Dr. YUAN Tiangang 元天剛
Education
| 2021 - 2024 | Ph.D. Graduate Division of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2018 - 2021 | M.Sc. Climatology | Lanzhou University |
| 2014 - 2018 | B.Sc. Atmospheric Sciences | Lanzhou University |
Academic Employments
| 2024 - present | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Atmospheric Chemistry
- Agricultural irrigation and fertilization
- Climate, air pollution and crop yield interaction
- Numerical modeling
- Climate effects of light-absorbing aerosols
Representative Publications
| 2023 | Yuan, T., Tai, A P. K*., Mao, J., Tam, O. H. F., Li., R. K. K., Wu, J., Li, S. (2023). Effects of different irrigation methods on regional climate in North China Plain: A modeling study, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 342, 10798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109728 |
| 2021 | Yuan, T., Huang, J.*, Cao, J., Zhang, G., Ma, X. (2021). Indian dust-rain storm: Possible influences of dust ice nuclei on deep convective clouds. Science of The Total Environment, 779, 146439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146439 |
| 2019 | Yuan, T., Chen, S.*, Huang, J.*, Zhang, X., Luo, Y., Ma, X., Zhang, G. (2019). Sensitivity of simulating a dust storm over Central Asia to different dust schemes using the WRF-Chem model, Atmospheric Environment, 2017, 16-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.03.014 |
Honours and Awards
| 2021 - 2024 | Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme |
| 2021 | Outstanding Graduate from Ordinary Universities in Gansu Province (Master), China |
| 2019 | National Scholarship (Master), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China |
| 2016 - 2017 | National Endeavor Fellowship (Bachelor), Lanzhou University |
| 2015 | National Scholarship (Bachelor), Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China |
Professional Activities
Current
| Membership of Hong Kong Meteorological Society |
| Membership of European Geosciences Union |
Past
| Membership of American Geophysical Union |
Selected Recent Publications
- Yuan, T., Tai, A P. K*., Mao, J., Tam, O. H. F., Li., R. K. K., Wu, J., Li, S. (2023). Effects of different irrigation methods on regional climate in North China Plain: A modeling study, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 342, 10798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109728
- Mao, J., Tai, A. P. K.*, Yung, D. H. Y., Yuan, T., Chau, K. T., and Feng, Z. (2023). Multidecadal ozone trends in China and implications for human health and crop yields: A hybrid approach combining chemical transport model and machine learning Chem. Phys., 24, 345–366, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-345-2024
- Feng, T., Yuan, T., Cao, J., Wang, Z., Zhi, R., Hu, Z.*, Huang, J. (2023). The influence of dust on extreme precipitation at a large city in North China, Science of The Total Environment, 901, 165890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165890
- Yuan, T., Huang, J.*, Cao, J., Zhang, G., Ma, X. (2021). Indian dust-rain storm: Possible influences of dust ice nuclei on deep convective clouds. Science of The Total Environment, 779, 146439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146439
- Yuan, T., Chen, S.*, Wang, L., Yang, Y., Bi, H., Zhang, X, Zhang, Y. (2020). Impacts of two East Asian atmospheric circulation modes on black carbon aerosol over the Tibetan Plateau in winter. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(12), e2020JD032458 https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032458
- Yuan, T., Chen, S.*, Huang, J.*, Zhang, X., Luo, Y., Ma, X., Zhang, G. (2019). Sensitivity of simulating a dust storm over Central Asia to different dust schemes using the WRF-Chem model, Atmospheric Environment, 2017, 16-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.03.014
- Yuan, T., Chen, S.*, Huang, J., Wu, D., Lu, H., Zhang, G., Ma, X., Chen, Z., Luo, Y., Ma, X. (2019). Influence of dynamic and thermal forcing on the meridional transport of Taklimakan Desert dust in spring and summer, Journal of Climate, 32(3), 749-767. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0361.1
- Yuan, T., Chen, S.*, Kang L., et al. (2016). Temporal and spatial distribution characteristics and change trends of dust intensity in dust source regions of northern China during 1961-2010, Journal of Arid Meteorology, 34(6):927-935. (in Chinese)
