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Xin-Yu Wen



 

 

Research Associate
Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
North Carolina State University
5150 Jordan Hall
2800 Faucette Drive
Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
E-mail: xinyu_wen@ncsu.edu
Tel: 919–513–7775

RESEARCH INTERESTS
1 Atmospheric chemistry: Cloud microphysics; Aerosol’s effects on radiation, cloud formation, and climate change. (NCSU)
2 Atmospheric modeling: GCM development and validation. (IAP/LASG)
3 Climate change: Atmospheric circulations over East Asia. (PKU)
4 Paleoclimate: El Nino and global monsoon in the Holocene. (PKU)

DEGREES AND EMPLOYMENT
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A. (Aug. 2007 – Present)
Research Associate (Post-doc)
Supervisor: Dr. Yang Zhang
Peking University, Beijing, China (Sep. 2002 – Jul. 2007)
Ph.D., Meteorology
Advisors: Prof. Shaowu Wang and Dr. Benkui Tan
Peking University, Beijing, China (Sept. 1998 – Jul. 2002)
B.S., Atmospheric Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Jinhong Zhu

HONORS AND AWARDS

  1. Best oral presentation award, the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry at the 88th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2008
  2. Best graduate student, Peking University, 2007
  3. Wu-si scholarship, Peking University, 2006
  4. Best student oral presentation award, the China Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Chengdu, 2006
  5. Silver medal of Zhong-sheng-biao symposium, Peking University, 2005
  6. Student of the year, Peking University, 2003
  7. Guang-hua scholarship, Peking University, 2003
  8. Silver medal of computer programming competition, Peking University, 2002
  9. Leader of the year, Peking University, 1999
  10. Student of the year, Peking University, 1998


PUBLICATIONS

  1. Zhang, Y., K. Vijayaraghavan, X.-Y. Wen, H. E. Snell, and M.Z. Jacobson, 2009, Probing into Regional O3 and PM Pollution in the U.S., Part I. A 1-year CMAQ Simulation and Evaluation Using Surface and Satellite Data, J. Geophys. Res. (in review).
  2. Zhang, Y., X.-Y. Wen, K. Wang, and K. Vijayaraghavan, and M.Z. Jacobson, 2009, Probing into Regional O3 and PM Pollution in the U.S., Part II. An Examination of Formation Mechanisms through a Process Analysis Technique and Sensitivity Study, J. Geophys. Res. (in review).
  3. Zhou, T.-J., B. Wu, X.-Y. Wen, L.-J. Li, B. Wang, 2008, A Fast Version of LASG/IAP Climate System Model and Its 1000-year Control Integration, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 25(4), 655-672. DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0655-7.
  4. Zhou, T.-J., B. Wu, A. A. Scaife, S. Bronnimann, A. Cherchi, D. Fereday, A. M. Fischer, C. K. Folland, K.E. Jin, J. Kinter, J. R. Knight, F. Kucharski, S. Kusunoki, N.-C. Lau, Lijuan Li, M.J. Nath, T. Nakaegawa, A. Navarra, P. Pegion, E. Rozanov, S. Schubert, P. Sporyshev, A. Voldoire, X.-Y. Wen, J. H. Yoon ,N. Zeng., 2008, The CLIVAR C20C Project: Which components of the Asian-Australian Monsoon circulation variations are forced and reproducible?, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0501-8.
  5. Wen, X.-Y., T.-J. Zhou, S.-W. Wang, B. Wang, H. Wan, and J. Li, 2007, Performance of a reconfigured atmospheric general circulation model at a low resolution, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 24, 4, 712-728, DOI: 10.1007/ s00376-007-0712-7.
  6. Wang, S.-W., X.-Y. Wen, Y. Luo, W.-J. Dong, Z.-C. Zhao, and B. Yang, 2007, Reconstruction of temperature series of China for the last 1000 years, Chinese Science Bulletin, 52, 23, 3272-3280, DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0425-4.
  7. Wang, S.-W., J.-B. Huang, X.-Y. Wen, J.-H. Zhu, 2007, 4~2ka BP drought in China: observation and modeling, Chinese Science Bulletin, 52, 20, 2428-2433 (in Chinese).
  8. Ge, Q.-S., S.-W. Wang, X.-Y. Wen, M.-S. Cai, Z.-X. Hao, 2007, Temperature and precipitation changes in China during the Holocene, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 24, 6, 1024-1036, DOI: 10.1007/s00376-007-1024-7.
  9. Wang, S.-W., J.-H. Zhu, J.-N. Cai, and X.-Y. Wen, 2004, Reconstruction and analysis of time series of ENSO for the last 500 years, Progress in Natural Science, 14, 12, 1074-1080.
  10. Wen, X.-Y., S.-W. Wang, and J.-H. Zhu, 2007, An overview of Paleo-ENSO, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 50, 2, 387-396 (in Chinese).
  11. Wen, X.-Y., S.-W. Wang, J.-H. Zhu, and D. Viner, 2006, An overview of China climate change over the 20th century using U.K. UEA/ CRU high resolution grid data, Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 30, 5, 894-904 (in Chinese).
  12. Wang, S.-W., X.-Y. Wen, Y. Luo, W.-J. Dong, Z.-C. Zhao, and B. Yang, 2007, Reconstruction of temperature series of China for the last 1000 years, Chinese Science Bulletin, 52, 8, 958-964 (in Chinese).
  13. Pu, B., X.-Y. Wen, S.-W. Wang, and J.-H. Zhu, 2007, Diagnostic and modeling study of two basic modes of surface air temperature and its variation in China, Advances in Earth Science, 22, 5, 456-467 (in Chinese).
  14. Wang, S.-W., Y. Luo, X.-Y. Wen, and W.-J. Dong, 2007, Latest advances in studies of the global temperature variations for the last millennium, Advances in Climate Change Research, 3, 1, 14-19 (in Chinese).
  15. Hu, Y.-Y., and X.-Y. Wen, 2005, On studies of snowball Earth, Advances in Earth Science, 20, 11, 1226-1233 (in Chinese).
  16. Wang, S.-W., J.-H. Zhu, J.-N. Cai, and X.-Y. Wen, 2004, Reconstruction and analysis of time series of ENSO for the last 500 years, Progress in Natural Science, 14, 4, 424-430 (in Chinese).
  17. Wang, S.-W., J.-H. Zhu, J.-N. Cai, and X.-Y. Wen, 2003, Irregularities in ENSO variability, Universitatis Pekinensis, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium, Special Supplement, 125-133 (in Chinese).


CONFERENCE PROCEDEEDINGS

  1. Wen, X.-Y., Y. Pan, Y. Zhang, A. Nenes, S. Ghan, and R. Easter, CCN Predictions from Global WRF/Chem: Sensitivity to Activation Parameterizations, Gas-Phase Mechanisms, and Aerosol Modules, oral presentation at the 11th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 89th AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 11-15 January 2009.
  2. Wen, X.-Y., X.-M. Hu, Y. Pan, Y. Zhang, W. Skamarock, F. Vitt, P. Karamchandani, and G. Grell, Using global WRF/Chem to study climate-chemistry interactions, poster at the 8th WRF Users’ Workshop, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, 23-27 June 2008.
  3. Wen, X.-Y., S.-W. Wang, Y.-Y. Hu, T.-J. Zhou, Y. Zhang, and Z.-C. Zhao, Climate Change in China and Its Relationship with Air Quality during the Past 130 Years: Model Simulations and Correlation with Satellite Observations, oral presentation at the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, the 88th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 20–24 January 2008.
  4. Wen, X.-Y. and S.-W. Wang, Why El Nino was depressed during early-mid Holocene? oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of China Meteorological Society, Chengdu, China, 24 – 28 October 2006.
  5. Wen, X.-Y., Paleo-ENSO simulation: why El Nino was depressed during early-mid Holocene? oral presentation at the Taiwan-Mainland symposium of atmospheric sciences, organized by Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Republic of China, 21 – 29 September 2005.
  6. Wen, X.-Y., and T.-J. Zhou, Gridded atmospheric model of IAP-LASG (GAMIL) in low resolution grid, invited by the annual meeting of State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 12– 14 January 2005


CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

  1. Zhang, Y., X.-Y. Wen, X.-Y. Dong, Y.-S. Chen, and Y. Pan, 2009, Evaluating Aerosol-Radiation-Cloud-Precipitation-Climate Feedbacks Simulated using Online-Coupled WRF/Chem, oral presentation at the 30th NATO/SPS International Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Application, San Francisco, CA, 18 – 22 May 2009.
  2. Zhang, Y., X.-Y. Wen, Y. Pan, and Y.-S. Chen, P. Karamchandani, D. G. Streets, Q. Zhang, and C. J. Jang, 2009, Global-Through-Urban WRF/Chem: Climate-Air Quality Interactions over China and U.S.A., invited presentation at the 11th international conference on Atmospheric Sciences and Applications to Air Quality (ASAAQ) Conference, Jinan, Shandong Province, P. R. China, April 21-23, 2009.
  3. Hemperly, J.J., X.-Y. Wen, N. Meskhidze, and Y. Zhang, The Evaluation of the Global Weather Research and Forecasting (GWRF) Model with Surface-Based and Remotely-Sensed Observations, poster at the 4th Annual NC State University Graduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC. Mar 18th, 2009.
  4. Zhang, Y., Y. Pan, X.-Y. Wen, X.-Y. Dong, P. Karamchandani, D. Streets, W. Skamarock, and G. Grell, Simulating Climate-Air Quality Interactions using Global-Through-Urban WRF/Chem, oral presentation at Special Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions, the 89th AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 11-15 January 2009.
  5. Zhang, Y., X.-Y. Wen, K. Wang, and K. Vijayaraghavan, Examining the governing processes and export of O3 and PM2.5 in the U.S., poster at the 89th AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, 11-15 January 2009.
  6. Zhang, Y., X.-Y. Wen, Y.-S. Chen, Y. Pan, and X.-M. Hu, 2008, Studying Climate-Chemistry-Aerosol-Cloud-Radiation Feedbacks in North America and Asia using Online-Coupled WRF/Chem, oral presentation at the 27th Annual Meeting of American Association for Aerosol Research, Orlando, FL, October 20-24, 2008.
  7. Zhang, Y., X.-Y. Wen, Y. Pan, P. Karamchandani, C. Seigneur, D. G. Streets, and W. C. Skamarock, 2008, Development and Evaluation of Global-Through-Urban WRF/Chem: Gas-Phase Mechanism, Gas-Aerosol Coupling, and Aerosol-Cloud Interactions, oral presentation at the 7th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 6-8, 2008.
  8. Hemperly, J.J., X.-Y. Wen, N. Meskhidze, and Y. Zhang, Retrospective Aplication and Evaluation of the Global Weather Research and Forecasting (GWRF) System, oral presentation at the 7th Annual Community Modeling and Analysis (CMAS) Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC, 6-8 October 2008.
  9. Zhang, Y., X.-M. Hu, Y. Pan, X.-Y. Wen, Y.-S. Chen, J. Fast, G. Grell, S. Peckham, K. Schere, and C. Jang, Updates on the development and application of WRF/Chem-Madrid, poster at the 8th WRF Users’ Workshop, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado, 23-27 June 2008.
  10. Zhang, Y., Y.-S. Chen, X.-M. Hu, X.-Y. Wen, K. Wang, C. J. Jang, L.-T. Wang and J.-M. Hao, Coupled Regional Climate and Air Quality Modeling: History, Current Status, and Challenges, invited keynote speech at the International Workshop on Regional and Urban Air Quality in Yangtze River Delta Region, Shanghai, China, 17-18 April 2008.
  11. Zhang, Y., X.-Y. Wen, W. C. Skamarock, G. A. Grell, S. E. Peckham, S. J. Ghan, and R. C. Easter, Some Preliminary Results from the Development of Global WRF/Chem, oral presentation at the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, New Orleans, Louisiana, 20–24 January 2008.
  12. Meskhidze, N., Y. Zhang, B. Gantt, J.J. Hemperly, X.-Y. Wen, Effect of Terrestrial and Marine Organic Aerosol on Regional and Global Climate: Work Plan and Some Preliminary Results, oral presentation at the Department of Energy Atmospheric Science Program FY 2008 Science Team Meeting, Annaplois, Maryland, 25-27 February 2008.
  13. Zhang, Y., X.-Y. Wen, X.-M. Hu, and C. J. Jang, Simulating the Effect of Aerosols on Regional Climate Using WRF/Chem, oral presentation at the 10th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, New Orleans, Louisiana, 20–24 January 2008.
  14. Zhang, Y., X.-M. Hu, and X.-Y. Wen, K. L. Schere, C. J. Jang, Simulating Climate-Chemistry-Aerosol-Cloud- Radiation Feedbacks in WRF/Chem: Model Development and Initial Application, oral presentation at the 6th Annual CMAS Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, October 1-3 2007.


INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

  1. Wen, X.-Y., and S.-W. Wang, On the Role of precession in Asian monsoon during the Holocene: from hypothesis to simulation, oral presentation at the workshop on Paleoclimate research, Nansen-Zhu International Research Center, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Nov. 15– 17, 2006.
  2. Wen, X.-Y., and S.-W. Wang, Interdecadal Variability of Temperature and Atmospheric Circulation over China in the 20th Century, oral presentation at the Symposium of Interdecadal variability of East Asian Summer Monsoon in the 20th Century, organized by Prof. B. Wang and Chinese Ocean University, Qingdao, China, Jul. 5 – 8, 2006.


MEMBERSHIP
Member of American Meteorological Society, Sept. 2007~Present
Member of American Geophysical Union, Jan. 2008~Present