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The 6th International Conference on Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Change
Hong Kong, Aug 19-21, 2013
Keynote Speakers
Da-Lin Zhang, University of Maryland
Professor and Deputy Chair of the
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science of University of
Maryland, adjunct 1000-plan scholar at the Chinese Academy of Meteorology, Prof. Zhang works on the
modeling and understanding of fundamental processes taking place in squall
lines, mesoscale convective complexes, hurricanes
and heavy rain- (or snow-) storms, tropical and extratropical cyclones, gravity
waves, frontal circulations and topographically generated weather phenomena.
His research involves simulating a variety of different severe convective
systems and cyclones; examining the meso-beta-scale structures and evolution as
well as the mechanism(s) whereby they develop; testing theories, hypotheses and
various model physical representations; and finally interpreting, to the extent
possible, the observed behaviors of these weather systems. His research interests
also include the development and improvement of the planetary boundary layer
and cumulus parameterization techniques, cloud representations in mesoscale
numerical models, and the improvement of warm-season quantitative precipitation
forecasts and severe weather warnings. He is a recipient of Clarence Leroy
Meisinger Award and fellow of American Meteorological Society, and fellow of
Royal Meteorological Society. He has published 137 peered-reviewed articles. He
served as an editor of Weather and
Forecasting, Adv. in Atmos. Sci.
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