Dr. LI Kwan Kit Ronald 李鈞傑
Assistant Lecturer
Room 342, 3/F, Science Centre North Block
3943 9324
Education
| 2019 | D.Phil. Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics | University of Oxford, UK |
| 2013 | M.Phys. | University of Oxford, UK |
Academic Employments
| Sep 2021 - Present | Assistant Lecturer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| 2019 - 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Environment, Energy and Sustainability, Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
Research Fields and Current Research Interests
- Atmospheric dynamics
- Seasonal predictions in models
- Mid-latitude Silk Road pattern
- El Niño-Southern Oscillation diversity
- South China Sea summer monsoon
- Southeast China extreme rainfall
Representative Publications
| Cheung KH, Wong MN, Li RKK, Tam CY, Scaife A, Dunstone N. (Pending submission) The Risk and Dynamics of Unprecedented Summer Monsoon Rainfall Over Southeast China Under the Current Climate. |
| Yuan T, Tai APK, Mao J, TAM OHF, Li RKK, Wu J, Li S. (2023) Effects of Different Irrigation Methods on Regional Climate in North China Plain: A Modeling Study. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109728 |
| Li RKK, Tam CY, Lau NC, Sohn SJ, Ahn JB, O'Reilly C. (2021) Forcing Mechanism of the Silk Road Pattern and the Sensitivity of Rossby-wave Source Hotspots to Mean-state Winds. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4039 |
| Li RKK, Tam CY, Lau NC. (2021) Effects of ENSO Diversity and Cold Tongue Bias on Seasonal Prediction of South China Late Spring Rainfall. Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05732-w |
| Li RKK, Tam CY, Lau NC, Sohn SJ, Ahn JB. (2020) Potential predictability of the Silk Road Pattern and the Role of SST as Inferred from Seasonal Hindcast Experiments of a Coupled Climate Model. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0235.1 |
| Li RKK, Woollings T, O'Reilly C, Scaife AA. (2020) Effect of the North Pacific Tropospheric Waveguide on the Fidelity of Model El Niño Teleconnections. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0156.1 |
| Li RKK, Woollings T, O'Reilly C, Scaife AA. (2020) Tropical Atmospheric Drivers of Wintertime European Precipitation Events. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3708 |
Professional Activities
Current
| Fellow of the Hong Kong Meteorological Society |
Past
| Journal reviewer for Journal of Climate, Nature Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Earth Science (Atmospheric Science section), Weather and Climate Dynamics. |
Teaching
Current
| EESC1009 Elementary Earth and Environmental Sciences Practical Study (with Dr. Zhang Li and Dr. Tammy Tam) |
| EESC2020 Climate System Dynamics (with Prof. Amos Tai) |
| EESC3300 Oceanography (with Prof. Yen Joe Tan and Prof. Benoit Thibodeau) |
| EESC3600 Ecosystems and Climate (with Prof. Amos Tai) |
| EESC4210 Land-Atmosphere Interactions and Boundary-Layer Meteorology (with Dr. Andie Au-Yeung) |
| EESC4250 General Circulation and Climate Models (with Prof. Francis Tam) |
| EESC4270 Cloud Dynamics |
| EESC4601 Project-Based Learning (with Prof. Alex Chow, Dr. Zhang Li and Dr. Tammy Tam) |
| EESC4810/4820 Final Year Projects |
| STAR2050 Seminars (Mentor for Year 1 and 2 EESC students in STARS) |
| UGFN1001 In Dialogue with Nature (Coordinating the Atmospheric Science Workshop with Dr. Edwin Lo) |
Past
| EESC4260 Urban Climatology (Guest lecture) |
| GRMD2221 Weather and Climate |
Short Courses
| CUSA1017 Weather and Climate (with Dr. Andie Au-Yeung) |
College Affiliation in CUHK
Shaw College
Selected Recent Publications
- Yuan T, Tai APK, Mao J, TAM OHF, Li RKK, Wu J, Li S. (2023) Effects of Different Irrigation Methods on Regional Climate in North China Plain: A Modeling Study. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109728
Research Grants
- Knowledge Transfer Project Fund (with Prof. Alex Chow, Dr. Zhang Li and Dr. Tammy Tam, 2024): “Understanding Natural and Environmental Hazards: From Peer Reviewed EESC Publications to Digital Animated Videos in Social Media”.
