Publications

Group members’ names are in bold.

Accepted

  1. Y. Wang, C. Y. Lai, “Multi-stage neural networks: Function approximator of machine precision,” J. Comput. Phys., 504, 112865 (2024). doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2024.112865

Under review

  1. C. Y. Lai, P. Hassanzadeh, A. Sheshadri, M. Sonnewald, R. Ferrari, V. Balaji, “Machine learning for climate physics and simulations” invited review article in Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2404.13227

  2. Y. Wang, C. Y. Lai, D. Prior, C. Cowen-Breen, “Deep learning the flow law of Antarctic Ice Shelves” (previous version posted in Nov 2022: doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2135795/v1)

  3. Y. Meng, C. Y. Lai, R. Culberg, M. Shahin, L. Stearns, J. Burton, K. Nissanka, “Seasonal changes of mélange thickness coincide with Greenland calving dynamics,” doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3893234/v1

  4. N. B. Coffey, C. Y. Lai, Y. Wang, W. R. Buck, T. Surawy-Stepney, A. E. Hogg, “Theoretical stability of ice shelf basal crevasses with a vertical temperature profile,” doi.org/10.22541/essoar.169945580.00204993/v1

  5. N. C. Shibley, C. Y. Lai, R. Culberg, “How to infer ocean freezing rates on icy satellites from measurements of ice thickness,” doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.02404

  6. Y. Meng*, R. Culberg*, C. Y. Lai, “Vulnerability of firn to hydrofracture: Poromechanics modeling,” doi.org/10.31223/X5D085
    *Equally Contributed

Published

  1. R. Eusebi, G. A. Vecchi, C. Y. Lai, M. Tong, “Realistic tropical cyclone wind and pressure fields can be reconstructed from sparse data using deep learning,” Commun. Earth Environ., 5, 8 (2024). doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01144-2

  2. Y. Iwasaki, C. Y. Lai, “1D ice shelf hardness inversion: Clustering behavior and collocation resampling in physics-informed neural networks,” J. Comput. Phys., 492, 112435 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2023.112435

  3. Y. Wang, C. Y. Lai, J. Gomez-Serrano, T. Buckmaster, “Asymptotic self-similar blow-up profile for three-dimensional axisymmetric Euler equations using neural networks," Phys. Rev. Lett., 130, 244002 (2023). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.244002

  4. J. Lockwood, N Lin, M. Oppenheimer, C. Y. Lai, “Using neural networks to predict hurricane storm surge and to assess the sensitivity of surge to storm characteristics," J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD037617 (2022). doi:10.1029/2022JD037617

  5. N. Coffey, D. R. MacAyeal, L. Copland, D. Mueller, O. V. Sergienko, A. F. Banwell, C. Y. Lai, “Enigmatic surface rolls of the Ellesmere Ice Shelf,” J. Glaciol., 1–12 (2022). doi:10.1017/jog.2022.3

  6. D. L. Chase, C. Y. Lai, H. A. Stone, “Relaxation of a fluid-filled blister on a porous substrate,” Phys. Rev. Fluids, 6, 084101 (2021). doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.084101 (Editors’ Suggestion)

  7. [PDF] C. Y. Lai, L. A. Stevens, D. L. Chase, T. T. Creyts, M. D. Behn, S. B. Das, H. A. Stone, “Hydraulic transmissivity inferred from ice-sheet relaxation following Greenland supraglacial lake drainages," Nature Communications, 12, 3955 (2021). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24186-6

  8. [PDF] W. R. Buck and C. Y. Lai, “Flexural control of basal crevasse opening under ice shelves," Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL093110 (2021). doi: 10.1029/2021GL093110

  9. S. Shim, S. Khodaparast, C. Y. Lai, J. Yan, J. T. Ault, B. Rallabandi, O. Shardt, H. A. Stone, “CO2-driven diffusiophoresis for maintaining a bacteria-free surface," Soft matter, 17, 2568–2576 (2021). doi:10.1039/D0SM02023K

  10. [PDF] C. Y. Lai, J. Kingslake, M. Wearing, P.-H. Cameron Chen, P. Gentine, H. Li, J. Spergel, J. M. van Wessem, “Vulnerability of Antarctica’s ice shelves to meltwater-driven fracture," Nature, 584, 574–578 (2020). doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2627-8  

  11. [PDF] C. Y. Lai, J. Eggers, and L. Deike, “Bubble bursting: universal cavity and jet profiles," Phys. Rev. Lett., 121, 144501 (2018). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.144501

  12. [PDF] C. Y. Lai, B. Rallabandi, A. Perazzo, Z. Zheng, S. Smiddy, and H. A. Stone “Foam-driven fracture," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 201808068 (2018). doi: 10.1073/pnas.1808068115

  13. [PDF] H. S. Rabbani, D. Or, Y. Liu, C. Y. Lai, N. Lu, S. S. Datta, H. A. Stone, and N. Shokri, “Suppressing viscous fingering in structured porous media,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 201800729 (2018). doi: 10.1073/pnas.1800729115

  14. [PDF] C. Y. Lai, Z. Zheng, E. Dressaire, G. Ramon, H. E. Huppert, H. A. Stone, “Elastic relaxation of fluid-driven cracks and the resulting backflow," Phys. Rev. Lett., 117, 268001 (2016). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.268001

  15. [PDF] C. Y. Lai, Z. Zheng, E. Dressaire, H. A. Stone, “Fluid-driven crack in an elastic matrix in the toughness-dominated limit," Philos. Trans. R. Soc. A, 374, 20150425 (2016). doi: 10.1098/rsta.2015.0425  

  16. [PDF] C. Y. Lai, Z. Zheng, E. Dressaire, J. Wexler, H. A. Stone, “Experimental study on penny-shaped fluid-driven cracks in an elastic matrix," Proc. R. Soc. A, 471, 20150255 (2015). doi: 10.1098/rspa.2015.0255

  17. [PDF] J. C. Tsai, C. Y. Tao, Y. C. Sun, C. Y. Lai, K. H. Huang, W. T. Juan, and J. R. Huang, “Vortex-induced morphology on a two-fluid interface and the transitions," Phys. Rev. E, 92, 031002(R) (2015). doi: 10.1103/Phys-RevE.92.031002

Policy-related

  1. [PDF] G. Davies*, R. Edwards*, C. Y. Lai*, B. Perry*, and K. Spokas*, “Institutional Emissions and Energy Planning: Understanding the interactions between carbon accounting, institutional goal setting, and energy procurement," published by the Princeton Environmental Institute at Princeton University (2019).

*Equally Contributed