Curriculum Vitae, Fanglin Yang, page 1 of3
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Fanglin Yang, Ph.D.
Environmental Modeling Center
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
5830UniversityResearch Court, College Park, MD 20737
Tel: 301-6833722 E-mail:
Education
08/01/94 ~ 12/31/99:Ph.D., Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
09/01/89 ~ 07/01/92:M.Sc., Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
09/01/85 ~ 07/01/89:B.Sc., Department of Meteorology, Chengdu Institute of Meteorology.
Work Experience
08/01/06 ~ present:Senior Scientist and Global Model Verification Lead, NCEP Environmental Modeling Center,College Park, Maryland;
09/01/04 ~ 07/31/06:DOE-ARM Fellow, NCEP Environmental Modeling Center, Camp Springs, Maryland.
12/01/02 ~ 08/31/04:Research Scientist, NASAGoddard Space Flight Center Climate and Radiation Branch, Greenbelt, Maryland;
01/10/00 ~11/30/02:Research scientist, NCEPClimate Prediction Center, Camp Springs, Maryland.
Professional Services
ReviewerofScientific Journals: International Journal of Climatology; Journal of Climate; Journal of Atmospheric Sciences; Geophysical Research Letter; Advances in Atmospheric Sciences; Climate Dynamics; Monthly Weather Review; Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmosphere; Theoretical and Applied Climatology; Advances in Meteorology; Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics.
Reviewer of Research Proposals: NASA Graduate Student Fellowship; NASA Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes project; NOAA CLIVAR; NOAA CPPA; NOAA CCDD; NSF Climate Dynamics; DOE ARM.
Selected Recent Conference Presentations
Fanglin Yang, 2014: Sensitivity of NCEP GFS Forecast of Hurricane Sandy to Model Configuration and Supplemental Radiosondes. World Weather Open Science Conference, August 16 - 21, 2014, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Fanglin Yang, 2012: Review of NCEP GFS Forecast Skills in 2011 and Beyond. CMOS/AMS Congress. May 29 - June 1, 2012, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Fanglin Yang, 2010: Diagnosing NCEP GFS Forecast Errors. THORPEX PDP/WGNE Workshop, 7-9 July 2010, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.
Fanglin Yang, 2009: On the Negative Water Vapor in the NCEP GFS: Sources and Solution. 23rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/19th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 1-5 June 2009, Omaha, NE.
Selected Journal Publications
Thomas M. Hamill, Fanglin Yang, Carla Cardinali, Sharanya J. Majumdar, 2012: Impact of Targeted Winter Storm Reconnaissance Dropwindsonde Data on Mid-latitude Numerical Weather Predictions. Monthly Weather Review, 141, 2058-2065, DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00309.1.
Fanglin Yang, Kenneth Mitchell, Yu-Tai Hou, Yongjiu Dai, Xubin Zeng, Zhou Wang, and Xin-Zhong Liang, 2008: Dependence of land surface albedo on solar zenith angle: observations and model parameterizations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. No.11, Vol 47, 2963-2982.
Fanglin Yang, Hua-Lu Pan, Steve Krueger, Shrinivas Moorthi, Stephen Lord, 2006: Evaluation of the NCEP Global Forecast System at the ARM SGP Site. Monthly Weather Review.134, No. 12, 3668-3690.
Fanglin Yang, Michael E. Schlesinger, Eugene V. Rozanov, Vladimir A. Zubov, Natasha Andronova, Lin B. Callis,2006: Sensitivity of Middle Atmospheric Temperature and Circulation in the UIUC GCM to the Treatment of Subgrid-Scale Gravity-Wave Breaking. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussion
Kumar, A., F. Yang, L. Goddard and S. Schubert, 2004: Differing trends in the tropical surface temperatures and precipitation over land and oceans. Journal of Climate,Vol 17, No.3, 653-664.
Fanglin Yang, Arun Kumar, and William K.-M. Lau, 2004: Potential predictability of US summer climate with "perfect" soil moisture. Journal of Hydrometeorology , Vol 5, No.5, 883-895.
Fanglin Yang, and William K.-M. Lau, 2004: Trend and Variability of China Precipitation in Spring and Summer: Linkage to Sea-Surface Temperatures. International Journal of Climatology, Vol 24 , No. 13, 1625-1644.
Yang, F., A. Kumar, M. E. Schlesinger, and W. Wang, 2003: Intensity of hydrological cycles in warmer climates. J. Climate, Vol 16, No.14, 2419-2423.
Kumar A. and F. Yang, 2003: Comparative influence of snow and SST variability on extratropical climate in northern winter. J. Climate,Vol 16,No 13, 2248-2261.
Yang, F. and M. E. Schlesinger, 2002: On the Surface and Atmospheric Temperature Changes Following the 1991 Pinatubo Volcanic Eruption - A GCM Study. J. Geophys. Res.,107(D8), 4073, doi:10.1029/2001JD000373.
Yang, F., A. Kumar, W. Wang, H.-M. H. Juang and M. Kanamitsu, 2001: Snow-Albedo Feebback and Seasonal Climate Variability over North America. J. Climate, 14,4245-4248.
Yang, F., A. Kumar and W. Wang, 2001: Seasonal Dependence of Surface Wind Stress Variability on SST and Precipitation over the Tropical Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett.,28, 3171-3175.
Yang, F. and M. E. Schlesinger, 2001: Identification and Separation of Pinatubo and El Nino-Southern Oscillation Land Surface Temperature Anomalies. J. Geophys. Res.,106, 14,757-14770.
Yang, F., M. E. Schlesinger and E. Rozanov, 2000: Description and Performance of the UIUC 24-Layer Stratosphere/Troposphere General Circulation Model. J. Geophys. Res.,105, 17925-17954.
Yang, 1998: Intercomparison of Models Representing Direct Shortwave Radiative Forcing By Sulfate Aerosols. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 16979-16998.
Yang Fanglin and Yuan Chongguang, 1996: Comparative Tests and Analyses On Monsoon and Regional Precipitation. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 55, 163-176.
Yang Fanglin and Yuan Chongguang, 1994b: Numerical Experiments on the Causes of Anomalous Rainfall in the Yangtze River Valley and the Yellow River Valley in the Summer of 1985. Chinese J. Atmos. Sci.,18, 345.
Yang Fanglin and Yuan Chongguang, 1993: Numerical Simulation of Regional Short-Range Climate Anomalies. Adv. Atmos. Sci.,3, 336-344.
Yang Fanglin, 1991: The Stability of Large-Scale Horizontal Air Motion in the Non-Linear Basic Zephyr Flow Under the Effect of Rossby Parameter. Adv. Atmos. Sci.,8, 149-164.
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