Lidar Research Laboratory at Poker Flat Research Range

Li Publications

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
UAF student co-authors are highlighted in bold.

  1. J. Li, & Lu, X. (2021). Global responses of gravity waves and zonal mean winds to the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the latitudinal dependence of their relations using MERRA-2. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL094717.
  2. J. Li, & Lu, X. (2020). SABER Observations of Gravity Wave Responses to the Madden‐Julian Oscillation from the Stratosphere to the Lower Thermosphere in Tropics and Extratropics. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL091014.
  3. R. L. Collins, M. H. Stevens, I. Azeem, M. J. Taylor, M. F. Larsen, B. P. Williams, J. Li, J. H. Alspach, P. ‐D. Pautet, Y. Zhao, and X. Zhu, Cloud formation from a localized water release in the upper mesosphere: Indication of rapid cooling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126, e2019JA027285, doi:10.1029/2019JA027285, 2021.
  4. J. Li, R. Collins, X. Lu, and B. Williams, Lidar observations of instability and estimates of vertical eddy diffusivity induced by gravity wave breaking in the Arctic mesosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD033450, doi:10.1029/2020JD033450, 2021.
  5. R. L. A. Mequita, M. F. Larsen, I. Azeem, M. H. Stevens, B. P. Williams, R. L. Collins, and J. Li, In situ observations of neutral shear instability in the statically stable high‐latitude mesosphere and lower thermosphere during quiet geomagnetic conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, e2020JA027972, doi:10.1029/2020JA027972, 2020.
  6. J. Li, B. P. Williams, J. H. Alspach, and R. L. Collins, Sodium Resonance Wind-Temperature Lidar at PFRR: Initial Observations and Performance. Atmosphere,11, doi:10.3390/atmos11010098, 2020.
  7. C. C. Triplett, J. Li, R. L. Collins, G.A. Lehmacher, A. Barjatya, D. C. Fritts, B. Strelnikov, F. -J. Lübken, B. Thurairajah, V. L. Harvey, D. L. Hampton, and R. H. Varney, Observations of reduced turbulence and wave activity in the Arctic middle atmosphere following the January 2015 sudden stratospheric warming, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(23), 13,259—13,276, doi:10.1029/2018JD028788, 2018.
  8. R. L., Collins, J. Li, and C. M. Martus, First lidar observation of the mesospheric nickel layer, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 665—671, doi:10.1002/2014GL062716, 2015.

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
UAF student co-authors are highlighted in bold.

  1. , B. P. Williams, R. L. Collins, J. H. Alspach, and K. Bossert (2018), New Sodium Resonance Wind-Temperature Lidar at Poker Flat Research Range: analysis of gravity wave activity measurements, oral presentation at: American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, Washington D.C., Washington, December 2018.
  2. , R. L. Collins, R. H. Varney, D. L. Thorsen, and D. E. Newman (2018), PFISR turbulence detection – A hypothesis test approach, CEDAR, Santa Fe, NM, June 2018.
  3. , R. L. Collins, R. H. Varney, D. L. Thorsen, and D. E. Newman (2018), Turbulence measurements with Poker Flat Incoherent Scatter Radar (PFISR) – A hypothesis test approach, poster presented at: CEDAR, Santa Fe, NM, June 2018.
  4. J. Li, R. L. Collins, D. E. Newman, M. J. Nicolls, R. H. Varney, B. Thurairajah, and D. L. Thorsen (2017), On the shape of turbulent broadened incoherent scatter radar spectra – A hypothesis test approach, poster presented at: CEDAR, Santa Fe, NM, June 2017.
  5. R. L. Collins, C. C. Triplett, J. Li, G. A. Lehmacher, M. F. Larsen, A. Kiene, A. Barjatya, D. C. Fritts, B. Thurairajah, V. L. Harvey, F-J Lübken, B. Strelnikov (2016), Waves and Turbulence in a Disturbed Middle Atmosphere during MTeX and MIST, American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2016.
  6. J. Li, R. L. Collins, D. E. Newman, M. J. Nicolls, R. H. Varney, B. Thurairajah and D. L. Thorsen (2016), Mesospheric turbulence detection and characterization with AMISR-class radars under consistent meteorological conditions, poster presented at: CEDAR, Santa Fe, NM, June 2016.
  7. J. Li, R. L. Collins, D. E. Newman, M. J. Nicolls, R. H. Varney and B. Thurairajah (2015), Mesospheric turbulence detection and characterization with AMISR- class radars under consistent meteorological conditions, poster presented at: American Geophysical Union Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2015.
  8. J. Li, R. L. Collins, D. E. Newman and M. J. Nicolls (2015), Mesospheric turbulence detection and characterization with AMISR-class Radars: Retrieval method and case studies using PFISR, poster presented at: CEDAR, Seattle, WA, June 2015.
  9. J. Li, C. Martus, and R. L. Collins (2014), First lidar observation of mesospheric nickel layer, Poster presented at: Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR), Seattle, WA, June 2014.