Wing Yee Hester Leung
Current Address
Videbacken 10
Täby, 18330, Sweden
Contact info
Email: wing@misu.su.se
Phone: +46 720 445 662
EDUCATION
Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
July 2011 – present
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science and Oceanography
Current project: LES modeling study of a stratiform cloud event in Kuopio,
Finland
Advisor: Prof. Annica Ekman
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States
2011
M.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Thesis: Potential Reduction of Uncertainty in Passive Microwave Precipitation
Retrieval by the Inclusion of Dynamical and Thermodynamical Constraints as
the Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database Approach
Advisor: Prof. Gregory Tripoli
2005
B.S. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Senior Thesis: The Ice Crystals Variability at Different Stages of Snow Storms at
Steamboat Springs, Co and Their Distribution Variability with Altitudes.
Advisor: Prof. Gregory Tripoli
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2011- present Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Performed sensitivity studies on a LES model in simulating a stratiform cloud event
and compare the model results with observations.
2005-2011
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Graduate Research Assistant
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Researched on a technique in retrieving precipitation rates that can be applied to
passive microwave precipitation retrieval algorithms and constructed a Cloud
Dynamics and Radiation Database.
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Performed statistical analyses on the database to investigate the degree to which the
variances of predicted ice and liquid water paths, and rain rates can be explained
using the dynamical information contained in the database.
Summer 2008 Satellite Application Facility on Support to Operation Hydrology and Water
Management (H-SAF), Istituto di Scienze dell’Atmosfera e del Clima (ISAC) of the
Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Rome, Italy
Visiting Scientist
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Implemented a cloud resolving model, the University of Wisconsin-Nonhydrostatic
Modeling System, at CNR-ISAC to generate a statistically significant Cloud
Dynamics and Radiation Database to be used within the H-SAF project and served as
an input to a physical-statistical Bayesian algorithm for precipitation retrieval from
microwave radiometers.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011-2013
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Teaching Assistant
(Graduate) – Atmospheric Chemistry and its Impact on Climate (Fall 2011)
(Summer course) – The Earth’s Climate (Summer 2012)
(Graduate) – Dynamic Meteorology (Fall 2012)
Led discussions, graded homework/labwork, drafted exam questions and homework
assignments.
2009-2010
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Teaching Assistant
(Undergraduate) - Introduction to Weather and Climate (Spring 2009, Fall 2010)
(Undergraduate) - Physics of Atmosphere and Ocean (Fall 2009)
Prepared and presented lectures, led discussions, graded homework/labwork, drafted exam
questions and homework assignments.
Teaching Assistant – Grader
(Undergraduate) - Introduction to Weather and Climate (Spring 2009)
Graded homework for a class of 400 students biweekly.
PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS
W. Y. Leung, A. M. L. Ekman, M. Komppula, A. Kristensson, K. Noone, H. Portin, S. Romakkaniemi, J.
Savre, 2012: Large-eddy simulations and observations of a stratiform cloud event at the Puijo hill in
Kuopio, Finland. Poster, NOSA Aerosol Symposium, Helsingör, Danmark, November 15-16.
W. Y. Leung, A. V. Mehta, A. Mugnai, E. A. Smith, and G. J. Tripoli, 2009: Potential Reduction of
Uncertainty in Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval by the Inclusion of Dynamic and
Thermodynamic Constraints as part of the Cloud Dynamics and Radiation Database Approach. Poster, The
89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Joint between 16th Conference on Satellite
Meteorology and Oceanography and 23rd Conference on Hydrology, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-15.
PUBLICATIONS
Casella, D., Panegrossi, G., Sanò, P., Mugnai, A., Smith, E. A., Tripoli, G. J., Dietrich, S., Formenton, M.,
Di Paola, F., Leung, H. W.-Y., and Mehta, A. V.: Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in Bayesian retriva of
rainfall from satellite passive microwave measurements: Part 2. Overcoming database profile selection
ambiguity by consideration of meteorological control on microphysics, IEEE T. Geosci. Remote Sens.,51,
9, 4650-4671, 2013.
Smith, E. A., Leung, H. W.-Y., Elsner, J. B., Mehta, A. V., Tripoli, G. J., Casella, D., Dietrich, S., Mugnai,
A., Panegrossi, G., Sanò, P.: Transitioning from CRD to CDRD in Bayesian retrieval of rainfall from
satellite passive microwave measurements: Part 3. Identification of optimal meteorological tags. Nat.
Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 1185-1208, 2013.
AWARDS
• Travel grant from Bolin Centre for Climate Research, 2012
• Scholarship from the University League, Inc., 2005
• Dean’s List, 2004-2005
COMPUTER SKILLS
Programming Languages: FORTRAN, C Shell, HTML
Operating Systems
: Linux/Unix, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
Other Software Programs: MATLAB, R Statistical Environment, PostgreSQL, IDL
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent: English, Mandarin Chinese, and Cantonese Chinese (native)
Basic: Swedish