Research Area

Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Research Interests

• Air pollution and air quality
• Modeling and remote sensing of air quality
• Agricultural sustainability, climate change and air pollution interaction

Recent Publications

• Liu, X., Tai, A. P. K., Chen, Y., Zhang, L., Shaddick, G., Yan, X., and Lam, H. M.: Dietary shifts can reduce premature deaths related to particulate matter pollution in China, Nature Food, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00430-6, 2021.
• Liu, X., Tai, A. P. K., and Fung, K. M.: Responses of surface ozone to future agricultural ammonia emissions and subsequent nitrogen deposition through terrestrial ecosystem changes, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17743-2021, 2021.
• Liu, X., Wang, Y., Wasti, S., Li, W., Soleimanian, E., Flynn J., Griggs, T., Alvarez, S., Sullivan, J. T., Roots, M., Twigg, L., Gronoff, G., Berkoff, T., Walter P., Estes M., Hair, J., Shingler, T., Scarino, A. J., Fenn, M., and Judd, L.: Evaluating WRF-GC v2.0 predictions of boundary layer and vertical ozone profiles during the 2021 TRACER-AQ campaign in Houston, Texas, Geoscientific Model Development, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5493-2023, 2023.
• Liu, X., Wang, Y., Wasti, S., Lee, T., Li, W., Zhou, S., Flynn, J., Sheesley, R. J., Usenko, S., and Liu, F.: Impacts of anthropogenic emissions and meteorology on spring ozone differences in San Antonio, Texas between 2017 and 2021, Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169693, 2023.
• Guo, Y., Zhang, L., Liu, G., Tan, H., Zhou, M., Vira, J., Hess, P., Liu, X., Paulot, F., and Liu, X.: Air pollution and ecosystem health costs embedded in global food loss and waste, Nature Food, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00810-0, 2023.
• Li, W., Wang, Y., Liu, X., Soleimanian, E., Griggs, T., Flynn J., and Walter P.: Understanding offshore high-ozone events during TRACER-AQ 2021 in Houston: Insights from WRR-CAMx photochemical modeling, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-13685-2023, 2023.
• Soleimanian, E., Wang, Y., Li, W., Liu, X., Wasti, S., Griggs, T., Flynn J., Walter P., and Estes M.: Understanding ozone episodes during TRACER-AQ campaign in Houston, Texas: the role of transport and ozone production sensitivity to precursors, Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165881, 2023.