Prof. ZHUANG, Yizhou
(庄一洲)
Prof. ZHUANG, Yizhou
(庄一洲)
Assistant Professor at HKBU
Atmosphere, Climate & Environmental Extremes
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▪ Feb 10, 2025: Atmosphere Special Issue "Fire Weather and Drought: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives" is now open for submission.
▪ Jan 10, 2025: Start my new job at HKBU.
▪ Nov 25, 2024: Our work Zhuang et al. 2024 (Sci. Adv.) is selected as "Featured Image" by NOAA Climate.gov. (Link)
▪ Nov 6, 2024: Check out our new paper, Zhuang et al. 2024, published in Science Advances. Our study reveals that in the western US, high evaporative demand—primarily driven by anthropogenic warming—has overtaken precipitation deficits as the leading contributor to drought severity and coverage.
▪ Oct 2, 2024: Congratulations to my student Annie Rosen, co-mentored by myself, Prof. Rong Fu at UCLA, and Dr. Longtao Wu at JPL, for winning the Best JSIP Presentation Award at the UCLA JIFRESSE Summer Internship Program (JSIP). (Link)
▪ Mar 28, 2024: Check out our new paper, Wang et al. 2024 (as corresponding author), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. It highlights the role of lower-tropospheric humidity in land-atmosphere coupling under dry soil conditions in the US Southern Great Plains.
▪ Mar 14, 2024: Invited talk at UCLA AOS 271 Seminar: Atmospheric Dynamics. "Impacts of Atmospheric Circulation and Anthropogenic Warming on Drought and Wildfire Risk in the Western US". (Recording)
▪ Jan/Feb, 2024: Zhuang et al. 2021 (PNAS) received the "ESI Highly Cited Paper" rating.
▪ Feb 06, 2024: Check out my new paper, Zhuang & Fu 2024, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. It proposes a "Self-Organizing Map - Analogue" approach to quantify circulation influence on precipitation anomalies and investigates the role of PDO in precipitation changes in the US Southwest and Great Plains.
▪ Feb 06, 2024: Heartfelt congratulations to my postdoc advisor, Prof. Rong Fu, on the distinguished honor of being elected as a new member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). (UCLA News)
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; PDF)
G. Wang, R. Fu, Y. Zhuang*, et al., 2024: Influence of Lower Tropospheric Moisture on Local Soil Moisture-Precipitation Feedback over the US Southern Great Plain. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24(6), 3857-3868. (Link; PDF)
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; PDF)
M. Turco*, J. T. Abatzoglou, S. Herrera, Y. Zhuang, et al., 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; PDF)
J. Zhang*, K. Guan*, R. Fu*, B. Peng, S. Zhao, and Y. Zhuang, 2023: Evaluating seasonal climate forecasts from dynamical models over South America. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24(4), 801-814. (Link; PDF)
Y. Zhuang*, R. Fu*, B. D. Santer, et al., 2021: Quantifying Contributions of Natural Variability and Anthropogenic Forcings on Increased Fire Weather Risk Over Western United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118 (45), e2111875118. (Article “From the Cover”, highlighted “In This Issue”) (Link; PDF)
Contact zhuangyz AT hkbu.edu.hk (replace AT with @) for collaboration inquiries and additional information about my research.