Title：Observation and Simulation of Land-atmosphere Interactions of Tibetan Plateau
Lecturer: Prof. Kun Yang
(Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University)
Date: Friday, March 22, 2019 at 14:00 PM
Venue：Lecture Hall D103, School of Atmospheric Sciences
Abstract：Over the past 30 years, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) has become wetter and warmer, therefore, the “water tower of Asia” has undergone great changes. However, due to the limited observation materials and the scarcity of deep understanding of the basic process, quantification is seriously inadequate. Since 2010, we have been building an observation network of hydrometeorology to observe the soil temperature and humidity, atmospheric water vapor, rainfall and lake temperature profile. We found some new observation facts, which revealed the deficiencies of common land models and climate models, made some improvements on the parameterization of land-atmosphere interactions and preliminarily explored how to improve precision of precipitation simulation.
Brief introduction to the speaker: Yang Kun, professor of Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University; specially-appointed researcher of CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences. Yang received bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Tsinghua University respectively in 1994 and 1997, and doctor’s degree from the University of Tokyo in 2000. He served as an associate professor at the University of Tokyo in 2003. In 2007, he returned and worked as a researcher at CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences. In 2016, he was employed as a professor by Tsinghua University. Yang Kun mainly focuses on studying TP hydroclimatology and has successively served as the president of CEOP Water & Energy Balance Program, member of GEWEX-GLASS Committee, and editorial board member of Journal of Hydrology and Journal of Meteorological Research. Yang has published over 140 SCI papers and 3600 times of citation.
Lecturer: Prof. Kun Yang
(Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University)
Date: Friday, March 22, 2019 at 14:00 PM
Venue：Lecture Hall D103, School of Atmospheric Sciences
Abstract：Over the past 30 years, the Tibetan Plateau (TP) has become wetter and warmer, therefore, the “water tower of Asia” has undergone great changes. However, due to the limited observation materials and the scarcity of deep understanding of the basic process, quantification is seriously inadequate. Since 2010, we have been building an observation network of hydrometeorology to observe the soil temperature and humidity, atmospheric water vapor, rainfall and lake temperature profile. We found some new observation facts, which revealed the deficiencies of common land models and climate models, made some improvements on the parameterization of land-atmosphere interactions and preliminarily explored how to improve precision of precipitation simulation.
Brief introduction to the speaker: Yang Kun, professor of Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University; specially-appointed researcher of CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences. Yang received bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Tsinghua University respectively in 1994 and 1997, and doctor’s degree from the University of Tokyo in 2000. He served as an associate professor at the University of Tokyo in 2003. In 2007, he returned and worked as a researcher at CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences. In 2016, he was employed as a professor by Tsinghua University. Yang Kun mainly focuses on studying TP hydroclimatology and has successively served as the president of CEOP Water & Energy Balance Program, member of GEWEX-GLASS Committee, and editorial board member of Journal of Hydrology and Journal of Meteorological Research. Yang has published over 140 SCI papers and 3600 times of citation.