publications

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Under Review

• J. Zhang, D. Painemal, B. Cairns, T. Dror et al. (2026): Inferring processes governing cloud transition during mid-latitude marine cold-air outbreaks from satellite. Atmos. Chem. Phys., to be submitted (under NOAA internal review).

2025

• G. Feingold, F. Glassmeier, J. Zhang, and F. Hoffmann (2025): Opinion: Inferring process from snapshots of cloud systems. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25(18), 10869–10885. doi:10.5194/acp-25-10869-2025

• J. Zhang, Y.-S. Chen, E. Gryspeerdt, T. Yamaguchi, and G. Feingold (2025): Radiative forcing from the 2020 shipping fuel regulation is large but hard to detect. Commun. Earth Environ., 6(18), 1–11. doi:10.1038/s43247-024-01911-9

  • The unintended consequences of reducing sulfur emissions from ships.
  • Scientists turn to artificial intelligence to access the warming effect of reduced pollution.
  • Cleaner Ships, Hotter Earth: The Unexpected Climate Twist.
  • Shipping emissions reduction sheds light on marine cloud geoengineering.

2024

• Y.-S. Chen, J. Zhang, F. Hoffmann, T. Yamaguchi, and G. Feingold (2024): Diurnal evolution of non-precipitating marine stratocumuli in a large-eddy simulation ensemble. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24(22), 12661–12685. doi:10.5194/acp-24-12661-2024

• G. Feingold, V. Ghate, L. Russell, et al. including J. Zhang (2024): Physical science research needed to evaluate the viability and risks of marine cloud brightening. Sci. Adv., 10(12), eadi8594. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adi8594

• J. Zhang, Y.-S. Chen, T. Yamaguchi, and G. Feingold (2024): Cloud water adjustments to aerosol perturbations are buffered by solar heating in non-precipitating marine stratocumuli. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 24(18), 10425–10440. doi:10.5194/acp-24-10425-2024

2023

• C. Howes, P. Saide, H. Coe, et al. including J. Zhang (2023): Biomass-burning smoke’s properties and its interactions with marine stratocumulus clouds in WRF-CAM5 and southeastern Atlantic field campaigns. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23(21), 13911–13945. doi:10.5194/acp-23-13911-2023

• J. Zhang and G. Feingold (2023): Distinct regional meteorological influences on low-cloud albedo susceptibility over global marine stratocumulus regions. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 23(2), 1073–1090. doi:10.5194/acp-23-1073-2023

2022

• P. Barrett, S. Abel, H. Coe, et al. including J. Zhang (2022): Intercomparison of airborne and surface-based measurements during the CLARIFY, ORACLES and LASIC field experiments. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15(21), 6329–6371. doi:10.5194/amt-15-6329-2022

• M. Diamond, P. Saide, P. Zuidema, et al. including J. Zhang (2022): Cloud adjustments from large-scale smoke–circulation interactions strongly modulate the southeastern Atlantic stratocumulus-to-cumulus transition. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22(18), 12113–12151. doi:10.5194/acp-22-12113-2022 (ACP highligh article)

• J. Zhang, X. Zhou, T. Goren, and G. Feingold (2022): Albedo susceptibility of northeastern Pacific stratocumulus: the role of covarying meteorological conditions. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22(2), 861–880. doi:10.5194/acp-22-861-2022

2021

• X. Zhou, J. Zhang, and G. Feingold (2021): On the importance of sea surface temperature for aerosol-induced brightening of marine clouds and implications for cloud feedback in a future warmer climate. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48(24), e2021GL095896. doi:10.1029/2021GL095896

• J. Zhang and P. Zuidema (2021): Sunlight-absorbing aerosol amplifies the seasonal cycle in low-cloud fraction over the southeast Atlantic. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21(14), 11179–11199. doi:10.5194/acp-21-11179-2021

  • Smoke Studies: Crucial Cloud-Deck Science.

2020

• S. Abel, P. Barrett, P. Zuidema, J. Zhang et al. (2020): Open cells exhibit weaker entrainment of free-tropospheric biomass-burning aerosol into the south-east Atlantic boundary layer. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20(7), 4059–4084. doi:10.5194/acp-20-4059-2020

2019

• J. Zhang and P. Zuidema (2019): The diurnal cycle of the smoky marine boundary layer observed during August in the remote southeast Atlantic. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19(23), 14493–14516. doi:10.5194/acp-19-14493-2019 (ACP highligh article)

2018

• A. Chandra, P. Zuidema, S. Krueger, A. Kochanski et al. including J. Zhang (2018): Moisture distributions in tropical cold pools from equatorial Indian Ocean observations and cloud-resolving simulations. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 123(20), 11445–11465. doi:10.1029/2018JD028634

• P. Zuidema, A. Sedlacek III, C. Flynn, S. Springston et al. including J. Zhang (2018): The Ascension Island boundary layer in the remote southeast Atlantic is often smoky. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45(9), 4456–4465. doi:10.1002/2017GL076926

• J. Zhang, P. Zuidema, D.D. Turner, and M.P. Cadeddu (2018): Surface-based microwave humidity retrievals over the equatorial Indian ocean: Applications and challenges. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 57(8), 1765–1782. doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0301.1

Other Publications

• J. Zhang and G. Feingold (2024): Physical Science of Marine Cloud Brightening: Knowledge and Gaps, in Topical Group on the Physics of Climate, American Physical Society, October 2024, pp. 1–4. (invited article)

• G. Feingold, V. Ghate, L. M. Russell, et al. including J. Zhang (2022): DOE–NOAA Marine Cloud Brightening Workshop, in U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA, DOE/SC-0207; NOAA Technical Report OAR ESRL/CSL-1, pp. 1–33. https://doi.org/10.2172/1888986