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Dr. William K.-M. Lau is the Deputy Director for Atmospheres. He received his P.h.D in Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1977. Dr. Lau's research interests include climate dynamics, atmospheric processes, air-sea interaction, aerosol-water cycle interactions, and climate variability and global change.
Publications
2012
Vadrevu, K. P., E. Ellicott, L. Giglio, K. V. S. Badarinath, E. Vermote, C. Justice, W.K.M. Lau, 2012: Vegetation fires in the himalayan region e Aerosol load, black carbon emissions and smoke plume heights. Atmospoheric Environment, 47, 241-251, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.009.
Lau, K. M., and K.M. Kim, 2012: The 2012 Russian heat wave/wildfires and Pakistan Flood: Teleconnection of Extremes. J. Hydrometeor. Vol 13, No. 1: pp. 392-403, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-11-016.1.
Lau, K.M., and Y. Zhou, 2012: Recent trends in tropical cyclone rainfall over the North Atlantic and North Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D03104, doi:10.1029/2011JD016510.
Reale, O., K. M. Lau, J. Susskind, and R. Rosenberg (2012), AIRS impact on analysis and forecast of an extreme rainfall event (Indus River Valley, Pakistan, 2010) with a global data assimilation and forecast system, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D08103, doi:10.1029/2011JD017093.
Yasunari, T.J., Q. Tan, K.M. Lau, P. Bonasoni, A. M. Marinoni, P. Laj, M. Menegoz, T. Takemura, M. Chin, 2012: Estimated range of black carbon dry pre-monsoon periods, Atmos. Environ., doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.03.031.
Wang, S. H., N. Hsu, S. -C. Tsay, N-H. Lin, A. M. Sayer, S. J. Huang, and W. K. M. Lau, 2012: "Can Asian dust trigger phytoplankton blooms in the oligotrophic northern South China Sea?' Geophys. Res. Lett (in press).
Gautam, R., N. C. Hsu, T. F. Eck, B. N., Holben, S. Janjai, T. Jantarach, S.-C. Tsay, K. -M. Lau, 2012: "Observation, Modeling and Impact Studies of Biomass Burning and Pollution in the Southeast Asian Environment". Atmos. Environ. (in press).
2011
Lau, K. M. and K.M. Kim, 2011: Comments of paper "Elevated Heat Pump hypothesis for the aerosol-hydroclimate link: " Grounded" in observations? by Nigam and Bollasino", J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2010JD014800.
Lau, K. M. and K. M. Kim, 2011: Did the Russian heat wave trigger the Pakistan flood in 2012. Earthzine, http://www.earthzine.org/2011/06/01/did-the-russian-heat-wave-trigger-the-pakistan-heavy-rain-in-2010/.
Lau, K. M., and K. M. Kim, 2011: Effects of dust and black carbon on the variability of the South Asian monsoon. In The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecasting, 2nd Edition, World Scientific Pub., Ed. C.P. Chang. 594 pp.
Reale, Oreste, K. M. Lau, Arlindo da Silva, 2011: Impact of an Interactive Aerosol on the African Easterly Jet in the NASA GEOS-5 Global Forecasting System. Wea. Forecasting, 26, 504-519. doi:10.1175/WAF-D-10-05025.1.
Lau, K.-M., and H.-T. Wu (2011), Climatology and changes in tropical oceanic rainfall characteristics inferred from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data (1998-2009), J. Geophys. Res., 116, D17111, doi:10.1029/2011JD015827.
Ji, Q., S.-C. Tsay, K. M. Lau, R. A. Hansell, J. J. Butler, and J. W. Cooper, 2011: A novel non-intrusive method to resolve the thermal dome effect of pyranometers: Radiometric calibration and implications, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D24105, doi:10.1029/2011JD01646.
2010
Zhou, Y., W. K. Lau, O. Reale, R. Rosenberg, 2010: AIRS Impact on precipitation analysis and forecast of tropical cyclones in a global data assimilation and forecasting system. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L02806, doi.1029/2009GL041494
Kim, K. M., K. M. Lau, Y. Sud and G. Walker, 2010: Influence of aerosol-radiative forcing on the diurnal and seasonal cycles of rainfall over West Africa and the eastern Atlantic, from GCM simulations, Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0750-1.
Lau, W. K.M., M. K., Kim, K. M. Kim, and W.S. Lee, 2010: Enhanced surface warming and accelerated snowmelt in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau induced by absorbing aerosols. Environ. Res. Lett., 5, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/025204.
Wilcox, E., W. K.M. Lau, and K. M. Kim, 2010: A northward shift of the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone in response to summertime Saharan dust outbreak. Geophys. Res. Lett, 37, L04804, doi:10.1029/2009GL041774
Shen, B. W, W. K. Tao, K. M. Lau, and R. Atlas, 2010: Predicting tropical cyclogenesis with a gobal mesoscale model: Hirarchical multiscale interactions during the formation of tropical cyclone Nargis (2008). J. Geophys. Res. VOL. 115, D14102, doi:10.1029/2009JD013140.
Lau, W. K. M., and K.-M. Kim, 2010: Fingerprinting the impacts of aerosols on long-term trends of the Indian summer monsoon regional rainfall, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L16705, doi:10.1029/2010GL043255.
Gautam, R., C. Hsu, and K. M. Lau, 2010: Pre-monsoon characterization and radiative effects over the Indo-Gangetic Plain: Implications for regional climate warming. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D17208, doi:10.1029/2010JD0
O. Reale, K. M. Lau and A. Da Silva, 2010: Impact of interactive aerosol on the African Easterly Jet in the NASA GEOS-5 global forecast system. Geophys. Res. Lett. (accepted)
Yasunari, T. J., P. Bonasoni, P. Laj, K. Fujita, E. Vuillermoz, A. Marinoni, P. Cristofanelli, R. Duchi, G. Tartari and K.-M. Lau (2010), Estimated impact of black carbon deposition during pre-monsoon season from Nepal Climate Observatory - Pyramid data and snow albedo changes over Himalayan glaciers, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 6603-6615, doi:10.5194/acp-10-6603-201.
Yasunari, T.J., R. D. Koster, K.-M. Lau, T. Aoki, Y. C. Sud, T. Yamazaki, H. Motoyoshi, and Y. Kodama, 2010: Response to the reviewers on “Influence of dust and black carbon on the snow albedo in the NASA GEOS-5 land surface model”. J. Geophys. Res. (in press), doi:10.1029/2010JD014861.
2009
Lau, K. M., K. M. Kim, C. Hsu and B. Holben, 2009: Possible influences of air pollution, dust and sandstorms on the Indian monsoon. WMO Bulletin, 58 (1), 22-30.
Tao, W.-K., J. Chern, R. Atlas, D. Randall, S. Lin, M. Kharioutdinov, J.-L. Li, D.E. Waliser, A. Hou, C. Peters-Lidar, W. Lau, and J. Simpson, 2009: Multi-scale modeling system: Development, applications and critical issues, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90, 515-534
Krishnamurti, T. N., A. Chakraborty, A. Martin, W. K. Lau, K. Kim, Y. Sud, and G. Walker (2009), Impact of Arabian Sea pollution on the Bay of Bengal winter monsoon rains, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D06213, doi:10.1029/2008JD010679.
Lau, K. M., and H. T. Wu, 2009: Characteristics of rainfall, clouds and latent heating associated with the Madden and Julian Oscillation. J. Climate, 23, 504-518, DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2920.1
Lau, K. M., Kim, K. M., Sud, Y. C., and Walker, G. K., 2009: A GCM study of the response of the atmospheric water cycle of West Africa and the Atlantic to Saharan dust radiative forcing, Ann. Geophys., 27, 4023-4037, doi:10.51941 Angeo-27-4023-2009.
Sud, Y. C., Wilcox, E., Lau, W. K.-M., Walker, G. K., Liu, X.-H., Nenes, A., Lee, D., Kim, K.-M., Zhou, Y., and Bhattacharjee, P. S., 2009: Sensitivity of boreal-summer circulation and precipitation to atmospheric aerosols in selected regions – Part 1: Africa and India, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3989-4007.
Reale, O., K-M Lau, K-M Kim, and E. Brin, 2009: Atlantic tropical cyclogenetic processes during SOP-3 NAMMA in the GEOS-5 global data assimilation and forecast system. J. Atmos. Sci. 66, 3563-3578.
Gautam, R., N. C. Hsu, K.-M. Lau, S.-C. Tsay, and M. Kafatos (2009), Enhanceed pre-monsoon warming over the Himalayam-Gangetic region from 1979 to 2007, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L07704, doi:10.1029/2009GL037641
Reale, O., K. M. Lau, J. Susskind, and E. Brin, L. P. Riishojgaard, M. Fuentes, and R. Rosenberg, 2009: AIRS impact on the analysis and forecast track of tropical cyclone Nargis in a global data assimilation and forecasting system. Geophys. Res. Lett, 36, L06812, doi:10.1029/2008GL037122.
Sun, D., K. M. Lau, M. Kafatos, Z. Boybei, G. Leptoukh, and C. Yang, 2009: A numerical simulation of the impacts of African dust aerosols and associated Saharan air layer on Atlantic tropical cyclone development. J. Climate, 22, 6230-6250, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2738.1.
The Goddard multi-scale modeling system with unified physics, Ann. Geophys., 27, 3055-3064.
Pielke, R., K. Beven, G. Brasseur, J. Calvert, M. Chahine, R. Dickerson, D. Entekhabi. Foufoula-Georgiou, H. Gupta, V. Gupta, W. Krajewski, E. Philip Krider, W. K. M. Lau, J. Mcdonnell, W.Rossow, J. Schaake, J. Smith, S. Sorooshian, E. Wood, 2009: Climate Change: The need to consider human forcings besides greenhouse gases. EOS Newsletter, 90, 10 November issue.
Gautam, R., C. Hsu, K. M. Lau and M. Kafatos, 2009: Aerosol and rainfall variability over the Indian monsoon region : Distributions, Trends and Coupling. Geophys, Annales, 27, 3691-3703, www.ann-geophys.net/27/3691/2009/
2008
Lau, K.M, V. Ramanathan, G-X. Wu, Z. Li, S. C. Tsay, C. Hsu, R.Sikka, B. Holben, D. Lu, G. Tartari, M. Chin, P .Koudelova, H. Chen, Y. Ma, J. Huang, K. Taniguchi, and R. Zhang., 2008 : the Joint Aerosol-Monsoon Experiment: A New Challenge in Monsoon Climate Research. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., 89, 369-383, DOI:10.1175/BAMS-89-3-369.
Lau, K.-M., K.-M. Kim (2008), Absorbing aerosols enhanced Indian summer monsoon rainfall. iLEAPS Newsletter, No. 5, 22-24.
Lau, K.-M., K.-M. Kim, C. N-Y Hsu, and R. P. Singh (2008), Seasonal co-variability of aerosol and precipitation over the Indian monsoon and adjacent deserts. GEWEX News, 18(1), 4-6.
Tao. W-K, D. Anderson, R. Atlas, J. Chern, P. Houser, A. Hou, S. Lang, W. Lau, C. Peters-Lidard, R. Kakar, S. Kumar, W. Lapenta, X. Li, T. Matsui, M. Rienecker, B.-W. Shen, J.J. Shi, J. Simpson, X. Zeng, 2008: A Goddard multi-scale modelling system with unified physics. GEWEX News, 18(1), 6-8.
Sud Y. C., G. K. Walker, Y. P. Zhou, W. K.-M. Lau, 2008: Influence of local and remote sea surface temperatures on precipitation as inferred from changes in boundary-layer moisture convergence and moist thermodynamics over global oceans. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 147-163. DOI: 10.1002/qj.193
Sud, Y. C., G. K. Walker, Y. P. Zhou, G. A. Schmidt, K.-M. Lau, and R. F. Cahalan (2008), Effects of doubled CO2 on tropical sea surface temperatures (SSTs) for onset of deep convection and maximum SST: Simulations based inferences, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L12707, doi:10.1029/2008GL033872.
Sud, Y. C., G. K. Walker, Y. P. Zhou, G. A. Schmidt, K.-M. Lau, and R. F. Cahalan (2008), Correction to “Effects of doubled CO2 on tropical sea surface temperatures (SSTs) for onset of deep convection and maximum SST: Simulations based inferences”. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L18708, doi:10.1029/2008GL035702.
Sun, D., K. M. Lau, and M. Kafatos (2008): Contrasting the 2007 and 2005 hurricane seasons: Evidence of possible impacts of Saharan dry air and dust on tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic basin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L15405, doi:10.1029/2008GL034529.
Sui, C. H., X. Li , C. H. Ho and K. M. Lau, 2008: Effects of radiative cooling on the tropical convective response to sea surface temperature: 2-D large domain cumulus ensemble simulations. J. Geophys. Res., 113, DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008557.
Bollasina M, S. Nigam, K. M. Lau, 2008: Absorbing aerosols and summer monsoon evolution over South Asia: An observational portrayal. J. Climate., 21, 3221-3239, DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2094.1
Lau, K.-M., Y. P. Zhou, and H.-T. Wu (2008), Have tropical cyclones been feeding more extreme rainfall?, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D23113, doi:10.1029/2008JD009963.
2007
Kim, M.-K., W. K. M. Lau, K.-M. Kim, and W.-S. Lee , 2007: A GCM study of effects of radiative forcing of sulfate aerosol on large scale circulation and rainfall in East Asia during boreal spring, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L24701, doi:10.1029/2007GL031683.
Lau, K. M. and K. M. Kim, 2007: How Nature foiled the 2006 hurricane forecasts. Eos Trans. 88. 9, pp.105-107.
Lau, K.M., K.M. Kim, and M.-I. Lee 2007: Characteristics of diurnal and seasonal cycles in global monsoon systems. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan. 85A, 403-416.
Lau, K. M., and K. M. Kim, 2007: Does aerosol strengthen or weaken the Asian Monsoon? In Mountains: Witnesses of Global Change, Ed. R. Baudo, G. Tartari, and E. Vuillermoz, Elsevier, pp 340.
Lau, K. M., and H. T. Wu, 2007: Detecting trends in tropical rainfall characteristics, 1979-2003. Int. J. Climatology, 27, doi:10.1002/joc.1454.
Ramirez, N., K. M. Lau, A. Winter, J. M. Castro, and Escalante, N. R., 2007: Empirical probability models to predict Puerto Rico monthly rainfall process. Mon. Wea. Rev. 135, 877-890. DOI:10.1175/MWR3290.1
Zhou, Y. P., W. K. Tao, A. Y. Hou, W. S. Olson, C. L. Shie, K. M. Lau, M. D. Chou, X. Lin and M. Grecu, 2007: Use of High-resolution satellite observations to evaluate cloud and precipitation statistics from cloud resolving model simulations. Part I: South China Sea Monsoon Experiment. J. Atmos. Sci. 64, 4309- 4329 DOI:10.11.75/2007JAS2281.1
Lau, K. M. and K. M. Kim, 2007: Cooling of the Atlantic by Saharan dust. Geophys. Res. Lett. (doi:10.1029/2007/GL031538
Lau, K-M, and K-M Kim, 2007: Reply to Comment on “How Nature Foiled the 2006 Hurricane Forecasts”. EOS Trans. AGU, 88(26), 271.
2006
Kim, M. K., K. M. Lau, Mian Chin, K. M. Kim, Y. C. Sud, G. Walker, 2006: Atmospheric Teleconnection over Eurasia induced by aerosol radiative forcing during boreal spring. J. Climate, 19, 4700-4718.
Lau, K. M., M. K. Kim, and K. M. Kim, 2006: Aerosol induced anomalies in the Asian summer monsoon- the role of the Tibetan Plateau. Climate Dynamics, 26 (7-8), 855-864, doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0114-z.
Lau, K. M., S. S. P. Shen, K.-M. Kim, and H Wang (2006), A multi-model study of the twentieth-century simulations of Sahel drought from the 1970s to 1990s. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D07111, doi:101029/2005JD006281.
Lau, K. M., Model Interpretation of climate signals: An application to Asian monsoon Climate. In The Global Climate System, Eds. Howard A. Bridgman and John E. Oliver, Cambridge University Press, 331pp.
Lau, K. M., and K. M. Kim, 2006: Observational relationships between aerosol and Asian monsoon rainfall, and circulation, Geophys. Res. Lett.. 33, L21810, doi:10.1029/2006GL027546.
Lawford, R., M. Bosilovich, S. Eden, S. benedict, C. Brown, A. Gruber, P. Houser, K. Hsu, J. Huan, W. Lau, T. Myers, K. Mitchell, C. Peters-Lidard, J. Roads, M. Rodell, S. Sorroshian, D Tarpley, and S. Williams, 2006: U.S. Contributions to the CEOP. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., 87, 927-939., doi:10.1175/BAMS-87-7-927.
Yang, S., and K. M. Lau, 2006: Interannual Variability of the Asian monsoon. In Asian Monsoon, Ed. B. Wang, Springler-Praxis, 259-293.
Wang, H., and K. M. Lau, 2006: Hydrologic cycles in the tropics in twentieth century coupled climate simulations, Int. J. Climatology, 26, 655-678.
2005
Ho, C.-H., J. H. Kim, K. M. Lau, K. M. Kim, D. Gond and Y. B. Lee, 2005: Interdecadal changes in heavy rainfall in China during the Northern summer. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,16, 1163-1176.
Lau, K.M., K. M. Kim and J.-Y. Lee, 2005: Interannual variability, global teleconnection and potential predictabiliy associated with the Asian summer monsoon. In East Asian Monsoon , Ed. C. P. Chang, World Scientific Publisher, 153-176.
Lau, K. M., W. T. Wu, Y. Sud, and G. Walker, 2005: Effects of cloud microphysics on tropical atmospheric hydrologic processes and intraseasonal variability in the GEOS GCM. J. Climate, 18, 4731-4751.
Lau, K.-M., K.-M. Kim, and C. Hsu, 2005: Observational evidence of effects of absorbing aerosols on seasonal-to-interannual anomalies of the Asian monsoon. CLIVAR Exchanges, 10(3), 7-9.
Lau, K.-M., 2005: Aerosol-hydrologic cycle interaction: a new challenge in monsoon climate research. WCRP GEWEX Newsletter, 15(1), 7-9, 20.
Lau, K.-M., and K.-M. Kim, 2005: Characterizing monsoon systems using CEOP data. CEOP Newsletter, 8, 5-7.
Li, Q., S. Yang, V. E. Kousky, R. W. Higgins, K. M. Lau and P. Xie, 2005: Features of cross-Pacific climate shown in the variability of China and US precipitation, Int. J. Climatology, 25, 1675-1696.
Xue, Y. K., S. Sun, K. M. Lau, J. Ji, I. Poccard, R., Zhang, H. Kang, G.X. Wu, J. C. Shaake, J. Zhang and Y. Jiao, 2005: Multiscale Variability of the River Runoff System in China and Its Long-Term Link to Precipitation and Sea Surface Temperature, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 6, 550-570.
Yu, J.-Y. and K. M. Lau, 2005: Contrasting Indian Ocean SST variability with and without ENSO influence: A coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM study. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, DOI: 10.1007/s00703-004-0094-7
2004
Chan, J. C. L., Y. Liu, K. C. Chow, Y. Ding, K. M. Lau, K. L. Chan, 2004: Design of a regional climate model for the simulation of South China Summer Monsoon rainfall. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 1645-1665.
Jones, C., D. E. Waliser, K. M. Lau, and W. Stern, 2004: The Madden Julian Oscillation and Its Impact on Northern Hemisphere Weather Predictability during Winter. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1462-1471.
Jones, C., D. Waliser, K. M. Lau, W. Stern, 2004: Global occurrences of extreme precipitation and the Madden Julian Oscillation: Observational and Predictability aspects. J. Climate, 17, 4575-4589.
Lau, K. M. J.-Y. Lee, K.-M. Kim, and I.-S. Kang, 2004: The North Pacific as a Regulator of Summertime Climate over Eurasia and North American. J. Climate, 17, 819-833.
Li, X., C. H. Sui, K. M. Lau, and W. K. Tao, 2004: Tropical convective responses to microphysical and radiative processes: a sensitivity study with a 2-D cloud resolving model. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., DOI 10.1007/s00703-004-0088-5.
Qian, J.-H., W.-K. Tao, and K.-M. Lau, 2004: Mechanisms for Torrential Rain Associated with the Mei-Yu Development during SCSMEX 1998. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 3-27.
Yang, F., Arun Kumar, and K.-M. Lau, 2004: Potential predictability of US summer climate with "perfect" soil moisture. Journal of Hydrometeorology , 5, 883-895.
Yang, F., and K.-M. Lau, 2004: Trend and Variability of China Precipitation in Spring and Summer: Linkage to Sea-Surface Temperatures. International J. of Climatology, 24 , 1625-1644.
Yang, S., K.-M. Lau, S.-H. Yoo, J. L. Kinter, K. Miyakoda, and C.-H. Ho, 2004: Upstream subtropical signals preceding the Asian summer monsoon circulation. J. Climate, 17, 4213-4229.
2003
Lau, K.-M., S. Yang, 2003: Walker Circulation. Elsevier Science, Ltd., pp. 2505-2510.
Lau, K.-M., 2003: ENSO-Monsoon Interactions. Elsevier Science Ltd., pp. 1386-1391.
Lau, K. M., and H.-T. Wu, 2003: Warm rain processes over tropical oceans and climate implications. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(24), 2290, doi:10.1029/2003GL018567.
Lau, K. M., and J. Zhou, 2003: Anomalies of the South American summer monsoon associated with the 1997-99 El Nino-Southern Oscillation. Int. J. of Climatology, 23(5), 529-539.
Sud, Y.C., D. M. Mocko, K.-M. Lau, R. Atlas, 2003: Simulating the Midwestern US drought of 1988 with a GCM. J. Climate, 16(23), 3946-3965.
Sui, C.-H., X. Li, M. Rienecker, K.-M. Lau, I. Laszlo, and R. Pinker, 2003: The Role of Daily Surface Forcing in the Upper Ocean over the Tropical Pacific: A Numerical Study. J. Climate, 16(4), 756-766.
Tao, W.-K., Y. Wang, J. Qian, W. K.-M. Lau, C.-L. Shie and R. Kakar, 2003: Mesoscale Convective Systems during SCSMEX: Simulations with a Regional Climate Model and a Cloud-Resolving Model, Weather & Climate Modeling (in press).
Tao, W.-K., R. Adler, D. Baker, S. Braun, M.-D. Chou, M. Jasinski, Y. Jia, R. Kakar, S. Lamg,W. K.-M. Lau, B. Lynn, M. Karyampudi, Z.-X. Pu, M. Shepherd, J. Simpson, D. Starr, Y. Wang, W. Weinman, and P. Wetzel, 2003: Regional Scale Modeling at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Recent Research Developments in Atmospheric Science, Research Signpost, 2, 1-52.
Waliser, D. E., K. Jin, I.-S. Kang, W.F. Stern, S. D. Schubert, M.L. C. Wu, K.-M. Lau, M.-I. Lee, V. Krishnamurthy, A. Kitoh, G. A. Meehl, V. Y. Galin, V. Satyan, S. K. Mandke, G. Wu, Y. Liu, C.-K. Park, 2003: AGCM simulations of intraseasonal variability associated with the Asian summer monsoon. Clim. Dyna., 21(5-6), 423-446.
Waliser, D. E., K.-M. Lau, W. Stern, and C. Jones, 2003: Potential Predictability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Bull. Amer. Meteo. Soc., 84(1), 33-50.
Waliser, D. E.,W. Stern, S. Schubert, K.-M. Lau, 2003: Dynamic predictability of intraseasonal variability associated with the Asian summer monsoon. Q. J. Roy. Meteo. Soc., 129(594), 2897-2925.
2002
Kang, I.-S., K. Jin, B. Wang, and K. M. Lau, J. Shukla, V. Krishnamurthy, S. D. Shubert, D.E. Waliser, W.F. Stern, A. Kitoh, G. A. Meehl, M. Kanamitsu, V. Y. Galin, V. Satyan, C.-K. Park, and Y. Liu, 2002: Intercomparison of the Climatological Variations of Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Simulated by 10 GCM's. Climate Dynamics, 19, 383-395.
Kang, I.-S., K. Jin, K. M. Lau, J. Shukla, V. Krishnamurthy, S. D. Schubert, D. E. Waliser, W. F. Stern, V. Satyan. A. Kitoh, G. A. Meehl, M. Kanamitsu, V. Y. Gatin, A. Sumi, G. Wu, Y. Liu, and J. K. Kim, 2002: Intercomparison of the GCM Simulated Anomalies Associated with the 1997-98 El Nino. J. Climate, 15(19), 2791-2805.
Lau, K. M., 2002: Monsoon: ENSO-Monsoon Interactions, Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Eds. J. Holton, J. P. Pyle, and J. Curry, Academic Press.
Lau, K.-M., K.-M. Kim, S. S.P. Shen, 2002: Potential Predictability of Seasonal Precipitation over the United States from Canonical Ensemble Correlation Predictions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(07), 10.1029/2001GL014263
Lau, K. M., X. Li, and H.-T. Wu, 2002: Evolution of the Large Scale Circulation, Cloud Structure andRegional Water Cycle Associated with the South China Sea Monsoon during May-June, 1998. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 80(5), 1129-1147.
Lau, K.-M. and H. Y. Weng, 2002: Recurrent Teleconnection Patterns Linking Summertime Precipitation Variability over East Asia and North America. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan , 80(6), 1309-1324.
Lau, K. M. and S. Yang, 2002: Walker Circulation, Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Eds. J. Holton, J. P. Pyle, and J. Curry, Academic Press.
Li, Xiaofan, C.-H. Sui, and K.-M. Lau, 2002: Dominant Cloud Microphysical Processes in a Tropical Oceanic Convective System: A 2D Cloud Resolving Modeling Study, Mon. Wea. Rev., 130(10), 2481-2491.
Li, Xiaofan, C.-H. Sui, and K.-M. Lau, 2002: Interactions between Tropical Convection and Its Environment: An Energetics Analysis of a 2D Cloud Resolving Simulation, J. Atmos. Sci., 59(10), 1712-1722.
Li, Xiaofan, C.-H. Sui, and K.-M. Lau, 2002: Precipitation efficiency in the tropical deep convective regime: A 2-D cloud resolving modeling study. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 80(2), 205-212.
Mariotti, A., M.V. Struglia, N. Zeng, and K.-M. Lau, 2002: The hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean region and implications for the water budget of the Mediterranean Sea. J. Climate, 15(13), 1674-1690.
Mariotti, A.,N. Zeng, and K.-M. Lau, 2002: Euro-Mediterranean rainfall and ENSO-a seasonally varying relationship. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(12), 10.1029/2001GL014248
Shen, Samuel S.P., K.-M. Lau, K.-M. Kim, G. Li, and A. Basist, 2002: Formulation of the canonical ensemble correlation prediction for seasonal precipitation. Chinese J. Atmos. Sci., 26(2), 114-140.
Sud, Y. C., G. K. Walker, V. Mehta, and K. M. Lau, 2002: Relative Importance of the Annual Cycles of Sea Surface Temperature and Solar Irradiance for Tropical Circulation and Precipitation: A Climate Model Simulation Study. Earth Interactions, 6, Paper 2.
Yang, S., K.-M. Lau, and K.-M. Kim, 2002: Variations of the East Asian jet stream and Asian-Pacific-American winter climate anomalies. Journal of Climate, 15(3), 306-325.
2001
Kim, K.-M. and K.-M. Lau, 2001: Dynamics of monsoon-induced biennial variability in ENSO. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(2), 315-318.
Lau, K.-M. and Hengyi Weng, 2001: Coherent Modes of Global SST and Summer Rainfall over China: An Assessment of the Regional Impacts of the 1997-98 El Nino, J. Climate, 14(6), 1294-1308.
Lau, K.-M. and H.-T. Wu, 2001: Principal modes of rainfall-SST variability of the Asian summer monsoon: A re-assessment of monsoon-ENSO relationships. Journal of Climate, 14(13), 2880-2895.
Peng, L., C.-H. Sui, K.-M. Lau, and W.-K. Tao, 2001: Genesis and Evolution of Hierarchical Cloud Clusters in a Two-Dimensional Cumulus-Resolving Model, J. Atmos. Sci., 58(8), 877-895.
Waliser DE, Zhang ZZ, Lau KM, Kim JH, 2001: Interannual sea surface temperature variability and the predictability of tropical intraseasonal variability. J. Atmos. Sci., 58(17), 2596-2615.
Wang, Bin, Renguang Wu, K.-M. Lau, 2001: Interannual Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon: Contrasts between the Indian and the Western North Pacific-East Asian Monsoons. Journa l of Climate, 14(20), 4073-4090.
Yang, S., K.-M. Lau, and K.-M. Kim, 2001: Characteristics of the East Asian climate associated with the westerly jet stream and ENSO. Dynamics of Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations and Climate, Ed. by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, p. 663-679.
Zhou, J., and K. M. Lau, 2001: Principal modes of interannual and decadal variability of summer rainfall over South America. Int. J. of Climatol., 21(13), 1623-1644.
2000
Lau, K.-M., K.-M. Kim, and S. Yang, 2000: Dynamical and boundary forcing characteristics of regional components of the Asian summer monsoon. Journal of Climate, 13(14), 2461-2482.
Lau, K. M., Y. Ding, J.-T. Wang, R. Johnson, T. Keenan, R. Cifelli, J. Gerlach, O. Thiele, T. Rickenbach, S. C. Tsay, P.- H. Lin, 2000: A report of the field operations and early results of the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX). Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 81(6), 1261-1270.
Lau, K. M., and H. Weng, 2000: Teleconnection linking summertime precipitation variability over North America and East Asia. CLIVAR Exchanges, 5, 18-20
Lau, K. M., and H. Weng, 2000: Remote forcing of US summertime droughts and floods by the Asuan Monsoon. GEWEX News, 10, May Issue, 4-6
Li, X., C. H. Sui, K. M. Lau, and D. Adamec, 2000: Effects of Precipitation on Ocean Mixed-Layer Temperature and Salinity as Simulated in a 2-D Coupled Ocean-Cloud Resolving Atmosphere Model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan., 78(5), 647-659.
Qian, W., and S. Yang, 2000: Onset of the regional monsoon over the Southeast Asia. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 75, 29-38.
1999
Kang, I.-S., C.-H. Ho, Y.-K. Lim, and K. M. Lau, 1999: Principal Modes of Climatological Seasonal and Intraseasonal Variations of the Asian Summer Monsoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127(3), 322-340.
Krishnamurti, T. N., M. Tewari , E. Bensman, W. Han, Z. Zhang, and K. M. Lau, 1999: An Ensemble Forecast of the South China Sea Monsoon. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 16, 159-182.
Lau, K. M., H.T. Wu, 1999: An Assessment of the Impact of the 1997-98 El Nino on the Asian-Austrialian Monsoon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1747-1750.
Lau, K.-M. and H. Weng, 1999 : Interannual, Interdecadal and Global Warming Signals in Sea Surface Temperature. Journal of Climate, 12, 1257-1267.
Li, X., C. H. Sui, K. M. Lau, and M. D. Chou, 1999: Large-scale Forcing and Cloud-Radiation Interaction in the Tropical Deep Convective Regime. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3028-3042.
Sud, Y. C., G. K. Walker, and K. M. Lau, 1999: Mechanisms Regulating Deep Moist Convection and Sea-Surface Temperatures in the Tropics. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 1019-1022.
Tao, W.-K., J. Simpson, C.-H. Sui, C.-L. Shie, B. Zhou, K. M. Lau, and M. Moncrieff, 1999: On Equilibrium States Simulated by Cloud-resolving Models. J. Climate. 56, 3128-3139.
Vega, A. J., C.-H. Sui, and K. M. Lau, 1999: Interannual to Interdecadal Variations of the Regionalized Surface Climate of the United States and Relationships to Generalized Flow Parameters. Physical Geography. 19, 271-291.
Waliser, D. E., K. M. Lau, and J. H. Kim, 1999: The Influence of Coupled Sea Surface Temperatures on the Madden-Julian Oscillation: A Model Perturbation Experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 333-358.
Weng, H., K.-M. Lau, and Y. Xue, 1999: Multi-Scale Summer Rainfall Variability Over China And Its Long-Term Link To Global Sea Surface Temperature Variability. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol. 77, No. 4, pp. 1-13.
Yang, S., K.-M. Lau, and P. S. Schopf, 1999: Sensitivity of the Tropical Pacific Ocean to Precipitation Induced Freshwater Flux. Climate Dyn., 15, 737-750.
Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, K. M. Lau, and C. J. Tucker, 1999: Enhancement of Interdecadal Climate Variability in the Sahel by Vegetation Interaction. Science, 286, 1537-1540.
1998
Ho, C. H., M. D. Chou, M. Suarez, K. M. Lau, and M. H. Yan, 1998: Comparison of Model-Calculated and ERBE-retrieved Clear-Sky Outgoing Longwave Radiation. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 11529-11536.
Ho, C. H., M. D. Chou, M. Suarez, and K. M. Lau, 1998: Effect of Ice Cloud on GCM Climate Simulations. J.Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 71-74.
Krishnakumar, V., and K. M. Lau, 1998: Possible Role of Symmetric Instability in the Onset and Abrupt Transition of the Asian Monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 76, 363-383.
Lau, K. M., H. T. Wu, and S. Yang, 1998: Hydrologic Processes Associated with the First Transition of the Asian Summer Monsoon: A Pilot Satellite Study. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 1871-1882.
Lau, K. M., C. H. Ho, and I. S. Kang, 1998: Anomalous Atmospheric Hydrologic Processes Associated with ENSO: Mechanisms of Hydrologic Cycle Radiation Interaction. J. Climate , 11, 800-815.
Lau, K. M., and W. Bua, 1998: Mechanisms of Monsoon-Southern Oscillation Coupling: Insights from GCM Experiments. Climate Dynamics, 14, 759-779.
Lee, H.-K., P.-S. Chu, C.-H. Sui, and K. M. Lau, 1998: On the Annual Cycle of Latent Heat Fluxes over the Equatorial Pacific using TAO Buoy Observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 76, 909-923.
Li, X., C. H. Sui, D. Adamec, and K. M. Lau, 1998: Impacts of Precipitation in the Upper Ocean in the Western Pacific Warm Pool During TOGA COARE. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 5347-5359.
Sui, C. H., X. Li, and K. M. Lau, 1998: Radiative-Convective Processes in Simulated Diurnal Variations of Tropical Oceanic Convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 2345-2359.
Sui, C. H., X. Li, and K. M. Lau, 1998: Selective Absorption of Solar Radiation and Upper Ocean Temperature in the Equatorial Western Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 10313-10321.
Yang, S., and K. M. Lau, 1998: Influence of SST and Ground Wetness on the Asian Summer Monsoon. J. Climate, 11, 3230-3246.
Zhou, J. and K.-M. Lau, 1998 : Does a Monsoon Climate Exist over South America? Journal of Climate, Vol. 11, 1020-1040.
1997
Bony, S., K. M. Lau, and Y. Sud, 1997: Sea Surface Temperature and Large Scale Circulation Influences on Tropical Greenhouse Effect and Cloud Radiative Forcing. J. Climate , 10, 2055-2077.
Bony, S., Y. Sud, K. M. Lau, J. Susskind, and S. Saha, 1997: Comparison and Satellite Assessment of DAO and NCEP/NCAR Re-analysis Over Tropical Ocean: Atmospheric Hydrology and Radiation. J. Climate , 10, 1441-1462.
Krishnakumar,V., and K. M. Lau, 1997: Symmetric Instability of Monsoon Flows. Tellus, 49A, 228-245.
Lau, K. M., and C. H. Sui, 1997: Mechanism of Short-Term Sea Surface Temperature Regulation: Observations during TOGA-COARE. J. Climate, 10, 465-472.
Lau, K. M., 1997: South China Sea Monsoon Experiment Observed from Satellites. EOS, 78, 599,603.
Lau, K. M., and S. Yang, 1997: Climatology and Interannual Variability of the Southeast Asian Summer Monsoon. Advances in Atmos. Sci., 14, 141-162.
Lau, K. M., H. T. Wu, and S. Bony, 1997: The Role of Large Scale Atmospheric Circulation in the Relationship Between Tropical Convection and Sea Surface Temperature. J. Climate, 10, 381-392.
Mehta, V., and K. M. Lau, 1997: Influence of Solar Irradiance on the Indian Monsoon-ENSO Relationship at Decadal-Multidecadal Time Scales. Geophys. Res. Letters, 24, 159-162.
Sperber, K. R., J. M. Slingo, P. M. Iness, and K. M. Lau, 1997: On the Maintenance and Initiation of the Intraseasonal Oscillation in the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis and in the GLA and UKMO AMIP Simulation. Climate Dynamics, 13, 760-795.
Sud, Y. C., G. K. Walker J. H. Kim, G. E. Liston, P. J. Sellers, and K. M. Lau, 1997: A Simulation Study of the Importance of Surface Roughness in Tropical Deforestation. Transactions of TROPMET--94, pp not available.
Sui, C. H., K. M. Lau, Y. Takayabu,and D. Short, 1997: Diurnal Variations in Tropical Oceanic Cumulus Ensemble During TOGA-COARE. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 639-655.
Sui, C. H., X. Li, K. M. Lau, and D. Adamec, 1997: Multi-Scale Air-Sea Interactions During TOGA COARE. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 448-462.
Zhang, Y., K.R. Sperber, J.S. Boyle, M. Dix, L. Ferranti, A. Kitoh, K. M. Lau, K. Miyakoda, D. Randall, L. Takacs, and R.Wetherald, 1997: East Asian winter monsoon: results from eight AMIP models. Climate Dyn., 13(11), 797-820.
1996
Lau, K. M., and S. Yang, 1996: The Asian Monsoon and Predictability of the Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere System. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 122, 945-957.
Lau, K. M., C. H. Ho, and M. D. Chou, 1996: Water Vapor and Cloud Radiation Feedback over Tropical Oceans: Can We Use ENSO as a Surrogate for Climate Change? Geophys. Res. Letters, 23, 2971-2974.
Lau, K. M., J. H. Kim, and Y. Sud, 1996: Intercomparison of Hydrologic Processes in AMIP GCMs. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 77, 2209-2227.
Lau, K. M., and S. Yang, 1996: Seasonal Variation, Abrupt Transition and Intraseasonal Variability Associated With the Asian Monsoon in the GLA GCM. J. Climate, 9, 965-985.
Lau, K. M., P. J. Sheu, S. Schubert, D. Ledvina, and H. Weng, 1996: Evolution of Large Scale Circulation during TOGA-COARE: Model Intercomparison and Basic Features. J. Climate, 9, 986-1003.
Sankar-Rao, M., K. M. Lau, and S. Yang, 1996: On the Relationship between Eurasian Snow Cover and the Asian Summer Monsoon. Intl. J. Climatology, 16, 605-616.
Slingo, J. M., K. R. Sperber, J. S. Boyle, J. P. Ceron, M. Dix, B. Douglas, W. Ebisuzaki, J. Fyfe, D. Gregory, J. F. Gueremy, J. Hack, A. Harzallah, P. Inness, A. Kitoh, K. M. Lau, B. McAvaney, R. Madden, A. Matthews, T. N. Palmer, C. K Palmer, D. Randall, N. Renno, 1996: Intraseasonal Oscillations in 15 Atmospheric General Circulation Models-Results From an AMIP Diagnostic Subproject. Climate Dynamics, 12, 325-357.
Sud, Y. C., G. K. Walker, J. H. Kim, G. Linston, P. J. Sellers, and K. M. Lau, 1996: Biogeophysical Effects of a Tropical Deforestation Scenario: A GCM Simulation Sudy. J. Climate, 9, 3225-3247.
Sud, Y. C., and K. M. Lau, 1996: Comments on "Variability of Summer Rainfall Over Tropical North-Africa (1906-92) - Observations and Modeling," by Rowell et al. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 122, 1001-1006.
Takayabu, Y., K.-M. Lau, and C.-H. Sui, 1996: Observation of Quasi 2-day Waves During TOGA-COARE. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 1892-1913.
Weng, H., and K. M. Lau, 1996: Low-Frequency Time-Space Regimes in Tropical Convection, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 55, 89-98.
Yang, S., 1996: ENSO-snow-monsoon associations and seasonal-interannual predictions, Int. J. Climatol., 16, 125-134.
Yang, S., K. M. Lau, and S. R. Mopidevi, 1996: Precursory Signals Associated with the Interannual Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon. J. Climate, 9, 949-964.
Zhou, J., Y. C. Sud, and K. M. Lau, 1996: Impact of Orographically Induced Gravity Wave Drag in the GLA GCM. Quart. J. Royal Meteor. Soc., 122, 903-927.
1995
Sud, Y. C., K. M. Lau, G. K. Walker, and J.-H. Kim, 1995: Understanding Biosphere-Precipitation Relationship: Theory, Model Simulations, and Logical Inferences. MAUSAM, 46, 1-14.
Wu, M. L., and K. M. Lau, 1995: Atmospheric branch of the global hydrologic cycle in the Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres interactive forecast-retrieval-analysis system. J. Geophys. Rev., 100, 7161-7177.
Shen, S. H., and K. M. Lau, 1995: Biennial Oscillation Associated with the East Asian Summer Monsoon and Tropical Sea Surface Temperature. J. Met. Soci. Japan, 73, 105-124.
Glecker, P. J., D. A. Randall, G. Boer, R. Colman, M. Dix, V. Galin, M. Helfand, J. Kiehl, A. Kitoh, K. M. Lau, X. Z. Liang, V. Lykossov, B. McAvaney, K. Kiyakoda, S. Planton, and W. Stern, 1995: Cloud Radiative Effects on Implied Oceanic Energy Transports as Simulated by Atmospheric General Circulation Models. Science, 22, 791-794.
1994
Lau, K. M., V. Mehta, Y. C. Sud, and G. Walker, 1994: Climatology and Natural Variability of the Global Hydrologic Cycle in the GLA Atmospheric General Circulation Model. J. Geophys. Rev. 99, 1329-1345.
Sui, C. H., K. M. Lau, W. K. Tao, and J. Simpson, 1994: The Tropical Water and Energy Cycles in a Cumulus Ensemble Model. Part I: Equilibrium Climate. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 711-728.
Kang, I.-S., and K. M. Lau, 1994: Principal Modes of Atmospheric Circulation Anomalies Associated with Global Angular Momentum Fluctuations. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1194-1205.
Lau, K. M., P. J. Sheu, and I. S. Kang, 1994: Multi-scale Low Frequency Circulation Modes in the Global Atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1169-1193.
Weng, H., and K. M. Lau, 1994: Wavelets, Period-doubling and Time-frequency Localization with Application to Organization of Convection over the Tropical Western Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2523-2541.
Lau, K. M., C. H. Sui, M.-D. Chou, and W. K. Tao, 1994: An Inquiry Into the Cirrus-cloud Thermostat Effect for Tropical Sea Surface Temperature.Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 1157-1160.
Lau, K. M., C-H. Sui, M. D. Chou, and W. K. Tao, 1994: Reply to Comment on Paper: An Inquiry into the Cirrus-Cloud Thermostat Effect for Tropical Sea Surface Temperature. Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 1187-1188.
1993
Lau, K. M., C. H. Sui, and W. K. Tao, 1993: A Preliminary Study of the Tropical Water Cycle and its Sensitivity to Surface Warming. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 1313-1321.
Lau, K. M., and T. Busalacchi, 1993: The El Nino Southern Oscillation: A view from space. Global Change Atlas, Cambridge University Press, 470 pp.
Lau, K. M., and H. T. Wu, 1994: Large-Scale Dynamics Associated with Super Cloud Cluster Formation over the Tropical Western Pacific. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 72, 481-497.
1992
Lau, K. M., and L. Peng, 1992: Dynamics of Atmospheric Teleconnection During Northern Summer. J. Atmos. Sci. , 5, 140-158.
Lau, K. M., 1992: East Asian Monsoon and Climate Teleconnections. Special issue of J. Met. Soc., Japan, 70, 211-242.
Sui, C.-H., and K. M. Lau, 1992: Multi-scale Phenomena in the Tropical Atmosphere Over the Western Pacific. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 407-430.
Lau, K. M., and F. C. Chang, 1992: Tropical Oscillations and their Predictions in the NMC Operational Forecast Model. J. Climate, 5, 1365-1378.
1991
Lau, K. M., and R. J. Sheu, 1991: Teleconnection in Global Rainfall Anomalies: Seasonal to Inter-decadal Time Scales. Teleconnections Linking Worldwide Climate Anomalies, M. Gantz et al., Eds., Cambridge University Press.
Lau, K. M., T. Nakazawa, and C. H. Sui, 1991: Observations of Supercloud Cluster Organization Over the Tropical Western Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3197-3208.
Sui, C.-H., and K. M. Lau, 1991: An Equilibrium-Model for the Coupled OCean-Atnosphere Boundary-Layer in the Tropics. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3151-3163.
Wang, P. X., K. M. Lau, and S. H. Shen, 1991: Anomalies of the Background Circulation of the IAP GCM Model Atmosphere During El Nino. ACTA, Meteor. Simica, 5, 608-616.
Wang, P. X., K. M. Lau, and S. H. Shen, 1991: Seasonal Variation of the Monsoon Circulation in the IAP GCM and Anomalies During El Nino. Tropical Plateau Weather, 4c, 7-14.
Wang, P. X., K. M. Lau, and S. H. Shen, 1991: The Spectral Structure of the IAP GCM Model Atmosphere and Anomalies During the El Nino Year. J. Nanjing Inst . Met., 15, 1-15.
1990
Hirst, A., and K. M. Lau, 1990: Intraseasonal and Interannual Variability in Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models. J. Climate, 3, 713-725.
Lau, K. M., and L. Peng, 1990: Origin of Low-Frequency (intraseasonal) Oscillation in the Tropical Atmosphere Part III. Monsoon Dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci. , 47, 1443-1462.
Lau, K. M., 1990: Seasonal and Intraseasonal Variations of the East-Asian Summer Monsoon: A Review. East Asian and Western Pacific Meteorology and Climate, Sham and Chang, Eds., World Scientific Publications, pp. 572.
Park, C-K., D. Strauss, and K. M. Lau, 1990: An Evaluation of the Structure of Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillations in three General Circulation Models. J. Meteor. Soc., Japan, 68, 403-417.
Kang, I. S., and K. M. Lau, 1990: Evolution of Tropical Circulation Anomalies Associated with the 30-60 Day Oscillation of Global Angular Momentum During the Northern Summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan , 68, 237-249.
Miao, J.-H., and K. M. Lau, 1990: Unstable Modes in Moist Atmosphere-ocean Coupled Systems. Science in China, 33, 1369-1378.
Miao, J.-H., and K. M. Lau, 1990: Interannual Variability of East Asian Monsoon Rainfall. (in Chinese) Q.J. Appl. Met., 1, 377-382.
1989
Lau, K. M., 1989: Transient and Stationary Heat Sources and Sinks in the Tropics. Tropical Rainfall Measurements, Theon and Fugono, Eds., A. Deepak Publishing, 107-114.
Lau, K. M., I-S. Kang, and P. J. Sheu, 1989: Principal Modes of Intraseasonal Oscillation in Angular Momentum and Tropical Convection. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 6319-6332.
Lau, K. M., L. Peng, C. H. Sui, and T. Nakazawa, 1989: Dynamics of Super Cloud Clusters, Westerly Wind Bursts, 30-60 Day Oscillations and ENSO: An Unifying View. J. Met. Soc. Japan, 67, 205-219.
1988
Lau, K. M., G. J. Yang, and S. Shen, 1988: Seasonal and Intraseasonal Climatology of the East-Asian Monsoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 18-37.
Lau, K. M., and P. H. Chan, 1988: Intraseasonal and Interannual Variations of Tropical Convection: A Possible Link Between the 40-Day Mode and ENSO. J. Atmos. Sci. , 45, 506-521.
Lau, K. M., and S. Shen, 1988: Dynamics of Intraseasonal Oscillations and ENSO. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 1781-1797.
Lau, K. M., and P. J. Sheu, 1988: Annual Cycle, Quasi-biennial Oscillation and Southern Oscillation in Global Precipitation. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 10,975-10,988.
Sui, C. H., and K. M. Lau, 1988: Origin of Low-frequency (Intraseasonal) Oscillation in the Tropical Atmosphere. Part II: Structure and Propagation of Mobile Wave-CISK modes and their Modification by Lower Boundary Forcings. J. Atmos. Sci. , 46, 37-56.
1987
Lau, K. M., and J. S. Boyle, 1987: Tropical and Extratropical Forcing of Circulation Anomalies: A Diagnostic Study. Mon Wea. Rev., 115, 400-428.
Lau, K. M., and C. P. Chang, 1987: Planetary Scale Aspect of the Winter Monsoon and Atmospheric Teleconnections. Review of Monsoon Meteorology, Chang and Krishnamurti; Eds., Oxford, University Press, 161-202.
Lau, K. M., and L. Peng, 1987: Origin of Low-frequency (intraseasonal) Oscillations in the Tropical Atmosphere. Part I: The Basic Theory. J. Atmos. Sci. , 44, 950-972.
Young, G. J., and K. M. Lau, 1987: Interannual and Intraannual Variability of East-Asian Monsoon Rainfall. Chinese J. of Atmos., 1, 304-311.
1986
Lau, K. M., and P. H. Chan, 1986: Aspects of the 40-50 day Oscillation During Northern Summer as Inferred from Outgoing Longwave Radiation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, 1354-1367.
Lau, K. M., and T. J. Phillips, 1986: Coherent Fluctuations of Extratropical Geopotential Height and Tropical Convections in Intraseasonal Time Scales. J. Atmos. Sci. , 43, 1164-1181.
Lau, K. M., 1986: The 40-50 Day Oscillation and the El Nino/Southern Oscillation: A New Perspective. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 533-534.
Lau, N. C., and K. M. Lau, 1986: Structure and Propagation of Intraseasonal Oscillations Appearing in a GFDL GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 2023-2047.
1985
Lau, K. M., 1985: Subseasonal Scale Oscillations, Bimodal Climate State and the El Nino/ Southern Oscillation. Coupled Atrmospheric-Ocean Models, Elsevier Oceanographic Series, Amsterdam.
Lau, K. M., 1985: Large-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction During Epochs of Warm Sea Surface Temperature in the Tropical Pacific. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica (in Chinese), 9, 1-10.
Lau, K. M., 1985: Elements of a Stochastic-Dynamical Theory of the Long-Term Variability of the ENSO. J. Atmos. Sci. , 42, 1552-1558.
Lau, K. M., and P. H. Chan, 1985: Aspects of the 40-50 day Oscillation as Inferred from Outgoing Longwave Radiation During the Northern Winter. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 1889-1909.
1984
Lau, K. M., and H. Lim, 1984: On the Dynamics of Equatorial Forcing of Climate Teleconnection. J. Atmos. Sci. , 41, 161-176.
Lau, K. M., and M. T. Li, 1984: The Monsoon of East-Asia - A Survey. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 65, 114-125.
Lau, K. M., 1984: Reply on Comment on the Monsoon of East-Asia - A Survey. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 65, 1326-1327.
Lau, K. M., and N. C. Lau, 1984: The Structure and Energetics of Midlatitude Disturbances Accompanying Cold-air Outbreak over East Asia. Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 1309-1327.
1983
Lau, K. M., C. P. Chang, and P. H. Chan, 1983: Short-term Planetary Scale Interactions Over the Tropics and Midlatitude Part II: Winter-MONEX Period. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 1372-1388.
Lau, K. M. and P. H. Chan, "Short-term Climate Variability and Atmospheric Teleconnection from Satellite Observed Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Part I: Simultaneous Relationships," J. Atmos. Sci. , 40, 2735-2750, 1983.
Lau, K. M., and P. H. Chan, 1983: Short-term Climate Variability and Atmospheric Teleconnection from Satellite Observed Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Part II: Lagged Correlations. J. Atmos. Sci. , 40, 2751-2767.
1982
Lau, K. M., and H. Lim, 1982: Thermally Driven Circulation in an Equatorial -plane: Hadley and Walker Circulation During the Winter Monsoon. Mon. Wea Rev., 110, 336-353.
Lau, K. M., 1982: Equatorial Response to Northeasterly Cold Surges During Winter Monsoon as Inferred from Satellite Cloud Imageries. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 1306-1313.
Lau, K. M., and C. P. Chang, 1982: Short-term Planetary Scale Interactions Over the Tropics and Midlatitudes, Part I: Contrast Between Active and Inactive Periods. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 933-946.
Lau, K. M., 1982: A Simple Model of Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction During El Nino. Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Newsletter, 13, September.
1981
Lau, K. M., 1981: Oscillation in Simple Equatorial Climate System. J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 248-261.
1980
Chang, C. P., and K. M. Lau, 1980: Northeasterly Cold Surges and Near-Equatorial Disturbances Over the Winter MONEX Area during December, Part II: Large-scale Aspects. Mon. Wea. Rev., 108, 198-312.
1979
Lau, K. M., 1979: A Numerical Study of Tropical Large-Scale Air-Sea Interaction. J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 1467-1489.
Chang, C. P., J. Erickson, and K. M. Lau, 1979: Northeasterly Cold Surges and Near-Equatorial Disturbances Over the Winter MONEX Area During December Part I: Synoptic Aspects. Mon. Wea. Rev., 107, 812-829.
1978
Lau, K. M., and P. J. Webster, 1978: Simulation of a Global Monsoon Sequence. Indian J. Geophysics and Hydrology, New Delhi.
Lau, K. M., 1978: Experiment with a Simple Ocean-Atmosphere Model: The Role of the Ocean in the Global Climate. J. Atmos. Sci., 35, 1144-1163.
1977
Lau, K. M., and P. J. Webster, 1977: A Simple Large-scale Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Model: Basic Model and a Simple Experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1063-1084.
Lau, K. M., P. J. Webster, and L. Chou, 1977: Mechanisms Affecting the State, Evolution and Transition of the Planetary Scale Monsoon. Pure and Appl. Geophys., 115, 1463-1492.
Publications
Gautam, R., N.C. Hsu, W.K.Lau, and Yasunari, T.J. (2013). Satellite observations of dust-induced Himalayan snow darkening. J. Geophy., Res, 40, 1-6.
doi:10.1002/GRL.50226
Tsay, S., N.C. Hsu, W.K.-M. Lau, C. Li, P.M. Gabriel, Q. Ji, B.N. Holben, E.J. Welton, A.X Nguyen, S. Janjai, N-H. Lin, J.S. Reid, J. Boonjawat, S.G. Howell, B.J. Huebert, J.S. Fu, R.A. Hansell, A.M. Sayer, R. Gautam, S-H. Wang, C.S. Goodloe, L.R. Miko, P.K. Shu, A.M. Loftus, J. Huang, J.Y. Kim, M.-J. Jeong, and P. Pantina (2013). From BASE-ASIA toward 7-SEAS: A satellite-surface perspective of boreal spring biomass-burning aerosols and clouds in Southeast Asia. Atmospheric Environment, Online.
doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.12.013
Lau, W., and Y. Zhou (2012). Observed recent trends in tropical cyclone rainfall over the North Atlantic and the North Pacific.. J. Geophys. Res., 117(D03104).
doi:10.1029/2011JD016510
Vadrevu, K., E. Ellicott, L. Giglio, K.V.S. Badarinath, E. Vermote, C. Justice, and W.K.M. Lau (2012). Vegetation fires in the himalayan region e Aerosol load, black carbon emissions and smoke plume heights. Atmosph. Environ., 47, 241-251.
doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.11.009
Wang, Sheng-Hsiang, N. Hsu, S. Tsay, N.H. Lin, A. Sayer, S.-J. Huang, and W. Lau (2012). Can Asian dust trigger phytoplankton blooms in the oligotrophic northern South China Sea?. Geophys. Res. Lett, 39, L05811.
doi:10.1029/2011GL050415
Yasunari, T.J., Q. Tin, W. Lau, P. Bonasoni, A. Marinoni, P. Laj, M. Menegoz, T. Takemura, and M. Chin (2012). Estimated range of black carbon dry deposition and the related snow albedo reduction over Himalayan glaciers during dry pre-monsoon periods. Atmos. Environ., Online 3.28.12.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.03.031
Gautam, R., N. Hsu, S. Tsay, W. Lau, B. Holben, S. Bell, A. Smirnov, C. Li, R. Hansell, Q. Ji, S. Payra, D. Aryal, R. Kayastha, and K. Kim (2011). Accumulation of Aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Southern Slopes of the Himalayas: Distribution, Properties and Radiative Effects during the 2009 Pre-monsoon Season. Atmos. Chem. Phys, 11, 12841-12863.
10.5194/acp-11-12841-2011
Lau, W., and H.-T. Wu (2011). Climatology and changes in tropical oceanic rainfall characteristics inferred from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data (1998-2009). J. Geophys. Res., 116(D17111), 10pp.
doi:10.1029/2011JD015827
Lau, W., M. -K. Kim, K.-M. Kim, and W. -S. Lee (2010). Enhanced surface warming and accelerated snow melt in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau induced by absorbing aerosols. Environ. Res. Lett, 5(2), 025204.
doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/025204
Reale O., W. Lau, and A. Da Silva (2010). Impact of Interactive Aerosol on the African Easterly Jet in the NASA GEOS-5 Global Forecasting System. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 504-519.
doi:10.1175/WAF-D-11-00091.1
Shen, B., W. Tao, W. Lau, and Atlas R. (2010). Predicting tropical cyclogenesis with a global mesoscale model: Hierarchical multiscale interactions during the formation of tropical cyclone Nargis (2008). J. Geophys. Res., 115(D14102), 15 pages.
doi:10.1029/2009JD01340
Shen, B., W. Tao, W. Lau, and R. Atlas (2010). Predicting tropical cyclogenesis with a gobal mesoscale model: Hirarchical multiscale interactions during the formation of tropical cyclone Nargis (2008). J. Geophys. Res., 115, D14102.
doi:10.1029/2009JD013140
Wilcox E, W. Lau, and K. M. Kim (2010). A northward shift of the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone in response to summertime Saharan dust outbreak. Geophys. Res. Lett., L04804.
doi:10.1029/2009GL041774
Wilcox E.M., W.K.M. Lau, and Kim (2010). A Northward Shift of the North Atlantic Ocean Inter-tropical Convergence Zone in Response to Summertime Saharan Dust Outbreaks. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37(L04804).
doi:10.1029/2009GL041774
Yasunari T.J. , R. D. Koster , W. Lau, T. Aoki, Y. C. Sud, T. Yamazaki, H. Motoyoshi, and Y. Kodama (2010). Response to the reviewers on “Influence of dust and black carbon on the snow albedo in the NASA GEOS-5 land surface model”.. J. Geophys. Res..
doi:10.1029/2010JD014861
Krishnamurti T. N., A. Chakraborty, A. Martin, W.K. Lau, K.-M. Kim, Y. Sud, and G. Walker (2009). Impact of Arabian Sea Pollution on the Bay of Bengal Winter Monsoon Rains. J. Geophys. Res., Atmos., 114(D06213).
doi:10.1029/2008JD010679
Lau, W., K.M. Kim, C. Hsu, and B. Holben (2009). Possible influences of air pollution, dust and sandstorms on the Indian monsoon. WMO Bulletin, 58(1), 22-30.
Lau, W., and H. T. Wu (2009). Characteristics of rainfall, clouds and latent heating associated with the Madden and Julian Oscillation. J. Climate, 504-518.
doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2920.1
Lau, W., Kim K. M. , Sud Y. C. , and Walker G. K. (2009). A GCM study of the response of the atmospheric water cycle of West Africa and the Atlantic to Saharan dust radiative forcing. Ann. Geophys., 27(10), 4023-4037.
doi:10.5194/angeo-27-4023-2009
Reale O., W. Lau, J. Susskind, E. Brin, E. Liu, P. Riishojgaard, M. Fuentes, and R. Rosenberg (2009). AIRS Impact on the Analysis and Forecast Track of Tropical Cyclone Nargis in a Global Data Assimilation and Forecasting System. Geophys. Res. Lett, 36(L068812).
doi:10.1029/2008GL037122
Tao W.-K., J. Chern, R. Atlas, D. Randall, X. Lin, M. Khairoutdinov, J. Li, D. Waliser, A. Hou, C. Peters-Lidard, W. Lau, and J. Simpson (2009). A Multi-scale modeling system: Development, applications and critical issues. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90(4), 515-534.
doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2542.1
Sud Y.C., G.K. Walker, Y.P. Zhou, G. A. Schmidt, W.K.-M. Lau, and R.F. Cahalan (2008). Effects of doubled CO2 on tropical Sea-Surface Temperatures (SSTs) for onset of deep convection and maximum SST: Simulations based inferences. Geophy. Res. Lett., 35( L12707).
doi:10.1029/2008GL033872
Sud Y.C., G.K. Walker, Y.P. Zhou, and W.K.-M. Lau (2008). Influence of local and remote sea-surface temperatures on precipitation as inferred from changes in boundary layer moisture convergence and moist thermodynamics over global oceans. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134(630), 147-163.
doi:10.1002/qj.193
Tao W.-K., C. Peters-Lidard, W. Lau, S. Lang, A. Hou, P. Houser, J. Chern, R. Atlas, D. Anderson, R. Kakar, S. Kumar, W. Lapenta, X. Li, T. Matsui, M. Rienecker, B.-W. Shen, J.J. Shi, J. Simpson, and X. Zeng (2008). A Goddard multi-scale modeling system with unified physics. GEWEX News, 18(1), 6-8.
Kim M. -K., W.K.M. Lau, K.-M. Kim, and W. -S. Lee (2007). A GCM study of effects of radiative forcing of sulfate aerosol on large scale circulation and rainfall in East Asia during boreal spring. Geophys. Res. Lett., L24701, 34.
10.1029/2007GL031683
Yang F., A. Kumar, and W.K.-M. Lau (2004). Potential predictability of US summer climate with "perfect" soil moisture. J. Hydrometeorol., 5, 883-895.
Hirst A., and W. Lau (1990). Intraseasonal and Interannual Variability in Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models.. J. Climate, 3, 713-725.
Lau, W., and Peng L. (1990). Origin of Low-Frequency (intraseasonal) Oscillation in the Tropical Atmosphere Part III. Monsoon Dynamics.. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1443-1462.
Park C-K., Strauss D., and W. Lau (1990). An Evaluation of the Structure of Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillations in three General Circulation Models.. J. Meteor. Soc., Japan, 68, 403-417.
Lau, W., I-S Kang, and P.J. Sheu (1989). Principal Modes of Intraseasonal Oscillation in Angular Momentum and Tropical Convection.. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 6319-6332.
Lau, W., Peng C.H., and Nakazawa T. (1989). Dynamics of Super Cloud Clusters, Westerly Wind Bursts, 30-60 Day Oscillations and ENSO: An Unifying View.. J. Met. Soc. Japan, 67, 205-219.