Journal Publications by Fuqing Zhang

Zhang, F., M. Zhang and J. A. Hansen, 2009: Coupling ensemble Kalman filter with four-dimensional variational data assimilation. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences ,  26, 1-9.

Wang, S., F. Zhang, and C. Snyder, 2009: Generation and Propagation of Inertial Gravity Waves from Vortex Dipoles and Jets. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 1294-1314.

 Gao, S., Z. Meng, F. Zhang, L. F. Bosart, 2009: Torrential Rainfall Mechanisms of Severe Tropical Storm Bilis (2006) after its Landfall: Observational Analysis. Monthly Weather Review, 137, 1881-1897.

Qian, T., C. C. Epifanio, and F. Zhang, 2009: Linear Theory Calculations for the Sea Breeze in a Background Wind: The Equatorial Case. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 1749-1763.

Zhang, F., Y. Weng, J. A. Sippel, Z. Meng, and C. H. Bishop, 2009: Cloud-resolving Hurricane Initialization and Prediction through Assimilation of Doppler Radar Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter: Humberto (2007). Monthly Weather Review, 137, 2105-2125.

Plougonven R., C. Snyder and F. Zhang, 2009: Comments on ‘Application of the Lighthill-Ford Theory of Spontaneous Imbalance to Clear-Air Turbulence Forecasting’. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 2506-2510.   

Fang, J and F. Zhang, 2009: Initial development and genesis of Hurricane Dolly (2008). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, accepted. 

Pan, L., K. P. Bowman, Atlas E., Wofsy, S. C., F. Zhang, and co-authors, 2009: Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport Experiment.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, accepted.

Zhang, F., Y. Weng, Y.-H. Kuo, and J. S. Whitaker, 2009: Predicting Typhoon Morakot’s Catastrophic Rainfall and Flooding With a Cloud-Scale Ensemble System. Geophysical Research Letters, in review.

Hu, X.-M., J. W., Nielsen-Gammon, F. Zhang, 2009: Evaluation of Three Planetary Boundary Layer Schemes in the WRF Model. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, in review.

Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., X.-M. Hu, F. Zhang, 2009: Evaluation of Planetary Boundary Layer Scheme: Sensitivities for the Purpose of Parameter Estimation. Monthly Weather Review, in review.

Sippel, J. A and F. Zhang, 2009: Dynamics and predictability of hurricane Humberto (2007) revealed from ensemble analysis and forecasting. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, in review. 

Wang, S., F. Zhang and C. C. Epifanio, 2009: Forced gravity wave responses near the jet exit region in a linear model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, in review. 

Wang, S., and F. Zhang, 2009: Source of Gravity Waves within a Vortex-Dipole Jet Revealed by a Linear Model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, in review.  

Lane, T. P. and F. Zhang, 2009: Horizontal Scale selection associated with mesoscale gravity wave - convection coupling. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, in review.

2008

Meng, Z., and F. Zhang, 2008a: Test of an ensemble Kalman filter for mesoscale and regional-scale data assimilation. Part III: Comparison with 3DVar in a real-data case study. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 522-540.

Morss, R. E. and F. Zhang, 2008: Linking meteorological education to reality: A prototype undergraduate research study of public response to Hurricane Rita forecasts. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89, 497-504.

Tan, Z., F. Zhang, R. Rotunno and C. Snyder, 2008: Corrigendum for Tan et al. (2004), Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 1479-1479.

Lin, Y. and F. Zhang, 2008: Tracing mesoscale gravity waves in baroclinic jet-front systems. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 2402-2415.

Sippel, J. A. and F. Zhang, 2008: A probabilistic analysis of the dynamics and predictability of tropical cyclogenesis. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 3440-3459.

Meng, Z., and F. Zhang, 2008b: Test of an ensemble Kalman filter for mesoscale and regional-scale data assimilation. Part IV: Comparison with 3DVar in a month-long experiment. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 3671-3682.

2007

Zhang, F., N. Bei, R. Rotunno, C. Snyder, and C. C. Epifanio, 2007: Mesoscale Predictability of Moist Baroclinic Waves: Convection-Permitting Experiments and Multistage Error Growth Dynamics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 3579-3594.

Zhang, F., R. E. Morss, J. A. Sippel, T. K. Beckman, N. C. Clements, N. L. Hampshire, J. N. Harvey, J. M. Hernandez, Z. C. Morgan, R. M. Mosier, S. Wang and S. D. Winkley, 2007: An In-person Survey Investigating Public Perceptions of and Response to Hurricane Rita Forecasts along the Texas Coast. Weather and Forecasting, 22, 1177-1190.

Wang, S. and F. Zhang, 2007: Sensitivity of Mesoscale Gravity Waves to the Baroclinicity of Jet-front Systems Monthly Weather Review, 135, 670-688.

Plougonven, R. and F. Zhang, 2007: On the forcing of inertia-gravity waves by synoptic-scale flows. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 1737-1742.

Snyder, C., D. J. Muraki, R. Plougonven, and F. Zhang, 2007: Intertia-gravity waves generated within a dipole vortex. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 4417-4431.

Zhang, F., and C. Snyder, 2007: Ensemble-based data assimilation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88,565-568.

Meng, Z., and F. Zhang, 2007: Test of an ensemble Kalman filter for mesoscale and regional-scale data assimilation. Part II: Imperfect model experiments. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 1403-1423.

Zhang, M., Y. Ni, and F. Zhang, 2007: Variational assimilation of GPS precipitable water vapor and hourly rainfall observations for a meso-beta-scale heavy precipitation event during the 2002 Mei-Yu season. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 24, 509-526.

Zhang, F., N. Bei, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, G. Li, R. Zhang, A. L. Stuart and A. Aksoy, 2007: Impacts of meteorological uncertainties on ozone pollution predictability estimated through meteorological and photochemical ensemble forecasts. Journal of Geophysical Research, 230, D04304, doi:10.1029/2006JD007429.

Bei, N., and F. Zhang, 2007: Impacts of Initial Error Scale and Amplitude on the Mesoscale Predictability of Heavy Precipitation along the Mei-Yu Front of China. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 133, 83-99.

Hawblitzel, D. P., F. Zhang, Z. Meng, and C. A. Davis, 2007: Probabilistic Evaluation of the Dynamics and Predictability of the Mesoscale Convective Vortex of 10-13 June 2003. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 1544-1563.

Stuart, A. L., Aksoy A., F. Zhang, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2007: Ensemble-based data assimilation and targeted observation of a chemical tracer in a sea breeze model. Atmospheric Environment, 41, 3082-3094.

Schultz, D. M., and F. Zhang, 2007: Baroclinic development within zonally varying flows. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 133, 1101-1230.

Richter, J. H., M. A. Geller, R. R. Garcia, H.-L. Liu and F. Zhang, 2007: Report on the gravity wave retreat. SPARC newsletter, 28, 26-27 [non-referred].

2006

Zhang, F., Z. Meng and A. Aksoy, 2006: Test of an ensemble Kalman filter for mesoscale and regional-scale data assimilation. Part I: perfect model experiments. Monthly Weather Review, 134, 722-736.

Zhang, F., A. Odins, and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2006: Mesoscale predictability of an extreme warm-season rainfall event. Weather and Forecasting, 21, 149-166.

Zhang, F., N. Bei, R. Rotunno, C. Snyder, and C. C. Epifanio, 2006: A multistage error-growth conceptual model for mesoscale predictability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87, 287-288 [non-referred].

Aksoy A., F. Zhang, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2006: Ensemble-based simultaneous state and parameter estimation with MM5. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L12801, doi:10.1029/2006GL026186, 2006.

Aksoy A., F. Zhang, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2006: Ensemble-based simultaneous state and parameter estimation in a two-dimensional sea breeze model. Monthly Weather Review, 134,2951-2970.

2005

Zhang, F., 2005: Dynamics and structure of mesoscale error covariance of a winter cyclone estimated through short-range ensemble forecasts. Monthly Weather Review, 133, 2876-2893.

Aksoy A., F. Zhang, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and C. C. Epifanio, 2005: Ensemble-based data assimilation for thermally forced circulations. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 110, D16105, doi:10.1029/2004JD005718.

Nielsen-Gammon J., F. Zhang, A. Odins and B. Myoung, 2005: Extreme rainfall in Texas: Patterns and predictability. Physical Geography, 26, 340-364.

2004

Zhang, F., 2004: Generation of mesoscale gravity waves in the upper-tropospheric jet-front systems. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61, 440-457.

Zhang, F., C. Snyder, and J. Sun, 2004: Impacts of initial estimate and observation availability on convective-scale data assimilation with an ensemble Kalman filter. Monthly Weather Review, 132, 1238-1253.

Zhang, F., S. Wang, and R. Plougonven, 2004: Uncertainties in using the hodograph method to retrieve gravity wave characteristics from individual soundings. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L11110, doi:10.1029/2004GL019841.

Tan Z., F. Zhang, R. Rotunno, and C. Snyder 2004: Mesoscale predictability of moist baroclinic waves: Experiments with parameterized convection. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61, 1794-1804. (Please also read Corrigendum of this paper published in 2008.)

Dowell, D. C., F. Zhang, L. J. Wicker, C. Snyder, and N. A. Crook, 2004: Wind and thermodynamic retrievals in the 17 May 1981 Arcadia, Oklahoma supercell: Ensemble Kalman filter experiments. Monthly Weather Review, 132,1982-2005.

Wu, D. L., and F. Zhang, 2004: A study of mesoscale gravity waves over North Atlantic with satellite observations and a mesoscale model. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 109, D22104, doi:10.1029/2004JD005090.

Lu, H., F. Zhang, X. Liu, and R. A. Duce, 2004: Periodicities of palaeoclimatic variations recorded by loess-paleosol sequences in China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23, 1891-1900.

2003

Zhang, F., C. Snyder, and R. Rotunno, 2003: Effects of moist convection on mesoscale predictability. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60, 1173-1185.

Snyder, C., and F. Zhang, 2003: Assimilation of simulated Doppler radar observations with an ensemble Kalman filter. Monthly Weather Review, 131, 1663-1677.

Zhang, F., S. E. Koch, and M. L. Kaplan, 2003: Numerical simulations of a large-amplitude gravity wave event. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 84, 199-216.

2002

Zhang, F., C. Snyder, and R. Rotunno, 2002: Mesoscale predictability of the 'surprise' snowstorm of 24-25 January 2000. Monthly Weather Review, 130, 1617-1632.

Lu, H., F. Zhang, X. Liu, 2002: Patterns and frequencies of the East Asian winter monsoon variations revealed by wavelet and spectral analysis.   Global and Planetary Change, 35, 67-74.

2001

Zhang, F., S. E. Koch, C. A. Davis, and M. L. Kaplan, 2001: Wavelet analysis and the governing dynamics of a large-amplitude gravity wave event along the East Coast of the United States. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 127, 2209-2245.

Koch, S., F. Zhang, M. L. Kaplan, Y.-L. Lin, R. Weglarz, and C. M. Trexler, 2001: Numerical simulation of a gravity wave event observed during CCOPE. Part 3: Mountain-plain solenoids in the generation of the second wave episode. Monthly Weather Review, 129, 909 -932.

2000

Zhang, F., and S. E. Koch, 2000: Numerical simulation of a gravity wave event observed during CCOPE. Part 2: Wave generation by an orographic density current. Monthly Weather Review, 128, 2777-2796.

Zhang, F., S. E. Koch, C. A. Davis, and M. L. Kaplan, 2000: A survey of unbalanced flow diagnostics and their application. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 17, 165-183.

1993-1999

Lu, H., X. Liu, F. Zhang, Z. An, and J. Dodson, 1999: Astronomical calibration of loess-palaeol deposit in Luchuan of Central Chinese Loess Plateau. Palaeo-geography, Palaeo-climatology and Palaeo-ecology. 154, 237-246.

Wang, L., F. Zhang and H. Lu, 1997:  Features of storm surge disasters along Jiangsu coastal zone of China. Journal of Catastrophy, 12(3),  39-43.

Zhang, F., Q. Jiang and R. Dang, 1996:  Numerical simulation of a landing typhoon and its unusually heavy rain. Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 12(3), 156-161.

Zhang, F., H. Du and Q. Jiang, 1994:  A numerical study of the boundary layer effect on mature tropical cyclone. Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 10(2), 107-114.

Zhang, F., Z. Lin and Q. Jiang, 1994:  The fractal dimension distribution of the short-term climate system and its connection with the monsoon climate in China. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 11, 459-463.

Lin, Z. and F. Zhang, 1993:  The distribution of predictable time scale of local climate system in China. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences,  17,  Special Issue,  89-92.

Lin, Z. L. Jian, X. Hua, and F. Zhang, 1993:  Lyapunov Exponent model of long term forecast. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals,  3,  431-437.

Zhang, F., Z. Lin and Q. Jiang 1993:  The fractal dimension distribution of the short-range climate attractors of China. Journal of Nanjing University,  29, Geoscience Issue, 138-145.