., Klein, S. A., Zelinka, M. D., Zhang, Y., Qian, Y., Yoon, J.-H., Jones, C. R., Huang, M., Tai, S.-L., Singh, B., Bogenschutz, P. A., Zheng, X., Lin, W., Quaas, J., Chepfer, H., Brunke, M. A., Zeng, X., Mülmenstädt, J., Hagos, S., Zhang, Z., Song, H., Liu, X., Pritchard, M. S., Wan, H., Wang, J., Tang, Q., Caldwell, P. M., Fan, J., Berg, L. K., Fast, J. D., Taylor, M. A., Golaz, J.-C., Xie, S., Rasch, P. J., & Leung, L. R. (2022). Better calibration of cloud parameterizations and subgrid effects increases the fidelity of the E3SM Atmosphere Model version 1. Geoscientific Model Development, 15, 2881–2916. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-2881-2022
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Lin, Y., Takano, Y., Gu, Y., Wang, J., Zhao, B., Liou, K. N. & Fu, R. (2022). Investigation of springtime cloud influence on regional climate and its implication in runoff decline in Upper Colorado River Basin. Earth and Space Science, 9(1), e2021EA002059. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA002059
2021
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Wang, J., Fan, J., Feng, Z., Zhang, K., Hillman, B., Roesler, E., & Ma, P.-L. (2021). Impact of a New Cloud Microphysics Parameterization on the Simulations of Mesoscale Convective Systems in E3SM. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13, e2021MS002628. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002628
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Feng, Z, Leung, R. Liu, N. Wang, J., Houze, R. Li, J, Hardin, J. & Guo, J. (2021). A Global High-resolution Mesoscale Convective System Tracking Database using Satellite-derived Cloud Tops and Surface Precipitation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(8), e2020JD034202. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034202
#2
Urbanization-induced land and aerosol impacts on storm propagation and hail characteristics
Lin Y., Fan, J. Jeong, J. Zhang, Y. Homeyer, C. R., & Wang, J. (2021). Urbanization-induced land and aerosol impacts on storm propagation and hail characteristics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78(8), 925-947. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0106.1
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Wang, J., Fan, J., Houze, R., Brodzik, S., Zhang, K., Zhang, G. & Ma, P.-L. (2021). Using radar observations to evaluate 3-D radar echo structure simulated by the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) version 1. Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 719-734. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-719-2021
2020
#1
Fu, Zhikang, Dong, X., Zhou, L., Cui, W., Wang, J., Wang, R., Leng, L., & Xi, B. (2020). Statistical characteristics of raindrop size distributions and parameters in Central China during the Meiyu seasons. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(19), e2019JD031954. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031954
2019
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Feng Z., Houze, R., Leung, L., Song, F., Hardin, J., Wang, J, & Gustafson, W. (2019). Spatiotemporal characteristics and large-scale environments of mesoscale convective systems east of the Rocky Mountains. Journal of Climate, 32(21), 7,303-7,328. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0137.1
#5
Song, F., Feng, Z., Leung, R., Houze, R., Wang, J., Hardin, J., & Homeyer, C. (2019). Contrasting spring and summer large-scale environments associated with mesoscale convective systems over the US Great Plains. Journal of Climate, 32(20), 6,749-6,767. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0839.1
#4
Wang, J., Dong, X., Kennedy, A., Hagenhoff, B., & Xi, B. (2019). A regime-based evaluation of southern and northern Great Plains warm-season precipitation events in WRF. Weather and Forecasting, 34(4), 805-831. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-19-0025.1
#3
Cui, W., Dong, X., Xi, B., Fan, J., Tian, J., Wang, J., & McHardy, T. (2019). Understanding ice cloud‐precipitation properties of three modes of mesoscale convective systems during PECAN. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(7), 4,121–4,140. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030330
#2
Extreme Convective Storms Over High-Latitude Continental Areas Where Maximum Warming Is Occurring
Houze Jr, R. A., Wang, J., Fan, J., Brodzik, S., & Feng, Z. (2019). Extreme convective storms over high‐latitude continental areas where maximum warming is occurring. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(7), 4059-4065. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082414
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The Detection of Mesoscale Convective Systems by the GPM Ku-Band Spaceborne Radar
Wang, J., Houze, R., Fan, J., Brodzik, S., Feng, Z., & Hardin. J. (2019). The Detection of Mesoscale Convective Systems by the GPM Ku-band Spaceborne Radar. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 97(6), 1,059-1,073. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2019-058
2018
#3
Wang, J., Dong, X., & Xi, B (2018). Investigation of Liquid Cloud Microphysical Properties of Deep Convective Systems: 2. Parameterization of Raindrop Size Distribution and its Application for Convective Rain Estimation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123, 11,637–11,651. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028727
#2
Tian, J., Dong, X., Xi, B., Minnis, P., Smith, W., Sun-Mack, S., & Wang, J. (2018). Comparisons of ice water path in deep convective systems among ground-based, GOES, and CERES-MODIS retrievals. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123, 1,708-1,723. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027498
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Investigation of Warm Season Convective Cloud and Precipitation Properties through the Integrative Analysis of Aircraft in-situ Measurements, Ground-Based Observations, and WRF Simulations
Wang, J. (2018). Investigation of Warm Season Convective Cloud and Precipitation Properties through the Integrative Analysis of Aircraft in-situ Measurements, Ground-Based Observations, and WRF Simulations (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Arizona).
2017
#1
Fridlind, A., Li, X., Wu, D., van Lier-Walqui, M., Ackerman, A. S., Tao, W.-K., McFarquhar, G. M., Wu, W., Dong, X., Wang, J., Ryzhkov, A., Zhang, P., Poellot, M. R., Neumann, A., and Tomlinson, J. M. (2017). Derivation of aerosol profiles for MC3E convection studies and use in simulations of the 20 May squall line case. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Volume, 17(9), 5,947-5,972. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5947-2017
2016
#2
Wang, J., Dong, X., Xi, B., & Heymsfield, A (2016). Investigation of liquid cloud microphysical properties of deep convective systems: 1. Parameterization of rain drop size distribution and its application for stratiform rain estimation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 10,739–10,760. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD024941
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Retrievals of ice cloud microphysical properties of deep convective systems using radar measurements
Tian, J., Dong, X., Xi, B., Wang, J., Homeyer, C., McFarquhar, G., & Fan, J. (2016). Retrievals of ice cloud microphysical properties of deep convective systems using radar measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 10,820–10,839. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024686
2015
#1
Wang, J., Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2015). Investigation of ice cloud microphysical properties of DCSs using aircraft in situ measurements during MC3E over the ARM SGP site. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 3,533–3,552. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022795