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Current members

Yuanrui Chen

Yuanrui Chen (陈元瑞) · PhD candidate

Research topic:
Synoptic waves and atmosphere-ocean interactions in the South Pacific

Email: chenyr22 at mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Chen, Y. and J. S. Wright: A Coupled Quadrupole Mode in the South Pacific, (submitted to J. Climate).

Chen, Y. and J. S. Wright: 2019/2020 Severe Marine Heatwave in the Southwest Pacific Instigated by Recurrent Synoptic Waves, (submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett.).

Zizhan Hu

Zizhan Hu (胡子瞻) · PhD candidate

Research topics:
Development of a large eddy model with stable water isotopes and mixed-phase microphysics

Email: hzz18 at mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Hu, Z., X. Tang, C. Zheng, M. Guan and J. Shen (2018): Spatial and temporal analyses of air pollutants and meteorological driving forces in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China, Environ. Earth Sci., 77, 540, doi:10.1007/s12665-018-7705-y.

Zhu, M., H.-L. Ren, Z. Hu, J. S. Wright and S. Xu: Diagnosing the Quasi-Equilibrium Response of ENSO Variability Under a Range of CO2 Levels, J. Climate, accepted.

Shenao Li

Shenao Li (李申奥) · PhD candidate

Research topic:
TBD

Email: lsa23 at mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Shenglong Zhang

Shenglong Zhang (张胜龙) · PhD candidate

Research topic:
A Lagrangian attribution tool for hydrometeorological extremes

Email: zhangsl21 at mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Zhang, S., J. S. Wright, Z. Guo, W. Huang and Y. Peng: Effects of Anthropogenic Aerosols on the East Asian Winter Monsoon, (submitted to J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.)

Zhang, S., B. Sun and P. Chen (2023): Interdecadal Oscillations and Underlying Mechanisms Linking Tropical Pacific Sea Surface Temperature to East Asian Water Vapor Transport in December and February (in Chinese), Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 47. 975–994, doi:10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.2202.21129.

Mengke Zhu

Mengke Zhu (朱梦珂) · PhD candidate

Research topic:
Stability analysis of changes in ENSO under a wide range of CO2 forcings

Email: zmk19 at mails.tsinghua.edu.cn

Zhu, M., H.-L. Ren, Z. Hu, J. S. Wright and S. Xu: Diagnosing the Quasi-Equilibrium Response of ENSO Variability Under a Range of CO2 Levels, J. Climate, accepted.

Zhao, M., M. Zhu, Y. Chen, C. Zhang and W. Cai: The Uneven Impacts of Climate Change on China's Labor Productivity and Economy, J. Environ. Manage., accepted.



Previous members

Jiao Chen

Jiao Chen (陈娇) · MSc 2020

Research topic:
Moistening of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere above monsoon Asia

Post-graduation:
Bashu Secondary School (巴蜀中学校), Chongqing

Lan Dai

Lan Dai (戴兰) · PhD 2021

Research topic:
Mechanisms and drivers of drought in northern China

Post-graduation:
IBS Center for Climate Physics, Pusan, Korea

Dai, L., J. S. Wright and R. Fu (2020): Moisture and energy budget perspectives on summer drought in North China, J. Climate, 33, 10149–10167, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0176.1.

Dai, L. and J. S. Wright (2021): Long-Term variability of relationships between potential large-scale drivers and summer precipitation in North China in the CERA-20C reanalysis, Atmosphere, 12, 81, doi:10.3390/atmos12010081.

Suqin Duan

Suqin Duan (段苏芩) · PhD 2019

Research topics:
Water isotope constraints for physical parameterizations of tropical convection

Post-graduation:
Princeton University (普林斯顿大学), USA
UCLA (加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校), USA

Duan, S., J. S. Wright and D. Romps (2018): On the utility (or futility) of using stable water isotopes to study convection, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 10, 516–529, doi:10.1002/2017MS001074.

Duan, S. Q., K. L. Findell and J. S. Wright (2020): Three regimes of temperature distribution change over dry land, moist land and oceanic surfaces, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL090997, doi:10.1029/2020GL090997.

Jie Gao

Jie Gao (高洁) · PhD 2023

Research topic:
Aerosol effects on diabatic heating near the tropopause above monsoon Asia

Post-graduation:
Qingdao Joint Institute of Marine Meteorology (青岛海洋气象研究院), Qingdao

Gao, J., Y. Huang, Y. Peng and J. S. Wright (2023): Aerosol effects on clear-sky shortwave heating in the Asian monsoon tropopause layer, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 128, e2022JD036956, doi:10.1029/2022JD036956.

Wanru Ge

Wanru Ge (葛婉如) · MSc 2019

Research topic:
Influences of wintertime circulation patterns on daily variations of air quality in China

Post-graduation:
Bank of Shanghai (上海银行), Shanghai

Ge, W., Y. Yin, J. S. Wright, W. Huang, B. Jia, Y. Wang and Z. Yang (2019): Links between large-scale circulation patterns and daily air quality over central–eastern China during winter, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 124, 7147–7163, doi:10.1029/2018JD030154.

Zhengxu He

Zhengxu He (何正旭) · MSc 2015

Research topic:
Interactions between atmospheric pollution and a mixed rainfall-snowfall event in Beijing

Post-graduation:
Dow Chemical (陶氏化学), Chengdu

Xiaolin Jin

Xiaolin Jin (靳晓琳) · PhD 2019

Research topic:
Influences of the Pacific Ocean on decadal variations of subsurface ocean heat content in the Indian Ocean

Post-graduation:
Civil Aviation Flight University of China (中国民航飞行学院), Guanghan

Jin, X., Y.-O. Kwon, C. C. Ummenhofer, H. Seo, Y. Kosaka and J. S. Wright (2018): Distinct mechanisms of decadal subsurface heat content variations in the eastern and western Indian Ocean modulated by tropical Pacific SST, J. Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0184.1.

Jin, X., Y.-O. Kwon, C. C. Ummenhofer, H. Seo, F. U. Schwarzkopf, A. Biastoch, C. W. Böning and J. S. Wright (2018): Influences of Pacific climate variability on decadal subsurface ocean heat content variations in the Indian Ocean, J. Climate, 31, 4157–4174, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0654.1.

Jin, X. and J. S. Wright (2020): Contributions of Indonesian Throughflow to Eastern Indian Ocean surface variability during ENSO events, Atmos. Sci. Lett., 21, e979, doi:10.1002/asl.979.

Xiang Lai

Xiang Lai (赖翔) · MSc 2018

Research topic:
Convective and large-scale influences on the isotopic composition of boundary layer water vapor above a coastal mangrove

Post-graduation:
China Development Bank (国家开发银行), Shenzhen

Lai, X., J. S. Wright, W. Huang, J. Liang, G. Lin and S. Zhu (2018): Contributions of atmospheric transport and rain–vapor exchange to near-surface water vapor in the Zhanjiang Mangrove Reserve, Southern China: Isotopic perspectives, Atmosphere, 9, 365, doi:10.3390/atmos9090365.

Xiaoyi Sun

Xiaoyi Sun (孙晓屹) · MSc 2018

Research topic:
Differences in tropical high cloud products among atmospheric reanalyses

Post-graduation:
China Merchants Bank (招商银行), Beijing

Wright, J. S., X. Sun, P. Konopka, K. Krüger, B. Legras, A. Molod, S. Tegtmeier, G. J. Zhang and X. Zhao (2020): Differences in tropical high clouds among reanalyses: origins and radiative impacts, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 8989–9030, doi:10.5194/acp-20-8989-2020.

Chao Wang

Chao Wang (王超) · MSc 2018

Research topic:
Definition of the dynamical tropopause via the Gaussian curvature of isentropic potential vorticity

Post-graduation:
Environmental Protection Bureau (北京市通州区环保局), Beijing

Yanwen Wang

Yanwen Wang (王颜文) · MSc 2015

Research topic:
A complex network analysis of the global monsoon system in observations, reanalyses, and CMIP5 models

Post-graduation:
Eastern Environmental Energy (北京东润焕能科技), Beijing

Xiaolu Yan

Xiaolu Yan (颜晓露) · PhD 2015 (中国气象科学研究院)

Research topic:
Validation of Aura MLS retrievals of temperature, water vapor, and ozone using balloon measurements collected over the Tibetan Plateau

Post-graduation:
Forschungszentrum Jülich (德国于利希研究中心), Germany

Yan, X., J. S. Wright, X. Zheng, N. Livesey, H. Vömel and X. Zhou (2016): Validation of Aura MLS retrievals of temperature, water vapour and ozone in the upper troposphere and lower–middle stratosphere over the Tibetan Plateau during boreal summer, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 3547–3566, doi:10.5194/amt-2015-399.

Yuening Yin

Yuening Yin (尹月宁) · MSc 2017

Research topic:
Links between wintertime large-scale circulation patterns over Asia and daily air quality in Beijing

Post-graduation:
Hengfeng Bank (恒丰银行), Beijing

Ge, W., Y. Yin, J. S. Wright, W. Huang, B. Jia, Y. Wang and Z. Yang (2019): Links between large-scale circulation patterns and daily air quality over central–eastern China during winter, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 124, 7147–7163, doi:10.1029/2018JD030154.

Liu Zhang

Liu Zhang (张镠) · MSc 2020

Research topic:
Representation of southern Amazon wet season onset in recent reanalyses

Post-graduation:
Loudi First Secondary School (娄底市第一中学), Loudi

Nuanliang Zhu

Nuanliang Zhu (朱暖凉) · Research assistant 2018-2019

Research topic:
Dynamical consistency of reanalysis diabatic heating in the upper troposphere and stratosphere

Current:
PhD candidate, University of Chicago, USA

Martineau, P., J. S. Wright, N. Zhu and M. Fujiwara (2018): A zonal-mean data set of global atmospheric reanalyses on pressure levels, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., doi:10.5194/essd-2018-71.