Publications & Conferences
Publications
Shao, W. D., Mendonça, J., Bhattacharya, A., Li, C., & Dai, L. (2024). Spatial Variabilities of SO2 and H2O Explained by a Cloud-Chemistry General Circulation Model. In preparation.
Shao, W. D., Dai, L., & Mendonça, J. (2024). SO2 Decadal Variations: Is the Solar Cycle a Potential Cause? In preparation.
Shao, W. D., Mendonça, J., & Dai, L. (2023). Three-Dimensional Venus Cloud Structure Simulated by a General Circulation Model. Under review of JGR-Planets.
Dai, L., Shao, W.D., Gu, H. & Sheng, Z. (2023). Determination of the Eddy Diffusion in the Venus Clouds from the VeRa Sulfuric Acid Observations. In press under The Astrophysical Journal.
Encrenaz, T., Greathouse, T. K., Giles, R., Widemann, T., Bézard, B., Lefèvre, M. & Shao, W. (2023). HDO and SO$_{2}$ thermal mapping on Venus. VI. Anomalous SO$_{2}$ behavior during late 2021. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 674, A199.
Dai, L., Zhang, X., Shao, W. D., Bierson, C. J., & Cui, J. (2022). A Simple Condensation Model for the H2SO4-H2O Gas-cloud System on Venus. JGR-Planets, under review.
Shao, W. D., Zhang, X., Mendonça, J., & Encrenaz, T. (2022). Local-time Dependence of Chemical Species in the Venusian Mesosphere. The Planetary Science Journal, 3(1), 3.
Shao, W. D., & Nimmo, F. (2021). An Investigation of Libration Heating and the Thermal State of Enceladus’s Ice Shell. Icarus, 114769.
Encrenaz, T., Greathouse, T. K., Marcq, E., Sagawa, H., Widemann, T., Bézard, B., ... & Bierson, C. J. (2020). HDO and SO2 thermal mapping on Venus-V. Evidence for a long-term anti-correlation. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 639, A69.
Shao, W. D., Zhang, X., Bierson, C. J., & Encrenaz, T. (2020). Revisiting the sulfur‐water chemical system in the middle atmosphere of Venus. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125(8), e2019JE006195.
Li, R., Shao, W., Guo, J., Fu, Y., Wang, Y., Liu, G., ... & Li, W. (2019). A simplified algorithm to estimate latent heating rate using vertical rainfall profiles over the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(2), 942-963.
Invited Talks
Shao, W. D. et al. (2023). Dynamics, photochemistry and clouds in the Venus Atmosphere. Seminar at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Shao, W. D. et al. (2023). Variabilities of the Venus Atmosphere and Their Importance for Future Missions. 2023 International Conference of Deep Space Sciences. University of Science and Technology of China.
Shao, W. D. et al. (2023). Clouds, Dynamics and Photochemistry in the Venus Atmosphere. Forum at National University of Defense Technology.
Shao, W. D. et al. (2022). Photochemistry, Dynamics and Clouds in the Venus Atmosphere. Seminar at University of Science and Technology of China.
Conferences
Shao, W. D., Mendonca, J., Dai, L. (2023). Cloud Structure on Venus Simulated by a General-Circulation Model. Annual Meeting of Chinese Geoscience Union 2023. CGS, CSSR & BGP.
Shao, W. D., Mendonca, J. (2023). Three-dimensional Cloud Structure on Venus Enlightened by a General-Circulation Model. 2023 International EnVision Venus science workshop. ESA, NASA & DLR
Shao, W. D., Mendonca, J., Dai, L. (2023). Variabilities of Clouds and Chemistry in the Venus Atmosphere. Planet ESLAB 2023. ESA-ESTEC in the Netherlands.
Shao, W. D., Wang, Z., Fields, M., & Yang, D. (2022). Vapor Buoyancy and Climate Stability in a Tidally Locked Planet. Rossbypalooza 2022. University of Chicago
Shao, W. D., & Nimmo, F. (2022). The Effect of Libration Heating on the Thermal State of Enceladus's Ice Shell. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).
Shao, W. et al. (2021). Using cloud-top chemical species to constrain the surface process, atmospheric dynamics and cloud formation on Venus. In AGU Fall Meeting 2021. AGU.
Shao, W., Dai, L., Zhang, X., Bierson, C. J., & Cui, J. (2021). The Cloud Structure on Venus Envisioned by a Self-consistent Cloud Condensation Model. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting (DPS).
Shao, W. D., & Nimmo, F. (2021). Libration Heating and the Thermal State of Enceladus's Ice Shell. In Europlanet Science Congress (EPSC).
Shao, W., Zhang, X., Bierson, C. J., & Encrenaz, T. (2020). Trace species variations enlightened by chemical-transport models in the middle atmosphere of Venus. In AGU Fall Meeting 2020. AGU.
Shao, W., Zhang, X., & Bierson, C. J. (2020). Co-evolution of SO2 and H2O in the Venus atmosphere. In Bay Area Planetary Science. Stanford University.
Shao, W., Zhang, X., & Bierson, C. J. (2019). Revisit the sulfur-water chemical system in the middle atmosphere of Venus. In AGU Fall Meeting 2019. AGU.
Shao, W., Li, R., & Guo, J. (2017). Latent heating retrieval over the Tibetan Plateau using the profiles of precipitation rate. In Summer Workshop 2017. The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Shao, W., Li, R., & Guo, J. (2016). An investigation of the correlation between latent heating and the vertical lapse rate of precipitation. The Third Graduate Student Forum for Global Change. Peking University.