Xue, Y., R. Huang, and X. Zhou, 1982: Application of Monte Carlo method to remote sensing humidity profile by atmospheric microwave emission. Scientia Sinica (Series B), XXV (6), 646-657.

Wei, C., Y. Xue, X. Zhu, and S. Zou, 1984: Determination of atmospheric precipitate water and humidity profiles by a ground-based 1.35 cm radiometer. Adv. in Atmos Sci., 1 (1), 119-127.

Liou, K.N. and Y. Xue, 1988: Exploration of the remote sounding of infrared cooling rates due to water vapor. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 38, 131-139.

Fennessy, M.J. and Y. Xue 1997: Impact of vegetation map on GCM seasonal simulations over the United States. Ecological Application,7, 22-33.

Goward S.N., Y. Xue, K. Czaykowski, 2002: Evaluating Land Surface Moisture Conditions from Remotely Sensed Temperature/Vegetation Index Measurement: an exploration employing the Simplified Simple Biosphere Model. Remote Sensing of Environment. 79, 225-242.

Li W.-P. and Y. Xue, 2005: Numerical Simulation of the impact of vegetation index on the interannual variation of summer precipitation in the Yellow River Basin. Adv. in Atmos Sci., 22 (1), 865-876.

Kang H.-S., Y. Xue, G. J. Collatz, 2007: Assessment of Satellite-derived Leaf Area Index Datasets using a General Circulation Model: Seasonal Variability. J. Climate., 20, 993-1015.

Li, W.-P, Y. Xue, I. Poccard, 2007: Numerical investigation of the impact of vegetation indices on the variability of West African summer monsoon. Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, 85A, 363-383.

Rian S., Y. Xue, G. M. MacDonald, M. Touré, Y. Yu, F. De Sales, P. A. Levine, S. Doumbia, C. E. Taylor, 2009: Analysis of Climate and Vegetation Characteristics along the Savanna-Desert Ecotone in Mali using MODIS Data.  GIScience and Remote Sensing, 46, Number 4, 424-450.