Publications

121 publications

2021

Wang, Y., Zhang, G. J., Xie, S. C., Lin, W. Y., Craig, G. C., Tang, Q., & Ma, H. Y. (2021). Effects of coupling a stochastic convective parameterization with the Zhang-McFarlane scheme on precipitation simulation in the DOE E3SMv1.0 atmosphere model. Geoscientific Model Development, 14(3), 1575-1593. doi: 10.5194/gmd-14-1575-2021
Peters, J. M., Morrison, H., Zhang, G. J., & Powell, S. W. (2021). Improving the physical basis for updraft dynamics in deep convection parameterizations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13(2). doi: 10.1029/2020ms002282
Wang, J. Y., Fan, J. W., Houze, R. A., Brodzik, S. R., Zhang, K., Zhang, G. J., & Ma, P. L. (2021). Using radar observations to evaluate 3-D radar echo structure simulated by the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) version 1. Geoscientific Model Development, 14(2), 719-734. doi: 10.5194/gmd-14-719-2021
Liu, S., Liu, X. X., Yu, L., Wang, Y., Zhang, G. J., Gong, P., ... Cheng, Y. Q. (2021). Climate response to introduction of the ESA CCI land cover data to the NCAR CESM. Climate Dynamics. doi: 10.1007/s00382-021-05690-3
Sun, W. Q., Wang, B., Wang, Y., Zhang, G. J., Han, Y. L., Wang, X., & Yang, M. M. (2021). Parameterizing subgrid variations of land surface heat fluxes to the atmosphere improves boreal summer land precipitation simulation with the NCAR CESM1.2. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(1). doi: 10.1029/2020gl090715
Wang, Y., Xia, W. W., Liu, X. H., Xie, S. C., Lin, W. Y., Tang, Q., ... Zhang, G. J. (2021). Disproportionate control on aerosol burden by light rain. Nature Geoscience. doi: 10.1038/s41561-020-00675-z

2020

Song, X. L., & Zhang, G. J. (2020). Role of equatorial cold tongue in central Pacific double-ITCZ bias in the NCAR CESM1.2. Journal of Climate, 33(24), 10407-10418. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-20-0141.1
Han, Y. L., Zhang, G. J., Huang, X. M., & Wang, Y. (2020). A moist physics parameterization based on deep learning. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(9). doi: 10.1029/2020ms002076
Lin, Y. L., Huang, X. M., Liang, Y. S., Qin, Y., Xu, S. M., Huang, W. Y., ... Gong, P. (2020). Community Integrated Earth System Model (CIESM): Description and evaluation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(8). doi: 10.1029/2019ms002036
Wright, J. S., Sun, X. Y., Konopka, P., Kruger, K., Legras, B., Molod, A. M., ... Zhao, X. (2020). Differences in tropical high clouds among reanalyses: origins and radiative impacts. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(14), 8989-9030. doi: 10.5194/acp-20-8989-2020
Yang, B., Wang, M. H., Zhang, G. J., Guo, Z., Qian, Y., Huang, A. N., & Zhang, Y. C. (2020). Simulated Precipitation Diurnal Variation With a Deep Convective Closure Subject to Shallow Convection in Community Atmosphere Model Version 5 Coupled With CLUBB. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(7). doi: 10.1029/2020ms002050
Song, F. F., & Zhang, G. J. (2020). The impacts of horizontal resolution on the seasonally dependent biases of the northeastern Pacific ITCZ in coupled climate models. Journal of Climate, 33(3), 941-957. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-19-0399.1

2019

Zhang, G. J., Song, X. L., & Wang, Y. (2019). The double ITCZ syndrome in GCMs: A coupled feedback problem among convection, clouds, atmospheric and ocean circulations. Atmospheric Research, 229, 255-268. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.06.023
Song, X. L., & Zhang, G. J. (2019). Culprit of the Eastern Pacific Double-ITCZ Bias in the NCAR CESM1.2. Journal of Climate, 32(19), 6349-6364. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-18-0580.1
Huang, J. P., Chen, W., Wen, Z. P., Zhang, G. J., Li, Z. X., Zuo, Z. Y., & Zhao, Q. Y. (2019). Review of Chinese atmospheric science research over the past 70 years: Climate and climate change. Science China-Earth Sciences, 62(10), 1514-1550. doi: 10.1007/s11430-019-9483-5
Cheng, R., & Guang, Z. (2019). Relating convection to GCM grid-scale fields using cloud-resolving model simulation of a squall line observed during MC3E field experiment. Atmosphere, 10(9). doi: 10.3390/atmos10090523
Xie, S. C., Wang, Y. C., Lin, W. Y., Ma, H. Y., Tang, Q., Tang, S. Q., ... Zhang, M. H. (2019). Improved Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation in E3SM With a Revised Convective Triggering Function. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11(7), 2290-2310. doi: 10.1029/2019ms001702
Glotfelty, T., Alapaty, K., He, J., Hawbecker, P., Song, X. L., & Zhang, G. (2019). The Weather Research and Forecasting Model with Aerosol-Cloud Interactions (WRF-ACI): Development, evaluation, and initial application. Monthly Weather Review, 147(5), 1491-1511. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-18-0267.1
Mitovski, T., Cole, J. N. S., McFarlane, N. A., von Salzen, K., & Zhang, G. J. (2019). Convective response to large-scale forcing in the tropical western Pacific simulated by spCAM5 and CanAM4.3. Geoscientific Model Development, 12(5), 2107-2117. doi: 10.5194/gmd-12-2107-2019
Wang, X., & Zhang, G. J. (2019). Evaluation of the quasi-biweekly oscillation over the South China Sea in early and late summer in CAM5. Journal of Climate, 32(1), 69-84. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-18-0072.1

2018

Lu, C. S., Sun, C., Liu, Y. G., Zhang, G. J., Lin, Y. L., Gao, W. H., ... Jin, L. J. (2018). Observational relationship between entrainment rate and environmental relative humidity and implications for convection parameterization. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(24), 13495-13504. doi: 10.1029/2018gl080264
Huang, X. M., Hu, C. Q., Huang, X., Chu, Y., Tseng, Y. H., Zhang, G. J., & Lin, Y. L. (2018). A long-term tropical mesoscale convective systems dataset based on a novel objective automatic tracking algorithm. Climate Dynamics, 51(7-8), 3145-3159. doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4071-0
Song, F. F., & Zhang, G. J. (2018). Understanding and improving the scale dependence of trigger functions for convective parameterization using cloud-resolving model data. Journal of Climate, 31(18), 7385-7399. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-17-0660.1
Wang, Y., Zhang, G. J., & Jiang, Y. Q. (2018). Linking stochasticity of convection to large-scale vertical velocity to improve Indian Summer Monsoon Simulation in the NCAR CAM5. Journal of Climate, 31(17), 6985-7002. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-17-0785.1
Liu, Y. C., Fan, J. W., Xu, K. M., & Zhang, G. J. (2018). Analysis of cloud-resolving model simulations for scale dependence of convective momentum transport. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75(7), 2445-2472. doi: 10.1175/jas-d-18-0019.1
Yang, M. M., Zhang, G. J., & Sun, D. Z. (2018). Precipitation and moisture in four leading CMIP5 models: Biases across large-scale circulation regimes and their attribution to dynamic and thermodynamic factors. Journal of Climate, 31(13), 5089-5106. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-17-0718.1
Wang, M. C., & Zhang, G. J. (2018). Improving the simulation of tropical convective cloud-top heights in CAM5 with CloudSat observations. Journal of Climate, 31(13), 5189-5204. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-18-0027.1
Song, X. L., & Zhang, G. J. (2018). The roles of convection parameterization in the formation of double ITCZ Syndrome in the NCAR CESM: I. Atmospheric Processes. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10(3), 842-866. doi: 10.1002/2017ms001191
Kao, A., Jiang, X., Li, L. M., Trammell, J. H., Zhang, G. J., Su, H., ... Yung, Y. L. (2018). A Comparative Study of Atmospheric Moisture Recycling Rate between Observations and Models. Journal of Climate, 31(6), 2389-2398. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-17-0421.1
Zhou, Z. Q., Xie, S. P., Zhang, G. J., & Zhou, W. Y. (2018). Evaluating AMIP Skill in Simulating Interannual Variability over the Indo-Western Pacific. Journal of Climate, 31(6), 2253-2265. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-17-0123.1
Guo, X. H., Lu, C. S., Zhao, T. L., Liu, Y. G., Zhang, G. J., & Luo, S. (2018). Observational study of the relationship between entrainment rate and relative dispersion in deep convective clouds. Atmospheric Research, 199, 186-192. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.09.013

2017

Wang, Y., Zhang, G. J., & He, Y. J. (2017). Simulation of precipitation extremes using a stochastic convective parameterization in the NCAR CAM5 under different resolutions. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 122(23), 12875-12891. doi: 10.1002/2017jd026901
Yun, Y. X., Fan, J. W., Xiao, H., Zhang, G. J., Ghan, S. J., Xu, K. M., ... Gustafson, W. I. (2017). Assessing the resolution adaptability of the Zhang-McFarlane cumulus parameterization with spatial and temporal averaging. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9(7), 2753-2770. doi: 10.1002/2017ms001035
Song, F. F., & Zhang, G. J. (2017). Improving trigger functions for convective parameterization schemes using GOAmazon observations. Journal of Climate, 30(21), 8711-8726. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-17-0042.1
Liang, Y. S., Wang, L. N., Zhang, G. J., & Wu, Q. Z. (2017). Sensitivity test of parameterizations of subgrid-scale orographic form drag in the NCAR CESM1. Climate Dynamics, 48(9-10), 3365-3379. doi: 10.1007/s00382-016-3272-7
Song, F. F., & Zhang, G. J. (2017). Impact of tropical SSTs in the North Atlantic and Southeastern Pacific on the Eastern Pacific ITCZ. Journal of Climate, 30(4), 1291-1305. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-16-0310.1

2016

Wang, Y., & Zhang, G. J. (2016). Global climate impacts of stochastic deep convection parameterization in the NCAR CAM5. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8(4), 1641-1656. doi: 10.1002/2016ms000756
Zhang, G. J., Wu, X. Q., Zeng, X. P., & Mitovski, T. (2016). Estimation of convective entrainment properties from a cloud-resolving model simulation during TWP-ICE. Climate Dynamics, 47(7-8), 2177-2192. doi: 10.1007/s00382-015-2957-7
Song, F. F., & Zhang, G. J. (2016). Effects of Southeastern Pacific sea surface temperature on the double-ITCZ bias in NCAR CESM1. Journal of Climate, 29(20), 7417-7433. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-15-0852.1
Leung, K., Velado, M., Subramanian, A., Zhang, G. J., Somerville, R. C. J., & Shen, S. S. P. (2016). Simulation of high-resolution precipitable water data by a stochastic model with a random trigger. Advances in Data Science and Adaptive Analysis. doi: 10.1142/S2424922X16500066
Wang, Y., Zhang, G. J., & Craig, G. C. (2016). Stochastic convective parameterization improving the simulation of tropical precipitation variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(12), 6612-6619. doi: 10.1002/2016gl069818
Trammell, J. H., Jiang, X., Li, L. M., Kao, A., Zhang, G. J., Chang, E. K. M., & Yung, Y. (2016). Temporal and spatial variability of precipitation from observations and models*. Journal of Climate, 29(7), 2543-2555. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-15-0325.1
Lu, C. S., Liu, Y. G., Zhang, G. J., Wu, X. H., Endo, S., Cao, L., ... Guo, X. H. (2016). Improving parameterization of entrainment rate for shallow convection with aircraft measurements and large-eddy simulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73(2), 761-773. doi: 10.1175/jas-d-15-0050.1

2015

Storer, R. L., Zhang, G. J., & Song, X. L. (2015). Effects of convective microphysics parameterization on large-scale cloud hydrological cycle and radiative budget in tropical and midlatitude convective regions. Journal of Climate, 28(23), 9277-9297. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-15-0064.1
Li, L. J., Wang, B., & Zhang, G. J. (2015). The role of moist processes in shortwave radiative feedback during ENSO in the CMIP5 models. Journal of Climate, 28(24), 9892-9908. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-15-0276.1
Guo, X. H., Lu, C. S., Zhao, T. L., Zhang, G. J., & Liu, Y. G. (2015). An observational study of entrainment rate in deep convection. Atmosphere, 6(9), 1362-1376. doi: 10.3390/atmos6091362
Jiang, X., Waliser, D. E., Xavier, P. K., Petch, J., Klingaman, N. P., Woolnough, S. J., ... Zhu, H. Y. (2015). Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian oscillation: Exploring key model physics in climate simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(10), 4718-4748. doi: 10.1002/2014jd022375
Klingaman, N. P., Woolnough, S. J., Jiang, X. N., Waliser, D., Xavier, P. K., Petch, J., ... Zhang, G. J. (2015). Vertical structure and physical processes of the Madden-Julian oscillation: Linking hindcast fidelity to simulated diabatic heating and moistening. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(10), 4690-4717. doi: 10.1002/2014jd022374
Fan, J. W., Liu, Y. C., Xu, K. M., North, K., Collis, S., Dong, X. Q., ... Ghan, S. J. (2015). Improving representation of convective transport for scale-aware parameterization: 1. Convection and cloud properties simulated with spectral bin and bulk microphysics. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(8), 3485-3509. doi: 10.1002/2014jd022142
Liu, Y. C., Fan, J. W., Zhang, G. J., Xu, K. M., & Ghan, S. J. (2015). Improving representation of convective transport for scale-aware parameterization: 2. Analysis of cloud-resolving model simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(8), 3510-3532. doi: 10.1002/2014jd022145
Suhas, E., & Zhang, G. J. (2015). Evaluating convective parameterization closures using cloud-resolving model simulation of tropical deep convection. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(4), 1260-1277. doi: 10.1002/2014jd022246

2014

Suhas, E., & Zhang, G. J. (2014). Evaluation of trigger functions for convective parameterization schemes using observations. Journal of Climate, 27(20), 7647-7666. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-13-00718.1
Song, X. L., & Zhang, G. J. (2014). Role of climate feedback in El Nino-Like SST response to global warming. Journal of Climate, 27(19), 7301-7318. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-14-00072.1
Li, L. J., Wang, B., & Zhang, G. J. (2014). The role of nonconvective condensation processes in response of surface shortwave cloud radiative forcing to El Nino warming. Journal of Climate, 27(17), 6721-6736. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-13-00632.1
Subramanian, A. C., & Zhang, G. J. (2014). Diagnosing MJO hindcast biases in NCAR CAM3 using nudging during the DYNAMO field campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119(12), 7231-7253. doi: 10.1002/2013jd021370
Song, X. L., Zhang, G. J., & Cai, M. (2014). Characterizing the Climate Feedback Pattern in the NCAR CCSM3-SOM Using Hourly Data. Journal of Climate, 27(8), 2912-2930. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-13-00567.1
Song, X. L., Zhang, G. J., & Cai, M. (2014). Quantifying contributions of climate feedbacks to tropospheric warming in the NCAR CCSM3.0. Climate Dynamics, 42(3-4), 901-917. doi: 10.1007/s00382-013-1805-x
Lim, K. S. S., Fan, J. W., Leung, R., Ma, P. L., Singh, B., Zhao, C., ... Song, X. L. (2014). Investigation of aerosol indirect effects using a cumulus microphysics parameterization in a regional climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119(2), 906-926. doi: 10.1002/2013jd020958

2013

Taylor, P. C., Cai, M., Hu, A. X., Meehl, J., Washington, W., & Zhang, G. J. (2013). A Decomposition of Feedback Contributions to Polar Warming Amplification. Journal of Climate, 26(18), 7023-7043. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-12-00696.1
Zhang, G. J., Cai, M., & Hu, A. X. (2013). Energy consumption and the unexplained winter warming over northern Asia and North America. Nature Climate Change, 3(5), 466-470. doi: 10.1038/nclimate1803
Cai, Q. Q., Zhang, G. J., & Zhou, T. J. (2013). Impacts of shallow convection on MJO simulation: A moist static energy and moisture budget analysis. Journal of Climate, 26(8), 2417-2431. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-12-00127.1
Yang, B., Qian, Y., Lin, G., Leung, L. R., Rasch, P. J., Zhang, G. J., ... Liu, X. H. (2013). Uncertainty quantification and parameter tuning in the CAM5 Zhang-McFarlane convection scheme and impact of improved convection on the global circulation and climate. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 118(2), 395-415. doi: 10.1029/2012jd018213

2012

Song, X. L., Zhang, G. J., & Li, J. L. F. (2012). Evaluation of microphysics parameterization for convective clouds in the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model CAM5. Journal of Climate, 25(24), 8568-8590. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-11-00563.1
Jiang, X. N., Waliser, D. E., Kim, D., Zhao, M., Sperber, K. R., Stern, W. F., ... Lee, M. I. (2012). Simulation of the intraseasonal variability over the Eastern Pacific ITCZ in climate models. Climate Dynamics, 39(3-4), 617-636. doi: 10.1007/s00382-011-1098-x

2011

Song, X. L., & Zhang, G. J. (2011). Microphysics parameterization for convective clouds in a global climate model: Description and single-column model tests. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 116(D02201). doi: 10.1029/2010jd014833

2010

Chen, H. M., Zhou, T. J., Neale, R. B., Wu, X. Q., & Zhang, G. J. (2010). Performance of the new NCAR CAM3.5 in East Asian summer monsoon simulations: Sensitivity to modifications of the convection scheme. Journal of Climate, 23(13), 3657-3675. doi: 10.1175/2010jcli3022.1
Zhang, G. J., Vogelmann, A. M., Jensen, M. P., Collins, W. D., & Luke, E. P. (2010). Relating satellite-observed cloud properties from MODIS to meteorological conditions for marine boundary layer clouds. Journal of Climate, 23(6), 1374-1391. doi: 10.1175/2009jcli2897.1
Zhang, G. J., & Song, X. L. (2010). Convection parameterization, tropical Pacific double ITCZ, and upper-ocean biases in the NCAR CCSM3. Part II: Coupled feedback and the role of ocean heat transport. Journal of Climate, 23(3), 800-812. doi: 10.1175/2009jcli3109.1
Park, H. S., Chiang, J. C. H., Lintner, B. R., & Zhang, G. J. (2010). The delayed effect of major El Nino events on Indian monsoon rainfall. Journal of Climate, 23(4), 932-946. doi: 10.1175/2009jcli2916.1
Song, X. L., Dan, L. B., & Zhang, G. J. (2010). Increased greenhouse gases enhance regional climate response to a Maunder Minimum. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(L01703). doi: 10.1029/2009gl041290

2009

Kim, D., Sperber, K., Stern, W., Waliser, D., Kang, I. S., Maloney, E., ... Zhang, G. (2009). Application of MJO Simulation Diagnostics to Climate Models. Journal of Climate, 22(23), 6413-6436. doi: 10.1175/2009jcli3063.1
Gutzler, D. S., Long, L. N., Schemm, J., Roy, S. B., Bosilovich, M., Collier, J. C., ... Zhang, G. J. (2009). Simulations of the 2004 North American Monsoon: NAMAP2. Journal of Climate, 22(24), 6716-6740. doi: 10.1175/2009jcli3138.1
Song, X. L., & Zhang, G. J. (2009). Convection parameterization, tropical Pacific double ITCZ, and upper-ocean biases in the NCAR CCSM3. Part I: Climatology and atmospheric feedback. Journal of Climate, 22(16), 4299-4315. doi: 10.1175/2009jcli2642.1
Zhang, G. J., & Song, X. L. (2009). Interaction of deep and shallow convection is key to Madden-Julian Oscillation simulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 36(L09708). doi: 10.1029/2009gl037340
Zhang, G. J. (2009). Effects of entrainment on convective available potential energy and closure assumptions in convection parameterization. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114(D07109). doi: 10.1029/2008jd010976
Collier, J. C., & Zhang, G. J. (2009). Aerosol direct forcing of the summer Indian monsoon as simulated by the NCAR CAM3. Climate Dynamics, 32(2-3), 313-332. doi: 10.1007/s00382-008-0464-9

2008

Song, X. L., Wu, X. Q., Zhang, G. J., & Arritt, R. W. (2008). Understanding the effects of convective momentum transport on climate simulations: The role of convective heating. Journal of Climate, 21(19), 5034-5047. doi: 10.1175/2008jci12187.1
Jensen, M. P., Vogelmann, A. M., Collins, W. D., Zhang, G. J., & Luke, E. P. (2008). Investigation of regional and seasonal variations in marine boundary layer cloud properties from MODIS observations. Journal of Climate, 21(19), 4955-4973. doi: 10.1175/2008jcli1974.1
Boyle, J., Klein, S., Zhang, G., Xie, S., & Wei, X. (2008). Climate model forecast experiments for TOGA COARE. Monthly Weather Review, 136(3), 808-832. doi: 10.1175/2007mwr2145.1
Mu, M. Q., & Zhang, G. J. (2008). Energetics of Madden Julian oscillations in the NCAR CAM3: A composite view. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 113(D5). doi: 10.1029/2007jd008700
Song, X. L., Wu, X. Q., Zhang, G. J., & Arritt, R. W. (2008). Dynamical effects of convective momentum transports on global climate simulations. Journal of Climate, 21(2), 180-194. doi: 10.1175/2007jcli1848.1
Li, G., & Zhang, G. J. (2008). Understanding biases in shortwave cloud radiative forcing in the national center for atmospheric research community atmosphere model (CAM3) during El Nino. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 113(D2). doi: 10.1029/2007jd008963

2007

Wu, X. Q., Deng, L. P., Song, X. L., Vettoretti, G., Peltier, W. R., & Zhang, G. J. (2007). Impact of a modified convective scheme on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and El Nino-Southern Oscillation in a coupled climate model. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(16). doi: 10.1029/2007gl030637
Collier, J. C., & Zhang, G. J. (2007). Effects of increased horizontal resolution on simulation of the North American monsoon in the NCAR CAM3: An evaluation based on surface, satellite, and reanalysis data. Journal of Climate, 20(9), 1843-1861. doi: 10.1175/jcl14099.1
Wu, X. Q., Deng, L. P., Song, X. L., & Zhang, G. J. (2007). Coupling of convective momentum transport with convective heating in global climate simulations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64(4), 1334-1349. doi: 10.1175/jas3894.1

2006

Mu, M. Q., & Zhang, G. J. (2006). Energetics of Madden-Julian oscillations in the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Atmosphere Model version 3 (NCAR CAM3). Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 111(D24). doi: 10.1029/2005jd007003
Collier, J. C., & Zhang, G. J. (2006). Simulation of the North American monsoon by the NCAR CCM3 and its sensitivity to convection parameterization. Journal of Climate, 19(12), 2851-2866. doi: 10.1175/jcli3732.1
Zhang, G. J., & Wang, H. J. (2006). Toward mitigating the double ITCZ problem in NCAR CCSM3. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(6). doi: 10.1029/2005gl025229

2005

Collier, J. C., & Zhang, G. J. (2005). US warm-season rainfall in NCAR CAM3: An event-oriented perspective. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(20). doi: 10.1029/2005gl024217
Zhang, G. J., & Mu, M. Q. (2005). Simulation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in the NCAR CCM3 using a revised Zhang-McFarlane convection parameterization scheme. Journal of Climate, 18(19), 4046-4064. doi: 10.1175/jcli3508.1
Zhang, G. J., & Mu, M. Q. (2005). Effects of modifications to the Zhang-McFarlane convection parameterization on the simulation of the tropical precipitation in the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model, version 3. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110(D9). doi: 10.1029/2004jd005617
Xie, S. C., Zhang, M. H., Branson, M., Cederwall, R. T., Del Genio, A. D., Eitzen, Z. A., ... Zhang, J. H. (2005). Simulations of midlatitude frontal clouds by single-column and cloud-resolving models during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement March 2000 cloud intensive operational period. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110(D15). doi: 10.1029/2004jd005119

2004

Chung, C. E., & Zhang, G. J. (2004). Impact of absorbing aerosol on precipitation: Dynamic aspects in association with convective available potential energy and convective parameterization closure and dependence on aerosol heating profile. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 109(D22). doi: 10.1029/2004jd004726
Zhang, G. J. (2004). Parameterization of convection in global climate models. Observation, theory and modeling of atmospheric variability: selected papers of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Alumni in Commemoration of Professor Jijia Zhang (pp. 184-205). New Jersey: World Scientific.

2003

Zhang, G. J. (2003). Roles of tropospheric and boundary layer forcing in the diurnal cycle of convection in the U.S. Southern Great Plains. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(24). doi: 10.1029/2003gl018554
Zhang, G. J. (2003). Convective quasi-equilibrium in the tropical western Pacific: Comparison with midlatitude continental environment. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 108(D19). doi: 10.1029/2003jd003520
Wu, X. Q., Liang, X. Z., & Zhang, G. J. (2003). Seasonal migration of ITCZ precipitation across the equator: Why can't GCMs simulate it?. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(15). doi: 10.1029/2003gl017198
Zhang, G. J. (2003). Lagrangian study of cloud properties and their relationships to meteorological parameters over the US southern Great Plains. Journal of Climate, 16(16), 2700-2716. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2700:lsocpa>2.0.co;2
Zurovac-Jevtic, D., & Zhang, G. J. (2003). Development and test of a cirrus parameterization scheme using NCAR CCM3. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60(11), 1325-1344. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1325:datoac>2.0.co;2
Zhang, G. J., & Wu, X. Q. (2003). Convective momentum transport and perturbation pressure field from a cloud-resolving model simulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60(9), 1120-1139. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1120:cmtapp>2.0.co;2

2002

Zhang, G. J. (2002). Convective quasi-equilibrium in midlatitude continental environment and its effect on convective parameterization. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 107(D14). doi: 10.1029/2001jd001005
Xie, S. C., Xu, K. M., Cederwall, R. T., Bechtold, P., Del Genio, A. D., Klein, S. A., ... Zhang, M. G. (2002). Intercomparison and evaluation of cumulus parametrizations under summertime midlatitude continental conditions. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 128(582), 1095-1135. doi: 10.1256/003590002320373229

2001

Zhang, G. J., & Guo, M. (2001). Preliminary evaluation of a revised Zhang-McFarlane convection scheme using the NCAR CCM3 GCM. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 18, 710-717.
Tian, B. J., Zhang, G. J., & Ramanathan, V. (2001). Heat balance in the Pacific warm pool atmosphere during TOGA COARE and CEPEX. Journal of Climate, 14(8), 1881-1893. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<1881:hbitpw>2.0.co;2

1999

Zhang, G. J., Zurovac-Jevtic, D., & Boer, E. R. (1999). Spatial characteristics of the tropical cloud systems: comparison between model simulation and satellite observations. Tellus Series a-Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, 51(5), 922-936. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0870.1999.00026.x

1998

Tsintikidis, D., & Zhang, G. J. (1998). A numerical study on the coupling between sea surface temperature and surface evaporation. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 103(D24), 31763-31774. doi: 10.1029/1998jd200027
Zhang, G. J., Kiehl, J. T., & Rasch, P. J. (1998). Response of climate simulation to a new convective parameterization in the National Center for Atmospheric Research community climate model (CCM3). Journal of Climate, 11(8), 2097-2115. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442-11.8.2097

1997

Collins, W. D., Wang, J. Y., Kiehl, J. T., Zhang, G. J., Cooper, D. I., & Eichinger, W. E. (1997). Comparison of tropical ocean-atmosphere fluxes with the NCAR community climate model CCM3. Journal of Climate, 10(12), 3047-3058. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<3047:cotoaf>2.0.co;2
Zhang, G. J. (1997). A further study on estimating surface evaporation using monthly mean data: Comparison of bulk formulations. Journal of Climate, 10(7), 1592-1600. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1592:afsoes>2.0.co;2

1996

Zhang, G. J., & Grossman, R. L. (1996). Surface evaporation during the central equatorial Pacific experiment: A climate-scale perspective. Journal of Climate, 9(10), 2522-2537. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2522:sedtce>2.0.co;2

1995

Zhang, G. J. (1995). Use of monthly mean data to compute surface turbulent fluxes in the tropical Pacific. Journal of Climate, 8(12), 3084-3090. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<3084:uommdt>2.0.co;2
Zhang, G. J., Ramanathan, V., & McPhaden, M. J. (1995). Convection-evaporation feedback in the equatorial Pacific. Journal of Climate, 8(12), 3040-3051. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<3040:cefite>2.0.co;2
Zhang, G. J., & McFarlane, N. A. (1995). Sensitivity of climate simulations to the parameterization of cumulus convection in the Canadian climate centre general circulation model. Atmosphere-Ocean, 33(3), 407-446. doi: 10.1080/07055900.1995.9649539
Zhang, G. J. (1995). The sensitivity of surface-energy balance to convective parameterization in a general circulation model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 52(9), 1370-1382. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1995)052<1370:TSOSEB>2.0.CO;2
Zhang, G. J., & McPhaden, M. J. (1995). The relationship between sea surface temperature and latent heat flux in the equatorial Pacific. Journal of Climate, 8(3), 589-605. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<0589:trbsst>2.0.co;2
Ramanathan, V., Subasilar, B., Zhang, G. J., Conant, W., Cess, R. D., Kiehl, J. T., ... Shi, L. (1995). Warm pool heat budget and shortwave cloud forcing: a missing physics?. Science, 267(5197), 499-503. doi: 10.1126/science.267.5197.499
Zhang, G. J., & McFarlane, N. A. (1995). Role of convective scale momentum transport in climate simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 100(D1), 1417-1426. doi: 10.1029/94jd02519

1994

Zhang, G. J. (1994). Effects of cumulus convection on the simulated monsoon circulation in a general circulation model. Monthly Weather Review, 122(9), 2022-2038. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(1994)122<2022:eoccot>2.0.co;2

1991

Zhang, G. J., & Cho, H. R. (1991). Parameterization of the vertical transport of momentum by cumulus clouds. Part II: Application. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48(22), 2448-2457. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1991)048<2448:potvto>2.0.co;2
Zhang, G. J., & McFarlane, N. A. (1991). Convective stabilizations in midlatitudes. Monthly Weather Review, 119(8), 1915-1928. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(1991)119<1915:CSIM>2.0.CO;2
Zhang, G. J., & Cho, H. R. (1991). Parameterization of the vertical transport of momentum by cumulus clouds. Part I: Theory. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 48(12), 1483-1492. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1991)048<1483:potvto>2.0.co;2