Faculty

Dr. Zong-Liang Yang, Ph.D., Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Research interests: Climate Modeling, Land Surface Modeling, Snow Hydrology, Snow-Atmosphere Interactions, Runoff, Remote Sensing, North American Monsoon, Interaction of Terrestrial and Atmospheric Hydrological Processes, Flash Flood Modeling, Biogenic Emissions and Air Quality.

Research Associate

Dr. Guo-Yue Niu, Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Research interests: Climate Modeling, Land Surface Modeling, Snow Hydrology, Snow-Atmosphere Interactions, Runoff, Remote Sensing, North American Monsoon, Interaction of Terrestrial and Atmospheric Hydrological Processes.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Jeff Chun-Fung Lo, Ph.D., The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China. (His real-time MM5 modeling.)
Research interests: Regional Climate Downscaling, Computer Modeling of Land/Sea Breezes, Air Quality

Current Graduate Students:

Amanda Barr, Ph.D. Aspirant, BS Astronomy (2003), University of Texas at Austin, MS Environmental Science (2006), Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi.
Research interests: global warming, data analysis

Lindsey E. Gulden, Ph.D. Candidate, BS Computer Sciences (2000), Harvard University.
Research interests: biogenic emissions, land-atmosphere interactions, climate modeling, groundwater modeling

Xiaoyan Jiang, Ph.D. Aspirant, BS Atmospheric Science (2002), Nanjing University; MS Atmospheric Science (2004), Nanjing University.
Research interests: meso-scale meteorological modeling, climate variability

Jacqueline (Jacki) Kinney, Ph.D. Aspirant. BS Meteorology (2003), Texas A&M University; MS Meteorology (2005), Texas A&M University.
Research interests: atmospheric radiation, climatology

Enrique Rosero R, Ph.D. Aspirant. B Eng (2001), Escuela Politecnica Nacinonal (Ecuador); MS, Environmental Fluid Mechanics (2003), University of Karlsruhe (Germany).
Research interests: land surface modeling, uncertainty estimation, data assimilation, statistical pattern matching and machine learning

Hua Su, Ph.D. Candidate, BS Civil Engineering (2000), Tsinghua University; MS Hydrology (2002), Tsinghua University.
Research interests: snow data assimilation, rainfall, runoff, hillslope processes, snow hydrology, remote sensing, optimization

Graduated Graduate Students:

Marla R. Knebl, Ph.D., Geological Sciences (2006)
Thesis Topic: "Regional scale flood modeling using NEXRAD rainfall, GIS, and HEC-HMS/RAS: A case study for the San Antonio River Basin, Texas".

Qianru Zeng, MS Geological Sciences (2004), University of Texas at Austin. BS Geology (2001), Beijing University.
Thesis Topic: "Temporal and Spatial Variability of Snow Cover as Determined from Data and Models".

Mentored Graduate Students:

Sarah Doyle, BS Chemistry (2003), University of Texas at Austin.

Vaidya Varada, MS Physics, University of Pune, Pune, India; MTech Atmospheric Physics, University of Pune, Pune, India.

Laurel (Lelan) Anstead, MS Candidate. BA Asian Area Studies (1987), BS Microbiology (1988), University of Illinois, Urbana. MA Education (1993), Illinois State University.
Research interests: environmental policy, air quality policy

Visiting Scholars:

Dr. Jingbing Xiao, Cielo Wind Power Company, Austin, TX, USA.
1 August, 2005 - 31 July, 2006.
Research interest: "Forecasting Local-scale Wind Speed and Direction in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer Using Weather Research and Forecasting Model".

Professor Xinping Zhang, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
6 September, 2005 - 24 February, 2006.
Research interest: "Stable Water Isotopes in the Community Land Model".

Professor Jie Cheng, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, Beijing, China.
November 2003 - April 2004. Topic of research: "Proxy data and modeling of the Holocene climate in the source area of the Yellow River, Northeast Tibetan Plateau".

Visitors:

Dr. Fei Chen, Scientist III, National Center for Atmospheric Research
15-20 October, 2006
Seminars: "Land Surface Modeling In Numerical Weather Prediction Models", "Challenges In Developing An Integrated Mesoscale Urban Modeling System" and "Investigating Mesoscale Land-Atmosphere Interactions And Their Impacts On Precipitation Under The NCAR Water Cycle Across Scales Program".

Professor Robert E. Dickinson, Georgia Institute of Technology
22-24 March, 2006
Seminars: "Issues in modeling canopy radiation in climate models (latest ideas)" and "Dynamic vegetation and carbon as a component of climate prediction".

Professor Alan Robock, Rutgers University
1-4 March, 2006
Seminars: "Comparing Climatic Response to Low and High Latitude Volcanic Eruptions" and "Using Soil Moisture Observations to Study Climate Variations, to Evaluate Climate Models, and as Ground Truth for Remote Sensing".

Professor Soroosh Sorooshian, University of California, Irvine
1-2 May, 2005

Professor Robert E. Dickinson, Georgia Institute of Technology
16-18 November, 2004
Seminar: "Including Land in a Climate Model"

Dr. Rick LawfordOAA Program Manager and Director of US CCSP GWCP Office
5-26 February, 2003
Talk: “National and International Climate and Water Programs: Issues and Opportunities”.

Former Group Members:

Dr. Xuemei Wang, Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China
Visiting from Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China.
Research interests:Air Quality, BVOC Emissions, Climate Change, Large Eddy Simulations, Numerical Modeling.

Dr. Yiwen Xu, Ph.D., University of Iowa