Curriculum Vitae • Publications

Dr. Lixin Lu

CURRICULUM VITAE [Top]

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

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

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 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, China, since 2007.
Adjunct Professor, Beijing Normal University, China, since 2005.
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).
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.
Fellow. Leadership for Environment and Development Program. Elected, since 1997.
Guanghua National Award for graduation with highest honors. Peking University, Beijing, China, 1993.
Guanghua National Award for graduation with highest honors. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1990.
Member. American Geophysical Union.
Member. American Meteorology Society.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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

Research Summary: Work on NASA North American Carbon Program funded project, the impact of soil freeze and thaw on North American Carbon cycle. Further model development of a high-resolution meteorological distribution model (MicroMet) for atmospheric, hydrologic, and ecologic applications. Advise graduate students. Write proposals.

Research Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, July 2002-Present.

Research Summary: Worked on LBA project to study regional carbon balance over Amazon Basin; investigating Satarem area mesoscale circulations and variations in atmospheric CO2 concentration distribution through both meteorological and eddy flux tower observations and modeling. Continued Model development for a high-resolution meteorological distribution model for atmospheric, hydrologic, and ecologic applications. Developing a global vegetation modeling system for NASA energy and water cycle program. Advise graduate students. Write proposals.

Research Associate, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, October 2000-June 2002.

Research Summary: Working on the Large scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) project. Apply the coupled RAMS-SiB2 model to Santarem area to simulation the diurnal and seasonal cycle of carbon fluxes and distribution. Verify the result against the observations; At the same time, using the coupled RAMS-CENTURY model to study the impact of interactive vegetation on North American Monsoon simulation.

Senior Research Specialist, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, September 1999- December 2000.

Research Summary: Developed the aggregation version of RAMS and used it to study on the influence of sub-grid heterogeneity on remotely sensed surface temperature; Worked on assimilating remotely sensed cloud cover to impove short-term weather forecasts project. Providing the research group with regional weather and climate modeling expertise. Advising two Ph.D. students.

Post-doc Research Associate, jointly hosted by LTER Network office, San Diego Super Computer Center, and Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, May-September 1999.

Research Summary: Implemented the coupled RAMS-CENTURY model to super computer; studied the atmosphere and land surface interactions at longer time scale through multi-year simulation; investigated the meso-scale circulation by running the model at higher resolution.

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

Research Summary: Designed and implemented a coupled atmosphere and ecological modeling system,which involved the linking of two state-of-the-art models, climate version of Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (ClimRAMS) and CENTURY biogeochemistry model. Studied the two-way interactions between the atmosphere and terrestrial ecosystem through numerical simulations and observational data set analysis including surface meteorological station observation and satellite remote sensing NDVI data set. Debugged the Land Ecosystem Atmospheric Feedback model (LEAF-2), which is a subset of RAMS that represents the storage and exchange of heat and moisture associated with atmosphere-terrestrial interface. Modified and tuned the climate version of RAMS.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1997.

Work Summary: worked as a TA for synoptic weather system course and labs.

Visiting Scientist, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July-August, 1994.

Research Summary: Worked on a general equilibrium model to address GHG emission and technology options for China economy.

Visiting Scientist, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, January-February, 1994.

Research summary: Worked on the final report "National Response Strategies for Global ClimateChange: P.R. China" for Asian Development Bank.

Assistant Professor, Institute of Nuclear Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1993-1994.

Research summary: Identified greenhouse gas sources & sinks and compiled an inventory of GHGs for China. Worked as a main researcher and program officer on Asian Development Bank sponsored project: National response strategies for global climate change, P. R. China. Worked on China country study to address the climate change.

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Geophysics and Center for Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1990-1993.

Research summary: Developed a 3-D random walk pollutant dispersion simulation model based on Monte Carlo theory. Participated intensive field campaign of Heihe River Experiment, which addressed a variety of surface features including glaciers, permafrost, wilderness, forests, grassland and cultivated land. Completed the environmental impact assessment project for 404 nuclear power station.

GRANTS AWARDED OR PENDING

1. Impact of interactive vegetation on predictions of the north American monsoon, NOAA, $262,000, PIs: W.J. Shuttleworth, L. Lu, A.S. Denning, 9/2002-12/2005. Completed.
2. A High-Resolution Meteorological Distribution Model for Atmospheric, Hydrologic, and Ecologic Applications, NOAA, PIs: G.E. Liston, L. Lu, R.A. Pielke, A.S. Denning, $281,698, 2/1/2005-1/31/2008.
3. A global vegetation modeling system for NEWS. NASA, PIs: Scott Denning and Lixin Lu, $520,489, 3/1/2006-2/28/2009.
4. Impacts of soil freeze/thaw dynamics on the North American carbon cycle. NASA, PI: Tingjun Zhang, Co-Is: Lixin Lu, Kevin Schaefer, and Scott Denning, $600,000, 9/1/2006-8/31/2009.
5. Deriving mutually-consistent carbon-water fluxes at the regional scale from observations by using a coupled biosphere-atmosphere model. NSF, PI: Lixin Lu; Co-PIs: Roger Pielke Sr., John Lin; Co-Is: Toshi Matsui, Aaron Wang. Pending.
6. Dynamical downscaling Global Climate Models' seasonal predictions using Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS), PI: Lixin Lu; Co-PI: Roger Pielke Sr. Pending.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Manuscript reviews for Journal of Climate, Journal of Atmospheric Science, Journal of Hydrometerology, Journal of Geophyiscal Research-Atmosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research, Water Resources.

Proposal reviews for NASA, NOAA, and NSF.

PUBLICATIONS (IN ENGLISH) [Top]

REVIEWED PAPERS

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. (http://biocycle.atmos.colostate.edu/~lixin/riverCO2.pdf).

Lu, L., A.S. Denning, and I. Baker, A. Wang, and K.D. Corbin, 2007: Simulating the two-way interactions between vegetation biophysical processes and mesoscale circulations during 2001 Santarem field campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research. Submitted. http://biocycle.atmos.colostate.edu/~lixin/amazon-sibrams.pdf).

Lu, L., T. Zhang, and J.C. Shi, 2006: The sensitivity of Tibetan Plateau climate to changes in NDVI-derived vegetation properties. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. Submitted.

Corbin, K., A.S. Denning, L. Lu, J.W. Wang, I. Baker, 2007: Possible Representation Errors in Inversions of Satellite CO2 Retrievals. JGR-Atmosphere, 2007JD008716R. Accepted. In press.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Papers In Preparation

Lu, L., T. Zhang, and J.C. Shi, 2006: The sensitivity of Tibetan Plateau climate to changes in NDVI-derived vegetation properties. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. To be submitted.

Lu, L., T. Zhang, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2007: Investigating surface temperature trends over Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Advances in Atmospheric Science. To be submitted.

Lu, L., and S.A. Denning, 2005: Why are the low-level cumulus clouds often better organized on the east side of the Tapajos River?" -- A mechanistic study. In preparation for Journal of Atmospheric Science.

Lu, L., and J.W. Shuttleworth: Influence of aggregated land-surface parameters on regional atmospheric simulation.

Lu, L., W.J. Shuttleworth, M. Hartman, D. Ojima, G.E. Liston, and A.S. Denning: Providing a Dynamic Vegetation Description for Regional Climate Simulations--Validation and Sensitivity of DayCENT. In preparation for Ecological Modelling.

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

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.

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., 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.

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)