Dr. YUAN Tiangang

Dr. YUAN Tiangang 元天剛

Supervisor: Prof. ZHAI Shixian

Room SC330, 3/F, Science Centre

tiangangyuan@cuhk.edu.hk

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)