EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, USA, 2001
Thesis Title: Interactions between tropospheric chemistry and aerosols in a unified GCM simulation
Advisor: John H. Seinfeld

M.S., Atmospheric Dynamics, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1989
Thesis Title: Numerical simulation of an explosive maritime cyclogenesis
in Asia
Advisor: Shou-Jun Chen
B.S, Meteorology, Peking University, Beijing, China, 1986

Research interests: Global and regional modeling of air pollutants and their effects on climate change.

Ongoing Projects

· Vegetation-chemistry-aerosol-climate interactions (Funded by China NSF)
· Impacts of changing atmospheric components (GHGs, O3, and aerosols) on climate change
..in eastern China over the past decades (Funded by China NSF)
· Impact of future climate change on air quality over China (Funded by China NSF)
· Role of BC deposition in weather and climate (Funded by CAS)
· Development of global earth system models (Funded by CAS)
· Aerosol indirect effect (Funded by MOST)

Publications 

[25] Gu Y., K.-N. Liou, W. Chen, and H. Liao, Direct climatic effect of black carbon in China and its impact on dust storms, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2009JD013427, 2010. 

[24] Raes F., H. Liao, W.-T. Chen, and J. H. Seinfeld, Atmospheric chemistry-climate feedbacks, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D12121, doi:10.1029/2009JD013300, 2010.【PDF】

[23] Chen, W.-T., A. Nenes, H. Liao, P. J. Adams, J.-L. F. Li, and J. H. Seinfeld, Global climate response to anthropogenic aerosol indirect effects: present day and year 2100, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D12207, doi:10.1029/2008JD011619, 2010.【PDF】

[22] Zhang L., H. Liao, and J. Li, Impacts of Asian summer monsoon on seasonal and interannual variations of aerosols over eastern China, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00K05, doi:10.1029/2009JD012299, 2010.【PDF】

[19] Zhang L., H. Liao, and J. Li, Impact of the Southeast Asian summer monsoon strength on the outflow of aerosols from South Asia, Annales Geophysicae, 28, 277-287, 2010.【PDF】

[16] Chang W., H. Liao, and H. Wang, Climate responses to direct radiative forcing of anthropogenic aerosols, tropospheric ozone, and long-lived greenhouse gases in eastern China over 1951-2000, Adv. Atmos. Sci., 26, 748-762, 2009. 【PDF】

[15] Liao, H., Y. Zhang, W.-T. Chen, F. Raes, and J. H. Seinfeld, Effect of chemistry-aerosol-climate coupling on predictions of future climate and future levels of tropospheric ozone and aerosols, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D10306, doi:10.1029/2008JD010984, 2009 . 【PDF】

[14] Pye, H. O. T., H. Liao, S. Wu, L. J. Mickley, D. J. Jacob, D. K. Henze, and J. H. Seinfeld, Effect of changes in climate and emissions on future sulfate-nitrate-ammonium aerosol levels in the United States, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D01205, doi:10.1029/2008JD010701, 2009. 【PDF】

[13] Liao, H, D. K. Henze, J. H. Seinfeld, S. Wu, and L. Mickley, Biogenic secondary organic aerosol over the United States: Comparison of climatological simulations with observations, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D06201, doi:10.1029/2006JD007813, 2007. 【PDF】

[12] Chen, W.-T., H. Liao, and J. H. Seinfeld, Future climate impacts of direct radiative forcing of anthropogenic aerosols, tropospheric ozone, and long-lived greenhouse gases, J. Geophys. Res., 112 , D14209, doi:10.1029/2006JD008051, 2007. 【PDF】

[11] van Donkelaar, A., R. V. Martin, R. J. Park, C. L. Heald, T.-M. Fu, H. Liao, and A. Guenther, Model evidence for a significant source of secondary organic aerosol from isoprene, Atmos. Environ., 41, 1267-1274, 2007. 【PDF】

[10] Liao, H., W.-T. Chen, and J. H. Seinfeld, Role of climate change in global predictions of future tropospheric ozone and aerosols, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12304, doi:10.1029/2005JD006852, 2006. 【PDF】

[9] Liao, H. and J. H. Seinfeld, Global impacts of gas-phase chemistry-aerosol interactions on direct radiative forcing by anthropogenic aerosols and ozone, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D18208, doi:10.1029/2005JD005907, 2005. 【PDF】

[8] Heald, C. L., D. J. Jacob, R. J. Park, L. M. Russell, B. J. Huebert, J. H. Seinfeld, H. Liao, and R. J. Weber, A large organic aerosol source in the free troposphere missing from current models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L18809, doi:10.1029/2005GL023831, 2005. 【PDF】

[7] Liao, H., J. H. Seinfeld, P. J. Adams, and L. J. Mickley, Global radiative forcing of coupled tropospheric ozone and aerosols in a unified general circulation model, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D16207, doi:10.1029/2003JD004456, 2004. 【PDF】

[6] Liao, H., P. J. Adams, S. H. Chung, J. H. Seinfeld, L. J. Mickley, and D. J. Jacob, Interactions between tropospheric chemistry and aerosols in a unified general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D1), 4001, doi:10.1029/2001JD001260, 2003. 【PDF】

[5] Collins, D. R., H. H. Jonsson, H. Liao, R. C. Flagan, J. H. Seinfeld, K. J. Noone, and S. V. Hering, Airborne analysis of the Los Angeles aerosol, Atmos. Environ., 34, 4155-4173, 2000. 【PDF】

[4] Liao, H., Y. L. Yung, and J. H. Seinfeld, Effects of aerosols on tropospheric photolysis rates in clear and cloudy atmospheres, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 23697-23707, 1999. 【PDF】

[3] Liao, H. and J. H. Seinfeld, Radiative forcing by mineral dust aerosols: sensitivity to key variables, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 31637- 31645, 1998. 【PDF】

[2] Liao, H. and J. H. Seinfeld, Effect of clouds on direct aerosol radiative forcing of climate, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 3781-3788, 1998. 【PDF】

[1] Yung, Y. L., Y. Jiang, H. Liao, and M. F. Gerstell, Enhanced UV penetration due to ozone cross-section changes induced by CO2 doubling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 3229-3231, 1997. 【PDF】