Ping Zhu

• Boundary layer clouds
• Atmospheric convection
• Hurricane boundary layer
• Numerical modelling

Undergraduate courses
   - Oceanography: OCE-3014
   - General Meteorology: MET-3003
   - Meteorological Instrumentation and Observations: MET-4400
   - Dynamic Meteorology I (undergraduate): MET-4301
   - Physical Climatology: MET-3993
   - Calculations for the Atmospheric Sciences: MET-4993

Graduate courses
   - Dynamic Meteorology I (graduate): MET-5311.01
   - Dynamic Meteorology II (graduate): MET-5311.02
   - Boundary Layer Meteorology: MET-5305
   - Graduate Seminar and Advanced Graduate Seminar: GLY5931/6931

   - RICO Shallow Cumulus Convection (NSF)
   - ARM Cloud Research (DOE)

   . Cloudy Boundary layer
   . TWP-ICE LAM Intercomparison
   - Hurricane Boundary Layer (NSF, NOAA)

• Zhang A. J., P. Zhu, F. J. Masters, R. R. Rogers, and F. D. Marks, 2011:  On momentum transport and dissipative heating during hurricane landfalls. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1397-1404.
• Zhu, P., B. A. Albrecht, V. P. Ghate, Z.-D., Zhu, 2010:  Multiple scale simulations of stratocumulus clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D23201, doi:10.1029/2010JD014400.
• Zhu, P., J. A. Zhang, and F. J. Masters, 2010:  Wavelet Analyses of Turbulence in the Hurricane Surface Layer During Landfalls. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3793-3805.
• Zhu, P., and P. Zuidema, 2009:  On the use of PDF schemes to parameterize sub-grid clouds. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L05807, doi:10.1029/2008GL036817.
• 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. , doi:10.1029/2007JD009643.
• Zhu, P., W. Zhao 2008:  Parameterization of Continental Boundary Layer Clouds J. Geophys. Res. , 113, 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, 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. J. Meteor. Soc. 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 stratified nocturnal boundary layer. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences , 9, 201-212.

download/

Tenure_file/