{"id":28,"date":"2023-08-09T13:17:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T17:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/ningyuliu\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:20:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:20:55","slug":"papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/ningyuliu\/papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><strong>Refereed Journal Papers\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Book Chapters\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<p><strong>2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<strong>71.\u00a0<\/strong>Liu, N. Y., O. Scholten, J. R. Dwyer, B. M. Hare, C. F. Sterpka, J. N. Tilles, F. D. Lind, Implications of multiple corona bursts in lightning processes for radio frequency interferometer observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL097367,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL097367\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL097367<\/a>, 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>70.<\/strong>\u00a0Scholten et al., Interferometric imaging of intensely radiating negative leaders,\u00a0<i>Physical Review D<\/i>, 105, 6, 062007,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/10.0.4.79\/PhysRevD.105.062007\">https:\/\/10.1103\/PhysRevD.105.062007<\/a>, 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>69.<\/strong>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., O. Scholten, B. M. Hare, J. R. Dwyer, C. F. Sterpka, I. Kolma\u0161ov\u00e1, and O. Santol\u00edk, LOFAR observation of lightning initial breakdown pulses, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098073,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022GL098073\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2022GL098073<\/a>, 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>68.<\/strong>\u00a0Pu, Y., N. Y. Liu, and S. A. Cummer, Quantification of electric fields in fast breakdown during lightning initiation from VHF-UHF power spectra, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL097374,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL097374\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL097374<\/a>, 2022.\n\t<p><strong>2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<strong>67.\u00a0<\/strong>Koile, J.*, N. Y. Liu, and J. Dwyer, Radio frequency emissions from streamer collisions in subbreakdown fields, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL096214,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL096214\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL096214<\/a>, 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>66.<\/strong>\u00a0Sterpka et al., The spontaneous nature of lightning initiation revealed, Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL095511,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL095511\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL095511<\/a>, 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>65.<\/strong>\u00a0Hu, J. J., Y. K. Ma, X. Gao, and N. Y. Liu, Study on dominant parameters determining streamer initiation from hydrometeors in thundercloud fields,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres<\/i>, 126, e2021JD034936,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JD034936\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JD034936<\/a>, 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>64.<\/strong>\u00a0Scholten et al., Time resolved 3D interferometric imaging of a section of a negative leader with LOFAR,\u00a0<i>Physical Review D<\/i>, 104, 063022,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/PhysRevD.104.063022\">https:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/PhysRevD.104.063022<\/a>, 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>63.<\/strong>\u00a0Scholten et al., A distinct negative leader propagation mode,\u00a0<i>Scientific Reports<\/i>, 11, 16256,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-021-95433-5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-021-95433-5<\/a>, 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>62.<\/strong>\u00a0Huang et al., Examining the capacity of Hurricane Matthew (2016) in spawning halo\/sprite-producible lightning strokes during its lifetime,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres<\/i>, 126, e2021JD035097,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JD035097\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021JD035097<\/a>, 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>61.<\/strong>\u00a0Ma, Y. K., J. J. Hu, X. Gao, and N. Y. Liu, Understanding the dependence of streamer initiation on hydrometeors size using Raether-Meek criterion,\u00a0<i>Journal of Electrostatics<\/i>, 112, 103602,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.elstat.2021.103602\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.elstat.2021.103602<\/a>, 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>60.<\/strong>\u00a0Pu, Y., S. A. Cummer, and N. Y. Liu, VHF radio spectrum of a positive leader and implications for electric fields,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 48, e2021GL093145,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL093145\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2021GL093145<\/a>, 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>59.<\/strong>\u00a0Scholten et al., Distinguishing features of high altitude negative leaders as observed with LOFAR,\u00a0<i>Atmospheric Research<\/i>, 105688,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.atmosres.2021.105688\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.atmosres.2021.105688<\/a>, 2021.<br \/>\n<strong>58.<\/strong>\u00a0Boggs, L. D.*, Liu, N. Y., Nag, A., Walker, T. D., Christian, H. J., da Silva, C. L., et al., Vertical temperature profile of natural lightning return strokes derived from optical spectra,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres<\/i>, 126, e2020JD034438,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JD034438\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JD034438<\/a>, 2021.\n\t<p><strong>2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<b>57.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., and J. R. Dwyer, Thunderstorm high frequency radio bursts with weak low frequency radiation,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 47, e2020GL090325,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020GL090325\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020GL090325<\/a>, 2020.<br \/>\n<b>56.<\/b>\u00a0Tilles, J. N., P. R. Krehbiel, M. A. Stanley, W. Rison, N. Y. Liu, F. Lyu, S. A. Cummer, J. R. Dwyer, S. Senay, H. Edens, R. G. Brown, and J. G. Wilson, Radio interferometer observations of an energetic in-cloud pulse reveal large currents generated by relativistic discharges,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere<\/i>, 125, e2020JD032603,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JD032603\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020JD032603<\/a>, 2020.<br \/>\n<b>55.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., J. R. Dwyer, and J. N. Tilles, Electromagnetic radiation spectrum of a composite system,\u00a0<i>Physical Review Letters<\/i>, 125, 025101,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.125.025101\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.125.025101<\/a>, 2020.<br \/>\n<b>54.<\/b>\u00a0Koile, J., F. Shi, N. Y. Liu, J. R. Dwyer, J. N. Tilles, Negative streamer initiation from an isolated Hydrometeor in a sub-breakdown electric field,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 47, e2020GL088244,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020GL088244\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2020GL088244<\/a>, 2020.<br \/>\n<b>53.<\/b>\u00a0Yang et al., Analysis of a gigantic jet in southern China: morphology, meteorology, storm evolution, lightning and narrow bipolar events,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres<\/i>, 125, e2019JD031538,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019JD031538\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019JD031538<\/a>, 2020.<br \/>\n<b>52.<\/b>\u00a0Gao, X., N. Y. Liu, F. Shi, and H. K. Rassoul, Streamer discharge initiation from an isolated spherical hydrometeor at subbreakdown condition.\u00a0<i>Journal of Electrostatics<\/i>,\u00a0<i>106<\/i>, 103457,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.elstat.2020.103457\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.elstat.2020.103457<\/a>, 2020.\n\t<p><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<b>51.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., Jets, Reference Modules in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-12-409548-9.11594-5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/B978-0-12-409548-9.11594-5<\/a>, 2019.<br \/>\n<b>50.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., J. R. Dwyer, J. N. Tilles, M. A. Stanley, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, R. G. Brown, and J. G. Wilson, Understanding the radio spectrum of narrow bipolar events, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019JD030439\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019JD030439<\/a>, 2019.<br \/>\n<b>49.<\/b>\u00a0Wu, J., X. Gao, Y. K. Ma, and N. Y. Liu, Streamer initiation from column hydrometeor at weak ambient electric field, Plasma Research Express, 1, 035009,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/2516-1067\/ab37cd\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/2516-1067\/ab37cd<\/a>, 2019.<br \/>\n<b>48.<\/b>\u00a0Ihaddadene, K. M. A., J. R. Dwyer, N. Y. Liu, S. J. Celestin, and F. Shi, Modeling of a new streamer-electron acceleration mechanism, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018JA026084\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018JA026084<\/a>, 2019.<br \/>\n<b>47.<\/b>\u00a0Tilles, J. N., N. Y. Liu, M. A. Stanley, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, M. G. Stock, J. R. Dwyer, R. G. Brown, and J. G. Wilson, Fast negative breakdown in thunderstorms,\u00a0<i>Nature Communications<\/i>, 10:1648,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-019-09621-z\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-019-09621-z<\/a>, 2019.<br \/>\n<b>46.<\/b>\u00a0Boggs, L. D., N. Y. Liu, M. Peterson, S. Lazarus, M. Splitt, F. Lucena, A. Nag, H. K. Rassoul, First observations of gigantic jets from geostationary orbit,<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 46, 3999-4006,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019GL082278\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019GL082278<\/a>, 2019.<br \/>\n<b>45.<\/b>\u00a0Shi, F., N. Y. Liu, J. R. Dwyer, and K. Ihaddadene, VHF and UHF electromagnetic radiation produced by streamers in lightning,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 46, 443-451,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018GL080309\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2018GL080309<\/a>, 2019.\n\t<p><strong>2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<b>44.<\/b>\u00a0Boggs, L. D., N. Y. Liu, J. A. Riousset, F. Shi, S. Lazarus, M. Splitt, and H. K. Rassoul<b>,\u00a0<\/b>Thunderstorm charge structures producing gigantic jets,\u00a0<i>Scientific Reports<\/i>, 8:18085,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-018-36309-z\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41598-018-36309-z<\/a>, 2018.<br \/>\n<b>43.<\/b>\u00a0Yang, J., M. Sato, N. Y. Liu, G. P. Lu, Y. Wang, and Z. C. Wang, Characteristics of thunderstorm structure and lightning activity causing negative and positive sprites,\u00a0<i>Journal Geophysics Research: Atmospheres<\/i>, 123,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2017JD026759\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2017JD026759<\/a>, 2018.<br \/>\n<b>42.<\/b>\u00a0Yang, J., M. Sato, N. Y. Liu, G. P. Lu, Y. Wang, and Z. C. Wang, A gigantic jet observed over a MCS in middle latitude region,\u00a0<i>Journal Geophysics Research: Atmospheres<\/i>, 123,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JD026878\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JD026878<\/a>, 2018.\n\t<p><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<b>41.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., J. R. Dwyer, and S. A. Cummer, Elves accompanying terrestrial gamma ray flashes,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics,\u00a0<\/i>122, 10,563-10,576,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JA024344\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JA024344<\/a>, 2017.<br \/>\n<b>40.<\/b>\u00a0Shi, F., N. Y. Liu, and J. R. Dwyer, Three-dimensional modeling of two interacting streamers,\u00a0<i>Journal Geophysics Research: Atmospheres<\/i>, 122, 10,169-10,176,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JD026935\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JD026935<\/a>, 2017.<br \/>\n<b>39.<\/b>\u00a0Dwyer, J. R., N. Y. Liu, J. E. Grove, H. R. Rassoul, and D. M. Smith, Characterizing the source properties of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics<\/i>, 122, 8915-8932,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JA024141\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017JA024141<\/a>, 2017.<br \/>\n<b>38.<\/b>\u00a0Yang, J., G. P. Lu, N. Y. Liu, M. Sato, G. L. Feng, Y. Wang, and J. K. Chou, Sprite possibly produced by two distinct positive cloud-to-ground lightning flashes,\u00a0<i>Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences<\/i>, 28, 609-624,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3319\/TAO.2016.07.22.01\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3319\/TAO.2016.07.22.01<\/a>, 2017.<br \/>\n<b>37.<\/b>\u00a0Cramer, E. S., M. S. Briggs,\u00a0N. Y. Liu, B. Mailyan, J. R. Dwyer, and H. K. Rassoul, The impact on the ozone layer from NOx produced by terrestrial gamma ray \ufb02ashes,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 44,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017GL073215\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2017GL073215<\/a>, 2017.<br \/>\n<b>36.<\/b>\u00a0Yang, J., G. P. Lu, N. Y. Liu, H. H. Cui, and Y. Wang, Analysis of a mesoscale convective system which produced a single sprite,\u00a0<i>Advances in Atmospheric Sciences<\/i>, 34, 258,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00376-016-6092-0\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00376-016-6092-0<\/a>, 2017.\n\t<p><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<b>35.<\/b>\u00a0Shi, F., N. Y. Liu, and H. K. Rassoul, Properties of relatively long streamers initiated from an isolated hydrometeor,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 121, 7284-7295,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015JD024580\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015JD024580<\/a>, 2016.<br \/>\n<b>34.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., L. D. Boggs, and S. A. Cummer, Observation-constrained modeling of the ionospheric impact of negative sprites,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>,\u00a0<i>43<\/i>, 2365-2373,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2016GL068256\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2016GL068256<\/a>, 2016.\u00a0<br \/>\n<b>33.<\/b>\u00a0Boggs, L. D., N. Y. Liu, M. Splitt, S. Lazarus, C. Glenn, H. K. Rassoul, and S. A. Cummer, An analysis of five negative sprite-parent discharges and their associated thunderstorm charge structures,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 121, 759-784,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015JD024188\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015JD024188<\/a>, 2016.<br \/>\n<b>32.<\/b>\u00a0Salem, M., N. Y. Liu, and H. K. Rassoul, Modification of the lower ionospheric conductivity by thunderstorm electrostatic fields,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 42,<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015GL066933\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015GL066933<\/a>, 2016.\n\t<p><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<b>31.<\/b>\u00a0Lazarus, S., M. Splitt, J. Brownlee, N. Spiva, and N. Y. Liu, A thermodynamic, kinematic and microphysical analysis of a jet and gigantic jet-producing Florida thunderstorm,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 120,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015JD023383\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015JD023383<\/a>, 2015.<br \/>\n<b>30. (Invited Review)\u00a0<\/b>Liu, N. Y., M. G. McHarg, and H. C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, High-altitude electrical discharges associated with thunderstorms and lightning,\u00a0<i>Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics<\/i>, 136, 98-118,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jastp.2015.05.013\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jastp.2015.05.013<\/a>, 2015.\u00a0<br \/>\n<b>29.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., J. R. Dwyer, H. C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, and M. G. McHarg, Sprite streamer initiation from natural mesospheric structures,\u00a0<i>Nature Communications<\/i>, 6:7540,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/ncomms8540\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/ncomms8540<\/a>, 2015.<br \/>\n<b>28.<\/b>\u00a0Sadighi, S., N. Y. Liu, J. R. Dwyer, H. K. Rassoul, Streamer formation and branching from model hydrometeors in subbreakdown conditions inside thunderclouds,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 120,<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014JD022724\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014JD022724<\/a>, 2015.<br \/>\n<b>27.<\/b>\u00a0Salem, M., N. Y. Liu, and H. K. Rassoul, Effects of small thundercloud electrostatic fields on the ionospheric density profile,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 42,<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015GL063268\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2015GL063268<\/a>, 2015.<br \/>\n<b>26.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y, N. Spiva, J. R. Dwyer, H. K. Rassoul, D. Free, and S. A. Cummer, Upward electrical discharges observed above Tropical Depression Dorian,\u00a0<i>Nature Communications<\/i>, 6:5995,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/ncomms6995\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/ncomms6995<\/a>, 2015.\n\t<p><strong>2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<b>25.<\/b>\u00a0Cramer, E. S., J. R. Dwyer, S. Arabshahi, I. B. Vodopiyanov, N. Y. Liu, and H. K. Rassoul, An analytical approach for calculating energy spectra of relativistic runaway electron avalanches in air,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 119,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014JA020265\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2014JA020265<\/a>, 2014.<br \/>\n<b>24.<\/b>\u00a0Schaal, M. M., J. R. Dwyer, S. Arabshahi, E. Cramer, R. Lucia, N. Y. Liu, H. K. Rassoul, D. Smith, J. Matten, A. Reid, J. Hill, D. Jordan, and M. Uman, The structure of x-ray emissions from triggered lightning leaders measured by a pinhole-type x-ray camera,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 119,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2013JD020266\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2013JD020266<\/a>, 2014.<br \/>\n<b>23.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., Upper atmospheric electrical discharges, in\u00a0<i>The Lightning Flash<\/i>, ed. V. Cooray, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, p. 725-786, 2014.\n\t<p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<b>22.<\/b>\u00a0Kosar, B. C., N. Y. Liu, and H. K. Rassoul, Formation of sprite streamers at subbreakdown conditions from ionospheric inhomogeneities resembling observed sprite halo structures,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 40, 6282-6287,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2013GL058294\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/2013GL058294<\/a>, 2013.<br \/>\n<b>21.<\/b>\u00a0(<b>Frontier Article in Geophysical Research Letters<\/b>) Dwyer, J. R., N. Y. Liu, and H. K. Rassoul, Properties of the thundercloud discharges responsible for terrestrial gamma-ray flashes,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 40(15), 4067-4073,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/grl.50742\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/grl.50742<\/a>, 2013.<br \/>\n<b>20.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., and J. R. Dwyer, Modeling terrestrial gamma-ray flashes produced by relativistic feedback discharges,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 118, 2359-2376,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jgra.50232\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jgra.50232<\/a>, 2013.\n\t<p><strong>2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<b>19.<\/b>\u00a0Dwyer, J. R., M. M. Schaal, E. Cramer, S. Arabshahi, N. Y. Liu, H. K. Rassoul, J. D. Hill, D. M. Jordan, and M. A. Uman, Observation of a gamma-ray flash at ground level in association with a cloud-to-ground lightning return stroke,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 117, A10303,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2012JA017810\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2012JA017810<\/a>, 2012.<br \/>\n<b>18.<\/b>\u00a0Kosar, B. C., N. Y. Liu, and H. K. Rassoul, Luminosity and propagation characteristics of sprite streamers initiated from small ionospheric disturbances at subbreakdown conditions,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 117, A08328,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2012JA017632\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2012JA017632<\/a>, 2012.<br \/>\n<b>17.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., B. Kosar, S. Sadighi, J. R. Dwyer, and H. K. Rassoul, Formation of streamer discharges from an isolated ionization column at subbreakdown conditions,\u00a0<i>Physical Review Letters<\/i>, 109, 025002,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.109.025002,%C2%A02012\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.109.025002,\u00a02012<\/a>.<br \/>\n<b>16.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., J. R. Dwyer, and H. K. Rassoul, Effects of pressure and humidity on positive corona inception from thundercloud hydrometeors,\u00a0<i>Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics<\/i>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jastp.2012.01.012\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jastp.2012.01.012<\/a>, 2012.<br \/>\n<b>15.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., Multiple ion species fluid modeling of sprite halos and the role of electron detachment of O- in their dynamics,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 117, A03308,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2011JA017062\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2011JA017062<\/a>, 2012.\n\t<p><strong>2011 and before<\/strong><\/p>\n<b>14.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., V. P. Pasko, H. C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, and M. G. McHarg, Sprite streamers imaged at different exposure times,\u00a0<i>IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science<\/i>, 39(11), 2710,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TPS.2011.2159517,%C2%A02011\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TPS.2011.2159517,\u00a02011<\/a>.<br \/>\n<b>13.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., Model of sprite streamer luminous trail caused by increasing streamer current,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, L04102,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2009GL042214\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2009GL042214<\/a>, 2010.<br \/>\n<b>12.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N.Y., and V. P. Pasko, NO-gamma emissions from streamer discharges: Direct electron impact excitation versus resonant energy transfer,\u00a0<i>Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics<\/i>, 43, 082001,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/0022-3727\/43\/8\/082001\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/0022-3727\/43\/8\/082001<\/a>, 2010.<br \/>\n<b>11.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., V. P. Pasko, H. Frey, S. Mende, H.-T. Su, A. Chen, R. R. Hsu, and L.-C. Lee, Assessment of sprite initiating electric fields and quenching altitude of a<sup>1<\/sup>P<sub>g\u00a0<\/sub>state of N<sub>2\u00a0<\/sub>using sprite streamer modeling and ISUAL spectrophotometric measurements,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 114, A00E02,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2008JA013735\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2008JA013735<\/a>, 2009.<br \/>\n<b>10.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., V. P. Pasko, K. Adams, H. C. Stenbaek-Nielsen, and M. G. McHarg, Comparison of acceleration, expansion and brightness of sprite streamers obtained from modeling and high-speed video observations,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 114, A00E03,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2008JA013720\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2008JA013720<\/a>, 2009.<br \/>\n<b>9.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., S. Celestin, A. Bourdon, V. P. Pasko, P. Segur, and E. Marode, Photoionization and optical emission effects of positive streamers in air at ground pressure,\u00a0<i>IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science<\/i>,\u00a0<i>36<\/i>(4), 942,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TPS.2008.927088,2008\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TPS.2008.927088,2008<\/a>.<br \/>\n<b>8.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., S. Celestin, A. Bourdon, V. P. Pasko, P. Segur, and E. Marode, Application of photoionization models based on radiative transfer and the Helmholtz equations to studies of streamers in weak electric fields,\u00a0<i>Applied Physics Letters<\/i>, 91, 211501,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1063\/1.2816906\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1063\/1.2816906<\/a>, 2007.<br \/>\n<b>7.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., and V. P. Pasko, Modeling studies of NO-gamma emissions of sprites,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 34, L16103,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2007GL030352\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2007GL030352<\/a>, 2007.<br \/>\n<b>6.<\/b>\u00a0Bourdon, A., V. P. Pasko, N. Y. Liu, S. Celestin, P. Segur, and E. Marode, Efficient models for photoionization produced by non-thermal gas discharges in air based on radiative transfer and Helmholtz equations,\u00a0<i>Plasma Sources Science and Technology<\/i>, 16, 656-678,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/0963-0252\/16\/3\/026\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/0963-0252\/16\/3\/026<\/a>, 2007.<br \/>\n<b>5.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., and V. P. Pasko, Effects of photoionization on similarity properties of streamers at various pressures in air,\u00a0<i>Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics<\/i>, 39, 327-334,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/0022-3727\/39\/2\/013\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1088\/0022-3727\/39\/2\/013<\/a>, 2006.<br \/>\n<b>4.<\/b>\u00a0Moss, G. D., V. P. Pasko, N. Y. Liu, and G. Veronis, Monte Carlo model for analysis of thermal runaway electrons in streamer tips in transient luminous events and streamer zones of lightning leaders,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 111, A02307,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2005JA011350\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2005JA011350<\/a>, 2006.\u00a0<br \/>\n<b>3.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., V. P. Pasko, D. H. Burkhardt, H. Frey, S. Mende, H.-T. Su, A. Chen, R. R. Hsu, L.-C. Lee, H. Fukunishi, and Y. Takahashi, Comparison of results from sprite streamer modeling with spectrophotometric measurements by ISUAL instrument on FORMOSAT-2 satellite,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 33, L01101,<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2005GL024243\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2005GL024243<\/a>, 2006.<br \/>\n<b>2.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., and V. P. Pasko, Molecular nitrogen LBH band system far-UV emissions of sprite streamers,\u00a0<i>Geophysical Research Letters<\/i>, 32, L05104,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2004GL022001\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2004GL022001<\/a>, 2005.<br \/>\n<b>1.<\/b>\u00a0Liu, N. Y., and V. P. Pasko, Effects of photoionization on propagation and branching of positive and negative streamers in sprites,\u00a0<i>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/i>, 109, A04301,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2003JA010064\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2003JA010064<\/a>, 2004.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refereed Journal Papers\u00a0&amp;\u00a0Book Chapters\u00a0 2022 71.\u00a0Liu, N. Y., O. Scholten, J. R. Dwyer, B. M. Hare, C. F. Sterpka, J. N. Tilles, F. D. 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