Refereed Publications

1. H.-K. Chang, T. Guo, M.-C. Liang, C. Ho, Determining Emission Location and Mechanisms of High Energy Emission from Pulsars -- the Role of INTEGRAL, Astrophysical Letters and Communications, 38, 53, 1999.

2. Liang, M.C.; Geballe, T.R.; Lo, K.Y.; Kim, D.-C., Infrared Line Emission in the Interacting Region of Arp 244 (the Antennae): Colliding Molecular Cloud Complexes?, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 546, 59, 2001. (.html; .pdf)

3. Blake, G.A., Liang M.C., Morgan C.G., and Yung Y.L., A Born-Oppenheimer photolysis model of N2O fractionation, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(12) 1656, doi:10.129/2003GL016932, 2003. (.html; .pdf)

4. Liang, Mao-Chang; Parkinson, Christopher D.; Lee, Anthony Y.-T.; Yung, Yuk L.; Seager, Sara, Source of Atomic Hydrogen in the Atmosphere of HD 209458b, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 596, 247, 2003. (.html; .pdf)

5. Morgan, C., M. Allen, M.C. Liang, R.L. Shia, G.A. Blake, and Y.L. Yung, Isotopic Fractionation of Atmospheric Nitrous Oxide, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(D4), D04305, 2004. (.html; .pdf)

6. Liang, Mao-Chang; Seager, Sara; Parkinson, Christopher D.; Lee, Anthony Y.-T.; Yung, Yuk L., On the Insignificance of Photochemical Hydrocarbon Aerosols in the Atmospheres of Close-in Extrasolar Giant Planets, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 605, 61, 2004. (.html; .pdf)

7. Liang, Mao-Chang, Blake, Geoffrey A., and Yung, Yuk L., A Semi-Analytic Model for Photo-Induced Isotopic Fractionation in Simple Molecules, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(D10), D10308, 2004. (.html; .pdf) [predicted isotopic fractionation using this MZPE model]

8. Yung, Yuk L., Liang, Mao-Chang, Blake, Geoffrey A., Richard P. Muller, and Charles E. Miller, Evidence for O-Atom Exchange in the O(1D)+N2O Reaction as the Source of Mass-Independent Isotopic Fractionation in Atmospheric N2O, Geophysical Research Letters, 31(19) 19106, doi: 10.1029/2004GL020950, 2004. (.html; .pdf)

9. Liang, Mao-Chang, Benjamin F. Lane Robert T. Pappalardo, Mark Allen, and Yung, Yuk L., Atmosphere of Callisto, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110(E2) E02003, 10.1029/2004JE00232, 2005. (.html; .pdf)

10. Yung, Yuk L., Liang, Mao-Chang, Blake, Geoffrey A., Richard P. Muller, and Charles E. Miller,  Reply to comment by Röckmann & Kaiser on “Evidence for O-Atom Exchange in the O(1D) + N2O Reaction as the Source of Mass-Independent Isotopic Fractionation in Atmospheric N2O” by Yung et al., Geophysical Research Letters, 32(11), L11105 10.1029/2005GL022509, 2005. (.html; .pdf) [Röckmann & Kaiser’s comment: (.html; .pdf)]

11. Charles E. Miller, Robert M. Onorato, Mao-Chang Liang, and Yuk L. Yung, Extraordinary Isotopic Fractionation in Ozone Photolysis, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(14), L14815, 10.1029/2005GL023317, 2005. (.html; .pdf)

12. Zhi-Qiang, Shen, K. Y. Lo, M.-C. Liang, Paul T. P. Ho & J.-H. Zhao, A size of ~1 AU for the radio source Sgr A* at the center of the Milky Way , Nature, 438(3), 62, 2005. (.html; .pdf)

13. Mao-Chang Liang, Run-Lie Shia, Anthony Y.-T. Lee, Mark Allen, A. James Friedson, and Yuk L. Yung, Meridional Transport in the Stratosphere of Jupiter, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 635, L177, 2005. (.html; .pdf)

14. Mao-Chang Liang, Fredrick W. Irion, Jason D. Weibel, Charles E. Miller, Geoffrey A. Blake, and Yuk L. Yung, Isotopic Composition of Stratospheric Ozone, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D02302, doi:10.1029/2005JD006342, 2006. (.html; .pdf)

15. Run-Lie Shia, Mao-Chang Liang, Charles E. Miller, and Yuk L. Yung, CO2 in the Upper Troposphere: Influence of Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L14814, doi:10.1029/2006GL026141, 2006. (.html; .pdf)

16. Cheng, B.-M, Lu, H.-C., Chen, H.-K., Bahou, M., Lee, Y.-P., Mebel, A. M., Liang, M.-C., & Yung, Y. L., Absorption Cross Sections of NH3, NH2D, NHD2, and ND3 in the Spectral Range 140-220 nm and its Implication for Planetary Isotopic Fractionation, Astrophysical Journal, 647, 1535, 2006. (.html; .pdf)

17. Mao-Chang Liang, Hyman Hartman, Robert E. Kopp, Joseph L. Kirschvink, and Yuk L. Yung, Production of Hydrogen Peroxide in the Atmosphere of a Snowball Earth and the Origin of Oxygenic Photosynthesis, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10.1073/pnas.0608839103, 2006. (.html; .pdf)

18. Mao-Chang Liang, Geoffrey A. Blake, Brenton R. Lewis, and Yuk L. Yung, Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Carbon Dioxide in the Middle Atmosphere, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 10.1073/pnas.0610009104, 2007. (.html; .pdf)

19. Giovanna Tinetti, Mao-Chang Liang, Alfred Vidal-Madjar, David Ehrenreich, Alain Lecavelier des Etangs dows, Yuk L. Yung, Infrared Transmission Spectra for Extrasolar Giant Planets, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 654, L99, 2007. (.html; .pdf)

20. Christopher D. Parkinson, Mao-Chang Liang, Hyman Hartman, Candice J. Hansen, Giovanna Tinetti, Victoria Meadows, Yuk L. Yung, Enceladus: Cassini Observations and Implications for the Search of Life, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 463, 353, 2007. (.html; .pdf)

21. Mao-Chang Liang, Bing-Ming Cheng, Hsiao-Chi Lu, Hong-Kai Chen, M. S. Alam, Yuan-Pern Lee, Yuk L. Yung, Isotopic Fractionation of Nitrogen in Ammonia in the Troposphere of Jupiter, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 657, L117, 2007. (.html; .pdf)

22. Mao-Chang Liang, Yuk L. Yung, and Donald E. Shemansky, Photolytically Generated Aerosols in the Mesosphere and Thermosphere of Titan, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 661, L199, 2007. (.html; .pdf)

23. Mao-Chang Liang and Yuk L. Yung, Sources of Oxygen Isotopic Anomaly in Atmospheric N2O, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D13307, doi:10.1029/2006JD007876, 2007. (.html; .pdf) (6-year steady-state model outputs)

24. Giovanna Tinetti, Alfred Vidal-Madjar, Mao-Chang Liang, Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, Yuk Yung, Sean Carey, Robert J. Barber, Jonathan Tennyson, Ignasi Ribas, Nicole Allard, Gilda E. Ballester, Roger Ferlet, David K. Sing, & Franck Selsis, Water vapour in the atmosphere of a transiting extrasolar planet, Nature, 448, 169, 2007. (.html; .pdf)

25. Mao-Chang Liang, Alan N. Heays, Stephen T. Gibson, Brenton R. Lewisand Yuk L. Yung, Source of Nitrogen Isotope Anomaly in HCN in the Atmosphere of Titan, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2007, 664, L115, 2007. (.html; .pdf).

26. Mao-Chang Liang, Geoffrey A. Blake, and Yuk L. Yung, Seasonal Cycle of C16O16O, C16O17O, and C16O18O in the Middle Atmosphere: : Implications for mesospheric dynamics and biogeochemical sources and sinks of CO2, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D12305, doi:10.1029/2007JD008392, 2008. (.html; .pdf) (2000-2004 model outputs)

27. Christopher D. Parkinson, Amy C. Barr, Mao-Chang Liang, and Yuk L. Yung, Habitability of Enceladus: Planetary Conditions for Life, Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 38(4), doi: 10.1007/s11084-008-9135-4, 355-369, 2008. (.html; .pdf)

28. Mao-Chang Liang, King-Fai Li, Run-Lie Shia, and Yuk L. Yung, Short-period solar cycle signals in the ionosphere observed by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L15818, doi:10.1029/2008GL034433, 2008. (.html; .pdf)

29. Li Zhou, Ralf I. Kaiser, Li Gyun Gao, Agnes H. H. Chang, Mao-Chang Liang, and Yuk L. Yung, Pathways to Oxygen-Bearing Molecules in the Interstellar Medium and in Planetary Atmospheres: Cyclopropenone (c-C3H2O) and Propynal (HCCCHO), 2008, Astrophysical Journal, in press

30. V. S. Meadows, G. Orton, M. Line, M.-C. Liang, Y. L. Yung, J. Van Cleve, M. Burgdorf, First Spitzer Observations of Neptune: Detection of New Hydrocarbons, 2008, Icarus, accepted.

31. Xun Jiang, Qinbin Li, Mao-Chang Liang, Run-Lie Shia, Moustafa T. Chahine, Edward T. Olsen, Luke L. Chen, Jame Randerson, and Yuk L. Yung, Simulation of Upper Tropospheric CO2 From Two-dimensional and Three-dimensional Chemistry and Transport Models, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2008, accepted.

 

 

32. Mao-Chang Liang and Yuk L. Yung, Modeling the Distribution of H2O and HDO in the Upper Atmosphere of Venus, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008, submitted

33. Yuk L. Yung, M. C. Liang, X. Jiang, C. Lee, B. Bezard and E. Marcq, Modeling the Distribution of OCS in the Lower Atmosphere of Venus, Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008, submitted

34. Mao-Chang Liang, J. Tang, Zunyu Chan, X. D. Zheng, and Yuk L. Yung, Signature of Stratospheric Air at the Tibetan Plateau, 2008, Geophysical Research Letters, submitted

 

 

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