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Dr. Ming Zhao

Curriculum Vitae
Project Scientist II
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory / NOAA
Princeton University Forrestal Campus / US Route 1
201 Forrestal Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540 		 

Research Interests

  • Moist convection, clouds, atmospheric boundary layer turbulence and their parameterizations in global climate models
  • Tropical cyclone and climate
  • Convection-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

AWARDS

  • University Graduate Fellowship. University of B.C., Canada. 1998 - 2001.
  • Lee Scholarship. University of B.C., Canada. Nov. 1998.
  • Second-class Award of Advancing Sciences and Technologies by China Meteorological Administration. 1996.
  • First-class Award of Advancing Sciences and Technologies by National Meteorological Center of China. 1996.
  • Outstanding Paper Award, Shanghai Meteorological Center, China. 1994, 1995.

Professional Experiences

  • 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.

Journal and Proposal Review Experiences

  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of Atmospheric Sciences
  • Journal of Geophysical Research
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • National Science Foundation Grant Proposal
  • NOAA Climate Program Funding Proposal

Membership

  • Member of the American Meteorological Society
  • Member of the American Geophysical Union

Publications

  1. 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. J. Climate,   manuscript in preparation, 2010.
  2. G.A. Vecchi, Zhao, M., I.M. Held, S-J Lin and I.D. Lloyd: Impact of Sea Surface Temperature on Tropical Cyclones in a 100km Global Atmospheric General Circulation Model. J. Climate, manuscript in preparation, 2010.
  3. J. Berner, A. Monahan and co-authors: Exploring the weather-climate connection. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. Submitted, 02/03/2010.
  4. Zhao, M., I.M. Held and G.A. Vecchi: Retrospective forecasts of the hurricane season using a global atmospheric model assuming persistence of SST anomalies. Mon. Wea. Rev. Submitted, 01/29/2010.
  5. J. Teixeira and co-authors: Tropical and sub-tropical cloud transitions in weather and climate prediction models: the GCSS/WGNE Pacific Cross-section Intercomparison (GPCI). J. Climate, Submitted, 08/09/2009
  6. Ming, Y., P. A. Ginoux, L. W. Horowitz, L. J. Donner, M. Zhao, J.-C. Golaz and S.-J. Lin (submitted, 2009): Modulation of Arctic Haze by Second Climate Mode. Nature.
  7. Zhao, M., I.M. Held, S-J. Lin, and G.A. Vecchi, 2009: Simulations of global hurricane climatology, interannual variability, and response to global warming using a 50km resolution GCM. J. Climate, 33, 6653-6678.
  8. 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.
  9. Held, I. M. and M. Zhao, 2008: Horizontally Homogeneous Rotating Radiative-Convective Equilibria at GCM Resolution. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2003-2013.
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. Held, I. M., M. Zhao and B. Wyman, 2007: Dynamic Radiative-Convective Equilibria Using GCM Column Physics.  J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 228-238.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Zhao, M. and P.H. Austin, 2005: Life Cycle of Numerically Simulated Shallow Cumulus Clouds. Part I: Transport. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1269-1290.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Yao, Z., M. Zhao, D. Wang and L. Yang, 1996: The technique of typhoon center locating, typhoon intensity estimating and the the estimation of gale ring and rainfall distribution using meteorological satellite image data, Collected works of scientific achievement in the 8th 5-YEAR PLAN in China, Vol. 1, 989-990, in Chinese.
  19. Zhao, M., D. Tang and X. Huang 1996: Rainfall estimation by radar data, Conference on the Subject 85-906-01, in Chinese.
  20. Yao, Z., M. Zhao and L. Fei, 1995: The satellite image analysis of the effects of topography and cloud system variations on tropical cyclone tracks, Atmospheric Science Research and Application, in Chinese.
  21. Yang, L. and M. Zhao, 1995: Precipitation estimation approaches using meteorological satellite data, Atmospheric Science Research and Application, in Chinese.
  22. Zhao, M., D. Tang, X. Huang and M. Fang, 1994: Climatologically tuned reflectivity - rain rate relation for radar hydrology in middle China, Conference on Atmospheric Remote Sensing, in Chinese.
  23. Yuan, L,, D. Tang and M. Zhao, 1992: A simulation experiment for extracting Doppler width from conventional weather radar signals using the correlation method, Journal of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, No.1 Vol.15, in Chinese.