Zhiming Kuang, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 
Area:
planetary atmospheres, planetary evolution, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric radiation, astrobiology and global change

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2020 Lu M, Kuang Z, Yang S, Li Z, Fan H. A Bridging Role of Winter Snow over Northern China and Southern Mongolia in Linking the East Asian Winter and Summer Monsoons Journal of Climate. 1-50. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-20-0298.1  0.322
2019 Torri G, Adams DK, Wang H, Kuang Z. On the Diurnal Cycle of GPS-Derived Precipitable Water Vapor over Sumatra Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76: 3529-3552. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-19-0094.1  0.332
2019 Hassanzadeh P, Kuang Z. Quantifying the Annular Mode Dynamics in an Idealized Atmosphere Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76: 1107-1124. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-18-0268.1  0.331
2019 Tian Y, Kuang Z. Why Does Deep Convection Have Different Sensitivities to Temperature Perturbations in the Lower versus Upper Troposphere Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76: 27-41. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-18-0023.1  0.378
2019 Ma D, Sobel AH, Kuang Z, Singh MS, Nie J. A Moist Entropy Budget View of the South Asian Summer Monsoon Onset Geophysical Research Letters. 46: 4476-4484. DOI: 10.1029/2019Gl082089  0.319
2019 Tian Y, Kuang Z, Singh MS, Nie J. The Vertical Momentum Budget of Shallow Cumulus Convection: Insights From a Lagrangian Perspective Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 11: 113-126. DOI: 10.1029/2018Ms001451  0.368
2018 Kuang Z. Linear Stability of Moist Convecting Atmospheres. Part I: From Linear Response Functions to a Simple Model and Applications to Convectively Coupled Waves Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 75: 2889-2907. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-18-0092.1  0.327
2018 Wang L, Lu J, Kuang Z. A Robust Increase of the Intraseasonal Periodic Behavior of the Precipitation and Eddy Kinetic Energy in a Warming Climate Geophysical Research Letters. 45: 7790-7799. DOI: 10.1029/2018Gl078495  0.322
2017 Singh MS, Kuang Z, Maloney ED, Hannah WM, Wolding BO. Increasing potential for intense tropical and subtropical thunderstorms under global warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PMID 29078312 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1707603114  0.412
2017 Singh MS, Kuang Z, Tian Y. Eddy Influences on the Strength of the Hadley Circulation: Dynamic and Thermodynamic Perspectives Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74: 467-486. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-16-0238.1  0.395
2017 Ma D, Hassanzadeh P, Kuang Z. Quantifying the Eddy–Jet Feedback Strength of the Annular Mode in an Idealized GCM and Reanalysis Data Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74: 393-407. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-16-0157.1  0.32
2017 Mapes B, Chandra AS, Kuang Z, Zuidema P. Importance Profiles for Water Vapor Surveys in Geophysics. 38: 1355-1369. DOI: 10.1007/S10712-017-9427-1  0.375
2017 Kelly P, Mapes B, Hu I, Song S, Kuang Z. Tangent linear superparameterization of convection in a 10 layer global atmosphere with calibrated climatology Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 9: 932-948. DOI: 10.1002/2016Ms000871  0.35
2017 Torri G, Ma D, Kuang Z. Stable water isotopes and large-scale vertical motions in the tropics Journal of Geophysical Research. 122: 3703-3717. DOI: 10.1002/2016Jd026154  0.416
2016 Gentine P, Garelli A, Park SB, Nie J, Torri G, Kuang Z. Role of surface heat fluxes underneath cold pools. Geophysical Research Letters. 43: 874-883. PMID 27134320 DOI: 10.1002/2015Gl067262  0.37
2016 Lowenthal D, Hallar AG, McCubbin I, David R, Borys R, Blossey P, Muhlbauer A, Kuang Z, Moore M. Isotopic Fractionation in Wintertime Orographic Clouds Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 33: 2663-2678. DOI: 10.1175/Jtech-D-15-0233.1  0.37
2016 Hassanzadeh P, Kuang Z. The Linear Response Function of an Idealized Atmosphere. Part I: Construction Using Green’s Functions and Applications Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73: 3423-3439. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-15-0338.1  0.328
2016 Torri G, Kuang Z. A Lagrangian study of precipitation-driven downdrafts Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73: 839-854. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-15-0222.1  0.371
2016 Singh MS, Kuang Z. Exploring the Role of Eddy Momentum Fluxes in Determining the Characteristics of the Equinoctial Hadley Circulation: Fixed-SST Simulations Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73: 2427-2444. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-15-0212.1  0.345
2016 Torri G, Kuang Z. Rain evaporation and moist patches in tropical boundary layers Geophysical Research Letters. 43: 9895-9902. DOI: 10.1002/2016Gl070893  0.385
2016 Tian Y, Kuang Z. Dependence of entrainment in shallow cumulus convection on vertical velocity and distance to cloud edge Geophysical Research Letters. 43: 4056-4065. DOI: 10.1002/2016Gl069005  0.399
2016 Ma D, Kuang Z. A mechanism‐denial study on the Madden‐Julian Oscillation with reduced interference from mean state changes Geophysical Research Letters. 43: 2989-2997. DOI: 10.1002/2016Gl067702  0.35
2016 Nie J, Kuang Z, Jacob DJ, Guo J. Representing effects of aqueous phase reactions in shallow cumuli in global models Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 121: 5769-5787. DOI: 10.1002/2015Jd024208  0.321
2016 Moore M, Blossey PN, Muhlbauer A, Kuang Z. Microphysical controls on the isotopic composition of wintertime orographic precipitation Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 121: 7235-7253. DOI: 10.1002/2015Jd023763  0.399
2015 Arnold NP, Branson M, Kuang Z, Randall DA, Tziperman E. MJO intensification with warming in the superparameterized CESM Journal of Climate. 28: 2706-2724. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-14-00494.1  0.384
2015 Hassanzadeh P, Kuang Z. Blocking variability: Arctic Amplification versus Arctic Oscillation Geophysical Research Letters. 42: 8586-8595. DOI: 10.1002/2015Gl065923  0.331
2015 Torri G, Kuang Z, Tian Y. Mechanisms for convection triggering by cold pools Geophysical Research Letters. 42: 1943-1950. DOI: 10.1002/2015Gl063227  0.367
2014 Arnold NP, Branson M, Burt MA, Abbot DS, Kuang Z, Randall DA, Tziperman E. Effects of explicit atmospheric convection at high CO2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111: 10943-8. PMID 25024204 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.1407175111  0.413
2014 Ma D, Boos W, Kuang Z. Effects of orography and surface heat fluxes on the South Asian summer monsoon Journal of Climate. 27: 6647-6659. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-14-00138.1  0.419
2014 Hassanzadeh P, Kuang Z, Farrell BF. Responses of midlatitude blocks and wave amplitude to changes in the meridional temperature gradient in an idealized dry GCM Geophysical Research Letters. 41: 5223-5232. DOI: 10.1002/2014Gl060764  0.345
2014 Moore M, Kuang Z, Blossey PN. A moisture budget perspective of the amount effect Geophysical Research Letters. 41: 1329-1335. DOI: 10.1002/2013Gl058302  0.38
2013 Boos WR, Kuang Z. Sensitivity of the South Asian monsoon to elevated and non-elevated heating. Scientific Reports. 3: 1192. PMID 23378923 DOI: 10.1038/Srep01192  0.361
2013 Arnold NP, Kuang Z, Tziperman E. Enhanced MJO-like variability at high SST Journal of Climate. 26: 988-1001. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-12-00272.1  0.415
2013 Wang S, Sobel AH, Kuang Z. Cloud-resolving simulation of TOGA-COARE using parameterized large-scale dynamics Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 118: 6290-6301. DOI: 10.1002/Jgrd.50510  0.424
2013 Herman MJ, Kuang Z. Linear response functions of two convective parameterization schemes Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 5: 510-541. DOI: 10.1002/Jame.20037  0.378
2012 Wofsy J, Kuang Z. Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations and a Simple Model of an Idealized Walker Cell Journal of Climate. 25: 8090-8107. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-11-00692.1  0.425
2012 Andersen JA, Kuang Z. Moist static energy budget of MJO-like disturbances in the atmosphere of a zonally symmetric aquaplanet Journal of Climate. 25: 2782-2804. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-11-00168.1  0.38
2012 Kuang Z. Weakly Forced Mock Walker Cells Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 69: 2759-2786. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-11-0307.1  0.389
2012 Nie J, Kuang Z. 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 Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 69: 1936-1956. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-11-0279.1  0.414
2012 Nie J, Kuang Z. Beyond bulk entrainment and detrainment rates: A new framework for diagnosing mixing in cumulus convection Geophysical Research Letters. 39. DOI: 10.1029/2012Gl053992  0.349
2011 Romps DM, Kuang Z. A transilient matrix for moist convection Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 68: 2009-2025. DOI: 10.1175/2011Jas3712.1  0.311
2011 Kuang Z. The Wavelength Dependence of the Gross Moist Stability and the Scale Selection in the Instability of Column-Integrated Moist Static Energy Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 68: 61-74. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jas3591.1  0.372
2011 Solodoch A, Boos WR, Kuang Z, Tziperman E. Excitation of intraseasonal variability in the equatorial atmosphere by Yanai wave groups via WISHE-induced convection Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 68: 210-225. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jas3564.1  0.38
2011 Ma D, Kuang Z. Modulation of radiative heating by the Madden-Julian Oscillation and convectively coupled Kelvin waves as observed by CloudSat Geophysical Research Letters. 38. DOI: 10.1029/2011Gl049734  0.362
2010 Boos WR, Kuang Z. Dominant control of the South Asian monsoon by orographic insulation versus plateau heating. Nature. 463: 218-22. PMID 20075917 DOI: 10.1038/Nature08707  0.443
2010 Nie J, Boos WR, Kuang Z. Observational evaluation of a convective quasi-equilibrium view of monsoons Journal of Climate. 23: 4416-4428. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jcli3505.1  0.375
2010 Boos WR, Kuang Z. Mechanisms of poleward propagating, intraseasonal convective anomalies in cloud system-resolving models Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67: 3673-3691. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jas3515.1  0.421
2010 Romps DM, Kuang Z. Nature versus Nurture in Shallow Convection Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67: 1655-1666. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jas3307.1  0.383
2010 Kuang Z. Linear Response Functions of a Cumulus Ensemble to Temperature and Moisture Perturbations and Implications for the Dynamics of Convectively Coupled Waves Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67: 941-962. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jas3260.1  0.384
2010 Romps DM, Kuang Z. Do Undiluted Convective Plumes Exist in the Upper Tropical Troposphere Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67: 468-484. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jas3184.1  0.428
2010 Blossey PN, Kuang Z, Romps DM. Isotopic composition of water in the tropical tropopause layer in cloud‐resolving simulations of an idealized tropical circulation Journal of Geophysical Research. 115. DOI: 10.1029/2010Jd014554  0.374
2009 Romps DM, Kuang Z. Overshooting convection in tropical cyclones Geophysical Research Letters. 36. DOI: 10.1029/2009Gl037396  0.399
2009 Waliser DE, Li JLF, Woods CP, Austin RT, Bacmeister J, Chern J, Del Genio A, Jiang JH, Kuang Z, Meng H, Minnis P, Platnick S, Rossow WB, Stephens GL, Sun-Mack S, et al. Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114. DOI: 10.1029/2008Jd010015  0.39
2008 Peters ME, Kuang Z, Walker CC. Analysis of atmospheric energy transport in ERA-40 and implications for simple models of the mean tropical circulation Journal of Climate. 21: 5229-5241. DOI: 10.1175/2008Jcli2073.1  0.407
2008 Andersen JA, Kuang Z. A toy model of the instability in the equatorially trapped convectively coupled waves on the equatorial beta plane Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 65: 3736-3757. DOI: 10.1175/2008Jas2776.1  0.304
2008 Kuang Z. A Moisture-Stratiform Instability for Convectively Coupled Waves Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 65: 834-854. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jas2444.1  0.375
2008 Kuang Z. Modeling the Interaction between Cumulus Convection and Linear Gravity Waves Using a Limited-Domain Cloud System–Resolving Model Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 65: 576-591. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jas2399.1  0.321
2007 Kuang Z, Hartmann DL. Testing the fixed anvil temperature hypothesis in a cloud-resolving model Journal of Climate. 20: 2051-2057. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli4124.1  0.383
2006 Kuang Z, Bretherton CS. A mass-flux scheme view of a high-resolution simulation of a transition from shallow to deep cumulus convection Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63: 1895-1909. DOI: 10.1175/Jas3723.1  0.423
2005 Kuang Z, Blossey PN, Bretherton CS. A new approach for 3D cloud-resolving simulations of large-scale atmospheric circulation Geophysical Research Letters. 32: 1-4. DOI: 10.1029/2004Gl021024  0.385
2004 Kuang Z, Bretherton CS. Convective influence on the heat balance of the tropical tropopause layer: A cloud-resolving model study Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 61: 2919-2927. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-3306.1  0.393
2004 Crisp D, Atlas RM, Breon FM, Brown LR, Burrows JP, Ciais P, Connor BJ, Doney SC, Fung IY, Jacob DJ, Miller CE, O'Brien D, Pawson S, Randerson JT, Rayner P, ... ... Kuang Z, et al. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission Advances in Space Research. 34: 700-709. DOI: 10.1016/J.Asr.2003.08.062  0.502
2003 Notholt J, Kuang Z, Rinsland CP, Toon GC, Rex M, Jones N, Albrecht T, Deckelmann H, Krieg J, Weinzierl C, Bingemer H, Weller R, Schrems O. Enhanced upper tropical tropospheric COS: impact on the stratospheric aerosol layer. Science (New York, N.Y.). 300: 307-10. PMID 12690193 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1080320  0.348
2003 Kuang Z, Toon GC, Wennberg PO, Yung YL. Measured HDO/H2O ratios across the tropical tropopause Geophysical Research Letters. 30: 25-1. DOI: 10.1029/2003Gl017023  0.514
2002 Kuang Z, Margolis J, Toon G, Crisp D, Yung Y. Spaceborne measurements of atmospheric CO2by high-resolution NIR spectrometry of reflected sunlight: An introductory study Geophysical Research Letters. 29: 11-1-11-4. DOI: 10.1029/2001Gl014298  0.482
2000 Kuang Z, Yung YL. Reflectivity variations off the Peru Coast: Evidence for indirect effect of anthropogenic sulfate aerosols on clouds Geophysical Research Letters. 27: 2501-2504. DOI: 10.1029/2000Gl011376  0.55
2000 Kuang Z, Yung YL. Observed albedo decrease related to the spring snow retreat Geophysical Research Letters. 27: 1299-1302. DOI: 10.1029/1999Gl011116  0.539
1998 Kuang Z, Jiang Y, Yung YL. Cloud optical thickness variations during 1983-1991: Solar cycle or ENSO? Geophysical Research Letters. 25: 1415-1417. DOI: 10.1029/98Gl00471  0.545
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