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Xiangdong Zhang
Professor: IARC/CNSM
affiliations: IARClocation: 313 Akasofu Building
email: xdz
iarc [dot] uaf [dot] edu
phone: 907-474-2675
Projects
- Impact of Storm Activity on Recent Changes in Arctic Sea Ice Mass Balance, funded by the National Science Foundation
- The Arctic Springtime Transition: Dynamics, Impacts, and Future Changes, funded by the National Science Foundation
- Beaufort and Chukchi Seas Meso-scale Meteorological Modeling Study, funded by the Department of Interior/Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- Arctic Climate Study: Storm Activity and Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Ocean Interactions, funded by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
- Assessing and Understanding Variability, Changes, and Uncertainties of Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice in the IPCC AR5 Climate Model Simulations, funded by the Office of Naval Research
- North Pacific Storm Activity and its Responsive and Active Connections with Large-scale Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions and Global Warming, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- International Workshop: Rapid Change in Arctic Sea Ice: Assessing Drivers and Future Trajectories, funded by the World Climate Research Programme and the National Science Foundation
- PACMAN - Cyberinfrastructure for Discovering Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources across Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands, funded by the National Science Foundation
Professional Interests
- Weather extremes in the present and projected future climate
- Arctic freshwater and sea ice and their roles in global climate
- Development of climate model and improvement of physical treatments
Links
Storm Track Dynamics
Animations of Arctic Sea Ice Coverage Simulated and Projected by the IPCC AR4 Climate Models
- Arctic Sea Ice Coverage simulated and projected by the IPCC Climate Models From 1900-2100: Part A: Summer Minimum Sea Ice Cover
- Arctic Sea Ice Coverage simulated and projected by the IPCC Climate Models From 1900-2100: Part B: Winter Maximum Sea Ice Cover
Arctic Rapid change Pattern (ARP) and ARP Index
- The loading pattern of ARP
- The ARP index graphic and data
Weather Forecast and Regional Data
Education
- Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University
Workshops
Selected Publications
- Zhang, X., J. He, J. Zhang, I. Polaykov, R. Gerdes, J. Inoue, and P. Wu, 2013: Enhanced poleward moisture transport and amplified northern high-latitude wetting trend. Nature Clim. Change, 3, 47-51, doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1631.
- Zhang, X., C. Lu, and Z. Guan, 2012: Weakened cyclones, intensified anticyclones and recent extreme cold winter weather events in Eurasia. Environ. Res. Lett., 7, 044044, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/7/4/044044.
- Zhang, X., 2010: Sensitivity of Arctic summer sea ice coverage to global warming forcing: Toward reducing uncertainty in Arctic climate change projections. Tellus A, 62, 220-227, doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00441.x.
- Zhang, X., A. Sorteberg, J. Zhang, R. Gerdes, and J. C. Comiso, 2008: Recent radical shifts in atmospheric circulations and rapid changes in Arctic climate system. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L22701, doi:10.1029/2008GL035607.
- Zhang, X., and J. E. Walsh, 2006: Toward a seasonally ice-covered Arctic Ocean: Scenarios from the IPCC AR4 model simulations. J. Climate, 19, 1730-1747.
- Zhang, X., J. E. Walsh, J. Zhang, U. S. Bhatt, and M. Ikeda, 2004: Climatology and interannual variability of Arctic cyclone activity, 1948-2002. J. Climate, 17, 2300-2317.
- Zhang, X., M. Ikeda, and J. E. Walsh, 2003: Arctic sea-ice and freshwater changes driven by the atmospheric leading mode in a coupled sea ice-ocean model. J. Climate, 16, 2159-2177.
- Zhang, X., and J. Zhang, 2001: Heat and freshwater budgets and their pathways in the Arctic Mediterranean in a coupled Arctic Ocean/Sea-ice model. J. Oceanogr. 57, 207-234.
