Zhong-Xiang Wu, Ph.D.

Dr. Wu has more than 30 years of experience in meteorological and air quality modeling and data analysis. Many of his applications use the MM5 or WRF meteorological models to create initial meteorological fields for subsequent CALMET and CALPUFF transport and dispersion modeling. He has completed a global MM5 data set with grid size of 12-km. Dr. Wu has extensive experience with real-time air quality forecast systems using prognostic meteorological models and air quality models. He has used MM5 or WRF and CALPUFF in the real-time air quality forecast systems for operations at mines and oil facilities. He also used NAM forecasts and CALPUFF in the real-time forecast systems for operations of smelter facilities and for the evaluation of air quality impacts of crude oil combustion. He used MM5 to study sea breeze circulation and the air quality impact of oil well fires. His air quality modeling activities also include the use of CALPUFF, CAMx, AERMOD, and CALGRID models for the purposes of air quality assessment and research. He conducted a Monte Carlo simulation experiment for the UAM-IV model to test model sensitivity to the input variables. To support CALMET and CALPUFF modeling, he has developed a set of software packages to process the prognostic model outputs of MM5, WRF, RUC, ETA, MRF, AVN, and RAMS for the useable formats in CALMET/CALPUFF. Dr. Wu has developed a semi-spectral model for the tropical regions to study air-sea interactions. He participated in the NASA Pacific Exploratory Mission-West A and B to study the long-range transport of trace gases and aerosols over the northwestern Pacific Ocean, and he organized four field experiments to assess the dissipation capacity of the boundary atmosphere.

Scire JS, Wu Z-X, Moore GE. Evaluation of the CALPUFF model in predicting concentration, visibility and deposition impacts at Class I areas in Wyoming. A&WMA Specialty Conference, Guideline on Air Quality Models: The Path Forward, Mystic, CT, October 22–24, 2003.

Morrison K, Wu Z-X, Scire JS, Chenier J, Jeffs-Schonewille T. CALPUFF-based predictive and reactive emission control system. 96th A&WMA Annual Conference & Exhibition, San Diego, CA, June 22–26, 2003.

Robe FR, Wu Z-X, and Scire JS. Real-time SO2 forecasting system with combined ETA analysis and CALPUFF modeling. Proceedings, 8th International Conference on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling for Regulatory Purposes, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 14–17, 2002.

Wu Z-X, Scire JS. MM5 simulations for the period of 2000 Cerro Grande Fire in the Los Alamos area. 4th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, Reno, NV, 2001.

Wu Z-X, Scire JS. Effect of grid resolution on land and sea breeze circulation in MM5. The 9th PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model User's Workshop, pp. 90–94, 1999.

Wu Z-X, Scire JS. Comparison of one year of MM5 and CALMET meteorological fields with observations in Western United States. The 8th PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model User's Workshop, pp 131-137, 1999.

Wu Z-X. Influence of sea surface temperatures on air temperatures in the tropics. Climate Dynamics 1998; 14:275–290.

Wu Z-X. Atmospheric layers measured from the NASA DC-8 during PEM-West B and comparison with PEM-West A. Journal of Geophysical Research 1997; 102:28353–28365.

Wu Z-X. Japanese whaling ship's sea surface temperatures 1946–1984. Bulletin of the American Meteorology Society 1997; 78:443–447.

Wu Z-X. The influence of SST on Air Temperature I the tropics. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 237 pp.

Newell RE, Wu Z-X, et al. Vertical fine-scale atmospheric structure measured from NASA DC-8 during PEM-West A. Journal of Geophysical Research 1996; 101:1943–1960.

Newell RE, Hu W, Wu Z-X, et al. Atmospheric sampling of supertyphoon Mirielle with NASA DC-8 aircraft on September 27, 1991, during PEM-West A. Journal of Geophysical Research 1996; 101:1853–1871.

Li K, Lin X, Wu Z-X. The features of mean wind stress field over the Pacific Ocean. Acta Geographica Sinica 1996; 51:25–32 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Wu Z-X, Li K. Wind speed discontinuity related to Beaufort wind observations and its influence on latent heat flux. Proceedings, International COADS Workshop, H.F. Diaz and H.J. Isemer (eds), pp. 212–231, Germany, 1995.

Newell RE, Wu Z-X. Temperature limits in the climate system. Proceedings, Indian National Science Academy 1994; 60(A):1–22.

Newell RE, Wu Z-X. Volcanic eruptions and atmospheric temperature. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1994; 2047:257–267.

Hu W, Newll RE, Wu Z-X. Modes of variability of global sea surface temperature, free atmosphere and oceanic surface energy flux. Climate Dynamics 1994; 10:377–393.

Wu Z-X. The effect of the tropical eastern Pacific on the non-seasonal temperature variations in the tropical troposphere. Proceedings, 18th Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, pp. 186–189, Boulder, CO, 1993.

Newell RE, Wu Z-X. The interrelationship between temperature changes in the free atmosphere and sea surface temperature changes. Journal of Geophysical Research 1992; 97:3693–3709.

Wu XX, Newll RE. The wind problem in COADS and its influence on the water balance. Proceedings, International COADS Workshop, pp. 189–200, Diaz HF, Walter K, Woodruff SD (eds), Boulder, CO, 1992.

Wu Z-X, Newll RE. Is moisture increasing in the tropical regions? Proceedings, 17th Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, pp. 159–163, Norman, OK, 1992.

Wu Z-X, Newll RE. Comparison of the variabilities of sea surface temperature and free air temperature from GOSTA and MSU data. Climate Research Technical Note, CRTN 30, 33-35, Hadley Center, Meteorological Office, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK, 1992.

Wu Z-X, Newll RE, and J. Hsiung, Possible factors controlling global marine temperature variations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, 11799-11810, 1990.

Newell RE, Hsiung J, Wu Z-X. Global marine temperature variation and the solar magnetic cycle. Geophysics Research Letters 1989; 16:311–314.

Wu Z-X, Zhang J. Prediction of SO2 concentration based on meteorological conditions. Meteorology Monthly 1987; 13:34-37 (in Chinese).

Wu Z-W, Hao R. The relationship between the SO2 concentration and its ambient meteorological conditions. Environment Sciences 1985; 6:16–17 (in Chinese).

Wu Z-W, Zhang J. Extension of temperature series in Zhengzhou and its variation analyses. Meteorology Monthly 1985; 11:19–21 (in Chinese).

Wu Z-W, Zhang J. Sea surface temperature, subtropical high and summer precipitation in Henan Province, Part 2. Henan Meteorology 1983; 22:12–16 (in Chinese).

Zhang J, Wu Z-X. Sea surface temperature, subtropical high and summer precipitation in Henan Province, Part 1. Henan Meteorology 1983; 21:15–19 (in Chinese).

• American Meteorological Society
• American Geophysical Union