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Kuo-Nan Liou
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 289
Citations - 20734
Kuo-Nan Liou is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Radiative transfer & Cirrus. The author has an hindex of 62, co-authored 289 publications receiving 19025 citations. Previous affiliations of Kuo-Nan Liou include Goddard Institute for Space Studies & University of Utah.
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Surface Brightening in Eastern and Central China Since the Implementation of the Clean Air Action in 2013: Causes and Implications
Hongrong Shi,Jinqiang Zhang,Jinqiang Zhang,Bin Zhao,Xiangao Xia,Xiangao Xia,Bo Hu,Hongbin Chen,Hongbin Chen,Jing Wei,Jing Wei,Mengqi Liu,Yuxuan Bian,Disong Fu,Yu Gu,Kuo-Nan Liou +15 more
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper found that the strongly declining aerosol radiative effect due to the strict air pollution controls is the main cause of the upward surface solar radiation (SSR) trends; cloud variations should not be the main reason.
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Modeling Study of the Air Quality Impact of Record-Breaking Southern California Wildfires in December 2017.
Hongrong Shi,Zhe Jiang,Bin Zhao,Zhijin Li,Yang Chen,Yu Gu,Jonathan H. Jiang,Meemong Lee,Kuo-Nan Liou,Jessica L. Neu,Vivienne H. Payne,Hui Su,Yuan Wang,Marcin L. Witek,John Worden +14 more
TL;DR: Investigation of the air quality impact of record-breaking wildfires in Southern California during 5-18 December 2017 using the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Chemistry in combination with satellite and surface observations reveals that using a high spatial resolution for fire emissions and a reasonable treatment of plume rise is important for achieving decent PM2.5 simulation results.
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Estimates of black carbon emissions in the western United States using the GEOS-Chem adjoint model
Yuhao Mao,Yuhao Mao,Qinbin Li,Daven K. Henze,Zhe Jiang,Zhe Jiang,Dylan B. A. Jones,Dylan B. A. Jones,Monika Kopacz,Cenlin He,Ling Qi,M. Gao,WeiMin Hao,Kuo-Nan Liou +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimate black carbon (BC) emissions in the western United States for July-September 2006 by inverting surface BC concentrations from the Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE) network using a global chemical transport model and its adjoint.
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Cirrus cloud top temperatures retrieved from radiances in the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System--Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite 8.55 and 12.0 μm bandpasses
TL;DR: Based upon initial results, the new approach to retrieve improved VIIRS cloud top properties has been incorporated into the ground-based data processing segment of the NPOESS system where prelaunch testing of all VIIRS algorithms continues.
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A Numerical Experiment on the Interactions of Radiation, Clouds and Dynamic Processes in a General Circulation Model
Kuo-Nan Liou,Qinglin Zheng +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the physical interactions of radiation, cloud formation and dynamic processes are investigated utilizing a general circulation model designed for short and medium range prediction, which is a seven-level spectral model in the σ coordinate system for the Northern Hemisphere with the generation of clouds in four σ layers through the predicted relative humidity field.