Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington

CURRICULUM VITA

QIANG FU

PRESENT POSITION

Professor

Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington

Seattle, Washington 98195-1640, USA

RESEARCH AREAS

Light scattering and radiative transfer; Parameterization of atmospheric radiation and cloud processes; Cloud/aerosol/radiation/climate interactions; Remote sensing; Climate change.

EDUCATION

Ph.D.(1991)in Meteorology, University of Utah

MS(1985) and BS(1983) in Atmospheric Physics, Peking University

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

Dr. Fu is a professor at the Dept of Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Washington since 2006, where he was an associate professor (2003-2006) and an assistant professor (2000-2003). He was an associate professor (1999-2000) and an assistant professor (1994-1999) at the Dept of Oceanography, Dalhousie Univ., and a research associate at the Dept of Meteorology, Univ. of Utah (1991-1994). Dr. Fu was a visiting professor at the Univ. of Tokyo (03-07/2007), a senior visiting fellow at GFDL/Princeton Univ. (10/2006-02/2007), and a visiting scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center (05-07/1998). Dr. Fu is also affiliated professor at the College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University since 2005.

MAJOR RECOGNITIONS

Dr. Fu received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, in 2010. He was elected as the AMS Fellow in 2009. He received the Department of Atmospheric Sciences University of Washington Annual Teaching Award in 2005 and in 2001. Dr. Fu became the Senior Fellow of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean in 2003. He received the National Science and Technology Progress Award (the first class): For Achievement in Microwave Radiometers and Application to Remote Sensing of Environment in 1987 in China.

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS

Editor, Advanced in Atmospheric Sciences (2009-)

Editor, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2001-)

Guest Editor, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, Special issue on Light scattering by non-Spherical Particles, 70, Issues 4-6, 373-831, 15 August 2001.

Guest Editor, Atmospheric Research, Special issue on Cloud and Radiation, 72, Issues 1-4, 1-452, November – December 2004.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Dr. Fu has authored/co-authored more than 100 refereed journal papers, which were cited 3385 times with a H factor of 30. He has seven papers that are cited by more than 100 times. They are Fu and Liou (1993, J. Atmos. Sci.) (331); Fu and Liou (1992, J. Atmos. Sci.) (267); Fu (1996, J. Climate) (210); Ramanathan et al. (2005, PNAS), (182); Fu et al. (1998, J. Climate) (130); Krueger, Fu et al. (1995, J. Appl. Meteor.) (118), and Hartmann, Holton and Fu (2001, Geophys. Res. Lett.) (100). His papers were cited more than 500 times in 2010. [3/19/2011 according to the ThompsonISI]. See “ for the full list of publications.

BEST 16 PUBLICATIONS AS THE FIRST AUTHOR

(Citation counts [x] as of 3/19/ 2011 according to the Thompson ISI.)

1. Fu, Q., S. Solomon, and P. Lin, 2010: On the seasonal dependence of tropical lower-stratospheric temperature trends. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2643-2653. [1]

2. Fu, Q., Y.X. Hu, and Q. Yang, 2007: Identifying the top of the tropical tropospause layer from vertical mass flux analysis and CALIPSO lidar cloud observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14813, doi:10.1029/2007GL030099. [16]

3. Fu, Q., C.M. Johanson, J.M. Wallace, and T. Reichler, 2006: Enhanced mid-latitude tropospheric warming in satellite measurements. Science, 312, 1179. [40]

4. Fu, Q., and C.M. Johanson, 2005: Satellite-derived vertical dependence of tropical tropospheric temperature trends. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L10703, doi:10.1029/2004GL022266. [22]

5. Fu, Q., C.M. Johanson, S.G. Warren, and D.J. Seidel, 2004: Contribution of Stratospheric Cooling to Satellite-Inferred Tropspheric Temperature Trends. Nature, 429, 55-58. [67]

6. Fu, Q., M. Baker, D.L. Hartmann, 2002: Tropical cirrus and water vapor: An effective earth infrared iris feedback? Atmos. Chem. Phys. 2, 1-7. [25]

7. Fu, Q., and W.B. Sun, 2001: Mie theory for light scattering by a spherical particle in an absorbing medium. Appl. Opt., 40, 1354-1361. [44]

8. Fu, Q., M.C. Cribb, H.W. Barker, S.K. Krueger, and A. Grossman, 2000: Cloud geometry effects on atmospheric solar absorption. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1156-1168. [37]

9. Fu, Q., B. Carlin, and G. Mace, 2000: Cirrus horizontal inhomogeneity and OLR bias. Goephys. Res. Lett., 27, 3341-3344. [30]

10. Fu, Q., W.B. Sun, and P. Yang, 1999: On modeling of scattering and absorption by nonspherical cirrus ice particles in thermal infrared wavelengths. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 2937-2947. [36]

11. Fu, Q., P. Yang, and W.B. Sun, 1998: An accurate parameterization of the infrared radiative properties of cirrus clouds for climate models. J. Climate, 11, 2223-2237. [130]

12. Fu, Q., K.N. Liou, M.C. Cribb, T.P. Charlock, and A. Grossman, 1997: Multiple scattering parameterization in thermal infrared radiative transfer. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 2799-2812. [67]

13. Fu, Q., 1996: An accurate parameterization of the solar radiative properties of cirrus clouds for climate models. J. Climate, 9, 2058-2082. [210]

14. Fu, Q., S.K. Krueger, and K.N. Liou, 1995: Interactions between radiation and convection in simulated tropical cloud clusters. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 1310-1328. [75]

15. Fu, Q., and K. N. Liou, 1993: Parameterization of the radiative properties of cirrus clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 2008-2025. [331]

16. Fu, Q., and K. N. Liou, 1992: On the correlated k-distribution method for radiative transfer in nonhomogeneous atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 2139-2156. [267]