Ph.D., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2009)
M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, Beijing University (2004)
B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, Beijing University (2001)
Professional Experience
Assistant Researcher, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, UCLA, CA (2012- present)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (2010-2011)
Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin -Madison, Madison, WI (2004-2009)
Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China (2001-2004)
Research Interests
Mesoscale modeling
Aerosol impact on water vapor, cloud, precipitation and climate
Tropical cyclone and polar low
Water vapor, cloud and precipitation processes
Satellite data analysis
Selected Publications
Wu, L., H. Su and J. H. Jiang, 2012: Regional simulations of aerosol impacts on summer monsoon precipitation over China. To be submitted to J. Geophys. Res.
Wu, L. , H. Su, R.G. Fovell, B. Wang, J.T. Shen, B.H. Kahn, S.M. Hristova-Veleva, B.H. Lambrigtsen, E.J. Fetzer and J.H. Jiang, 2012: Relationship of environmental relative humidity with North Atlantic tropical cyclone intensity and intensification rate. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2012GL053546, in press.
Wu, L. , Su, H., Jiang, J. H., and Read, W. G., 2012: Hydration or dehydration: competing effects of upper tropospheric cloud radiation on the TTL water vapor, Atmos. Chem. Phys.., 12, 4655-4678, doi:10.5194/acpd-12-4655-2012, 2012.
Hu, X.-M., F. Zhang, G. Yu, J. D. Fuentes, and L. Wu, 2011: Contribution of mixed-phase boundary layer clouds to the termination of ozone depletion events in the Arctic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L21801, doi:10.1029/2011GL049229.
Wu, L. , H. Su and J. H. Jiang, 2011: Regional simulations of deep convection and biomass burning over South America. 1. Model evaluations using multiple satellite datasets. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D17208, doi:10.1029/2011JD016105.
Wu, L. , H. Su and J. H. Jiang, 2011: Regional simulations of deep convection and biomass burning over South America. 2. Biomass burning aerosol effects on clouds and precipitation. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D17209, doi:10.1029/2011JD016106.
Wu, L. , Martin, J. E. and Petty, G. W., 2011: Piecewise potential vorticity diagnosis of the development of a polar low over the Sea of Japan. Tellus A, 63:198-211. doi: 10.1111/j.1600- 0870.2011.00511.x .
Wu, L. and G. W. Petty, 2010: Intercomparison of Bulk Microphysics Schemes in Simulations of Polar lows. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 2211-2228. doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3122.1.
Wu L., H. Wu, L. Sun etc., 2006: Retrieval of Sea Ice in the Bohai Sea from MODIS Data, Periodical of Ocean University of China, Vol. 36, No. 2, 173~179.
Wu L., H. Wu, W. Li, etc., 2005: Sea Ice Drifts in Response to Winds in the Bohai Sea, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, No. 5, 15~21.
Li W., L. Wu, C. Zhang, J.-Y. Yu, 2003: Retrieval of Atmospheric Vertical Temperature Profile above Sea Level with Satellite Remote Sensing, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, Vol.39, No.5, 656~665.