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Qing Yue

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4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S 233-302C

Pasadena, CA 91109

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626.714.8950

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818.354.3223

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Atmospheric Physics And Weather

Biography

Dr. Qing Yue has extensive experience on understanding the interactions of cloud, atmosphere, and radiation using multi-sensor satellite observations. Her research interest includes cloud radiative feedbacks by cloud regimes, satellite cloud remote sensing and uncertainty quantification of satellite data record, planetary boundary layer cloud and cirrus cloud and their relationships with the thermodynamic environment, and identifying and verifying climate processes and variability from observations and climate model simulations/assimilations.

Education

  • Ph.D. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences in 2009Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles Advisor: Dr. Kuo-Nan Liou
  • Bachelor of Science Atmospheric Sciences in 2003Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Physics, Beijing University, Beijing, China

Professional Experience

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Research Scientist (2014-present)
  • Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science & Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles / Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Assistant Researcher (2012-2014)
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Postdoctoral Researcher (2009-2012)
  • University of California, Los Angeles, Graduate Researcher Assistant (2003-2009)
  • Peking University (PKU), Beijing, China, Undergraduate Research assistant (2002-2003)

Community Service

  • Associated Editor, Journal of Climate
  • Atmospheric Meteorological Society Atmospheric Radiation Committee Member
  • Guest Lecturer, California State University, Los Angeles
  • Visiting Scholar, California Institute of Technology

Research Interests

  • Spectral and broadband radiative transfer of cloud and aerosols, and its applications in regional and climate models.
  • Remote sensing of clouds and atmosphere: retrieval and validation, multi-sensor satellite data fusion, in-situ and field campaign observations and analysis.
  • Cloud radiative feedback from observations and climate models.
  • Climate data record from multi-sensor satellite observations, reanalysis and model analysis data.

Selected Awards

  • JPL team award for testing and validating the AIRS V7 retrieval system (2020)
  • JPL team award for assessing the consequences of the loss of AMSU-A2 on the AIRS mission (2017)
  • Jacob A. Bjerknes Memorial Award, UCLA (2008)
  • Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA (2008-2009)
  • NASA the Earth System Science (ESS) Fellowship (2008-2009)
  • NASA the Earth System Science (ESS) Fellowship (2007-2008)
  • Pauley Fellowship, UCLA (2006-2007)
  • Pauley Fellowship, UCLA (2003-2004)
  • Award of Excellent Performance, Peking University (2002)
  • Xiyue Fellowship, Peking University, China (2000)

Selected Publications

  1. Yue, Q., J. H. Jiang, A. Heymsfield, K.-N. Liou, Y. Gu, and A. Sinha (2020), Combining In-situ and Satellite Observations to Understand the Vertical Structure of Tropical Anvil Cloud Microphysical Properties During the TC4 Experiment, Earth and Space Science, 7, e2020EA001147. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001147
  2. Peterson, C. A., Q. Yue, B. H. Kahn, E. Fetzer, and X. Huang, 2020: Evaluation of AIRS Cloud Phase Classification over the Arctic Ocean against Combined CloudSat-CALIPSO Observations. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 59, 1277-1294, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0016.1.
  3. Yue, Q., J. H. Jiang, A. Heymsfield, K.-N. Liou, Y. Gu, and A. Sinha (2020), Combining In-situ and Satellite Observations to Understand the Vertical Structure of Tropical Anvil Cloud Microphysical Properties During the TC4 Experiment, Accepted by Earth and Space Science.
  4. Yue, Q., E. J. Fetzer, B. H. Kahn, S. Wong, X. Huang, M. Schreier (2019), Temporal and Spatial Characteristics of Short-term Cloud Feedback on Global and Local Interannual Climate Fluctuations from A-Train Observations, J. Climate,https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0335.1
  5. Huang, X., Chen, X., & Yue, Q. ( 2019). Band‐by‐band contributions to the longwave cloud radiative feedbacks. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 6998- 7006. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083466
  6. Peterson, C. A., Chen, X., Yue, Q., & Huang, X. ( 2019). The spectral dimension of Arctic outgoing longwave radiation and greenhouse efficiency trends from 2003 to 2016. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 8467- 8480. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030428
  7. Jiang, J. H., Yue, Q., Su, H., Kangaslahti, P., Lebsock, M., Reising, S., et al. ( 2019). Simulation of remote sensing of clouds and humidity from space using a combined platform of radar and multifrequency microwave radiometers. Earth and Space Science, 6, 1234- 1243. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000580
  8. Guillaume, A., B.H. Kahn, Q. Yue, E.J. Fetzer, S. Wong, G.J. Manipon, H. Hua, and B.D. Wilson (2018), Horizontal and Vertical Scaling of Cloud Geometry Inferred from CloudSat Data. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 2187-2197, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0111.1
  9. Kahn, B. H., Takahashi, H., Stephens, G. L., Yue, Q., Delanoe, J., Manipon, G., et al. (2018). Ice cloud microphysical trends observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(14), 10715-10739.
  10. Stephens, G. L., Hakuba, M. Z., Webb, M. J., Lebsock, M., Yue, Q., Kahn, B. H., et al. (2018). Regional Intensification of the Tropical Hydrological Cycle During ENSO. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(9), 4361-4370.
  11. Irion, F. W., Kahn, B. H., Schreier, M. M., Fetzer, E. J., Fishbein, E., Fu, D. J., et al. (2018). Single-footprint retrievals of temperature, water vapor and cloud properties from AIRS. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11(2), 971-995.
  12. Yue, Q., Kahn, B. H., Fetzer, E. J., Wong, S., Frey, R., & Meyer, K. G. (2017). On the response of MODIS cloud coverage to global mean surface air temperature. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 122(2), 966-979.
  13. Su, H., Jiang, J. H., Neelin, D., Shen, J., Zhai, C., Yue, Q., et al. (2017). Tightening of tropical ascent and high clouds key to precipitation change in a warmer climate. Nature Communications, 8.
  14. Jiang, J. H., Yue, Q., Su, H., Reising, S. C., Kangaslahti, P. P., Deal, W. R., et al. (2017). A simulation of ice cloud particle size, humidity, and temperature measurements from the TWICE CubeSat. Earth and Space Science, 4(8), 574-587.
  15. Kahn, B. H., Matheou, G., Yue, Q., Fauchez, T., Fetzer, E. J., Lebsock, M., et al. (2017). An A-train and MERRA view of cloud, thermodynamic, and dynamic variability within the subtropical marine boundary layer. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(15), 9451-9468.
  16. Lee, W.-L., Liou, K. N., He, C., Liang, H.-C., Wang, T.-C., Li, Q., et al. (2017). Impact of absorbing aerosol deposition on snow albedo reduction over the southern Tibetan plateau based on satellite observations. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 129(3-4),1373-1382.
  17. Yue, Q., Kahn, B. H., Fetzer, E. J., Schreier, M., Wong, S., Chen, X., & Huang, X. (2016). Observation-Based Longwave Cloud Radiative Kernels Derived from the A-Train. Journal of Climate, 29(6), 2023-2040.
  18. Kahn, B. H., Huang, X. L., Stephens, G. L., Collins, W. D., Feldman, D. R., Su, H., et al. (2016). ENSO regulation of far- and mid-infrared contributions to clear-sky OLR. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(16), 8751-8759.
  19. Li, J. L. F., Lee, W. L., Wang, Y. H., Richardson, M., Yu, J. Y., Suhas, E., et al. (2016). Assessing the radiative impacts of precipitating clouds on winter surface air temperatures and land surface properties in general circulation models using observations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 121(19), 11536-11555.
  20. Wang, T., Fetzer, E. J., Wong, S., Kahn, B. H., & Yue, Q. (2016). Validation of MODIS cloud mask and multilayer flag using CloudSat-CALIPSO cloud profiles and a cross-reference of their cloud classifications. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 121(19), 11620-11635.
  21. Wong, S., Fetzer, E. J., Schreier, M., Manipon, G., Fishbein, E. F., Kahn, B. H., et al. (2015). Cloud-induced uncertainties in AIRS and ECMWF temperature and specific humidity. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(5), 1880-1901.
  22. Kahn, B. H., Schreier, M. M., Yue, Q., Fetzer, E. J., Irion, F. W., Platnick, S., et al. (2015). Pixel-scale assessment and uncertainty analysis of AIRS and MODIS ice cloud optical thickness and effective radius. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(22).
  23. Li, J.-L. F., Lee, W.-L., Waliser, D. E., Stachnik, J. P., Fetzer, E., Wong, S., & Yue, Q. (2014). Characterizing tropical Pacific water vapor and radiative biases in CMIP5 GCMs: Observation-based analyses and a snow and radiation interaction sensitivity experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119(19), 10981-10995.
  24. Kahn, B. H., Irion, F. W., Dang, V. T., Manning, E. M., Nasiri, S. L., Naud, C. M., et al. (2014). The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder version 6 cloud products. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14(1), 399-426.
  25. Schreier, M. M., Kahn, B. H., Suselj, K., Karlsson, J., Ou, S. C., Yue, Q., & Nasiri, S. L. (2014). Atmospheric parameters in a subtropical cloud regime transition derived by AIRS and MODIS: observed statistical variability compared to ERA-Interim. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14(7), 3573-3587.
  26. Liou, K. N., Takano, Y., Yue, Q., & Yang, P. (2013). On the radiative forcing of contrail cirrus contaminated by black carbon. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(4), 778-784.

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  1. Ou, S. S. C., Kahn, B. H., Liou, K.-N., Takano, Y., Schreier, M. M., & Yue, Q. (2013). Retrieval of Cirrus Cloud Properties From the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder: The k-Coefficient Approach Using Cloud-Cleared Radiances as Input. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 51(2), 1010-1024.
  2. Yue, Q., Fetzer, E. J., Kahn, B. H., Wong, S., Manipon, G., Guillaume, A., & Wilson, B. (2013). Cloud-State-Dependent Sampling in AIRS Observations Based on CloudSat Cloud Classification. Journal of Climate, 26(21), 8357-8377.
  3. Yue, Q., Kahn, B. H., Xiao, H., Schreier, M. M., Fetzer, E. J., Teixeira, J., & Suselj, K. (2013). Transitions of cloud-topped marine boundary layers characterized by AIRS, MODIS, and a large eddy simulation model. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 118(15), 8598-8611.
  4. Yue, Q., Kahn, B. H., Fetzer, E. J., & Teixeira, J. (2011). Relationship between marine boundary layer clouds and lower tropospheric stability observed by AIRS, CloudSat, and CALIOP. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 116.
  5. Yue, Q., & Liou, K. N. (2009). Cirrus cloud optical and microphysical properties determined from AIRS infrared spectra. Geophysical Research Letters, 36.
  6. Liou, K. N., Gu, Y., Yue, Q., & McFarguhar, G. (2008). On the correlation between ice water content and ice crystal size and its application to radiative transfer and general circulation models. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(13).
  7. Kahn, B. H., Liang, C. K., Eldering, A., Gettelman, A., Yue, Q., & Liou, K. N. (2008). Tropical thin cirrus and relative humidity observed by the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8(6), 1501-1518.
  8. Yue, Q., Liou, K. N., Ou, S. C., Kahn, B. H., Yang, P., & Mace, G. G. (2007). Interpretation of AIRS data in thin cirrus atmospheres based on a fast radiative transfer model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64(11), 3827-3842.