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Dong L. Wu
Group Supervisor

Education
  • B.S., Space Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui Province, China. (1985)
  • M.S., Physics, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (1989)
  • M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (1993)
  • Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (1994)
Research Interests
  • Atmospheric/Ionospheric wave dynamics
  • Cloud remote sensing and analysis
  • Radiative transfer modeling and retrieval algorithm
  • Remote sensing of atmospheric winds with mm and submm-wave radiometry
Projects

MLS - Microwave Limb Sounder Icon MLS - Microwave Limb Sounder
The Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) experiments measure naturally-occurring microwave thermal emission from the limb (edge) of Earth's atmosphere to remotely sense vertical profiles of atmospheric gases, temperature, pressure, and cloud ice.

MISR Icon MISR
The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument provides a unique opportunity for studying the environment and climate of Earth through the acquisition of global multiangle imagery on the daylit side of Earth.

Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1996-Present)
    • Principal Investigator, Study global gravity waves using MLS, AMSU, AIRS data (May 2004 - Aug 2004)
    • Principal Investigator, global gravity wave properties and impacts with UARS data (2003-present)
    • Co-Investigator, EOS Microwave Limb Sounder experiment (1997-Present)
    • Principal Investigator, Retrieval of mesospheric temperature and pressure with UARS MLS 63GHz radiances. (1999-2002)
    • Co-Investigator, Long-term global morphology of gravity wave activity using UARS Data (1997-2000)
    • Principal Investigator, Analysis of small-scale of atmospheric gravity wave using UARS MLS radiance measurements. (1996-1999)
  • Associate Editor - Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere (2006-Present)
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, UARS High Resolution Doppler Imager (HRDI) Project (1990-1994)
Selected Awards
  • Ed Stone Award for Outstanding Research Paper (2006)
  • NASA Board Award, In recognition of contribution to the National Space Program and to the mission of JPL - NTR No. 35188 (2005)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award, In recognition of outstanding accomplishments in the development of the ground data system for the MLS instrument for EOS Aura mission (2005)
  • NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, for innovative analyses of UARS MLS data to produce a global climatology of gravity wave activity in the stratosphere, and temperature measurements in the mesosphere. (2001)
  • JPL Award for Excellence, for producing gravity wave variances and cloud ice from the MLS data. (1997)
Selected Publications
  1. Wu, D. L., et al., Validation of Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) IWC. submitted to J. Geophys. Res. Aura special issue , 2007.
  2. Wu, D. L., et al., Mesospheric Doppler Wind Measurements from Aura Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) , Adv. Space Res., COSPAR, in press, 2007.
  3. Zhang, R., ..., D. L. Wu..., Intensification of Pacific Storm Track Linked to Asian Pollution, PNAS, 10.1073/pnas.0700618104, March 20, 2007.
  4. Limpasuvan, V., D. L. Wu, M. Joan Alexander, M. Xue, M. Hu, S. Pawson, and J. R. Perkins, Stratospheric gravity wave simulation over Greenland during 24 January 2005, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D10115, doi:10.1029/2006JD007823, 2007.
  5. Eckermann, S. D., and D. L. Wu, Imaging gravity waves in lower stratospheric AMSU-A radiances, Part 1: Simple forward model, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 6, 3325-3341, 2006.
  6. V. Limpasuvan, D. L. Wu, M. J. Schwartz, J. W. Waters, Q. Wu and T. L. Killeen, The two-day wave in EOS MLS temperature and wind measurements in 2004-2005. Geophys. Rev. Lett. 32, L17809, doi:10.1029/2005GL023396, 2005.
  7. Forbes, J. M., and D. L. Wu, Solar Tides as Revealed by Measurements of Mesosphere Temperature by the MLS Experiment on UARS. J. Atmos. Sci.., 63 (7), 1776-1797, DOI: 10.1175/JAS3724.1, 2006.
  8. Li, Q., et al., Convective outflow of South Asian pollution: A global CTM simulation compared with EOS MLS observations, Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, No. 14, L14826, doi:10.1029/2005GL022762, 28 July 2005.
  9. Li, J.-L., et al., Comparisons of EOS MLS Cloud Ice Measurements with ECMWF analyses and GCM Simulations: Initial Results, Geosphys. Res. Lett. 32 , L18710, doi:10.1029/2005GL023788, 2005.
  10. M J Filipiak, et al., Carbon Monoxide Measured by the EOS Microwave Limb Sounder on Aura: First Results, Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, No. 14, L14825, doi:1029/2005GL022765, 28 July 2005.
  11. Davis, C. P., D. L. Wu, C. Emde, J. H. Jiang, and R. S. Harwood, Cloud Induced Polarization in 122 GHz Aura MLS Radiances, Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, No. 14, L14806,doi:10.1029/2005GL022681, 28 July 2005.
  12. Wu, D. L., J. H. Jiang, C. Davis, EOS MLS Cloud Ice Measurements and Radiative Transfer Model, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44, no. 5, 1156-1165, May 2006.
  13. Wu, D. L., Small-scale fluctuations and scintillations in high-resolution GPS SNR and phase data, J ATMOS SOL-TERR PHY , 68 (9), 999-1017, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2006.01.006, 2006.
  14. Wu, D. L., et al., Remote sounding of atmospheric gravity waves with satellite limb and nadir techniques. Adv. Space Res., doi:10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.031, 2005.
  15. Wu, D. L., W. G. Read, A. E. Dessler, S. C. Sherwood, and J. H. Jiang, UARS MLS Cloud Ice Measurements and Implications for H2O Transport near the Tropopause, J. Atmos. Sci., 62 (2): 518-530 FEB 2005.
  16. Wu, D. L., Chi O. Ao, George A. Hajj, Manuel de la Torre Juarez, and Anthony J. Mannucci, Sporadic-E Morphology from GPS-CHAMP Radio Occultation. J Geophys. Res.-Space 110 (A1): Art. No. A01306 JAN 19 2005
  17. Jiang, J. H., and D. L. Wu, Ice and Water Permittivities for Millimeter and Sub-millimeter Remote Sensing Applications, Atmospheric Science Letters, 5, Issue 7, pages 146-151, 2004.
  18. Wu, D. L., Mesoscale gravity wave variances from AMSU-A radiances. Geophys. Res. Lett., L12114, doi:10.1029/2004GL019562, 2004.
  19. Wu, D. L., and F. Zhang, A study of mesoscale gravity waves over the North Atlantic with satellite observations and a mesoscale model, J. Geophys. Rev. Atmos. 109 (D22): Art. No. D22104 NOV 25 2004.
  20. Jiang, J.H, S.D. Eckermann, D.L. Wu, J. Ma, "A Search for Mountain Waves in MLS Stratospheric Limb Radiances from the Winter Northern Hemisphere: Data Analysis and Global Mountain Wave Modeling," J. Geophys. Res. 109, No. D3, D03107, 10.1029/2003JD003974, 2004.
  21. Read, W.G., D.L. Wu, J.W. Waters, H.C. Pumphrey,"Dehydration in the Tropical Tropopause Layer: Implications from UARS MLS," J. Geophy. Res., 109, No. D6, D06110, doi:10.1029/2003_JD004056, 2004.
  22. Limpasuvan, V., and D. L. Wu, Two-day Wave Observations of UARS-MLS Mesospheric Water Vapor and Temperature, JGR-Atmospheres, 108(D10), 4307, doi:10.1029/2002JD00203, 2003.
  23. Livesey, N.J., W.G. Read, L. Froidevaux, J.W. Waters, H.C. Pumphrey, D.L. Wu, M.L. Santee, Z. Shippony, R.F. Jarnot, "The UARS Microwave Limb Sounder version 5 dataset: Theory, characterization and validation", J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS 108 (D13): art. no. 4378 JUL 2 2000.
  24. Wu, D.L., Read WG, Shippony Z, et al. Mesospheric temperature from UARS MLS: retrieval and validation. J ATMOS SOL-TERR PHY 65 (2): 245-267 JAN 2003.
  25. Wu, D. L., and J. H. Jiang, MLS Observations of atmospheric gravity waves over Antarctica, J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS 107 (D24): art. no. 4773 DEC 21 2002 .
  26. Jiang, J.H., D.L. Wu, S.D. Eckermann, "UARS MLS Observations of Mountain Waves over the Andes", J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS 107 (D20): art. no. 8273 SEP-OCT 2002.
  27. Mote, P. W., T. J. Dunkerton, MD. L. Wu, "Kelvin Waves in stratospheric temperature observed by the Microwave Limb Sounder", J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS 107 (D14): art. no. 4218 JUL 2002.
  28. Salby, M., F. Sassi, P. Callaghan, D. Wu, P. Keckhut, A. Hauchecorne, "Mesospheric inversions and their relationship to planetary wave structure", J. Geophys. Res. 107, 10.1029/ 2001 JD000756, (ACL 4-1), 27 Feb 2002.
  29. Wu, D. L., Horizontal wavenumber spectrum of MLS radiances, J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 63, 1465-1477, 2001.
  30. Jiang, J. H., and D. L. Wu, UARS MLS observations of gravity waves associated with the Arctic winter stratospheric vortex. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 527-530, 2001.
  31. McLandress, C., M. J. Alexander, and D. L. Wu, MLS observations of gravity waves in the stratosphere: A climatology and interpretation. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11,947-11,967, 2000.
  32. Wu, D. L., C. McLandress, W. G. Read, J. W. Waters, and L. Froidevaux, Equatorial diurnal variations observed in UARS Microwave Limb Sounder temperature during 1991-1994 and simulated by the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 8909-8917, 1998.
  33. Wu, D. L., and J. W. Waters, Observations of Gravity Waves with the UARS Microwave Limb Sounder, in Gravity Wave Processes and Their Parameterization in Global Climate Models (K. Hamilton, ed.) New York: Springer-Verlag NATO ASI Series, Vol. 50, pp.404, 1997.
  34. Wu, D. L., and J.W. Waters, Satellite observations of atmospheric variances: A possible indication of gravity waves, Geophys. Res. Lett, 23, 3631-3634, 1996.
  35. Wu, D. L., and J.W. Waters, Gravity-wave-scale temperature fluctuations seen by the UARS MLS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 23, 3289-3292, 1996.
  36. Wu, D. L., P. B. Hays and R. G. Roble, A comparison of solar tides derived from UARS/HRDI winds and simulated with NCAR TIME-GCM, J. Geophys Res., 101, 19,147-19,160, 1996.
  37. Wu, D. L., E.F. Fishbein, W.G. Read, and J.W. Waters, Excitation and evolution of the quasi 2-day wave observed in UARS/MLS temperature measurements, J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 728-738, 1995.
  38. Burrage, M. D., D. L. Wu, W.R. Skinner, D. A. Ortland and P.B. Hays, Latitude and seasonal dependence of the semidiurnal tide observed by HRDI, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 11,313-11,321, 1995.
  39. Burrage, M.D. ME Hagan, WR Skinner, DL Wu, and PB Hays, Long-term variability in the solar diurnal tide observed by HRDI and simulated by the GSWM. Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 2641-2644, 1995.
  40. Wu, D. L., and P. B. Hays and W. R. Skinner, A least squares fitting method for spectral analysis of space-time series, J. Atmo. Sci., 52, 3501-3511,1995.
  41. Wu, D. L., P. B. Hays and W. R. Skinner, Observations of the 5-day wave in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. Geophy. Res. Lett., 21, pp.2733-2736, 1994.
  42. Hays, P. B., D. L. Wu, and the HRDI science team, Observations of the diurnal tide from space, J. Atmos. Sci., 51, pp.3077-3093, 1994.
  43. Wu, D. L., P. B. Hays, W. R. Skinner, M. D. Burrage, R. S. Lieberman, D. A. Ortland, and A. R. Marshall, Observations of the Quasi 2-day wave from the High Resolution Doppler Imager on UARS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2853-2856,1993.

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