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Yaping Zhou Yaping.Zhou-1@nasa.gov (301) 614-6235 Curriculum Vitae |
Education
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Research Interests
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Professional Activities and Experience
Radiative transfer; aerosol, cloud, radiation interaction; remote sensing applications; climate variability and climate change; data compression using physical models
Background
For the past decade, I have worked on various research projects from radiative transfer modeling, onboard data compression to climate diagnostics due to job positions and unfocused wide research interests. However, my main interests are always related to the Earth's climate and climate change.
I am currently engaged in analyzing satellite measurements of cloud and precipitation and using observations to validate and improve cloud resolving models. I am also working on using satellite rainfall measurements to study the hurricane activities.
Latest Publications
Sud, Y. C., G. K. Walker, Y. P. Zhou, G. A. Schmidt, W. K.-M. Lau, and R. F. Cahalan, 2008: Effects of doubled CO2 on tropical Sea-Surface Temperatures (SSTs) for onset of deep convection and maximum SST – GCM simulations based inferences. Geophy. Res. Lett. 35, L12707, doi:10.1029/2008GL033872Click. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Lau, K.-M., Y. P. Zhou, and H.-T. Wu, 2008: Have tropical cyclones been feeding more extreme rainfall?. J. Geophys. Res.. (Submitted)
Sud, Y. C., G. K. Walker, Y. P. Zhou, and W. K.-M. Lau, 2008: Influence of local and remote sea-surface temperatures on precipitation as inferred from changes in boundary layer moisture convergence and moist thermodynamics over global oceans. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 147-163. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Zhou, Y. P., W.-K. Tao, A. Y. Hou, W. Olson, C.-L. Shie, K.-M. Lau, M.-D. Chou, X. Lin, and M. Grecu, 2007: Use of High-Resolution Satellite Observations to Evaluate Cloud and Precipitation Statistics from Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations. Part I: South China Sea Monsoon Experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 4309-4329. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Zhou, Y., D. P. Kratz, A. C. Wilber, S. K. Gupta, and R. D. Cess, 2007: An Improved Algorithm for Retrieving Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation from Satellite Measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D15102, doi: 10.1029/2006JD008159. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Larson, J., Y. Zhou, and R. W. Higgins, 2005: Characteristics of Landfalling Tropical Cyclones in the United States: Climatology and Interannual Variability. J. Climate, 18, 1247–126218. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Zhou, Y., K. C. Rutledge, T. P. Charlock, N. G. Leob, and S. Kato, 2001: Atmospheric Corrections for TOA and surface BRDF characteristics from high resolution spectroradiometric/angular measurements from a helicopter platform. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 18, 984-1004. [Full Text (PDF)]
Zhou, Y., and R. D. Cess, 2001: Algorithm-development strategies for retrieving the downwelling longwave flux at the Earth's surface. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 12,477-12,488. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Zhou, Y., and R. D. Cess, 2000: Validation of longwave atmospheric radiation models using Atmospheric Radiation Measurements (ARM) data. J. Geophys. Res., 105, No.D24, 29,703-29716. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Cess, R. D., M. H. Zhang, Y. Zhou, X. Jing, and V. Dvortsov, 1996: Absorption of solar radiation by clouds: Interpretations of satellite, surface, and aircraft measurements. J.Geophys.Res., 101, 23,299-23,309. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
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