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2011 (including manuscripts accepted or submitted)

  1. Fang, J and F. Zhang, 2011: Evolution of Multi-scale Vortices in the Development of Hurricane Dolly (2008). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 68, 103-122.

  2. Zhang, F., 2011: The future of hurricane prediction---Guest editor introduction. Computing in Science and Engineering, 13, 9-12.

  3. Weng, Y., M. Zhang, and F. Zhang, 2011: Advanced data assimilation for cloud-resolving hurricane initialization and prediction. Computing in Science and Engineering, 13, 40-49.

  4. Zhang, M., F. Zhang, X-Y. Huang, and X. Zhang, 2011: Inter-comparison of an ensemble Kalman filter with three- and four dimensional variational data assimilation methods in a limited-area model during the month of June 2003. Monthly Weather Review, doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3610.1.

  5. Hu, X.-M., J. D. Fuentes, and F. Zhang, 2011: Downward transport and modification of tropospheric ozone through moist convection. Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, DOI 10.1007/s10874-010-9179-5.

  6. Jun, M., I. Szunyough, M. G. Genton, F. Zhang, C. H. Bishop, 2011: A statistical investigation of the sensitivity of ensemble based Kalman filters to covariance filtering. Monthly Weather Review, accepted.

  7. Meng, Z. and F. Zhang, 2011: Limited area ensemble based data assimilation: A review. Monthly Weather Review, accepted subjected to revisions.

  8. Lane, T.P. and F. Zhang, 2011: Coupling between gravity waves and tropical convection at mesoscales. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, accepted subjected to revisions.

  9. Weng, Y. and F. Zhang, 2011: Assimilating Airborne Doppler Radar Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter for Cloud-resolving Hurricane Initialization and Prediction: Katrina (2005). Monthly Weather Review, accepted subjected to revisions.

  10. Poterjoy, J. and F. Zhang, 2011: Dynamics and structures of error covariance in the core of a developing hurricane. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, accepted subjected to revisions.

  11. Green, B. G., F. Zhang, P. Markowski, 2011: Miniature supercells in the landfalling outer rainbands of Hurricane Katrina (2005). Weather and Forecasting, accepted subjected to revisions.

  12. Fang, J. and F. Zhang, 2011: Beta effect on the development of tropical cyclones. Monthly Weather Review, accepted subjected to revisions.

  13. Qian, T., C. C. Epifanio, and F. Zhang, 2011: The coastal wave response to terrain. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, submitted.

  14. Bei, N., F. Zhang, J. W., Nielsen-Gammon, 2011: Ensemble-based observation targeting for improving ozone prediction in Houston and the surrounding area. Pure and Applied Geophysics, submitted.

  15. Bao, X., F. Zhang, and J. Sun, 2011: Diurnal Variations of Warm-season Precipitation East of the Tibetan Plateau over China. Monthly Weather Review, submitted.

  16. Zhang, M. and F. Zhang, 2011: E4DVar: Coupling an ensemble Kalman filter with four-dimensional variational data assimilation in a limited-area weather prediction model. Monthly Weather Review, submitted.

  17. Zhang, F., Y. Weng, J. Gamache and F. D. Marks, 2011: Future of Hurricane Prediction: Convection-permitting Ensemble Analysis and Forecasts Assimilating High-Resolution Inner-core Airborne Doppler Radar Observations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, submitted.
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2010

  1. Fang, J and F. Zhang, 2010: Initial development and genesis of Hurricane Dolly (2008). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67, 655-672.

  2. Wang, S. and F. Zhang, 2010: Sources of Gravity Waves Within a Vortex-Dipole Jet Revealed by a Linear Model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67, 1438-1455.

  3. Sippel, J. A and F. Zhang, 2010: Factors affecting the predictability of hurricane Humberto (2007). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67, 1759-1778.

  4. Zhang, F., Y. Weng, Y.-H. Kuo, J. S. Whitaker and B. Xie, 2010: Predicting Typhoon Morakot.s Catastrophic Rainfall and Flooding With a Cloud-Scale Ensemble System. Weather and Forecasting, 25, 1816-1825.

  5. He, H. and F. Zhang, 2010: Diurnal Variations of Warm-season Precipitation over North China. Monthly Weather Review, 138, 1017-1025.

  6. Hu, X., F. Zhang, J. W., Nielsen-Gammon, 2010: Ensemble-Based Simultaneous State and Parameter Estimation for Treatment of Mesoscale Model Error: A Real-data study. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L08802, doi:10.1029/2010GL043017.

  7. Pan, L., K. Bowman, E. Atlas, S. Wofsy, F. Zhang, and co-authors, 2010: Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, 327-342.

  8. Nielsen-Gammon, J. W., X.-M. Hu, and F. Zhang, 2010: Evaluation of Planetary Boundary Layer Scheme: Sensitivities for the Purpose of Parameter Estimation. Monthly Weather Review, 138, 3400-3417.

  9. Hu, X.-M., J. W., Nielsen-Gammon, F. Zhang, 2010: Evaluation of Three Planetary Boundary Layer Schemes in the WRF Model. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49, 1831-1834.

  10. Wang, S., F. Zhang and C. C. Epifanio, 2010: Forced gravity wave responses near the jet exit region in a linear model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 1773-1787

  11. Wu, C.-C., G.-Y. Lien, J.-H. Chen, and F. Zhang, 2010: Assimilation of Tropical Cyclone Track and Structure Based on the Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67, 3806-3822.
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2009

  1. Zhang, F. and J. A. Sippel, 2009: Effects of moist convection on hurricane predictability. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 1944-1961.

  2. Zhang, F., M. Zhang and J. A. Hansen, 2009: Coupling ensemble Kalman filter with four-dimensional variational data assimilation. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 26, 1-9.

  3. Wang, S., F. Zhang, and C. Snyder, 2009: Generation and Propagation of Inertial Gravity Waves from Vortex Dipoles and Jets. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 1294-1314.

  4. Gao, S., Z. Meng, F. Zhang, L. F. Bosart, 2009: Torrential Rainfall Mechanisms of Severe Tropical Storm Bilis (2006) after its Landfall: Observational Analysis. Monthly Weather Review, 137, 1881-1897.

  5. Qian, T., C. C. Epifanio, and F. Zhang, 2009: Linear Theory Calculations for the Sea Breeze in a Background Wind: The Equatorial Case. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 1749-1763.

  6. Zhang, F., Y. Weng, J. A. Sippel, Z. Meng, and C. H. Bishop, 2009: Cloud-resolving Hurricane Initialization and Prediction through Assimilation of Doppler Radar Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter: Humberto (2007). Monthly Weather Review, 137, 2105-2125.

  7. Plougonven R., C. Snyder and F. Zhang, 2009: Comments on .Application of the Lighthill-Ford Theory of Spontaneous Imbalance to Clear-Air Turbulence Forecasting.. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 2506-2510.
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2008

  1. Meng, Z., and F. Zhang, 2008a: Test of an ensemble Kalman filter for mesoscale and regional-scale data assimilation. Part III: Comparison with 3DVar in a real-data case study. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 522-540.

  2. Morss, R. E. and F. Zhang, 2008: Linking meteorological education to reality: A prototype undergraduate research study of public response to Hurricane Rita forecasts. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89, 497-504.

  3. Tan, Z., F. Zhang, R. Rotunno and C. Snyder, 2008: Corrigendum for Tan et al. (2004), Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 1479-1479.

  4. Lin, Y. and F. Zhang, 2008: Tracing mesoscale gravity waves in baroclinic jet-front systems. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 2402-2415.

  5. Sippel, J. A. and F. Zhang, 2008: A probabilistic analysis of the dynamics and predictability of tropical cyclogenesis. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 3440-3459.

  6. Meng, Z., and F. Zhang, 2008b: Test of an ensemble Kalman filter for mesoscale and regional-scale data assimilation. Part IV: Comparison with 3DVar in a month-long experiment. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 3671-3682.
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2007

  1. Zhang, F., N. Bei, R. Rotunno, C. Snyder, and C. C. Epifanio, 2007: Mesoscale Predictability of Moist Baroclinic Waves: Convection-Permitting Experiments and Multistage Error Growth Dynamics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 3579-3594.

  2. Zhang, F., R. E. Morss, J. A. Sippel, T. K. Beckman, N. C. Clements, N. L. Hampshire, J. N. Harvey, J. M. Hernandez, Z. C. Morgan, R. M. Mosier, S. Wang and S. D. Winkley, 2007: An In-person Survey Investigating Public Perceptions of and Response to Hurricane Rita Forecasts along the Texas Coast. Weather and Forecasting, 22, 1177-1190.

  3. Wang, S. and F. Zhang, 2007: Sensitivity of Mesoscale Gravity Waves to the Baroclinicity of Jet-front Systems. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 670-688.

  4. Plougonven, R. and F. Zhang, 2007: On the forcing of inertia-gravity waves by synoptic-scale flows. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 1737-1742.

  5. Snyder, C., D. J. Muraki, R. Plougonven, and F. Zhang, 2007: Intertia-gravity waves generated within a dipole vortex. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 4417-4431.

  6. Zhang, F., and C. Snyder, 2007: Ensemble-based data assimilation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88, 565-568.

  7. Meng, Z., and F. Zhang, 2007: Test of an ensemble Kalman filter for mesoscale and regional-scale data assimilation. Part II: Imperfect model experiments. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 1403-1423.

  8. Zhang, M., Y. Ni, and F. Zhang, 2007: Variational assimilation of GPS precipitable water vapor and hourly rainfall observations for a meso-beta-scale heavy precipitation event during the 2002 Mei-Yu season. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 24, 509-526.

  9. Zhang, F., N. Bei, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, G. Li, R. Zhang, A. L. Stuart and A. Aksoy, 2007: Impacts of meteorological uncertainties on ozone pollution predictability estimated through meteorological and photochemical ensemble forecasts. Journal of Geophysical Research, 230, D04304, doi:10.1029/2006JD007429.

  10. Bei, N., and F. Zhang, 2007: Impacts of Initial Error Scale and Amplitude on the Mesoscale Predictability of Heavy Precipitation along the Mei-Yu Front of China. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 133, 83-99.

  11. Hawblitzel, D. P., F. Zhang, Z. Meng, and C. A. Davis, 2007: Probabilistic Evaluation of the Dynamics and Predictability of the Mesoscale Convective Vortex of 10-13 June 2003. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 1544-1563.

  12. Stuart, A. L., A. Aksoy., F. Zhang, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2007: Ensemble-based data assimilation and targeted observation of a chemical tracer in a sea breeze model. Atmospheric Environment, 41, 3082-3094.

  13. Schultz, D. M., and F. Zhang, 2007: Baroclinic development within zonally varying flows. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 133, 1101-1230.

  14. Richter, J. H., M. A. Geller, R. R. Garcia, H.-L. Liu and F. Zhang, 2007: Report on the gravity wave retreat. SPARC newsletter, 28, 26-27 [non-referred].
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2006

  1. Zhang, F., Z. Meng and A. Aksoy, 2006: Test of an ensemble Kalman filter for mesoscale and regional-scale data assimilation. Part I: perfect model experiments. Monthly Weather Review, 134, 722-736.

  2. Zhang, F., A. Odins, and J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2006: Mesoscale predictability of an extreme warm-season rainfall event. Weather and Forecasting, 21, 149-166.

  3. Zhang, F., N. Bei, R. Rotunno, C. Snyder, and C. C. Epifanio, 2006: A multistage error-growth conceptual model for mesoscale predictability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87, 287-288 [non-referred].

  4. Aksoy, A., F. Zhang, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2006: Ensemble-based simultaneous state and parameter estimation with MM5. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L12801, doi:10.1029/2006GL026186, 2006.

  5. Aksoy, A., F. Zhang, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, 2006: Ensemble-based simultaneous state and parameter estimation in a two-dimensional sea breeze model. Monthly Weather Review, 134, 2951-2970.
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2005

  1. Zhang, F., 2005: Dynamics and structure of mesoscale error covariance of a winter cyclone estimated through short-range ensemble forecasts. Monthly Weather Review, 133, 2876-2893.

  2. Aksoy, A., F. Zhang, J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and C. C. Epifanio, 2005: Ensemble-based data assimilation for thermally forced circulations. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 110, D16105, doi:10.1029/2004JD005718.

  3. Nielsen-Gammon J., F. Zhang, A. Odins, and B. Myoung, 2005: Extreme rainfall in Texas: Patterns and predictability. Physical Geography, 26, 340-364.
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2004

  1. Zhang, F., 2004: Generation of mesoscale gravity waves in the upper-tropospheric jet-front systems. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61, 440-457.

  2. Zhang, F., C. Snyder, and J. Sun, 2004: Impacts of initial estimate and observation availability on convective-scale data assimilation with an ensemble Kalman filter. Monthly Weather Review, 132, 1238-1253.

  3. Zhang, F., S. Wang, and R. Plougonven, 2004: Uncertainties in using the hodograph method to retrieve gravity wave characteristics from individual soundings. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L11110, doi:10.1029/2004GL019841.

  4. Tan, Z., F. Zhang, R. Rotunno, and C. Snyder 2004: Mesoscale predictability of moist baroclinic waves: Experiments with parameterized convection. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 61, 1794-1804.

  5. Dowell, D. C., F. Zhang, L. J. Wicker, C. Snyder, and N. A. Crook, 2004: Wind and thermodynamic retrievals in the 17 May 1981 Arcadia, Oklahoma supercell: Ensemble Kalman filter experiments. Monthly Weather Review, 132, 1982-2005.

  6. Wu, D. L., and F. Zhang, 2004: A study of mesoscale gravity waves over North Atlantic with satellite observations and a mesoscale model. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 109, D22104, doi:10.1029/2004JD005090.

  7. Lu, H., F. Zhang, X. Liu, and R. A. Duce, 2004: Periodicities of palaeoclimatic variations recorded by loess-paleosol sequences in China. Quaternary Science Reviews, 23, 1891-1900.
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2003

  1. Zhang, F., C. Snyder, and R. Rotunno, 2003: Effects of moist convection on mesoscale predictability. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60, 1173-1185.

  2. Snyder, C., and F. Zhang, 2003: Assimilation of simulated Doppler radar observations with an ensemble Kalman filter. Monthly Weather Review, 131, 1663-1677.

  3. Zhang, F., S. E. Koch, and M. L. Kaplan, 2003: Numerical simulations of a large-amplitude gravity wave event. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 84, 199-216.
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2002

  1. Zhang, F., C. Snyder, and R. Rotunno, 2002: Mesoscale predictability of the 'surprise' snowstorm of 24-25 January 2000. Monthly Weather Review, 130, 1617-1632.

  2. Lu, H., F. Zhang, X. Liu, 2002: Patterns and frequencies of the East Asian winter monsoon variations revealed by wavelet and spectral analysis. Global and Planetary Change, 35, 67-74.
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2001

  1. Zhang, F., S. E. Koch, C. A. Davis, and M. L. Kaplan, 2001: Wavelet analysis and the governing dynamics of a large-amplitude gravity wave event along the East Coast of the United States. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 127, 2209-2245.

  2. Koch, S., F. Zhang, M. L. Kaplan, Y.-L. Lin, R. Weglarz, and C. M. Trexler, 2001: Numerical simulation of a gravity wave event observed during CCOPE. Part 3: Mountain-plain solenoids in the generation of the second wave episode. Monthly Weather Review, 129, 909-932.
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2000

  1. Zhang, F., and S. E. Koch, 2000: Numerical simulation of a gravity wave event observed during CCOPE. Part 2: Wave generation by an orographic density current. Monthly Weather Review, 128, 2777-2796.

  2. Zhang, F., S. E. Koch, C. A. Davis, and M. L. Kaplan, 2000: A survey of unbalanced flow diagnostics and their application. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 17, 165-183.
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1999-1993

  1. Lu, H., X. Liu, F. Zhang, Z. An, and J. Dodson, 1999: Astronomical calibration of loess-palaeol deposit in Luchuan of Central Chinese Loess Plateau. Palaeo-geography, Palaeo-climatology and Palaeo-ecology. 154, 237-246.

  2. Wang, L., F. Zhang, and H. Lu, 1997: Features of storm surge disasters along Jiangsu coastal zone of China. Journal of Catastrophy, 12(3), 39-43.

  3. Zhang, F., Q. Jiang and R. Dang, 1996: Numerical simulation of a landing typhoon and its unusually heavy rain. Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 12(3), 156-161.

  4. Zhang, F., H. Du and Q. Jiang, 1994: A numerical study of the boundary layer effect on mature tropical cyclone. Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 10(2), 107-114.

  5. Zhang, F., Z. Lin and Q. Jiang, 1994: The fractal dimension distribution of the short-term climate system and its connection with the monsoon climate in China. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 11, 459-463.

  6. Lin, Z. and F. Zhang, 1993: The distribution of predictable time scale of local climate system in China. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 17, Special Issue, 89-92.

  7. Lin, Z. L. Jian, X. Hua, and F. Zhang, 1993: Lyapunov Exponent model of long term forecast. Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 3, 431-437.

  8. Zhang, F., Z. Lin and Q. Jiang 1993: The fractal dimension distribution of the short-range climate attractors of China. Journal of Nanjing University, 29, Geoscience Issue, 138-145.
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