Email: hsiao@ucar.edu
Phone: 303-497-8177
Postal Address: P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000
Shipping Address: 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000

Research and Professional Interests

Hurricane initialization, Doppler radar data assimilation, Satellite data assimilation, WRF linear and adjoint model development and WRF 4DVAR, adjoint sensitivity and target observation strategy.

Recent Publications

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Xiao, Q., Kuo, Y., Ma, Z., Huang, W., Huang, X., Zhang, X., Barker, D. M., Michalakes, J., 2008: Development of the WRF adjoint modeling system and its application to the investigation of the May 2004 McMurdo Antarctica severe wind event. Monthly Weather Review, 136, doi: 10.1175/2008MWR2235.1, 3696-3713.

Xiao, Q., Chen, L., Zhang, X., 2008: Evaluations of BDA scheme using the Advanced Research WRF (ARW) model. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. (In Press).

Liu, C., Xiao, Q., Wang, B., 2008: An ensemble-based four-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme: Part I: Technical formulation and preliminary test. Monthly Weather Review, 136, doi: 10.1175/2008MWR2312.1, 3363-3373.

Huang, X., Xiao, Q., Barker, D. M., Zhang, X., Michalakes, J., Huang, W., Henderson, T., Bray, J., Chen, Y., Ma, Z., Dudhia, J., Guo, Y., Zhang, X., Won, D., Lin, H., Kuo, Y., 2008: Four-dimensional variational data assimilation for WRF: Formulation and preliminary results. Monthly Weather Review. (Submitted).

Davis, C. A., Wang, W., Chen, S., Chen, Y., Corbosiero, K., DeMaria, M., Dudhia, J., Holland, G., Klemp, J., Michalakes, J., Reeves, H., Rotunno, R., Xiao, Q., 2008: Prediction of landfalling hurricanes with the advanced hurricane WRF model. Monthly Weather Review, 136, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2085.1, 1990-2005.

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Shared Files

• A BAMS paper on Doppler radar data assimilation - Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 89, 39-43, 2008.
• An ensemble-based four-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme Part I - Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 3367-3373., 2008.
• WRF Adjoint sensitivity analysis for an Antarctic severe windstorm - Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 3696-3713., 2008.
• Hurricane Lili's (2002) Demise - A recent study on hurricane initialization with 4D-Var
• News on Hurricane Lili's study
• Hurricane initialization with 3D-Var - J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 671-689, 2006.
• Multiple Doppler radar data assimilation - Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3381-3404, 2007.
• Doppler radar data assimilation (reflectivity) - J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 46, 14-22.
• Doppler radar data assimilation (radial velocity) - J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 768-788.
• Study on a NORPEX cyclone - Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 507-528.
• MM5 4DVAR hurricane initialization - Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 2252-2269.
• SSM/I data assimilation - Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 87-108.