Xinghao (XC) Chen's primary research interests involve tropical meteorology and data assimilation. In particular, how tropical convection and tropical cyclones interact with the large-scale flow and underlying ocean/land. He approaches these questions with high-resolution numerical models, remote sensing observations, and theoretical analysis tools. A significant component of his research effort is also aimed at developing novel data assimilation techniques to improve the analysis and prediction of tropical convection and tropical cyclones.
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Recent Publications
Improving the Analyses and Forecasts of a Tropical Squall Line Using Upper Tropospheric Infrared Satellite Observations
Chan, M. Y. & Chen, X., May 2022, In: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 39, 5, p. 733-746 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Crucial Role of Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Vertical Mass, Water, and Energy Transports of the South Asian Summer Monsoon
Chen, X., Leung, L. R., Feng, Z. & Song, F., Jan 1 2022, In: Journal of Climate. 35, 1, p. 91-108 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Precipitation-Moisture Coupling Over Tropical Oceans: Sequential Roles of Shallow, Deep, and Mesoscale Convective Systems
Chen, X., Leung, L. R., Feng, Z. & Yang, Q., Apr 16 2022, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 49, 7, e2022GL097836.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Mesoscale Gravity Waves and Midlatitude Weather: A Tribute to Fuqing Zhang
Ruppert, J. H., Koch, S. E., Chen, X., Du, Y., Seimon, A., Sun, Y. Q., Wei, J. & Bosart, L. F., Jan 2022, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 103, 1, p. E129-E156Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mesoscale Convective Systems Dominate the Energetics of the South Asian Summer Monsoon Onset
Chen, X., Leung, L. R., Feng, Z., Song, F. & Yang, Q., Sep 16 2021, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 48, 17, e2021GL094873.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Improving the analysis and forecast of hurricane dorian (2019) with simultaneous assimilation of goes-16 all-sky infrared brightness temperatures and tail doppler radar radial velocities
Hartman, C. M., Chen, X., Clothiaux, E. E. & Chan, M. Y., Jul 2021, In: Monthly Weather Review. 149, 7, p. 2193-2212 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Impacts of Urban Expansion on the Diurnal Variations of Summer Monsoon Precipitation Over the South China Coast
Li, Z., Chan, J. C. L., Zhao, K. & Chen, X., Nov 27 2021, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 126, 22, e2021JD035318.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Potential for new constraints on tropical cyclone surface-exchange coefficients through simultaneous ensemble-based state and parameter estimation
Nystrom, R. G., Greybush, S. J., Chen, X. & Zhang, F., Jul 2021, In: Monthly Weather Review. 149, 7, p. 2213-2230 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Crucial Roles of Eastward Propagating Environments in the Summer MCS Initiation Over the U.S. Great Plains
Song, F., Feng, Z., Leung, L. R., Pokharel, B., Wang, S. Y. S., Chen, X., Sakaguchi, K. & Wang, C. C., Aug 27 2021, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 126, 16, e2021JD034991.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The crucial role of synoptic pattern in determining the spatial distribution and diurnal cycle of heavy rainfall over the south china coast
Wang, C., Zhao, K., Huang, A., Chen, X. & Rao, X., 2021, In: Journal of Climate. 34, 7, p. 2441-2458 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluation of microphysics schemes in tropical cyclones using polarimetric radar observations: Convective precipitation in an outer rainband
Wu, D., Zhang, F., Chen, X., Ryzhkov, A., Zhao, K., Kumjian, M. R., Chen, X. & Chan, P. W., 2021, In: Monthly Weather Review. 149, 4, p. 1055-1068 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A simple lagrangian parcel model for the initiation of summertime mesoscale convective systems over the Central United States
Yang, Q., Leung, L. R., Feng, Z., Song, F. & Chen, X., Nov 2021, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 78, 11, p. 3537-3558 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ensemble-Based Assimilation of Satellite All-Sky Microwave Radiances Improves Intensity and Rainfall Predictions for Hurricane Harvey (2017)
Zhang, Y., Sieron, S. B., Lu, Y., Chen, X., Nystrom, R. G., Minamide, M., Chan, M. Y., Hartman, C. M., Yao, Z., Ruppert, J. H., Okazaki, A., Greybush, S. J., Clothiaux, E. E. & Zhang, F., Dec 28 2021, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 48, 24, e2021GL096410.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Structure and Dynamics of Ensemble Correlations for Satellite All-Sky Observations in an FV3-Based Global-To-Regional Nested Convection-Permitting Ensemble Forecast of Hurricane Harvey
Zhang, Y., Chen, X. & Lu, Y., Jul 2021, In: Monthly Weather Review. 149, 7, p. 2409-2430 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An efficient bi-gaussian ensemble kalman filter for satellite infrared radiance data assimilation
Chan, M. Y., Anderson, J. L. & Chen, X., Dec 2020, In: Monthly Weather Review. 148, 12, p. 5087-5104 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review