Chinese Institutions

Dr. Renhe Zhang

Dr. Renhe Zhang

Vice-Chair, Science and Technology Committee of China Meteorological Administration

Research Expertise: Large-scale tropical air-sea interaction; Variability of the Asian monsoon

Publications:

Li, L., R. Zhang*, and M. Wen, 2014: Diurnal variation in the occurrence frequency of the Tibetan Plateau vortices. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., doi: 10.1007/s00703-014-0325-5

Wei, W., R. Zhang*, M. Wen, X. Rong, and T. Li, 2014: Impact of Indian summer monsoon on the South Asian High and its influence on summer rainfall over China. Clim. Dyn., DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1938-y

Liu L., R. Zhang*, and Z. Zuo, Intercomparison of spring soil moisture among multiple reanalysis datasets over eastern China. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119 (2014), 54-64

Zuo, Z., S. Yang, R. Zhang, P. Jiang, L. Zhang, and F. Wang, Long-term variations of broad-scale Asian summer monsoon circulation and possible causes. J. Climate. 15 (2013), 8947-8961

Zhang, R.*, T. Koike, X. Xu, Y. Ma, and K. Yang, A China-Japan cooperative JICA atmospheric observing network over the Tibetan Plateau (JICA/Tibet Project): An overviews. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90C (2012), 1-16

Zuo, Z., R. Zhang, B. Wu, and X. Rong, Decadal variability in springtime snow over Eurasia: Relation with circulation and possible influence on springtime rainfall over China. Int. J. Climatol., 32 (2012), 1336-1345

Liang, H., R. Zhang, J. Liu, Z. Sun, and X. Cheng, Estimation of Hourly Solar Radiation at the Surface under Cloudless Conditions. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 29 (2012), 675-689

Zuo, Z., R. Zhang, and B. Wu, Inter-decadal variations of springtime rainfall over southern China mainland for 1979–2004 and its relationship with Eurasian snow. Sci. China Earth Sci., 55 (2012), 271–278

Zhang, R.*, and Z. Zuo, Impact of Spring Soil Moisture on Surface Energy Balance and Summer Monsoon Circulation over East Asia and Precipitation in East China. J. Climate, 24 (2011), 3309–3322

Li, L., R. Zhang*, and M. Wen, Diagnostic analysis of the evolution mechanism for a vortex over the Tibetan Plateau in June 2008. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 28 (2011), 797-808

Zhang, R.*, Y. Ni, L. Liu, Y. Luo, and Y. Wang, South China heavy rainfall experiments (SCHeREX). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 89A (2011), 153-166

Zuo, Z., R. Zhang, and P. Zhao, The relation of vegetation over the Tibetan Plateau to rainfall in China during the boreal summer. Clim. Dyn., 36 (2011), 1207-1219

Zhang, R.*, and S. Zhou, Air temperature changes over the Tibetan Plateau and other regions in the same latitudes and the role of ozone depletion. Acta Meteor. Sinica, 23 (2009), 290-299

Zhang, R.*, B. Wu, P. Zhao, and J. Han, The decadal shift of the summer climate in the Late 1980s over eastern China and its possible causes. Acta Meteor. Sinica, 22 (2008), 435-445

Xu, X., R. Zhang, T. Koike, C. Lu, X. Shi, S. Zhang, L. Bian, X. Cheng, P. Li, and G. Ding, A new integrated observational system over the Tibetan Plateau. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89 (2008), 1492–1496

Zhou, S., and R. Zhang*，Decadal variations of temperature and geopotential height over the Tibetan Plateau and their relations with Tibet ozone depletion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (2005), L18705, doi: 10.1029/2005GL023496

Dr. Yaoming Ma

Deputy Director General and Professor of Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Expertise: Atmospheric boundary layer observation and satellite remote sensing application

Publications:

Ma, Y., Z. Zhu, L. Zhong, B.Wang, C. Han, Z.Wang, Y.Wang, L. Lu, P. M. Amatya1,W. Ma, and Z. Hu, 2014, Combining MODIS, AVHRR and in situ data for evapotranspiration estimation over heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 1507–1515, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/14/1507/2014/doi:10.5194/acp-14-1507-2014

Ma, Y., C.Han,L.Zhong,B. Wang, Z.Zhu,Y.Wang, L.Zhang, C.Meng, C. Xu, P.M.Amatya, 2013,Using MODIS and AVHRR data to determine regional surface heating field and heat flux distributions over the heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical and Applied Climatology，DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-1035-5

Ma,Y. M.Menenti, R. Feddes, 2010, Parameterization of heat fluxes at heterogeneous surfaces by integrating satellite measurements with surface layer and atmospheric boundary layer observations, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences,27(2):328-336.

Zhong Lei, Y.Ma , Mhd. SALAMA Suhyb, Z.Su, 2010, Assessment of vegetation dynamics and their response to variations in precipitation and temperature in the Tibetan Plateau, Climatic Change，DOI 10.1007/s10584-009-9787-8

Ma, Y., S. Kang, L. Zhu, B. Xu, L. Tian, and T. Yao, 2008, Tibetan Observation and Research Platform- Atmosphere–land interaction over a heterogeneous landscape, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89: 1487–1492

Ma, Y., M. Menenti, R. A. Feddes, J. Wang,2008, The analysis of the land surface heterogeneity and its impact on atmospheric variables and the aerodynamic and thermodynamic roughness lengths, Journal of Geophysics Research-Atmospheres, 113, D08113, doi: 10.1029/2007JD009124

Dr. Congbin Fu

Professor, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Director of Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University

Research Expertise: Climatology, Development of the Regional Integrated Environmental Modeling System (RIEMS), Monsoon Asia integrated regional study

Dr. Xiangde Xu

Professor, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, CMA

Dr. Anmin Duan

Institute of Atmospheric Physics

Research Expertise: The Tibetan Plateau meteorology, Asian monsoon, Climate change, air-sea interaction

Dr. Shaoqiang Wang

Dr. Shaoqiang Wang

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research; Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Expertise: Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemical cycles, global change, ecological model

Dr. Fengge Su

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research; Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Expertise: Cold region hydrology; Multi-scale hydrologic modeling; hydrologic response to climate changes

Dr. Weidong Guo

Dr. Weidong Guo

Professor, Assistant Director of Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University

Research Expertise: Land surface processes, Land-atmosphere interaction.

Dr. Jie Zhang

Associate Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

Research Expertise: Land atmosphere interaction and climatic simulation, remote sensing

Dr. Tianjun Zhou

Dr. Tianjun Zhou

Deputy-director and Professor, LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Expertise: Ocean-Atmosphere coupled modeling; Variability of the Asian monsoon; Detection, attribution and projection of East Asian Climate Change

Projects PI: Global monsoon: 20th century change simulation and future change projection, and
High Resolution Modelling of East Asian Summer Monsoon by using Met Office Unified Model.