Dr. Ming Zhao
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Curriculum Vitae |
Project Scientist II University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory / NOAA Princeton University Forrestal Campus / US Route 1 PO Box 308, Princeton, NJ 08542 |
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Research Interests
- Moist convection, clouds, atmospheric boundary layer turbulence and their parameterizations in global climate models
- Tropical cyclone and climate
- Cloud-climate feedback
- Numerical simulations and numerical methods
Education
- Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Canada, 2003
- M.Sc. in Atmospheric Remote Sensing, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China, 1993
- B.Sc. in Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China, 1990
Professional Experience
- Project scientist II (2007-present), GFDL/UCAR, work on GFDL HIgh Resolution Atmospheric Model (HIRAM) and AM3 model development
- Associate research scholar (2006-2007),
GFDL/Princeton University, work on GFDL HIgh Resolution Atmospheric Model (HIRAM) and AM3 model development
- Research associate (2004-2006), GFDL/Princeton University, GFDL liaison scientist for the atmospheric CPT project and also work on idealized radiative convective equilibrium with and without ambient rotation using GCM physics.
- Post doctoral fellow (2003-2004), Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Victoria, Canada, use large-eddy simulation of convection and clouds for a project entitled Modelling Clouds and Climate (MOC2).
- Weather forecaster and head of severe weather division (1993-1998), Shanghai Meteorological Center, Shanghai, China.
Publications
- Zhao, M. and I. M. Held: Sensitivity of GCM Simulated Clouds to Cumulus Mixing, Convective Cloud Microphysics and Its Implications for Cloud Feedback to Climate Sensitivities. manuscript in preparation.
- Zhao, M., I.M. Held, G.A. Vecchi and S-J Lin, Seasonal Forecast of North Atlantic Hurricanes Using Persistent June SST Anomalies. manuscript in preparation.
- Zhao, M., I.M. Held, S-J. Lin, and G.A. Vecchi, (submitted 1/23/2009): Simulations of global hurricane climatology, interannual variability, and response to global warming using a 50km resolution GCM. J. Climate.
- Ming, Y., P. A. Ginoux, L. W. Horowitz, L. J. Donner, Zhao, M., J.-C. Golaz and S.-J. Lin (submitted, 2008): Modulation of Arctic Haze by Second Climate Mode. Nature.
- Mapes, B., J. Bacmeister, M. Kharoudinov, C. Hannay, and M. Zhao, 2009: Virtual Field Campaigns on Deep Tropical Convection in Climate Models. J. Climate, 22, 244-257.
- Held, I. M. and M. Zhao, 2008: Horizontally Homogeneous Rotating Radiative-Convective Equilibria at GCM Resolution. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2003-2013.
- Medeiros, B., B. Stevens, I. M. Held, M. Zhao, D. L. Williamson, J. G. Olson and C. S. Bretherton, 2008: Aquaplanets, Climate Sensitivity, and Low Clouds. J. Climate, 21, 4974-4991 DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI1995.1
- Kang, S., I. M. Held, D. Frierson and M. Zhao, 2008: The Response of the ITCZ to Extratropical Thermal Forcing: Idealized Slab-Ocean Experiments with a GCM. J. Climate, 21, 3521-3532. DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2146.1
- Held, I. M., M. Zhao and B. Wyman, 2007: Dynamic Radiative-Convective Equilibria Using GCM Column Physics. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 228-238.
- Wyant, M. C., A. Chlond, H. Kitagawa, C-L Lappen, V. Larson, A. Lock, S. Park, J. Uchida, S. de Roode, M. Zhao and A. S. Ackerman, 2007: A Single Column Model Intercomparison of a Heavily Drizzling Stratocumulus Topped Boundary Layer. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D24204. doi:10.1029/2007JD008536.
- Wyant, M. C., C. S. Bretherton, J. T. Bacmeister, J. T. Kiehl, I. M. Held, M. Zhao, S. A. Klein and B. J. Soden, 2006: A Comparison of Low-Latitude Cloud Properties and Their Response to Climate Change in Three US AGCMs Sorted into Regimes Using Mid-Tropospheric Vertical Velocity. Climate Dyn. 27, 261 - 279.
- Zhao, M. and P.H. Austin, 2005: Life Cycle of Numerically Simulated Shallow Cumulus Clouds. Part I: Transport. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1269-1290.
- Zhao, M. and P.H. Austin, 2005: Life Cycle of Numerically Simulated Shallow Cumulus Clouds. Part II: Mixing Dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci. 62, 1291-1310.
- Zhao, M. and P.H. Austin, 2003: Episodic Mixing and Buoyancy-Sorting Representations of Shallow Convection: a Diagnostic Study. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 892-912.