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Publications

  1. Vecchi, G.A., M. Zhao, I.M. Held: Simulation of Tropical Cyclones Over the 1880-2007 Period Using a 100km Global Atmospheric General Circulation Model. J. Climate. Manuscript in preparation, 2012.
  2. Ginoux P., J. M. Prospero, T. E. Gill, N.C. Hsu and M. Zhao: Global Scale Attribution of Anthropogenic and Natural Dust Sources and Their Emission Rates Based on MODIS Deep Blue Aerosol Products. J. Geophys. Res. Submitted, 2012.
  3. Lin, Y., M. Zhao, V. Ramaswamy, Y. Ming, C. Golaz, L. Donner, S. Klein, S. Xie and M. Deng: Impact of Cumulus and Cloudiness Parameterizaiton on Tropical Clouds, Radiation and Precipitation in GFDL AM2. J. Climate. Submitted, 2011.
  4. Blackburn, M., D. and co-authors: The Aqua Planet Experiment (APE): CONTROL SST Simulation. J. Meteo. Soc. Japan. Submitted, 08/2011.
  5. Blackburn, M., D. and co-authors: The Aqua Planet Experiment (APE): Response to Changed Meridional SST Profile. J. Meteo. Soc. Japan. Submitted, 08/2011.
  6. Lin, Y. and co-authors: TWP-ICE Global Atmospheric Model Intercomparison: Convection Responsiveness and Resolution Impact. J. Geophys. Res. In press, 03/2012.
  7. Jiang, X., M. Zhao and D. E. Waliser: Modulation of Tropical Cyclones Over the Eastern Pacific by the Intra-seasonal Variability Simulated in an AGCM, J. Climate. In press, 03/2012.
  8. Zhao, M., I. M. Held and S-J Lin:  Some Counter-Intuitive Dependencies of Tropical Cyclone Frequency on Parameters in a GCM.   J. Atmos. Sci.,  In press, 03/2012.
  9. Hsu, P., Tim Li, J.-J. Luo, H. Murakami, A. Kitoh and M. Zhao: Increase of global monsoon area and precipitation under global warming: a robust signal? Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L06701, doi:10.1029/2012GL051037, 2012
  10. Jiang, X., B.E., Waliser, D. Kim, M. Zhao, M. Khairoutdinov, W. Stern, S.D. Schubert, K.R. Sperber, G.J. Zhang, W. Wang, R. Neale and M-I Lee, 2011: Simulation of the Intraseasonal Variability over the Eastern Pacific ITCZ in Climate Models.  Climate Dynamics. In press 05/2011.
  11. Zhao, M. and I. M. Held, 2012: TC-permitting GCM Simulations of Hurricane Frequency Response to Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Projected for the Late 21st Century.   J. Climate. 25, 2995-3009.
  12. Held, I. M. and M. Zhao, 2011: The Response of Tropical Cyclone Statistics to an Increase in CO2 with Fixed Sea Surface Temperature.  J. Climate, 24, 5353-5364.
  13. Kahn, B.H., J. Teixeira, E.J. Fetzer, A. Gettleman, S.M. Hristova-Veleva, X. Huang, A.K. Kochanski, M. Kohler, S.K. Kruger, R. Wood and M. Zhao,  2011: Temperature and Water Vapor Variance Scaling in Global Models: Comparisons to Satellite and Aircraft Data.  J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 2156-2168.
  14. Teixeira, J. and co-authors, 2011: Tropical and Sub-Tropical Cloud Transitions in Weather and Climate Prediction Models: the GCSS/WGNE Pacific Cross-section Intercomparison (GPCI). J. Climate. 24, 5223-5256.
  15. Donner, L.J., B.L. Wyman, R.S. Hemler, L.W. Horowitz, Y. Ming, M. Zhao and 20 co-authors, 2011: The Dynamical Core, Physical Parameterizations, and Basic Simulation Characteristics of the Atmospheric Component of the GFDL Global Coupled Model CM3. J. Climate, 24, 3484-3519.
  16. Villarini, G., G.A. Vecchi, T.R. Knutson, M. Zhao and J.A. Smith, 2011: Reconciling Differing Model Projections of Changes in the Frequency of Tropical Storms in the North Atlantic Basin in a Warmer Climate. J. Climate, 24, 3224-3238.
  17. Berner, J., and co-authors: Exploring the Weather-Climate Connection. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society   (Submitted 2010).
  18. Golaz, J.-C., M. Salzmann, L.J. Donner, L.W. Horowitz, Y. Ming, and M. Zhao, 2011: Sensitivity of the Aerosol Indirect Effect to Subgrid Variability in the Cloud Parameterization of the GFDL Atmosphere General Circulation Model AM3. J. Climate, 24, 3145–3160. 
  19. Vecchi, G.A., M. Zhao, H. Wang, G. Villarini, A. Rosati, A. Kumar, I.M. Held and R. Gudgel, 2011: Statistical-Dynamical Predictions of Seasonal North Atlantic Hurricane Activity. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 1070-1082
  20. Zhao, M. and I. M. Held, 2010: An Analysis of the Effect of Global Warming on the Intensity of Atlantic Hurricanes Using a GCM with Statistical Refinement.  J. Climate, 23, 6382–6393.
  21. Ming, Y., P. A. Ginoux, L. W. Horowitz, L. J. Donner, M. Zhao, J.-C. Golaz and S.-J. Lin (submitted, 2009): Modulation of Arctic Haze by Second Climate Mode. Nature.
  22. Zhao, M., I.M. Held and G.A. Vecchi, 2010: Retrospective Forecasts of the Hurricane Season Using a Global Atmospheric Model Assuming Persistence of SST Anomalies. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 3858-3868.
  23. Li, T., M. Kwon, M. Zhao, J-S Kug, J-J Luo and W. Yu, 2010: Global Warming Shifts Pacific Tropical Cyclone Location. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L21804, doi:10.1029/2010GL045124, 2010
  24. Zhao, M., I.M. Held, S-J. Lin, and G.A. Vecchi, 2009: Simulations of Global Hurricane Climatology, Interannual Variability, and Response to Global Warming Using a 50km Resolution GCM.  J. Climate, 33, 6653-6678.
  25. Mapes, B., J. Bacmeister, M. Kharoudinov, C. Hannay, and M. Zhao, 2009: Virtual Field Campaigns on Deep Tropical Convection in Climate Models. J. Climate, 22, 244-257.
  26. Held, I. M. and M. Zhao, 2008: Horizontally Homogeneous Rotating Radiative-Convective Equilibria at GCM Resolution. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2003-2013.
  27. Medeiros, B., B. Stevens, I. M. Held, M. Zhao, D. L. Williamson, J. G. Olson and C. S. Bretherton, 2008: Aquaplanets, Climate Sensitivity, and Low Clouds. J. Climate, 21, 4974-4991 DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI1995.1
  28. Kang, S., I. M. Held, D. Frierson and M. Zhao, 2008: The Response of the ITCZ to Extratropical Thermal Forcing: Idealized Slab-Ocean Experiments with a GCM. J. Climate, 21, 3521-3532. DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2146.1
  29. Held, I. M., M. Zhao and B. Wyman, 2007: Dynamic Radiative-Convective Equilibria Using GCM Column Physics.  J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 228-238.
  30. Wyant, M. C., A. Chlond, H. Kitagawa, C-L Lappen, V. Larson, A. Lock, S. Park, J. Uchida, S. de Roode, M. Zhao and A. S. Ackerman, 2007: A Single Column Model Intercomparison of a Heavily Drizzling Stratocumulus Topped Boundary Layer. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24204. doi:10.1029/2007JD008536.
  31. Wyant, M. C., C. S. Bretherton, J. T. Bacmeister, J. T. Kiehl, I. M. Held, M. Zhao, S. A. Klein and B. J. Soden, 2006: A Comparison of Low-Latitude Cloud Properties and Their Response to Climate Change in Three US AGCMs Sorted into Regimes Using Mid-Tropospheric Vertical Velocity. Climate Dyn. 27, 261 - 279.
  32. Zhao, M. and P.H. Austin, 2005: Life Cycle of Numerically Simulated Shallow Cumulus Clouds. Part I: Transport. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1269-1290.
  33. Zhao, M. and P.H. Austin, 2005: Life Cycle of Numerically Simulated Shallow Cumulus Clouds. Part II: Mixing Dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci. 62, 1291-1310.
  34. Zhao, M. and P.H. Austin, 2003: Episodic Mixing and Buoyancy-Sorting Representations of Shallow Convection: a Diagnostic Study. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 892-912.
  35. Yao, Z., M. Zhao, D. Wang and L. Yang, 1996: The Technique of Typhoon Center Locating, Typhoon Intensity Estimating and the Estimation of Gale Wind and Rainfall Distribution Using Meteorological Satellite Data. Collected Works of Scientific Achievement in the 8th 5-YEAR PLAN in China, Vol. 1, 989-990. In Chinese.
  36. Zhao, M., D. Tang and X. Huang 1996: Rainfall Estimation Using Weather Radar Data. Conference Proceedings on the Subject 85-906-01. In Chinese.
  37. Yao, Z., M. Zhao and L. Fei, 1995: The Satellite Image Analysis of the Effects of Topography and Cloud System Variations on Tropical Cyclone Tracks. Atmospheric Science Research and Application. In Chinese.
  38. Yang, L. and M. Zhao, 1995: Precipitation Estimation Approaches Using Meteorological Satellite Data. Atmospheric Science Research and Application. In Chinese.
  39. Zhao, M., D. Tang, X. Huang and M. Fang, 1994: Climatologically Tuned Reflectivity - Rain Rate Relation for Radar Hydrology in Middle China. Conference Proceedings on Atmospheric Remote Sensing. In Chinese.
  40. Yuan, L., D. Tang and M. Zhao, 1992: A Simulation Experiment for Extracting Doppler Width from Conventional Weather Radar Signals Using the Correlation Method. Journal of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, No.1 Vol.15. In Chinese.