Qiang Fu
Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
Ph.D, 1991, University of Utah
Office:
308 Atmospheric Science Building
Phone: (206) 685-2070 Fax: (206) 543-0308
Email: qfu@atmos.washington.edu
Mailing Address:
Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Box 351640, University of Washington
Seattle, WA, 98195-1640
Interests:
Light scattering and radiative transfer, atmospheric radiation and cloud processes and parameterizations, atmospheric aerosols, remote sensing, climate and climate change.
Selected Publications since 2004:
- Wallace, J.M., Q. Fu, B.V. Smoliak, P. Lin, and C.M. Johanson, 2012: Simulated versus observed patterns of warming over the extratropical Northern Hemisphere continents during the cold season. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109, 14337-14342, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1204875109.
- Fu, Q., S. Manabe, and C.M. Johanson, 2011: On the tropical upper tropospheric warming: Models versus observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38 L15704, doi:10.1029/2011GL048101
- Fu, Q., S. Solomon, and P. Lin, 2010: On the seasonal dependence of tropical lower-stratospheric temperature trends. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2643-2653.
- Fu, Q., T.J. Thorsen, J. Su, J.M. Ge, and J.P. Huang, 2009: Test of Mie-based single-scattering properties of non-spherical dust aerosols in radiative flux calculations. J. Quan. Spectro. Rad. Trsnsfer, 110, 1640-1653, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.03.010.
- Seidel, D.J., Q. Fu, W.J. Randel, T.J. Reichler, 2008: Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate. Nature Geoscience, 1, 21-24.
- Fu, Q., 2007: A new parameterization of an asymmetry factor of cirrus clouds for climate models. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4144-4154.
- Fu, Q., Y.X. Hu, and Q. Yang, 2007: Identifying the top of the tropical tropospause layer from vertical mass flux analysis and CALIPSO lidar cloud observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14813, doi:10.1029/2007GL030099.
- Johanson, C.M., and Q. Fu, 2007: Antarctic atmospheric temperature trend patterns from satellite observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L12703, doi:10.1029/2006GL029108.
- Fu, Q., C.M. Johanson, J.M. Wallace, and T. Reichler, 2006: Enhanced mid-latitude tropospheric warming in satellite measurements. Science, 312, 1179.
- Fu, Q., and C.M. Johanson, 2005: Satellite-derived vertical dependence of tropical tropospheric temperature trends. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L10703, doi:10.1029/2004GL022266.
- Fu, Q., C.M. Johanson, S.G. Warren, and D.J. Seidel, 2004: Contribution of Stratospheric Cooling to Satellite-Inferred Tropspheric Temperature Trends. Nature, 429, 55-58.