Ping Zhu

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., MPO/RSMAS, University of Miami, 2002

M.S., Chinese University of Meteorological Sciences, China, 1988
B.S., Nanjing University, China, 1985

Office:  PC 344

Tel: 305-348-7096
Fax: 305-348-1761

Email:  zhup@fiu.edu

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Meteorology

Research Interests

Dr. Zhu's research interests are in the atmospheric boundary layer. Using numerical simulations, in situ observations, and satellite measurements, he investigates the processes responsible for the formation, development, and dissipation of boundary layer clouds, the representation of sub-grid cloud processes in large scale models, and the cloud-radiation-climate feedback mechanisms. His research also focuses on studying hurricane boundary layer turbulent processes and investigating multi-scale interactions between large turbulent eddies, meso-vortices, deep convection, and hurricane vortex. The goal is to advance our understanding of the hurricane boundary layer processes, their up-scale impact on hurricane development, maintenance, and dissipation, and their down-scale bearing on coastal damage; to improve the parameterization of sub-scale hurricane boundary layer processes in numerical models; and to develop novel approaches to depict and predict the hurricane boundary layer wind fields at landfall for various applications in hurricane mitigation.

Recent publications:

Zhu, P., and P. Zuidema, 2009: On the use of PDF schemes to parameterize sub-grid clouds. Geophysical Research Letters, accepted.

Zhu, P., 2008: A Multiple Scale Modeling System for Coastal Hurricane Wind Damage Mitigation. Natural Hazards , DOI:10.1007/s11069-008-9240-8.

Zhu, P., 2008: Impact of Land Surface Roughness on Surface Winds during Hurricane Landfall. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. , 134, 1051 - 1057. DOI: 10.1002/qj.265

Zhu, P., 2008: Simulation and Parameterization of the Turbulent Transport in the Hurricane Boundary Layer by Large Eddies J. Geophys. Res. , 113, D17104, doi:10.1029/2007JD009643.

Zhu, P., W. Zhao 2008: Parameterization of Continental Boundary Layer Clouds J. Geophys. Res. , 113, D10201, doi:10.1029/2007JD009315

Zhu, P., J. Hack, J. Kiehl, and C. S. Bretherton, 2007: Climate Sensitivity of Tropical and Subtropical Marine Low Clouds to ENSO and Global Warming due to Doubling CO2. J. Geophys. Res. , 112, doi:1029/2006JD008174.

Zhu, P., J. Hack, and J. Kiehl, 2007: Diagnosing Cloud Feedbacks in General Circulation Models. J. Climate , 20, 2602-2622.

Zhu, P., C. Bretherton, M. Kohler, A. Cheng, A. Chlond, Q. Geng, P. Austin, J.-C. Golaz, G. Lenderink, A. Lock, B. Stevens, 2005: Intercomparison and interpretation of single column model simulations of a nocturnal stratocumulus topped marine boundary layer. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 2741-2758.

Stevens, B., C.-H., Moeng, A. S. Ackerman, C. Bretherton, P. Zhu, A. Chlond, S. De Roode, J. Edwards, J.-C., Golaz, H. Jiang, M. Khairoutdinov, M. P. Kirkpatrick, D. C. Lewellen, A. Lock, F. Muller, D. E. Stevens, E. Whelan, 2005: Evaluation of large-eddy simulations via
observations of nocturnal marine stratocumulus. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 1443-1462.

Zhu, P. and C. Bretherton, 2004: A simulation study of shallow moist convection and its impact on the atmospheric boundary layer. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 2391-2409.

Zhu, P. and B. A. Albrecht, 2003: Large eddy simulations of continental shallow cumulus convection. J. Geophys. Res., 108, No.D15, 4453, doi:10.1029/202JD003119.

Zhu, P. and B. A. Albrecht, 2002: A theoretical and observational analysis on the formation of fair-weather cumuli. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1983-2005.

Zhu, P. and B. A. Albrecht, 2002: Formation of fair-weather cumuli. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 83, 856-857.

Zhu, P. and B. A. Albrecht, and J. Gottschalck, 2001: Formation and development of nocturnal boundary layer clouds over the southern Great Plains. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1409-1426.

Wang, Q. and P. Zhu, 1995: Analysis of nighttime drainage wind in Heihe region. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 73, 1285-1291.

Zhu, P. and R.-B. Jiang, 1995: Numerical study of oscillation phenomena in radiation fog. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 19, 234-241.

Zhu, P., X.-J. Xu, and X.-S. Li, 1992: A numerical study of the second-order turbulent moments in the stable stratifed nocturnal boundary layer. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 9, 201-212.89-294.

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