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Zhanqing Li
Professor, University of Maryland College Park
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Impact of Urbanization on Mesoscale Convective Systems: Insights From a Radar Wind Profiler Mesonet, Theoretical Analyses, and Model Simulations
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
16 december 2024
Tian Xian, Jianping Guo, runze zhao, Xiaoran Guo, ...

The role of planetary boundary layer (PBL) in the urban effect on mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) remains highly uncertain. The high‐dens...

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Impact of aerosols on convective clouds
ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH CLOUDS, RADIATION, AND CLIMATE II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2024
Zhanqing Li, Tianning SU, Natalia Roldan-Henao
Convective clouds are initiated from the planetary boundary-layer (PBL) whose thermodynamic state play a key role in cloud development. The bulk of ae...
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Climatology of Cloud-Land-Surface Coupling Across Different ARM Sites
UNDERSTANDING LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS: THE ROLE OF SURFACE FLUXES, BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESSES, AND THE FREE ATMOSPHERE I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2024
Natalia Roldan-Henao, Zhanqing Li, John E. Yorks
Land-atmosphere interactions play a critical role in the evolution and formation of low-level clouds. The different coupling states between low-level ...
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Evaluation and improvement of marine low cloud simulation in climate models using machine learning
ADVANCES IN CLOUD AND PRECIPITATION PROCESSES: INTEGRATING OBSERVATIONS, MODELING, AND THEORY IV ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 12 december 2024
Haipeng Zhang, Youtong Zheng, Zhanqing Li
Low clouds impose a strong radiative cooling effect on Earth's climate. Predicting low-cloud fraction (LCF) is, however, challenging in global climate...
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Tracking Regional and Global Ambient Air Pollution from Space with Advanced AI Models
ENHANCING AIR QUALITY MONITORING WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2024
Zhanqing Li
Exposure to ambient air pollution, including particulate matter (e.g., PM2.5, PM1) and chemical composition (e.g., black carbon), as well as gaseous p...
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3D Wind Retrievals of Atmospheric Motion Vectors and their Applications for Marine Boundary Layer Cloud Morphology
REMOTE SENSING OF THE PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER FROM GROUND, AIR, AND SPACE II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 10 december 2024
Stephen Windle, Zhanqing Li
Marine stratocumulus (Sc) clouds are critical to the Earths radiation budget due to their net cooling effect and extensive coverage (greater than any ...
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Machine Learning Based Investigation of the Variables Affecting Summertime Lightning over Southeastern South America
ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION: PROCESSES, DYNAMICS, AND LINKS TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE I POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 09 december 2024
Siyu Shan, Dale J. Allen, Zhanqing Li, Kenneth E. ...
Machine learning (ML) and traditional statistical analysis are used to explore complex relationships between meteorological variables that affect summ...
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Improving Low‐Cloud Fraction Prediction Through Machine Learning
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
03 august 2024
Haipeng Zhang, Youtong Zheng, Zhanqing Li

In this study, we evaluated the performance of machine learning (ML) models (XGBoost) in predicting low‐cloud fraction (LCF), compared to two...

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