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Yongsheng Zhang Atmospheric Data Specialist[Past Staff] International Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Email: |
Education
- 1995 - Ph.D. (Climatic Dynamics and Prediction Theory), Institute
of Atmospheric Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ph.D. Dissertation: Study on the mechanism of onset of Asian summer monsoon and abrupt seasonal transitions over Northern Hemisphere.
Supervisors: Dr. Duzheng Ye and Dr. Guoxiong Wu - 1991 - M.S. (Satellite Meteorology), Department of Geophysics, Peking University
- 1988 - B.S. (Meteorology), Department of Geophysics, Peking University
Research Interests
- Variability of the Asian-Australian Monsoon system
- Atmosphere-land-Ocean interactions in the climate change
- Application of the satellite data in climate study
- Atmospheric and oceanographic data management
Scientific Work Experience
- Atmospheric Data Specialist, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu (3/2001 – present)
- Visiting Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii, Honolulu (1/2001 – 2/2001)
- Post Doctoral Fellow, International Pacific
Research Center, SOEST, University of Hawaii,
Honolulu (6/1999 – 12/2000) - Post Doctoral Research Associate, Meteorology
Department, Naval Postgraduate School
(7/1997 – 5/1999) - Assistant Researcher, LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences (12/1995 – 7/1997)
Membership
- American Meteorological Society
- American Geophysical Union
Publications
- Zhang, Y., and T. Li, 2007: Influence of the tropical sea surface temperature in the Indian-Pacific Ocean on the relationship between the South Asian and North Australian summer monsoons. Terrestrial. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, in press.
- Jiang, J. H., S. D. Eckermann, D. L. Wu, K. Hocke, B. Wang, J. Ma, and Y. Zhang, 2005: Seasonal variation of Gravity wave sources from satellite observations. Advance in Space Research, 35, 1925 – 1932.
- Li, Q.B., J.H. Jiang, D.L. Wu, W.G. Read, N.J. Livesey, J.W. Waters,Y.S. Zhang, B. Wang, M.J. Filipiak, C.P. Davis, S. Turquety, S.L. Wu, R.J. Park, R.M. Yantosca, and D.J. Jacob, 2005: Convective outflow of South Asian pollution: A global CTM simulation compared with Aura MLS observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L14826, doi:10.1029/2005GL022762.
- Wang, B., LinHo, Y. Zhang, and M.-M. Lu, 2004: Definition of South China Sea monsoon onset and commencement of East Asia summer monsoon. J. Climate, 17, 699 – 710.
- Zhang, Y., T. Li, and B. Wang, 2004: Decadal change of the spring snow depth over the Tibetan Plateau: The Associated circulation and influence on the East Asian summer monsoon. Journal of Climate, 17, 2780 – 2793.
- Li, T., B. Wang, C.-P. Chang, and Y. Zhang, 2003: A theory for the Indian Ocean dipole-zonal mode. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 2119 – 2135.
- Li, T., and Y. Zhang, 2002: Processes that determine the quasi-biennial and lower-frequency variability of the South Asian monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 1449 – 1163.
- Li, T., Y. Zhang, E. Lu, and D. Wang, 2002: Relative role of dynamic and thermodynamic processes in the development of the Indian Ocean dipole: An OGCM diagnosis. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 (23), 2110, doi:10.1029/2002GL05789.
- Zhang, Y., T. Li, B. Wang, and G. Wu, 2002: Onset of the Summer Monsoon over the Indochina Peninsula: Climatology and Interannual Variations. J. Climate, 15, 3206 – 3221.
- Li, T., Y. Zhang, C.-P. Chang, and B. Wang, 2001: On the relationship between Indian Ocean sea surface temperature and Asian summer monsoon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2843 – 2846.
- Zhang, Y., and S. Jiang, 2000: Retrieval of the tropical divergent wind from OLR and its application in ENSO diagnosis. Act. Meteor. Sin., 14, 61 – 81.
- Chang, C.-P., Y. Zhang, and T. Li, 2000: Interannual and interdecadal variations of the East Asian Summer Monsoon and Tropical Pacific SSTs. Part 1: Role of the subtropical ridge. J. Climate, 13, 4310 – 4325.
- Chang, C.-P., Y. Zhang, and T. Li, 2000: Interannual and interdecadal variations of the East Asian Summer Monsoon and Tropical Pacific SSTs. Part 2: Southeast China rainfall and meridional structure. J. Climate, 13, 4326 – 4340.
- Zhang, Y., and G. Wu, 1999: Diagnostic investigation of the mechanism of the onset of Asian summer monsoon and the abrupt seasonal transitions over Northern Hemisphere. Part I. Act. Meteor. Sin., 56, 513 – 528 (in Chinese).
- Zhang, Y., and R. Wu, 1999: Diagnostic investigation of the mechanism of the onset of Asian summer monsoon and the abrupt seasonal transitions over Northern Hemisphere. Part II. Act. Meteor. Sin., 57, 56 – 73 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Wu G. and Y. Zhang, 1998: Thermal and Mechanical Forcing of the Tibetan Plateau and the Asian Monsoon Onset, Part I: Situating of the onset. Sciential Atmospherica Sinca, 22, 825 – 838 (in Chinese with English abstract).
- Wu, G., and Y. Zhang, 1998: Tibetan Plateau forcing and the situating and timing of the Asian monsoon onset. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 913 – 927.