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Dr. Lixin Lu

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CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, 1999. Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dissertation: The Implementation of a two-way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Model and its Application to the Central United States.
Advisor: Roger A. Pielke Sr.

M.S., Atmospheric Physics, 1993. Peking University, Beijing, China.
Thesis: Mesoscale wind field and random walk simulation of pollutant dispersion.
Advisor: Jiayi Chen

B.E., Environmental Engineering, 1990. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Thesis: Waste water treatment & recovery and techno-economic assessment for the small size paper mills.
Advisor: Wentao Du

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Mesoscale meteorology, land-atmosphere interactions, vegetation dynamics, vegetation-aerosol-cloud interactions, regional-scale weather and climate modeling, downscaling and upscaling, air pollution meteorology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 - present: Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, and Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

2007 - 2010, Research Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), and Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

1995 - 1999, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• International Scholar of the Year, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2007. 
• Adjunct Professor, Institute of Remote Sensing Application, Chinese Academy of Sciences, since 2007. 
• Featured on NASA Science Top Story News release on June 26, 2002, (http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20020618mixed_veg.html).
• Featured on CNN Science and Space on July 11, 2002, (http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/07/02/crops.weather). 
• Featured on Associated Press, July 1, 2002 (2002Press-Release-vegetation-climate). 
• AMS Global Change Fellowship, 1999. 
• Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, 1998. 
• Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantship. Colorado State University, 1995-1999. 
• LEAD Fellowship. Leadership for Environment and Development Program, 1994-1997. 
• LEAD Fellow. Leadership for Environment and Development Program. Elected, since 1997. 
• Guanghua National Award for Academic Excellence. Peking University, Beijing, China, 1993. 
• Guanghua National Award for Academic Excellence. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1990. 
• Member. American Geophysical Union. Since 1999. 
• Member. American Meteorology Society. Since 2000. 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Manuscript reviews for Journal of Climate, Journal of Atmospheric Science, Journal of Hydrometerology, Journal of Geophyiscal Research-Atmosphere, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Geophysical Research Letters, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, Water Resources.
• Proposal reviews for NASA, NOAA, NSF, DOE, DOD, and EPA.
• Panel Reviews for NOAA, NSF, NASA, EPA, and DOD.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Meteorological Research.

PUBLICATIONS (IN ENGLISH)

REVIEWED PAPERS

Lu, L., and R. A. Pielke Sr., 2015: Sensitivity of regional climate to land-cover changes in the eastern US since European settlement. Special issue of earth interactions on Biogeophysical Climate Impact of LULCC, draft.

Jiang L., L. Lu, L. Jiang, Y. Qi, and A. Yang, 2014: Impact of a Detailed Urban Parameterization on Modeling the Urban Heat Island in Beijing Using TEB-RAMS, Advances in Meteorology, vol. 2014, 11 pages. doi:10.1155/2014/602528.

Zhang, G., L. Lu, L. Jiang, and I. Baker, 2013: The comparison between SiB2 and SiB3 simulated surface energy fluxes at different sites over China. Journal of Meteorological Research. 71, 692-708.

Zhang, G., L. Lu, L. Jiang, 2013: Modeling CO2 fluxes of Cropland using SiB3. Environmental Sciences, 37(10), 273-282.

Lu, L., J. Shi, Y. Liu, G. Wu, and C. Lu, 2013: The influences of Tibetan Plateau on Weather and Climate. Entry for Encyclopedia of Natural Resources (ENR), Taylor & Francis.

Lu, L., 2012: The influence of realistic vegetation phenology on regional climate modeling. Remote Sensing of Protected Lands, 407-435, Taylor & Francis, New York, USA.

Zuo, J., Y. Qi, L. Lu, L. Jiang, 2013: Sensitivity analysis of aerodynamic Roughness length on surface air temperature in eastern China. RSETE, 752-756.

Yang, A., G. Sun, L. Lu, Z. Guo, and Y. Liu, 2011: Deriving aerodynamic roughness length and zero-plane displacement height from MODIS product for Eastern China. Scientia Meteorologica Sinica, Vol. 31, No. 4, 81-92.

Jiang, L. L. Lu, W.P. Xing, L. Zhang, I. Baker, and J. Zuo, 2011: Evaluating surface energy budgets simulated by SiB3 at three different climate-ecosystem tower sites. Scientia Meteorologica Sinica, Vol. 31, No. 4, 140-147.

Lu, L., S.A. Denning, J. Richey, and E. Inazawa, 2007: Investigating the potential influence of river CO2 effluxes on Amazon regional carbon balance using a coupled atmosphere and biosphere model-SiBRAMS. Geophysical Research Letters. Submitted. (PDF Coming Soon). 

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, and I. Baker, A. Wang, and K.D. Corbin: Simulating the two-way interactions between vegetation biophysical processes and mesoscale circulations during 2001 Santarem field campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research. Submitted. (PDF Coming Soon).

Stockli, R., T. Rutishauser, D. Dragoni, J. O'Keefe, P.E. Thornton, M. Jolly, L. Lu, and A.S. Denning, 2008: Remote sensing data assimilation for a prognostic phenology model. JGR-Biogeosciences, 113, G04021, doi:10.1029/2008JG000781.

Zhong, L., Y. Ma, Z. Su, L. Lu, W. Ma, and Y. Liu, 2008: Land-atmosphere energy transfer and surface boundary layer characteristics in the Rongbu Valley on the Northern Slope of Mt. Everest. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. Vol. 41, No.3, pp396-405.

Schaefer, K., T. Zhang, A. Slater, L. Lu, and I. Baker, 2008: Applying a snow classification system and organic soil properties to the SiBCASA Model. JGR-Atmosphere, doi: 10.1029/2008JF001125.

Shi, J.C., T. Jackson, J. Tao, J. Du, R. Bindlish, L. Lu, and K.S. Chen, 2007: Microwave Vegetation Indices from Satellite Passive Microwave Sensors. Remote Sensing of Environment,112, 4285-4300.

Corbin, K., A.S. Denning, L. Lu, J.W. Wang, I. Baker, 2007: Possible Representation Errors in Inversions of Satellite CO2 Retrievals. JGR-Atmosphere, 113, D02301, doi:10.1029/2007JD008716.

Wang, J.W., A.S. Denning, L. Lu, I.T. Baker, and K.D. Corbin, 2006: Observations and simulations of synoptic, regional, and local variations in atmospheric CO2. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D22, doi:10.10/2006JD007410.

Chu, D., L. Lu, and T. Zhang, 2006: Sensitivity of NDVI to seasonal and inter-annual climate condition in Lhasa area, Tibetan Plateau. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, vol. 39, No. 4, pp635-641.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, M.A. da Silva Dias, P. Silva-Dias, M. Longo, S.R. Freitas, and S. Saatchi, 2005: Mesoscale circulation and atmospheric CO₂ variation in the Tapajos Region, Para, Brazil. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D21102, doi:10.1029/2004JD005757. [ Download PDF ]

Lu, L., and J. Shuttleworth, 2002: Incorporating NDVI-derived LAI into the climate version of RAMS and its impact on regional climate. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 6, 347-362. [ Download PDF ]

Yucel, I, W. J. Shuttleworth, R. T. Pinker, L. Lu, and S. Sorooshian, 2002: Impact of Ingesting Satellite-Derived Cloud Cover into the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System. Monthly Weather Review, 130, 3, 610-628. [ Download PDF ]

Lu, L., R.A.Pielke, Sr., G.E. Liston, W. Parton, D. Ojima, and M. Hartman, 2001: The Implementation of a two-way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Model and its Application to the Central United States. Journal of Climate, 14, 900-919. [ Download PDF ]

Pielke, R.A., G.E. Liston, J.L. Eastman, L. Lu, and M. Coughenour, 1999: Seasonal weather prediction as an initial value problem. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 19463-19479. [ Download PDF ]

Lu, L., 1999: The Implementation of a Two-way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Model and its Application to the Central United States. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 138pp.

Pielke, R.A. Sr., G.E. Liston, L. Lu, R.A. Pielke Jr., and R. Avissar, 1999: Land-surface influences on atmospheric dynamics and precipitation. Chapter 6 in Integrating Hydrology, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Biogeochemistry in Complex Landscapes. J.D. Tenhunen and P. Kabat, Eds., John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 105-116.

Pielke, R.A. Sr., G.E. Liston, L. Lu, P.L. Vidale, R.L. Walko, T.G.F. Kittel, W.J. Parton and C.B. Field, 1997: Coupling of Land and Amospheric Models over the GCIP area - CENTURY, RAMS and SiB2C. Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, A. Staniforth, Editor, 7.51-7.53.

Walko, R.I., R.A. Pielke, P.L. Vidale, J. Eastman and L. Lu, 1998: Influence of forest cover in the Eastern United States on regional Climate. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 74, pg(s). 93-98. In: Chapter 6 in The impact of climate variability on forests, M. Beniston and J.L. Innes Eds.

Lu, L. , 1993: Mesoscale Wind Field and Random Walk Simulation of Pollutant Dispersion. M.S. Thesis, Peking University, Beijing, China, 101pp. (In Chinese)

Lu, L. , 1990: Waste Water Treatment & Recovery and Techno-economic Assessment for the Small Size Paper Mills. B.E. Thesis, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 88pp. (In Chinese)

Fan, G., L. Lu, T. Zhang, O.W. Frauenfeld, and H. Li, 2004: Inter-annual NDVI variability on Tibetan Plateau. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research.

Pielke, R.A., Sr., L. Lu, G. E. Liston, D. Ojima, T.G.F. Kittel, J.M. Lenihan, W. Reiners, R. Neilson, and S. Ogle: The Need for Climate-Dynamic Vegetation Model Coupling. Global Change Biology.

PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Lu, L., 2015: Remotely-sensed land-surface properties and regional climate modeling. October 26, 2015, Tsinghua University.

Jiang, L. L. Lu, L. Jiang, 2014: The urban effect on climate changes in Beijing-Tianjin Tangshan (BTT) Regions over China. AGU annual meeting, San Francisco, December 15-19.

Lu, L., LM Jiang, and Y Qi, 2014: Tibetan Plateau Soil Moisture Products Inter-Comparison and the Climate Simulations Using RAMS6.0. Workshop on water and energy cycles of Tibet, Beijing, July 31-Aug1.

Lu, L., RA Pielke Sr., G. Liston, D. Ojima, R. Parton, and M. Hartman, 2014: Coupling Atmospheric, Ecologic, and Hydrologic Processes in a Regional Climate Model. Workshop on grassland sustainability, Mongolia, July 21-23.

Lu, L., and R. A. Pielke Sr., 2014: Sensitivity of regional climate to land-cover changes in the eastern US since European settlement. 7th GEWEX meeting, 14-17 July, Netherlands.

Kochanski, AK, Jonathan D. Beezley, Mary Ann Jenkins, Volodymyr Y. Kondratenko, L. Lu, Sher Shranz, Martin Vejmelka, and Jan Mandel, 2014: A coupled weather and wildland fire forecasting system with assimilation of satellite remote sensing data. Forest Fire conference in Utah.

Schranz, S., J. Mandel, A. Kochanski, M. Vejmelka, and L. Lu, 2014: Wildland fire behavior and risk forecasting. NASA PI meeting, February 2014, Washington DC.

Lu, L. and C. Seaman, 2013: Live fuel moisture mapping for wild land fire prediction using VIIRS-derived NDWI. 1st International Workshop on Mountain and Coastal Meteorology. December 27-31, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Jiang, L. L. Lu, L. Jiang, and G. Zhang, 2013: The urban effect on climate changes in Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan (BTT) Regions over China. IGARSS, July 23-27, Melbourne, Australia.

Zhang, G., L. Lu, L. Jiang, 2013: Contribution On Carbon Cycle With Three Different Vegetation Types In Terrestrial Ecosystem Model SiBCASA. IGARSS, July 23-27, Melbourne, Australia.

Zuo, J., and L. Lu, 2013: Sensitivity analysis of Aerodynamic Roughness Length on surface temperature in eastern China. The international conference on remote sensing, Environment and transportation Engineering (RSETE 2013), Shanghai, China.

Zhang, G., L. Jiang, L. Lu, Regional characteristics and interannual variability of carbon fluxes in eastern China. ISRSE35.

Grant, LD, SC van den Heever, and L. Lu, 2013: Aerosol-cloud-land surface interactions within tropical convection simulations. International Conference on Nucleation of Atmospheric Aerosols, June 23-28, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Grant, L.D., S. C. van den Heever, and L. Lu, 2012: An Investigation into the Feedback Mechanisms amongst Cloud and Precipitation Processes, Aerosols, and Terrestrial Carbon and Water Cycles. 1st Pan-Global Atmosphere System Studies (GASS) Workshop, September 10-12, 2012, Boulder, CO.

Grant, L.D., S. C. van den Heever, and L. Lu, 2012: Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Mesoscale Circulations in an Idealized Modeling Framework. AGU annual meeting, December 3-7, 2012, San Francisco, CA.

Zuo, J. and L. Lu, 2012: The influence of roughness length on simulated surface air temperature (2 m), wind (10 m), precipitation, and energy and water fluxes in eastern China. AGU annual meeting, December 3-7, 2012, San Francisco, CA.

Zhang, GJ, L. Lu, et al, 2012: Regional characteristics and interannual variability of carbon fluxes of eastern China. 35th international symposium on remote sensing of environment, April 22-26, Beijing, China.

Lu, L., R.A. Pielke Sr., L. Jiang, Y. Qi, and J. Zuo, 2011: The sensitivity of regional weather and climate to the urbanization of eastern China. Fall AGU annual meeting, December 4 -10, San Francisco.

Lu, L., LM Jiang, and Y Qi, 2011: Tibetan Plateau Soil Moisture Products Inter-Comparison and the Climate Simulations Using RAMS6.0. Workshop on Weather and Climate over Tibetan Plateau and Adjacent Regions and their Global Implication, August 15-16, 2011, Chengdu, China.

Lu, L., and RA Pielke Sr., 2011: Dynamical downcaling NCEP global climate forecast system (CFS) seasonal predications using regional atmospheric modeling system RAMS. AMS Annual Meeting, January 2011, Seattle.

Jiang, LM, L. Lu, J. Tao, Y. Qi, J. Du, and J. Shi, 2011: Tibetan Plateau Soil Moisture products intercomparison and the field observations. Quantitative Remote Sensing Forum, Beijing, China.

Lu, L., 2010: Regional climate modeling and the application of remotely-sensed land-surface properties”. Invited talks, at Annual meeting of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Summer School of Beijing Normal University.

Lu, L., YJ Zheng, and RA Pielke Sr., 2010: Dynamical downcaling NCEP global climate forecast system (CFS) seasonal predications using regional atmospheric modeling system RAMS. Fall AGU 2010, San Francisco.

Jiang, LM, L. Lu, J. Tao, Y. Qi, J. Du, and J.C. Shi, 2010: Tibetan Plateau soil moisture products intercomparison and the field observations. Fall AGU 2010, San Francisco.

Zuo, JY, L. Lu, LM Jiang, and RA Pielke Sr., 2010: The Eastern China land use and land cover change and its influene on regional weather and climate. Fall AGU 2010, San Francisco

Qi, Y., L. Lu, and JC Shi, 2010: The influence of AMSRE-derived soil moisture on RAMS-simulated Tibetan Plateau climate. Fall AGU 2010, San Francisco.

Dou, Y, L. Lu, and JC Shi, 2010: The development of global microwave vegetation indexes and its application in carbon cycle studies using SiBCASA. International conference 3 sphere interations, Changbai, China.

Lu, L., Y. Zheng, R.A. Pielke Sr., 2009: “Dynamical downscaling NCEP global climate forecast system (CFS) seasonal predictions using regional atmospheric modeling system (RAMS), Fall AGU, December 14-18.

Qi, Y., L. Lu, Y. Zheng, and J. Shi, 2009: “The influence of AMSRE-derived soil moisture on RAMS-simulated Tibetan Plateau climate”, Fall AGU, San Francisco, December 14-18.

Jiang, L., L. Lu, R.A. Pielke Sr., 2009: “The sensitivity analysis on the influence of land- use change over the Eastern China on water, surface energy budget, and carbon cycle”, Fall AGU, December 14-18.

Lu, L., 2009: “Regional climate modeling and the applications of remotely-sensed land- surface properties”. Invited talk, at Annual meeting at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, April 5-10.

Lu, L., 2009: “Regional climate modeling and the applications of remotely-sensed land- surface properties”. Invited talk, at ECI, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. October 22- 26.

Schaefer, K, T. Zhang, L. Lu, and I Baker, 2009: Improving simulated soil temperatures and soil freeze/thaw at high latitude regions in the SiBCASA model. NACP All- investigator meeting, February 17-20, San Diego, California.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, I. Baker, and M. Uliasz, 2008: Simulating the two-way interactive vegetation-biophysical processes and atmospheric-mesoscale circulations during 2001 Santarem Field Campaign Using SiB-RAMS model. AGU, San Francisco, December 14-19.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, I. Baker, and M. Uliasz 2008: Simulating the two-way interactive vegetation-biophysical processes and atmospheric-mesoscale circulations during 2001 Santarem Field Campaign Using SiB-RAMS model. LBA Science Meeting, November 20-24, Manus, Brazil.

Lu, L., K. Schaefer, T. Zhang, and I. Baker, 2008: The sensitivity of SiBCASA-simulated Carbon Fluxes and Biomass to North American Inter-annual Climate Variations. 9th International Conference on permafrost, June 29-July 3, Fairbanks, Alaska.

Stockli, R., L. Lu, A.S. Denning, and P.E. Thornton, 2008: Remote sensing data assimilation for a prognostic phenology model. CCSM workshop, June 16-20, Breckenridge, CO.

Zhang, T., K. Schaefer, L. Lu, 2008: The Impact of Soil Freeze and Thaw Dynamics to North American Carbon Cycle. April 27-May 3, NASA CCE meeting, Washington DC, Maryland.

K. Schaefer, T. Zhang, L. Lu, 2008: Interaction between permafrost and carbon cycle. April 27-May 3, NASA CCE meeting, Washington DC, Maryland.

Lu, L., K. Schaefer, T. Zhang, I. Baker, and A.S. Denning, 2008: The sensitivity of SiBCASA simulated carbon fluxes to North American Interannual Climate variations. April 27-May 3, NASA CCE meeting, Washington DC, Maryland.

Lu, L., R. Stockli, I. Baker, and A.S. Denning, 2007: Evaluating modeled vegetation phenology over North American continent with satellite and ground-based observations. December 10-14, 2007, Fall AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Uliasz, M., A.S. Denning, L. Lu, and K.D. Corbin, 2007: Applications of lagrangian particle transport modeling in the top-down regional CO2 studies. December 10-14, 2007, Fall AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Stockli, R., T. Rutishauser, L. Lu, A.S. Denning, and P. Thornton, 2007: Remote Sensing data assimilation for a prognostic phenology model. December 10-14, 2007, Fall AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Denning, A.S., K.D. Corbin, N. Parazoo, I. Baker and L. Lu, 2007: Assessing sampling and representation errors in assimilation of satellite CO2 retrievals. December 10-14, 2007, Fall AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Schaefer, K., T. Zhang, I. Baker, L. Lu, and A. Etringer, 2007: Interactions between snow cover, frozen soils, and the carbon cycle. December 10-14, 2007, Fall AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Lu, L., R. Stockli, and A.S. Denning, 2007: Remote Sensing data assimilation for a prognostic vegetation-phenology model. 3rd NEWS PI meeting, September 18-21, 2007, NASA Marshall Space Center, Huntsville, Alabama.

Qi, Y., L. Lu, J. Shi, L. Jiang, and M. Longo, 2007: A soil moisture sensitivity experiment over Tibetan Plateau using RAMS 6.0. Workshop on “detecting the atmospheric response to the changing face of the Earth: a focus on human-caused regional climate forcing, land-cover/land-use change, and data monitoring”, 27-29 August 2007, Boulder, Colorado.

Lu, L., R. Stockli, A.S. Denning, P.E. Thornton, and J. Morisette, 2007: Evaluating modeled vegetation phenology over North American Continent with satellite and ground-based observations. IUGG Assembly, July 3-11, 2007, Perugia, Italy.

Stockli, R., L. Lu, A.S. Denning, and P.E. Thorton, 2007: Remote sensing data assimilation for a prognostic model of vegetation phenology. EGU General Assembly, April 15-20, 2007, Vienna, Austria.

Zhang, T, L. Lu, K.Schaefer, and S. Denning, 2007: Impacts of soil freeze/thaw dynamics on North American carbon cycle. North American Carbon Program PI meeting, Colorado Springs, January 22-26, 2007.

Zhang, T, L. Lu, K.Schaefer, and S. Denning, 2006: Impacts of soil freeze/thaw dynamics on North American carbon cycle. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall meet. Suppl., Abstract B51E-07. San Francisco, December 10-14, 2006.

Corbin, K.D., A.S. Denning, N. Parazoo, A. Schuh, I. Baker, and L. Lu, 2006: Using the coupled biosphere-atmosphere model SiB3-RAMS to Evaluate Fossil Fuel Emissions Estimates. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall meet. Suppl., Abstract A41C-0043, San Francisco, December 10-14, 2006.

Lu, L., T. Zhang, and J.C. Shi, 2006: The sensitivity of Tibetan Plateau climate to changes in NDVI-derived vegetation properties. 1st International Workshop on Energy and Water Cycle over the Tibetan Plateau, September 4-6, 2006, Lhasa, Tibet.

Lu, L., G.E. Liston, A. S. Denning, and R.A. Pielke, Sr., 2006: Characterizing local-scale terrestrial processes within global climate system models. The 10th three-sphere interaction workshop, September 1, 2006, Beijing, China.

Liston, G.E., and L. Lu, 2006: Merging a high-resolution meteorological distribution model (MicroMet) with a detailed snow-evolution model (SnowModel). NOAA CPPA PI meeting, August 14-16, 2006, Tucson, Arizona.

Lu, L., and G.E. Liston, 2006: Further Development of the High-Resolution Meteorological Distribution System, and its Application to Land-surface Process Modeling. Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, July 23-27, 2006, Beijing, China.

Lu, L., R. Stockli, and A. S. Denning, 2006: Evaluating CLM3-simulated vegetation phenology with satellite and ground-based observations. CCSM workshop, June 23-26, 2006, Breckenridge, Colorado.

Lu, L., A. S. Denning, I. Baker, A. Wang, and K.D. Corbin, 2006: The potential influence of river and wetland CO2 effluxes on regional carbon balance in the Tapajos Region, Para, Brazil. EGU, April 4-7, 2006, Vienna, Austria.

Liston, G.E., and L. Lu, 2006: A meteorological distribution system for high resolution terrestrial modeling (MICROMET). 1st iLEAPS meeting, January 21-26, 2006, Boulder, Colorado.

Lu, L., G.E. Liston, A. S. Denning, and R.A. Pielke, Sr., 2006: Characterizing local-scale terrestrial processes within global climate system models. The 8th three-sphere interaction workshop, January 10-12, 2006, Beijing, China.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, I. Baker, M.F.A Silva Dias, and P. Silva Dias, 2005: Simulating the two-way interactions between vegetation biophysical processes and mesoscale circulations during 2001 Santarem field campaign. The LBA-ECO 9th Science Team Meeting, November 10-12, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, and I. Baker, A. Wang, and K.D. Corbin, 2005: Simulating the two-way interactions between vegetation biophysical processes and mesoscale circulations during 2001 Santarem field campaign. The Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference (ICDC7). September 25-30, 2005, Boulder, CO.

Corbin, K.D., A.S. Denning, L. Lu, A. Wang, and I. Baker, 2005: Using a high-resolution coupled ecosystem-atmosphere model to evaluate spatial, temporal, and clear-sky errors in satellite CO₂ retrievals. The Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference (ICDC7). September 25-30, 2005, Boulder, CO.

Wang, J.-W., A. S. Denning, L. Lu, I. T. Baker, and K. D. Corbin, 2005: Observations and simulations of synoptic, regional, and local CO₂ signals in North America - a summer frontal case study. Abstract accepted by Seventh International Carbon Dioxide Conference (ICDC7), September 25-30, 2005, Boulder, CO.

Lu, L., 2005: Simulated Vegetation Responses to Perturbations of Atmospheric forcings for North American Monsoon Region. IAMAS meeting, August 2-11, 2005, Beijing, China.

Lu, L., 2005: Modeled and observed two-way interactions between vegetation biophysical processes and mesoscale circulations during 2001 Santarem field campaign. IAMAS meeting, August 2-11, 2005, Beijing, China.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, M.A. da Silva Dias, P. Silva-Dias, M. Longo, S.R. Freitas, and S. Saatchi, 2005: Mesoscale circulation and atmospheric CO₂ variation in the Tapajos Region, Para, Brazil. 5th International GEWEX meeting, June 20-24, Orange County, CA.

Wang, J.-W., K.D. Corbin, A.S. Denning, L. Lu, I. Baker, J. Kleist, 2005: Observations and simulations of synoptic, regional, and local CO₂ signals in North America - a summer frontal case study. Presented at Chequamegon Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (ChEAS) Meeting, June 1-2, 2005, Woodruff, WI.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, M.A. da Silva Dias, P. Silva-Dias, M. Longo, S.R. Freitas, and S. Saatchi, 2005: Mesoscale circulation and atmospheric CO₂ variation in the Tapajos Region, Para, Brazil. AMS annual meeting, January 10-14, 2005, San Diego, CA,

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, M.A. da Silva Dias, P. Silva-Dias, M. Longo, S.R. Freitas, and S. Saatchi, 2004: Mesoscale circulation and atmospheric CO₂ variation in the Tapajos Region, Para, Brazil. December 13-17, 2004, San Francisco, CA, AGU fall annual meeting.

Lu, L., 2004: The impact of realistic vegetation description on regional climate simulation. August 4-7, 2004, Lhasa, Tibet. 5th symposium on Plateau meteorology.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, M.A. da Silva Dias, P. Silva-Dias, M. Longo, S.R. Freitas, and S. Saatchi, 2004: Mesoscale circulation and atmospheric CO₂ variation in the Tapajos Region, Para, Brazil. July 25-27, 2004, Brasilia, Brazil, 3rd LBA science meeting.

Lu, L., and S.A. Denning, 2004: Why are the lower level cumulus clouds often better organized on the east side of the Tapajos River?" -- A mechanistic study. January 13-17, 2004, Seattle, WA, AMS annual Meeting.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, Elicia Inazawa, Maria A. F. Silva Dias, Pedro Silva Dias, Raymond L. Desjardins, Jeffrey Richey, Marek Uliasz, and Peter S. Bakwin, 2003: Effects of large rivers and inundated land on mesoscale circulations and atmospheric co2 concentrations in the Brazilian Amazon. Proc., observing and understanding the variability of water in weather and climate, session 2, Linkages between the carbon and water cycles. 10-14 February, Long Beach, California.

Lu, L., R.A. Pielke,Sr., G.E. Liston, W.Parton, D. Ojima, M. Hartman, J. Shuttleworth, 2002: The impact of realistic vegetation distribution to climate simulation. 3rd International conference on Remote Sensing. Oct. 23-27, Hangzhou, China.

Denning, A.S., M. Uliasz, L. Lu, C. Uliasz, I. Baker, P.Silva-Dias, M.A.Silva-Dias, S. Freitas, 2002: Spatial integration of regional carbon balance in Amazonia. LBA meeting.

Denning, A.S., L. Lu, Elicia Inazawa, M.A.S.Dias, P.S.Dias, Sasan Saatchi, R. Desjardins, J. Richey, and Marek Uliasz, 2002: Atmospheric Response to land and water: simulations and observations of mesoscale circulations and co2 concentrations in the Santarem mesoscale campaign. 2nd international LBA scientific conference,11-12 July, Manaus, Amazonas.

Lu, L., J. Shuttleworth, R.A. Pielke,Sr., G.E. Liston, W.Parton, D. Ojima, M. Hartman, 2002: The impact of realistic vegetation phenology on regional climate modeling. NOAA GAPP PI meeting, May 13-17, New Orleans, LA.

Pielke, R.A.Sr., G.E. Liston, C.L. Castro, J.L. Eastman, L. Lu, C.H. Marshall, and J.E. Strack, 2002: The use of the regional atmospheric modeling system (RAMS)to investigate the impact of land surface processes in the GAPP/GCIP region. The GEWEX Americas Prediction Project (GAPP) and the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Mississippi River Climate and Hydrology Conference, New Orleans, LA, May 13-17.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, J. Richey, P. Silva-Dias, M. Assunncao da Silva-Dias, K. Schaefer, and E. Inazawa, 2001: The potential influence of reiver and wetland CO₂ fluxes on regional carbon balance in the Tapajos, Region, Para, Brazil. Presented at 82nd AMS annual meeting, January 13-17, 2002, Orlando, Florida.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, P. Silva-Dias, M.Silva-Dias, J. Richey, M. Uliasz, and E. Inazawa, 2001: Simulated Mesoscale Circulations and CO₂ Concentration Variation in Tapajos Region, Para, Brazil. Presented at Spring AGU Meeting, May 29-June 2, 2001, Boston, MA.

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, J. Richey, P. Silva-Dias, M. Assunncao da Silva-Dias, K. Schaefer, and E. Inazawa, 2001: The potential influence of reiver and wetland CO₂ fluxes on regional carbon balance in the Tapajos, Region, Para, Brazil. Presented at 4th International GEWEX Meeting, Sept 11-14, 2001, Paris, France.

Denning, A.S., M. Uliasz, R. Desjardines, E. Inazawa, M. Nicholls, L. Prihodko, L. Lu, P. Silva-Dias, and M.A. Silva-Dias, 2001: Atmospheric fingerprinting of CO₂ exchanges in Amazonia. Presented at the Second LBA Scientific conference, Feburary 14-17, 2001, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Lu, L. and W.J. Shuttleworth, 2001: Providing realistic vegetation phenological descriptions for regional climate simulations. Proc., 12th AMS Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, 14-18 January, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Lu, L. and W.J. Shuttleworth, 2000: Assimilating realistic vegetation phenology into regional climate model. Climate Diagnostic and predition workshop, 23-27 October, Palisades, New York.

Lu, L., R.A. Pielke Sr., G.E. Liston, W.J. Parton, D. Ojima, and M. Hartman, 2000: Coupling Atmospheric, Ecologic, and Hydrologic Processes in a Regional Climate Model. 80th AMS Annual Meeting, 15th Conference on Hydrology, January 10-14, Long Beach, California.

Pielke, R.A. Sr., T. Chase, J. Eastman, G.E. Liston, L. Lu and R. Walko, 1999: The role of land surface processes in regional and global climate. International symposium on global change and protected areas, September 8-16, 1999, Laquila, Italy.

Yucel, I., W.J. Shuttleworth, and L. Lu, 1999: Assimilating Satellite Measurements of Cloud Cover in the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). 24th annual climate diagnostics and prediction workshop, November 1-5, 1999, Tucson, Arizona.

Burke, E.J., W.J. Shuttleworth, k. Lee, L. Lu, and Z-L. Yang, 1999: Influence of Sub-grid Scale Heterogeneity Within Meteorological Models. NASA Land Surface Hydrology Program Investigators Meeting, November 2-3, Columbia, Maryland.

Pielke, Sr., R.A., T.N. Chase, J. Eastman, L. Lu, G.E. Liston, M.B. Coughenour, D. Ojima, W.J. Parton, T.G.F., Kittel, 1999: Land-atmosphere interactions. Preprints, GEWEX/INSU International Workshop on Modelling Land-Surface Atmosphere Interactions and Climate Variability, 4-8 October, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France, 39-42.

Pielke, Sr., R.A., T.N. Chase, J. Eastman, L. Lu, G.E. Liston, M.B. Coughenour, D. Ojima, W.J. Parton, T.G.F., Kittel, 1999: Land-atmosphere interactions. Preprints, Eighth Conference on climate variations, 13-17 September, Denver, CO, 161-165.

Lu, L., R.A.Pielke, G.E.Liston, W. Parton, D. Ojima, and M. Hartman, 1999: The Implementation of a two-way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Modeling System and its Application to the Central United States. LTER workshop. July 12-14, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Lu, L., R.A. Pielke, Sr., and G.E. Liston, 1999: Coupling Atmospheric, Ecologic, and Hydrologic Processes in a Regional Climate Model. GCIP PIs meeting. May 17-18, College Park, Maryland.

Pielke, R. A., G. E. Liston, and L. Lu, 1999: Climate prediction as an initial value Problem. 14th Annual Conference on Hydrology. 79th AMS Annual Meeting, 10-15 January, Dallas, Texas.

Lu, L., R. A. Pielke Sr., G. E. Liston, B. parton, D. Ojima, and M. Hartman, 1998: Validation and sensitivity of the coupled RAMS/CENTURY modeling system. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, December 6-10, San Francisco, California.

Ojima, D., R.A. Pielke Sr., W. Parton, L. Lu,, M. Hartman, G. Liston, and R. Kelly, 1998: Biosphere-Atmosphere linkage: terrrestrial ecosystem feedback to regional climate in the Central United States. AGU Fall meeting, December 6-10, San Francisco, California.

Lu, L., R.A.Pielke, G.E.Liston, W. Parton, D. Ojima, and M. Hartman, 1998: The Implementation of a two-way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Modeling System and its Application to the Great Plains. Proceedings of the GCIP Mississippi River Climate Conference, June 8-12, St. Louis, Missouri.

Lu, L., R.A.Pielke, G.E.Liston, W. Parton, D. Ojima, and M.Hartman, 1998: Validation and Sensitivity of the Coupled RAMS/CENTURY Modeling System. AGU Annual meeting. San Francisco, California.

Lu, L., R.A. Pielke Sr., G.E. Liston, W. Parton, D. Ojima, and M. Hartman, 1998: Simulating two-way Interactions Between Atmosphere and Ecosystem Over Great Plains. Fifth Annual Central Plains Experimental Range (CPER) LTER Symposium, January 14, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Lu, L., G.E. Liston, W. Parton, D. Ojima, M. Hartman, R.A., Pielke Sr., 1997: A Coupled Atmospheric and Ecological Modeling System and its Application to the Great Plains. Invited paper at AGU Annual Meeting, December 8-12, San Francisco, California.

Liston, G. E., R. A. Pielke, Sr., L. Lu, and E. M. Greene, 1998: Central U.S. Climate Simulations Using the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System. The Proceedings of GCIP Mississippi River Climate Conference, June 8-12, St. Louis, Missouri.

Pielke, R.A., Sr., I. Burke, W. Cotton, M. Coughenour, J. Eastman, M. Hartman, G. Liston, L. Lu, D. Ojima, W. Parton, J. Rmirez, 1998: Climate Prediction as an Initial Value Problem. Proceedings of the GCIP Mississippi River Climate Conference, June 8-12, St. Louis, Missouri.

Lu, L., D. Ojima, R.A., Pielke Sr., G.E. Liston, and M. Hartman, 1998: Implementation of a Two-way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Modeling System Over the Great Plains. Proceedings of 2nd LUTEA International Workshop, March 2-5, Beijing, China.

Walko, R.L., R.A. Pielke,Sr., P.L. Vidale, J.Eastman and L. Lu, 1998: Influence of Forest Cover in the Eastern United States on Regional Climate. Proceedings of the Impacts of Climate Variability on Forest. Wengen, Switzerland, September, 1997.

Pielke, R.A., Sr., G.E. Liston, and L. Lu, 1998: Climate Prediction as an Initial Value Problem. 14th Annul Conference on Hydology. Proceedings of American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.

D.S. Ojima, W.J. Parton, R. Rielke Sr. R. Mckeown, M. Hartman, L. Lu, R. Kelly, 1998: Land Use Change Impacts on Biosphere-atmosphere Exchange and Regional Climate: Terrestrial Ecosystem Feedback to Regional Climate in Central United State. March 16-20, Barcelona, Spain.

Pielke, R.A., Sr., Lu, L., G.E. Liston, W. Parton, D. Ojima, M. Hartman, 1997: The Simulation of Atmospheric and Ecosystem Interactions Over the Great Plains. AGU Annual Meeting, December 8-12, San Francisco, California.

Ojima, D., R.A., Sr. Pielke, W. Parton, M. Hartman, L. Lu, R. Kelly, 1997: Biosphere-atmosphere Linkage: Terrestrial Ecosystem Feedback to Regional Climate in Central United State. AGU Annual Meeting, December 8-12, San Francisco, California.

Pielke, R.A., Sr., T. Chase, T.G.F. Kittel, G.E. Liston, L.Lu, L. Steyaert, and C. Ziegler, 1997: Landscape effects on the hydrologic cycle. Fifth Scientific Assembly, April 23-May 3, Rabat, Morocco.

Lu, L., R.A., Pielke Sr., G.E. Liston, W. Parton, D. Ojima, and M. Hartman, 1997: Implementation of a Two-way Interactive Atmospheric and Ecological Modeling System Over the Great Plains. Proceedings of International Workshop on Regional Modeling of the General Monsoon System in Asia, Oct. 20-25, Beijing, China.

Pielke, R.A., J. Eastman, L. Steyaert, D. Ojima, P.L. Vidale, R. Walko and L. Lu, 1997: Influence of forest cover in the eastern United States on regional climate. Past, Present, and Future Climate Variability and Extremes: The Impacts on Forests. Wengen 97 Workshops on Global Change Research, Institute of Geography, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, September 22-26 1997.

Eastman, J. and L. Lu, 1997: The Importance of Atmosphere and Landscape Interactions. Proceedings of Water Resources Management Application Workshop. Hosted jointly by USGS and GCIP-NOAA, March 13-14, Denver, Colorado.

Pielke, R.A., Sr., G.E. Liston, L. Lu, P.L. Vidale, R.L. Walko, T.G.F. Kittel, W.J. Parton, and C.B. Field, 1997: Coupling of Land and Atmospheric Models Over the GCIP Area-- CENTURY, RAMS, and SiB2C. 13th Annual Conference on Hydrology, 77th AMS Annual Meeting, February 2-7, Long Beach, California, pg(s) 92-96.

Tang, H., L. Lu, D. Zhang, L. Li, X. Ling and H. Sheng, 1997: The Sustainability of China=s Intensive Agriculture. Proceedings of International Workshop on Sustainable Agriculture, April 22-May 4, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Pielke, R.A., Sr., T. Chase, T.G.F. Kittel, G.E. Liston, L. Lu, L.Steyaert, and C. Ziegler, 1996: Influence of Landscape Changes on Regional Climate. Workshop on High Resolution Climate Modeling, September 23-26, Wengen, Switzerland.

Liston, G.E., R.A. Pielke Sr., T.G.F. Kittel, L. Lu, J.H. Copeland, 1996: Formulating the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) for use in Regional Climate Studies. Carbon America Conference, June 13-14, Boulder, Colorado.

Liston, G.E., R.A. Pielke Sr., T.G.F. Kittel, L. Lu, J.H. Copeland, 1996: Formulating the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) for use in Regional Climate Studies. Third Annual Central Plains Experimental Range (CPER) LTER Symposium, January 11, Fort Collins, Colorado.

Lu, L., X. Xin, X. Yan, L. Li, and X. Ling, 1995: The International Trade and China=s Economy--past, current, and future. Proceedings of International Workshop on Regional Sustainable Development, September 22-October 6, Ching Mai, Thailand.

REPORTS

Shuttleworth, W.J., L. Lu, E. Burke, and K. Lee, 1999: Influence of Subgrid-Scale heterogeneity on Remotely-Sensed Surface Temperature. Annual Report of Project NAG8-1531. Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona.

Pielke, R.A., Sr., L. Lu, G.E. Liston, and T.G.F. Kittel, 1998: Projecting Climate and Vegetation Change for the Central Grasslands Biogeographic Region: Regional Climate change Senarios (Executive Summary Report). Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University.

Contributing Author: National Response Strategies to Global Climate Change: P.R.China. Final Report of Project (TA1690-PRC) for the Asian Development Bank, September, 1994.