Below, * denotes the corresponding author.
Selected Papers as Lead Author
[10] Chen, J.*, S. Hagos, J. D. Fast, and Z. Feng (2025), Predicting the Evolution of Shallow Cumulus Clouds with a Lotka-Volterra like Model, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi: 10.1029/2023MS003739
[9] Chen, J.*, Y. Qian*, T. Chakraborty, and Z. Yang (2024), Complexities of urban impacts on long-term seasonal trends in a mid-sized arid city, Environmental Research Communication, doi: 10.1088/2515-7620/ad2b18
[8] Chen, J.*, S. Hagos, H. Xiao, Z. Feng, J. D. Fast, C. Lu, A. Varble, and J. Sun (2023), The effects of shallow cumulus cloud shape on the cloud-cloud interactions and cloud-environment mixing, Geophysical Research Letter, doi: 10.1029/2023GL106334
[7] Chen, J.*, S. Hagos, H. Xiao, J. D. Fast, and Z. Feng (2023), Multi-scale Analysis of Surface Heterogeneity Induced Convection on Isentropic Coordinates, Journal of Atmospheric Science, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-21-0198.1
[6] Chen, J.*, S. Hagos, Z. Feng, J. D. Fast, and H. Xiao (2023), The Role of Cloud-Cloud Interactions in the Lifecycle of Shallow Cumulus Clouds, Journal of Atmospheric Science, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-22-0004.1
[5] Chen, J.*, H. Wang*, X. Li, D. Painemal, A. Sorooshian, K. L. Thornhill, C. Robinson, and T. Shingler (2022), Impact of Meteorological Factors on the Mesoscale Morphology of Cloud Streets during a Cold Air Outbreak over the Western North Atlantic, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-22-0034.1
[4] Chen, J.*, S. Hagos, H. Xiao, J. D. Fast, and Z. Feng (2020), Characterization of Surface Heterogeneity Induced Convection using Cluster Analysis, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2020JD032550
[3] Chen, J.*, Y. Liu, and M. Zhang (2020), Effects of Lateral Entrainment-Mixing with Entrained Aerosols on Cloud Microphysics, Geophysical Research Letter, doi: 10.1029/2020GL087667.
[2] Chen, J.*, Y. Liu, M. Zhang, and Y. Peng (2018), Height Dependency of Aerosol-cloud Interaction Regimes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1002/2017JD027431.
[1] Chen, J.*, Y. Liu, M. Zhang, and Y. Peng (2016), New Understanding and Quantification of the Regime Dependence of Aerosol-cloud Interaction for Studying Aerosol Indirect Effects, Geophysical Research Letter, doi: 10.1002/2016GL067683.
Selected Papers as Co-author
[13] Zhu, L., C. Lu*, J. Chen, Y. Wang, X. He, and J. Li (2024), Aircraft Observations Reveal Aerosol Suppression of Cumulus Entrainment Rates, Geophysical Research Letter, doi: 10.1029/2024GL110881
[12] Tang, S.*, H. Wang*, X. Li, J. Chen, A. Sorooshian, X. Zeng, E. Crosbie, K. L. Thornhill, L. D. Ziemba, and C. Voigt (2024), Understanding Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in a Single-Column Model: Intercomparison with Process-Level Models and Evaluation against ACTIVATE Field Measurement, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24, 10073–10092, doi: /10.5194/acp-24-10073-2024
[11] Liu, Y.*., Y. Qian*, L. K. Berg, Z. Feng, J. Li, J. Chen, and Z. Yang (2024), Tracking precipitation features and associated large-scale environments over southeastern Texas, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, doi: 10.5194/acp-24-8165-2024
[10] Li, X.*, H. Wang*, M. W. Christensen, J. Chen, S. Tang, S. Kirschler, E. Crosbie, L. D. Ziemba, D. Painemal, A. F. Corral, K. Ann McCauley, S. Dmitrovic, A. Sorooshian, M. Fenn, J. S. Schlosser, S. Stamnes, J. W. Hair, B. Cairns, R. Moore, R. A. Ferrare, M. A. Shook, Y. Choi, G. S. Diskin, J. DiGangi, J. B. Nowak, C. Robinson, T. J. Shingler, K. L. Thornhill, and C. Voigt (2024), Process Modeling of Aerosol-cloud Interaction in Summertime Precipitating Shallow Cumulus over the Western North Atlantic, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2023JD039489
[9] Hagos, S.*, Z. Feng, S. Tai, and J. Chen (2023), Regional variability in the environmental controls of precipitation regimes in the tropics, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2023JD038927
[8] Yang, Z.*., A. Varble, Y. Qian, L. Berg, J. Chen, W. I. Gustafson, Y. Liu, and S. Tai (2023), Sensitivity of Precipitation Displacement of a Simulated MCS to Changes in Land Surface Conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2022JD037642
[7] Painemal, D.*, S. Chellappan, W. L. Smith, D. Spangenberg, J. M. Park, A. Ackerman, J. Chen, E. Crosbie, R. Ferrare, J. Hair, S. Kirschler, X. Li, A. McComiskey, R. H. Moore, K. Sanchez, A. Sorooshian, F. Tornow, C. Voigt, H. Wang, E. Winstead, X. Zeng, L. Ziemba, and P. Zuidema (2023), Wintertime synoptic patterns of variability of midlatitude boundary layer clouds over the western North Atlantic, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2022JD037725.
[6] Li, X.*, H. Wang*, J. Chen, S. Endo, S. Kirschler, C. Voigt, E. Crosbie, L. D. Ziemba, D. Painemal, B. Cairns, J. W. Hair, A. F. Corral, C. Robinson, H. Dadashazar, A. Sorooshian, G. Chen, R. A. Ferrare, M. M. Kleb, H. Liu, R. Moore, A. J. Scarino, M. A. Shook, T. J. Shingler, K. L. Thornhill, F. Tornow, H. Xiao, and X. Zeng (2023), Large-eddy simulations of marine boundary-layer clouds associated with cold air outbreak during the ACTIVATE campaign-part 2: aerosol effects, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, doi: /10.1175/JAS-D-21-0324.1
[5] Ovchinnikov, M.*, J. D. Fast, L. K. Berg, W. I. Gustafson Jr., J. Chen, K. Sakaguchi, and H. Xiao (2022), Effects of Horizontal Resolution, Domain Size, Boundary Conditions, and Surface Heterogeneity on Coarse LES of a Convective Boundary Layer, Monthly Weather Review, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-21-0244.1
[4] Hagos, S.*, J. Chen, K.A. Barber, K. Sakaguchi, R.S. Plant, Z. Feng, and H. Xiao (2022), A Machine Learning Assisted Stochastic Cloud Population Model as a Parameterization of Cumulus Convection, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi: 10.1029/2021MS002808
[3] Li, X.*, H. Wang*, J. Chen, S. Endo, G. George, B. Cairns, S. Chellappan, X. Zeng, S. Kirschler, C. Voigt, A. Sorooshian, E. Crosbie, G. Chen, R. Anthony Ferrare, W. I. Gustafson Jr., J. W. Hair, M. M. Kleb, H. Liu, R. Moore, D. Painemal, C. Robinson, A. Jo Scarino, M. Shook, T. J. Shingler, K. L. Thornhill, F. Tornow, H. Xiao, L. D. Ziemba, and P. Zuidema (2022), Large-eddy simulations of marine boundary-layer clouds associated with cold air outbreaks during the ACTIVATE campaign– part 1: Case setup and sensitivities to large-scale forcings, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-21-0123.1
[2] Sakaguchi, K.*, L. Berg, J. Chen, J. D. Fast, R. Newsom, S.-L. Tai, Z. Yang, W. I. Gustafson Jr., B.J. Gaudet, M. Huang, M. Pekour, K. Pressel, and H. Xiao (2022), Determining Spatial Scales of Soil Moisture - Cloud Coupling Pathways using Semi-Idealized Simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2021JD035282
[1] Lu, C.*, Y. Liu*, S. Yum, J. Chen, L. Zhu, S. Gao, Y. Yin, S. Niu, and X. Jia (2020), Reconciling Contrasting Relationships between Relative Dispersion and Volume-mean Radius of Cloud Droplet Size Distributions, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2019JD031868.