Dr. Fuqing Zhang
| Title | Associate Professor |
| Research Interests |
Mesoscale dynamics and predictability. Data assimilation. Ensemble forecasting. |
| Education | Ph. D., North Carolina State Univ., 2000 |
| Office Location | Room 1002B, O&M Bldg |
| Office Phone | 979-862-1580 |
| Fax | 979-862-4466 |
| fzhang@tamu.edu | |
| Mailing Address | Department of Atmospheric Sciences Texas A&M University 3150 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3150 |
Selected Publications (Link to Full Publication List)
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.
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., and C. Snyder, 2007: Ensemble-based data assimilation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88,565-568.
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.
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.
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.
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, 112, D04304, doi:10.1029/2006JD007429.
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.
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, 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.
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.
Zhang, F., 2005: Dynamics and structure of mesoscale error covariance in 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.
Zhang, F., 2004: Generation of mesoscale gravity waves in the upper-tropospheric jet-front systems. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61, 440-457.
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., C. Snyder, and R. Rotunno, 2003: Effects of moist convection on mesoscale predictability. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60, 1173-1185.
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.
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.
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. Advancesin Atmospheric Sciences, 17, 165-183.
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