Submitted manuscripts
Lai et al., Diurnal cycle of summer precipitation over Mainland Southeast Asia revealed by observations, reanalysis, and dynamic downscaling.
Yang et al., Midsummer Tibetan Plateau precipitation as a strong signal of Siberian wildfire emissions.
Publications
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Liu, X., M. Yang, T. Ou, H.-W. Lai, F. Wen, N. Dong, H. Wang, and D. Chen, 2025: Enhancing summer atmospheric water cycle simulations in the Three-River Headwaters Region via dynamical downscaling. Atmos. Res., 314, 107810, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107810.
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Collier, E., N. Ban, N. Richter, B. Ahrens, D. Chen, X. Chen, H.-W. Lai, R. Leung, L. Li, A. Medvedova, T. Ou, P. K. Pothapakula, E. Potter, A. F. Prein, K. Sakaguchi, M. Schroeder, P. Singh, S. Sobolowski, S. Sugimoto, J. Tang, H. Yu and C. Ziska, 2024: The first ensemble of kilometer-scale simulations of a hydrological year over the third pole. Clim. Dyn., 62, 7501-7518, doi:10.1007/s00382-024-07291-2.
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Lai, H.-W., D. Chen, and H. W. Chen, 2024: Precipitation variability related to atmospheric circulation patterns over the Tibetan Plateau. Int. J. Climatol., 44(1), doi:10.1002/joc.8317.
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Chen, D. and H.-W. Lai, 2023: Water and Climate Change. In Hellberg, S., Söderbaum, F., Swain, A., & Öjendal, J. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Water and Development (1st ed.). Routledge, doi:10.4324/9781003095545-28.
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Lin, Q., J. Chen, T. Ou, H.-W. Lai, A. F. Prein, and D. Chen, 2023: Performance of the WRF model at the convection‐permitting scale in simulating snowfall and lake‐effect snow over the Tibetan Plateau. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 128(16), e2022JD038433, doi:10.1029/2022JD038433.
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Kukulies J.*, H.-W. Lai*, J. Curio, Z. Feng, C. Lin, P. Li, T. Ou, S. Sugimoto, and D. Chen, 2023: Mesoscale convective systems in the third pole region: Characteristics, mechanisms and impact on precipitation. Front. Earth Sci., 11, 1143380, doi:10.3389/feart.2023.1143380. (*share the first authorship)
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Ou, T., D. Chen, J. Tang, C. Lin, X. Wang, J. Kukulies, and H.-W. Lai, 2023: Wet bias of summer precipitation in the northwestern Tibetan Plateau in ERA5 is linked to overestimated lower-level southerly wind over the plateau. Clim. Dyn., 61, 2139-2153, doi:10.1007/s00382-023-06672-3.
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Prein, A. F., N. Ban, T. Ou, J. Tang, K. Sakaguchi, E. Collier, S. Jayanarayanan, L. Li, S. Sobolowski, X. Chen, X. Zhou, H.-W. Lai, S. Sugimoto, L. Zou, S. Hasson, M. Ekstrom, P. K. Pothapakula, B. Ahrens, R. Stuart, H. C. Steen-Larsen, L. R. Leung, D. Belusic, J. Kukulies, J. Curio and D. Chen, 2022: Towards Ensemble-Based Kilometer-Scale Climate Simulations over the Third Pole Region. Clim Dyn, 60, 4055-4081, doi:10.1007/s00382-022-06543-3.
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Ehlers, T. A., D. Chen, E. Appel, T. Bolch, F. Chen, B. Diekmann, M. A. Dippold, M. Giese, G. Guggenberger, H.-W. Lai, X. Li, J. Liu, Y. Liu, Y. Ma, G. Miehe, V. Mosbrugger, A. Mulch, S. Piao, A. Schwalb, L. G. Thompson, Z. Su, H. Sun, T. Yao, X. Yang, K. Yang and L. Zhu, 2022: Past, present, and future geo-biosphere interactions on the Tibetan Plateau and implications for permafrost. Earth-Sci. Rev, 234, 104197, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104197.
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Shaw, T. E., E. S. Miles, D. Chen, A. Jouberton, M. Kneib, S. Fugger, T. Ou, H.-W. Lai, K. Fujita, W. Yang, S. Fatichi and F. Pellicciotti, 2022: Multi-decadal monsoon characteristics and glacier response in high mountain Asia. Environ. Res. Lett., 17(10), 104001, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac9008.
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Slättberg, N., H.-W. Lai, X. Chen, Y. Ma, and D. Chen, 2022: Spatial and temporal patterns of planetary boundary layer height during 1979–2018 over the Tibetan Plateau using ERA5. Int. J. Climatol., 42(6), 3360-3377, doi:10.1002/joc.7420.
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Pang, G., D. Chen, X. Wang, and H.-W. Lai, 2022: Spatiotemporal variations of land surface albedo and associated influencing factors on the Tibetan Plateau. Sci. Total Environ., 804, 150100, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150100.
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Chen, D. and H.-W. Lai, 2021, Interpretation of the IPCC AR6 WGI report in terms of its context, structure, and methods. Climate Change Research, 17(6), 636-643, doi:10.12006/j.issn.1673-1719.2021.224.
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Minola, L., H. Reese, H.-W. Lai, C. Azorin-Molina, J. A. Guijarro, S.-W. Son, and D. Chen, 2021: Wind stilling-reversal across Sweden: The impact of land-use and large-scale atmospheric circulation changes. Int. J. Climatol., 42(2), 1049-1071, doi:10.1002/joc.7289.
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Lai, H.-W., H. W. Chen, J. Kukulies, T. Ou, and D. Chen 2021: Regionalization of seasonal precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau and associated large-scale atmospheric systems. J. Clim., 34(7), 2635–2651, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0521.1.
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Ou, T., D. Chen, X. Chen, C. Lin, K. Yang, H.-W. Lai, and F. Zhang, 2020: Simulation of summer precipitation diurnal cycles over the Tibetan Plateau at the gray-zone grid spacing for cumulus parameterization. Clim. Dyn., 54, 3525–3539, doi:10.1007/s00382-020-05181-x.
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Lai, H.-W., F. Zhang, E. E. Clothiaux, D. R. Stauffer, B. J. Gaudet, J. Verlinde, and D. Chen, 2020: Modeling Arctic Boundary Layer Cloud Streets at Grey-zone Resolutions. Adv. Atoms. Sci., 37(1), 42-56, doi:10.1007/s00376-019-9105-y.
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He, J., F. Zhang, X. Chen, X. Bao, D. Chen, H. M. Kim, H.-W. Lai, L. R. Leung, X. Ma, Z. Meng, T. Ou, Z. Xiao, E.-G. Yang, and K. Yang, 2019: Development and evaluation of an ensemble-based data assimilation system for regional reanalysis over the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 11, 2503-2522, doi:10.1029/2019MS001665.