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Chunxi Zhang Regional Atmospheric Modeling Specialist[Past Staff] International Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Email: Webpage: http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/users/chunxi/ |
Education
- 2007 - Ph.D., Mesoscale Meteorology and Numerical Modeling, Department of Atmospheric Science, Physics School, Peking University, Beijing, China
- 2002 - B.S., Computer Science and Technology, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
Research Interests
- Regional climate change
- Numerical modeling and physics schemes
- Synoptic and mesoscale weather analysis
- Cold vortices dynamics and climatology
- Hail dynamics and climatology
Research and Professional Experience
- Regional Atmospheric Modeling Specialist, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, January 2013 – June 2017
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, October 2009 – December 2012
- Postdoctoral Position at Shanghai Meteorological Bureau, August 2007 – July 2009
- Teaching Assistant, Weather and Forecasting, Department of Atmospheric Science, Peking University, September 2005 – January 2006
- Research Assistant, Modeling on Binary Typhoons, Institute for the Environment/ Environmental Central Facility, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, September 2004 – March 2005
- Teaching Assistant, Methods for Calculation, Physics School, Peking University, 2003
Refereed Publications
- Sakazaki, T., K. Hamilton, C. Zhang, and Y. Wang, 2017: Is there a stratospheric pacemaker controlling the daily cycle of tropical rainfall? Geophys. Res. Lett., 44 (4), 1998-2006, doi:10.1002/2017GL072549. IPRC-1238.
- Zhang, C., and Y. Wang, 2017: Projected Future Changes of Tropical Cyclone Activity over the western North and South Pacific in a 20-km-Mesh Regional Climate Model. J. Climate, 30 (15), 5923-5941, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0597.1. IPRC-1251.
- Zhang, C., K. Hamilton, and Y. Wang, 2017: Monitoring and projecting snow on Hawaii Island. Earth's Future, 5 (5), 436-448, doi:10.1002/2016EF000478. IPRC-1248.
- Osprey, S.M., N. Butchart, J.R. Knight, A.A. Scaife, K. Hamilton, J.A. Anstey, V. Schenzinger, and C. Zhang, 2016: An unexpected disruption of the atmospheric quasi-biennial oscillation. Science, 353 (6306), 1424-1427, doi:10.1126/science.aah4156. IPRC-1216.
- Zhang, C., Y. Wang, K. Hamilton, and A. Lauer, 2016: Dynamical downscaling of the climate for the Hawaiian Islands. Part I: Present-day. J. Climate, 29 (8), 3027-3048, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0432.1. IPRC-1175.
- Zhang, C., Y. Wang, K. Hamilton, and A. Lauer, 2016: Dynamical Downscaling of the Climate for the Hawaiian Islands. Part II: Projection for the Late 21st Century. J. Climate, 29 (23), 8333-8354, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0038.1. IPRC-1207.
- Miyazaki, K., H.J. Eskes, K. Sudo, and C. Zhang, 2014: Global lightning NOx production estimated by an assimilation of multiple satellite datasets. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 3277-3305, doi:10.5194/acp-14-3277-2014. IPRC-1046.
- Lauer, A., C. Zhang, O. Elison Timm, Y. Wang, and K. Hamilton, 2013: Downscaling of climate change in the Hawaii region using CMIP5 results: On the choice of the forcing fields. J. Climate, 26 (24), 10006-10030, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00126.1. IPRC-996.
- Zhang, C., Y. Wang, and K. Hamilton, 2011: Improved representation of boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific in WRF-ARW using a modified Tiedtke cumulus parameterization scheme. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 3489-3513.
- Zhang, C., Q.H. Zhang, and Y.Q. Wang, 2008: Climatology Of Hail in China: 1961-2005. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 795-804.
- Zhang, C. Q.H. Zhang, Y.Q. Wang, and X.D. Liang: Climatology of Cold Vortex in East Asia: 1979-2005. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 100, 291-301.
- Zhang, C., and P.J. Zhu, 2005: A Study to the Trigger Mechanism and Unstable Conditions of Spring Heavy Rainfall with Numerical Simulation. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 41, 746-753.
- Zhang, C. Y.C. Wang, L. Wang, Q.L. Ding, and Z.Y. Tao, 2008: High Resolution Satellite Image of a Very Short Range Torrential Rain. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 44, 746-749.
- Zheng, Y.G., C. Zhang, C. Jong, M.X. Chen, and Y.C. Wang, 2007: Climatic Background of Warm-Season Convective Weather in North China Based on the NCEP Analysis. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 43, 600-608.
- Zhu, P.J., Y.G. Zheng, and C. Zhang, 2005: A study on the extratropical transformation of Typhoon Winnie (1997). Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 22, 730-740.