Z. Liu

Publication List Details

Period

1984 - 2008

Number

448

Co-Authors

Simulation of the Lattice QCD and Technological Trends in Computation (2008)

Ibrahim, K., Jaeger, J., Liu, Z., Pouchet, L. N., Lesnicki, P., Djoudi, L., ...

Simulation of Lattice QCD is a challenging computational problem. Currently, technological trends in computation show multiple divergent models of computation. We are witnessing homogeneous...

Flood forecasting using a fully distributed model: application of the TOPKAPI model to the Upper Xixian Catchment (2008)

Liu, Z., Martina, M. L. V., Todini, E.

TOPKAPI is a physically-based, fully distributed hydrological model with a simple and parsimonious parameterisation. The original TOPKAPI is structured around five modules that represent...

Towards a comprehensive physically-based rainfall-runoff model (2008)

Liu, Z., Todini, E.

This paper introduces TOPKAPI (TOPographic Kinematic APproximation and Integration), a new physically-based distributed rainfall-runoff model deriving from the integration in space of the kinematic...

Flood forecasting using a fully distributed model: application of the TOPKAPI model to the Upper Xixian Catchment (2008)

Liu, Z., Martina, M. L. V., Todini, E.

TOPKAPI is a physically-based, fully distributed hydrological model with a simple and parsimonious parameterisation. The original TOPKAPI is structured around five modules that represent...

Towards a comprehensive physically-based rainfall-runoff model (2008)

Liu, Z., Todini, E.

This paper introduces TOPKAPI (TOPographic Kinematic APproximation and Integration), a new physically-based distributed rainfall-runoff model deriving from the integration in space of the kinematic...

Asian dust outflow in the PBL and free atmosphere retrieved by NASA CALIPSO and an assimilated dust transport model (2008)

Hara, Y., Yumimoto, K., Uno, I., Shimizu, A., Sugimoto, N., Liu, Z., ...

Three-dimensional structures of Asian dust transport in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) and free atmosphere occurring successively during the end of May 2007 were clarified using results of...

Asian dust outflow in the PBL and free atmosphere retrieved by NASA CALIPSO and an assimilated dust transport model (2008)

Hara, Y., Yumimoto, K., Uno, I., Shimizu, A., Sugimoto, N., Liu, Z., ...

Three-dimensional structures of Asian dust transport in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) and free atmosphere occurring successively during the end of May 2007 were clarified using results of...

Spatiotemporal variations of ambient PM10 source contributions in Beijing in 2004 using positive matrix factorization (2008)

Xie, S., Liu, Z., Chen, T., Hua, L.

Source contributions to ambient PM10 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 ?m or less) in Beijing, China were determined with positive matrix factorization (PMF) based on ambient PM10...

Numerical modeling of Asian dust emission and transport with adjoint inversion using LIDAR network observations (2008)

Yumimoto, K., Uno, I., Sugimoto, N., Shimizu, A., Liu, Z., Winker, D. M.

A four-dimensional variational (4D-Var) data assimilation system for a regional dust model (RAMS/CFORS-4DVAR; RC4) is applied to a heavy dust event which occurred between 20 March and 4 April 2007...

Spatiotemporal variations of ambient PM10 source contributions in Beijing in 2004 using positive matrix factorization (2008)

Xie, S., Liu, Z., Chen, T., Hua, L.

Source contributions to ambient PM10 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 ?m or less) in Beijing, China were determined with positive matrix factorization (PMF) based on ambient PM10...

Numerical modeling of Asian dust emission and transport with adjoint inversion using LIDAR network observations (2008)

Yumimoto, K., Uno, I., Sugimoto, N., Shimizu, A., Liu, Z., Winker, D. M.

A four-dimensional variational (4D-Var) data assimilation system for a regional dust model (RAMS/CFORS-4DVAR; RC4) is applied to a heavy dust event which occurred between 20 March and 4 April 2007...

Detecting vegetation-precipitation feedbacks in mid-Holocene North Africa from two climate models (2008)

Wang, Y., Notaro, M., Liu, Z., Gallimore, R., Levis, S., Kutzbach, J. E.

Using two climate-vegetation model simulations from the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model (FOAM) and the Community Climate System Model (CCSM, version 2), we investigate vegetation-precipitation feedbacks...

Detecting vegetation-precipitation feedbacks in mid-Holocene North Africa from two climate models (2008)

Wang, Y., Notaro, M., Liu, Z., Gallimore, R., Levis, S., Kutzbach, J. E.

Using two climate-vegetation model simulations from the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model (FOAM) and the Community Climate System Model (CCSM, version 2), we investigate vegetation-precipitation feedbacks...

Detecting vegetation-precipitation feedbacks in mid-Holocene North Africa from two climate models (2008)

Wang, Y., Notaro, M., Liu, Z., Gallimore, R., Levis, S., Kutzbach, J. E.

Using two climate-vegetation model simulations from the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model (FOAM) and the Community Climate System Model (CCSM, version 2), we investigate vegetation-precipitation feedbacks...

Detecting vegetation-precipitation feedbacks in mid-Holocene North Africa from two climate models (2008)

Wang, Y., Notaro, M., Liu, Z., Gallimore, R., Levis, S., Kutzbach, J. E.

Using two climate-vegetation model simulations from the Fast Ocean Atmosphere Model (FOAM) and the Community Climate System Model (CCSM, version 2), we investigate vegetation-precipitation feedbacks...

Adjoint inversion modeling of Asian dust emission using lidar observations (2008)

Yumimoto, K., Uno, I., Sugimoto, N., Shimizu, A., Liu, Z., Winker, D. M.

A four-dimensional variational (4D-Var) data assimilation system for a regional dust model (RAMS/CFORS-4DVAR; RC4) is applied to an adjoint inversion of a heavy dust event over eastern Asia during 20...

Spatiotemporal variations of ambient PM10 source contributions in Beijing in 2004 using positive matrix factorization (2008)

Xie, S. D., Liu, Z., Chen, T., Hua, L.

Source contributions to ambient PM10 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 ?m or less) in Beijing, China were determined with positive matrix factorization (PMF) based on ambient PM10...

Adjoint inversion modeling of Asian dust emission using lidar observations (2008)

Yumimoto, K., Uno, I., Sugimoto, N., Shimizu, A., Liu, Z., Winker, D. M.

A four-dimensional variational (4D-Var) data assimilation system for a regional dust model (RAMS/CFORS-4DVAR; RC4) is applied to an adjoint inversion of a heavy dust event over eastern Asia during 20...

Spatiotemporal variations of ambient PM10 source contributions in Beijing in 2004 using positive matrix factorization (2008)

Xie, S. D., Liu, Z., Chen, T., Hua, L.

Source contributions to ambient PM10 (particles with an aerodynamic diameter of 10 ?m or less) in Beijing, China were determined with positive matrix factorization (PMF) based on ambient PM10...

Transverse momentum and centrality dependence of high-pt non-photonic electron suppression in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

The STAR collaboration at RHIC reports measurements of the inclusive yield of non-photonic electrons, which arise dominantly from semi-leptonic decays of heavy flavor mesons, over a broad range of...

Strange Particle Production in $p+p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We present strange particle spectra and yields measured at mid-rapidity in sqrt text s=200 GeV proton-proton (p+p) collisions at RHIC. We find that the previously observed universal transverse mass...

Neutral Kaon Interferometry in Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We present the first statistically meaningful results from two-K0s interferometry in heavy-ion collisions. A model that takes the effect of the strong interaction into account has been used to fit...

Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry and cross section for inclusive jet production in polarized proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We report a measurement of the longitudinal double-spin asymmetry A_LL and the differential cross section for inclusive midrapidity jet production in polarized proton collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV....

Mass, quark-number, and sqrt sNN dependence of the second and fourth flow harmonics in ultra-relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We present STAR measurements of the azimuthal anisotropy parameter v_2 for pions, kaons, protons, Lambda, bar Lambda, Xi+bar Xi, and \Omega + bar Omega, along with v_4 for pions, kaons, protons, and...

Global polarization measurement in Au+Au collisions (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

The system created in non-central relativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions possesses large orbital angular momentum. Due to spin-orbit coupling, particles produced in such a system could become...

Measurement of Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetries for Di-Jet Production in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt s = 200 GeV (2008)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We report the first measurement of the opening angle distribution between pairs of jets produced in high-energy collisions of transversely polarized protons. The measurement probes (Sivers)...

Evidence for the 8,200 a BP cooling event in the middle Okinawa Trough (2008)

YU, H, XIONG, Y, LIU, Z, BERNE, Serge, HUANG, C, JIA, G

Based on new and existing data on oxygen isotopes, alkenone-surface seawater temperature trends, planktonic foraminifers, lithology, and clay mineral composition of piston cores, a distinct cooling...

Optical Evidence for Mixed Phase Behavior in Manganites (2008)

Gao, P., Tyson, T. A., Liu, Z., DeLeon, M. A., Dubourdieu, C.

Synchrotron infrared measurements were conducted over the range 100 to 8000 cm-1 on a self-doped LaxMnO3-d (x~~0.8) film. From these measurements we determined the conductivity, the effective number...

Light baryon masses with dynamical twisted mass fermions (2008)

Alexandrou, C., Baron, R., Blossier, B., Brinet, M., Carbonell, J., Dimopoulos, P., ...

We present results on the mass of the nucleon and the Delta using two dynamical degenerate twisted mass quarks and the tree-level Symanzik improved gauge action. The evaluation is performed at four...

Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Impact in the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), Volume I - Summary Report, Annual Report to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, January 2006 - June 2007 (2008)

Haberl, J. S., Culp, C., Yazdani, B., Gilman, D., Fitzpatrick, T., Muns, S., ...

The Energy Systems Laboratory, at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of the Texas A&M University System, in fulfillment of its responsibilities under Texas Health and Safety Code Ann. 388.003...

Energy Efficiency/Renewable Energy Impact in the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP), Volume I - Summary Report, Annual Report to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, January 2006 - June 2007 (2008)

Haberl, J. S., Culp, C., Yazdani, B., Gilman, D., Fitzpatrick, T., Muns, S., ...

The Energy Systems Laboratory, at the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of the Texas A&M University System, in fulfillment of its responsibilities under Texas Health and Safety Code Ann. 388.003...

A Methodology for Calculating Emissions Reductions from Renewable Energy Programs and Its Application to the Wind Farms in the Texas ERCOT Region (2007)

Baltazar-Cervantes, J. C., Yazdani, B., Culp, C., Subbarao, K., Liu, Z., Haberl, J. S.

Recently Texas Legislature required adding 5,880 MW of generating capacity from renewable energy technologies by 2015, and 500 MW from non-wind renewables. This legislation also required the Public...

A Methodology for Calculating Integrated Nox Emissions Reduction from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE/RE) Programs Across State Agencies in Texas (2007)

Haberl, J. S., Kim, S., Im, P., Liu, Z., Mukhopadhyay, J., Culp, C., ...

This paper presents a summary of the integrated NOx emissions reduction calculation procedures developed by the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) to satisfy the reporting requirements for Senate Bill...

A Methodology for Calculating Emissions Reductions from Renewable Energy Programs and Its Application to the Wind Farms in the Texas ERCOT Region (2007)

Culp, C., Haberl, J. S., Liu, Z., Subbarao, K., Baltazar-Cervantes, J. C., Yazdani, B.

Recently Texas Legislature required adding 5,880 MW of generating capacity from renewable energy technologies by 2015, and 500 MW from non-wind renewables. This legislation also required the Public...

Measurement of the $p\bar{p} \to t\bar{t} + X$ production cross section at $sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV in the fully hadronic decay channel (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

A measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in proton anti-proton collisions at an interaction energy of sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV is presented. This analysis uses 405 pb-1 of data collected...

Measurement of the $p\bar{p} \to t\bar{t} + X$ production cross section at $sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV in the fully hadronic decay channel (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

A measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in proton anti-proton collisions at an interaction energy of sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV is presented. This analysis uses 405 pb-1 of data collected...

Measurement of the $p\bar{p} \to t\bar{t} + X$ production cross section at $sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV in the fully hadronic decay channel (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

A measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in proton anti-proton collisions at an interaction energy of sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV is presented. This analysis uses 405 pb-1 of data collected...

Baseline Report for the Fort Hood Army Base: September 2003 to October 2004 (2007)

Haberl, J. S., Liu, Z.

This report presents electricity, natural gas and cooling baselines for the Thermal Plant, III Corp building, Darnall Hospital, Main Substation, West Substation, and North Substation. The baselines...

Baseline Report for the Fort Hood Army Base: September 2003 to October 2004 (2007)

Haberl, J. S., Liu, Z.

This report presents electricity, natural gas and cooling baselines for the Thermal Plant, III Corp building, Darnall Hospital, Main Substation, West Substation, and North Substation. The baselines...

Search for $B^0_ s \to \mu^+ \mu^-$ decays at D0 (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

We report results from a search for the decay Bs --> mu+ mu- using 1.3/fb of pbar p collisions at sqrt(s)= 1.96 TeV collected by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. We find two...

Search for the lightest scalar top quark in events with two leptons in $p\bar p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

Data collected by the D0 detector at a p-pbar center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider have been used to search for pair production of the lightest supersymmetric partner...

Measurement of the $\Lambda_b^0$ lifetime using semileptonic decays (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

We report a measurement of the Lambda_b lifetime using a sample corresponding to 1.3 fb$^{-1}$ of data collected by the D0 experiment in 2002--2006 during Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron collider....

Measurement of the shape of the boson rapidity distribution for $p\bar{p} \to Z/\gamma^* \to e^+e^- +X$ events produced at $\sqrt{s}$ of 1.96 TeV (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Aguilo, E., ...

We present a measurement of the shape of the boson rapidity distribution for p\bar{p}-> Z/gamma*-> e+e- +X events at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The measurement is made for events with...

Measurement of the shape of the boson rapidity distribution for $p\bar{p} \to Z/\gamma^* \to e^+e^- +X$ events produced at $\sqrt{s}$ of 1.96 TeV (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Aguilo, E., ...

We present a measurement of the shape of the boson rapidity distribution for p\bar{p}-> Z/gamma*-> e+e- +X events at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The measurement is made for events with...

Measurement of the shape of the boson rapidity distribution for $p\bar{p} \to Z/\gamma^* \to e^+e^- +X$ events produced at $\sqrt{s}$ of 1.96 TeV (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Aguilo, E., ...

We present a measurement of the shape of the boson rapidity distribution for p\bar{p}-> Z/gamma*-> e+e- +X events at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. The measurement is made for events with...

Search for techniparticles in e +jets events at D0 (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

We search for the technicolor process ppbar -> rho_T/omega_T ->W+pi_T in events containing one electron and two jets, in data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 390 pb-1, recorded by the D0...

Evidence for production of single top quarks and first direct measurement of $|V_{tb}|$ (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

The D0 Collaboration presents first evidence for the production of single top quarks at the Fermilab Tevatron ppbar collider. Using a 0.9 fb^-1 dataset, we apply a multivariate analysis to separate...

Evidence for production of single top quarks and first direct measurement of $|V_{tb}|$ (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

The D0 Collaboration presents first evidence for the production of single top quarks at the Fermilab Tevatron ppbar collider. Using a 0.9 fb^-1 dataset, we apply a multivariate analysis to separate...

Evidence for production of single top quarks and first direct measurement of $|V_{tb}|$ (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

The D0 Collaboration presents first evidence for the production of single top quarks at the Fermilab Tevatron ppbar collider. Using a 0.9 fb^-1 dataset, we apply a multivariate analysis to separate...

Z$\gamma$ production and limits on anomalous ZZ$\gamma$ and Z$\gamma\gamma$ couplings in p$\bar p$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

We present a study of eegamma and mumugamma events using over 1 fb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron ppbar Collider at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV. Having observed 453 (515)...

Measurement of the $t\bar{t}$ production cross section in $p\bar{p}$ collisions using dilepton events (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

We present a measurement of the ttbar pair production cross section in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s) = 1.96 TeV utilizing approximately 425 pb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector. We consider...

Strange Particle Production in $p+p$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$= 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

We present strange particle spectra and yields measured at mid-rapidity in $\sqrt{\text{s}}=200$ GeV proton-proton ($p+p$) collisions at RHIC. We find that the previously observed universal...

Observation and properties of L=1 $B_1$ and B$_2^*$ mesons (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

Excited B mesons B_1 and B_2* are observed directly for the first time as two separate states in fully reconstructed decays to B+(*) pi-. The mass of B_1 is measured to be (5720.6 +- 2.4 +- 1.4)...

Measurement of the $t\bart$ production cross section in $p\barp$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV using kinematic characteristics of lepton + jets events (2007)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abolins, M., Acharya, B.S., Adams, M., Adams, T., ...

We present a measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV utilizing 425 pb-1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron...

Transverse momentum and centrality dependence of high-pt non-photonic electron suppression in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV (2007)

Abelev, B.I., Adams, J., Aggarwal, M.M., Ahammed, Z., Amonett, J., Anderson, B.D., ...

The STAR collaboration at RHIC reports measurements of the inclusive yield of non-photonic electrons, which arise dominantly from semi-leptonic decays of heavy