Articles in Refereed Journals

Jin, M., J. M. Shepherd, C. Peters-Lidard, 2007:

Development of a parameterization for simulating the urban temperature hazard using satellite observations in climate model. PDF file of the paper

Natural Hazards, DOI 10.1007/s11069-007-9117-2

Jin, M., 2006:

MODIS observed seasonal and interannual variations of atmospheric conditions associated with hydrological cycle over Tibetan Plateau. PDF file of the paper

Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19707, doi:10.1029/2006GL026713.

Jin, Menglin and S. Liang 2006:

Improving Land Surface Emissivity Parameter of Land Surafce Modele in GCM PDF file of the paper

J. of Climate. 19, 2867-2881

Jin, M, R. E. Dickinson, and D-L. Zhang, 2005:

The footprint of urban areas on global climate as characterized by MODIS. PDF file of the paper

Journal of Climate, vol. 18, No. 10, pages 1551-1565

Jin, M., J. M. Shepherd, M. D. King, 2005:

Urban aerosols and their interaction with clouds and rainfall: A case study for New York and Houston. PDF file of the paper

J. Geophysical Research, 110, D10S20, doi:10.1029/2004JD005081.

Jin, M. and J. M. Shepherd, 2005:

On including urban landscape in land surface model - How can satellite data help? PDF file of the paper

Bull. AMS, vol 86, No. 5, 681-689.

Shepherd, M. J. and M. Jin 2004:

Linkages between the Urban Environment and Earth's Climate System.

EOS, 85, 227-228

Jin, M., 2004

Analysis of Skin Temperature Variations Using Long-Duration AVHRR Observations

Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 85, No. 4, 587-600, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-85-4-587. PDF file of the paper

Jin, Menglin and R. E. Treadon 2003:

Correcting Orbit Drift Effects of AVHRR on Skin Temperature Measurements

International Journal of Remote Sensing. 24, 4543-4558. PDF file of the paper

Jin, Menglin and R. E. Dickinson 2002:

New Observational Evidence for Global Warming from Satellite Data Set. Geophys. PDF file of the paper

Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(10), 10.1029/2001GL013833. PDF file of the paper

Jin, Menglin and D. Zhang, 2002

Changes and interactions between skin temperature and leaf area index in summer 1981-1998

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 80, 117-129 Macrosoft file of the paper Macrosoft file for the figures

Jin, Menglin and R. E. Dickinson 2000:

A Generalized algorithm for retrieving cloudy sky skin temperature from satellite thermal infrared radiances.

Journal of Geophysical Research,D22, 27,037-27,047. PDF file of the paper

Jin, Menglin, 2000:

Interpolation of surface radiation temperature measured from polar orbiting satellites to a diurnal cycle. Part 2: Cloudy-pixel Treatment.

Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, D3, 4061-4076. Abstract PDF file of the paper

Jin, Menglin, 1999:

Interpolation of surface radiation temperature measured from polar orbiting satellites to a diurnal cycle.

Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Arizona, Tucson, 243pp. [Available from UA Library]

Jin, Menglin and R. E. Dickinson, 1999:

Interpolation of surface radiation temperature measured from polar orbiting satellites to a diurnal cycle. Part 1: Without Clouds.

Journal of Geophysical Research volume 104, 2105-2116. Abstract PDF file of the paper

Jin, Menglin, R.E. Dickinson, and A. M. Vogelmann, 1997:

A Comparison of CCM2/BATS Skin Temperature and Surface-Air Temperature with Satellite and Surface Observations.

Journal of Climate, volume 10, 1505-1524. Abstract