Publications

Kuang, Z. (2024). Linear time-invariant models of a large cumulus ensemble, J. Atmos. Sci., https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0194.1.

Weidman, S., & Kuang, Z. (2023). Potential predictability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in a superparameterized model. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL105705. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105705

Wong, N. Z., & Kuang, Z. (2023). The effect of different implementations of the weak temperature gradient approximation in cloud resolving models. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104350. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104350

Pandey, A., Lamraoui, F., Smith, J. B., Clapp, C. E., Sayres, D. S., & Kuang, Z. (2023). Sensitivity of deep convection and cross-tropopause water transport to microphysical parameterizations in WRF. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2022JD037053. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037053

Lamraoui, F., Krämer, M., Afchine, A., Sokol, A. B., Khaykin, S., Pandey, A., and Kuang, Z.: Sensitivity of convectively driven tropical tropopause cirrus properties to ice habits in high-resolution simulations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23, 2393–2419, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2393-2023, 2023.

Weidman, S., Kleiner, N., & Kuang, Z. (2022). A rotation procedure to improve seasonally varying empirical orthogonal function bases for MJO indices. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL099998. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099998

Y. Cheng, P.W. Chan, X. Wei, Z. Hu, Z. Kuang, K.A. McColl. Soil moisture control of precipitation re-evaporation over a heterogeneous land surface. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2021, vol. 78, iss. 10.

Hu, Z., Lamraoui, F., & Kuang, Z. (2021). Influence of Upper-Troposphere Stratification and Cloud–Radiation Interaction on Convective Overshoots in the Tropical Tropopause Layer, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78(8), 2493-2509.

Chen S., N. Wong, D. Ma, P. W. Chan, Z. Kuang, Dependence of precipitation on precipitable water vapor over the Maritime Continent and implications to the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Geophys. Res. Letts, 2021.

Kleiner, E., P.-K. Chan, L. Wang, D. Ma, Z. Kuang, Effects of Mean State Bias on Blocking Underestimation, Geophys. Res. Letts, 2021.

Chan, P. K., P. Hassanzadeh, Z. Kuang, Eddy length scale response to static stability change in an idealized dry atmosphere: A linear response function approach, J. Atmos. Sc., 2021.

Wei, X., Chan, P. W., & Kuang, Z. (2020). Two-point mixing, buoyancy sorting, and updraft dilution in the RACORO campaign. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL090674. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090674

Lu, M., Kuang, Z., Yang, S., Li, Z., & Fan, H. (2020). A Bridging Role of Winter Snow over Northern China and Southern Mongolia in Linking the East Asian Winter and Summer Monsoons, Journal of Climate, 33(22), 9849-9862.

Torri G., D. K. Adams, H. Wang, Z. Kuang, On the diurnal cycle of GPS-derived column water vapor over Sumatra, J. Atmos. Sci., 2019.

Guo, J., Z. Kuang, Spatial and temporal characteristics of asymmetries in tropical cyclones, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 7769-7779, (2019).

Ma, D., A. H. Sobel., Z. Kuang, M. S. Singh, J. Nie, A moist entropy budget view of the South Asian summer monsoon onset, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 4476-4484, (2019).

Chan, P.-W., P. Hassanzadeh, Z. Kuang, Evaluation of indices of blocking anticyclones in terms of their linear relations with surface hot extremes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 4904-4912, (2019).

Hurley, J. V., K. L. Verlinden, P. N. Blossey, Z. Kuang, D. Noone, Moist entropy and water isotopologues in a zonal overturning circulation framework of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 1248-1265 (2019).

Mapes, B., A. S. Chandra, Z. Kuang, S. Song, P. Zuidema, Estimating convection’s moisture sensitivity: an observation-model synthesis using AMIE-DYNAMO field data, J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 1505-1520, (2019).

Tian, Y., Z. Kuang, M. Singh, J. Nie, The vertical momentum budget of shallow cumulus convection: insights from a Lagrangian perspective, J. Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11, 113-126, (2019).

Torri, G., Z. Kuang, On cold pool collisions in tropical boundary layers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 399-407, (2019)

Tian, Y., Z. Kuang, Why does deep convection have different sensitivities to temperature perturbations in the lower versus upper troposphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 27-41 (2019).

Hassanzadeh, P., Z. Kuang, Quantifying the annular mode dynamics in an idealized atmosphere, J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 1107-1124, (2019)

Kuang, Z., Linear stability of most convecting atmospheres Part I: from linear response functions to a simple model and applications to convectively coupled waves, J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 2889-2907, (2018).

Wang, L., J. Lu, Z. Kuang, A robust increase of the intraseasonal periodic behavior of the precipitation and eddy kinetic energy in a warming climate, Geophys. Res. Letts., 45, (2018).

Mapes, B., A. S. Chandra, Z. Kuang, P. Zuidema, Importance profiles of water vapor, Surveys of Geophysics, (2017).

Singh, M., Z. Kuang, E. Maloney, W. Hannah, B. Wolding, Increasing potential for intense tropical and subtropical thunderstorms under global warming, PNAS, 114: 11657-11662, (2017).

Kelly P., B. Mapes, I-K. Hu, S. Song, Z. Kuang, Tangent linear super-parameterization of convection in a 10-layer global atmosphere with calibrated climatology, J. Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 09, (2017) doi:10.1002/2016MS000871

Torri G., D. Ma, Z. Kuang, Stable water isotopes and large-scale vertical motions in the tropics, J. Geophys. Res, 122, 3703-3717, (2017).

Lowenthal, D., A. G. Haller, I. McCubbin, R. David, R. Borys, P. Blossey, A. Muhlbauer, Z. Kuang, M. Moore, Isotopic Fractionation in Wintertime Orographic Clouds J. Atmos. Oceanic. Tech., 33, 2663-2678, (2016).

Singh M. S., Z. Kuang, Y. Tian, Eddy influences on the strength of the Hadley circulation: dynamic and thermodynamic perspectives J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 467-486, (2017).

Torri, G., and Z. Kuang (2016), Rain evaporation and moist patches in tropical boundary layers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL070893.

Ma D., P. Hassanzadeh, and Z. Kuang, Quantifying the eddy-jet feedback strength of the annular mode in an idealized GCM and reanalysis data, J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 393-407, (2017).

Tian, Y. and Z. Kuang, Dependence of entrainment in shallow cumulus convection on vertical velocity and distance to cloud edge, Geophys. Res. Letters, 43, DOI : 10.1002/2016GL069005, (2016).

Hassanzadeh, P. and Z. Kuang, The linear response function of an idealized atmosphere. Part 1: Construction using Green’s functions and applications, J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 3423-3439, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0338.1, (2016) (Supplementary Material)

Hassanzadeh, P. and Z. Kuang, The linear response function of an idealized atmosphere. Part 2: Implications for the practical use of the Fluctuation-Dissipation Theorem and the role of operator’s non-normality, J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 3441-3452, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0099.1. (2016)

Nie, J., Z. Kuang, D. Jacob, J. Guo, Representing effects of aqueous phase reactions of shallow cumuli in global models J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002/2015JD024208. (2016)

Torri, G. and Z. Kuang, A Lagrangian study of precipitation-driven downdrafts, J. Atmos. Sci., 3, 839-854, 2016

Corrigendum for A Lagrangian study of precipitation-driven downdrafts

Ma, D. and Z. Kuang, A mechanism-denial study on the Madden-Julian Oscillation with reduced interference from mean state changes Geophys. Res. Letters, 43, 2989-2997, (2016)

Gentine P., Garelli A., Park S., Nie J. ,Torri G., Kuang Z., Role of surface heat fluxes underneath cold pools Geophys. Res. Letters, 43, 874-883, doi:10.1002/2015GL067262. (2016).

Singh M. S. and Z. Kuang, Exploring the role of eddy momentum fluxes in determining the characteristics of the equinoctial Hadley circulation: fixed-SST simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 2427-2444. (2016).

Moore, M., P. N. Blossey, A. Muhlbauer, Z. Kuang, Microphysical controls on the isotopic composition of wintertime orographic precipitation J. Geophys. Res. 121, 7235-7253, doi:10.1002/2015JD023763., (2016).

Hassanzadeh, P. and Z. Kuang, Blocking variability: Arctic Amplification versus Arctic Oscillation Geophys. Res. Letters, 42, 2015.

Torri, G., Z. Kuang, Y. Tian, Mechanisms for convection triggering by cold pools, Geophys. Res. Letts., 42, doi: 10.1002/2015GL063227, 2015.

Arnold, N. P., M. Branson, Z. Kuang, D. A. Randall, E. Tziperman, MJO Intensification with Warming in the Super-Parameterized CESM, J. Climate, in press.

Hassanzadeh, P., Z. Kuang, B. F. Farrell, Responses of mid-latitude blocks and wave amplitude to changes in the meridional temperature gradient in an idealized dry GCM, Geophy. Res. Letts.,41, 5223-5232, doi:10.1002/2014GL060764., 2014.

Ma, D., W. R. Boos, and Z. Kuang, Effects of orography and surface heat fluxes on the South Asian Summer Monsoon, J. Climate, 27, 6647-6659, 2014.

Arnold, N. P., M. Branson, M. A. Burt, D. S. Abbot, Z. Kuang, D. A. Randall, E. Tziperman Effects of explicit atmospheric convection at high CO2, PNAS, 111, 10943-10948, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1407175111, 2014.

Moore, M., and Z. Kuang, P. N. Blossey, A moisture budget perspective of the amount effect, Geophys. Res. Letts., 41, 1329-1335, doi:10.1002/2013GL058302, 2014.

Herman M. J., and Z. Kuang, Linear response functions of two convective parameterization schemes, J. Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 5, 510-541, doi:10.1002/jame.20037. (2013).

Wang, S., A. H. Sobel, and Z. Kuang, Cloud-resolving simulation of TOGA-COARE using parameterized large-scale dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 6290-6301. (2013).

Boos, W. R. and Z. Kuang, Sensitivity of the South Asian monsoon to elevated and non-elevated heating, Scientific Reports, 3, Article number:1192, (2013), doi:10.1038/srep01192.

Arnold, N., Z. Kuang, E. Tziperman, Enhanced MJO-Like Variability at High SST, J. Climate, 26, 988-1001, (2013).

Wofsy, J. F. and Z. Kuang, Cloud resolving model simulations and a simple model of an idealized Walker cell, J. Climate, 25, 8090-8107 (2012).

Nie, J. and Z. Kuang, Beyond bulk entrainment and detrainment rates: A new framework for diagnosing mixing in cumulus convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L21803, (2012) doi:10.1029/2012GL053992.

Kuang, Z., Weakly forced mock-Walker cells, J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2759-2786 (2012).

Nie, J. and Z. Kuang, Responses of shallow cumulus convection to large-scale temperature and moisture perturbations: a comparison of large-eddy simulations and a convective parameterization based on stochastically entraining parcels J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 1936-1956, (2012).

Ma, D. and Z. Kuang, Modulation of Radiative Heating by the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves as Observed by CloudSat, Geophys. Res. Letts., 38, L21813, (2011).

Andersen, J. A. and Z. Kuang, Moist Static Energy Budget of MJO-like disturbances in the atmosphere of a zonally symmetric aquaplanet, J. Climate, 25, 2782-2804, (2012).

Romps, D. M. and Z. Kuang, A transilient matrix for moist convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 2009-2025, (2011).

Kuang, Z., The wavelength dependence of the gross moist stability and the scale selection in the instability of column integrated moist static energy, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 61-74, (2011).

Solodoch A., W. R. Boos, Z. Kuang, E. Tziperman, Excitation of intraseasonal variability in the equatorial atmosphere by Yanai wave-group via WISHE-induced convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 210-225, (2011)

Blossey, P. N., Z. Kuang, D. M. Romps, Isotopic composition of water in the TTL in cloud-resolving simulations of an idealized tropical circulation, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D24309, (2010) doi:10.1029/2010JD014554

Boos, W.R., Z. Kuang, Mechanisms of poleward-propagating, intraseasonal convective anomalies in cloud-system resolving models, J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3673-3691 (2010)

Nie J., W. R. Boos, Z. Kuang, Observational Evaluation of a Convective Quasi-Equilibrium View of Monsoons, J. Climate, 23, 4416-4428, (2010).

Romps, D. M., Z. Kuang, Nature versus nurture in shallow convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 1655-1666, (2010).

Kuang, Z., Linear response functions of a cumulus ensemble to temperature and moisture perturbations and implication to the dynamics of convectively coupled waves, J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 941-962, (2010)

Romps, D. M., Z. Kuang, Do undiluted convective plumes exist in the upper tropical troposphere? J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 468-484, (2010)

Boos, W. R., Z. Kuang, Dominant control of the South Asian monsoon by orographic insulation versus plateau heating, Nature, 463, 218-222, (2010). (Official version) ( “News and Views” piece by Mark Cane)

Romps, D. M., Z. Kuang, Overshooting convection in tropical cyclones, Geophys. Res. Letts., 36, L09804, doi:10.1029/2009GL037396. (2009).

Waliser, D. E., J. F. Li, C. P. Woods, R. T. Austin, J. Bacmeister, J. Chern, A. Del Genio, J. H. Jiang, Z. Kuang, H. Meng, P. Minnis, S. Platnick, W. B. Rossow, G. L. Stephens, S. Sun-Mack, W. Tao, A. M. Tompkins, D. G. Vane, C. Walker, and D. Wu (2009), Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D00A21, doi:10.1029/2008JD010015 (2009).

Andersen, J. A., Z. Kuang, A toy model of the instability in the equatorially trapped convectively coupled waves on the equatorial beta plane, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 3736-3757, (2008) (corrigendum

corrigendum for A toy model of the instability in the equatorially trapped convectively coupled waves on the equatorial beta plane

Peters, M. E., Z. Kuang, C. Walker, Analysis of atmospheric energy transport in ERA40 and implications for simple models of the mean tropical circulation, Journal of Climate, 21, 5229-5241, (2008).

Kuang, Z., A moisture-stratiform instability for convectively coupled waves, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 834-854, (2008).

(Corrigendum: A moisture-stratiform instability for convectively coupled waves)

Kuang, Z., Modeling the interaction between cumulus convection and linear waves using a limited domain cloud system resolving model, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 576-591, (2008).

(Abstract: Modeling the interaction between cumulus convection and linear waves in a limited domain cloud system resolving model)

Kuang, Z., and D. L. Hartmann, Testing the FAT hypothesis in a cloud-resolving model, Journal of Climate, 20, 2051-2057, (2007).

(Abstract: Testing the FAT hypothesis in a cloud-resolving model)

Kuang, Z., and C. S. Bretherton, A mass flux scheme view of a high-resolution simulation of a transition from shallow to deep cumulus convection, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 63, 1895-1909 (2006).

(Abstract: A mass flux scheme view of a high-resolution simulation of a transition from shallow to deep cumulus convection)

Kuang, Z., P. N. Blossey, C. S. Bretherton, A new approach for 3D cloud resolving simulations of large scale atmospheric circulation, Geophys. Res. Letts., Vol. 32, No. 2, L02809, 10.1029/2004GL021024, (2005).

(Abstract: A new approach for 3D cloud resolving simulations of large scale atmospheric circulation)

Kuang, Z. and C. S. Bretherton, Convective influence on the heat balance of the tropical tropopause layer: A cloud-resolving model studyJ. Atmos. Sci.61, 2919-2927, (2004).

(Abstract: Convective influence of the heat balance of the tropical tropopause layer: A cloud-resolving model study.)

Kuang, Z., The norm dependence of singular vectorsJ. Atmos. Sci.61, 2943-2949, (2004). (Note a press error: in the line after Eq. A2 and in the last part of Eq. A3, L should read Lw)

(Abstract the norm dependence of singular vectors)

Crisp, D., R.M. Atlas, F.-M. Breon, L.R. Brown, J.P. Burrows, P. Ciais, B.J. Connor, S.C. Doney, I.Y. Fung, D.J. Jacob, C.E. Miller, D. O’Brien, S. Pawson, J.T. Randerson, P. Rayner, R.J. Salawitch, S.P. Sander, B. Sen, G.L. Stephens, P.P. Tans, G.C. Toon, P.O. Wennberg, S.C. Wofsy, Y.L. Yung, Z. Kuang, B. Chudasama, G. Sprague, B. Weiss, R. Pollock, D. Kenyon, S. Schroll, The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission, Advances in Space Research34, 700-709, (2004).

Notholt, J., Z. Kuang, C. P. Rinsland, G. C. Toon, M. Rex, N. Jones, T. Albrecht, H. Deckelmann, J. Krieg, C. Weinzierl, H. Bingemer, R. Weller, and O. Schrems, Enhanced Upper Tropical Tropospheric COS: Impact on the Stratospheric Aerosol Layer, Science300, 307-310, (2003). (Abstract and fulltext)

Kuang, Z., G. C. Toon, P. O. Wennberg, Y. L. Yung, Measured HDO/H2O ratios across the tropical tropopauseGeophys. Res. Lett.30, No. 7, 10.1029/2003GL017023, (2003).

(Abstract: Measured HDO/H2O ratios across the tropical tropopause)

Kuang, Z., J. S. Margolis, G. C. Toon, D. Crisp, Yuk. L. Yung, Spaceborne measurements of atmospheric CO2 by high-resolution NIR spectrometry of reflected sunlight: an introductory studyGeophys. Res. Lett.,29, 1716-1720, (2002).

(Absract Spaceborne measurements of atmospheric CO2 by high-resolution NIR spectrometry of reflected sunlight: an introductory study)

Kuang, Z. and Y. L. Yung, Reflectivity variations off the Peru Coast: evidence for indirect effect of anthropogenic sulfate aerosols on clouds, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2501-2504, (2000).

Kuang, Z. and Y. L. Yung, Observed albedo decrease related to the spring snow retreat, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1299-1302, (2000).

Kuang, Z., Y. Jiang, Y. L. Yung, Cloud optical thickness variations during 1983-1991: Solar cycle or ENSO? Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 1415-1417, (1998).