Research area

Climate and Weather Modeling, Air-Wave-Sea Coupled Simulations, Climate Change, Parallel Optimization of Numerical Models

Research interests

• Climate and weather simulations using hierarchical modeling tools
• Regional air-wave-sea coupled forecast system development
• Load-balanced and communication-efficient modeling on distributed systems
• Massive and fast Lagrangian simulations in the atmosphere
• Machine learning application in climate and atmospheric sciences

Recent Publications / Representative Publications

• Zuo, Z., Fung, J.C., Li, Z., Huang, Y., Wong, M.F., Lau, A.K. and Lu, X., 2023. Projection of future heatwaves in the Pearl River Delta through CMIP6-WRF dynamical downscaling. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 62(9), pp.1297-1314.
• Huang, Y., Lu, X., Fung, J.C., Wong, D.C., Li, Z., Chen, Y. and Chen, W., 2023. Investigating Southeast Asian biomass burning by the WRF-CMAQ two-way coupled model: Emission and direct aerosol radiative effects. Atmospheric Environment, 294, p.119521.
• Li, Z., Yang, S., Tam, C.Y. and Hu, C., 2021. Strengthening western equatorial Pacific and Maritime Continent atmospheric convection and its modulation on the trade wind during spring of 1901–2010. International Journal of Climatology, 41(2), pp.1455-1464.
• Lu, X., Sha, Y.H., Li, Z., Huang, Y., Chen, W., Chen, D., Shen, J., Chen, Y. and Fung, J.C., 2021. Development and application of a hybrid long-short term memory–three dimensional variational technique for the improvement of PM2. 5 forecasting. Science of The Total Environment, 770, p.144221.
• Yang, S., Li, Z., Yu, J.Y., Hu, X., Dong, W. and He, S., 2018. El Niño–Southern Oscillation and its impact in the changing climate. National Science Review, 5(6), pp.840-857.
• Li, Z., Yang, S., Hu, X., Dong, W. and He, B., 2018. Charge in long-lasting El Niño events by convection-induced wind anomalies over the Western Pacific in boreal spring. Journal of Climate, 31(10), pp.3755-3763.
• Hu, C., Yang, S., Wu, Q., Li, Z., Chen, J., Deng, K., Zhang, T., and Zhang, C., 2016. Shifting El Niño inhibits summer Arctic warming and Arctic sea-ice melting over the Canada Basin. Nat. Comm., doi: 10.1038/ncomms11721.
• Li, Z., Yang, S., He, B. and Hu, C., 2016. Intensified springtime deep convection over the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea dries Southern China. Sci. Rep., 6, p.30470.