Publications

Peer reviewed

2025

Liu, Y., Q. Tang, L. R. Leung, D. Chen, J. A. Francis, C. Zhang, H. W. Chen, and S. C. Sherwood, 2025: Changes in atmospheric circulation amplify extreme snowfall fueled by Arctic sea ice loss over high-latitude land. Weather and Climate Extremes, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2025.100802.

Zou, J., H. W. Chen, H. Li, Q. Wang, G. Wang, K. Jia, Z. Chen, C. Zhao, W. Shi, Y. Yang, Y. Tang, J. Chen, Y. Zhang, T. Xu, Y. Wang, G. Liu, and X. Yan, 2025: Amplified urban heat island effect in southern China’s old towns following atmospheric regulation policies. Sustainable Cities and Society, 131, 106675, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106675.

Peng, W., Y. Yi, U. Mishra, K. Bakian-Dogaheh, J. S. Kimball, M. Moghaddam, and H. W. Chen, 2025: Characterizing spatial variability of soil organic carbon through improved machine-learning modeling with in situ data resampling: A case study in Alaska. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 63, 1–14, https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2025.3572344.

Cai, Z., Q. You, J. A. Screen, H. W. Chen, R. Zhang, Z. Zuo, D. Chen, J. Cohen, S. Kang, and R. Zhang, 2025: Lessened projections of Arctic warming and wetting after correcting for model errors in global warming and sea ice cover. Science Advances, 11, eadr6413, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr6413.

2024

Li, T., B. He, D. Chen, H. W. Chen, L. Guo, W. Yuan, K. Fang, F. Shi, L. Liu, H. Zheng, L. Huang, X. Wu, X. Hao, X. Zhao, and W. Jiang, 2024: Increasing sensitivity of tree radial growth to precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110003, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110003.

Xu, H., H. W. Chen, D. Chen, Y. Wang, X. Yue, B. He, L. Guo, W. Yuan, Z. Zhong, L. Huang, F. Zheng, T. Li, and X. He, 2024: Global patterns and drivers of post-fire vegetation productivity recovery. Nature Geoscience, 17, 874–881, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01520-3.

Yan, X., C. Zuo, Z. Li, H. W. Chen, Y. Jiang, Q. Wang, G. Wang, K. Jia, Y. A, Z. Chen, and J. Chen, 2024: Substantial underestimation of fine-mode aerosol loading from wildfires and its radiative effects in current satellite-based retrievals over the United States. Environmental Science & Technology, 58, 15661–15671, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02498.

Yan, X., Z. Zang, Z. Li, H. W. Chen, J. Chen, Y. Jiang, Y. Chen, B. He, C. Zuo, T. Nakajima, and J. Kim, 2024: Deep learning with pretrained framework unleashes the power of satellite-based global fine-mode aerosol retrieval. Environmental Science & Technology, 58, 14260–14270, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02701.

He, M., J. Cui, Y. Yi, H. W. Chen, Q. Zhang, L. Li, L. Huang, and S. Hong, 2024: Vegetation increases global climate vulnerability risk by shifting climate zones in response to rising atmospheric CO2. Science of The Total Environment, 949, 174810, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174810.

Liu, Y., Q. Tang, C. Zhang, D. Chen, J. A. Francis, L. R. Leung, and H. W. Chen, 2024: The disproportionate impact of enhanced evaporation from melting arctic sea ice on cold-season land precipitation trends. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7, 1–9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00680-8.

Cai, Z., Q. You, H. W. Chen, R. Zhang, Z. Zuo, D. Chen, J. Cohen, and J. A. Screen, 2024: Assessing Arctic wetting: Performances of CMIP6 models and projections of precipitation changes. Atmospheric Research, 297, 107124, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.107124.

2023

Zhong, Z., B. He, H. W. Chen, D. Chen, T. Zhou, W. Dong, C. Xiao, S. Xie, X. Song, L. Guo, R. Ding, L. Zhang, L. Huang, W. Yuan, X. Hao, D. Ji, and X. Zhao, 2023: Reversed asymmetric warming of sub-diurnal temperature over land during recent decades. Nature Communications, 14, 7189, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43007-6.

Wang, S., B. He, H. W. Chen, D. Chen, Y. Chen, W. Yuan, F. Shi, J. Duan, W. Wu, T. Chen, L. Guo, Z. Zhong, W. Duan, Z. Li, W. Jiang, L. Huang, X. Hao, R. Tang, H. Liu, Y. Zhang, and X. Xie, 2023: Fire carbon emissions over Equatorial Asia reduced by shortened dry seasons. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 6, 1–9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00455-7.

Zhong, Z., B. He, Y.-P. Wang, H. W. Chen, D. Chen, Y. H. Fu, Y. Chen, L. Guo, Y. Deng, L. Huang, W. Yuan, X. Hao, R. Tang, H. Liu, L. Sun, X. Xie, and Y. Zhang, 2023: Disentangling the effects of vapor pressure deficit on northern terrestrial vegetation productivity. Science Advances, 9, eadf3166, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf3166.

Cai, Z., Q. You, H. W. Chen, R. Zhang, Z. Zuo, G. Dai, D. Chen, J. Cohen, O. Zolina, and S. K. Gulev, 2023: Interdecadal variability of the warm Arctic-cold Eurasia pattern linked to the Barents oscillation. Atmospheric Research, 287, 106712, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106712.

Chen, H. W., F. Zhang, T. Lauvaux, M. Scholze, K. J. Davis, and R. B. Alley, 2023: Regional CO2 inversion through ensemble-based simultaneous state and parameter estimation: TRACE framework and controlled experiments. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 15, e2022MS003208, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022MS003208.

2022

Wang X., Y. Ran, G. Pang, D. Chen, B. Su, R. Chen, X. Li, H. W. Chen, M. Yang, X. Gou, M. T. Jorgenson, J. Aalto, R. Li, X. Peng, T. Wu, G. D. Clow, G. Wan, X. Wu, and D. Luo, 2022: Contrasting characteristics, changes, and linkages of permafrost between the Arctic and the Third Pole. Earth-Science Reviews, 230, 104042, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104042.

Kaminski, T., M. Scholze, P. Rayner, S. Houweling, M. Voßbeck, J. Silver, S. Lama, M. Buchwitz, M. Reuter, W. Knorr, H. W. Chen, G. Kuhlmann, D. Brunner, S. Dellaert, H. Denier van der Gon, I. Super, A. Löscher, and Y. Meijer, 2022: Assessing the impact of atmospheric CO2 and NO2 measurements from space on estimating city-scale fossil fuel CO2 emissions in a data assimilation system. Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 3, https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.887456.

Cai, Z., Q. You, H. W. Chen, R. Zhang, D. Chen, J. Chen, S. Kang, and J. Cohen, 2022: Amplified wintertime Barents Sea warming linked to intensified Barents oscillation. Environmental Research Letters, 17, 044068, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5bb3.

Tang, R., B. He, H. W. Chen, D. Chen, Y. Chen, Y. H. Fu, W. Yuan, B. Li, Z. Li, L. Guo, X. Hao, L. Sun, H. Liu, C. Sun, and Y. Yang, 2022: Increasing terrestrial ecosystem carbon release in response to autumn cooling and warming. Nature Climate Change, 12, 380–385, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01304-w.

He, B., C. Chen, S. Lin, W. Yuan, H. W. Chen, D. Chen, Y. Zhang, L. Guo, X. Zhao, X. Liu, S. Piao, Z. Zhong, R. Wang, and R. Tang, 2022: Worldwide impacts of atmospheric vapor pressure deficit on the interannual variability of terrestrial carbon sinks. National Science Review, 9, nwab150, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab150.

Kaminski, T., M. Scholze, P. Rayner, M. Voßbeck, M. Buchwitz, M. Reuter, W. Knorr, H. Chen, A. Agustí-Panareda, A. Löscher, and Y. Meijer, 2022: Assimilation of atmospheric CO2 observations from space can support national CO2 emission inventories. Environmental Research Letters, 17, 014015, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3cea.

2021

2020

Cohen, J., X. Zhang, J. Francis, T. Jung, R. Kwok, J. Overland, T. J. Ballinger, U. S. Bhatt, H. W. Chen, D. Coumou, S. Feldstein, H. Gu, D. Handorf, G. Henderson, M. Ionita, M. Kretschmer, F. Laliberte, S. Lee, H. W. Linderholm, W. Maslowski, Y. Peings, K. Pfeiffer, I. Rigor, T. Semmler, J. Stroeve, P. C. Taylor, S. Vavrus, T. Vihma, S. Wang, M. Wendisch, Y. Wu, and J. Yoon, 2020: Divergent consensuses on Arctic amplification influence on midlatitude severe winter weather. Nature Climate Change, 10, 20–29, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0662-y.

2019

Chen, H. W., F. Zhang, T. Lauvaux, K. J. Davis, S. Feng, M. P. Butler, and R. B. Alley, 2019: Characterization of regional-scale CO2 transport uncertainties in an ensemble with flow-dependent transport errors. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 4049–4058, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081341.

2016

2013

Chen, H. W., Q. Zhang, H. Körnich, and D. Chen, 2013: A robust mode of climate variability in the Arctic: The Barents Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 2856–2861, https://doi.org/10.1002/grl.50551.

Other publications

Scholze, M., H. Chen, T. Kaminski, and M. Voßbeck, 2020: Inversion strategy based on joint QND assessments. CHE Consortium.

Ying, Y., X. Chen, Y. Zhang, M. Minamide, R. Nystrom, H. Chen, J. Poterjoy, C. Melhauser, Y. Weng, Z. Meng, A. Aksoy, and F. Zhang, 2018: PSU WRF EnKF/4DVar hybrid regional data assimilation system: Technical notes. Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, and Center for Advanced Data Assimilation and Predictability Techniques, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.

Cohen, J., X. Zhang, J. Francis, T. Jung, R. Kwok, J. Overland, P. C. Taylor, S. Lee, F. Laliberte, S. Feldstein, W. Maslowski, G. Henderson, J. Stroeve, D. Coumou, D. Handorf, T. Semmler, T. Ballinger, M. Hell, M. Kretschmer, S. Vavrus, M. Wang, S. Wang, Y. Wu, T. Vihma, U. Bhatt, M. Ionita, H. Linderholm, I. Rigor, C. Routson, D. Singh, M. Wendisch, D. Smith, J. Screen, J. Yoon, Y. Peings, H. Chen, and R. Blackport, 2018: Arctic change and possible influence on mid-latitude climate and weather: A US CLIVAR white paper. US CLIVAR, https://doi.org/10.5065/D6TH8KGW.