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• Wang, C.-W., Luo Z. J., Hung H.-M.. (2025). Two Time Scales Governing Convective Venting of Trace Gases: Turnover Time vs. Chemical Lifetime. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmosphere, under revision

• Derras-Chouk, A., Elsaesser G., Luo Z. J., Matsui T., Prein A. F., Wu J. (2025). Estimating vertical velocity in convective updrafts from temperature, pressure, and latent heat, Journal of the Atmospheric Science, under revision

• Trent, T., Schröder, M., Ho, S.-P., Beirle, S., Bennartz, R., Borbas, E., Borger, C., Brogniez, H., Calbet, X., Castelli, E., Compo, G. P., Ebisuzaki, W., Falk, U., Fell, F., Forsythe, J., Hersbach, H., Kachi, M., Kobayashi, S., Kursinski, R. E., Loyola, D., Luo, Z., Nielsen, J. K., Papandrea, E., Picon, L., Preusker, R., Reale, A., Shi, L., Slivinski, L., Teixeira, J., Vonder Haar, T., and Wagner, T.: Evaluation of total column water vapour products from satellite observations and reanalyses within the GEWEX Water Vapor Assessment, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24, 9667–9695, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-9667-2024, 2024.

• Derras-Chouk, A., Luo, Z. J. (corresponding author), & Matsui, T. (2024). Assessing a satellite-based estimate of convective mass flux using large eddy simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmosphere, under review

• Derras-Chouk, A. and Z. J. Luo (corresponding author), 2024: A Geostationary Satellite-Based Approach to Estimate Convective Mass Flux and Revisit the Hot Tower Hypothesis, Surveys in Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-024-09856-6

• Takahashi, H., Z. J. Luo, H. Masunaga, R. Storer, and A. Noda, 2024: Investigating Convective Processes Underlying ENSO: New Insights into the Fixed Anvil Temperature Hypothesis, Geophys. Res. Letts., doi: 10.1029/2023GL107113

• Takahashi, H., Z. J. Luo, G. L. Stephens, and J. Mulholland, 2023: Revisiting the Land-Ocean Contrasts in Deep Convective Cloud Intensity Using Global Satellite Observations, Geophys. Res. Letts., DOI: 10.1029/2022GL102089

• Wu, R., G. Chen, and Z. J. Luo, 2023: Strong coupling in diurnal variations of clouds, radiation, winds, and precipitation during the East Asian summer monsoon, J. Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0330.1

• Luo, Z. J., G. Tselioudis, and W. B. Rossow (Eds.), 2022: Studies of Cloud, Convection and Precipitation Processes Using Satellite Observations, Lectures in Climate Change: Volume 3. World Scientific, https://doi.org/10.1142/12862

• Luo, Z. J., 2022: A Satellite-based Estimate of Convective Mass Flux: Methodology, Validation and Applications, Lecture 2 in Studies of Cloud, Convection and Precipitation Processes Using Satellite Observations, Lectures in Climate Change, pp 21-33 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811256912_0002

• Chelpon S. M., L. L. Pan, Z. J. Luo, E. Atlas, S. Honomichl, W. P. Smith, S. Wang, K. Ullmann, S. R. Hall, E. C. Apel, R. S. Hornbrook, 2021: Deriving tropospheric transit time distribution using airborne trace gas measurements: uncertainty and information content, J. Geophys. Res., Atmos. doi:10.1029/2020JD034358

• Takahashi, H., M. Lebsock, Z. J. Luo, H. Masunaga, and C. Wang, 2021: Detection and tracking of tropical convective storms based on globally gridded precipitation measurements: Algorithm and survey over the tropics, J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0171.1

• Takahashi, H., Z. J. Luo, and G. L. Stephens, 2021: Revisiting the entrainment relationship of convective plumes: A perspective from global observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1029/2020GL092349

• Jeyaratnam, J., Z. J. Luo (corresponding author), S. E. Giangrande, D. Wang, and H. Masuanga, 2020: A satellite-based estimate of convective vertical velocity and convective mass flux: Global survey and comparison with radar wind profiler observations, Geophys. Res. Lett. doi: 10.1029/2020GL090675

• Wang, D., M. P. Jensen, J. A. D'lorio, G. Jozef, S. E. Giangrande, K. L. Johnson, Z. J. Luo, M. Starzec, and G. L. Mullendore (2020). An observational comparison of level of neutral buoyancy and level of detrainment in tropical deep convective clouds, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. doi:10.1029/2020JD032637

• Jeyaratnam, J., Booth, J. F., Naud, C. M., Luo, Z. J., & Homeyer, C. R. (2020). Upright convection in extratropical cyclones: A survey using ground-based radar data over the United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086620. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086620

• Stanfield, R. E., H. Su, J. H. Jiang, S. R. Freitas, A. M. Molod, Z. J. Luo, L. Huang, and M. Luo, 2019: Convective entrainment rates estimated from Aura CO and CloudSat/CALIPSO observations and comparison with GEOS-5, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., doi:10.1029/2019JD030846

• Luo, Z. J., L. L. Pan, E. L. Atlas, S. M. Chelpon, S., S. B. Honomichl, E. C. Apel, R. S. Hornbrook, and S. R. Hall, 2018: Use of Airborne In Situ VOC Measurements to Estimate Transit Time Spectrum: An Observation-Based Diagnostic of Convective Transport, Geophys. Res. Letts., 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080424

• Luo, Z. J., , R. Anderson, W. B. Rossow, and H. Takahashi, 2017: Tropical Cloud and Precipitation Regimes As Seen from Near-Simultaneous TRMM, CloudSat, and CALIPSO Observations and Comparison with ISCCP, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, doi:10.1002/2017JD026569 (See highlight by EOS Research Spotlight )

• Takahashi, H., Z. J. Luo (co-corresponding author) and G. L. Stephens, 2017: Level of Neutral Buoyancy, Deep Convective Outflow and Convective Core: New Perspectives Based on 5-Years of CloudSat Data, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, doi:10.1002/ 2016JD025969.

• Pan, L. L., E. L. Atlas, R. J. Salawitch, S. B. Honomichl, J. F. Bresch, W. J. Randel, E. C. Apel, R. S. Hornbrook, D. C. Anderson, S. J. Andrews, S. P. Beaton, T. L. Campos, L. J. Carpenter, D. Chen, B. Dix, V. Donets, S. R. Hall, T. F. Hanisco, C. R. Homeyer, L. G. Huey, J. B. Jensen, L. Kaser, D. E. Kinnison, T. K. Koening, J.-F. Lamarque, C. Liu, J. Luo, Z. J. Luo, D. D. Montzka, J. M. Nicely, R. B. Pierce, D. D.Riemer, T. Robinson, P. Romashkin, A. Saiz-Lopez, S. Schauffler, O. Shieh, G. Vaughan, K. Ullmann, R. Volkamer, A. J. Weinheimer, and G. Wolf, 2017: The Convective Transport of Active Species in the Tropics (CONTRAST) Experiment, Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 98, 106-112, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00272.1

• Masunaga, H., and Z. J. Luo, 2016: Convective and large-scale mass flux profiles over tropical oceans determined from synergistic analysis of a suite of satellite observations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, doi:10.1002/2016JD024753

• Fried, A., M.C. Barth, M. Bela, P. Weibring, D. Richter, J. Walega, Y. Li, K.Pickering, E. Apel, R. Hornbrook, A. Hills, D. D. Riemer, N. Blake, D.R. Blake, J. Schroeder, Z. J. Luo, J.H. Crawford, J. Olson, S. Rutledge, D. Betten, M.I. Biggerstaff, G.S. Diskin, G. Sachse, T. Campos, F. Flocke, A. Weinheimer, C. Cantrell, I. Pollack, J. Peischl, K. Froyd, A. Wisthaler, T. Mikoviny, and S. Woods, 2016: Convective Transport and Scavenging of Formaldehyde to the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere in Thunderstorms over the Central United States During the 2012 DC3 Study, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JD024477

• Toon, O. B., H. Maring, J. Dibb, R. Ferrare, D. J. Jacob, E. J. Jensen, Z. J. Luo, G. G. Mace, L. L. Pan, L. Pfister, K. H. Rosenlof, J.s Redemann, J. S. Reid, H. B. Singh, R. Yokelson, G. Chen, K. W. Jucks, and A. Pszenny, 2016: Planning, implementation and scientific goals of the Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys (SEAC4RS) field mission, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JD024297

• Zhao, L., Chien, S., Meegoda, J., Luo, Z., and Liu, X., 2016: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Microclimate-Based Optimization of a RWIS Network. J. Infrastruct. Syst., https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000278

• Iwasaki, S., Z. J. Luo, H. Kubota, T. Shibata, H. Okamoto, and H. Ishimoto, 2015: Characteristics of cirrus clouds in the tropical lower stratosphere, Atmospheric Research. 164-165, 358-368, 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.06.009

• Luo, Z. J., J. Jeyaratnam, S. Iwasaki, H. Takahashi and R. Anderson, 2014: Convective vertical velocity and cloud internal vertical structure: An A-Train perspective, Geophys. Res. Letts., 41, doi:10.1002/2013GL058922

• Wang, C., Z. J. Luo , X. Chen, X. Zeng, W.-K. Tao, X. Huang, 2014: A Physically Based Algorithm for Non-Blackbody Correction of Cloud-Top Temperature and Application to Convection Study. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 53, 1844-1857. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0331.1

• Vergados, P., Z. J. Luo, K. Emanuel, and A. J. Mannucci, 2014: Observational tests of hurricane intensity estimations using GPS radio occultations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 1938-1948, doi:10.10002/2013JD020934

• Hagihara, Y., H. Okamoto, and Z. J. Luo, 2014: Joint analysis of cloud-top heights from CloudSat and CALIPSO: New insights into cloud top microphysics, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, doi:10.1002/2013JD020919

• Takahashi, H. and Z. J. Luo (corresponding author), 2014: Characterizing Tropical Overshooting Convection from Joint Analysis of CloudSat and Geostationary Satellite Observations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 112-121, doi:10.1002/2013JD020972

• Takahashi, H., Hui Su, J. H. Jiang, Z. J. Luo, S.-P. Xie, and J. Hafner, 2013: Tropical Water Vapor Variations During the 2006-07 and 2009-10 El Ninos: Satellite Observation and GCM Simulation, J. Geophys. Res., Atmos., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50684

• Luo, Y., H. Wang, R. Zhang, W. Qian, Z. Luo, 2013: Comparison of Rainfall Characteristics and Convective Properties of Monsoon Precipitation Systems over South China and the Yangtze and Huai River Basin. J. Climate, 26, 110-132,https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/clim/26/1/jcli-d-12-00100.1.xml https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00100.1

• Takahashi, H. and Z. Luo (corresponding author), 2012: Where is the level of neutral buoyancy for deep convection? Geophys. Res. Letts., 39, L15809, doi:10.1029/2012GL052638.

• Luo, Z. J. , D. Kley, R. H. Johnson, G. Y. Liu, S. Nawrath, and H. G. J. Smit, 2012: Influence of sea surface temperature on humidity and temperature in the outflow of tropical deep convection, J. Climate, 25,1340-1348, https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI4124.1

• Ferraro, R., H. Meng, and Z. J. Luo, 2011: Using satellite microwave sensors to develop climate data records, Eos Trans. AGU, 92(32), doi:10.1029/2011EO320005.

• Wang, C., Z. J. Luo, and X. L. Huang, 2011: Parallax Correction in Collocating CloudSat and MODIS Observations: Method and Application to Convection Study, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D17201, doi:10.1029/2011JD016097

• Luo, Y., R. Zhang, W. Qian, Z. Luo, X. Hu, 2011: Inter-comparison of deep convection over the Tibetan Plateau-Asian Monsoon Region and subtropical North America in boreal summer using CloudSat/CALIPSO data, J. Climate, 24, 2165-2177, https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JCLI4032.1

• Luo, Z. J. , G. Y. Liu, and G. L. Stephens, 2010: Use of A-Train data to estimate convective buoyancy and entrainment rate, Geophys. Res. Letts. 37, L09804, doi 10.1029/2010GL042904

• Luo, Z. , G. Y. Liu, G. L. Stephens, and R. H. Johnson, 2009: Terminal Vs transient cumulus congestus: A CloudSat perspective, Geophys. Res. Letts., 36, L05808, doi:10.1029/2008GL036927

• Luo, Z., G. Y. Liu, and G. L. Stephens, 2008: CloudSat adding new insight into tropical penetrating convection. Geophys. Res. Letts. 35, L19819, doi:10.1029/2008GL035330

• Luo, Z., D. Kley, R.H. Johnson, and H. Smit, 2008: Ten Years of Measurements of Tropical Upper-Tropospheric Water Vapor by MOZAIC. Part II: Assessing the ECMWF Humidity Analysis. J. Climate, 21, 1449-1466, https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JCLI1887.1

• Luo, Z., G. L. Stephens, K. A. Emanuel, D. G. Vane, N. Tourville, and J. M. Haynes 2008: On the use of CloudSat and MODIS data for estimating hurricane intensity. IEEE Geoscience Remote Sensing Lett., Vol. 5, No. 1, 13-16, 10.1109/LGRS.2007.905341

• Haynes, J. M., R. Marchand, Z. Luo, A. Bodas-Salcedo, G. L. Stephens 2007: A multi-purpose radar simulation package, Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 88, 1723-1727, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-88-11-1723

• Kley, D., H. G. J. Smit, S. Nawrath, Z. Luo, P. Nedelec, and R. H. Johnson (2007), Tropical Atlantic convection as revealed by ozone and relative humidity measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D23109, doi:10.1029/2007JD008599

• Luo, Z., D. Kley, R. H. Johnson, and Herman Smit, 2007: Ten years of measurements of tropical upper-tropospheric water vapor by MOZAIC, Part I: climatology, variability, transport and relation to deep convection. J. Climate, 20, 418 - 435, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3997.1

• Luo, Z., and G. L. Stephens 2006: An enhanced convection-wind-evaporation feedback in a superparameterization GCM (SP-GCM) depiction of the Asian summer monsoon, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06707, doi:10.1029/2005GL025060

• Luo, Z. and W. B. Rossow 2004: Characterizing Tropical Cirrus Lifecycle, Evolution and Interaction with Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor Using Lagrangian Trajectory Analysis of Satellite Observations. J. Climate, 17, 4541-4563, https://doi.org/10.1175/3222.1

• Luo, Z., W. B. Rossow, T. Inoue, and C. Stubenrauch, 2002: Did the Eruption of the Mt. Pinatubo Volcano Affect Cirrus Properties? J. Climate, 15, 2806-2820,  https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<2806:DTEOTM>2.0.CO;2

Ph. D. dissertation:

Luo, Z. 2003: Investigation of Tropical Cirrus, Their Variability, Evolution and Relation to the Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor. Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University, 148p. (Advisor: Dr. W. B. Rossow)