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University of Colorado Boulder: Boulder, CO, US

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University of Colorado Boulder

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Peking University: Beijing, Beijing, CN

1991 to 1996 | Ph.D.
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XINZHAO CHU

Peking University: Beijing, Beijing, CN

1987 to 1991 | B.S.
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XINZHAO CHU

Works (42)

Bias‐Eliminating Techniques in the Computation of Power Spectra for Characterizing Gravity Waves: Interleaved Methods and Error Analyses

Earth and Space Science
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Jackson Jandreau; Xinzhao Chu
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Extending the Useful Range of Fluorescence LIDAR Data by Applying the Layered Binning Technique

2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: Gary W. S. Sutliff; Xinzhao Chu
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First Discovery of Regular Occurrence of Mid-Latitude Thermosphere-Ionosphere Na (TINa) Layers Observed with High-Sensitivity Na Doppler Lidar and New Data Processing Techniques over Boulder

2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: Yingfei Chen; Xinzhao Chu
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Future Lidars for Cutting-Edge Sciences in Ionosphere-Thermosphere-Mesosphere-Stratosphere Physics and Space-Atmosphere Coupling

2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: Xinzhao Chu; Guotao Yang
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New Lidar Data Processing Techniques for Improving the Detection Range and Accuracy of Atmospheric Gravity Wave Measurements

2023 | Book chapter
Contributors: Jackson R. Jandreau; Xinzhao Chu
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Lidar Observations of Predawn Thermosphere‐Ionosphere Na (TINa) Layers Over Boulder (40.13°N, 105.24°W): Annual Phase Variations and Correlation With Sunrise and Tidal Winds

Geophysical Research Letters
2023-09-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Yingfei Chen; Xinzhao Chu
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Vol. 55, Issue 3 (Heliophysics 2024 Decadal Whitepapers)

Bulletin of the AAS
2023-07-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Xinzhao Chu; Guotao Yang; Zhibin Yu; Chester Gardner; Sharon Vadas; Shikha Raizada
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First Lidar Profiling of Meteoric Ca+ Ion Transport From ∼80 to 300 km in the Midlatitude Nighttime Ionosphere

Geophysical Research Letters
2022-09-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Jing Jiao; Xinzhao Chu; Han Jin; Zelong Wang; Yuchang Xun; Lifang Du; Haoran Zheng; Fuju Wu; Jiyao Xu; Wei Yuan et al.
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First Simultaneous Lidar Observations of Thermosphere‐Ionosphere Sporadic Ni and Na (TISNi and TISNa) Layers (∼105–120 km) Over Beijing (40.42°N, 116.02°E)

Geophysical Research Letters
2022-08-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Fuju Wu; Xinzhao Chu; Lifang Du; Jing Jiao; Haoran Zheng; Yuchang Xun; Wuhu Feng; John M. C. Plane; Guotao Yang
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Vertical Transport of Sensible Heat and Meteoric Na by the Complete Temporal Spectrum of Gravity Waves in the MLT Above McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.67°E), Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2022-08-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Xinzhao Chu; Chester S. Gardner; Xianxin Li; Cissi Ying‐Tsen Lin
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Comparison of Three Methodologies for Removal of Random‐Noise‐Induced Biases From Second‐Order Statistical Parameters of Lidar and Radar Measurements

Earth and Space Science
2022-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jackson Jandreau; Xinzhao Chu
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Mid‐Latitude Thermosphere‐Ionosphere Na (TINa) Layers Observed With High‐Sensitivity Na Doppler Lidar Over Boulder (40.13°N, 105.24°W)

Geophysical Research Letters
2021-06-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Xinzhao Chu; Yingfei Chen; Chihoko Y. Cullens; Zhibin Yu; Zhonghua Xu; Shun‐Rong Zhang; Wentao Huang; Jackson Jandreau; Thomas J. Immel; Arthur D. Richmond
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NRLMSIS 2.0: A Whole‐Atmosphere Empirical Model of Temperature and Neutral Species Densities

Earth and Space Science
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: J. T. Emmert; D. P. Drob; J. M. Picone; D. E. Siskind; M. Jones, Jr.; M. G. Mlynczak; P. F. Bernath; X. Chu; E. Doornbos; B. Funke et al.
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First Simultaneous Lidar Observations of Thermosphere‐Ionosphere Fe and Na (TIFe and TINa) Layers at McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.67°E), Antarctica With Concurrent Measurements of Aurora Activity, Enhanced Ionization Layers, and Converging Electric Field

Geophysical Research Letters
2020-10-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Xinzhao Chu; Yukitoshi Nishimura; Zhonghua Xu; Zhibin Yu; John M. C. Plane; Chester S. Gardner; Yasunobu Ogawa
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Importance of Regional‐Scale Auroral Precipitation and Electrical Field Variability to the Storm‐Time Thermospheric Temperature Enhancement and Inversion Layer (TTEIL) in the Antarctic E Region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
2020-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Haonan Wu; Xian Lu; Gang Lu; Xinzhao Chu; Wenbin Wang; Zhibin Yu; Liam M. Kilcommons; Delores J. Knipp; Boyi Wang; Yukitoshi Nishimura
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Eliminating photon noise biases in the computation of second-order statistics of lidar temperature, wind, and species measurements

Applied Optics
2020-09-20 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1559-128X
Part of ISSN: 2155-3165
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XINZHAO CHU

First Lidar Observations of Quasi‐Biennial Oscillation‐Induced Interannual Variations of Gravity Wave Potential Energy Density at McMurdo via a Modulation of the Antarctic Polar Vortex

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2020-08-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Zimu Li; Xinzhao Chu; V. Lynn Harvey; Jackson Jandreau; Xian Lu; Zhibin Yu; Jian Zhao; Weichun Fong
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Quasi‐Biennial Oscillation of Short‐Period Planetary Waves and Polar Night Jet in Winter Antarctica Observed in SABER and MERRA‐2 and Mechanism Study With a Quasi‐Geostrophic Model

Geophysical Research Letters
2019-11-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Xian Lu; Haonan Wu; Xinzhao Chu; Jens Oberheide; Martin G. Mlynczak; James M. Russell, III
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The Excitation of Secondary Gravity Waves From Local Body Forces: Theory and Observation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2018-09-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Sharon L. Vadas; Jian Zhao; Xinzhao Chu; Erich Becker
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Validation of SABER v2.0 Operational Temperature Data With Ground‐Based Lidars in the Mesosphere‐Lower Thermosphere Region (75–105 km)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2018-09-16 | Journal article
Contributors: E. C. M. Dawkins; A. Feofilov; L. Rezac; A. A. Kutepov; D. Janches; J. Höffner; X. Chu; X. Lu; M. G. Mlynczak; J. Russell, III
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Lidar Observations of Stratospheric Gravity Waves From 2011 to 2015 at McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.69°E), Antarctica: 2. Potential Energy Densities, Lognormal Distributions, and Seasonal Variations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2018-08-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Xinzhao Chu; Jian Zhao; Xian Lu; V. Lynn Harvey; R. Michael Jones; Erich Becker; Cao Chen; Weichun Fong; Zhibin Yu; Brendan R. Roberts et al.
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First Observations of Short‐Period Eastward Propagating Planetary Waves From the Stratosphere to the Lower Thermosphere (110 km) in Winter Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters
2017-10-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Xian Lu; Xinzhao Chu; Cao Chen; Vu Nguyen; Anne K. Smith
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Two-dimensional Morlet wavelet transform and its application to wave recognition methodology of automatically extracting two-dimensional wave packets from lidar observations in Antarctica

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
2017-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1364-6826
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XINZHAO CHU

Formation mechanisms of neutral Fe layers in the thermosphere at Antarctica studied with a thermosphere‐ionosphere Fe/Fe+ (TIFe) model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
2017-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Xinzhao Chu; Zhibin Yu
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Lidar observations of stratospheric gravity waves from 2011 to 2015 at McMurdo (77.84°S, 166.69°E), Antarctica: 1. Vertical wavelengths, periods, and frequency and vertical wave number spectra

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2017-05-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Jian Zhao; Xinzhao Chu; Cao Chen; Xian Lu; Weichun Fong; Zhibin Yu; R. Michael Jones; Brendan R. Roberts; Andreas Dörnbrack
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Lidar observations of persistent gravity waves with periods of 3–10 h in the Antarctic middle and upper atmosphere at McMurdo (77.83°S, 166.67°E)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
2016-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2169-9380
Part of ISSN: 2169-9402
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XINZHAO CHU

Lidar observations of thermospheric Na layers up to 170 km with a descending tidal phase at Lijiang (26.7°N, 100.0°E), China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
2015-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2169-9380
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XINZHAO CHU

A thermospheric Na layer event observed up to 140 km over Syowa Station (69.0°S, 39.6°E) in Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters
2015-05-28 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
Part of ISSN: 1944-8007
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XINZHAO CHU

Vertical evolution of potential energy density and vertical wave number spectrum of Antarctic gravity waves from 35 to 105 km at McMurdo (77.8°S, 166.7°E)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2015-04-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2169-897X
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XINZHAO CHU

High-efficiency receiver architecture for resonance-fluorescence and Doppler lidars

Applied Optics
2015-04-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0003-6935
Part of ISSN: 1539-4522
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XINZHAO CHU

Lidar and CTIPe model studies of the fast amplitude growth with altitude of the diurnal temperature “tides” in the Antarctic winter lower thermosphere and dependence on geomagnetic activity

Geophysical Research Letters
2015-02-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
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XINZHAO CHU

Measurements of the vertical fluxes of atomic Fe and Na at the mesopause: Implications for the velocity of cosmic dust entering the atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters
2015-01-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
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XINZHAO CHU

Winter temperature tides from 30 to 110 km at McMurdo (77.8°S, 166.7°E), Antarctica: Lidar observations and comparisons with WAM

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2014-03-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2169-897X
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XINZHAO CHU

Observation of a thermospheric descending layer of neutral K over Arecibo

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
2013-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1364-6826
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XINZHAO CHU

Eastward propagating planetary waves with periods of 1-5 days in the winter Antarctic stratosphere as revealed by MERRA and lidar

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2013-09-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2169-897X
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XINZHAO CHU

Simultaneous, common-volume lidar observations and theoretical studies of correlations among Fe/Na layers and temperatures in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere at Boulder Table Mountain (40°N, 105°W), Colorado

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2013-08-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2169-897X
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XINZHAO CHU

Inertia-gravity waves in Antarctica: A case study using simultaneous lidar and radar measurements at McMurdo/Scott Base (77.8°S, 166.7°E)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2013-04-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2169-897X
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XINZHAO CHU

Diurnal variations of the Fe layer in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere: Four season variability and solar effects on the layer bottomside at McMurdo (77.8°S, 166.7°E), Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
2012-11-27 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0148-0227
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XINZHAO CHU

Lidar observations of neutral Fe layers and fast gravity waves in the thermosphere (110-155 km) at McMurdo (77.8°S, 166.7°E), Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters
2011-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
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XINZHAO CHU

First lidar observations of polar mesospheric clouds and Fe temperatures at McMurdo (77.8°S, 166.7°E), Antarctica

Geophysical Research Letters
2011-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0094-8276
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XINZHAO CHU

Seasonal variations of the mesospheric Fe layer at Rothera, Antarctica (67.5°S, 68.0°W)

Journal of Geophysical Research
2011-01-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0148-0227
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XINZHAO CHU

Resonance Fluorescence Lidar for Measurements of the Middle and Upper Atmosphere

Laser Remote Sensing
2005-06-28 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9780824742560
Part of ISBN: 9781420030754
Part of ISSN: 2155-0247
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XINZHAO CHU