2024

• Balaguru, K., S. S.-C. Wang, L.R. Leung, S. Hagos, B. Harrop, C.-C. Chang, S.W. Lubis, O.A. Garuba, and S. Taraphdar. 2024. “Influence of Eastern Pacific Hurricanes on the Southwest US Wildfire Environment.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL106774, doi:10.1029/2023GL106774.
• Koszuta, M., N. Siler, L.R. Leung, and J.J. Wettstein. 2024. “Weakened Orographic Influence on Cool-Season Precipitation in Simulations of Future Warming Over the Western US.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL107298, doi:10.1029/2023GL107298.

2023

• Balaguru, K., W. Xu, C.-C. Chang, L.R. Leung, D.R. Judi, S.M. Hagos, M.F. Wehner, J.P. Kossin, and M. Ting. 2023. “Increased US Coastal Hurricane Risk Under Climate Change.” Sci. Advances, 9(14), doi:10.1126/sciadv.adf0259.
• Chang, C.-C., S.W. Lubis, K. Balaguru, L.R. Leung, and S.M. Hagos. 2023. “An Extratropical Pathway for Madden-Julian Oscillation Influence on North Atlantic Tropical Cyclones.” J. Clim., 36, 8539-8559, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0251.1.
• Chen, X., L.R. Leung, Z. Feng, and Q. Yang. 2023. “Diurnal MCSs Precede the Genesis of Tropical Cyclone Mora (2017): the Role of Convectively Forced Gravity Waves.” J. Atmos. Sci., doi:10.1175/JAS-D-22-0203.1.
• Chen, X., L.R. Leung, Y. Gao, Y. Liu, and M. Wigmosta. 2023. “Sharpening of Cold Season Storms over the Western US.” Nature Clim. Change, doi:10.1038/s41558-022-01578-0.
• Chen, X., L.R. Leung, Z. Feng, and Q. Yang. 2023. “Diurnal MCSs Precede the Genesis of Tropical Cyclone Mora (2017): the Role of Convectively Forced Gravity Waves.” J. Atmos. Sci., doi:10.1175/JAS-D-22-0203.1.
• Chen, X., L.R. Leung, Z. Feng, and Q. Yang. 2023. “Environmental Controls on MCS Lifetime Rainfall Over Tropical Oceans.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL103267, doi:10.1029/2023GL103267.
• Chen, Z., J. Lu, C.-C. Chang, S.W. Lubis, and L.R. Leung. 2023. “Projected Increase in Summer Heat-Dome-Like Stationary Waves over Northwestern North America.” npj Clim. Atmos. Sci., 6, 194, doi:10.1038/s41612-023-00511-2.
• Cheng, Y.-M., J. Dias, G. Kiladis, Z. Feng, and L.R. Leung. 2023. “Mesoscale Convective Systems Modulated by Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, doi:10.1029/2023GL103335.
• Cowherd, M., L.R. Leung, and M. Girotto. 2023 “Evolution of Global Snow Droughts Characteristics from 1850 to 2100.” Environ. Res. Lett., 18, 064043, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acd804.
• Feng, Z., J. Hardin, H.C. Barnes, J. Li, L.R. Leung, A. Varble, and Z. Zhang. 2023. “PyFLEXTRKR: a Flexible Feature Tracking Software for Convective Cloud Analysis.” Geosci. Model Devel., 16, 2753-2776, doi:10.5194/gmd-16-2753-2023.
• Feng, Z., L.R. Leung, J. Hardin, C.R. Terai, F. Song, and P. Caldwell. 2023. “Mesoscale Convective Systems in DYAMOND Global Convection-Permitting Simulations.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2022GL102603, doi:10.1029/2022GL102603.
• Hagos, S., J. Jung, P.-L. Ma, S. Lubis, K. Balaguru, and L.R. Leung. 2023. “East African Monsoon as a Drawbridge for the Circumnavigation of Madden-Julian Oscillation Events.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL102906, doi:10.1029/2023GL102906.
• Howes, C., P.E. Saide, H. Coe, A.N. Dobracki, S. Freitag, et al. 2023. “Biomass-Burning Smoke’s Properties and its Interactions with Marine Stratocumulus Clouds in WRF-CAM5 and Southeastern Atlantic Field Campaigns.” Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23(21), 13911-13940, doi:10.5194/acp-23-13911-2023.
• Gao, Y., Y. Wu, X. Guo, W. Kou, S. Zhang, L.R. Leung, X. Chen, J. Lu, N.S. Diffenbaugh, D.E. Horton, X. Yao, H. Gao, and L. Wu. 2023. “More Frequent and Persistent Heatwaves due to Increased Temperature Skewness Projected by a High-Resolution Earth System Model.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL105840, doi:10.1029/2023GL105840.
• Guo, Y., Q. Fu, L.R. Leung, Y. Na, and R. Lu. 2023. “Trends in Warm Season Mesoscale Convective Systems over Asia in 2001-2020.” J. Geophys. Res., 128, doi:10.1029/2023JD038969.
• Kumar Rai, P., C. Sarangi, N. Arun, S.N. Kuiry, and L.R. Leung. 2023. “The Dichotomy of Wet and Dry Trends over India by Aerosol Direct and Indirect Effects in CMIP5 Models.” Earth’s Future, 11, doi:10.1029/2022EF003266.
• Lau, W.K.M., K.-M. Kim, B. Harrop, and L.R. Leung. 2023. “Changing Characteristics of Tropical Extreme Precipitation-Cloud Regimes in Warmer Climates.” Atmosphere, 14, 995, doi:10.3390/atmos14060995.
• Li, J., Y. Qian, L.R. Leung, X. Chen, Z. Yang, and Z. Feng. 2023. “Potential Weakening of the June 2012 North American Derecho Under Future Warming.” J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 128, e2022JD037494, doi:10.1029/2022JD037494.
• Liang, Y., B. Yang, M. Wang, Y. Guo, K. Sakaguchi, and L.R. Leung. 2023. “Tropical Cyclone Strength, Precipitation, and Environment in Variable Resolution CAM-MPAS Simulations over Western North Pacific.” Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-023-06677-y.
• Liu, W., C. Zhao, M. Xu, J. Feng, Q. Du, J. Gu, L.R. Leung, and W.K.M. Lau. 2023. “Southern Himalayas Rainfall as a Key Driver of Interannual Variation of Pre-Monsoon Aerosols over the Tibetan Plateau.” npj Clim. Atmos. Sci., 6:57, doi:10.1038/s41612-023-00392-5.
• Lubis, S.W., S. Hagos, C.-C. Chang, K. Balaguru, and L.R. Leung. 2023 “Cross-Equatorial Surges Boost MJO Detouring over the Maritime Continent.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, doi:10.1029/2023GL104770.
• Mondal, S., A.K. Mishra, L.R. Leung, and B. Cook. 2023. “Global Droughts are Dominated by Linkages Between Drought-hubs.” Nature Commun., 14:144, doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35531-8.
• Qin, H., S.A. Klein, H.-Y. Ma, K. van Weverberg, Z. Feng, X. Chen, M. Best, H. Hu, L.R. Leung, C.J. Morcrette, H. Rumbold, and S. Webster. 2023. “Summertime Near-Surface Temperature Biases Over the Central United States in Convection-Permitting Simulations.” J. Geophys. Res., 128, e2023JD038624, doi:10.1029/2023JD038624.
• Schneider, T., W. Behera, G. Boccaletti, C. Deser, K. Emanuel, R. Ferrari, L.R. Leung, N. Lin, T. Müller, A. Navarra, O. Ndiaye, A. Stuart, J. Tribbia, and T. Yamagata. 2023. “Harnessing AI, Data, and Computing to Advance Climate Modeling and Prediction.” Nature Clim. Change, 13, 887-889, doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01769-3.
• Shields, C.A., A.E. Payne, E.J. Shearer, M.F. Wehner, T.A. O’Brien, et al. 2023. “Future Atmospheric Rivers and Impacts on Precipitation: Overview of the ARTMIP Tier 2 High-Resolution Global Warming Experiment.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2022GL102091, doi:10.1029/2022GL102091.
• Song, F., L.R. Leung, J. Lu, T. Zhou, and P. Huang. 2023. “Advances in Understanding the Changes of Tropical Rainfall Annual Cycle: A Review.” Environ. Res. Clim., 2, 042001, doi:10.1088/2752-5295/acf606.
• Stephens, G., J. Polcher, X. Zeng, P. van Oevelen, G. Poveda, et al. 2023. “The First 30 Years of GEWEX.” Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., E126-E157, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0061.1.
• Tebaldi, C., M. Wehner, L.R. Leung, and D. Lawrence. 2023. “Is Land Use Producing Robust Signals in Future Projections from Earth System Models, All Else Being Equal.” Environ. Res. Lett., 18, 084009, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ace3da.
• Wang, P., Y. Yang, D. Xue, Y. Qu, J. Tang, L.R. Leung, H. Liao. 2023. “Increasing Compound Hazards of Tropical Cyclones and Heat waves over Southeastern Coast of China Under Climate Warming.” J. Clim., doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0279.1.
• Wang, P., Y. Yang, D. Xue, L. Ren, J. Tang, L.R. Leung, and H. Liao. 2023. “Aerosols Overtake Greenhouse Gases Causing a Warmer Climate and More Weather Extremes Toward Carbon Neutrality.” Nature Commun., 14, 7257, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42891-2.
• Xue, D., J. Lu, L.R. Leung, H. Teng, F. Song, and T. Zhou. 2023. “Robust Projection of East Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Through the Lens of Dynamical Modes of variability.” Nature Commun., doi://10.1038/s41467-023-39460-y.
• Yang, Q., L.R. Leung, Z. Feng, and X. Chen. 2023. “Impact of Global Warming on U.S. Summertime Mesoscale Convective Systems: A Simple Lagrangian Parcel Model Perspective.” J. Clim., doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0291.1.
• Yang, Q., L.R. Leung, Z. Feng, and X. Chen. 2023. “A Moist Potential Vorticity Model for Mid-latitude Long-lived Mesoscale Convective Systems over the Land.” J. Atmos. Sci., 80, 2399-2418, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-22-0244.1.
• Zhang, P., G. Chen, M. Ting, L.R. Leung, B. Guan, and L. Li. 2023. “More Frequent Atmospheric Rivers Slow the Seasonal Recovery of Arctic Sea Ice.” Nature Clim. Change, doi:10.1038/s41558-023-01599-3.
• Zhang, Y., H. Zheng, X. Zhang, L.R. Leung, C. Liu, C. Zheng, F.H.S. Chiew, D. Post, Y. Guo, D. Kong, H. E. Beck, C. Li, and G. Blöschl. 2023. “Future Global Streamflow Declines Likely More Severe Than Previously Estimated.” Nature Water, doi:10.1038/s44221-023-00030-7.
• Zhang, Y., C. Li, F.H.S. Chiew, D.A. Post, X. Zhang, N. Ma, J. Tian, D. Kong, L.R. Leung, Q. Yu, J. Shi, and C. Liu. 2023. “Southern Hemisphere Dominates the Recent Decline in Global Water Availability.” Science, 382, 579-584, doi:10.1126/science.adh0716.
• Zhou, W., L.R. Leung, N. Siler, and J. Lu. 2023. “Future Precipitation Increase Constrained by Climatological Cloud Effect.” Nature Commun., 14:6363, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-42181-x.
• Zhou, W., L.R. Leung, and J. Lu. 2023. “Role of Interactive Soil Moisture in the Land Drying Under Anthropogenic Warming.” Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL105308, doi:10.1029/2023GL105308.