Xiquan Dong

Interests

Teaching

Physical meteorology I and II, Atmospheric remote sensing, and Physical Climate for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Research

1) Ground-based and satellite remote sensing of aerosol, clouds, radiation and precipitation, as well as their interactions. 2) Validation of Satellite cloud retrievals3) Evaluation of GCM/WRF and Reanalyses 4) Investigation of the impact of Arctic clouds and radiation and longe-scale water vapor transport on Sea-ice changes.

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Dong, X. (2021). Brendecke, J., X. Dong, B. Xi, and P. Wu, 2021a: Cloud and Drizzle Microphysical Properties Retrieved from Ship-Based Observations during MAGIC.. Earth and Space Science. DOI: 10.1029/2020EA001588.
• Dong, X. (2021). Clark, R. T., X. Q. Dong, C.-H. Ho, J. H. Sun, H. L. Yuan, and T. Takemi, 2021: Preface to the Special Issue on Summer 2020: Record Rainfall in Asia — Mechanisms, Predictability and Impacts.. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 38(12), 1977−1979, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1010-5..
• Dong, X. (2021). Cui, C., X. Dong, B. Wang, B. Xi, Y. Deng, and Y. Ding, 2021: Integrative Monsoon Frontal Rainfall Experiment (IMFRE-1): A Mid-Term Review. Adv. In Atmos. Sci. 38 (3), 357-374. doi:10.1007/s00376-020-0209-1.. Adv. In Atmos. Sci. 38 (3), 357-374. doi:10.1007/s00376-020-0209-1..
• Dong, X. (2021). Cui, C., X. Dong, B. Wang, and H. Yang, 2020: The Phase Two of the Integrative Monsoon Frontal Rainfall Experiment (IMFRE-Ⅱ) in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River in 2020.. Adv. In Atmos. Sci.. doi:doi: 10.1007/s00376-020-0262-9
• Dong, X. (2021). Cui, C., X. Dong, B. Wang, and H. Yang: The Phase Two of the Integrative Monsoon Frontal Rainfall Experiment (IMFRE-Ⅱ) in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River in 2020. Adv. In Atmos. Sci. 38 (3), 357-374. doi: 10.1007/s00376-020-0209-1..
• Dong, X. (2021). Cui, W., X. Dong, B. Xi and Z Feng, 2021: Climatology of Linear Mesoscale Convective System Morphology in the United States based on Random Forests Method.. J. Clim. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D- 20-0862.1.
• Dong, X. (2021). Dong, X., Wu, P., Wang, Y., Xi, B., & Huang, Y. (2021). New observational constraints on warm rain processes and their climate implications. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091836. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091836..
• Dong, X. (2021). Hu. Y., Y. Deng, Y. Lin, Z. Zhou, C. Cui and X. Dong, 2021: Dynamics of the Spatiotemporal Morphology of Mei-yu Fronts: An Initial Survey. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-020-05619-2.
• Dong, X. (2021). Huang*, Y., X. Dong, J. Kay, B. Xi, and E.A. McIlhattan, 2021: The Climate response to increased Cloud Liquid Water in CESM1: A sensitivity study of Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen Process.. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-021-05648-5. CLDY-D-20-00372R3..
• Dong, X. (2021). Huang, Y., Q. Ding, X. Dong, and B. Xi, 2021; The summertime low clouds: bridging large-scale circulation and sea ice variations over the Arctic.. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00114-w。.
• Dong, X. (2021). Luo, R. Q. Ding, Z. Wu, I. Baxer, M. Bushuk, E. Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, Y. Huang, and X. Dong, 2021: Summertime atmosphere-sea ice coupling in the Arctic simulated by CMIP5/6 models: Importance of large-scale circulation and low-level clouds. Clim. Dyn., 56: 1467-1485..
• Dong, X. (2021). Marcovecchio, A., A. Behrangi, X. Dong, B. Xi and Y. Huang, 2021: Precipitation Influence on and Response to Early and Late Arctic Sea Ice Melt Onset During Melt Season. International Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1002/joc.7233..
• Dong, X. (2021). McHardy, T.M., J.R. Campbell, …X. Dong, 2021; Detecting Transparent Cirrus Clouds Over Ocean Using the GOES-16 ABI 1.378 µm Channel. 38, 1093-1109.. J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech. DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0130.1.
• Dong, X. (2021). Zhang, H., X. Dong, Z. Xin, B. Xi, Q. Liu, H. He, X. Xie, L. Li, and S. Yu, 2021: Retrieving high resolution photosynthetically active radiation from GOES-R ABI data.. Remote Sensing of Environment. 260 (2021), 112436..
• Dong, X. (2021). Zheng, X., B. Xi, X. Dong, P. Wu, T. Logan and Y. Wang, 2021: Environmental Effects on Aerosol-Cloud Interaction in non-precipitating MBL clouds over the Eastern North Atlantic. ACP. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-391.
• Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2021). Huang*, Y., X. Dong, J. Kay, B. Xi, and E.A. McIlhattan, 2021: The Climate response to increased Cloud Liquid Water in CESM1: A sensitivity study of Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen Process.. Climate Dynamics. doi:DOI: 10.1007/s00382-021-05648-5
• Dong, X., Wu, P., Wang, Y., Xi, B., & Huang, Y. (2021). Observational constraints on warm rain processes in climate models using new ground-based retrievals. GRL.
• Cui, C., Cui, C., Dong, X., Dong, X., Wang, B., Wang, B., Xi, B., Xi, B., Deng, Y., Deng, Y., Ding, Y., & Ding, Y. (2020). Integrative Monsoon Frontal Rainfall Experiment (IMFRE-1): A Mid-Term Review. Adv. in Atmospheric Science. doi:10.1007/s00376-020-0209-1
• Dong, X. (2020). Cui, C., X. Dong, B. Wang, and H. Yang, 2020: The Phase Two of the Integrative Monsoon Frontal Rainfall Experiment (IMFRE-Ⅱ) in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River in 2020. Adv. In Atmos. Sci. doi:doi: 10.1007/s00376-020-0262-9
• Dong, X. (2020). Facilitating International Collaboration on Climate Change Research. BAMS.
• Dong, X. (2020). Li, C., Deng, Y., Cui, C., Wang, X., Dong, X., & Jiang, X. (2020). Hydrometeor budget of the Meiyu frontal rainstorms associated with two different atmospheric circulation patterns. JGR.
• Dong, X. (2020). Li, Z., Y. Wang, J. Guo, M. Cribb, X. Dong et al., 2020: East Asian Study of Tropospheric Aerosols and Impact on Regional Cloud, Precipitation, and Climate (EAST-AIRCPC). JGR, 124, 2019JD030758.. JGR. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030758
• Dong, X. (2020). Sun, Y., X. Dong, W. Cui, Z. Zhou, Z. Fu, L. Zhou, Y. Deng, C. Cui, 2020: Vertical Structures of Typical Meiyu Precipitation Characteristics Retrieved from GPM-DPR. JGR. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031466
• Dong, X. (2020). Yang, J., Li, J., Li, P., Sun, G., Cai, Z., Dong, X., et al. (2020). Spatial distribution and impacts of aerosols on clouds under Meiyu frontal weather background over central China based on aircraft observations.. JGR.
• Dong, X. (2020). Zhang, Z., Q. Song, D. Mechem, V. Larson, J. Wang, Y. Liu, M. Witte, X. Dong, and P. Wu, 2020; Vertical Dependence of Horizontal Variation of Cloud Microphysics: Observations from the ACE- ENA field campaign and implications for warm rain simulation in climate models.. ACP.
• Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2020). Fu, Z., X. Dong, L. Zhou, J. Wang, W. Cui, R. Wan, L. Leng and B. Xi, 2020: Statistical Characteristics of the Raindrop Size Distributions in Central China During Meiyu Season. JGR. doi:https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019JD031954
• Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2020). Huang*, Y., X. Dong, J. Kay, B. Xi, and E.A. McIlhattan, 2021: The Climate response to increased Cloud Liquid Water in CESM1: A sensitivity study of Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen Process.. Climate Dynamics. doi:DOI: 10.1007/s00382-021-05648-5.
• Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2020). Integrative Monsoon Frontal Rainfall Experiment (IMFRE-1): A Mid-Term Review.. Adv. In Atmos. Sci. doi:doi: 10.1007/s00376-020-0209-1.
• Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2020). Logan, T., X. Dong, B. Xi, X. Zheng, Y. Wang, P. Wu. E. Marlow and J. Maddux, 2020: Quantifying Long‐Term Seasonal and Regional Impacts of North American Fire Activity on Continental Boundary Layer Aerosols and Cloud Condensation Nuclei.. Earth and Space Science. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001113.
• Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2020). Quantifying Long‐Term Seasonal and Regional Impacts of North American Fire Activity on Continental Boundary Layer Aerosols and Cloud Condensation Nuclei.. Earth and Space Science. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001113.
• Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2020). Statistical Characteristics of the Raindrop Size Distributions in Central China During Meiyu Season. JGR. doi:https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019JD031954
• Wu, P., Wu, P., Dong, X., Dong, X., Xi, B., & Xi, B. (2020). A Climatology of Marine Boundary Layer Cloud and Drizzle Properties Derived From Ground-Based Observations over the Azores. Journal of Climate. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0272.1
• Xi, B., Kay, J., Dong, X., & Huang, Y. (2020). The Climate response to increased Cloud Liquid Water in CESM1: A sensitivity study of Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen Process.. Climate Dynamics. doi:DOI: 10.1007/s00382-021-05648-5.
• Zheng, X., Xi, B., Dong, X., Logan, T., Wang, Y., & Wu, P. (2020). Investigation of aerosol cloud Interactions under different absorptive aerosol regimes using ARM SGP ground-based measurements.. ACP. doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-478.
• Dong, X. (2019). A Record of Global Single-layered Ice Cloud Properties and Associated Radiative Heating Rate Profiles from an A-Train Perspective.. Climate DYNAMIC. doi:DOI: 10.1007/s00382-019-04682-8
• Dong, X. (2019). A Regime Based Evaluation of Southern and Northern Great Plains Warm Season Precipitation Events in WRF. Wea. Forecasting, 34, 805-834. doi:DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-19-0025.1.
• Dong, X. (2019). A Synoptic-View-Based Assessment of the Summer Extreme Rainfall over the Middle Reaches of Yangtze River in CMIP5 Models. Clim. Dyn. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04803-3.
• Dong, X. (2019). Can the GPM IMERG product accurately represent MCSs’ precipitation characteristics over the CONUS?. Atmos. Chem. Phys. doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-478.
• Dong, X. (2019). Characteristics of Ice Cloud-Precipitation of Warm Season Mesoscale Convective Systems over the Great Plains. J. Hydrometeo. doi:DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-19-0123.1.
• Dong, X. (2019). Cloud-Resolving Model Intercomparison of an MC3E Squall Line Case: Part II – Stratiform Precipitation Properties.. JGR-Atmosphere, 124. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029596
• Dong, X. (2019). Contrasting Pre-Meiyu and Meiyu Extreme Precipitation in the Yangtze River Valley: Influencing Systems and Precipitation Mechanisms.. J. Hydrometeo, 20, 1961-1980. doi:DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-18-0240.1
• Dong, X. (2019). East Asian Study of Tropospheric Aerosols and Impact on Regional Cloud, Precipitation, and Climate (EAST-AIRCPC).. JGR, 124. doi:2019JD030758
• Dong, X. (2019). Estimation of Liquid Water Path in Stratiform Precipitation Systems using Radar Measurements. Atmos. Meas. Tech, 12, 3743-3759. doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-2018-388.
• Dong, X. (2019). Investigation of aerosol cloud Interactions under different absorptive aerosol regimes using ARM SGP ground-based measurements.. Atmos. Chem. Phys. doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-478.
• Dong, X. (2019). Investigation of the ice cloud-precipitation properties of three modes of MCSs during PECAN.. JGR-Atmosphere, 124. doi:10.1029/2019JD030330
• Dong, X. (2019). Thicker clouds and accelerated Arctic Sea ice decline: The atmosphere‐sea ice interactions in spring. GRL, 46. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082791
• Dong, X. (2019). Vertical Structures of Typical Meiyu Precipitation Characteristics Retrieved from GPM-DPR.. JGR, 125. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031466.
• Han, B., Fan, J., Varble, A., Morrison, H., Williams, C. R., Chen, B., Dong, X., Giangrande, S. E., Khain, A., Mansell, E., Milbrandt, J. A., Shpund, J., & Thompson, G. (2019). Cloud-Resolving Model Intercomparison of an MC3E Squall Line Case: Part II. Stratiform Precipitation Properties. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 124(2), 1090-1117.
• Zhang, Z., Song, H., Ma, P., Larson, V. E., Wang, M., Dong, X., & Wang, J. (2019). Subgrid variations of the cloud water and droplet number concentration over the tropical ocean: satellite observations and implications for warm rain simulations in climate models. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 19(2), 1077-1096. doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-1-2019.
• Chen, X., Huang, X., Dong, X., Xi, B., Dolinar, E. K., Loeb, N. G., Kato, S., Stackhouse, P. W., & Bosilovich, M. G. (2018). Using AIRS and ARM SGP Clear-Sky Observations to Evaluate Meteorological Reanalyses: A Hyperspectral Radiance Closure Approach. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 123(20), 11720-11734.
• Clark, A. J., Jirak, I. L., Dembek, S. R., Creager, G. J., Kong, F., Thomas, K. W., Knopfmeier, K. H., Gallo, B. T., Melick, C. J., Xue, M., Brewster, K. A., Jung, Y., Kennedy, A., Dong, X., Markel, J., Gilmore, M., Romine, G. S., Fossell, K. R., Sobash, R. A., , Carley, J. R., et al. (2018). THE COMMUNITY LEVERAGED UNIFIED ENSEMBLE (CLUE) IN THE 2016 NOAA/HAZARDOUS WEATHER TESTBED SPRING FORECASTING EXPERIMENT. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 99(7), 1433-1448.
• Dong, X. (2018). A Statistical and Dynamical Characterization of Large-Scale Circulation Patterns Associated with Summer Extreme Precipitation over the Middle Reaches of Yangtze River.. Climate Dyn. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4501-z
• Dong, X. (2018). A Survey of the Atmospheric Physical and Dynamical Processes Key to the Onset of Arctic Sea Ice Melting in Spring. Clim Dyn.. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4422-x
• Dong, X. (2018). Comparison of Daytime low-level Cloud Properties derived from GOES and ARM SGP Measurements. JGR, 123. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028911.
• Dong, X. (2018). Comparisons of Water Path in Deep Convective Systems among CERES-MODIS, GOES, and Ground-based retrievals.. JGR, 123. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027498.
• Dong, X. (2018). Evaluation of autoconversion and accretion enhancement factors in GCM warm-rain parameterizations using ground-based measurements over the Azores.. ACP, 18, 1–16. doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-1-2018
• Dong, X. (2018). Influence of wind directions on thermodynamic properties and Arctic mixed-phase clouds at Barrow, Alaska in autumn season.. JGR, 123. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028631
• Dong, X. (2018). Investigation of liquid cloud microphysical properties of deep convective systems: 2. Parameterization of rain drop size distribution and its application for convective rain estimation.. JGR, 123. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028727
• Dong, X. (2018). Preface to the special issue: Aerosols, clouds, radiation, precipitation, and their interactions. ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 35(2), 133-134.
• Dong, X. (2018). Quantify contribution of aerosol errors to cloud fraction biases in CMIP5 Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project simulations. International Journal of Climatology, 1-17. doi:DOI:10.1002/joc.5490
• Dong, X. (2018). Sensitivity of numerical simulations of a mesoscale convective system to ice hydrometeors in bulk microphysical parameterization. Pure and Applied Geophysics.. doi:DOI 10.1007/s00024-018-1787-z
• Dong, X. (2018). The Community Leveraged Unified Ensemble (CLUE) in the 2016 NOAA/Hazardous Weather Testbed Spring Forecasting Experiment. BAMS, 1433-1448. doi:https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0309.1.
• Dong, X. (2018). Using AIRS and ARM SGP clear-sky observations to evaluate meteorological reanalyses: a hyperspectral radiance closure approach. JGR, 123. doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028850
• Fan, T., Zhao, C., Dong, X., Liu, X., Yang, X., Zhang, F., Shi, C., Wang, Y., & Wu, F. (2018). Quantify contribution of aerosol errors to cloud fraction biases in CMIP5 Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project simulations. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, 38(7), 3140-3156.
• Logan, T., Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2018). Aerosol properties and their impacts on surface CCN at the ARM Southern Great Plains site during the 2011 Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment. ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 35(2), 224-233.
• McHardy, T. M., Dong, X., Xi, B., Thieman, M. M., Minnis, P., & Palikonda, R. (2018). Comparison of Daytime Low-Level Cloud Properties Derived From GOES and ARM SGP Measurements. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 123(15), 8221-8237.
• Qiu, S., Xi, B., & Dong, X. (2018). Influence of Wind Direction on Thermodynamic Properties and Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds in Autumn at Utqiagvik, Alaska. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 123(17), 9589-9603.
• Tian, J., Dong, X., Xi, B., Minnis, P., Smith Jr., W. L., Sun-Mack, S., Thieman, M., & Wang, J. (2018). Comparisons of Ice Water Path in Deep Convective Systems Among Ground-Based, GOES, and CERES-MODIS Retrievals. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 123(3), 1708-1723.
• Wang, J., Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2018). Investigation of Liquid Cloud Microphysical Properties of Deep Convective Systems: 2. Parameterization of Raindrop Size Distribution and its Application for Convective Rain Estimation. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 123(20), 11637-11651.
• Wang, Y., Vogel, J. M., Lin, Y., Pan, B., Hu, J., Liu, Y., Dong, X., Jiang, J. H., Yung, Y. L., & Zhang, R. (2018). Aerosol microphysical and radiative effects on continental cloud ensembles. ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 35(2), 234-247.
• Wu, P., Xi, B., Dong, X., & Zhang, Z. (2018). Evaluation of autoconversion and accretion enhancement factors in general circulation model warm-rain parameterizations using ground-based measurements over the Azores. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 18(23).
• Cui, W., Dong, X., Xi, B., & Kennedy, A. (2017). Evaluation of Reanalyzed Precipitation Variability and Trends Using the Gridded Gauge-Based Analysis over the CONUS. JOURNAL OF HYDROMETEOROLOGY, 18(8), 2227-2248.
• Dong, X. (2017). Cloud-radiation-precipitation associations over the Asian monsoon region: an observational analysis. Clim Dyn, 1-19. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3509-5
• Dong, X. (2017). Evaluation of NASA GISS Post-CMIP5 Single Column Model Simulated Cloud and Precipitation Using the ARM SGP Observations.. Adv. Atmos Sci, 34, 306-320. doi:10.1007/s00376-016-5254-4
• Dong, X. (2017). Intercomparisons of marine boundary layer cloud properties from the ARM CAP-MBL campaign and two MODIS cloud products. JGR-Atmosphere, 122, 1-15. doi:10.1002/2016JD025763
• Dong, X. (2017). Seasonal Characteristics of Cloud Radiative Effects and their associations with cloud fraction and precipitation over Asian Monsoon Regions. Climate Dynamics. doi:DOI :10.1007/s00382-016-3509-5
• Dong, X. (2017). The footprints of 16-year trends of Arctic springtime cloud and radiation properties on September sea-ice retreat. JGR-Atmosphere, 122, 1-15. doi:10.1002/2016JD026020
• Dong, X. (2017). Use of observation-based aerosol profiles in simulations of a mid- latitude squall line during MC3E: Similarity of microphysics regime to tropical conditions.. ACP. doi:ACP-2016-948
• Fan, J., Han, B., Varble, A., Morrison, H., North, K., Kollias, P., Chen, B., Dong, X., Giangrande, S. E., Khain, A., Lin, Y., Mansell, E., Milbrandt, J. A., Stenz, R., Thompson, G., & Wang, Y. (2017). Cloud-resolving model intercomparison of an MC3E squall line case: Part I-Convective updrafts. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 122(17), 9351-9378.
• Fridlind, A. M., Li, X., Wu, D. i., van, L. M., Ackerman, A. S., Tao, W., McFarquhar, G. M., Wu, W., Dong, X., Wang, J., Ryzhkov, A., Zhang, P., Poellot, M. R., Neumann, A., & Tomlinson, J. M. (2017). Derivation of aerosol profiles for MC3E convection studies and use in simulations of the 20 May squall line case. ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 17(9), 5947-5972.
• Huang, Y., Dong, X., Xi, B., Dolinar, E. K., & Stanfield, R. E. (2017). The footprints of 16 year trends of Arctic springtime cloud and radiation properties on September sea ice retreat. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 122(4), 2179-2193.
• Huang, Y., Dong, X., Xi, B., Dolinar, E. K., Stanfield, R. E., & Qiu, S. (2017). Quantifying the Uncertainties of Reanalyzed Arctic Cloud and Radiation Properties Using Satellite Surface Observations. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 30(19), 8007-8029.
• Li, J., Wang, W., Dong, X., & Mao, J. (2017). Cloud-radiation-precipitation associations over the Asian monsoon region: an observational analysis. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 49(9-10), 3237-3255.
• Wu, P., Dong, X., Xi, B., Liu, Y., Thieman, M., & Minnis, P. (2017). Effects of environment forcing on marine boundary layer cloud-drizzle processes. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 122(8), 4463-4478.
• Zhang, L., Dong, X., Kennedy, A., Xi, B., & Li, Z. (2017). Evaluation of NASA GISS Post-CMIP5 Single Column Model Simulated Clouds and Precipitation Using ARM Southern Great Plains Observations. ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 34(3), 306-320.
• Zhang, Z., Dong, X., Xi, B., Song, H., Ma, P., Ghan, S. J., Platnick, S., & Minnis, P. (2017). Intercomparisons of marine boundary layer cloud properties from the ARM CAP-MBL campaign and two MODIS cloud products. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 122(4), 2351-2365.
• Dolinar, E. K., Dong, X., & Xi, B. (2016). Evaluation and intercomparison of clouds, precipitation, and radiation budgets in recent reanalyses using satellite-surface observations. CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 46(7-8), 2123-2144.
• Dong, X. (2016). A Quantitative Assessment of Precipitation Associated With the ITCZ in the CMIP5 GCM Simulations.. Climate Dynamic, 47, 1863-1880. doi:DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2937-y
• Dong, X. (2016). A clear-sky radiation closure study using a one-dimensional radiative transfer model and collocated satellite-surface-reanalysis data sets. JGR-ATmosphere, 46, 13,698-13,714. doi:10.1007/s00382-015-693-z
• Dong, X. (2016). A radiation closure study of Arctic stratus cloud microphysical properties using the collocated satellite-surface data and Fu-Liou radiative transfer model. JGR-Atmosphere, 121, 10,175-10,198. doi:10.1002/2016JD025255
• Dong, X. (2016). Cloud Fraction at the ARM SGP Site: reducing uncertainty with self-organizing maps. Theor. Appl. Climatol, 124, 43-54. doi:doi:10.1007/s00704-015-1384-3.
• Dong, X. (2016). Comparison of the GPCP 1DD Precipitation Product and NEXRAD Q2 Precipitation Estimates over the Continental United States. Journal of Hydromet, 17, 1837-1853. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0235.1
• Dong, X. (2016). Determining Best Method for Estimating Observed Level of Maximum Convective Detrainment based on Radar Reflectivity. Monthly Weather Review, 144, 2915-2926. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-15-0427.1
• Dong, X. (2016). Evaluation and intercomparison of clouds, precipitation and radiation budgets in recent reanalyses using satellite-surface data. Climate Dynamic.
• Dong, X. (2016). Improving Satellite Quantitative Precipitation Estimates With Optical Depth Retrievals.. J. Hydrometeorology, 17, 1837-1853. doi:DOI:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0235.1
• Dong, X. (2016). Investigation of liquid cloud microphysical properties of deep convective systems: 1. Parameterization raindrop size distribution and its application for stratiform rain estimation. JGR-Atmosphere, 121, 10739-10760. doi:doi:10.1002/2016JD024941
• Dong, X. (2016). Retrievals of ice cloud microphysical properties of deep convective systems using radar measurements. JGR-Atmosphere, 121, 10820-10839. doi:10.1002/2015JD024686