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Peer-reviewed Publications

Ph.D. work

  1. 5.Tang, M., Dudhia, J., Liu, C., & Torri, G. (2026). Cold pools, breezes, and monsoons: Propagating convection over New Guinea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 131(13), e2025JD044429. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025JD044429.
    Author version available on arXiv (earliest version submitted May 2025).
    A more concise overview in this seminar recording.
  2. 4.Tang, M., Torri, G., & Sakaeda, N. (2024). The role of cold pools in modulating convective organization during the MJO. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL108050. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL108050.
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    More information and explanation in this seminar recording.

Before Ph.D. program

  1. 3.Fu, Y., Liu, P., & Tang, M. (2022). The Arctic Sea ice-cloud radiative negative feedback in the Barents and Kara Sea region. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-04137-x
  2. 2.Liu, P., Zhang, Y., & Tang, M. (2021). Effects of Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and Pacific decadal oscillation on interdecadal variability of fog frequency in autumn - winter season in Southwest China. International Journal of Climatology.
  3. 1.Liu, P., Tang, M., Yu, H., & Zhang, Y. (2020). Influence of arctic oscillation on frequency of wintertime fog days in eastern China. Atmosphere, 11(2), 162.

Presentations

Invited Talks

  • Tang, M., Dudhia, J., Liu, C., & Torri, G. Cold pools, breezes, and monsoons: Propagating convection over New Guinea. Invited Colloquium, NCAR Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM) Laboratory, Boulder, CO, Dec 2025 [recording].
    Related invited versions were also presented at JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Japan, Dec 2025; Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (NUIST), School of Atmospheric Sciences, China, Jan 2026; China University of Geosciences (CUG), Wuhan, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, China, Jan 2026; and International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Earth System Physics, Italy, Apr 2026.
  • Tang, M., Torri, G., & Sakaeda, N. The role of cold pools in modulating convective organization during the MJO. Invited Colloquium, NCAR Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology (MMM) Laboratory, Boulder, CO, May 2024 [recording].
    Related invited version was also presented at Peking University, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, China, Jan 2026.

Selected Oral Presentations

  • Tang, M., Torri, G. The Offshore Propagation of Organized Convection from a Tropical Island: Mechanisms and Sensitivity, New Orleans, LA, USA, Jan 2025 (Honorable Mention in the Oral Presentation Category of Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS Annual Meeting 2025).
  • Tang, M., Dudhia, J., Liu, C., LeMone, M. A., Torri, G., The Diurnal Cycle of Convection in New Guinea and Its Offshore Propagation: The Role of Land-Sea Breezes, Cold Pools, and Monsoons, 2025 AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, Jan 2025
  • Tang, M., Torri, G., Sakaeda, N., The role of cold pools in modulating convective organization during the MJO, Harvard University Climate Tea Seminar, Boston, MA, USA, Oct 2024
  • Tang, M., Dudhia, J., Liu, C., Torri, G., Diurnal offshore-propagating convection around New Guinea, NCAR MMM Happy Hour Seminar, Boulder, CO, USA, Jul 2024
  • Tang, M., Torri, G., The Simulated Organization of Deep Convection during MJO, 2023 AMS Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Madison, WI, USA
  • Tang, M., Torri, G., Modeling the organization of convective clouds during the MJO, 2022 AGU Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA