Publications

Forthcoming (under review)

Feng, Z., Prein, A., Kukulies, J., Fiolleau, T., Jones, W., Maybee, B., Moon, Z. L., Núñez Ocasio, K. M., Dong, W., Molina, M. J., Albright, M. J., Feng, R., Song, J., Song, F., Leung, R., Varble, A. C., Klein, C., Roca, R (2024). Mesoscale Convective Systems tracking Method Intercomparison (MCSMIP): Application to DYAMOND Global km-scale Simulations. Submitted to JGR Atmosphere. Access preprint here

Kukulies, J., Prein, A. F., and H. Morrison (2024). Simulating precipitation efficiency across the deep convective gray zone. Under review for JGR Atmosphere. Access preprint here

Peer-reviewed (chronologically backwards)

2024

Kukulies, J., Li, W., Chen, D (2024). Mean flow and eddy summer moisture transport over East Asia in reanalysis data and a regional climate simulation. Climate Dynamics. Access here

Prein, A., Feng, Z., Fiolleau, T., Moon, Z., Nunez Ocasio, K., Kukulies, J., Roca, R., Varble, A., Rehbein, A., Liu, C., Ikeda, K., Mu, Y. and Rasmussen, R (2024). Km-Scale Simulations of Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) Over South America - A Feature Tracker Intercomparison. JGR Atmosphere Access here

Sokolowsky, G. A., Freeman S. W., Jones , W., Kukulies, J., Senf, F., Marinescu, P. J., Heikenfeld, M., Brunner, K., Bruning, E., Collis, S., Jackson, R.,Leung, G., Pfeifer,N., Raut, B., Saleeby, S., Stier, P. and van den Heever, S. C., (2024). tobac v1.5: Introducing Fast 3D Tracking, Splits and Mergers, and Other Enhancements for Identifying and Analysing Meteorological Phenomena. Geoscientific Model Development. Access here

2023

Minola, L., Zhang, G., Ou, T., Kukulies, J., Curio, J., Guijarro, J. A., Deng, K., Azorin-Molina, C., Shen, C., Pezzoli, A. and Chen, D. (2023). Climatology of near-surface wind speed from observations and high-resolution climate modelsover the Tibetan Plateau. Climate Dynamics. Access paper here

Freeman, S. W., Brunner, K., Jones, W. K., Kukulies, J., Senf, F., Stier, P. and van den Heever, S. C., (2023). Advancing our Understanding of Cloud Processes and Their Role in the Earth System through Cloud Object Tracking. Bulletin of the AMS. Access paper here

Kukulies, J, Prein, A., Curio, J. and Chen, D. (2023). Kilometer-scale multi-model and multi-physics ensemble simulations of a mesoscale convective system in the lee of the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for climate simulations. Journal of Climate. Access paper here

Kukulies, J, Lai, H., Curio, J., Feng, Z., Lin, C., Li, P., Sugimoto, S., Ou, T. and Chen, D. (2023). Mesoscale convective systems in the Third Pole region: Characteristics, Mechanisms and Impact on precipitation. Frontiers in Earth Science. Access paper here

Ou, T., Chen, D., Tang, J., Lin, C., Wang X., Kukulies, J. and Lai, H. (2023). Wet bias of summer precipitation in the northwestern Tibetan Plateau in ERA5 is linked to weakened lower-level southerly wind over the plateau. Climate Dynamics, 1-15. Access paper here

2022

Prein, A. F., Ban, N., Ou, T., Tang, J., Sakaguchi, K., Collier, E., Jayanarayanan, S., Sobolowski, S., Li, L., Chen, X., Zhou, X., Lai, H., Sugimoto, S., Zhou, L., Hasson, S., Ekstrom, M., Pothapakula, P., Ahrens, B., Stuart, R., Steen-Larsen, H. C., Leung, R. Belusic, D., Kukulies, J. , Curio, J. and Chen, D. (2022). Towards Ensemble-Based Kilometer-Scale Climate Simulations over the Third Pole region. Climate Dynamics, 1-27. Access paper here

2021

Kukulies, J., Chen, D. and Curio, J. (2021). The Role of Mesoscale Convective Systems in Precipitation in the Tibetan Plateau Region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(23), e2021JD035279. Access paper here

Zhang, X., Yin, Y., Kukulies, J., Li, Y., Kuang, X., He, C., and Chen, J. (2021). Revisiting Lightning Activity and Parameterization Using Geostationary Satellite Observations. Remote Sensing, 13(19). Access paper here

2020

Lai, H. W., Chen, H. W., Kukulies, J., Ou, T. and Chen, D. (2020). Regionalization of seasonal precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau and associated large-scale atmospheric systems. Journal of Climate, 1-45. Access paper here

Kukulies, J., Chen, D. and Wang, M. (2020). Temporal and spatial variations of convection and precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau based on recent satellite observations. Part II: Precipitation climatology derived from GPM. International Journal of Climatology. Access paper here

Kukulies, J., Chen, D. and Wang, M. (2019). Temporal and spatial variations of convection and precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau based on recent satellite observations.Part I: Cloud climatology derived from CloudSat and CALIPSO. International Journal of Climatology. Access paper here