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Chunxi Zhang Regional Atmospheric Modeling SpecialistInternational Pacific Research Center School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 Phone: (808) 956-3177 Fax: (808) 956-9425 Email: |
Education
- 2007 - Ph.D., Mesoscale Meteorology and Model, 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 - present
- 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
- Zhang, C.X., Y. Wang, A. Lauer, and K. Hamilton, 2012: Configuration and Evaluation of the WRF Model for the Study of Hawaiian Regional Climate. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 3259-3277, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-11-00260.1. IPRC-884.
- Zhang, C.X., Y. Wang, A. Lauer, K. Hamilton, and F. Xie, 2012: Cloud base and top heights in the Hawaiian region determined with satellite and ground-based measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L15706, doi:10.1029/2012GL052355. IPRC-900.
- 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.X., 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.X, 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.X., 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.X, 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.
- Zhang, Q.H., C.X. Zhang, Z.F. Zhang, and Q.L. Wan, 2007: Study on the uncertainty of ensemble forecasting of tropical cyclone. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 50, 701–706.
- Zheng, Y.G., C.X. 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.X. Zhang, 2005: A study on the extratropical transformation of typhoon winnie (1997). Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 22, 730–740.