Name: Khairunnisa
Binte Yahya
Tel: (919) 513-4438 (office)
Email: kbyahya@ncsu.edu
Education:
Ph.D.,
Candidate, Atmospheric Science, NC State University, Aug 2011 – Present
B.Eng
(Hons), Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Nanyang Technological University,
Jul 2009
Research & Work Experience:
4. Intern at
the Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis Division (AMAD), Office of Research
and Development (ORD), U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA),
May 2014 - July 2014, January 2015 - April 2015, Research Triangle Park, NC,
USA.
Work involves comparing and evaluating boundary layer
schemes in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) v3.6.1; using the
online-coupled WRF/CMAQ (WRF/Community Multiscale Air Quality) model to run
near real-time applications (May to July 2014); as well as testing and
evaluating a soil and surface data assimilation method in WRF v3.6.1 (January
to April 2015).
3. Research
Assistant at the Air Quality Forecasting Laboratory, Department of Marine,
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Aug
2011 – Present
Research involves the use of the online-coupled
regional WRF model with Chemistry (WRF/Chem) in various applications over
continental U.S., including (i) WRF/Chem-MADRID for Real-Time Air Quality
Forecasting (RTAQF) over southeastern U.S.; (ii) WRF/Chem v3.4.1 for the Air
Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII); and (iii) WRF/Chem
v3.6.1 for current and future decadal air quality and climate simulations using
the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios. In addition, model
development work incorporating gas-phase mechanisms including CB05, CB6 and
SAPRC07 as well are carried out and coupled with the Volatility Basis Set (VBS)
for SOA formation. Other model development work include optimizing the VBS with
CB05 for continental U.S. application as well as incorporating a different
aerosol activation scheme into WRF/Chem.
2. Scientific
Officer at the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Unit, Pollution Control
Department, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Jul 2009 – Jul 2011
Work involves overseeing a network of ambient air
quality monitoring stations, producing annual, quarterly and monthly reports on
Singapore’s ambient air quality as well as other ad-hoc projects involving
Singapore’s air quality matters, including the Air Quality Standards for
Singapore.
1. Student Intern at The Polyolefin
Company (Singapore), Jan 2008 – Jun 2008
Work involves creating a chemical database for the
Health, Safety and Environmental Division at TPC.
Refereed Journal Papers:
16. Yahya, K., T. Glotfelty, K. Wang, Y. Zhang,
and A. Nenes, 2016, Modeling Regional Air Quality and Climate: Improving
Organic Aerosol and Aerosol Activation Processes in WRF/Chem, in preparation.
15. Yahya, K., P. Campbell, Y. Chen, T. Glotfelty, and Y. Zhang, 2016. Decadal
Application for Regional Air Quality and Climate Modeling over the U.S. under
the Representative Concentration Pathways Scenarios. Part 2: Current
vs. Future WRF and WRF/Chem simulations, in preparation.
14. Yahya, K., P. Campbell, Y. Chen, T. Glotfelty, M. Pirhalla, and Y.
Zhang, 2016. Decadal
Application for Regional Air Quality and Climate Modeling over the U.S. under
the Representative Concentration Pathways Scenarios. Part 1: Model Evaluation
and Impact of Downscaling, in preparation.
13. Zhang, Y., H. Chaopeng, K. Yahya, Q. Li,
Q. Zhang, and K. He, 2016, Comprehensive Evaluation of Multi-Year Real-Time Air
Quality Forecasting using an online-coupled meteorology –chemistry model over
southeastern United States, Atmos.
Environ., in press, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.05.006.
12. Yahya, K., K. Wang, P.
Campbell, T. Glotfelty, J. He, and Y. Zhang, 2015, Decadal Evaluation of
Regional Climate, Air Quality, and Their Interactions over the continental U.S.
using WRF/Chem, Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 671 - 695,
doi:10.5194/gmd-9-671-2016
11. Yahya, K., J. He, and Y.
Zhang, 2015, Multi-Year Applications of WRF/Chem over Continental U.S.: Model
Evaluation, Variation Trend, and Impacts of Boundary Conditions, J. Geophys.
Res., 120, 12748 – 12777, doi:10.1002/2015JD023819
10. Yahya, K., K. Wang, Y.
Zhang, and T. E. Kleindienst, 2015, Application of WRF/Chem over North America
under the AQMEII Phase 2. Part II. Evaluation of 2010 Simulation and
Responses of Air Quality and Meteorology-Chemistry Interactions to Changes in
Emissions and Meteorology from 2006 to 2010, Geosci. Model Dev., 8,
2095-2117, 2015, doi:10.5194/gmd-8-2095-2015.
9. Wang, K., Y. Zhang, K. Yahya, S.-Y. Wu, and G. Grell, 2015,
Implementation and Initial Application of A New Chemistry-Aerosol Option in
WRF/Chem for Simulation of Secondary Organic Aerosols and Aerosol Indirect
Effects, Atmos. Environ., 115, 371 – 388,
doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.007.
8. Campbell, P., Y. Zhang, K. Yahya, K. Wang, C. Hogrefe, G.
Pouliot, C. Knote, A. Hodzic, R. San Jose and J. L. Perez, P. J. Guerrero, R.
Baro, and P. Makar, 2015, A Multi-Model Assessment for the 2006 and 2010
Simulations under the Air Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative
(AQMEII) Phase 2 over North America, Part I. Indicators of the Sensitivity of
O3 and PM2.5 Formation Regimes, Atmos. Environ., 115, 569 – 586,
doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.026.
7. Knote, C., P. Tuccella, G. Curci, L. Emmons, J. J. Orlando, S. Madronich, R.
Baro, P. Jimenez-Guerrero, D. Luecken, C. Hogrefe, R. Forkel, M. Hirtl, R. San
Jose, L. Giordano, D. Brunner, K. Yahya, and Y. Zhang, 2015,
Influence of the choice of gas-phase mechanism on predictions of key pollutants
during the AQMEII phase-2 intercomparison, Atmos. Environ., 115,
553- 568, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.066.
6. Brunner, D., N. Savage, O. Jorba,
B. Eder, L. Giordano, P. Makar, A. Badia, A. Balzarini, R. Baró, R. Bianconi,
C. Chemel, G. Curci, R. Forkel, P. Jiménez-Guerrero, M. Hirtl, A. Hodzic, L.
Honzak, U. Im, C. Knote, A. Manders-Groot, L. Neal, J. L. Pérez, G. Pirovano,
R. San Jose, W. Schröder, R. S. Sokhi, D. Syrakov, A. Torian, J. Werhahn, R.
Wolke, E. van Meijgaard, K. Yahya, R. Zabkar, Y. Zhang, C. Hogrefe,
and S. Galmarini, 2015, Comparative Analysis of meteorological performance of
coupled chemistry-meteorology models in the context of AQMEII phase 2, Atmos.
Environ., 115, 470 – 498, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.12.032.
5. Giordano, L., D. Brunner, J.
Flemming, U. Im, C. Hogrefe, R. Bianconi, A. Badia, B. Alessandra, R. Baro, C.
Chemel, G. Curci, R. Forkel, P. Jimenez-Guerrero, M. Hirtl, A. Hodzic, L.
Honzak, O. Jorba, C. Knote, J. J. P. Kuenen, P. A. Makar, A. Manders-Groot, L.
Neal, J. Luis Perez, G. Pirovano, G. Pouliot, R. San Jose, N. Savage, W.
Schroder, R. S. Sokhi, D. Syrakov, A. Torian, P. Tuccella, J. Werhahn, R.
Wolke, K. Yahya, R. Žabkar, Y. Zhang, and S. Galmarini, 2015,
Assessment of the MACC reanalysis and its influence as chemical boundary
conditions for regional air quality modeling in AQMEII phase 2, Atmos.
Environ., 115, 371 – 388, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.02.034.
4. Im, U., R. Bianconi, E. Solazzo,
I. Kioutsioukis, A. Badia, A. Balzarini, R. Baró, R. Bellasio, D. Brunner, C.
Chemel, G. Curci, J. Flemming, R. Forkel, L. Giordano, P. Jiménez-Guerrero, M.
Hirtl, A. Hodzic, L. Honzak, O. Jorba, C. Knote, J. J.P. Kuenen, P. A. Makar,
A. Manders-Groot, L. Neal, J. L. Pérez, G. Pirovano, G. Pouliot, R.
San Jose, N. Savage, W. Schroder, R. S. Sokhi, D. Syrakov, A. Torian, P.
Tuccella, J. Werhahn, R. Wolke, K. Yahya, R. Zabkar, Y. Zhang,
J.-H. Zhang, C. Hogrefe, S. Galmarini, 2015, Evaluation of operational online-coupled
regional air quality models over Europe and North America in the context of
AQMEII phase 2. Part I: Ozone, Atmos. Environ., 115, 404 - 420,
doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.042.
3. Wang, K., K. Yahya, Y.
Zhang, C. Hogrefe, G. Pouliot, C. Knote, A. Hodzic, R. San Jose and J. L.
Perez, P. J. Guerrero, R. Baro, and P. Makar, 2015, A Multi-Model Assessment
for the 2006 and 2010 Simulations under the Air Quality Model Evaluation
International Initiative (AQMEII) Phase 2 over North America, Part 2. Evaluation
of Column Variable Predictions Using Satellite Data, Atmos. Environ., 115,
587 – 603, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.07.044.
2. Yahya, K., K. Wang, M.
Gudoshava, T. Glotfelty, and Y. Zhang, 2015, Application of WRF/Chem over North
America under the AQMEII Phase 2. Part I. Comprehensive
Evaluation of 2006 Simulation, Atmos. Environ., 115, 733 – 755,
doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.063.
1. Yahya, K., Y. Zhang, J. M. Vukovich, 2014, Read-time air quality
forecasting over the southeastern United States using WRF/Chem-MADRID:
Multiple-year assessment and sensitivity studies, Atmos. Environ.,
92, 318-338.
Contributed Conference
Presentations:
22. Yahya, K., K. Wang, and Y. Zhang, 2016. Improving organic aerosol
and aerosol activation processes in WRF/Chem v3.7.1, University Global
Partnership Network (UGPN) Workshop on Air Quality, Climate and Health,
Raleigh, NC, April 8.
21. Yahya, K., T. Glotfelty, K. Wang, and Y. Zhang, 2016. Modeling
secondary organic aerosols (SOA) and its climatic impacts using WRF/Chem over
continental U.S.: Sensitivity to gas-phase mechanisms and SOA treatments, 96th
Annual Meteorology Society (AMS) meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 10 – 14.
20. Zhang, Y., K. Wang, K. Yahya, P. Campbell, C. Jena, T. Glotfelty, F. Yan, Z.-F. Lu, and
D.Streets, 2016, Decadal air quality and climate modeling under the
Representative Concentration Pathways and Technology-Driver Model scenarios,
oral presentation at the10th Semiannual Meeting of the NASA Air Quality Applied
Sciences Team (AQAST), EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC, U.S.A., January 5-7,
2016, RTP, NC.
19. Wang, K., Y. Zhang, K. Yahya, and P. Campbell, 2016, The decadal application of
WRF/Chem over continental U.S.: the Impact of reinitialization and cloud
physics schemes on regional air quality and climate modeling, poster
presentation at the 10th Semiannual Meeting of the NASA Air Quality Applied
Sciences Team (AQAST), January 5-7, 2016, RTP, NC
18. Yahya, K., T. Glotfelty, K. Wang, and Y. Zhang, 2016. Modeling
secondary organic aerosols over continental U.S.: Model improvement and
preliminary results, poster presentation at the NASA Air Quality Applied
Sciences Team (AQAST) 10th semiannual meeting, Research Triangle
Park, NC, January 5-7.
17. Zhang, Y., K. Wang, K.
Yahya, P. Campbell, T. Glotfelty, J. He, Y. Chen, F. Yan, Z.-F. Lu, and D.
Streets, 2015, Development and Application of a Technology-Driven Earth System
Model to Link Energy, Emissions, Air Quality, and Climate Change, oral
presentation at the 14th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 5-7.
16. Yahya, K., P.
Campbell, Y. Chen, T. Glotfelty, and Y. Zhang, 2015, Downscaling CESM using
WRF/Chem: The First Decadal Application for Regional Air Quality and Climate
Modeling over the U.S. under the Representative Concentration Pathway
Scenarios, poster presentation at the 14th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill,
NC, October 5-7.
15. Hong, C.-P., K. Yahya,
Y. Zhang, and Q. Zhang, 2015, Comprehensive Evaluation of WRF/Chem-MADRID for Real-Time Air
Quality Forecasting for Multiple Years over the Southeastern United States Using
Observations from Surface Networks and Satellites, poster presentation at
the 14th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 5-7.
14. Zhang, Y.,C.-P. Hong, K.
Yahya, P. Uttamang, and Q. Zhang, Multi-Year Application and Evaluation of
WRF/Chem-MADRID for Real-Time Air Quality Forecasting over Southeastern United
States, presentation submitted to the 7th International Workshop on Air Quality
Forecasting Research (IWAQFR), College Park, MD, September 1-3, 2015.
13. Zhang, Y., K. Yahya, K. Wang, T.
Glotfelty, J. He, P. Campbell, S.-L. Sun, K. Duan, Y. Chen, G. Sun, S. McNulty,
D. Streets, F. Yan, and Z.-F. Lu, 2015, Climate Mitigation and Earth System
Management from Local to Global Scale: Modeling Technology-Driven Futures: Decadal Applications of CESM, WRF/Chem, and WaSSI under Current and
Future Climate Scenarios, oral presentation at the third Annual Meeting of the
NSF, DOE and USDA jointly sponsored Earth System Modeling (EaSM) activity,
Bethesda, MD, U.S., August 31 – September 2, 2015.
12. Yahya, K., He, J.,
Zhang, Y., 2015. Multi-year applications of WRF/Chem over Continental U.S.:
Model Evaluation, Decadal Variation Trend and Impacts of Boundary Conditions,
presentation at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
(AOGS), August 2 to 7, 2015, Singapore.
11. Zhang, Y., K. Yahya, K. Wang, J. He,
T. Glotfelty, and P. Campbell, 2015, Decadal Simulations of Air Quality,
Climate, and Their Interactions using the Community Earth System Model over
globe and downscaled WRF/Chem over Continental U.S., oral presentation at the
2015 AEESP Research and Education Conference, June 13-16, New Haven,
Connecticut.
10. Campbell, P., Y. Zhang, K.
Yahya, K. Wang, C. Hogrefe, G. Pouliot, C. Knote, A. Hodzic, R. San
Jose, J. L. Perez, P. Jiménez Guerrero, and P. Makar,
2014, Indicators of the sensitivity of O3 and PM2.5 formation
to precursor gases over the continental United States: A multi-model
assessment for the 2006 and 2010 simulations under the Air
Quality Model Evaluation International Initiative (AQMEII) Phase
2, presentation at the 13th Annual CMAS Conference,
October 27-29, 2014, Chapel Hill, NC.
9. Zhang, Y. K. Wang, K.
Yahya, and B. Mitchell, 2014, WRF/Chem-CB05-MADE/VBS: Development and
Comprehensive Evaluation of Multi-Year Applications Over North America, oral
presentation at the 15th WRF Users’s Workshop, June 24-27, 2014, Boulder,
CO.
8. Zhang, Y., J. He, K.
Wang, K. Yahya, T. Glotfelty, B.Gantt, C. Segura, and L. Chapman,
D. Streets, F. Yan, and Z.-F. Lu, G. Sun and S. McNulty, 2014, Climate
Mitigation and Earth System Management from Local to Global Scale: Modeling Technology-Driven Futures: Progress and Future Work, oral presentation at the 2014 Annual
NSF/USDA/DOE EaSM PI Meeting, Jan 27-29, 2014, Washington DC.
7. Yahya,
K., K. Wang, M.
Gudoshava, S.-Y. Wu, T. Glotfelty, and Y. Zhang, 2013, Application of WRF/Chem
over the continental U.S. under the AQMEII Phase II: Comprehensive evaluation
and chemistry feedbacks to meteorology, presentation at the 12th Annual
CMAS Conference, October 28-30, 2013, Chapel Hill, NC
6. Zhang, Y., K. Wang, K. Yahya, and M.
Gudoshava, 2013, Simulating Air Quality-Climate Interactions over the
Continental U.S.: Model Mechanism Improvements and 2006/2010 Annual
Applications, oral presentation at the Air Quality Model Evaluation International
Initiative (AQMEII) Phase 2 Workshop, August 25, Miami, FL.
5. Wang, K., K. Yahya, and Y. Zhang,
2013, Implementation and initial application of a new
chemistry-aerosol option in WRF/Chem (CB05-MADE/VBS SOA) for simulation of
aerosol indirect effects, presentation at the 14th WRF
Users’s Workshop, June 24-28, 2013, Boulder, CO.
4. Yahya, K., Zhang,
Y., J. Vukovich (2012), Real-Time Air Quality Forecasting
over the Southeastern United States, poster presented at the AOGS-AGU (WPGM)
Joint Assembly 2012, Aug 13 to 17, 2012, Singapore.
Invited Presentations:
3. NADP NTN and North Carolina Atmospheric Chemistry
Consortium, NCSU, Raleigh, NC, 19 May 2014
2. Chair for 1st Meeting for ASEAN Initiative for Environmentally Sustainable
Cities,
9th Meeting for ASEAN Working Group for Environmentally Sustainable Cities,
Yangon, Union of Myanmar, 2nd to 3rd May 2011
1. 4th Meeting on u-POPs (Unintentional Persistent Organic Pollutants) for East
Asian Countries, Mita Kaigisho, Tokyo, Japan, 13th to 14th Dec 2010
Teaching Assistantships:
MEA 425/525 Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry
(Fall 2012, Spring 2014, Fall 2015)
Awards and Honors:
1. Singapore
Press Holdings Undergraduate Scholarship, June 2005 to June 2009
2. Best
Student Poster Award, 12th Annual AOGS-AGU Meeting, August 2 to
7, 2015, Singapore
Membership Activites
3. Member of American Meteorological Society (AMS),
2016
2. Member of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society -
American Geophysical Union (AOGS - AGU), 2012 - present
1. Member of Air & Waste Management Association, 2012 – 2014
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