Iowa State University

Iowa State University

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences

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Carl Jacobson
Chair
Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
253 Science I
Ames, Iowa 50011

FAX: 515-294-6049

William Gallus
Professor-in-Charge
Meteorology Program
3010 Agronomy Hall
515-294-2270


Xiaoqing Wu Publications


Wu, X., and X.-Z. Liang, Effect of subgrid cloud-radiation interaction on climate simulations. Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted, 08/2005.

Wu, X., and X.-Z. Liang, Effects of cloud distributions on radiative flux and heating rate in the cloud-resolving model simulation over the ARM SGP. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc.,submitted, 05/2005.

Grabowski, W.W., X. Wu, and Co-authors, Daytime convective development over land: A model intercomparison based on LBA observations. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., under second review, 2005.

Wu, X., and S. Guimond, 2005: Two- and three-dimensional cloud-resolving model simulations of the mesoscale enhancement of surface heat fluxes by precipitating deep convection. J. Climate, in press.

Wu, X., and X.-Z. Liang, 2005: Radiative effects of cloud horizontal inhomogeneity and vertical overlap identified from a month-long cloud-resolving simulation. J. Atmos. Sci., in press.

Liang, X.-Z., and X. Wu, 2005: Evaluation of a GCM subgrid cloud-radiation interaction parameterization using cloud-resolving model simulations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L06801, doi:10.1029/2004GL022301.

Xu, K.-M., X. Wu, and Co-authors, 2005: Modeling springtime shallow frontal clouds with cloud-resolving and single-column models, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D15S04,doi:10.1029/2004JD005153.

Xie, S., X. Wu, and Co-authors, 2005: Simulations of midlatitude frontal clouds by SCMs and CRMs during the ARM March 2000 cloud IOP. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D15S03, doi:10.1029/2004JD005119.

Wu, X., X.-Z. Liang, G.-J., Zhang 2003: Seasonal migration of ITCZ precipitation across the equator: Why can't GCMs simulate it? Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(15), 1824, doi:10.1029/2003GL017198.

Zhang, G.-J., and X. Wu, 2003: Convective momentum transport and perturbation pressure field from a cloud-resolving model simulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 1120-1139.

Wu, X., M. W. Moncrieff, P. Minnis, and D. R. Doelling, 2002: Reply. J. Atmos. Sci. (The reply is not published because comment is withdrawn).

Wu, X., 2002: Effects of ice microphysics on tropical radiative-convective-oceanic quasi-equilibrium states. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1885-1897.

Wu, X., and M. W. Moncrieff, 2001: Sensitivity of single-column model solutions to convective parameterizations and initial conditions. J. Climate, 12, 2563-2582.

Wu, X., and M. W. Moncrieff, 2001: Long-term behavior of cloud systems in TOGA COARE and their interactions with radiative and surface processes. Part III: Effects on the energy budget and SST. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1155-1168.

Mapes, B., and X. Wu, 2001: Convective eddy momentum tendencies in long cloud-resolving model simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 517-526.

Yano, J.-I., M. W. Moncrieff, and X. Wu, 2001: Wavelet analysis of simulated tropical convective cloud systems. Part II: Decomposition of convective-scale and mesoscale structure. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 868-876.

Yano, J.-I., M. W. Moncrieff, X. Wu, and M. Yamada, 2001: Wavelet analysis of simulated tropical convective cloud systems. Part I: Basic analysis. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 850-867.

Wu, X., M. W. Moncrieff, and K. A. Emanuel, 2000: Evaluation of large-scale forcing during TOGA COARE for cloud-resolving models and single-column models. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2977-2985.

Naveau, P., M. W. Moncrieff, J.-I. Yano, and X. Wu, 1999: Exploratory statistical analysis of tropical oceanic convection using discrete wavelet transforms. Studies in the Atmospheric Sciences, L. M. Berliner, D. Nychka, and T. Hoar, Ed., Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 121-136.

Wu, X., and M. A. LeMone, 1999: Fine structure of cloud patterns within the intraseasonal oscillation during TOGA COARE. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 2503-2513.

Grabowski, W. W., X. Wu, and M. W. Moncrieff, 1999: Cloud resolving modeling of tropical cloud systems during Phase III of GATE. Part III: Effects of cloud microphysics. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 2384-2402.

Wu, X., W. D. Hall, W. W. Grabowski, M. W. Moncrieff, W. D. Collins, and J. T. Kiehl, 1999: Long-term behavior of cloud systems in TOGA COARE and their interactions with radiative and surface processes. Part II: Effects of ice microphysics on cloud-radiation interaction. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3177-3195.

Wu, X., and M. W. Moncrieff, 1999: Effects of sea surface temperature and large-scale dynamics on the thermodynamic equilibrium state and convection over the tropical western Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 6093-6100.

Grabowski, W. W., X. Wu, M. W. Moncrieff, and W. D. Hall, 1998: Cloud resolving modeling of tropical cloud systems during Phase III of GATE. Part II: Effects of resolution and the third spatial dimension. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3264-3282.

Wu, X., W. W. Grabowski, and M. W. Moncrieff, 1998: Long-term behavior of cloud systems in TOGA COARE and their interactions with radiative and surface processes. Part I: Two-dimensional Modeling Study. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 2693-2714.

Wu, X., 1998: Interactions of tropical convection with radation and surface processes in a cloud-resolving model. A contributed paper in Chinese with English Abstract in the book of 'East Asian Monsoon and Torrential Rain in China'. 385-405.

Grabowski, W. W., X. Wu and M. W. Moncrieff, 1996: Cloud resolving modeling of tropical cloud systems during Phase III of GATE. Part I: Two-dimensional experiments. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3684-3709.

Wu, X., and M. W. Moncrieff, 1996: Collective effects of organized convection and their approximation in general circulation models. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1477-1495.

Wu, X., and M. Yanai, 1994: Effects of vertical wind shear on the cumulus transport of momentum: Observations and parameterization. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1640-1660.

Wu, X., 1994: Diagnostic and semiprognostic studies of cumulus effects in the presence of mesoscale circulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 652-670.

Wu, X., 1993: Effects of cumulus ensemble and mesoscale stratiform clouds in midlatitude convective systems. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 2496-2518.

Wu, X., 1992: Effects of mesoscale convective organization and vertical wind shear on the cumulus-environment interaction. Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, 221 pp.

Sui, C.-H., M.-D. Cheng, X. Wu and M. Yanai, 1989: Cumulus ensemble effects on the large-scale vorticity and momentum fields of GATE. Part II: Parameterization. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 1609-1629.