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Fanglin Yang, Ph.D.
Environmental Modeling Center
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
5830 University Research Court, College Park, MD 20737
Tel: 301-6833722 E-mail: fanglin.yang@noaa.gov
http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/wx24fy/fyang/
http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/gmb/STATS_vsdb/
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, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Climate and
Radiation Branch, Greenbelt, Maryland;
01/10/00 ~ 11/30/02: Research scientist, NCEP Climate Prediction Center, Camp Springs,
Maryland.
Professional Services
Reviewer of Scientific 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.
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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-1200309.1.
Fanglin Yang, Kenneth Mitchell, Yu-Tai Hou, Yongjiu Dai, Xubin Zeng, Zhou Wang, and XinZhong 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, 653664.
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.
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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, 31713175.
Yang, F. and M. E. Schlesinger, 2001: Identification and Separation of Pinatubo and El NinoSouthern Oscillation Land Surface Temperature Anomalies. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 14,75714770.
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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