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SHIYUAN (SHARON) ZHONG |
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University 1992
M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University 1989
M.S. Atmospheric Physics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing 1985
B.S. Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University 1982
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
1998 - 2002, Senior Research Scientist, Atmospheric Sciences Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Served as PI and Co-PI for various research projects to study boundary-layer turbulence, pollutant transport and dispersion, cold pool formation and destruction, slope, valley and mountain circulations, cloud formations and their relationships to land use characteristics, observational data assimilation and its impact on air quality studies and on regional climate simulations.
1994 - 1998, Research Scientist, Atmospheric Sciences Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Carried out investigations into the effects of land-use heterogeneity on boundary layer structure and evolution and cloud formation using a combined modeling and data analysis approach. Led investigations into atmospheric processes governing the formation of low-level jets and gravity waves. Part of team efforts to improve mesoscale numerical models, chemical transport models, and Lagrangian particle dispersion models.
1992 - 1994, Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Atmospheric Sciences Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Studied regional-scale drainage flows frequently present in the Pacific Northwest, temperature structures within the Grand Canyon, and development of inversions over the Colorado Plateaus Basin.
1987 - 1992, Research Assistant, Atmospheric Sciences Program, Iowa State
University.
Studied sea-breeze circulations observed at the Kennedy Space Center/Cape
Canaveral and their interactions with local-scale river breezes and with large-scale
synoptic flows using a finite-element boundary-layer model and field observations.
1985 - 1987, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University. Conducted research on surface and boundary-layer turbulence parameterizations.
1982 - 1985, Research Assistant, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing,
China.
Developed a two-dimensional numerical model to study boundary-layer development
and dispersion characteristics in a stable boundary layer over gently sloped
terrain.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Present, Teaching undergraduate course, 'Introduction to Atmospheric Sciences', at the University of Houston.
1996 - 1997, Taught an introductory meteorology course to graduate and upper undergraduate students in the Environmental Sciences Program of Washington State University.
1985 - 1987, Taught boundary-layer meteorology, fluid dynamics, and air pollution to upper undergraduate students in the Atmospheric Sciences Department of Nanjing University.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND AWARDS:
Editor, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 2003 - present.
Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 1998 - 2000
Adjunct faculty, Environmental Science, Washington State University, 1996
- present
AMS Technical Committee on Mountain Meteorology, 2000 - present
Journal article reviews for J. Atmos. Sci., Mon. Wea. Rev., J. Climate, J.
Geophys. Res., J. Appl. Meteor., Bound. Layer Meteor., Meteor. and Atmos.
Phys., Atmosfera, Atmospheric Research Letters, Mountain Research and Development
Proposal Reviews for NSF, DOE, British Natural Environmental Research Council
Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Brown Trust Fellowship
COMPUTER LANGUAGES:
Unix Shell Scripts, Fortran 77 and 90, C/C++, IDL, NCAR Graphics, S-Plus, etc.
NUMERICAL MODELS
RAMS (10 years), MM5 (3 years), MesoEta (1 year), Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model (9 years), Finite Element Boundary Layer Model (4 years), PNNL Regional Climate Model (2 years), PEGASES - a coupled dynamic and photochemistry modeling system (1 year)
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:
U. S. Department of Energy, Atmospheric Chemistry Program: The formation and fate of pollutant layers aloft in Central California. Zhong, S. and L. A. Barrie, Co-Principal Investigators.
U. S. Department of Energy, Environmental Meteorology Program: Towards an improved prediction of vertical exchange processes in urban basins and valleys, October 1999 - September 2003. Fast, Jerome and S. Zhong, Co-Principal Investigators.
U. S. Department of Energy, Environmental Meteorology Program: Vertical exchange mechanisms in evolving urban basin cold pools, October 1999 - September 2003, Whiteman, C. D. and S. Zhong, Co-Principal Investigators.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Modeling the topographic influence on cold season precipitation and ENSO effects in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, October 2002 - Sept. 2004 . Ruby Leung, S. Zhong, and Mikhail Ovtchinnikov.
SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Zhong, S., X. Bian, and C. D. Whiteman, 2003: Time scale for cold-air pool
breakup by turbulent erosion erosion. Meteorologische Zeitschrift. (Accepted)
Zhong, S., and J. D. Fast, 2003: An evaluation of MM5, RAMS, and Meso Eta
at sub-kilometer resolution using the VTMX field campaign data in the Salt
Lake Valley. Mon. Wea. Rev. 131, 1301-1322.
Doran, J. C., S. Zhong, J. C. Liljegren, and C. Jakob, 2002: Comparison of
cloud properties at a coastal and inland site on the North Slope of Alaska.
J. Geophys. Res. 107(D11)
Doran, J. C., and S. Zhong, 2002: Comments on " Atmospheric disturbances
caused by human modification of landscape". Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
83, 277-279.
Zhong, S., C. D. Whiteman, X. Bian, W. J. Shaw, and J. M. Hubbe, 2001: Meteorological
processes affecting the evolution of a wintertime cold air pool in the Columbia
Basin. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2600-2613.
Whiteman, C. D., S. Zhong, W. J. Shaw, J. M. Hubbe, and X. Bian, 2001: Cold
pools in the Columbia Basin. Wea. and Forecasting, 16, 432-447.
Berkowitz, Carl, R.A. Zaveri, X. Bian, S. Zhong, R. S. Disselkamp, and N.
S. Laulainen, E. G. Chapman, 2001: Aircraft observations of aerosols, O3,
and NOy in a nighttime urban plume. J. Atmos. Environ., 35, 2395-2405.
Doran, J. C., and S. Zhong, 2000: Thermally-driven gap wind into the Mexico
City Basin. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 1330-1340.
Doran, J. C., and S. Zhong, 2000: A study of the effects of subgrid-scale
land use differences on atmospheric stability in prestorm environments. J.
Geophys. Res., 105, 9381-9392.
Whiteman, C. D., S. Zhong, X. Bian, J. D. Fast, and J. C. Doran, 2000: Boundary-layer
evolution and regional scale diurnal circulation over the Mexico Basin and
Mexico Plateau. J. Geophy. Res., 105, 10081-10102.
Whiteman, C. D., S. Zhong, and X. Bian, 1999: Wintertime boundary layer structure
in the Grand Canyon. J. Appl. Meteor., 38, 1084-1102.
Whiteman, C. D., X. Bian, and S. Zhong, 1999: Wintertime evolution of the
temperature inversion in the Colorado Plateau Basin. J. Appl. Meteor., 38,
1103-1117.
Edgerton, S.A., J.L. Arriaga, J. Archuleta, X. Bian, J.E. Bossert, J.C. Chow, R.L. Coulter, J.C. Doran, P.V. Doskey, S. Elliot, J.D.
Fast, J.S. Gaffney, F.Guzman, J.M. Hubbe, J.T. Lee, E.L. Malone, N.A. Marley, L.A. McNair, W. Neff, E. Ortiz, R. Petty, M. Ruiz,
W.J. Shaw, G. Sosa, E. Vega, J.G. Watson, C.D.Whiteman, and S. Zhong, 1999:
Particulate air pollution in Mexico City: A collaborative research project.
J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc., 49, 1221-1229.
Zhong, S., and J. C. Doran, 1998: An evaluation of the importance of surface
flux variability on GCM-scale boundary-layer characteristics using realistic
meteorological and surface forcing. J. Climate, 11, 2774-2788.
Fast, J. D., and S. Zhong, 1998: Meteorological factors associated with inhomogeneous
ozone concentrations within the Mexico City basin. J. Geophy. Res., 103, 18,927-18,946
de Wekker, S. F. J., S. Zhong, J. D. Fast, and C. D. Whiteman, 1998: A numerical
study of the thermally driven plain-to-basin wind over idealized basin topographies.
J. Appl. Meteor., 37, 606-622.
Whiteman, C. D., X. Bian, and S. Zhong, 1997: Low-level jet climatology from
enhanced rawinsonde observations at a site in the Southern Great Plains. J.
Appl. Meteor., 36, 1363-1376.
Zhong, S., and J. C. Doran, 1997: A study of the effects of spatially varying
fluxes on cloud formation and boundary layer properties using data from the
Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed. J. Climate, 10, 327-341.
Bian, X., C. M. Berkowitz, and S. Zhong, 1996: Aircraft observations of the
effects of internal gravity waves on ozone over the western north Atlantic.
J. Geophy. Res., 101, 26,017-26,021.
Doran, J. C., S. Zhong, and C. M. Berkowitz, 1996: Meteorological factors
affecting ozone profiles over the western north Atlantic. J. Geophy. Res,
101, 28,701-28,710.
Fast, J. D., S. Zhong, and C. D. Whiteman, 1996: Boundary layer evolution
within a canyonland basin. Part II: Numerical simulations of nocturnal flows
and heat budgets. J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 2162-2178.
Zhong, S., J. D. Fast, and X. Bian, 1996: A case study of the Great Plains
low-level jet using wind profiler network data and a high resolution mesoscale
model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 785-806.
Zhong, S., and J. C. Doran, 1995: A modeling study of the effects of inhomogeneous
surface fluxes on boundary-layer properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 3130-3142.
Doran, J. C., and S. Zhong, 1995: Variations in mixed-layer depths arising
from inhomogeneous surface conditions. J. Climate, 8, 1965-1973.
Doran, J. C., and S. Zhong, 1994: Regional drainage flows in the Pacific
Northwest. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1158-1167.
Zhong, S., and E. S. Takle, 1993: The effects of large-scale winds on the
sea/Land -breeze circulations in an area of complex coastal heating. J. Appl.
Meteor., 32, 1181-1195.
Zhong, S., and E. S. Takle, 1992: An observational study of sea- and land-breeze
circulations in an area of complex coastal heating. J. Appl. Meteor., 31,
1426-1438.
Zhong, S., J. M. Leone, Jr., and E. S. Takle, 1991: Interaction of the sea
breeze with a river breeze in an area of complex coastal heating. Bound.-Layer
Meteor., 56, 101-139.
Zhou, M., S. Zhong, and X. Bian, 1988: The influences of nonstationary processes
on the inner parameters and wind profiles in the PBL. Acta Meteorologica Sinica,46,
210 217.
Zhong, S., X. Li, and M. Zhou, 1987: A numerical study on mesoscale pollutant
dispersion in a stable boundary layer over a sloped surface. Advances in Atmospheric
Sciences, 4, 302 314.
Zhong, S., X. Li, and M. Zhou, 1987: A numerical simulation on the structure
of baroclinic stable planetary boundary layer. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica,
11, 102 115.
Zhong, S., and X. Li, 1986: On the methods of numerical simulation of the
atmospheric boundary layer. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 10, 266 276.
Li, X., X. Bian, and S. Zhong, 1985: Numerical studies on the interaction of turbulent and radiative transfers in the surface layer. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2, 522 531.
SELECTED RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS:
Zhong, S., X. Bian, C. D. Whiteman, and S. Tanrikulu, 2002, Thermally driven
flows in California's Central Valley - a comprehensive analysis using data
from a dense wind profiler network. Preprints, 10th conference on Mountain
Meteorology, June 17-21, 2002, Park City, Utah.
Zhong, S. C. D. Whiteman, and T. Haiden, 2002: How well can mesoscale models
capture katabatic flows observed in a large valley? Preprints, 10th conference
on Mountain Meteorology, June 17-21, 2002, Park City, Utah.
Whiteman, C. D., S. Zhong, and R. Mayr, 2002: Katabatic flows on a low-angle
slope in the Salt Lake Valley - overview of the VTMX 2000 Slope Experiment.
Preprints, 10th conference on Mountain Meteorology, June 17-21, 2002, Park
City, Utah.
Zhong, S., G. Jiang, E. Yang, and S. Tanrikulu, 2002: The impact of forecast
errors in boundary layer wind and temperature fields on predictions of surface
ozone concentrations. Preprints 15th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence.
15-19 July 2000, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Zhong, S., and J. D. Fast, 2002: An evaluation of boundary layer and land
surface parameterizations using data from the VTMX field campaign in the Salt
Lake Valley. Preprints 15th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence. 15-19
July 2000, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Zhong, S., C. D. Whiteman, W. J. Shaw, J. M. Hubbe, and X. Bian, 2000: Air
pollution transport and dispersion during a cold pool episode in the mid Columbia
Basin. Preprints, 11th Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution
Meteorology with the A&WMA. 9-14 January 2000, Long Beach, California.
Zhong, S., X. Bian, C. D. Whiteman, D. C. Ruffieux, and A. B. White, 2000:
Boundary layer processes affecting pollutant transport and dispersion over
a complex-terrain coastal region. Preprints, 9th Conference on Mountain Meteorology,
7-11 August 2000, Aspen, Colorado.
Zhong, S., J. D. Fast, and X. Bian, 2000: Observational requirements for
describing boundary layer characteristics over a complex-terrain coastal region.
Preprints, 14th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence. 7-11 August 2000,
Aspen, Colorado.
Zhong, S., C. D. Whiteman, W. J. Shaw, J. M. Hubbe, and X. Bian, 2000: Meteorological
processes leading to cold pool formation and destruction in the Columbia Basin.
Preprints, 9th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, 7-11 August 2000, Aspen,
Colorado.
Zhong S., and R. Barchet,2000: Air flow patterns and air quality in the Mexico
City Basin. Tropospheric Aerosols Science and Decisions in an International
Community. October 23-26, 2000, Queretaro, Mexico.
Zhong, S., C. D. Whiteman, and X. Bian, 2000: Pollution layers aloft and
their contribution to surface concentration in the Los Angles Basin. 7th International
Conference on Atmospheric Sciences and Applications to Air Quality. 31 October
- 3 November, 2000, Taipei, Taiwan.
Zhong, S., and J.C. Doran, 1999: An investigation of changes in the potential
for development of deep convection caused by boundary layer perturbations
resulting from surface heterogeneity. Preprints, 13th Symposium on Boundary
Layers and Turbulence, 10-15 January 1999, Dallas, Texas.
Zhong, S., C. D. Whiteman, X. Bian, J. D. Fast, and J. C. Doran, 1999: Boundary
layer evolution and regional thermally driven circulations in the Mexico basin
and over the surrounding Mexico Plateau. Preprints, 13th Symposium on Boundary
Layers and Turbulence, 10-15 January 1999, Dallas, Texas.
Zhong, S., and J. C. Doran, 1998: Thermally driven winds into the Mexico
City Basin through a mountain gap. Preprints, 8th Conference on Mountain Meteorology,
3-7 August 1998, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Fast, J. D., and S. Zhong, 1998: Recirculation patterns within the Mexico City Basin. Preprints, 8th Conference on Mountain
Meteorology, 3-7 August 1998, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Whiteman, C. D., X. Bian, and S. Zhong, 1998: Evolution of the cold air pools
in the Colorado Plateau Basin. Preprints. 8th Conference on Mountain Meteorology,
3-7 August 1998, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Whiteman, C. D., X. Bian, and S. Zhong, 1998: Analyses and numerical investigations
of the mean characteristics of the Mexico Basin atmosphere. Preprints, 8th
Conference on Mountain Meteorology, 3-7 August 1998, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Zhong, S., J. C. Doran, and J. D. Fast, 1998: The effect of re-entrainment
on surface pollutant concentration in the Mexico City basin.Preprints, 10th
Joint Conference on the Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with the
A&WMA. 11-16 January 1998, Phoenix, Arizona.
Zhong, S., C. M. Berkowitz, Y. Zhang, and J. D. Fast, 1997: Changes to boundary
layer ozone concentrations associated with local vertical mixing at a rural
site in the southeastern U. S., AGU 1997 Fall Meeting, 8-12 December 1997,
San Francisco, California.
Zhong, S., and J. C. Doran, 1997: Boundary-layer perturbation induced by
spatially varying surface fluxes: An observational and numerical study. Preprints,
12th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence. 28 July-1 August 1997, Vancouver,
British Columbia.
Zhong, S., J. D. Fast, and J. C. Doran, 1997: Boundary layer processes within
Mexico City Basin and their impact on surface ozone patterns. Part I: Meteorological
analysis and simulations. Preprints, 12th Symposium on Boundary Layer and
Turbulence. 28 July-1 August 1997, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Fast, J. D., S. Zhong, and J. C. Doran, 1997: Boundary layer processes within
Mexico City Basin and their impact on surface ozone patterns. Part II: Particle
dispersion simulation. Preprints, 12th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence,
28 July-1 August 1997, Vancouver, British Columbia.
de Wekker, S. F. J., S. Zhong, J. D. Fast, and C. D. Whiteman, 1997: A numerical investigation of thermally-driven circulations produced by basin topography. Preprints, 12th Symposium on Boundary Layer and Turbulence, 28 July-1 August 1997, Vancouver, British Columbia.
REFERENCES
Dave Whiteman, Staff Scientist, Atmospheric Sciences Group, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory, (509) 372-6147, dave.whiteman@pnl.gov
Chris Doran, Technical Group Leader, Atmospheric Sciences Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, (509) 372-6149, christopher.doran@pnl.gov
Jerome Fast, Senior Research Scientist, Atmospheric Sciences Group, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, (509) 372-6116, jerome.fast@pnl.gov
Eugene Takle, Thesis advisor, Professor, Atmospheric Sciences Program, Iowa State University, (515) 294-9871, gstakle@iastate.edu
Greg Poulos, Senior Research Scientist, Colorado Research Associates
303-415-9701 x201, gsp@cora.nwra.com