Submitted manuscripts
Bellagente et al., Effects of cloud microphysics on the simulation of extreme precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau.
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.