Laboratory for Atmospheric Research

Micrometeorology Research Group

News
2019

♦ Publication Influence of Forest-Edge Flows on Scalar Transport with Different Vertical Distributions of Foliage and Scalar Sources  -Boundary Layer Meteorology, sep 14, 2019

♦ Publication An advanced multiple‐layer canopy model in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with large‐eddy simulations to simulate canopy flows and scalar transport under different stability conditions  -Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, July 3, 2019

♦ Publication Large Eddies Regulate Turbulent Flux Gradients in Coupled Stable Boundary Layers  -Geophysical Research Letters, May 8, 2019

♦ Congratulations! Changxing won Howard and Hermina Hallgarth Scholarship! May 1, 2019

♦ Publication Mechanistic links between underestimated CO2 fluxes and non-closure of the surface energy balance in a semi-arid sagebrush ecosystem  -Environmental Research Letters, Feb 21, 2019

2018

♦ Publication Groundwater‐river water exchange enhances growing season evapotranspiration and carbon uptake in a semi‐arid riparian ecosystem  -Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, Dec 20, 2018

♦ Congratulations on successfully defending his dissertation and becoming Dr. Ma! Dec 5, 2018

♦ Publication Large-eddy simulations of the flow over an isolated three-dimensional hill  -Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Nov 29, 2018

♦ Congratulations to Jason on successfully defending his dissertation and becoming Dr. Durfee! Nov 2, 2018

♦ Congratulations to Changxing on successfully passing his prelim! Oct 30, 2018

♦ Publication Mechanisms for wind direction changes in the very stable boundary layer  -Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, October 10, 2018

♦ Welcome our new group member Yayun Qiao! July 12, 2018

♦ Publication Distinct turbulence structures in stably stratified boundary layers with weak and strong surface shear  -Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, July 12, 2018

♦ Publication Diurnal variations of the flux imbalance over homogeneous and heterogeneous landscapes  -Boundary-Layer Meteorology, May 24, 2018

♦ Publication Plume dispersion in low-wind-speed conditions during Project Sagebrush Phase 2, with emphasis on concentration variability  -Boundary-Layer Meteorology, May 24, 2018

♦ Publication Numerical study of the structure and dynamics of a tornado at the sub-critical vortex breakdown stage  -Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, May 24, 2018

♦ Congratulations! Zhongming won John Roberson Award for Outstanding Thesis/Dissertation! May 1, 2018

♦ Congratulations! Justine won the award of David E. Harsch Memorial Endowment! May 1, 2018

♦ News Massman Special Issue Edited by Heping Liu and Gabriel Katul: Honoring W.J. Massman's Discoveries: Bringing Physics to Agriculture has been published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Mar. 18, 2018

♦ Publication Enhanced temperature‐humidity similarity caused by entrainment processes with increased wind shear  -Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, Mar. 16, 2018

♦ Publication Intrinsic constraints on asymmetric turbulent transport of scalars within the constant‐flux layer of the lower atmosphere  -Geophysical Research Letters, Feb. 17, 2018

2017

♦ Publication Biometeorology - From agricultural origins to a last frontier in physics  -Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Dec. , 2017

♦ Congratulations to Raleigh on successfully defending his M.S. thesis. Dec. 21, 2017

♦ Publication Effects of thinning a forest stand on sub-canopy turbulence  -Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, October 17, 2017

♦ Welcome Jingyu Yao to join our group as a visiting student! September 23, 2017

♦ Congratulations to Zhongming to become a postdoc! September 21, 2017

♦ Publication Wavelet spectra within a forest sub-canopy under different wind directions and stabilities  -Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, August 2, 2017

♦ Publication Large-Eddy Simulations of Atmospheric Flows Over Complex Terrain Using the Immersed-Boundary Method in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model  -Boundary-Layer Meteorology, July 21, 2017

♦ Congratulations to Zhongming Gao on successfully defending his dissertation and becoming Dr. Gao! July. 11, 2017

♦ Publication A novel approach to evaluate soil heat flux calculation: An analytical review of nine methods  -Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, June. 28, 2017

♦ Publication Recirculation over Complex Terrain  -Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, May. 22, 2017

♦ Publication A Kolmogorov-Brutsaert Structure Function Model for Evaporation into a Turbulent Atmosphere  -Water Resources Research, Apr. 25, 2017

♦ Publication Reconciling the Reynolds number dependence of scalar roughness length and laminar resistance  -Geophysical Research Letters, Mar. 17, 2017

♦ Publication Non-closure of the surface energy balance explained by phase difference between vertical velocity and scalars of large atmospheric eddies  -Environmental Research Letters, Mar. 16, 2017

♦ Publication Interaction forest clearing. In: Foken T (ed.), Energy and Matter Fluxes of a Spruce Forest Ecosystem   Feb. 28, 2017

♦ Publication Multiple mechanisms generate a universal scaling with dissipation for the air-water gas transfer velocity  -Geophysical Research Letters, Feb. 24, 2017

♦ Publication Role of persistent low-level clouds in mitigating air quality impacts of wintertime cold pool conditions  -Atmospheric Environment, Jan. 30, 2017

Heping Liu chairs the American Meteorological Society's Committee on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

♦ Welcome our new group member Umar Farooq!   Jan. 05, 2017

2016

♦ Publication: Turbulence dependence on winds and stability in a weak-wind canopy sublayer over complex   Oct. 11, 2016

♦ Open for Submission: Massman Special Issue in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology: Biometeorology - from agricultural origins to a last frontier in physics. Guest Editors: Heping Liu and Gabriel Katul More...   Sep. 19, 2016

♦ Publication: Evidence for gap flows in the Birch Creek Valley, Idaho   Sep. 13, 2016

♦ Publication: Effects of atmospheric surface layer stability on turbulent fluxes of heat and water vapor across the water-atmosphere interface   Sep. 2, 2016

♦ Welcome our new group member Changxing Lan!   Aug. 05, 2016

♦ Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Russell!   July 22, 2016

♦ Publication: Deviations from unity of the ratio of the turbulent Schmidt to Prandtl numbers in stratified atmospheric flows over water surfaces   20 May, 2016

♦ Congratulations! Justine Missik won the second place of the student poster presentation awards in the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 20-24, 2016. More...   July 4, 2016

♦ News: Dr. Yusri Yusup from Universiti Sains Malaysia, USM. visited our lab from June 25-29, 2016   June 30, 2016

♦ News: Our group members made 8 presentations and co-authored another 4 presentations in the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 20-24, 2016:   June 25, 2016

♦ News: Heping Liu co-chaired the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 20-24, 2016 More...   June 25, 2016

♦ News: Prof. Dr. Thomas Foken from University of Bayreuth, Germany, visited WSU from June 15-18, 2016   June 19, 2016

♦ Publication: Large CO2 effluxes at night and during synoptic weather events significantly contribute to CO2 emissions from a reservoir   24 May, 2016

♦ Special Issue: Heping Liu and Gabriel Katul plan to organize a special issue in the journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology in honor of Dr. Bill Massman. More...   Apr 25, 2016

♦ News: Our group members made 8 presentations and co-authored another 4 presentations in the 32nd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, June 20-24, 2016:   June 25, 2016

(1) Durfee, J., Y. Ma, E.S. Russell, H. Liu, B. K. Lamb, and H. Thistle, An assessment of the variation in coefficient of drag values for a thinned loblolly pint forest. More...

(2) Eric S. Russell, H. Liu, Z. Gao, B. K. Lamb, and N. Wagenbrenner, Turbulence dependence upon winds and stability in a weak-wind canopy sub-layer over complex terrain. More...

(3) Yulong Ma, H. Liu and B. K. Lamb, Large eddy simulations of canopy flows in stable atmospheric conditions. More...

(4) Zhongming Gao, H. Liu, E. S. Russell, T. Foken, and S. P. Oncley, Turbulence regimes and the validity of similarity theory in the stable boundary layer during EBEX-2000. More...

(5) Justine Missik, E. S. Russell, Z. Gao, H. Liu, M. Huang, E. Arntzen, X. Chen, J. Downs, J. Stegen, and C. Strickland, Eddy Covariance Measurements of the Surface Energy Budget and CO2 Fluxes along the Columbia River Corridor. More...

(6) Eric S. Russell, Z. Gao and H. Liu, Turbulence structure under drainage flow within a sloped forest canopy. More...

(7) Yulong Ma, and H. Liu, Incorporating three immersed boundary methods into the WRF-LES model to simulate atmosphereic processes over complex terrain. More...

(8) Zhongming Gao, H. Liu, E. S. Russell, and D. Finn, The effects of gap flows on turbulence structures in the atmospheric surface layer over complex terrain of the Birch Creek Valley, Idaho. More...

(9) Yusri Yusup, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia; and H. Liu, Influence of wind speeds on flux exchange across water-atmosphere interface under different stability conditions. More...

(10) Yusri Yusup Pulau Pinang, Malaysia; and H. Liu, Eddy Covariance Measurements of Carbon Dioxide Flux and the Surface Energy Budget over a Tropical Ocean Coast. More...

(11) Eric Kutter, C. Yi, G. Hendrey, H. Liu, T. T. Eaton, and W. Ni-Meister, Recirculation on a Forested Hillside. More...

(12) Ankur R. Desai, M. Golub, T. Vesala, G. Bohrer, P. D. Blanken, D. Franz, C. Deshmukh, F. Guerin, J. Heiskanen, M. Jammet, A. Jonsson, J. Karlsson, F. Koebsch, H. Liu, A. Lohila, E. Lundin, I. Mammarella, A. Rutgersson, T. Sachs, D. Serça, C. Spence, I. B. Strachan, G. Weyhenmeyer, Q. Xiao, and S. Glatzel, Little lakes and large lakes: The first global inland water eddy covariance flux synthesis. More...

♦ Award: Zhongming Gao received Donald F. Adams Endowment. Congratulations!   Apr 3, 2016

♦ Award: Yulong Ma received David E. Harsch Memorial Endowment. Congratulations!   Apr 3, 2016

♦ Award: Eric Russell received Paul A. Weir Scholarship. Congratulations!   Apr 3, 2016

♦ Publication: Project Sagebrush: revisiting the value of the horizontal plume spread parameter σy   29 Mar, 2016

♦ Publication: Large eddies modulating flux convergence and divergence in a disturbed atmospheric surface layer   18 Feb, 2016

2015

♦ Publication: Impacts of soil heat flux calculation methods on the surface energy balance closure   15 Dec, 2015

♦ Publication: On the Application of the Priestley-Taylor Formula on Sub-daily Time Scales   3 May, 2015

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