Curriculum Vitae

GUANG J. ZHANG

 

Center for Atmospheric Sciences

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

University of California at San Diego

La Jolla CA 92093-0221

Tel: (858) 534-7535

E-Mail: gzhang@ucsd.edu

 

Education:

Ph.D.               University of Toronto, 1989

M.Sc.               University of Toronto, 1985

B. Sc.               Nanking Institute of Meteorology, 1982

 

Professional Experience:

2002—present:            Research Meteorologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.

1998—2002:                           Associate Research Meteorologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.

1992—1998:                           Assistant Research Meteorologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego.

1991—1992:                           Research Scientist I, Canadian Climate Center, Atmospheric Environment Service, Environment Canada.

1989—1991:                           Canadian Climate Center, on Visiting Fellowship to Government Laboratories from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

1983—1989:                           Graduate Research Assistant, University of Toronto.

 

Membership of Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union

American Meteorological Society

 

Research Interests:

Convective parameterization; convective momentum transport; global and regional climate modeling; cloud and condensation parameterization; tropical air-sea interaction.

 

Publications in Refereed Journals:

·        Zhang, G. J. and H. R. Cho, 1991: Parameterization of the vertical transport of momentum by cumulus clouds. Part I: Theory. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 1483-1492.

·        Zhang, G. J. and H. R. Cho, 1991: Parameterization of the vertical transport of momentum by cumulus clouds. Part II: Application. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 2448-2457.

·        Zhang, G. J. and N. A. McFarlane, 1991: Convective stabilization in midlatitudes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 1915-1928.

·        Zhang, G. J., 1994: Effects of cumulus convection on the simulated monsoon circulation in a general circulation model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 2022-2038.

·        Zhang, G. J. and N. A. McFarlane, 1995: Role of convective-scale momentum transport in climate simulation. J. Geophy. Res., 100, 1417-1426.

·        Zhang, G. J. and M. J. McPhaden, 1995: The relationship between sea surface temperature and latent heat flux in the equatorial Pacific. J. Climate, 8, 589-605.

·        Ramanathan, V., B. Subasilar, G. J. Zhang, W. Conant, R.D. Cess, J.T. Kiehl, H. Grassl, and L. Shi, 1995: Warm pool heat budget and shortwave cloud forcing: A missing physics?, Science, 267, 499-503.

·        Zhang, G. J., 1995: The sensitivity of surface energy balance to convective parameterization in a general circulation model. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 1370-1382.

·        Zhang, G. J. and N.A. McFarlane, 1995: Sensitivity of climate simulations to the parameterization of cumulus convection in the Canadian Climate Centre general circulation model. Atmosphere-Ocean, 33, 407-446.

·        Zhang, G. J., V. Ramanathan, and M.J. McPhaden, 1995: Convection-evaporation feedback in the equatorial Pacific. J. Climate, 8, 3040-3051.

·        Zhang, G. J., 1995: Use of monthly mean data to compute surface turbulent fluxes in the tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 8, 3084-3090.

·        Zhang, G. J., and R. L. Grossman, 1996: Surface evaporation during the Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment: A climate scale perspective. J. Climate, 9, 2522-2537.

·        Zhang, G. J., 1997: A further study on estimating surface evaporation using monthly mean data: Comparison of bulk formulations. J. Climate, 10, 1592-1600.

·        Collins, W. D., J. Wang, J. T. Kiehl, G.J. Zhang, D. I. Cooper, and W. E. Eichinger, 1997: Comparison of tropical ocean-atmosphere fluxes with the NCAR Community Climate Model CCM3. J. Climate, 10, 3047-3058.

·        Zhang, G. J., J. T. Kiehl, and P. J. Rasch, 1998: Response of climate simulation to a new convective parameterization in the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model (CCM3). J. Climate, 11, 2097-2115.

·        Tsintikidis, D., and G. J. Zhang, 1998: A numerical study on the coupling between sea surface temperature and surface evaporation. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 31,763-31,774.

·        Zhang, G. J., D. Zurovac-Jevtic, and E. R. Boer, 1999: Spatial Characteristics of the tropical cloud systems: Comparison between model simulation and satellite observations. Tellus, 51A, 922-936.

·        Tian, B, G. J. Zhang, and V. Ramanathan, 2001: Heat balance in the warm pool atmosphere during TOGA COARE and CEPEX. J. Climate, 14, 1881-1893.

·        Zhang, G. J., and M. Guo, 2001: Preliminary evaluation of a revised Zhang-McFarlane convection scheme using the NCAR CCM3 GCM. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 18, 710-717.

·        Zhang, G. J., 2002: Convective quasi-equilibrium in midlatitude continental environment and its effect on convective parameterization, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D14), 4220, doi:10.1029/2001JD001005.

·        Xie, S.-C., R. Cederwall, K.-M. Xu, and co-authors (G. J. Zhang), 2002: Intercomparison and evaluation of cumulus parameterizations under summertime midlatitude continental conditions. Q. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 128, 1095-1136.

·        Zurovac-Jevtic, D., and G. J. Zhang, 2003: Development and test of a cirrus parameterization scheme using NCAR CCM3. J. Atmos. Sci. 60, 1325-1344.

·        Zhang, G. J., and X. Wu, 2003: Convective momentum transport and perturbation pressure field in a cloud-resolving model simulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 1120-1139.

·        Zhang, G. J., 2003: Lagrangian study of cloud properties and their relationships to meteorological parameters in the U.S. Southern Great Plains. J. Climate, 16, 2700-2716.

·        Zhang, G. J., 2003: Convective quasi-equilibrium in the tropical western Pacific: Comparison with midlatitude continental environment. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D19), 4592, doi:10.1029/2003JD003520.

·        Wu, X., X.-Z. Liang, and G. J. Zhang, 2003: Seasonal migration of ITCZ precipitation across the equator: Why can’t GCMs simulate it. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, 1824, doi:10.1029/2003GL017198.

·        Zhang, G. J., 2003: Roles of tropospheric and boundary layer forcing in the diurnal cycle of convection in the U.S. Southern Great Plains. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30(24), 2281, doi:10.1029/2003GL018554.

·        Zhang, G. J., 2004: Parameterization of convection in global climate models. In “Observations, Theory, and Modeling of Atmospheric and Oceanic Variability”, World Scientific Series on Meteorology of East Asia. Vol. III, Eds. X. Zhu et al.

·        Chung, C. E., and G. J. Zhang, 2004: Impact of absorbing aerosol on precipitation: Dynamic aspects in association with CAPE and convective parameterization closure, and dependence on aerosol heating profile. J. Geophys. Res.,109, D22103, doi:10.1029/2004JD004726.

·        Xie, S.-C., M.-H. Zhang, M. Branson, and co-authors (G. J. Zhang), 2005: Simulation of midlatitude frontal clouds by single-column and cloud-resolving models during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement March 2000 cloud intensive operational period. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D15S03, doi:10.1029/2004JD005119.

·        Zhang, G. J., and M. Mu, 2005: Effects of modifications to the Zhang-McFarlane convection parameterization on the simulation of the tropical precipitation in the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model , version 3. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D09109, doi:10.1029/2004JD005617..

·        Zhang, G. J., and M. Mu, 2005: Simulation of the Madden-Julian oscillation in the NCAR CCM3 using a revised Zhang-McFarlane convection parameterization scheme. J. Climate, in press.

·        Collier, J. C., and G. J. Zhang, 2005: The sensitivity of CCM3 simulation of the North American Monsoon to convective parameterization. J. Climate, Submitted.