Peer-Reviewed Journal Article

(* corresponding author, + co-supervised student)

In Preparation

20. A. Chang+, Y. Zhuang, and R. Fu*, 2024: Quantifying the anthropogenic impact on rapid increases in atmospheric moisture demand over Amazonia in the 21st century.

19. Y. Zhuang* and R. Fu, 2024: Shifts in wildfires and enhanced fire weather risk linked to weakening atmospheric circulation control over the western United States. 

In Review/Revision

18.  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. (in minor revision)

Published

17.  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; PDF)

16.  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)

15.  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. (Direct Submission. Article highlighted “In This Issue”) (Link; PDF)

14.  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)

13.  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. (Direct Submission. 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, among UCLA’s Top News Stories of 2021, has been tweeted over 250 times and reported by over 120 news media, and was referenced by Congressman Casten from Illinois at the House Science Committee hearing to support his amendment to H.R.5781, the “National Wildland Fire Risk Reduction Program Act”) (Link; PDF)

12.  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; PDF)

11.  S. Zhao*, R. Fu, Y. Zhuang, and G. Wang, 2021: Long-lead seasonal prediction of streamflow over the Upper Colorado River Basin: the role of the Pacific sea surface temperature and beyond. Journal of Climate, 34(16), 6855-6873. (Link; PDF)

10.  G. Wang*, H. Wang, Y. Zhuang, Q. Wang, S. Chen, and H. Kang, 2021: Tropical overshooting cloud top height retrieval from Himawari-8 imagery based on random forest model. Atmosphere, 12(2), 173. (Link; PDF)

9.  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; PDF)

8.  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; PDF)

7.  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; PDF)

6.  J. A. Marengo*, G. F. Fisch, L. M. Alves, N. V. Sousa, R. Fu, and Y. Zhuang, 2017: Meteorological context of the onset and end of the rainy season in Central Amazonia during the GoAmazon2014/5. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17(12), 7671-7681. (Link; PDF)

5.  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; PDF)

4.  Q. Wu, H.-Q. Wang*, Y.-J. Lin, Y.-Z. Zhuang, and Y. Zhang, 2016:  Deriving AMVs from geostationary satellite images using optical flow algorithm based on polynomial expansion. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(8), 1727-1747. (Link; PDF)

3.  Q. Wu, H.-Q. Wang*, Y.-Z. Zhuang, Y.-J. Lin, Y. Zhang, and S.-S. Ding, 2016:  Correlations of multispectral infrared indicators and applications in the analysis of developing convective clouds. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55(4), 945-960. (Link; PDF)

2.  L. Bu*, Y. Zhuang, Z. Xu, Z. Qiu, N. Shao, M. Lv, and Q. Zhang, 2013: Differential enhancing method of laser ceilometer for detection of cloud. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 42(8), 2226-2230. (Link; PDF; in Chinese)

1.  Y. Zhuang, S. Liu, L. Xiao*, and G. Cheng, 2012: Criminal message network analysis and modeling. Mathematical Modeling and Its Applications, 1(3), 60-65. (Link; PDF; in Chinese)