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Refereed Journal Publications

   

  • Sun, J., V. Wulfmeyer, Späth, H. Vömel, W. Brown, and S. Oncley, 2024: Investigation of Hydrostatic Imbalance with Field Observations.  J. App. Meteor. Clim., 63, 3-25. DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-22-0206.1 [PDF]
  • Bhimireddy, S. R., J. Sun, J. Wang, D. A. R. Kristovich, and A. L. Hiscox, 2024: Effect of small-scale topographical variations and fetch from roughness elements on the stable boundary layer turbulence statistics. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 190:3, DOI: 10.1007/s10546-023-00855-5 [PDF]
  • Hiscox, A., S. Bhimireddy, J. Wang, D. A. R. Kristovich, J. Sun, E. G. Patton, S. P. Only, and W. O. J. Brown, 2023, Exploring Influences of Shallow Topography in Stable Boundary  Layers—the SAVANT Field Campaign. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 104(2), E520-E541, DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0332.1 [PDF]
  • Sun, J., William J. Massman, Robert M. Banta, and Sean Burns, 2021, Revisiting the Surface Energy Imbalance. J. Geo. Res., 126, e2020JD034219, DOI: 10.1029/2020JD034219 [PDF]
  • Sun, J., E. Takle, and O. Acevedo, 2020, Understanding Physical Processes Represented by the Monin-Obukhov Bulk Formula for Momentum Transfer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 177, 69-95, DOI:10.1007/s10546-020-00546-5. [PDF]
  • Grisogono, B., J. Sun, D. Belusic, 2020, A Note on MOST and HOST for turbulence parametrization. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 146 (729), 1991-1997, doi: 10.1002/qj.3770 [PDF]
  • Yus-Diez, J., M. Udina, M. R. Soler, M. Lothon, E. Nilsson, J. Bech, and J. Sun, 2019, Nocturnal boundary layer turbulence regimes analysis during the BLLAST campaign. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 9495-9514. [PDF]
  • LeMone, M. A., W. Angevine, C. Bretherton, F. Chen, J. Dudhia, E. Fedorovich, K. B Katsaros, D. H. Lenschow, L. Mahrt, E. G. Patton, J. Sun, M. Tjernström, and Jeff Weil, 2019, 100 Years of Progress in Boundary-Layer Meteorology. Meteor. Mon., Chap. 9, 9.1-9.85. DOI: 10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-18-0013.1 [PDF]
  • Burns, S. P., J. Sun, D. H. Lenschow, S. P. Oncley, B. B. Stephens, C. Yi, D. E. Anderson, J. Hu, and R. K. Mogeopnson, 2019, Correction to: Atmospheric stability effects on wind fields and scalar mixing within and just above a subalpine forest in sloping terrain. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., doi: 10.1007/s10546-019-00436-5 [PDF]
  • Sun, J. 2019, Incorporating the work done by vertical density fluxes in both kinetic and thermal energy conservation equations to satisfy total energy conservation conservation. J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 58, 213-230 [PDF]
  • Maroneze, Rafael, Otavio C. Acevedo, Felipe D. Costa, Jielun Sun, 2019, Simulating the regime transition of the stable boundary layer using different simplified models. Boundary- Layer Meteorol., 170(2), 305–312, doi: 10.1007/s10546-018-0401-3 [PDF]
  • Li, J., J. Sun, M. Zhou, Z. Cheng, Q. Li, X. Cao, and J. Zhang, 2018, Observational analysis of dramatic developments of a severe air pollution event in the Beijing area. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 3919-3935. [PDF]
  • Liang, X., S. Miao, J. Li, R. Bornstein, X. Zhang, Y. Gao, F. Chen, X. Cao, Z. Cheng, C. Clements, W. Debberdt, D. Ding, J. J. Dou, J. X. Dou, Y. Dou, C. S. B. Grimmond, J. E. Gonzalez-Cruz, J. He, M. Huang, X. Huang, S. Ju, Q. Li, D. Niyogi, J. Quan, J. Sun, J. Z. Sun, M. Yu, J. Zhang, Y. Zhang, X. Zhao, Z. Zheng, M. Zhou: 2017, SURF: Understanding and Predicting Urban Convection and Haze. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 99, 1391-1413 [PDF]
  • Sun, J., and J. R. French, 2016, Air-sea interactions in light of new understanding of air- land interactions. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 3931-3949, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0354.1 [PDF]
  • Sun, J., D. H. Lenschow, M. A. LeMone, L. Mahrt, 2016, The role of large-coherent-eddy transport in the atmospheric surface layer based on CASES-99 observations. Boundary- Layer Meteorol., 160(1), 83-111, doi: 10.1007/s10546-016-0134-0 [link to publisher] [Preprint]
  • Mahrt, L., E. L. Andreas, J. B. Edson, and D. Vickers, J. Sun, E. G. Patton, 2016: Coastal zone surface stress with stable stratification. J. Phys. Oceanog., 46, 95-105. [PDF]
  • Udina, M., J. Sun, B. Kosović, and M. R. Soler 2016: Exploring vertical turbulence structure in neutrally and stably stratified flows using the Weather Research and Forecasting --Large-Eddy Simulation (WRF-LES) model. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 161, 355-374, doi:10.1007/s10546-016-0171-8 [PDF]
  • Sun, J., C. J. Nappo, L. Mahrt, D. BeluÅ¡ić, B. Grisogono, D. R. Stauffer, M. Pulido, C. Staquet, Q. Jiang, A. Pouquet, C. Yagüe, B. Galperin, R. B. Smith, J. J. Finnigan, S. D. Mayor, G. Svensson, A. A. Grachev, and W. D. Neff, 2015, Review of wave- turbulence interactions in the stable atmospheric boundary layer. Rev. Geophysics, 53(3), 956-993, doi:10.1002/2015RG000487. [PDF]
  • Lee, X., Z. Gao, C. Zhang, F. Chen, Y. Hu, W. Jiang, S. Liu, L. Lu, J. Sun, J. Wang, Z. Zeng, Q. Zhang, M. Zhao, M. Zhou, 2015: Meeting Summary: Priorities for boundary-Layer meteorology research in China. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., doi: 10.1175/BAMS- D-14-00278.1 [PDF]
  • Sun, J., L. Mahrt, C. Nappo, and L. H. Lenschow, 2015: Wind and temperature oscillations generated by wave-turbulence interactions in the stably stratified boundary Layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 72(4), 1484-1503. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., J. Sun, and D. Stauffer, 2015: Dependence of turbulent velocities on wind speed and stratification. Boundary-Layer Meteorol.,155(1), 55-71. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., S. Oncley, J. Sun, and T. Horst, 2014: Transient cold air drainage down a shallow valley. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2534-2544. [PDF]
  • Nappo, C., J. Sun, L. Mahrt, and D. BeluÅ¡ić, 2014: Determining wave-turbulence interactions in the stable boundary layer. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 95, ES11-ES13, doi 101175/BAMS-D-12-00235.1. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., D. H. Lenschow, L. Mahrt, C. Nappo, 2013: The relationships among wind, horizontal pressure gradient, and turbulent momentum transport during CASES-99. J. Atmos. Sci.,70, 3397-3414, doi: 101175/JAS-D-12-0233.1. [PDF]
  • Van de Wiel, B. J. H., A. F. Moene, H. J. J. Jonker, P. Baas, S. Basu, J. M. M. Donda, J. Sun, and A. A. M. Holtslag, 2012: The minimum wind speed for sustainable turbulence in the nocturnal boundary layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 3116-3127. [PDF]
  • Chougule, A., J. Mann, M. Kelly, J. Sun, D. H. Lenschow, and E. G. Patton, 2012: Vertical cross-spectral phases in neutral atmospheric flow. J. Turbulence, 13 (36), 1-13. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., L. Mahrt, R. M. Banta, and Y. L. Pichugina, 2012: Turbulence regimes and turbulence intermittency in the stable boundary layer during CASES-99. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 338-351. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., 2011: Vertical variations of mixing lengths under neutral and stable conditions during CASES-99. J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim., 50, 2030-2041. [PDF]
  • Burns, S. P., J. Sun, D. H. Lenschow, S. P. Oncley, B. B. Stephens, C. Yi, D. E. Anderson, J. Hu, and R. K. Mogeopnson, 2011: Atmospheric stability effects on wind fields and scalar mixing within and just above a subalpine forest in sloping terrain. Boundary-Layer Meteorol.,138, 231-262. [PDF]
  • Patton, E. G., T. W. Horst, P. P. Sullivan, D. H. Lenschow, S. P. Oncley, W. O. J. Brown, S. P. Burns, A. B. Guenther, A. Held, T. Karl, S. D. Mayor, L. V. Rizzo, M. Spuler, J. Sun, A. A.Turnipseed, E. J. Allwine, S. L. Edburg, B. K. Lamb, R. Avissar, R. Calhoun, J. Kleissl, W. J. Massman, K. T. Paw U, and J. C. Weil, 2011: The canopy horizontal array turbulence study (CHATS). Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 92(5), 593-611. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., S. P. Oncley, S. Burns, B. B. Stephens, D. H. Lenschow, T. Campos, R. K. Monson, D. S. Schimel, W. J. Sacks, S. F. J. De Wekker, C.-T. Lai, B. Lamb, D. Ojima, P. Z. Ellsworth, L. S. L. Sternberg, S. Zhong, C. Clements, J. P. Moore, D. E. Anderson, A. S. Watts, J. Hu, M. Tschudi, S. Aulenbach, E. Allwine, and T. Coons, 2010: A Multi-scale and multi-disciplinary investigation of ecosystem-atmosphere CO2 exchange over mountains. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 91(2), 209-230.[PDF]
  • Oncley, S. P., K. Schwenz, S. P. Burns, J. Sun, and R. K. Monson, 2009: A cable-borne platform for atmospheric measurements along transects (TRAM). J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 26, 462-473. [PDF]
  • Burns, S. P., A. C. Delany, J. Sun, B. B. Stephens, S. P. Oncley, G. D. Maclean, S. R. Semmer, J. Schröter, and J. Ruppert, 2009: An evaluation of calibration techniques for in situ carbon dioxide measurements using a programmable portable trace-gas measuring system. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 26, 291-316. [PDF]
  • Schaeffer, S. M., D. E. Anderson, S. P. Burns, R. K. Monson, J. Sun, and D. R. Bowling, 2008: Canopy structure and atmospheric flows in relation to the 𝛿13C of respired CO2 in a subalpine coniferous forest. Agric. Forest. Meteorol., 148, 592-605. [PDF]
  • Lenschow, D., and J. Sun, 2007: The spectral composition of fluxes and variances over land and sea out to the mesoscale. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 125, 63-84. [PDF]
  • Edson, J., T. Crawford, J. Crescenti, T. Farrar, N. Frew, G. Gerbi, C. Helmis, T. Hristov, D. Khelif, A. Jessup, H. Jonsson, M. Li, L. Mahrt, W. McGillis, A. Plueddemann, L. Shen, E. Skyllingstad, T. Stanton, P. Sullivan, J. Sun, H. Trowbridge, D. Vickers, S. Wang, Q. Wang, R. Weller, J. Wilkin, D. Yu, and C. Zappa, 2007: The Coupled Boundary Layers and Air-Sea Transfer Experiment in Low Winds (CBLAST-LOW). Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 88, 341-356. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., 2007: Tilt corrections over complex terrain and its implication for CO2 transport. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 124, 143-159.[PDF]
  • Banta, R. M., L. Mahrt, D. Vickers, J. Sun, B. B. Balsley, Y. Pichugina, and E. J. Williams, 2007: The very stable boundary layer on nights with weak low-level jets. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3068-3090. [PDF]
  • Sun, J. S. P. Burns, A. C. Delany, S. P. Oncley, A. A. Turnipseed, B. B. Stephens, D. H. Lenschow, M. A. LeMone, R. K. Monson, and D. E. Anderson, 2007: CO2 transport over complex terrain. Agric. Forest. Meteorol., 145, 1-21. [PDF]
  • Wang, Y.-C., J. Li, F. Chen, D. H. Lenschow, J. Sun, D. Niyogi, K. Lau, W. Jiang, X. Deng, and D. Wu, 2005: Challenge and opportunities in urban meteorology research and forecast. Science Foundation in China (Bulletin of National Natural Science Foundation), 13(1), 23-30.
  • Barth, M., J. P. McFadden, J. Sun, C. Wiedinmyer, P. Chuang, D. Collins, R. Griffin, M. Hanningan, T. Karl, S.-W. Kim, S. Lasher-Trapp, S. Levis, M. Litvak, N. Mahowald, K. Moore, S. Nandi, E. Nemitz, A. Nenes, M. Potosnak, T. Raymond, J. Smith, C. Still, and C. Stroud, 2005: Coupling between land ecosystems and the atmospheric hydrologic cycle through biogenic aerosol pathways, Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 86(12), 1738-1742. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., S. P. Burns, D. Vandemark, M. A. Donelan, L. Mahrt, T. L. Crawford, G. H. Crescenti, and J. R. French, 2005: Measurement of directional wave spectra using aircraft laser altimeters. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 22(7), 869-885. [PDF]
  • Vandemark, D., B. Chapron, J. Sun, G. H. Crescenti, and H. Graber, 2004: Ocean wave slope observations using Radar backscatter and laser altimeters. J. Phys. Oceanog., 34, 2825-2842. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., D. H. Lenschow, S. P. Burns, R. M. Banta, R. K. Newsom, R. Coulter, S. Frasier, T. Ince, C. Nappo, B. Balsley, M. Jensen, L. Mahrt, D. Miller, and B. Skelly, 2004: Atmospheric disturbances that generate intermittent turbulence in nocturnal boundary layers. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 110, 255-279. [PDF]
  • Burns, S. P., J. Sun, A. C. Delany, S. R. Semmer, S. P. Oncley, and T. W. Horst, 2003: A field intercomparison technique to improve the relative accuracy of longwave radiation measurements and an evaluation of CASES-99 pyrgeometer data quality. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 20, 348-361. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., S. P. Burns, A. C. Delany, S. P. Oncley, T. W. Horst, and D. H. Lenschow, 2003: Heat balance in nocturnal boundary layers during CASES-99. J. Appl. Meteorl., 42, 1649-1666. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., S. P. Burns, D. H. Lenschow, R. Banta, R. Newsom, R. Coulter, S. Frasier, T. Ince, C. Nappo, J. Cuxart, W. Blumen, X. Lee, and X.-Z. Hu, 2002: Intermittent turbulence associated with a density current passage in the stable boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 105, 199-219. [PDF]
  • Poulos, G. S., W. Blumen, D. C. Fritts, J. K. Lundquist, J. Sun, S. P. Burns, C. Nappo, R. Banta, R. Newsom, J. Cuxart, E. Terradellas, B. Balsley, and M. Jensen, 2002: CASES-99---A comprehensive investigation of the stable nocturnal boundary layer. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 83, 555-581. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, J. Sun, T. L. Crawford, G. Crescenti, and P. Frederickson, 2001: Surface stress in offshore flow and quasi-frictional decoupling. J. Geo. Res., 106, 20629-20639. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., D. Vandemark, L. Mahrt, D. Vicker, T. Crawford, and C. Vogel, 2001: Momentum transfer over the coastal zone. J. Geo. Res., 106, 12437-12448. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, and J. Sun, 2001: Spatial variations of surface moisture flux from aircraft data. Adv. Water Resour., 24, 1133-1141. [PDF]
  • Blumen, W., R. Banta, S. P. Burns, D. C. Fritts, R. Newsom, G. S. Poulos, and J. Sun, 2001: Turbulence statistics of a Kelvin-Helmholtz billow event observed in the night-time boundary layer during the Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study field program. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 34, 189-204. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, R. Nakamura, M. R. Soler, J. Sun, S. Burns, and D. H. Lenschow, 2001: Shallow drainage flows. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 101, 243-260. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, J. Sun, and J. H. McCaughey, 2001: Calculation of area-averaged fluxes: Application to BOREAS. J. Appl. Meteorl., 40, 915-920. [PDF]
  • Vickers, D., L. Mahrt, J. Sun, and T. Crawford, 2001: Structure of offshore flow. Mon. Wes. Rev., 129, 1251-1258. [PDF]
  • Vandemark, D., P. D. Mourad, S. A. Bailey, T. L. Crawford, C. A. Vogel, J. Sun, and B. Chapron, 2001: Measured changes in ocean surface roughness due to atmospheric boundary layer rolls. J. Geo. Res., 106, 4639-4654. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, J. Sun, N.O. Jensen, H. Jørgensen, E. Pardyjak, and H. Fernando, 2001: Determination of the surface drag coefficient. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 99, 249-276. [PDF]
  • Sun, J. 1999: Diurnal variations of thermal roughness height over a grassland. Boundary- Layer Meteorol., 92, 407-427. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., W. Massman, and D. Grantz, 1999: Aerodynamic variables in the bulk formulation of turbulent fluxes. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 91, 109-125. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., and W. Massman, 1999: Ozone transport during the California Ozone Deposition Experiment. J. Geo. Res., 104, 11939-11948. [PDF]
  • Howell, J. F., and J. Sun, 1999: Surface-layer fluxes in stable conditions. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 90, 495-520. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., K. Kotwica, J. Sun, J. I. MacPherson, and R. L. Desjardins, 1998: Estimation of area-averaged moisture flux. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 124, 2793-2815. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., J. Sun, W. Blumen, T. Delany, and S. Oncley,1998: Nocturnal boundary-layer regimes. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 88, 255-278. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, J. Edson, J. Sun, J. Hojstrup, J. Hare, and J. M. Wilczak, 1998: Heat flux in coastal zone. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 86, 421-446. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., R. Desjardins, L. Mahrt, and I. MacPherson,1998: Transport of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and ozone by turbulence and local circulations. J. Geo. Res., 103, 25873-25885. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., J. Sun, J. I. MacPherson, N. O. Jensen, and R. L. Desjardins, 1997: Formulation of surface heat flux: Application to BOREAS. J. Geo. Res., 102, 29641-29649. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., D. H. Lenschow, L. Mahrt, T. L. Crawford, K.J. Davis, S. P. Oncley, J. I. MacPherson, Q. Wang, R. J. Dobosy, and R. L. Desjardins, 1997: Lake-induced atmospheric circulations during BOREAS. J. Geo. Res., 102, 29155-29166. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., J. F. Howell, S. K. Esbensen, L. Mahrt, C. M. Greb, R. Grossman, and M. A. LeMone, 1996: Scale dependence of air-sea fluxes over the western equatorial pacific. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2997-3012. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., and L. Mahrt, 1995: Relationship of the heat flux to microscale temperature variations: Application to BOREAS. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 76, 291-301. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., D. H. Lenschow, J. Sun, J. C. Weil, J. I. MacPherson, and R. L. Desjardins, 1995: Ozone fluxes over a patchy cultivated surface. J. Geo. Res., 100, 23125-23131. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., and J. Sun, 1995: Dependence of surface exchange coefficients on averaging scale and grid size. Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 121, 1835-1852. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., S. K. Esbensen, and L. Mahrt, 1995: Estimation of surface heat flux. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 3162-3171. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., and J. Sun, 1995: The subgrid velocity scale in the bulk aerodynamic relationship for spatially averaged scalar fluxes. Mon. Wes. Rev., 123, 3032-3041. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., and L. Mahrt, 1995: Determination of surface fluxes from the surface radiative temperature. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 1096-1106. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., and L. Mahrt, 1994: Spatial distribution of surface fluxes estimated from remotely sensed variables. J. Appl. Meteorl., 33, 1341-1353. [PDF]
  • Mahrt, L., J. Sun, D. Vickers, J. I. MacPherson, J. R. Pederson, and R. L. Desjardins, 1994: Observations of fluxes and inland breezes over a heterogeneous surface. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2484-2499. [PDF]
  • Esbensen, S. K., D. B. Chelton, D. Vickers, and J. Sun, 1993: An analysis of errors in Special Sensor Microwave Imager evaporation estimates over the global oceans. J. Geo. Res., 98, 7081-7101. [PDF]
  • Sun, J., 1993: Effects of vertical distribution of water vapor and temperature on total column water vapor retrieval errors. J. Geo. Res., 98, 7069-7079. [PDF]
  • Smith, R. B., and J. Sun, 1987: Generalized hydraulic solutions pertaining to severe downslope winds. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 2934-2939. [PDF]
  • Chen, Q., and J. Sun, 1987: Physical processes for maintenance of the mean meridional and zonal circulation of the atmosphere in the mid-latitude atmosphere, Part 2. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 11(3), 237-246, (* Bachelor thesis).


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