Publications

• Zeng, N., and White, S. D. M. 1991: Voids in a Neutrino-dominated Universe. Astrophysical Journal, 374, 1-5.
• Zeng, N., R. E. Dickinson, and X. Zeng, 1996: Climatic impact of Amazon deforestation--a mechanistic model study. J. Climate, 9, 859-883. Abstract, paper in PDF
• Zeng, N., 1998: Understanding climate sensitivity to tropical deforestation in a mechanistic model. J. Climate, 11, 1969-1975. Abstract paper in PDF
• Zeng, N., 1999: Seasonal cycle and interannual variability in the Amazon hydrologic cycle. J. of Geophys. Res.. 104, D8, 9097-9106. Abstract, PDF file of the paper
  
• Zeng, N., and J. D. Neelin, 1999: A land-atmosphere interaction theory for the tropical deforestation problem. J. Climate, 12, 857-872. Abstract, paper in PDF
  
• Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, K.-M. Lau, and C. J. Tucker, 1999: Enhancement of interdecadal climate variability in the Sahel by vegetation interaction. Science, 286, 1537-1540. Abstract, PDF file of the paper
• Neelin, J. D., and N. Zeng, 2000: The first quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model-formulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1741--1766. PDF file of the paper
• Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, and C. Chou, 2000: The first quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model-implementation and simulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1767--1796. Abstract, PDF file of the paper
• Lin, J. W.-B., J. D. Neelin, and N. Zeng, 2000: Maintenance of tropical intraseasonal variability: Impact of evaporation-wind feedback and midlatitude storms. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2793-2823. paper in PDF
• Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, C. Chou, J. W.-B. Lin and H. Su, 2000: Climate and variability in a quasi-equilibrium tropical circulation model. In General circulation Modeling: Past, Present, and Future . D. A. Randall, ed., Academic Press, San Diego, 416pp. Abstract
• Zeng, N., J. D. Neelin, 2000: The role of vegetation-climate interaction and interannual variability in shaping the African Savanna. J. Climate, 13, 2665-2670. Abstract, pdf file of the paper
• Zeng, N., J. W. Shuttleworth, and J. Gash, 2000: Influence of temporal variability of rainfall on interception loss. J. of Hydrology, 228 3-4, 228-241. Abstract, PDF file of the paper
• Mariotti, A., M.V. Struglia, N. Zeng, K.-M. Lau, 2002: The hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean region and implications for the water budget of the Mediterranean Sea. J. Climate, 15, 1674-1690. Abstract, PDF file of the paper
• Mariotti, A., N. Zeng, and K.-M. Lau, 2002: Euro-Mediterranean rainfall and ENSO-a seasonally varying relationship. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(12). Abstract, PDF file of the paper
• Zeng, N., K. Hales, and J. D. Neelin, 2002: Nonlinear dynamics in a Coupled Vegetation-Atmosphere System and Implications for Desert-Forest Gradient. J. Climate, 15, 3474-3487. Abstract, PDF file of the paper
• Zeng, N., 2003: Glacial-Interglacial Atmospheric CO2 Change--The Glacial Burial Hypothesis. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 20, 677-693. Abstract, PDF file of the paper; Homepage of AAS
• Zeng, N., 2003: Drought in the Sahel. Science, 15, 3474-3487. Abstract, Full text
• Hales, K., J. D. Neelin and N. Zeng, 2004: Sensitivity of Land Climate to Leaf Area Index: Role of Surface Conductance verses Albedo. J. Climate, 17, 1459-1473.
• Zeng, N., H. Qian, E. Munoz, and R. Iacono (2004), How strong is carbon cycle-climate feedback under global warming? Geophys. Res. Lett., 31 L20203, doi:10.1029/2004GL020904. pdf
• Mariotti, A., Ballabrera-Poy, J., Zeng, N., 2005: Tropical influence on Euro-Asian autumn rainfall, Climate Dynamics, 24 (5) 10.1007/s00 382-004-0498-6: 511-521 pdf
• Zeng, N., A. Mariotti, and P. Wetzel, 2005: Terrestrial mechanisms of interannual CO2 variability, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19, GB1016, doi:10.1029/2004GB002273, pdf
• Zeng, N., H. Qian, C. Roedenbeck, and M. Heimann, 2005: Impact of 1998-2002 midlatitude drought and warming on terrestrial ecosystem and the global carbon cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L22709, doi:10.1029/2005GL024607. pdf
• Zeng, N., J.-H. Yoon, A. Mariotti, and S. Swenson, 2005: Long-term soil moisture variability from a new P-E water budget method. J. Hydrometeorology, submitted.
• Zeng, N., 2005: Subglacial burial transport as a key switch for the 100ky glacial-interglacial cycles. Quaternary Science Review, submitted.

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