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Aiguo Dai's
Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (total citiations: >7100, H-index = 42 as of March 2013 according to Google Scholar):
Dr. Dai moved to SUNY, Albany in Fall
2012. Please visit his page at SUNY, Albany
Years
2013-2014:
1. Wang, J., L. Zhang, A. Dai, F. Immler, M. Sommer, and H. Vömel, 2013: Radiation dry bias correction of Vaisala RS92 humidity data and its impacts on historical radiosonde data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech. 30: 197-214.
2. Dai, A., 2013: The influence of the Inter-decadal Pacific Oscillation on U.S. precipitation during 1923-2010. Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-012-1446-5, in press.
3.
Dai, A., 2013: Increasing drought
under global warming in observations and models. Nature Climate Change. 3: 52-58. doi:10.1038/nclimate1633,
(available here).
Years
2011-2012:
4. Dunn, R.H.J., K.M. Willett,
P.W. Thorne, E.V. Woolley, I. Durre, A. Dai, D. E.
Parker, and R.E. Vose, 2012: HadISD: A quality-controlled global synoptic report
database for selected variables at long-term stations from 1973--2011. Clim. Past, 8, 1649–1678, doi: 10.5194/cp-8-1649-2012.
5. Shiu, C.-J., S.C. Liu, S.C, C. Fu, A. Dai and Y. Sun, 2012: How much do precipitation extremes change in a warming climate? Geophys. Res. Lett. 39, L17707, doi:10.1029/2012GL052762.
6.
Bacmeister, J. T., P.
H. Lauritzen, A.
Dai and J. E. Truesdale, 2012: Assessing possible
dynamical effects of condensate in high resolution climate simulations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39,
L04806, doi:10.1029/2011GL050533.
7. Zhao, T., A. Dai, and J. Wang, 2012: Trends in tropospheric humidity from 1970-2008 over China from a homogenized radiosonde dataset. J. Climate, 25: 4549-4567.
8. Dai, A., 2011: Characteristics and trends in various forms of the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) during 1900-2008. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D12115, doi:10.1029/2010JD015541. (PDSI Data)
9.
Willett, K., A. Dai, and D. Berry, 2011: Surface humidity. In: State of the Climate in 2010. Bull. Amer. Meteorol.
Soc., 92, S40-S41.
10.
Wang, L., Q. Huang, A. Dai, Z. Guan, J.
He, and Z. Wu, 2011: Inhomogeneous
distributions of Meiyu rainfall in the Jiang-Huai
basin, and associated circulation
patterns. Climate Res., 50,
203-214.
11.
Monahan, A., Y. He,
12.
Dai, A., J. Wang, P.W. Thorne, D.E. Parker, L. Haimberger, and X.L. Wang,
2011: A
new approach to homogenize daily radiosonde humidity data. J. Climate, 24, 965-991.
13.
Covey, C., A.
Dai, D. Marsh, and R. S. Lindzen, 2011: The
surface-pressure signature in atmospheric tides in modern climate models. J. Atmos. Sci., 68: 495-514.
14.
Dai, A.,
2011: Drought
under global warming: A review. Wiley
Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2, 45-65. DOI: 10.1002/wcc.81.
Years 2009-2010:
15.
Tian, X., Z. Xie, A. Dai, B. Jia, and C. Shi, 2010: A microwave land data assimilation system:
Scheme and preliminary evaluation over China. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D21113,
doi:10.1029/2010JD014370.
16.
Tian, X., Z. Xie, and A. Dai,
2010: An
ensemble conditional nonlinear optimal
perturbation approach: Formulation and applications to parameter
calibration. Water Resour. Res., W09540, doi:10.1029/2009WR008508.
17.
Zhou, L.,
R. E. Dickinson, A. Dai, and
P. Dirmeyer, 2010: Detection and
attribution of anthropogenic forcing to diurnal temperature range changes
from 1950 to 1999: Comparing multi-model simulations with observations. Climate Dynamics, 35, 1289-1307. (Paper)
18.
He, Y., A. H.
Monahan, C. G. Jones, A. Dai, S. Biner, D. Caya, and K. Winger, 2010: Probability
distributions of land surface wind speeds over
19. Sun, Y., Y. Ding, and A. Dai, 2010: Changing links between South Asian summer monsoon circulation and tropospheric land-sea thermal contrasts under a warming scenario. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L02704, doi:10.1029/2009GL041662. (Paper)
20. Li, H., A. Dai, T. Zhou, and J. Lu, 2010: Response of East Asian summer monsoon to historical SST and atmospheric forcing during 1950-2000. Climate Dynamics, 34, 501-514. doi:10.1007/s00382-008-0482-7. (Paper)
21. Tian, X., Z. Xie , A. Dai , C. Shi , B. Jia , F. Chen , K. Yang, 2009: A dual-pass variational data assimilation framework for estimating soil moisture profiles from AMSR-E microwave brightness temperature. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D16102, doi:10.1029/2008JD011600. (Paper)
22. Schubert, S., D. Gutzler, H. Wang, A. Dai, T. Delworth, C. Deser, K. Findell, R. Fu, W. Higgins, M. Hoerling, B. Kirtman, R. Koster, A. Kumar, D. Legler, D. Lettenmaier, B. Lyon, V. Magana, K. Mo, S. Nigam, P. Pegion, A. Phillips, R. Pulwarty, D. Rind, A. Ruiz-Barradas, J. Schemm, R. Seager, R. Stewart, M. Suarez, J. Syktus, M. Ting, C. Wang, S. Weaver, and N. Zeng, 2009: A USCLIVAR project to assess and compare the responses of global climate models to drought-related SST forcing patterns: Overview and results. J. Climate, 22, 5251-5272. (Paper)
23. Dai, A., T. Qian, K. E. Trenberth, and J. D Milliman, 2009: Changes in continental freshwater discharge from 1948-2004. J. Climate, 22, 2773-2791. (Paper, Data. News)
24.
Zhou, L.,
R. E. Dickinson, P. Dirmeyer, A.
Dai, and S.-K. Min,
2009: Spatiotemporal
patterns of changes in maximum and minimum temperatures in IPCC AR4 multi-model
simulations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L02702, doi:10.1029/2008GL036141. (Paper)
25.
Zhou, L. A.
Dai, Y. Dai, R. S. Vose, C.-Z. Zou, Y. Tian, and H. Chen, 2009: Spatial Dependence of
Years
2007-2008:
26.
Tian X., Z. Xie and A. Dai,
2008, An ensemble-based explicit
four-dimensional variational assimilation method.
J. Geophys.
Res., 113, D21124, doi:10.1029/2008JD010358. (Paper)
27.
Tian, X., Z. Xie, and A. Dai,
2008: A land surface soil moisture data assimilation system based on the
dual-UKF method and the
28. Dai, A., 2008: Temperature and pressure dependence of the rain-snow phase transition over land and ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L12802, doi:10.1029/2008GL033295 (Paper)
29. Hobbins, M. T., A. Dai, M. L. Roderick, and G. D. Farquhar, 2008: Revisiting potential evapotranspiration parameterizations as drivers of long-term water balance trends. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L12403, doi:10.1029/2008GL033840 (Paper)
30.
Zhou, T., R. Yu, H. Chen, A. Dai, and Y. Pan, 2008: Summer
precipitation frequency, intensity, and diurnal cycle over
31.
Oleson, K. W., G.-Y. Niu, Z.-L. Yang, D.M. Lawrence, P. E. Thornton, P.J.
32.
Trenberth, K. E. and A. Dai, 2007: Effects of
33. Dai, A., X. Lin, and K.-L. Hsu, 2007: The frequency, intensity, and diurnal cycle of precipitation in surface and satellite observations over low- and mid-latitudes. Climate Dynamics, 29, 727-744. (Paper)
34. Tian, X., A. Dai,
D. Yang, and Z. Xie, 2007: Effects of precipitation-bias
corrections on surface hydrology over northern latitudes. J. Geophys.
Res.-Atmospheres, 112, D14101, doi:10.029/2007JD008420. (Paper)
35. Trenberth, K. E., L. Smith, T. Qian, A. Dai and J. Fasullo, 2007: Estimates of the global water budget and its annual cycle using observational and model data. J. Hydrometeorology, 8, 758-769. (Paper)
36. Wang, J., L. Zhang, A. Dai, T. Van Hove, and J. Van Baelen, 2007: A near-global, 2-hourly data set of atmospheric precipitable water from ground-baded GPS measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D11107, doi:10.1029/2006JD007529. (Paper)
37. Sun, Y., S. Solomon, A. Dai, and R. Portmann, 2007: How often will it rain? J. Climate, 20, 4801-4818 (Paper)
38.
Qian, T., A. Dai,
and K. E. Trenberth, 2007: Hydroclimatic Trends in the
Years
2005-2006:
39. Qian, T., A. Dai, K. E. Trenberth, and K. W. Oleson, 2006: Simulation of global land surface conditions from 1948-2004. Part I: Forcing data and evaluation. J. Hydrometeorology, 7, 953-975. (Paper, Dataset)
40. Dai, A., 2006: Precipitation characteristics in eighteen coupled climate models. J. Climate, 19, 4605-4630. (Paper)
41. Dai, A., 2006: Recent climatology, variability and trends in global surface humidity. J. Climate, 19, 3589-3606. (Paper)
42. Rasch, P. J., M. J. Stevens, L. Ricciardulli, A. Dai, A. Negri, R. Wood, B. A. Boville, B. Eaton, and J. J. Hack, 2006: A characterization of tropical transient activity in the CAM3 atmospheric hydrologic cycle. J. Climate, 19, 2222-2242.(Paper)
43. Sun, Y., S. Solomon, A. Dai, and R. Portmann, 2006: How often does it rain? J. Climate, 19, 916-934. (Paper)
44. Liang, X.-Z., J. Pan, J. Zhu, K. E. Kunkel, J. X. L. Wang, and A. Dai, 2006: Regional climate model downscaling of the U.S. summer climate and future change. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D10108, doi: 10.1029/2005JD006685. (Paper)
45.
Dai, A., T. R. Karl, B. Sun, and K. E. Trenberth, 2006: Recent trends in cloudiness over the
46. Wang, J., L. Zhang, and A. Dai, 2005: Global estimates of water-vapor-weighted mean temperature of the atmosphere for GPS applications. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D21101, doi: 10.1029/2005JD006215. (Paper)
47. Betts, A. K., J. H. Ball, P. Viterbo, A. Dai, and J. A. Marengo, 2005: Hydrometeorology of the Amazon in ERA-40. J. Hydrometeorology, 6, 764-774. (Paper).
48.
Dai, A., A. Hu,
G. A. Meehl, W. M. Washington, and W. G. Strand,
2005: Atlantic thermohaline circulation in a
coupled model: Unforced variations vs. forced changes. J. Climate, 18, 3270-3293. (Paper).
Years
2003-2004:
49.
Dai, A., P. J. Lamb, K. E. Trenberth, M. Hulme, P. D. Jones,
and P. Xie, 2004: The recent
50.
Liang, X.-Z., L. Li, A. Dai, K. E.
Kunkel, 2004: Regional climate model simulation of summer precipitation diurnal
cycle over the
51. Dai, A., K. E. Trenberth, and T. Qian, 2004: A global data set of Palmer Drought Severity Index for 1870-2002: Relationship with soil moisture and effects of surface warming. J. Hydrometeorology, 5, 1117-1130. (Paper) (PDSI data)
52. Hu, A., G. A. Meehl, W. M. Washington, and A. Dai, 2004: Response of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation to increased atmospheric CO2 in a coupled model. J. Climate, 17,4267-4279.(Paper)
53. Monahan, A.H. and A. Dai, 2004: The spatial and temporal structure of ENSO nonlinearity. J. Climate, 17, 3026-3036.(Paper)
54. Dai, A., and K. E. Trenberth, 2004: The diurnal cycle and its depiction in the Community Climate System Model. J. Climate, 17, 930-951.(Paper)
55. Dai, A., W.M. Washington, G.A. Meehl, T.W. Bettge,and W.G. Strand, 2004: The ACPI climate change simulations. Climatic Change, 62, 29-43. (Paper)
56. Trenberth, K. E., A. Dai, R. M. Rasmussen, and D. B. Parsons, 2003: The changing character of precipitation. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 84, 1205-1217. (Paper)
57. Abarca del Rio, R., D. Gambis, D., D. Salstein, P. Nelson, and A. Dai, 2003: Solar activity and earth rotation variability. J. Geodynamics, 36, 423-443. (Paper)
58.
Meehl, G. A., W. M.
Washington, T. M. L. Wigley, J. M. Arblaster, and A. Dai, 2003: Solar
and greenhouse gas forcing and climate response in the twentieth century. J.
Climate, 16, 426-444. (Paper)
Years
2001-2002:
59. Dai, A., and K. E. Trenberth, 2002: Estimates of freshwater discharge from continents: Latitudinal and seasonal variations. J. Hydrometeorol., 3, 660-687. (Paper, Data)
60. Dai, A., J. Wang, R. H. Ware, and T. Van Hove, 2002: Diurnal variation in water vapor over North America and its implications for sampling errors in radiosonde humidity. J. Geophys. Res., 107(D10), 4090, 10.1029/2001JD000642. (Paper)
61. Dai, A., T. M. L. Wigley, G. A. Meehl, and W. M. Washington, 2001: Effects of stabilizing atmospheric CO2 on global climate in the next two centuries. Geophys. Res. Lett. , 28, 4511-4514. (News, Paper)
62. Dai, A., G.A. Meehl, W.M. Washington, T.M.L Wigley, and Julie M. Arblaster, 2001: Ensemble simulation of 21st century climate changes: business as usual vs. CO2 stabilization. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 82, 2377-2388. (Paper)
63. Dai, A., G.A. Meehl, W.M. Washington, and T.M.L Wigley, 2001: Climate changes in the 21st century over the Asia-Pacific region simulated by the NCAR CSM and PCM. Adv. Atmos. Sci.,18, 639-658. (Paper)
64. Dai, A., 2001: Global precipitation and thunderstorm frequencies. Part I: Seasonal and interannual variations . J. Climate, 14, 1092-1111. (Abstract, Paper Precip freq. data)
65. Dai, A., 2001: Global precipitation and thunderstorm frequencies. Part II: Diurnal variations. J. Climate, 14, 1112-1128. (Abstract, Paper)
66.
Dai, A., T.M.L. Wigley,
B.A. Boville, J.T. Kiehl,
and L.E. Buja, 2001: Climates of the 20th and 21st
centuries simulated by the NCAR Climate System Model. J. Climate,
14, 485-519. (Abstract,
Paper)
Years
1990-2000:
67. Dai, A. and T. M. L. Wigley, 2000: Global patterns of ENSO-induced precipitation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1283-1286. (Paper)
68. Easterling, D.R., T.R. Karl, K.P. Gallo, D.A. Robinson, K.E. Trenberth, and A. Dai, 2000, Observed climate variability and change of relevance to the biosphere. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 20101-20114. (Paper)
69. Dai, A. and C. Deser, 1999: Diurnal and semidiurnal variations in global surface wind and divergence fields. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 31109-31125. (Abstract, Paper)
70. Dai, A. and J. Wang, 1999: Diurnal and semidiurnal tides in global surface pressure fields. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3874-3891.(Abstract, Paper )
71. Dai, A., K. E. Trenberth, and T. R. Karl, 1999: Effects of clouds, soil moisture, precipitation and water vapor on diurnal temperature range. J. Climate, 12, 2451-2473. (Paper)
72.
Dai, A., 1999: Recent changes in the
diurnal cycle of precipitation over the
73. Dai, A., F. Giorgi, and K. E. Trenberth, 1999: Observed and model simulated precipitation diurnal cycle over the contiguous United States.J. Geophys. Res., 104, 6377-6402. (Abstract,) (Paper)
74. Dai, A., K. E. Trenberth, and T. R. Karl, 1998: Global variations in droughts and wet spells: 1900-1995. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 3367-3370. ( Paper )(PDSI dataset) .
75. Dai, A., I. Y. Fung, and A. D. Del Genio, 1997: Surface observed global land precipitation variations during 1900-1988. J. Climate, 10, 2943-2962. (Abstract, Paper, Precip. Data and News)
76. Dai, A., A. D. Del Genio, and I. Y. Fung, 1997: Clouds, precipitation, and temperature range. Nature, 386, 665-666. (Paper)
77. Dai, A. and I. Fung, 1993: Can climate variability contribute to the "missing" CO2 sink? Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 7,599-609. (Abstract, Paper and News )
78. Wassmann, R., H. Schutz, H. Papen, H. Rennenberg, W. Seiler, A. Dai, R. X. Shen, X. J. Shangguan, and M. X. Wang, 1993: Quantification of methane emissions from Chinese rice fields (Zhejiang Province) as influenced by fertilizer treatment. Biogeochemistry, 20, 83-101.
79.
Wang, M.-X., A. Dai, J.
Huang, L.-X. Ren, R.-X. Shen,
H. Schütz, W. Seiler, R. A. Rasmussen, and M.A.K. Khalil, 1993: Estimate on methane emission from
80.
Dai, A., M.-X. Wang, R.-X. Shen, H. Schütz, W. Seiler, H. Rennenberg, and H.-B. Wu, 1991: Methane emission from a
rice paddy in
81. Wang, M.-X, A. Dai, R.-X. Shen, H. Schütz, W. Seiler, H. Rennenberg, and H.-B. Wu, 1990: Methane emission from a Chinese paddy field. Acta Meteorol. Sinica, 4, 265-275. (Paper)
Chapters in Books:
1. Rasmusson, R., A.
Dai and K. E Trenberth, 2007: Impact of climate
change on precipitation. Chapter 16 of Large-scale
Disasters, Prediction. Control and Mitigation. Mohamed Gad-el-Hak (Ed.), Cambridge Univ. Press,
2. Trenberth, K. E., P. D. Jones, P. G. Ambenje,
R. Bojariu, D. R. Easterling,
A. M. G. Klein Tank, D. E. Parker, J. A. Renwick, F. Rahimzadeh,
M. M. Rusticucci, B. J. Soden,
P.-M. Zhai, and 65 contributing authors (including A. Dai), 2007: Observations: Surface
and Atmospheric Climate Change. Chapter 3 of Climate
Change 2007. The science of Climate Change. Contribution of WG 1 to the Third Assessment Report of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. S. Solomon, D. Qin, M. Manning, and
et al. (Eds).
3. Meehl, G. A., W. M. Washington, T. M. L. Wigley, J. M. Arblaster, and A. Dai, 2004: Mechanisams of an intensified Hadley circulation in response to solar forcing in the 20th century. Chapter 17 In: The Hadley Circulation: Past, Present, and Future, H. Diaz and R. Bradley, Eds., Springer, pp. 489-511.
4. Washington, W. M., A. Dai, and G. A. Meehl, 2006: Climate-Change Modeling: A Brief History of the Theory and Recent twenty-first Century Ensemble Simulations. Chapter 2 of Frontiers of Climate Modeling, J.T. Kiehl and V. Ramanathan (eds.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 26-51.
5. Folland, C.K., T.R. Karl, J.R. Christy, R.A. Clarke, G.V. Gruza, J. Jouzel, M. Mann, J. Oerlemans, M.J. Salinger, S.-W. Wang, and 120 contributing
authors (including A. Dai), 2001: Observed Climate Variability and
Change. Chapter 2 of Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis,
the IPCC WG1 Third Assessment Report,
Other Publications:
1. Trenberth, K. E. and A. Dai, 2006: Evaluation of the atmospheric water cycle in ERA-40 using observationally-constrained land model results. GEWEX News. May; pp 8-10, 20.
2. Dai,
A., W.M. Washington, G.A. Meehl, T.W. Bettge, W.G. Strand, and A. Hu,
2003: Long-term Variations in the 1000+ Year PCM Control Run. Paper
presented at the 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations,
9-13 Feb. 2003,
3. Dai,
A., and K. E. Trenberth, 2003: Diurnal
variations in the Community Climate System Model (CCSM). Paper presented at
the 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, 9-13 Feb.
2003,
4. Dai,
A., and K. E. Trenberth, 2003: New estimates of
continental discharge and oceanic freshwater transport. Paper presented at the
Symposium on Observing and understanding the Variability of Water in Weather
and Climate, 9-13 Feb. 2003,
5. Hu, A. G.A. Meehl, W.M.
Washington, and A. Dai, 2003: Changes in thermohaline
circulation in future climate. Paper presented at the 14th Symposium on
Global Change and Climate Variations, 9-13 Feb. 2003,
6. Trenberth, K. E. and A. Dai, 2003: Evaluations of
estimates of freshwater discharge from continents. Paper presented at the
Symposium on Observing and Understanding the Variability of Water in Weather
and Climate, 9-13 Feb. 2003,
7. Dai,
A., G.A. Meehl, W.M. Washington, and W.G. Strand,
2002:
8. Dai, A., 2002: Evaluating GCMs using diurnal variability. In: Proceedings of the AMS 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, 14-17 Jan. 2002, Orlando, FL, pp. 143--145. (Paper)
9. Wang, J., A. Dai, D. J. Carlson, R. H. Ware, and J. C. Liljegren, 2002: Diurnal variation in water vapor and liquid water profiles from a new microwave radiometer profiler. In: Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, 14-17 Jan. 2002, Orlando, FL, pp. 198-201.
10. Dai, A., G.A. Meehl, W.M. Washington, T.M.L. Wigley, 2001: Ensemble simulation of the 20th and 21st century climates by a coupled GCM. In: Proceedings of the AMS 12th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, 14-18 Jan. 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico, pp.7-8.
11. Dai,
A., 2001: A global climatology of thunderstorm, hail and tornado days.
In:Proceedings of AMS Symposium on
Precipitation Extremes: Prediction, Impacts, and Responses, 14-18 Jan.
2001,
12.
13. T.M.L.
Wigley, S.J. Smith, A. Dai, K. Maruyama, and
14. Dai,
A., 1999: Changes in the diurnal cycle of precipitation over the
15. Wood,
S., F. Nachtergaele, D. Nielsen, A. Dai , and
K. Sebastian, 1998: Spatial aspects of the design and targeting of
development strategies for fragile lands. Paper presented at International
Conf. on Strategies for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Resource Management
in the Fragile Lands of Sub-Saharan Africa.
16. Dai,
A., K. E. Trenberth, and T. R. Karl, 1998: Recent
large-scale changes in droughts and floods. In: Proceedings of AMS 9th
Symposium on Global Change Studies, 11-16 Jan. 1998,
17. Dai,
A., K. E. Trenberth, and T. R. Karl, 1998: Evidence
of hydrological effects on diurnal temperature range. In: Proceedings of
AMS 9th Symposium on Global Change Studies, 11-16 Jan. 1998,
18. Dai, A., I. Y. Fung, and A. D. Del Genio, 1996: Leading modes in global land precipitation. In: Preprint of Second International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, 17-21 Jun. 1996, Washington, D.C.
19. Dai,
A., 1996: Global precipitation variability and its relationship with
other climate changes. Ph.D. Dissertation, , 303pp., Dept. of Geological
Sciences,
20. Dai,
A. and I. Fung, 1994: Observed variations of land precipitation during
1900-1988 and their relationship with temperature anomalies. In: Proceedings
of AMS 6th Conference on Climate Variations, Jan. 1994,
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