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Da-Lin Zhang

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information

Address: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-2425
Tel. (301) 405-2018; Fax: (301) 314-9482
Email: dalin@atmos.umd.edu

Educational Background:

  • 1976: B.S.(equivalence), Engineering Mechanics, University of Science & Technology of China

  • 1981: M. S., Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University
    Thesis: "A Verification of One-Dimensional Model Simulation of the Planetary Boundary Layer over Dry and Moist Terrain," 91pp.
    Advisor: Dr. R. A. Anthes

  • 1985: Ph.D., Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University
    Thesis: "Nested-Grid Simulation of the Meso-beta-Scale Structure and Evolution of the Johnstown Flood of July 1977," 270pp.
    Advisor: Dr. J. M. Fritsch

    Professional Employment:

    1996-Present: Associate & Full Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland
    1989 -1996: Assistant & Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, McGill University.
    1988 - 1989: Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Toronto
    1986 - 1988: Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
    1980 -1986: Graduate Research Assistant (1980-85) & Research Associate (1985-86), Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University
    1976 - 1980: Research Assistant, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Academia Sinica

    Awards and Honors:

  • 2006: Fellow, American Meteological Society.
  • 1997: Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society.
  • 1991: The Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award, American Meteorological Society, "for pioneering work in the understanding and numerical modeling of mesoscale convective weather systems."

    Selected Professional Activities:

  • Editor (2006 -), Weather and Forecasting , American Meteorological Society.
  • Overseas Director (2005 - ), State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, China Meteorological Administration (CMA).
  • Overseas Expert Assessor (1999 - ), Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).
  • Member (2002-), the UCAR Steering Committee of the China-UCAR Ph. D. training program.
  • Member (2002-), the UCAR Advisory Committee of the Education, Research and International Training (ERIT)
  • Member (2002-2008), NCAR/Scientific Computing Division Advisory Panel.
  • President (2002-2003), The Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (COAA).
  • Co-Chief Editor (2002-2009), Advances in Atmospheric Sciences , China Committee for International Association of Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences and CAS/Institute of Atmospheric Physics.
  • Committee Member (1999-2002), American Meteorological Society on Mesoscale Processes.
  • Associate Editor (1999-2001), Monthly Weather Review, American Meteorological Society.
  • Associate Editor (1992-1998), Weather and Forecasting, American Meteorological Society

    Refereed Publications:

    1. Zhang, D. and R.A. Anthes, 1982: A high-resolution model of the planetary boundary layer - Sensitivity tests and comparisons with SESAME-79 data. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 21, 1594-1609.

    2. Zhang, D.-L., H.-R. Chang, N.L. Seaman, T.T. Warner and J.M. Fritsch, 1986: A two-way interactive nesting procedure with variable terrain resolution. Monthly Weather Review, 114, 1330-1339.

    3. Zhang, D.-L., and J.M. Fritsch, 1986: Numerical simulation of the meso-beta-scale structure and evolution of the 1977 Johnstown flood. Part I: Model description and verification. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 43, 1913-1943.

    4. Zhang, D.-L., and J.M. Fritsch, 1986: A case study of the sensitivity of numerical simulation of mesoscale convective systems to varying initial conditions. Monthly Weather Review, 114, 2418-2431.

    5. Zhang, D.-L., and J.M. Fritsch, 1987: Numerical simulation of the meso-beta-scale structure and evolution of the 1977 Johnstown flood. Part II: Inertially stable warm-core vortex and the mesoscale convective complex. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 44, 2593-2612.

    6. Zhang, D.-L., E.-Y. Hsie and M.W. Moncrieff, 1988: A comparison of explicit and implicit predictions of convective and stratiform precipitating weather systems with a meso-beta-scale numerical model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 114, 31-60.

    7. Zhang, D.-L., and J.M. Fritsch, 1988: Numerical sensitivity experiments of varying model physics on the structure, evolution and dynamics of two mesoscale convective systems. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 45, 261-293.

    8. Zhang, D.-L., and J.M. Fritsch, 1988: Numerical simulation of the meso-beta-scale structure and evolution of the 1977 Johnstown flood. Part III: Internal gravity waves and the squall line. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 45, 1252-1268.

    9. Zhang, D.-L., and J.M. Fritsch, 1988: A numerical investigation of a convectively generated, inertially stable, extratropical warm-core mesovortex over land. Part I: Structure and evolution. Monthly Weather Review, 116, 2660-2687.

    10. Zhang, D.-L., K. Gao and D.B Parsons, 1989: Numerical simulation of an intense squall line during 10 - 11 June 1985 PRE-STORM. Part I: Model verification. Monthly Weather Review, 117, 960-994.

    11. Zhang, D.-L., and K. Gao, 1989: Numerical simulation of an intense squall line during 10 - 11 June 1985 PRE-STORM. Part II: Rear inflow, surface pressure perturbations and stratiform precipitation. Monthly Weather Review, 117, 2067-2094.

    12.(a) Zhang, D.-L., 1989: The effect of parameterized ice microphysics on the simulation of vortex circulation with a mesoscale hydrostatic model. Tellus, 41A, 132-147.
    (b) Zhang, D.-L., 1989: Corrigendum - The effect of parameterized ice microphysics on the simulation of vortex circulation with a mesoscale hydrostatic model. Tellus, 41A, 447-449.

    13. Gao, K., D.-L. Zhang, M.W. Moncrieff and H.-R. Cho, 1990: Mesoscale momentum budget in a midlatitude squall line: A numerical case study. Monthly Weather Review, 118, 1011-1028.

    14. Zhang, D.-L., 1992: Numerical simulations of the internal structures of mesoscale convective systems. Trends in Atmospheric Sciences, 1, 273-286.

    15. Zhang, D.-L., and H.-R. Cho, 1992: The development of negative moist potential vorticity in the stratiform region of a simulated squall line. Monthly Weather Review, 120, 1322-1341.

    16. Zhang, D.-L., 1992: The formation of a cooling-induced mesovortex in the trailing stratiform region of a midlatitude squall line. Monthly Weather Review, 120, 2763-2785.

    17. Zhang, D.-L., 1992: Numerical simulation of the internal structure of a mesoscale convective system. In the book: East Asia & West Pacific Meteorology & Climate (II), Edited by W.J. Kyle and C.P. Chang, World Scientific, 421-428.

    18. Zhang, D.-L., and Z. Wang, 1993: A meso-beta-scale kinetic energy analysis of a midlatitude squall system. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 71, 469-490.

    19. Zhang, D.-L., 1993: The development of mesovortices in the stratiform region of a midlatitude squall line. In the book: Climate, Environment & Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Edited by D. Ye, Q. Zeng, G. Wu & Z. Zhang, China Meteorological Press, 239-253.

    20. Kelly, R., J. Gyakum, D.-L. Zhang and P.J. Roebber, 1994: A diagnostic study of the early phases of sixteen north-Pacific cyclones. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 72, 515-530.

    21. Gao, K., and D.-L. Zhang, 1994: The roles of diabatic model physics in the meso-beta-scale simulation of a midlatitude squall line. Acta Meteorologica Sinica (in Chinese), 52, 321-331.

    22. Zhang, D.-L., J.S. Kain, J.M. Fritsch and K. Gao, 1994: Comments on: "Parameterization of convective precipitation in mesoscale numerical models: A critical review." Monthly Weather Review, 122, 2222-2231.

    23. Blair, S.,D.-L. Zhang and J. Mailhot, 1994: Numerical prediction of the 10-11 June 1985 squall line with the Canadian Regional Finite-Element model. Weather and Forecasting, 9, 157-172.

    24. Blair, S., D.-L. Zhang and J. Mailhot, 1995: Numerical simulation of an intense convective system associated with the July 1987 Montreal flood. Part I: Gravity waves and the squall line. Atmosphere - Ocean, 33, 447-473.

    25. Blair, S., D.-L. Zhang and J. Mailhot, 1995: Numerical simulation of an intense convective system associated with the July 1987 Montreal flood. Part II: A trailing stratiform rainband. Atmosphere - Ocean, 33, 475-500.

    26. Huo, Z., D.-L. Zhang, J. Gyakum and A. Staniforth, 1995: A diagnostic analysis of the superstorm of March 1993. Monthly Weather Review, 123, 1740-1761.

    27. Zhang, D.-L., and R. Harvey, 1995: Enhancement of extratropical cyclogenesis by a mesoscale convective system. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 52, 1107-1127.

    28. Zhang, D.-L., and H.-R. Cho, 1995: Three-dimensional simulation of frontal rainbands and conditional symmetric instability in the Eady-wave model. Tellus, 47A, 45-61.

    29. Gyakum, J.R., M. Carrera,D.-L. Zhang and co-authors, 1996: A regional model intercomparison using a case of explosive oceanic cyclogenesis. Weather and Forecasting, 11, 521-543.

    30. Zhang,D.-L. and N. Bao, 1996: Oceanic cyclogenesis as induced by a mesoscale convective system moving offshore. Part I: A 90-h real-data simulation. Monthly Weather Review, 124, 1449-1469.

    31. Zhang, D.-L. and N. Bao, 1996: Oceanic cyclogenesis as induced by a mesoscale convective system moving offshore. Part II: Genesis and thermodynamic transformation. Monthly Weather Review, 124, 2206-2225.

    32. Gyakum, J., D.-L. Zhang, J. Witte, K. Thomas and W. Wintels, 1996: CASP II and Canadian cyclones during the 1989-92 cold seasons. Atmosphere - Ocean, 34, 1-16.

    33. Huo, Z., D.-L. Zhang and J. Gyakum, 1996: The life cycle of the intense IOP-14 storm during CASP II. Part I: Analysis and simulations. Atmosphere - Ocean, 34, 51-80.

    34. Huo, Z., D.-L. Zhang and J. Gyakum, 1996: The life cycle of the intense IOP-14 storm during CASP II. Part II: Sensitivity experiments. Atmosphere - Ocean, 34, 81-102.

    35. Zhang, D.-L., 1996: Book Review: "Dynamics of Atmospheric Motion (Dover Publications, Inc., 617pp)" by John A. Dutton, Bulletin of Canadian Meteorological & Oceanic Society, 24, pg. 32.

    36. Liu, Y., D.-L. Zhang and M.K. Yau, 1997: A multiscale numerical study of Hurricane Andrew (1992). Part I: Explicit simulation and verification. Monthly Weather Review, 125, 3073-3093.

    37. Zhang, D.-L. and K. MacGillivray, 1997: A numerical investigation of a moderate coastal storm with intense precipitation. Atmosphere-Ocean, 35, 161-187.

    38. Blair, S. and D.-L. Zhang, 1997: A numerical study of the along-line variability of a frontal squall line during PRE-STORM. Monthly Weather Review, 125, 2544-2561.

    39. Kuo, Y.-H., J. Bresch, M.-D. Cheng, J. Kain, D.B. Parsons, W.-K. Tao and D.-L. Zhang, 1997: Summary of a mini-workshop on cumulus parameterization for mesoscale models. Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 78, 475-491.

    40. (a) Zhang, D.-L., 1998: Roles of various diabatic physical processes in mesoscale models (in Chinese). Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 22, 548-561.
    (b) Zhang, D.-L., 1998: The effects of diabatic physical processes on the simulations of mesoscale convective systems. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 22, 435-451.

    41. Huo, Z., D.-L. Zhang, and J. Gyakum, 1998: An application of potential vorticity inversion to improving the numerical prediction of the March 1993 superstorm. Monthly Weather Review, 126, 424-436.

    42. Carrera, M., J. R. Gyakum and D. -L. Zhang, 1999: A numerical sensitivity study of secondary marine cyclogenesis to initial error and varying physical processes. Monthly Weather Review , 127, 641-660.

    43. Zhang, D.-L., Y. Liu and M.K. Yau, 1999: Surface winds at landfall of Hurricane Andrew (1992) - A reply. Monthly Weather Review, 127, 1711-1721.

    44. Zhang, D.-L., E. N. Radeva and J. Gyakum, 1999: A family of frontal cyclones over the Western Atlantic ocean. Part I: A 60-h simulation. Monthly Weather Review, 127, 1725-1744.

    45. Zhang, D.-L., E. N. Radeva and J. Gyakum, 1999: A family of frontal cyclones over the Western Atlantic ocean. Part II: Parameter studies. Monthly Weather Review , 127, 1745-1760.

    46. Huo, Z., D.-L. Zhang and J. Gyakum 1999: The interaction of potential vorticity anomalies in extratropical cyclogenesis. Part I: Static piecewise inversion. Monthly Weather Review, 127, 2546-2561.

    47. Huo, Z.-H., D.-L. Zhang and J. Gyakum 1999: The interaction of potential vorticity anomalies in extratropical cyclogenesis. Part II: Sensitivity to initial perturbations. Monthly Weather Review, 127, 2563-2575.

    48. Liu, Y., D.-L. Zhang and M.K. Yau, 1999: A multiscale numerical study of Hurricane Andrew (1992). Part II: Kinematics and inner-core structures. Monthly Weather Review, 127, 2597-2616.

    49. Zhang, D.-L. and E. Altshuler, 1999: The effects of dissipative heating on hurricane intensity. Monthly Weather Review, 127, 3032-3038.

    50. Wang, J., and D.-L. Zhang, 2000: A numerical case study of frontal cyclogenesis over the east coast of North America. Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 14 , 173-192.

    51. Zhang, D.-L., Y. Liu and M.K. Yau, 2000: A multiscale numerical study of Hurricane Andrew (1992). Part III: Dynamically-induced vertical motion. Monthly Weather Review, 128, 3772-3788.

    52. Zhang, D.-L., Y. Liu and M.K. Yau, 2001: A multiscale numerical study of Hurricane Andrew (1992). Part IV: Unbalanced flows. Monthly Weather Review, 129, 92-107.

    53. Nagarajan, B., M.K. Yau and D.-L. Zhang, 2001: A numerical study of a mesoscale convective system during TOGA COARE. Part I: Model description and verification. Monthly Weather Review, 129, 2501-2520.

    54. Zhang, D.-L., 2001: Multiscale modeling of hurricanes: A review. In the book: Dynamics of Atmospheric-Oceanic Circulation and Climate (Invited), 727-744.

    55.(a) Lu, H., Z. Ke and D.-L. Zhang, 2001: Mesoscale characteristics of Hurricane Andrew (1992) (in Chinese). Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 25,, 827-836.
    (b) Lu, H., Z. Ke and D.-L. Zhang, 2001: Mesoscale characters of the 1992 Hurricane Andrew (1992). Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 25, 346-356.

    56. Lu, H., Z. Ke and D.-L. Zhang, 2002: A possible developing mechanism of the slantwise updraft in the eyewall of Hurricane Andrew (1992) - Nonlinear convective and symmetrical instability (in Chinese). Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 26, 83-90.

    57. Zhang, D.-L., 2002: A personal perspective on the reform of the Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 19 , 757-764.

    58. Jin, M. and D.-L. Zhang, 2002: Observed variations of leaf area index and its relationship with surface temperatures during warm seasons. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics , 80, 117-129.

    59. Zhu, T, D.-L. Zhang and F. Weng 2002: Impact of the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit data on hurricane prediction. Monthly Weather Review, 130, 2416-2432.

    60. Zhang, D.-L., W. Cheng and J. Gyakum 2002: The impact of various potential vorticity anomalies on multiple frontal cyclogenesis events. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society , 128, 1847-1878.

    61. Zhang, D.-L., Y. Liu and M.K. Yau, 2002: A multiscale numerical study of Hurricane Andrew ( 1992). Part V: Inner-core thermodynamics. Monthly Weather Review , 130, 2745-2763.

    62. Zhang, D.-L., Y. Liu and M.K. Yau, 2002: On the formation of the hurricane eye. In Book Series on East Asia Meteorology, Vol. 1, Edited by C.P. Chang et al., World Scientific Publishing Company, 219-227.

    63. Zhang, D.-L., W. Zheng and Y.-K. Xue, 2003: A numerical study of early summer regional climate and weather over LSA-East. Part I: Model implementation and verification. Monthly Weather Review , 131, 1895-1909.

    64. Wang, X. and D.-L. Zhang: 2003: Potential vorticity diagnosis of a simulated hurricane. Part I: Formulation and quasi-balanced flow. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences , 60, 1593-1607

    65. Zhang, D.-L., and X. Wang, 2003: Dependence of hurricane intensity and structures on vertical resolution and time-step size. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences , 20, 711-725.

    66. Zhu, T., D.-L. Zhang and F. Weng, 2004: Numerical simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part I: Eyewall evolution and intensity changes. Monthly Weather Review , 132, 225-241.

    67. Yau, M.K., Y. Liu, D.-L. Zhang, and Yongsheng Chen, 2004: A multiscale numerical study of Hurricane Andrew (1992). Part VI: Small-scale inner-core structures and wind streaks. Monthly Weather Review , 132, 1410-1433.

    68. Zhang, D.-L. and W.-Z. Zheng, 2004: Diurnal cycles of surface winds and temperatures as simulated by five boundary-layer parameterizations. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 43, 157-169.

    69. Nagarajan, B., M.K. Yau and D.-L. Zhang, 2004: A numerical study of a mesoscale convective system during TOGA COARE. Part II: Organization. Monthly Weather Review , 132,1000-1017.

    70. Zhang, D.-L., 2004: Emergency response and disaster mitigation: A review of the US Information Management architecture (in Chinese). Natural Disaster Reduction in China, 52, 51-53.

    71. Cao, Z., and D.-L. Zhang, 2004: Track surface cyclones with moist potential vorticity. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 21, 830-835.

    72. Wu, G.-X., H. Wang, and D.-L. Zhang, 2004: Editorial statement- Action and policy. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 21, 382.

    73. Jin, M., R.E. Dickinson and D.-L. Zhang, 2005: The footprint of urban areas on global climate as characterized by MODIS. Journal of Climate, 18, 1551-1565.

    74. Zhang, D.-L., and Chanh Q. Kieu, 2005: Shear-forced vertical circulations in tropical cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L13822, doi:10.1029/2005GL023146.

    75. Zhang, D.-L., 2005: An overview of centenary advances and prospects in atmospheric sciences (in Chinese). Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 63, 812-824.

    76. Zhang, D.-L., and J. Zhu, 2005: Editorial- A Special Issue for the Third International Ocean-Atmosphere Conference. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 22(6).

    77. Cao, Z., and D.-L. Zhang, 2005: Sensitivity of cyclone tracks to the initial moisture distribution: A moist potential vorticity perspective. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 22, 807-820.

    78. Zhu, T., and D.-L. Zhang, 2006: Numerical simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part II: Sensitivity to cloud microphysical processes. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 63, 109-126.

    79. Zhang, D.-L., and Chanh Q. Kieu, 2006: How tropical cyclones resist destruction from vertical shear. Conference Notebook, Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 87, 22-23.

    80. Zhang, D.-L., S. Zhang and S. J. Weaver, 2006: Low-Level Jets over the Mid-Atlantic States: Warm-Season Climatology and A Case Study. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 45, 194-209.

    81. Li, M., L. Zhong, W. C. Boicourt, S. Zhang and D.-L. Zhang, 2006: Hurricane-induced storm surges, currents and destratification in a semi-enclosed bay. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L02604, doi:10.10=29/2005GL024992.

    82. Zhu, T. and D.-L. Zhang, 2006: The impact of the storm-induced SST cooling on hurricane intensity. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 23, 14-22.

    83. Wu, G.-X., H. Wang, and D.-L. Zhang, 2006: Editorial statement. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 23, 542.

    84. Li, X., S. Zhang, and D.-L. Zhang, 2006: Thermodynamic, cloud microphysics and rainfall responses to initial moisture perturbations in the tropical deep convective regime. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D14207, doi:10.1029/2005JD006968.

    85. Zhang, D.-L., and Chanh Q. Kieu, 2006: Potential vorticity diagnosis of a simulated hurricane. Part II: Quasi-balanced contributions to forced secondary circulations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 63, 2898-2914.

    86. Liu, H., D.-L. Zhang, and B. Wang, 2006: Recent advances in regional climate modeling research and applications (in Chinese). Climatic and Environmental Research , 11, 649-668.

    87. Li, Z. , L. Chiu, S. Weng, D.-L. Zhang, J. Du, J. Huang, M. Jin, H. Jung, F.-C. Ko, S. Lu, S. Yang, and D. Yuan, 2007: The rapid growth of publications by atmospheric and oceanic scientists of Chinese origin. Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 88, 846-848.

    88. Halverson, J.B., M. Black, S. Braun, D. Cecil, M. Goodman, A. Heymsfield, G. Heymsfield, R. Hood,T. Krishnamurti, G. McFarquhar, J. Molinari, R. Rogers, J. Turk, C. Velden, D.-L. Zhang, E. Zipser, and R. Kakar, 2007: NASA's Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) Experiment: Investigating tropical cyclogenesis and hurricane intensity change. Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 88, 867-882.

    89. Li, M., L. Zhong, W. C. Boicourt, S. Zhang and D.-L. Zhang, 2007: Hurricane-induced destratification and restratification in a partially-mixed estuary. Journal of Marine Research, 65, 169-192.

    90. Lu, H., W. Zhong, and D.-L. Zhang, 2007: Current understanding of wave characteristics in tropical storms (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 31, 1140-1151.

    91. Yang, M.-J., D.-L. Zhang, and H.-L. Huang, 2008: A modeling study of Typhoon Nari (2001) at landfall. Part I: Topographic effects. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 3095-3115.

    92. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2008: Genesis of Tropical Storm Eugene (2005) from merging mesovortices associated with ITCZ breakdowns. Part I: Observational and modeling analyses. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 3419-3439.

    93. Wu, G., H. Wang, and D.-L. Zhang, 2008: Editorial: AAS has been accepted for coverage by the Science Citation Index in 2009. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 25, 705-708.

    94. Liu, H., D.-L. Zhang, and B. Wang, 2008: Daily to Submonthly Weather and Climate Characteristics of the Summer 1998 Extreme Rainfall over the Yangtze River Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research,113, D22101, doi:10.1029/2008JD010072.

    95. Park S. K., D.-L. Zhang, and H. H. Kim, 2008: Impact of dropwindsonde data on the track forecasts of a tropical cyclone - An observing-systems simulation experiment study . Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 44, 85-92.

    96. Zhong, W., H. Lu, and D.-L. Zhang: 2008: Diagnoses of quasi-balanced flows in an asymmetric intense hurricane. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 51, 657 - 667.

    97. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: Genesis of Tropical Storm Eugene (2005) from merging vortices associated with ITCZ breakdowns. Part II: Roles of vortex merger and ambient potential vorticity. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 1980-1996.

    98. Deng, G., D.-L. Zhang, T. Zhu and A. Wang, 2009: Use of the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit data to improve typhoon prediction. Progress in Natural Sciences, 19, 369-376.

    99. Shi, S.-J., J.-H. Jin, and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: The wavenumber-1 asymmetric rainfall distribution of Tropical Storm Bilis (2006) during the landfall (in Chinese). Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 28, 34-42.

    100. Zhong, W., D.-L. Zhang, H. Lu, and L. Tian, 2009: Contribution of quasi-balanced and unbalanced circulations to deep moist convection in Typhoon Nari (2001) (in Chinese). Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 33, 751-759.

    101. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: An analytical model for the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 135, 1336-1349.

    102. Hogsett, W., and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: Numerical simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part III: Energetics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 2678-2696.

    103. Zhong, W., D.-L. Zhang, and H. Lu, 2009:A theory for mixed vortex Rossby-gravity waves in tropical cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 3366-3381.

    104. Zhang, M., D.-L. Zhang, and A. Wang, 2009: Numerical simulation of torrential rainfall and vortical hot towers in a midlatitude mesoscale convective system. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 2, 189-193.

    105. Zhang, D.-L., Y. Shou, and R. Dickerson, 2009: Upstream urbanization exacerbates urban heat island effects. Geophysical Research Letters, L24401, doi:10.1029/2009GL041082. Nature's Report.

    106. Zhong, W., H. Lu, and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: Barotropic instability of vortex-Rossby waves in tropical cyclones. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, in press.

    107. Shou, Y., and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: Impact of environmental flows on the urban daytime boundary layer structures over the Baltimore metropolitan region. Atmospheric Science Letters, in press.

    108. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: Genesis of Tropical Storm Eugene (2005) from merging vortices associated with ITCZ breakdowns. Part III: Sensitivity to various genesis parameters. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, in press.

    109. Liu, H., D.-L. Zhang, and B. Wang, 2009: Impact of horizontal resolution on the regional climate simulations of the Summer 1998 extreme rainfall along the Yangtze-River Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research , in press.

    110. Kieu, C. Q., H. Chen, and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: An examination of the pressure - wind relationship in intense tropical cyclones. Weather and Forecasting, in press.

    111. Zhong, L., M. Li, and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: How do uncertainties in Hurricane model forecasts affect storm surge predictions in a semi-enclosed bay? Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research.

    112. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: A piecewise potential vorticity inversion algorithm and its application to hurricane inner-core anomalies. Submitted to Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

    113. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2010: On the consistency between dynamical and thermodynamic equations with prescribed vertical motion in an analytical tropical cyclone model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, in review.

    114. Hogsett, W., and D.-L. Zhang, 2010: Genesis of Typhoon Chanchu (2006) from a Westerly Wind Burst associated with the MJO. Part I: Synoptic evolution of a tilted precursor vortex. Submitted to Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

    Courses Taught

  • AOSC 610: Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Oceans I
  • AOSC 611: Dynamic of the Atmosphere and Oceans II
  • AOSC 602: Mesoscale Meteorology
  • AOSC 600: Synoptic Meteorology

    Other Courses Taught (at McGill University):

  • 195-513B Wave and Stability
  • 195-558B Numerical Methods and Laboratory
  • 195-515B Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans

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