Climate and Environment Modeling Lab

Publications

Liu X.D., S Ding, L Bi, and P Yang, 2012: On the use of scattering kernels in the calculation of the bulk optical properties of ice clouds, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 29(1). 50-63.

Ao H., M.J. Dekkers, G.Q. Xiao, X.Q Yang, L. Qin, X.D. Liu, X.K. Qiang, H. Chang, H. Zhao, 2012: Different orbital rhythms in the Asian summer monsoon records from North and South China during the Pleistocene, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 80, 51-60.

Liu C.H., M.W. Moncrieff, H.M. Hsu and X.D. Liu, 2012: Effects of dimensionality on simulated large-scale convective organization and coupled waves, J. Metero. Soc. Japan, 90(1), 59-78.

Yi Bingqi, Ping Yang, Kenneth P. Bowman, and Xiaodong Liu, 2012: Aerosol-cloud-precipitation relationships from satellite observations and global climate model simulations, J. Appl. Remote Sens., 6, 063503.

Shi Zhengguo, Xiaodong Liu, Xiaoxia Cheng, 2012: Anti-phased response of northern and southern East Asian summer precipitation to ENSO modulation of orbital forcing, Quaternary Science Reviews, 40(1), 30-38.

Liu X.D. and Z-Y. Yin, 2011: Forms of the Tibetan Plateau uplift and regional differences of the Asia monsoon-arid environmental evolution - A modeling perspective, J. Earth Environment, 3, 401-416.（download）

Liu X.D., L.B. Yan, P. Yang, Z.-Y. Yin, and G.R. North, 2011: Influence of Indian summer monsoon on aerosol loading in East Asia, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50(3), 523-533.（download）

Liu X.D. and Y. Wang, 2011: Contrasting impacts of spring thermal conditions over Tibetan Plateau on late-spring to early-summer precipitation in Southeast China, Atmospheric Science Letters, 12(3): 309-315.（download）

Liu X.D., X.N. Xie, Z.-Y. Yin, C.H. Liu, A. Gettelman, 2011: A modeling study of the effects of aerosols on clouds and precipitation over East Asia, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 106, 343-354.（download ）

Yan L.B., X.D. Liu, P. Yang, Z.-Y. Yin and G. R. North, 2011: Study of the impact of summer monsoon circulation on spatial distributions of aerosols in East Asia based on numerical simulations, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50(11), 2270–2282.（download ）

Shi Z. G., and Liu X. D., 2011: Distinguishing the provenance of fine-grained eolian dust over the Chinese Loess Plateau from a modeling perspective. Tellus B, 63, 959-970.（download ）

Shi Z. G., Liu X. D., Sun Y. B., An Z. S., Liu Z., and Kutzbach J., 2011: Distinct responses of East Asian summer and winter monsoons to astronomical forcing, Clim. Past, 7, 1363-1370.

Shi Z.G., X.D. Liu, Z.S. An, B.Q. Yi, P. Yang, N. Mahowald, 2011: Simulated variations of eolian dust from inner Asian deserts at the mid-Pliocene, last glacial maximum, and present day: contributions from the regional tectonic uplift and global climate change, Climate Dynamics, 37: 2289-2301.（download）

Xie X.N. and X.D. Liu, 2011: Effects of spectral dispersion on clouds and precipitation in mesoscale convective system, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D06202, doi:10.1029/2010JD014598.（download）

An Z.S. et al., 2011: Glacial-Interglacial Indian Summer Monsoon Dynamics, Science, 333(6043): 719-723.

Wang Y., C.N. Long, J.H. Mather, X.D. Liu, 2011: Convective signals from surface measurements at ARM Tropical Western Pacific site: Manus, Climate Dynamics, 36: 431–449.

Chen G.S., Z. Liu, S.C. Clemens, W.L. Prell and X.D. Liu, 2011: Modeling the evolutionary response of Asian Summer Monsoon to obliquity forcing in a coupled GCM: A PHASEMAP sensitivity experiment, Climate Dynamics, 36: 695–710.

Liu X.D., Z.G. Shi, R. Zhang and X.Z. Li, 2011: Numerical simulations on the influence of northern Tibetan Plateau uplift on Asian monsoon-arid environmental evolution since Pliocene, Growth of the Tibetan Plateau and Eastern Asia Climate Workshop, 19-21 August, Camp Davis, Wyoming.

Liu X.D. and L. Li, 2010: Orbit-scale Variability of the Asian summer monsoon modulated by the Tibetan Plateau uplift identified in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model, J. Earth Environment, 1, 36-42.

Xie Xiaoning and Liu Xiaodong, 2010: Spectral dispersion of cloud droplet size distributions and radar threshold reflectivity for drizzle, Chinese Physics B, 19(10), 109201.（download）

Miao X.D., D.A. Lindsey, Z.P. Lai and X.D. Liu, 2010: Contingency table analysis of pebble lithology and roundness: a case study of Huangshui River, China and comparison to rivers in the Rocky Mountains, USA, Sedimentary Geology, 224, 49-53.

Bai A.J. and X.D. Liu, 2010: Characteristics of rainfall variation over East China for the last 50 years and their relationship with droughts and floods. J. Trop. Meteor., 2010, 16(3), 255-262.

Zhang Ran and Liu Xiaodong, 2010: The effects of tectonic uplift on the evolution of Asian summer monsoon climate since Pliocene, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 53(6), 948-960.（download）

Wang Y., N.T. Roulet, S. Frolking, L. A. Mysak, X.D. Liu and Z.D. Jin, 2010: The First-Order Effect of Holocene Northern Peatlands on Global Carbon Cycle Dynamics, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci., 9, 012004, doi:10.1088/1755-1315/9/1/012004.

Liu X.D., Z.G. Cheng, L.B. Yan and Z.Y. Yin, 2009: Elevation dependency of recent and future minimum surface temperature trends in the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings, Global and Planetary Change, 68, 164-174.（download）

Du C.L., X.D. Liu and W.L. Wu, 2009: CLM3-simulated Chinese soil moisture and its possible response to global warming during 1979-2003, Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 2009, 1(1): 51-58.

Xie X.N. and X.D. Liu, 2009: Analytical three-moment autoconversion parameterization based on generalized gamma distribution, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D21203, doi:10.1029/2009JD012729.（download）

Liu X.D., A.J. Bai and C.H. Liu, 2009: Diurnal variations of summertime precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau in relation to orographically-induced regional circulations, Environ. Res. Lett., 4, 045203, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045203.（download）

Wang Y., C.N. Long, L.R. Leung, J. Dudhia, S.A. McFarlane, J.H. Mather, S.J. Ghan and X.D. Liu, 2009: Evaluating regional cloud-permitting simulations of the WRF model for the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud Experiment (TWP-ICE, Darwin 2006), J. Geophys. Res., 114, D21203, doi:10.1029/2009JD012729.

Liu X.D. and Z.G. Shi, 2009: Effect of precession on the Asian summer monsoon evolution: A systematic review, Chinese Science Bulletin, 54 (20): 3720-3730.（download）

Bai A.J., C.H. Liu and X.D. Liu, 2008: Diurnal variation of summer rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau and its neighboring regions revealed by TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 51(3), 518-529. （download）

Yin Z.Y., X.Q. Zhang, X.D. Liu, M. Colella and X.L. Chen, 2008: An Assessment of the Biases of Satellite Rainfall Estimates over the Tibetan Plateau and Correction Methods Based on Topographic Analysis, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 9(3), 301-326.

Liu X.D., Z.G. Cheng and L.B. Yan, 2008: Elevation dependency of recent and future climatic warming over the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 10, EGU2008-A-02325, 2008, SRef-ID: 1607-7962/gra/EGU2008-A-02325, EGU General Assembly 2008.

Kutzbach J.E., X.D. Liu, Z.Y. Liu and G.S. Chen, 2008: Simulating the evolution response of global monsoons to orbital forcing over the past 280,000 years, Climate Dynamics, 30, 567-579. （download）

Liu X.D., Z.Y. Liu, S. Clemens, W. Prell and J. Kutzbach, 2007: A coupled model study of glacial Asian monsoon variability and Indian Ocean Dipole, J. Metero. Soc., Japan, 85, 1-10. （download）

Bai A.J., P.M. Zhai and X.D. Liu, 2007: Climatology and trends of wet spells in China, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 88(3-4), 139-148.

Wyrwoll K.H., Z.Y. Liu, G.S. Chen, J.E. Kutzbach and X.D. Liu, 2007: Sensitivity of the Australian summer monsoon to tilt and precession forcing, Quaternary Science Reviews, 26, 3043-3057.

Xu W.X. and X.D. Liu, 2007: Response of Vegetation in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to Global Warming, Chinese Geographical Science, 17(2), 151-159.

Miao X.D., J.A. Mason, J.B. Swinehart, D.B. Loope, P.R. Hanson, R.J. Goble and X.D. Liu, 2007: A 10,000 year record of dune activity, dust storms, and severe drought in the central Great Plains, Geology, 35(2), 119-122.

Liu X.D., Z.Y. Liu, J.E. Kutzbach, S.C. Clemens and W.L. Prell, 2006: Hemispheric insolation forcing of the Indian Ocean and Asian monsoon: Local versus remote impacts, Journal of Climate, 19(23), 6195-6208. （download）

Liu X.D., Z.Y. Yin, X.M. Shao and N.S. Qin, 2006: Temporal trends and variability of daily maximum and minimum, extreme temperature events, and growing season length over the eastern and central Tibetan Plateau during 1961-2003, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D19109, doi:10.1029/2005JD006915. （download）

Li X.Z., Z.G. Ma, X.D. Liu and J.Y. Zhang, 2006: Inter-decadal characteristics of aridification over northern China in association with variations of the atmospheric circulation during the last fifty years, Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 30, 401-409.

Du C.L., W.L. Wu, X.D. Liu and G. Wei, 2006: Simulation of Soil Moisture and Its Variability in East Asia, Proc. of SPIE, 6298, 62982F, doi: 10.1117/12.690643. （download）

Li Y.Q., X.D. Liu and B.D. Chen, 2006: Cloud type climatology over the Tibetan Plateau: A comparison of ISCCP and MODIS/TERRA measurements with surface observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L17716, doi: 10.1029/2006GL026890.

Chen B.D. and X.D. Liu, 2005: Seasonal Migration of Cirrus Clouds over the Asian Monsoon Regions and the Tibetan Plateau Measured from MODIS/Terra, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L01804, doi:10.1029/ 2004GL020868.（download）

Wu L.X., Z. Liu, Y. Liu, Q. Liu and X.D. Liu, 2005, Potential global climatic impacts of the North Pacific Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24710, doi:10.1029/2005GL024812.

Liu X.D., Z.Y. Yin, X.Y. Zhang and X.C. Yang, 2004: Analyses of the spring dust storm frequency of northern China in relation to antecedent and concurrent wind, precipitation, vegetation, and soil moisture conditions, J Geophys. Res., 109 (D16), D16210, doi:10.1029/2004JD004615.（download）

Yin Z.Y., X.D. Liu, X.Q. Zhang and C.F. Chung, 2004: Using terrain and location variables to improve SSM/I precipitation estimates over Tibetan Plateau, J Geophys. Res., 109 (D3), D03110, doi:10.1029/2003JD003749.（download）

Hung C.W., X.D. Liu and M. Yanai, 2004: Symmetry and asymmetry of the Asian and Australian summer monsoons, Journal of Climate, 17(12), 2413-2426.（download）

Lu H.Y. , F.Q. Zhang, X.D. Liu and R.A. Duce, 2004: Periodicities of palaeoclimatic variations recorded by loess-paleosol sequences in China, Quaternary Science Reviews, 23, 1891-1900.

Liu X.D., Z.S. An, L. Ai, G.S. Chen, and N.S. Qin, 2003: Possible variations of precipitation over the Yellow River Valley under the global-warming conditions, Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 27(3), 228-236.

Liu X.D., J.E. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, Z.S. An and L. Li, 2003: The Tibetan Plateau as amplifier of orbital-scale variability of the East Asian monsoon, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(16), 1839, doi:10.1029/2003GL017510.（download）

Chen B.D., W.C. Chao and X.D. Liu, 2003: Enhanced climatic warming in the Tibetan Plateau due to double CO2: A model study, Climate Dynamics, 20, 401-413.（download）

Liu X.D. and Z.Y. Yin, 2002: Sensitivity of East Asian monsoon climate to the Tibetan Plateau uplift, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclim. Palaeoecol , 22(9), 1075-1089. （download）

Chen B.D., W. Chao and X.D. Liu, 2002: Enhanced climatic warming over the Tibetan plateau due to doubling CO2: A model study, 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, 13-17 January 2002, Orlando, Florida, AMS, 48-49.

Liu X.D. and M. Yanai, 2002: Influence of Eurasian spring snow cover on Asian summer precipitation,International Journal of Climatology,183, 223-245.（download）

Yanai M., X.D. Liu and C.W. Hung, 2002: Symmetry and asymmetry of the Asian and Australian summer monsoons, 25 th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May , San Diego, California, AMS, 230-231.

Lu H.Y., F.Q. Zhang and X.D. Liu, 2002: Patterns and frequencies of the East Asian winter monsoon variations during the past million years revealed by wavelet and spectral analyses, Global and Planetary Change, 35, 67-74.

Liu X.D. and M. Yanai, 2001: Relationship between the Indian monsoon precipitation and the tropospheric temperature over the Eurasian continent, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 127,909-937.（download）

Liu X.D. and Z.Y. Yin, 2001: Spatial and temporal variation of the summer precipitation over the eastern Tibetan Plateau and the Northern Atlantic Oscillation, Journal of Climate, 14, 2896-2909.（download）

Shi Y.F., G. Yu, X.D. Liu, B.Y. Li and T.D. Yao, 2001: Reconstruction of the 30-40 ka enhanced Indian monsoon climate based on geological records from the Tibetan Plateau, Palaeogeogr.Palaeoclim.Palaeoecol,169, 69-83.

Zhou W.J., M.J. Head, Z.S. An, P. D. Deckker, Z. Liu, X.D. Liu, X.F. Lu, D. Donahue, A.J.T. Jull and J.W. Beck, 2001: Terrestrial evidence for a spatial structure of tropical-polar interconnections during the Younger Dryas episode, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett.,191, 231-239.

An Z.S., S.C. Porter, J.E. Kutzbach, X.H. Wu, S.M. Wang, X.D. Liu, X.Q. Li and W.J. Zhou, 2000: Asynchronous Holocene optimum of the East Asian monsoon, Quaternary Science Review,19,743- 762.（download）

Yao T.D., X.D. Liu, N.L. Wang and Y.F. Shi, 2000: Amplitude of climatic changes in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, ChineseScience Bulletin, 44(13), 1236-1243.

Liu X.D. and B.D. Chen, 2000: Climatic warming in the Tibetan Plateau during recent decades, International Journal of Climatology, 20(14), 1729-1742. （download）

Liu X.D. and M. Yanai, 2000: Relationship between Indian monsoon precipitation and air temperature overtheTibetan Plateau. In: 24th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 29 May-2 June , 398-399.

Yanai M. and X.D. Liu, 2000: Annual cycle and interannual variability of the Asian-Australian monsoonsystem. In: 24th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 29 May-2 June, J36-J37.

Lu H.Y., K.V. Huissteden, J. Zhou, J. Vandenberghe, X.D. Liu and Z.S. An, 2000: Variability of East Asian winter monsoon in Quaternary climatic extremes in North China, Quaternary Research, 54, 321-327.

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