Publications
In Press
Bova, S. Y. Rosenthal, Z. Liu, M. Yan, A. J. Broccoli, S. P. Godad and C. Zeng, 2021:Reply to MA: Concerns on roles ofpolar sea-ice variability. Nature, in press
Du X., J. M. Russell, Z. Liu, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, Y. Gao, C. Zhu, D. W. Oppo, M. Mohtadi, Y. Yan, V. V. Galy and C. He, 2021: Deglacial trends in Indo-Pacific Warm Pool hydroclimate in an isotope‐enabled Earth system model andimplications for isotope-based paleoclimate reconstructions. Quat. Sci. Res., in press.
He C., Z. Liu, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, E.C. Brady, C. Zhu, R. Tomas, S. Gu, J. Han and Y. Jin, 2021: South China hydroclimate variability heavily contributed by autumn rainfall during the last deglaciation. Nature Comm., in press.
2021
He C., Z. Liu, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, E. C. Brady, C. Zhu, R. Thomas, P. U. Clark, J. Zhu, A. Jahn,
S. Gu, J. Zhang, J. Nusbaumer, D. Noone, H. Cheng, Y. Wang, M. Yan and Y. Bao, 2021: The hydroclimate footprint accompanying pan-Asian monsoon water isotope evolution during the last deglaciation. Sci. Adv.10.1126/sciadv.abe2611
Bova S., Y. Rosenthal, Z. Liu, S. Godal and M. Yan, 2021: Seasonal origin for the Holocene and last interglacial thermal maximum. Nature 589, 548-553, 10.1038/s41586-020-03155-x
He, C., Z. Liu, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, E.C. Brady, C. Zhu, R. Tomas, C. Buizert and J. Severinghaus, 2021: Abrupt Heinrich Stadial 1 Cooling Missing in Greenland Oxygen Isotopes. Sci. Adv., DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abh1007
Cheng J., H. Wu, Z. Liu, P. Gu, J. Wang, C. Zhao, Q. Li, H. Chen, H. Lu, H. Hu, Y. Gao, M. Yu and Y. Song, 2020:Vegetation feedback leads to delayed eco-environmental response to East Asian Summer Monsoon rainfall during Holocene. Nature Comm. 10.1038/s41467-021- 22087-2
Buizert C., T.J. Fudge, W. H. G. Roberts, E. J. Steig, S. Sherriff-Tadano, C. Ritz, E. Lefebvre, J. Edwards, K. Kawamura, I. Oyabu, H. Motoyama, E. C. Kahle, T. R. Jones, A. Abe-Ouchi, T. Obase, C. Martin, H. Corr, J. P. Severinghaus, R. Beaudette, J. A. Epifanio, E. J. Brook, K. Martin, J. Chappellaz, S. Aoki, T. Nakazawa, T. A. Sowers, R. Alley, J. Ahn, M.Sigl, M. Severi, N. W. Dunbar, A. Svensson, J. Fegyveresi, C. He, Z. Liu, J. Zhu, B. Otto-Bliesner, V. Y. Lipenkov, T. Kameda, M.Kageyama and J. Schwander: 2021: Antarctic-wide surface temperature and elevation during the Last Glacial Maximum. Science, 372, 1097- 1101. 10.1126/science.abd2897
Jin Y. and Z. Liu, 2021: On the formation mechanism of seasonal persistence barrier. J. Clim. 34, 479-494.
Jin Y. and Z. Liu, 2021: A theory of Spring Persistence Barrier on ENSO. Part II: Persistence barriers in SST and ocean heatcontent. J. Clim. 34, 5555–5564, 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0820.1
Wen, Q., C. Zhu, Z. Han, H. Yang and Z. Liu, 2021: Can the topography of Tibetan Plateau affect the Antarctic BottomWater. Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1029/2021GL092448.
Wen Q., Z. Han, H. Yang, J. Cheng, Z. Liu and J. Liu, 2021: Influence of Tibetan Plateau on the North American SummerMonsoon Precipitation. Clim. Dyn., 10.1007/s00382-021-05857-y
Zhang H., X. Zhang, Y. Cai, A. Sinha, C. Spötl, J. Baker, G. Kathayat, Y. Tian, J. Lu, Z. Wang, J. Zhao, X. Jia, W. Du, Y. Ning, Z. An, R. L. Edwards, Z. Liu and H. Cheng, 2021: A data-model comparison pinpoints Holocene spatiotemporal pattern of East Asian summer monsoon. Quat. Sci. Rev. 261, 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106911
Wang, P., Y. Jin and Z. Liu, 2021: Diurnal predictability barrier for weather forecast. Mon. Wea. Rev. 149, 1715-1723
Liu Z., B. L. Otto-Bliesner, P. U. Clark, J. Lynch-Stieglitz, J. and M. Russell, 2021: SynTRACE- 21: Synthesis of Transient Climate Evolution of the last 21,000 years. PAGES newsletter, 10.22498/pages.29.1.13.
Gu, S., Z. Liu, D. W. Oppo, J. Lynch-Stieglitz, A. Jahn, J. Zhang, K. Lindsay and L. Wu: 2021: Remineralization dominating the δ13C decrease in the mid-depth Atlantic during the last deglaciation. Earth & Planetary Sci. Lett. 571,10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117106
Li, L., Z. Liu, C. Zhu, C. He and B. Otto-Bliesner, 2021: Shallowing glacial Antarctic Intermediate water by changes in sea ice and hydrological cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1029/2021GL094317
Zhang, Z., G. Li, Y. Cai, Z. Liu and Z. An, 2021: Variation of summer precipitation δ18O on the Chinese Loess Plateausince the last interglacial. J. Quaternary Science, 10.1002/jqs.3358
Liu, W., Z. Liu and S. Li, 2021:The driving mechanisms on Southern Ocean upwelling change during the last deglaciation. Geosciences, 11, 266-; 10.3390/geosciences11070266.
Zhu, C. Z. Liu, S. Zhang and L. Wu, 2021: Global oceanic overturning circulation forced by the competition between greenhouse gases and continental ice sheets during last deglacial. J. Clim., 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0125.1
2020
Zhu, C. and Z. Liu, 2020: Weakening Atlantic Overturning Circulation causes South Atlantic salinity pileup. Nat. Clm.Change, 10.1038/s41558-020-0897-7
Jian Z., Y. Wang, H. Dang, D. W. Lea, Z. Liu, H. Jin and Y. Yin, 2020: Half-precessional cycle of thermocline temperature in the western equatorial Pacific and its bi-hemispheric dynamics. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA,10.1073/pnas.1915510117
Chen, K., L. Ning, Z. Liu, J. Liu, M. Yan, W. Sun et al., 2020: One drought and one volcanic eruption influenced thehistory of China: The late Ming Dynasty mega‐drought. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL088124. 10.1029/2020GL088124 (highlighted by Nature: https:/www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02467-2)
Chen, K., L. Ning, Z. Liu, J. Liu, M. Yan, W. Sun, B. Liu, 2020: The Influences of tropical volcanic eruptions with different magnitudes on the persistent droughts over the eastern China. Atmosphere 11, 210-, 10.3390/atmos11020210
Han, J., L. Back, Z. Liu and X. Wen, 2020: How far poleward can the seasonal precipitation maxima over land extend under high obliquity? Clim. Dyn., 10.1007/s00382-020-05225-2
Jin, Y., Z. Lu, and Z. Liu, 2020: Controls of Spring Persistence Barrier strength in different ENSO regimes and implicationsfor Twenty-First-Century change. Geophys. Res. Lett. 47, 10.1029/2020GL088010
Zhang S., Z. Liu, X. Zhang, X. Wu, G. Han, C. Liu, Y. Zhao, X. Yu, M. Li, Z. Wang, Y. Liu, S. Wu and F. Lu, 2020: Coupled data assimilation and parameter estimation in coupled ocean- atmosphere models: a review. Clim. Dyn. 54, 5127–5144
Ning, L., K. Chen, J. Liu, Z. Liu, M. Yan, W. Sun, C. Jin and Z. Shi, 2020: How do volcanic eruptions influence decadalmegadroughts over eastern China? J. Clim., 33, 8195-8207
Joos, F., R. Spalni, B. Stocker, S. Lienert, J. Muller, H. Fischer, J. Schmitt, I. Prentice, B. Otto- Bliesner and Z. Liu, 2020:N2O changes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the preindustrial - part II: terrestrial N2O emissions and carbon-nitrogen cycle interactions. Biogeosciences 17, 3511-3543.
Gao Y., Z. Liu and Z. Lu 2020: Dynamic Effect of Ice Sheet Topography on East Asian Summer Monsoon during the LastDeglaciation. J. Clim. 33, 6929-6944
Guan J., Z. Liu and G.S. Chen, 2020: Moisture Source tagging confirming the Polar amplification effect in amplifying the temperature-δ18O temporal slope since the LGM. Atmosphere, doi:10.3390/atmos11060610
Yan, M., Z. Liu, L. Ning and J. Liu, 2020: Holocene EASM-EAWM relationship across different timescales in CCSM3.Geophys. Res. Lett. 47,10.1029/2020GL088451
Zhang, H., Z. Liu, E. Constantinescu and R. Jacob, 2020: Stability Analysis of Interface Conditions for Ocean-AtmosphereCoupling. J. Scientific Computing 84, 1-25.
Tabor, C., B. Otto_Bliesner and Z. Liu, 2020: Speleothems of South American and Asian monsoons influenced by a Green Sahara. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, 10.1029/2020GL089695
Gu, S., Z. Liu, D. W Oppo, J. Lynch-Stieglitz, A. Jahn; J. Zhang and L. Wu, 2020: Assessing the potential capability of reconstructing glacial Atlantic water masses and AMOC using multiple proxies in CESM. Earth & Planetary Sci. Lett. 541, 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116294
Wu, S. and Z. Liu, 2020: Decadal variability in North Pacific and North Atlantic under global warming: the weakening response and its mechanism. J. Clim. 33, 9181-9193.
Sun, J., Z. Liu, F. Lu, W. Zhang, Y. Zhao and S. Zhang, 2020: Quantitatively isolating extratropical atmospheric impact on the tropical Pacific interannual variability in coupled climate model. IEEE Access, 0.1109/ACCESS.2020.3021801
Jin Y. and Z. Liu, 2020: A theory of Spring Persistence Barrier on ENSO. Part I: The role of ENSO period.. J. Clim. 33, 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0540.1
Zhu, J., C. J. Poulsen, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, Z. Liu, E. Brady and D. Noone, 2020: Simulation of early Eocene water isotopes using an Earth system model and its implication for past climate reconstruction. Earth & Planetary Sci. Lett.,10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116164
He, C., Z. Liu, J. Zhu, J. Zhang, S. Gu, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, B. Esther, C. Zhu, Y. Jin and J. Sun, 2020: North Atlantic subsurface temperature response controlled by effective freshwater input in "Heinrich" events. Earth & Planetary Sci.Lett., 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116247.
Gu, S., Z. Liu, L. Wu, 2020: Timescale dependence of the meridional coherence of Atlantic Meridional OverturningCirculation. J. Geophys. Res.-Ocn., 10.1029/2019JC015838.
Sun, J., Z. Liu, F. Lu, W. Zhang and S. Zhang, 2020: Strongly Coupled Data Assimilation Using Leading AveragedCoupled Covariance (LACC). Part III: Real World Data Assimilation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0304.1
Hu, Y., Y. Xia, Z. Liu, Y. Wang, Z. Lu and T. Wang, 2020: Distorted Pacific-North American Teleconnection at the Last Glacial Maximum. Clim. Past 16, 199–209, 10.5194/cp-16-199- 2020.
Aguiar, W., L. F. Prado, I. Wainer, Z. Liu, A. Montenegro, K. J. Meissner and M. M. Mata, 2020: Freshwater control on early-Holocene South America Monsoon. Quat. Sci. Rev., 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.10649
Cheng, J., Y. Ma, H. Wu, H. Long and Z. Liu, 2020: Migration of Afro-Asian monsoon fringe since Last GlacialMaximum. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10.3389/feart.2020.00322
Tabor, C., B. Otto_Bliesner and Z. Liu, 2020: Speleothems of South American and Asian monsoons influenced by a GreenSahara. Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1029/2020GL089695
Zhao, C., E. J. Rohling, Z. Liu, X. Yang, E. Zhang, J. Cheng, Z.H. Liu, Z. An, X. Yang, X. Feng,
X. Sun, C. Zhang, T. Yan, H. Long, H. Yan, Z. Yu, W. Liu, S-Y Yu and J Shen: 2020: Possible obliquity-forced warmth in southern Asia during the last glacial stage. Science Bulletin, 10.1016/j.scib.2020.11.016
2019
He, C., Z. Liu and A. Hu, 2019: The transient response of atmospheric and oceanic heat transports to anthropogenic warming. Nat. Clim. Change 9, 222-226.
Liu, Z., Y. Jin and X. Rong, 2019: A theory for seasonal predictability barrier: threshold, timing and intensity. J. Clim. 32,423-443.
Jin, Y., Z. Liu, X. Rong, 2019: General Seasonal Phase-locking of Variance and Persistence: Application to Tropical Pacific,North Pacific and Global Ocean. Clim. Dyn. 53, 2825-2842.
Gu, S., Z. Liu, A. Jahn, J. Rampfer, J. Zhang and F. Joos, 2019: Modeling neodymium isotopes in the ocean component ofthe community earth system model (CESM1) J. Adv. Modeling Earth Systems 11, 624-640.
Gu, S., Z. Liu, J. Lynch-Stieglitz, A. Jahn, J. Zhang, K. Lindsay, L. Wu, 2019: Assessing the ability of zonal 𝛅𝛅18O contrast inbenthic foraminifera to reconstruct deglacial evolution of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation,Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 34, 800-812.
Umling N.E., D.W. Oppo, P. Chen, J. Yu, Z. Liu, M. Yan, G. Gebbie, K. R. Pietro, Z.D. Jin, K.B. Costa, F.A.L. Toledo, D.C., Lund and M. Lacerra, 2019: Atlantic circulation and ice sheet influences on upper South Atlantic temperatures duringthe last deglaciation, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 34, 990-1005.
Fang, C., F. Zheng, Z. Liu and J. Zhu, 2019: Decadal modulation of ENSO Spring Persistence Barrier by thermal dampingprocesses in the observation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 46, 6892-6899.
Lu, Z. and Z. Liu, 2019: Orbital modulation of ENSO seasonal phase locking. Clim. Dyn. 52, 4329-4350.
Lu, Z., Z. Liu, G. Chen and J. Guan, 2019: Prominent precession-band variance in ENSO intensity over the last300,000 years. Geophys. Res. Lett. 46, 9786–9795.
Feng, J., J. Li, F-F Jin, Z. Liu and S. Zhao, 2019: Effect of El Nino on the response ratio of Hadley circulation todifferent SST meridional structures. Clim. Dyn. 53, 3877-3891.
Zhao, Y., Z. Liu, F. Zheng and Y. Jin, 2019: EnKF parameter optimization for real world ENSO forecast in an intermediatecoupled model. Mon. Wea. Rev. 147, 1429-1445.
Stevenson, S., B. Otto-Bliesner, E. Brady, J. Nusbaumer, C. Tabor, R. Tomas, D. Noone and Z. Liu, 2019: Volcanic eruption signatures in the isotope-enabled last millennium ensemble. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology 34, 1534-1552.
Brady, E., Stevenson, S., Bailey, D., Liu, Z., Noone, D., Nusbaumer, J., et al, 2019: The connected isotopic water cycle in theCommunity Earth System Model version 1. J. Adv. Modeling Earth Systems 11, 2547-2566.
Yu X., S., Zhang, J. Li, L. Lu, Z. Liu, M. Li, H. Yu, G. H., X. Lin, L. Wu and P. Chang, 2019: A multiscale EnOI-like high-efficiency filter for coupled model data assimilation. J. Adv. Modeling Earth Systems 11, 45-63.
Wen N., Z. Liu, Y. Liu and L. Li, 2019: Response and mechanism of East Asian summer precipitation in the developing summer of ENSO: Direct impact of ENSO. Clim. Dyn. 52, 6799-6815.
Wan L., Z. Liu, J. Liu, W. Sun and B. Liu, 2019: On the linearity of the temperature response in Holocene: the spatial and temporal dependence. Clim. Past 15, 1411-1425.
Zhao, Y., X. Deng, S. Zhang, Z. Liu and C. Liu, 2019: Sensitivity determined simultaneous estimation for multiple parameters in coupled models: Part I: Based on single model component sensitivity. Clim. Dyn. 53, 5349-5373.
Cheng, J., W. Ma, Z. Liu, H. Lu and H. Wu, 2019: Varying sensitivity of East Asia summer monsoon circulation totemperature change since Last Glacial Maximum. Geophys. Res. Lett. 46, 9103-9109.
Shi, Y., Z. Jiang, Z. Liu and L. Li, 2019: A Lagrangian analysis of water vapor sources and pathways for precipitations in East China in different stages of the East Asian summer monsoon. J. Clim. 32, 977-992.
Jin, Y., Z., Liu, Z. Lu and C. He, 2019: Seasonal cycle of background in the tropical Pacific as a cause of ENSO spring persistence barrier. Geophys. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085205.
2018
Liu, Z., C. He and F. Lu, 2018: Local and remote forcing on atmospheric and oceanic heat transports: compensation vs collaboration. J. Clim. 31, 6445-6460.
Liu, Z. and E. Di Lorenzo, 2018: Mechanism and predictability of Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Current Climate Change Reports 4, 128-144.
Lu, F. and Z. Liu, 2018: Assessing extratropical influence on the observed El Niño–Southern Oscillation events usingregional coupled data assimilation. J. Clim. 31, 8961-8969.
Lu, Z., Z. Liu, J. Zhu and K. Cobb, 2018: A review of paleo ENSO. Atmosphere 9, 130.doi:10.3390/atmos9040130.
Lu, Z. and Z. Liu, 2018: Examining ENSO in the Holocene: implications and challenges. National Science Review 5, 807-809.
Clemens, S., A. Holbourn, Y. Kubota, K. Lee, Z. Liu, G. Chen, A. Nelson and B. Fox-Kemper, 2018: Precession-band variance missing from East Asian monsoon runoff. Nat. Comm. 9, 3364.
Zhu C., Z. Liu and S. Gu, 2018: Model bias for South Atlantic Antarctic Intermediate Water in CMIP5. Clim. Dyn. 50, 3613-3624.
Tabor, C., B. Otto-Bliesner, E. Brady, J. Nusbaumer, J. Zhu, M. Erb, T. Wong, D. Noone and Z. Liu, 2018: Interpretingprecession driven δ18O variability in the South Asian monsoon region. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos. 123, 5927-5946.
Liu, Y.G., M. Zhang, Z. Liu, Y. Xia, Y. Huang, Y. Peng and J. Zhu, 2018: A possible role of dust in resolving the Holocene temperature conundrum. Scientific Reports 8, 4434.
Li, S., S. Zhang, Z. Liu, L. Lu, J. Zhu, X. Zhang, X. Wu, M. Zhao, G. Vecchi, R. Zhang and X. Lin, 2018: Estimating convective parameters in the GFDL CM2.1 model using ensemble data assimilation. J. Adv. Modeling Earth Systems 10, 989-1010.
Wu, S., Z. Liu, J. Cheng and C. Li, 2018: Response of North Pacific and North Atlantic decadal variability to weak globalwarming. Adv. Climate Change Research 9, 95-101
Jin Y., X. Rong and Z. Liu, 2018: Potential predictability and forecast skill in ensemble climate forecast: a skill-persistencerule. Clim. Dyn. 51, 2725-2742.
Thibodeau B., C. Not, J. Zhu, A. Schmittner, D. Noone, C. Tabor, J. Zhang and Z. Liu, 2018: Last century warming over Canadian Atlantic shelves linked to weaker Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 45,12376-12385.
2017
Liu, W., S.-P Xie, Z. Liu and J. Zhu, 2017: Overlooked possibility of AMOC collapse in warming climate. Science Advances3, e1601666.
Zhang, J., Z. Liu, E. C. Brady, A. Jahn, K. Lindsay, D. W. Oppo, P. U. Clark, S. A. Marcott, 2017: Asynchronous warming and δ18O evolution of deep Atlantic water masses during the last deglaciation, Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 114, 11075-11080.
Pausata F., Q. Zhang, F. Muschitiello, Z. Lu, L. Chafik, E. Niedermeyer, K. Cobb, J. Stager and Z. Liu, 2017: Greening of the Sahara suppressed ENSO variability in the mid- Holocene. Nat. Comm. 8, 16020.
Wang, P., B. Wang, H. Cheng, J. Fasullo, Z. Guo, T. Kiefer and Z. Liu, 2017: The global monsoon across time scales: mechanisms and outstanding issues. Earth Sci. Rev. 174, 84- 121.
Zhu J., Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner,E. Brady, D. Noone, J. Zhang, R. Tomas, A. Jahn, J. Nusbaumer and T. Wong, 2017: Reduced ENSO variability at the LGM revealed by an isotope-enabled Earth System Model. Geophys. Res. Lett. 44, 6984-6992.
Zhu, J., Z. Liu, E. Brady, B. Otto-Bliesner, S. Marcott, Jiaxu Zhang, Xianfeng Wang, Jesse Nusbaumer, Tony E. Wong,Alexandra Jahn, and David Noone, 2017: Investigating the direct meltwater effect in terrestrial oxygen isotope paleoclimate records using an isotope-enabled Earth system model. Geophys. Res. Lett. 44, 12501-12510.
Lu, F., Z, Liu, S. Zhang and R. Jacob, 2017: Assessing extratropical impact on tropical bias in climate model using regional coupled data assimilation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 44, 3384-3392.
Jiang, Z., S. Jiang, Y. Shi, Z. Liu, W. Li, and L. Li， 2017： Impact of moisture source variation on decadal-scale changesof precipitation in North China from 1951 to 2010, J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos. 122, 600–613.
Gu, S., Z. Liu, J. Zhang, J. Rempfer, F. Joos, E. Brady and D. Oppo, 2017: Coherent dynamic response of Antarctic Intermediate Water and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation during deglaciation: reconciling contrasting neodymium isotope reconstructions from the tropical Atlantic. Paleoceagnography 32, 1036-1053.
Gu, S. and Z. Liu, 2017: 231Pa and 230Th in the ocean model of Community Earth System Model (CESM1.3). Geosci.Model Development 10, 4723-4742.
Rong, X., Z. Liu, S. Duan, 2017: Seasonal dependence of the North Pacific and North Atlantic SST predictability andforecast skill. Adv. Earth Sci. 32, 382-395
Zhao Y., X. Deng, S. Zhang, Z. Liu, C. Liu, G. Vecchi, G. Han, and X. Wu, 2017: Impact of an observational window on coupled data assimilation: simulation with a simple climate model. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 24, 681–694
Liu, H., Z. Liu and F. Lu, 2017: A systematic comparison of particle filter and EnKF in assimilating time-averagedobservations. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos. 122, 13155-13173.
Thomas, E., S. Clemens, W. Prell, Y. Sun, G. Chen, Z. Liu and S. Lomis, 2017: Mid-latitude land surface temperature impacts the timing and structure of glacial cycles. Geophys. Res. Lett. 44, 984-992.
Liu, C., S. Zhang, S. Li and Z. Liu, 2017: Impact of the time scale of model sensitivity response on coupled modelparameter estimation. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 34, 1346–1357
2016
Cheng, J., Z. Liu, S. Zhang, W. Liu, L. Dong, P. Liu and H. Li, 2016: Reduced interdecadal variability of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation under global warming. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 113, 3175-3178.
Wen X., Z. Liu, S. Wang, J. Cheng and Jiang Zhu, 2016: Correlation and anti-correlation of the East Asian summer and winter monsoons during the last 21,000 years. Nat. Comm. 7, 11999, DOI:10.1038/ncomms11999
Guan, J. Z. Liu, X. Wen, E. Brady, D. Noone, J. Zhu and J. Han, 2016: Understanding temporal slope of temperature-water isotope relation in isoCAM3: the slope equation. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos. 121, 10342-10354.
Liu, Z., H. Yang, C. He and Y. Zhao, 2016: A theory for Bjerknes compensation: the role of climate feedback. J. Clim. 29, 191-208.
Yang, H., Zhao, Y. and Z. Liu, 2016: Understanding Bjerknes compensation in atmosphere and ocean heat transports usinga coupled box model. J. Clim. 29, 2145-2160.
Zhao Y., H. Yang and Z. Liu, 2016: Bjerknes Compensation for climate variability: assessment and time-scale dependency. J. Clim. 29, 5501-5512.
Feng J., J. Li, F-F Jin, N. Xing, Y. Guo and Z. Liu, 2016: Contrasting responses of the Hadley circulation to equatorially asymmetric and symmetric meridional sea surface temperature structures. J. Clim. 29, 8949-8963.
Wu, X. R., S. Q. Zhang, and Z. Y. Liu, 2016: Implementation of a one-dimensional enthalpy sea- ice model in a simple pycnocline prediction model for sea-ice data assimilation studies. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 33, 193–207.
Yan L., Z. Liu, G. Chen, J. E. Kutzbach and X. Liu, 2016: Mechanism of elevation-dependent warming over TibetanPlateau in quadrupled CO2 experiments. Clim. Change 135, 509-519.
Li, S., S. Zhang, Z. Liu, X. Yang, A. Rosati, J-C Golaz and M. Zhao, 2016: The role of large-scale feedbacks in cumulus convection parameter estimation. J. Clim. 29, 4099-4119.
Fan L., S-I Shin, Z. Liu and Q. Liu, 2016: Two-sided impacts of Indo-Pacific warm pool SST on Australia precipitation changes. Int. J. Clim. 35, 312-313
Fan L., S-I Shin, Z. Liu and Q. Liu, 2016: Sensitivity of Asian summer monsoon precipitation to tropical sea surfacetemperature anomalies. Clim. Dyn. 47, 2301-2514.
Liu H., F. Lu, Z. Liu, Y. Liu Yun, and S. Zhang, 2016: Assimilating atmosphere reanalysis in coupled data assimilation.J. Meteor. Res. 30, 572-583.
Lu, F., Z. Liu, Y. Liu, S. Zhang and R. Jacob, 2016: Understanding extratropical atmospheric control of ENSO using acoupled data assimilation approach. Clim. Dyn. 48, 3139-3160.
Thomas, E., S. Clemens, Y. Sun, W. Prell, L. Gao, G. Chen and Z. Liu, 2016: Heterodynes dominate East Asian monsoonvariability, reflecting interaction of multiple climate factors. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 455, 196-206.
Jiang, Z., S. Jiang, Y. Shi, Z. Liu, W. Li and L. Li, 2016: Impact of moisture source variation on decadal changes of precipitation in North China from 1951-2009. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos. 122, 600-613.
Wen X., Z. Liu, Z. Chen, E. Brady, D. Noone, Q. Zhu and J. Guan, 2016: Modeling precipitation δ18O variability in East Asia since the Last Glacial Maximum: temperature and amount effects across different time scales. Clim. Past 12, 2077-2085.
2015
Lu F., Z. Liu, S. Zhang and Y. Liu, 2015: Coupled data assimilation using Leading Averaged Coupled Covariance: I. Asimple model study. Mon. Wea. Rev. 143, 3823–3837.
Lu F., Z. Liu, S. Zhang, Y. Liu and R. Jacob, 2015: Coupled data assimilation using Leading Averaged Coupled Covariance: II. A CGCM study. Mon. Wea. Rev. 143, 4645–4659.
Sun Y., J. Kutzbach, Z. An, S. Clemens, Z. Liu, W. Liu, X. Liu, Z. Shi, W. Zheng, L. Liang, Y. Yan and Y Li, 2015: Astronomical and glacial forcing of East Asian summer monsoon variability. Quat. Sci. Rev. 115, 132-142
Lu, Z., Z. Liu and J. Zhu, 2015: Abrupt intensification of ENSO forced by deglacial ice sheet retreat in CCSM3. Clim. Dyn. 46, 1877-1891.
Jahn, A., K. Lyndsay, X. Giraud, N. Gruber, B. L. Otto-Bliesner, Z. Liu, and E. C. Brady, 2015: Carbon isotopes in theocean model of the Community Earth System Model (CESM). Geoscientific Model Development 8, 2419-2434.
Han G., X. Wu, S. Zhang, Z. Liu, I. M. Navon, W. Li, 2015: A study of 4D-Var and EnKF coupling parameter-estimation witha simple coupled system. Adv. in Meteorology, doi:10.1155/2015/530764.
Wen N., Z. Liu and Y. Liu, 2015: Direct impact of El Nino on East Asian summer precipitation in the observation. Clim. Dyn.44, 2979-2987.
Zhu, L., Z. Jiang and Z. Liu, 2015: The impact of spring vegetation on the predictability of summer rainfall in the Yangtze region. Acta Meteorologica Sinica 73, 895-909.
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2014
Liu Z., Z. Lu, X. Wen, B. Otto-Bliesner, A. Timmermann, K. Cobb, 2014: The evolution and forcing mechanism of ElNino in the last 21,000 years. Nature 515, 550-553
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Nace, T. E., G. S. Dwyer, C. R. Silva, C. A. Gigsby, D. Hollander, S. J. Burns, B. Otto-Bliesner,
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Han, G., X. Zhang, S. Zhang, X. Wu and Z. Liu, 2014: Mitigation of coupled model biases induced by dynamical coremisfitting through parameter optimization: simulation with a simple pycnocline prediction model. Nonlinear Processesin Geophysics 21, 357-366
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2013
Liu, W. and Z. Liu, 2013: A diagnostic indicator of the stability of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in CCSM3. J. Clim. 26, 1926-1938
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2012
Liu, Z., A. Carlson, F. He, E. Brady, B. Otto-Bliesner, E. Brook, M. Wehrenberg, P. Clark, S. Wu,
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2011
Liu, Z., 2011: Glacial cycles and Indian monsoon: A southern push. Science 333,708-708
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2010
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2009
Liu, Z., B. Otto-Bliesner, F. He, E. Brady, P. Clark, J. Lynch-Steiglitz, A. Carlson, W. Curry, E. Brook, R. Jacob, D. Erickson, J. Kutzbach and J. Cheng, 2009: Transient simulation of deglacial climate evolution with a new mechanismfor Bolling-Allerod warming. Science 325, 310-314.
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2008
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2007
Liu, Z., Y. Liu, L. Wu and R. Jacob, 2007: Seasonal and long-term atmospheric responses to reemerging North Pacificocean variability: a combined dynamical and statistical assessment. J. Clim. 20, 955–980.
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Wang, Y., M. Notaro, Z. Liu, R. Gallimore, S. Levis, and J.E. Kutzbach, 2007: Detecting vegetation-precipitation feedbacks in mid-Holocene North Africa from two climate models. Clim. Past 3, 961-975.
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White, W. B. and Z. Liu, 2007: Resonant excitation of the quasi-decadal oscillation by the 11-year signal in the Sun'sirradiance. J. Geophys. Res.-Ocn 113, C01002, doi:10.1029/2006JC004057.
2006
Liu, Z., M. Notaro, J. Kutzbach and N. Liu, 2006: Assessing global vegetation-climate feedbacks from the observation. J. Clim. 19, 787–814.
Notaro, M. Z. Liu and J. Williams, 2006: An observational assessment of climate-vegetation feedback in the U.S. J. Clim. 19, 763-786.
Vavrus S., M. Notaro and Z. Liu, 2006: A mechanism for abrupt climate change associated with tropical Pacific SSTs. J. Clim. 19, 242-256.
Liu, Q., N. Wen and Z. Liu, 2006: An observational study of the impact of the North Pacific SST on the atmosphere.Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L18611, doi:10:1029/2006GL026082
Liu Q., Z. Liu and A. Pan, 2006, Conceptual model about the interaction between El Niño/Southern Oscillation and Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in far west equatorial Pacific. Science in China, Series D-Earth Sciences 49, 889-896
Liu Y., Z. An, H. Ma, Q., Cai, Z. Liu, J. Kutzbach, J. Shi, H. Song, J. Sun, Y. Liang, Q. Li, Y. Yang and L. Wang, 2006:Precipitation variation in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau recorded by the tree rings since 850 AD and its relevance to the Northern Hemisphere temperature. Science in China, Series D. Earth Sciences 49, 408-420
Liu, Z., 2006: Glacial thermohaline circulation and climate: forcing from the North or South? Adv. Atmos. Sci. 22, 199-206
Liu, X., J. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, S. Clemens and W. Prell, 2006: Hemispheric climate forcing and remote response of Asianmonsoon. J. Clim. 19, 695-6208
Liu, Z., Y. Wang, R. Gallimore, M. Notaro, C. I. Prentice, 2006: On the mechanism of abrupt change of Northern Africa environment in the Holocene: climate variability vs. vegetation feedback. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33, L22709, doi:10.1.29/2006GL028062
2005
Liu, Z., S. Shin, R. Webb, W. Lewis and B. Otto-Bliesner, 2005: Atmospheric CO2 forcing on glacial thermohaline andclimate. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L02706, doi:10.1029/2004GL021929
Liu, Z., S. Vavrus. F. He, N. Wen and Y. Zhong, 2005: Rethinking tropical ocean response to global warming: the enhanced equatorial warming. J. Clim. 18, 4684-4700
Yang H., Q. Zhang, Y. Zhong, S. Vavrus, Z. Liu, 2005: How does extratropical warming affects ENSO? Geophys. Res. Lett.32, L01702, doi:10.1029/2004GL021624
Zhao, Y., P. Braconnot, O. Marti, S.P. Harrison, C. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, Z. Liu, U. Mikolajewicz, B. Otto-Bliesner and S. L. Weber, 2005: A multi-model analysis of ocean feedback on the African and Indian monsoon during the mid-Holocene.Clim. Dyn. 25, 777-800
Notaro, M., Z. Liu, R. Gallimore, S. Vavrus, J. Kutzbach, C. Prentice and R. Jacob, 2005: Simulated and observed pre-industrial to modern vegetation and climate changes. J. Clim. 18, 3650-3671
An S-I, A. Timmermann, L. Bejarano, F.-F. Jin, Z. Liu and S. Tudhope, 2005: Modeling evidence for enhanced ENSOvariability during the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleoceagnoraphy 19, doi:10.1029/2004PA001020
Pan A., Q. Liu and Z. Liu, 2005: Periodic forcing and ENSO suppression in the Cane-Zebiak model. J. Oceanography 61, 109-113
Liu, Y, Q. Cai, J. Shi, M. Hughes, J. E. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, F. Ni and Z. An, 2005: Seasonal precipitation in the south-central Helen Mountain region, China, reconstructed from tree-ring width for the past 224 years. Can. J. For. Res. 35, 2403-2412
Yang H. and Z. Liu, 2005: Tropical-extratropical climate interaction as revealed in idealized coupled climate modelexperiments. Clim. Dyn., 24, 863-879.
Wen N., Z. Liu, C. Frankignoul, Q. Liu, 2005: Observations of SST, heat flux and ocean- atmosphere interaction over theNorth Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L24619, doi:10.1029/2005GL024871
Wu L. and Z. Liu, 2005: North Atlantic decadal variability: air-sea coupling, oceanic memory, and potential northern hemisphere resonance. J. Clim. 18, 331-349
Wu, L., Z. Liu, Y. Liu, Q. Liu, and X. Liu, 2005: Potential global climatic impacts of the North Pacific Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L24710, doi:10.1029/2005GL024812.
Wu L., D. Lee and Z. Liu, 2005: The 1976/77 North Pacific climate regime shift: the role of subtropical ocean adjustment and coupled ocean-atmosphere feedbacks. J. Clim. 18, 5125- 5140.
Wu L., F. He and Z. Liu, 2005: Coupled ocean-atmosphere response to tropical North Atlantic SST variability: TropicalAtlantic Dipole and ENSO. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L21712, 10.1029/2005GL024222.
2004
Liu, Z., Q. Zhang and L. Wu, 2004: The remote impact on tropical Atlantic climate variability: the dynamic assessment and statistical assessment. J. Clim. 17, 1529-1549
Liu, Z. and L. Wu, 2004: Atmospheric response to North Pacific SST: The role of ocean- atmosphere coupling. J. Clim. 17, 1859-1882
Yang H., Z. Liu and H. Wang, 2004: Influence of extratropical thermal and wind forcing on equatorial thermocline in anocean GCM. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 34, 174-187
Yang H., Z. Liu and Q. Zhang, 2004: Tropical ocean decadal variability and the resonance of planetary wave basin modes: II: numerical study. J. Clim. 17, 1711-1721
Wu, L., Q. Zhang, and Z. Liu, 2004: Understanding the tropical Atlantic variability using coupled modeling surgery. In Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie and J.A. Carton (eds.), AGU Geophysical Monograph147, 157-170.
Liu, Z., S. Harrison, J. Kutzbach, B. Otto-Bliesner: 2004: Global monsoons in the mid-Holocene and oceanic feedback. Clim. Dyn. 22, 157-182.
Liu, Z., W. Lewis and A. Ganopolski, 2004: A coordinated acceleration scheme for the simulation of long term climateevolution. Clim. Dyn. 22, 771-781
2003
Liu, Z. and H. Yang, 2003: Extratropical control on tropical climate: atmospheric bridge and oceanic tunnel. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, 10.1029/2002GL016492
Liu, Z., 2003: Tropical ocean decadal variability and the resonance of planetary wave basin modes: I: theory. J. Clim. 16, 1539-1550
Yang H. and Z. Liu, 2003: On basin modes in a tropical-extratropical ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 33, 2751-2763
Wu. L, Z. Liu, R. Gallimore, R. Jacob, D. Lee, and Y. Zhong, 2003: A coupled modeling study of Pacific decadal variability:the Tropical Mode and the North Pacific Mode. J. Clim. 16, 1101- 1120
Wu, L. and Z. Liu, 2003: Decadal variability in the North Pacific: the Eastern North Pacific Mode. J. Clim. 16, 3111-3131
Wu, L., and Z. Liu, 2003: On the dynamics of North Atlantic decadal variability. Clivar Exchange 28.
Wang, D. , J. Wang, L. Wu, Z. Liu. 2003. Relative importance of wind and buoyancy forcing for interdecadal regime shiftsin the Pacific. Science in China 46, 417-427
Wang, D. J. Wang, L. Wu, and Z. Liu, 2003: Regime shifts in the North Pacific simulated by a COADS-driven isopycnalmodel. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 20, 743-754.
Harrison, S., J. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, P. Bartlein, B. Otto-Bliesner, D. Muhs, I. Prentice and R. Thompson, 2003: Mid-Holocene climates of the Americas: a dynamical response to changed seasonality. Clim. Dyn. 20, 663-688
Shin S., Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, E. Brady, J. Kutzbach, S. Harrison, 2003: A NCAR CCSM simulation of the climate at theLast Glacial Maximum. Clim. Dyn. 20, 127-151
Miller, A., M. Alexander, G. Boer, F. Chai, K. Denman, D. Erickson, R. Frouin, A. Gabric, E. Laws, M. Lewis, Z. Liu, R. Murtugudde, S. Nakamoto, D. Nelson, J. Norris, J. Ohlmann, R. Perry, N. Schneider, K. Shell and A. Timmermann,2003: Potential feedbacks between Pacific ocean ecosystems and interdecadal climate variations. Bull. Amer. Meteor.Soc. 84, 617-633
Liu, X., J. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, Z. An, Li L., 2003: The amplification of Tibetan Plateau on the effect of orbital forcing on theEast Asian monsoon. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, 1839, doi:10.1029/2003GL017510.
Otto-Bliesner, B., E. Brady, S. Shin, Z. Liu, C. Shields, 2003: Modeling El Nino and its tropical teleconnections during theglacial-interglacial cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, 2198, doi:10.1029/2003GL08553
Loubere P., M. Richaud, Z. Liu and F. Mekik, 2003: Oceanic conditions in the eastern equatorial Pacific during the onset ofENSO in the Holocene. Quat. Res. 60, 142-148
Liu, Z., B. Otto-Bliesner, J. Kutzbach, L. Li, C. Shields, 2003: Coupled climate simulations of the evolution of globalmonsoons in the Holocene. J. Clim. 16, 2472-2490
Liu, Z., E. Brady and J. Lynch-Steiglitz, 2003: Global ocean response to orbital forcing in the Holocene. Paleoceanography18, 1041, doi:10.1029/2002PA000819.
2002
Liu, Z., 2002: How long is the memory of tropical ocean dynamics. J. Clim. 15, 3518-3522
Liu, Z., 2002: A simple model study of the forced response of ENSO to an external periodic forcing. J. Clim. 15, 1088-1098.
Liu, Z., W. Wu, R. Gallimore and R. Jacob, 2002: Search for the origins of Pacific decadal climate variability. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29 , 10.1029/2001GL013735
Inui T. and Z. Liu, 2002: An interpretation of Pacific thermocline variability. The effect of wind forcing on subduction. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 32, 1094-1105.
Vavrus, S., and Z. Liu, 2002: Understanding the response of the tropical atmosphere-ocean system to increased CO2 usingEquilibrium Asynchronous Coupling. Clim. Dyn. 19, 355-369.
Huang, B. and Z. Liu, 2002: An OGCM Simulation of seasonal and interannual variability in the surface layer Pacific of the equatorial band. Adv. Atmos. Sci. 19, 219-235.
Wu L. and Z. Liu, 2002: Dynamic control of Pacific oceanic variability on the western boundary and marginal seas. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 96, 201-222.
Yang H., Q. Liu, Z. Liu, D, Wang and X. Liu, 2002: A GCM study of the dynamics of the upper ocean circulation of theSouth China Sea. J. Geophys. Res..-Ocn 107, 10.1029/2001JC001084, 22-1-14
Liu, Q.Y., Y. Jia, H. Yang and Z. Liu, 2002: Seasonal variation mechanism of sea surface height in the north of the SCS. Acta Oceanologica Sinica 24, 134-141
Shin S., Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, E. Brady, J. Kutzbach, 2002: Southern Ocean sea-ice control of the glacial North Atlanticthermohaline circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, DOI:10.1029/2002GL015513
Wu L. and Z. Liu, 2002: Is tropical Atlantic variability driven by the North Atlantic Oscillation? Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, 10.1029/2002GL014939
Wu, L., Q. Zhang and Z. Liu, 2002: Searching for the role of ENSO in the tropical Atlantic variability. Clivar Exchanges 25.
Liu, Z., S. Shin, B. Otto-Bliesner, J. Kutzbach and E. Brady, 2002: Tropical Cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum andExtratropical Ocean Ventilation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, 10.1029/2001GL013938
2001
Liu, Z., H. Yang and Q. Liu, 2001: Regional dynamics of seasonal variability of sea surface height in the South China Sea. J.Phys. Oceanogr. 31, 272-284
Yang, H., Q. Liu and Z. Liu, 2001: Sverdrup dynamics in the South China Sea. Progress in Natural Science 10, 1035-1039
Liu, Q, H. Yang and Z. Liu, 2000: Seasonal features of Sverdrup circulation in the South China Sea. Progress in NaturalScience 11, 202-206
Delire C., P. Behling, M. T. Coe, J.A. Foley, R. Jacob, J. Kutzbach, Z. Liu and S. Vavrus, 2001: Simulated response of theatmosphere-ocean system to deforestation in the Indonesian Archipelago. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 2081-2084
Huang, B. and Z. Liu, 2001: On the upper ocean trend of the Pacific Ocean in the last 40 years. J. Clim. 14, 3738-3750.
Zhou W., M. John, Z. An, P.D. Deckker, Z. Liu, X. Liu, X. Lu, A. J. T. Jull, D. Donahue, 2001: Terrestrial evidence for aspatial structure of tropical-polar interconnections during the Younger Dryas Episode. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 191, 231-239
Wu, L., Z. Liu and R. Gallimore, 2001: Pacific interdecadal variability in a coupled model. Dynamics of Atmospheric andOceanic Circulations and Climate, ed. B. Wang, China Meteological Press, 486-507
Liu Q.Y., Haijun Yang, Shaoxia Wang, Z. Liu, 2001: Dynamic features of long Rossby wave in the North Pacific subtropical countercurrent. Chinese Journal of Geophysics 44, 27-37
Stephens M., Z. Liu and H. Yang, 2001: On the evolution of subduction planetary waves with application to Pacific decadal thermocline variability. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 31, 1733-1746
Stephens M. Y. and Z. Liu, 2001: The response of the upper ocean to surface buoyancy forcing: a characteristic solution to wave propagation. Contemporary Mathematics 275, 117-127
2000
Liu, Z., J. Kutzbach and L. Wu, 2000: Modeling climatic shift of El Nino variability in the Holocene. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 2265-2268.
Liu, Z., S. Shin, P. Behling, W. Prell, M. Trend, S. Harrison and J. Kutzbach, 2000: Dynamic and observational constraints of sea surface temperature in the tropical Pacific at the Last Glacial Maximum. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 105-108.
Liu Z. and B. Huang, 2000: Causes of the warming trend of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 1935-1938.
Wu, L., Z. Liu, and H. Hurlburt, 2000: Kelvin wave and Rossby wave interaction in the extratropical-tropical Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 1259-1262.
Liu Z. and L. Wu, 2000: Tropical Atlantic Oscillation in a coupled GCM. Atmos. Sci. Lett. 1, 26- 36
Wang, D. X. and Z. Liu, 2000: The pathway of interdecadal variability in the Pacific Ocean. Chinese Science Bulletin 45, 1555-1561
Vavrus, S., R. Gallimore and Z. Liu, 2000: A mixed-flux equilibrium asynchronous coupling scheme for acceleratingconvergence in ocean-atmosphere models. Clim. Dyn. 16. 821-831
Huang, B. and Z. Liu, 2000: Temperature trends in the upper tropical Indian Ocean: 1955-1993. Dynamics of Atmosphericand Oceanic Circulations and Climate, Memorial Volume for Prof. Zhu Baozhen, China Ocean Meteorological, 413-433
Shin S. and Z. Liu, 2000: Response of equatorial thermocline to extratropical buoyancy forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 30, 2883-2905
1999
Liu, Z., 1999: Planetary wave modes in thermocline circulation: Non-Doppler-shift mode, advective mode and Greenmode. Quat. J. Royal Meteor. Soc. 125, 1315-1339
Liu, Z., 1999: Forced planetary wave response in a thermocline gyre. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 29, 1036- 1055
Liu, Z. and S. Shin, 1999: On thermocline ventilation of active and passive tracers. Geophys. Res.
Lett. 26, 357-360.
Liu, Z., L. Wu and E. Bayler, 1999: Rossby wave -- coastal Kelvin wave interaction in the extratropics. I: low frequency adjustment in a closed basin. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 29, 2383-2404 Liu, Z., L. Wu and H. Hurlburt, 1999: Rossbywave- Coastal Kelvin wave interaction in the extratropics: II: formation of island circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 29, 2405-2418
Huang, B. and Z. Liu, 1999: Pacific subtropical-tropical thermocline water exchange in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction ocean model. J. Geophys. Res.-Ocn. 104, 11,065-11,076
Wu, L, Z. Liu and H. Hurlbert, 1999: The effect of continental slope on buoyancy-driven circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 29, 1881-1891
Wu, L., Z. Liu and H. Hurlburt, 1999: The effect of north-south gyre width on the inertial recirculation. Geophys. &Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 91, 45-63
Liu, Z., R. Gallimore, J. Kutzbach, W. Xu, Y. Golubev, P. Behling and R. Siegle, 1999: Modeling long term climate change with the Equilibrium Asynchronous Coupling scheme. Clim. Dyn. 15, 325-340
Zhang R. H and Z. Liu, 1999: Decadal thermocline variability in the North Pacific: two pathways around the subtropicalgyre. J. Clim. 12, 3273-3296
Liu, Z., R. Jacobs, J. Kutzbach, S. Harrison and J. Anderson, 1999: Asian monsoon impact on El Nino in the early Holocene. PAGES Newsletter 7 (2), 16-17
1998
Liu, Z., 1998: On the role of ocean in the transient response of tropical climatology to global warming. J. Clim. 11, 864-875.
Liu, Z. and B. Huang, 1998: Why is there a tritium maximum in the central equatorial Pacific thermocline? J. Phys. Oceanogr. 28, 1527-1533.
Liu, Z. and R. Zhang, 1998: Propagation and mechanism of decadal upper ocean variability in the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett. 26, 739-742
1997
Liu, Z. and B. Huang, 1997: A coupled theory of tropical climatology: Warm pool, cold tongue and Walker Circulation. J.Clim. 10, 1662-1679.
Liu, Z., 1997: Oceanic regulation of the atmospheric Walker circulation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 78, 407-412.
Yang, H. and Z. Liu, 1997: Three-dimensional chaotic ocean transport: the Great Ocean Barrier. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 27, 1258-1273.
Liu, Z., 1997: On the role of stratification in inertial recirculation. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 17, 926-940 Kutzbach J. and Z. Liu,1997: Oceanic feedback on the western African monsoon at 6000 BP. Science 278, 440-443.
1996
Liu, Z., 1996: On the destruction of inertial recirculation by annual wind migration. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 26, 242-256.
Liu, Z., 1996: Thermocline variability in different dynamic regions. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 26, 1633- 1645.
Liu, Z., 1996: Modeling the equatorial annual cycle with a linear coupled model. J. Clim. 9, 2376- 2385.
Kutzbach, J., P. Bartlein, J. Foley, S. Harrison, S. Hostetler, Z. Liu, E.C. Prentice and T. Webb, 1996: The potential role of vegetation feedback in the climate sensitivity of high-latitude regions: a case study at 6000 years before present. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 10, 727- 736
Sun, D. and Z. Liu, 1996: Dynamic ocean-atmosphere coupling: a thermostat for the tropics. Science 272, 1148-1150.
1995
Liu, Z. and S.G.H. Philander, 1995: How different wind patterns affect the tropical-subtropical thermocline circulation inthe upper ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 25, 449-462.
1994
Liu,Z. and J. Pedlosky, 1994: Thermocline forced by annual and decadal surface temperature variation. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 24, 587-608,
Liu, Z. and S. Xie, 1994: Equatorward propagation of coupled air-sea disturbances with application to the annual cycleof the eastern tropical Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci. 51, 3807-3822.
Liu, Z. and H. Yang, 1994: Intergyre chaotic transport. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 24, 1768-1782, Yang, H. and Z. Liu, 1994:Chaotic transport in ocean gyres. Geophys. Res. Lett. 21, 545-548. Liu, Z. , 1994: A simple model of the mass exchangebetween the subtropical and tropical ocean.
J. Phys. Oceanogr. 24, 1153-1165.
Liu, Z., S. Philander and R. Pacanowski, 1994: A GCM study of tropical-subtropical upper ocean mass exchange. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 24, 2606-2623.
1993
Liu, Z., 1993: Thermocline forced by varying wind. I: spin-up and spin-down. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 23, 2505-2522,
Liu, Z., 1993: Thermocline forced by varying wind. II: annual and decadal Ekman pumping. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 23, 2523-2541,
Liu, Z., 1993: Interannual positive feedbacks in a simple extratropical air-sea coupling system. J. Atmos. Sci. 50, 3022-3028.
Liu, Z., 1993: Interannual planetary wave breaking in the presence of mean Ekman pumping and flow. J. Fluid Mechanics 253, 45-65
Liu Z., 1993: Penetration of interannual planetary waves across a gyre boundary. Dyn. Atmos. Ocean 17, 169-186.
Liu, Z., J. Pedlosky, D. Marshall, T. Warnocke, 1993: On the feedback of the Rhines-Young pool on the ventilatedthermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 23, 1592-1596,
Liu, Z., 1993: A note on intergyre mass exchange due to a migrating wind. Dyn. Atmos. Ocean, 17, 157-167
1990
Liu Z. 1990: On the influence of the continental slope on the inertial western boundary current-- the enhanced transport andrecirculation. J. Mar. Res. 48, 254-284
1989
Liu Z. 1989: Orographically forced oscillation in a barotropic atmosphere. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica 13, 166-177.
Book Chapters
Jomelli, V., Favier V., D. Brunstein, F. He and Z. Liu, 2016: High altitude temperatures in the tropical Andes over the last15,000 years estimated from a glacial model. Glaciers: Formation, Climate Change and their Effects, Chap.3. 53-70. Edited by Nicholas Doyle, 2016 Nova Science Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-63484-941-8
Liu Z., 2015: A review of the dynamics of Pacific interdecadal climate variability. Climate Change: Multidecadal and Beyond.World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, Vol.6,
C. P. Chang ed. 159-170.
Liu, Z. and P. Braconnot. 2012: Modelling of tropical environment during the Quaternary. Chapter 9 in “Quaternary Environmental Changes in the Tropics”, ed. Sarah Metcalfe and David. Nelsh., Wiley-Blackwell.
Branconnot, P., S.P. Harrison, S. Joussaume, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, J.E. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, J. Syktus, andN. Weber, 2004: Evaluation of PMIP coupled ocean-atmosphere simulations of the mid-Holocene. In: Past ClimateVariability through Europe and Africa,
R.W. Battarbee et al. (eds), Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 515-533
Zhu B.Z., F.F. Jin and Z. Liu. 1990: An introduction to the nonlinear dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean. (in Chinese). China Ocean Press. 328pp