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Dr. Song Jun Dr. Song Jun
Prof. ZHUANG Yizhou (庄一洲教授)

Assistant Professor

Weather and Climate Extremes, Climate Change Attribution, Land-Atmosphere Coupling

Office:AAB 1222
Tel:(852) 3411 2579
Fax:(852) 3411 5990
Email:zhuangyz@hkbu.edu.hk
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
  • 2019-2024, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
  • 2017, Visiting Graduate Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
  • 2015-2017, Visiting Research Scholar, University of Texas at Austin, USA
  • 2013-2019, Ph.D., Meteorology, Peking University, China
  • 2009-2013, B.S., Atmospheric Sciences (Remote Sensing Focus), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS 
  • Weather and climate extremes (wildfire, drought, flood, …)
  • Climate change and event attribution
  • Atmospheric circulation and thermodynamics
  • Land-atmosphere coupling
  • Machine learning applications
  • Remote sensing of cloud and precipitation
WEBSITES
TEACHING
  • Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation
AWARDS
  • JIFRESSE Outstanding Leadership/Service Award, UCLA, 2023
  • Richard P. and Linda S. Turco Exceptional Research Publication Award, UCLA, 2023
  • China Scholarship Council (CSC) Joint Ph.D. Scholarship, 2015-2017
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
  • Reviewer: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Earth’s Future, Communications Earth and Environment, Environmental Research Letters, Geophysical Research Letters, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Climate Dynamics, Water Resources Research, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Atmospheric Science Letters, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, MDPI Atmosphere, MDPI Fire, MDPI Forests, MDPI Remote Sensing, and MDPI Sensors 
  • Reviewer: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP), 2022-
  • Project mentor: UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE) Summer Internship Program (JSIP), 2024 (mentored student Annie Rosen won the 2024 Best JSIP Presentation Award)
  • Committee member: UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE) Summer Internship Program (JSIP), 2021-2022

* corresponding author; + (co-)supervised student

  • Y. Zhuang, R. Fu*, J. Lisonbee, A. M. Sheffield, B. A. Parker, and G. Deheza, 2024: Anthropogenic warming has ushered in an era of temperature-dominated droughts in the western United States. Science Advances, 10(45), eadn9389. (Article highlighted in “ScienceAdvisor”) (Link)

  • Y. Zhuang*, R. Fu*, B. D. Santer, R. E. Dickinson, and A. Hall, 2021: Quantifying contributions of natural variability and anthropogenic forcings on increased fire weather risk over the western United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (45), e2111875118. (Article “From the Cover”, highlighted “In This Issue”. ESI Highly Cited Paper. This study was among University of California’s 10 Best Research Stories of 2021 and UCLA’s Top News Stories of 2021) (Link)

  • M. Turco*, J. T. Abatzoglou, S. Herrera, Y. Zhuang, S. Jerez, D. D. Lucas, A. AghaKouchak, and I. Cvijanovic, 2023: Anthropogenic climate change impacts exacerbate summer forest fires in California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(25), e2213815120. (Article highlighted “In This Issue”) (Link)

  • Y. Zhuang* and R. Fu, 2024: Quantifying the contribution of atmospheric circulation to precipitation variability and changes in the US Great Plains and southwest using self-organizing map–analogue. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(3), 1641-1657. (Link)

  • G. Wang+, R. Fu, Y. Zhuang*, P. A. Dirmeyer, J. A. Santanello, G. Wang, K. Yang, and K. McColl, 2024: Influence of lower tropospheric moisture on local soil moisture-precipitation feedback over the US Southern Great Plains. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(6), 3857-3868. (Link)

  • G. Wang*+, Y. Zhuang, R. Fu, S. Zhao, and H. Wang, 2021: Improving seasonal prediction of California winter precipitation using canonical correlation analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126 (17), e2021JD034848. (Link)

  • Y. Zhuang*, A. Erfanian, and R. Fu, 2021: Dryness over the US Southwest, a springboard for cold season ENSO to influence summer rainfall over the US Great Plains. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22(1), 63-76. (NOAA Drought Task Force Special Collection: Progress in Advancing Drought Monitoring and Prediction) (Link)

  • Y. Zhuang*, R. Fu, and H. Wang, 2020: Large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns associated with US Great Plains warm season droughts revealed by self-organizing maps. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(5), e2019JD031460. (Link)

  • Y. Zhuang*, R. Fu, and H. Wang, 2018: How do environmental conditions influence vertical buoyancy structure and shallow-to-deep convection transition across different climate regimes? Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75(6), 1909-1932. (Link)

  • Y. Zhuang*, R. Fu, J. A. Marengo, and H. Wang, 2017: Seasonal variations of shallow-to-deep convection transition and its link to the environmental conditions over the Central Amazon. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(5), 2649-2666. (Editors’ Highlights) (Link)