Dr. Jun A. Zhang
Scientist
Hurricane Research Division-CIMAS
phone: 305-361-4557
fax: 305-361-4402
jun.zhang@noaa.gov
NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Professional InterestsJun Zhang's main research interests are hurricane boundary layer structure and dynamics, turbulence observations, air-sea interaction, numerical modeling and physical parameterizations. He has recently studied turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer using research aircraft and portable wind tower observations, dissipative heating in the surface layer both over the ocean and land, hurricane boundary layer height using dropsonde data, air-sea thermodynamic exchange using buoy observations, vertical and horizontal turbulence mixing processes in the low-level troposphere of intense hurricane eyewall, and evaluation and improvement of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) schemes used in the WRF and HWRF models simulating hurricanes.
Current Research Projects
Recently Published Peer-Reviewed Papers- Fan, S., B. Zhang, A.A. Mouche, W. Perrie, and J.A. Zhang. Estimation of wind direction in tropical cyclones using C-band dual-polarization synthetic aperture radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2019.2946885 2020
- Ahren, K., M.A. Bourassa, R.E. Hart, J.A. Zhang, and R.F. Rogers. Observed kinematic and thermodynamic structure in the hurricane boundary layer during intensity change. Monthly Weather Review, 147(8):2765-2785, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-18-0380.1 2019
- Chen, X., J.A. Zhang, and F.D. Marks. A thermodynamic pathway leading to rapid intensification of tropical cyclones in shear. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(15):9241-9251, doi:10.1029/2019GL083667 2019
- Fan, S., B. Zhang, A.A. Mouche, W. Perrie, and J.A. Zhang. Estimation of wind direction in tropical cyclones using C-band dual-polarization synthetic aperture radar. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2019.2946885 2020
- Ahren, K., M.A. Bourassa, R.E. Hart, J.A. Zhang, and R.F. Rogers. Observed kinematic and thermodynamic structure in the hurricane boundary layer during intensity change. Monthly Weather Review, 147(8):2765-2785, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-18-0380.1 2019
- Chen, X., J.A. Zhang, and F.D. Marks. A thermodynamic pathway leading to rapid intensification of tropical cyclones in shear. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(15):9241-9251, doi:10.1029/2019GL083667 2019
- Domingues, R., A. Kuwano-Yoshida, P. Chardon-Maldonado, R.E. Todd, G. Halliwell, H.-S. Kim, I.-I. Lin, K. Sato, T. Narazaki, L.K. Shay, T. Miles, S. Glenn, J.A. Zhang, S.R. Jayne, L. Centurioni, M. Le Henaff, G. Foltz, F. Bringas, M.M. Ali, S.F. DiMarco, S. Hosoda, T. Fukuoka, B. LaCour, A. Mehra, E.R. Sanabia, J.R. Gyakum, J. Dong, J.A. Knaff, and G. Goni. Ocean observations in support of studies and forecasts of tropical and extratropical cyclones. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:446, doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00446 2019
- Mayer, D.A., J.A. Zhang, and R.H. Weisberg. Surface layer turbulence parameters derived from 1-s wind observations on the West Florida Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 124(4):1992-2007, doi:10.1029/2018JD029392 2019
- Molinari, J., J.A. Zhang, R.F. Rogers, and D. Vollaro. Repeated eyewall replacement cycles in Hurricane Frances (2004). Monthly Weather Review, 147(6):2009-2022, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-18-0345.1 2019
- Nguyen, L.T., R. Rogers, J. Zawislak, and J.A. Zhang. Assessing the influence of convective downdrafts and surface enthalpy fluxes on tropical cyclone intensity change in moderate vertical wind shear. Monthly Weather Review, 147(10):3519-3534, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-18-0461.1 2019
- Ren, Y., J.A. Zhang, S.R. Guimond, and X. Wang. Hurricane boundary layer height relative to storm motion from GPS dropsonde composites. Atmosphere, 10(6):339, doi:10.3390/atmos10060339 2019
- Smith, A.W., B.K. Haus, and J.A. Zhang. Stability and sea state as limiting conditions for TKE dissipation and dissipative heating. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 76(3):689-706, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-18-0142.1 2019
- Zhang, J.A., and R.F. Rogers. Effects of parameterized boundary layer structure on hurricane rapid intensification in shear. Monthly Weather Review, 147(3):853-871, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-18-0010.1 2019
- Zhao, Z., P.W. Chan, N. Wu, J.A. Zhang, and K.K. Hon. Aircraft observations of turbulent characteristics in the tropical cyclone boundary layer. Boundary Layer Meteorology, doi:10.1007/s10546-019-00487-8 2019
- Zhu, P., B. Tyner, J.A. Zhang, E. Aligo, S. Gopalakrishnan, F.D. Marks, A. Mehra, and V. Tallapragada. Role of eyewall and rainband eddy forcing in tropical cyclone intensification. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(22):14,289-14,310, doi:10.5194/acp-19-14289-2019 2019
- Zou, Z., J. Song, P. Li, J. Huang, J.A. Zhang, Z. Wan, and S. Li. Effects of swell waves on atmospheric boundary layer turbulence: A low wind field study. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(8)5671-5685, doi:10.1029/2019JC015153 2019
- Bucci, L.R., C. O’Handley, G.D. Emmitt, J.A. Zhang, K. Ryan, and R. Atlas. Validation of an airborne Doppler wind lidar in tropical cyclones. Sensors, 18(12):4288, doi:10.3390/s18124288 2018
- Dougherty, E.M., J. Molinari, R.F. Rogers, J.A. Zhang, and J.P. Kossin. Hurricane Bonnie (1998): Maintaining intensity during high vertical wind shear and an eyewall replacement cycle. Monthly Weather Review, 146(10):3383-3399, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-18-0030.1 2018
- Guimond, S.R., J.A. Zhang, J.W. Sapp, and S.J. Frasier. Coherent turbulence in the boundary layer of Hurricane Rita (2005) during an eyewall replacement cycle. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75(9):3071-3093, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-17-0347.1 2018
- Huang, L., X. Li, B. Liu, J.A. Zhang, D. Shen, Z. Zhang, and W. Yu. Tropical cyclone boundary layer rolls in synthetic aperture radar imagery. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 123(4):2981-2996, doi:10.1029/2018JC013755 2018
- Leighton, H., S. Gopalakrishnan, J.A. Zhang, R.F. Rogers, Z. Zhang, and V. Tallapragada. Azimuthal distribution of deep convection, environmental factors and tropical cyclone rapid intensification: A perspective from HWRF ensemble forecasts of Hurricane Edouard (2014). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75(1):275-295, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-17-0171.1 2018
- Ming, J., and J.A. Zhang. Direct measurements of momentum flux and dissipative heating in the surface layer of tropical cyclones during landfalls. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 123(10):4926-4938, doi:10.1029/2017JD028076 2018
- Tang, J., J.A. Zhang, C. Kieu, and F.D. Marks. Sensitivity of hurricane intensity and structure to two types of planetary boundary layer parameterization schemes in idealized HWRF simulations. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 7(4):201-211, doi:10.6057/2018TCRR04.01 2018
- Tang, J., J.A. Zhang, S.D. Aberson, F.D. Marks, and X. Lei. Multilevel tower observations of vertical eddy diffusivity and mixing length in the tropical cyclone boundary layer during landfalls. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75(9):3159-3168, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-17-0353.1 2018
- Wadler, J.B., J.A. Zhang, B. Jaimes, and L.K. Shay. Downdrafts and the evolution of boundary layer thermodynamics in Hurricane Earl (2010) before and during rapid intensification. Monthly Weather Review, 146(11):3545-3565, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-18-0090.1 2018
- Zhang, J.A., F.D. Marks, J.A. Sippel, R.F. Rogers, X. Zhang, S.G. Gopalakrishnan, Z. Zhang, and V. Tallapragada. Evaluating the impact of improvement in the horizontal diffusion parameterization on hurricane prediction in the operational Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model. Weather and Forecasting, 33(1):317-329, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-17-0097.1 2018
- Zhang, J.A., R. Atlas, G.D. Emmitt, L. Bucci, and K. Ryan. Airborne Doppler wind lidar observations of the tropical cyclone boundary layer. Remote Sensing, 10(6):825, doi:10.3390/rs10060825 2018
- Zou, Z., D. Zhao, J.A. Zhang, S. Li, Y. Cheng, H. Lv, and X. Ma. Influence of swell on the atmospheric boundary layer under nonneutral conditions. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48(4):925-936, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-17-0195.1 2018
- Aberson, S.D., J.A. Zhang, and K. Nunez-Ocasio. An extreme event in the eyewall of Hurricane Felix on 2 September 2007. Monthly Weather Review, 145(6):2083-2092, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0364.1 2017
- Aksoy, A., J.A. Zhang, B.W. Klotz, E.W. Uhlhorn, and J.J. Cione. Axisymmetric initialization of the atmosphere and ocean for idealized coupled hurricane simulations. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9(7):2672-2695, doi:10.1002/2017MS000977 2017
- Atlas, R., G.D. Emmitt, L. Bucci, K. Ryan, and J.A. Zhang. Application of Doppler wind lidar observations to hurricane analysis and prediction. Proceedings, SPIE Symposium on Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, San Diego, CA, August 6-10, 2017. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 10406, 8 pp., 2017
- Bryan, G.H., R.P. Worsnop, J.K. Lundquist, and J.A. Zhang. A simple method for simulating wind profiles in the boundary layer of tropical cyclones. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 162(3):475-502, doi:10.1007/s10546-016-0207-0 2017
- Jin S., S. Wang, X. Li, L. Jiao, and J.A. Zhang. Tropical cyclone center location in SAR images based on feature learning and visual saliency. In Hurricane Monitoring with Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, X. Li (ed.). Springer Singapore, 141-181, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-2893-9_8 2017
- Jin, S., S. Wang, X. Li, L. Jiao, J.A. Zhang, and D. Shen. A salient region detection and pattern matching-based algorithm for center detection of a partially covered tropical cyclone in a SAR image. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(1):280-291, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2016.2605766 2017
- Nolan, D.S., and J.A. Zhang. Spiral gravity waves radiating from tropical cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(8):3924-3931, doi:10.1002/2017GL073572 2017
- Rogers, R.F., P.D. Reasor, and J.A. Zhang. Reply to "Comments on 'Multiscale structure and evolution of Hurricane Earl (2010) during rapid intensification.'” Monthly Weather Review, 145(4):1573-1575, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0414.1 2017
- Smith, R.K., J.A. Zhang, and M.T. Montgomery. The dynamics of intensification in an HWRF simulation of Hurricane Earl (2010). Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 143(702):293-308, doi:10.1002/qj.2922 2017
- Tyner, B., P. Zhu, J.A. Zhang, S. Gopalakrishnan, F. Marks, and V. Tallapragada. A top-down pathway to secondary eyewall formation in simulated tropical cyclones. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 123(1):174-197, doi:10.1002/2017JD027410 2017
- Worsnop, R.P., G.H. Bryan, J.K. Lundquist, and J.A. Zhang. Using large-eddy simulations to define spectral and coherence characteristics of the hurricane boundary layer for wind-energy applications. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 165(1):55-86, doi:10.1007/s10546-017-0266x 2017
- Zhang, G., W. Perrie, X. Li, and J.A. Zhang. A hurricane morphology and surface wind vector estimation model for C-band cross-polarization SAR. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 55(3):1743-1751, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2016.2631663 2017
- Zhang, J.A., and X. Li. Tropical cyclone multiscale wind features from spaceborne synthetic aperture radar. In Hurricane Monitoring with Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, X. Li (ed.). Springer Singapore, 25-39, doi:10.1007/978-981-10-2893-9_2 2017
- Zhang, J.A., J J. Cione, E.A. Kalina, E.W. Uhlhorn, T. Hock, and J.A. Smith. Observations of infrared sea surface temperature and air-sea interaction in Hurricane Edouard (2014) using GPS dropsondes. Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology, 34(6):1333-1349, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0211.1 2017
- Zhang, J.A., R.F. Rogers, and V. Tallapragada. Impact of parameterized boundary layer structure on tropical cyclone rapid intensification forecasts in HWRF. Monthly Weather Review, 145(4):1413-1426, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0129.1 2017
- Zou, Z., D. Zhao, B. Liu, J.A. Zhang, and J. Huang. Observation-based parameterization of air-sea fluxes in terms of the wind speed and atmospheric stability under low-to-moderate wind conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122(5):4123-4142, doi:10.1002/2016JC012399 2017
- Atlas, R., G.D. Emmitt, L. Bucci, K. Ryan, and J.A. Zhang. Impact of Doppler wind lidar data on hurricane prediction. Proceedings, 18th Coherent Laser Radar Conference, Boulder, CO, June 27-July 1, 2016. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, 4 pp., 2016
- Mai, M., B. Zhang, X. Li, P.A. Hwang, and J.A. Zhang. Application of AMSR-E and AMSR2 low frequency channel brightness temperature data for hurricane wind retrievals. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(8):4501-4512, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2016.2543502 2016
- Ming, J., and J.A. Zhang. Effects of surface flux parameterization on numerically simulated intensity and structure of Typhoon Morakot (2009). Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 33(1):58-72, doi:10.1007/s00376-015-4202-z 2016
- Rogers, R.F., J.A. Zhang, J. Zawislak, H. Jiang, G.R. Alvey, E.J. Zipser, and S.N. Stevenson. Observations of the structure and evolution of Hurricane Edouard (2014) during intensity change, Part II: Kinematic structure and the distribution of deep convection. Monthly Weather Review, 144(9):3355-3376, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0017.1 2016
- Zawislak, J., H. Jiang, G.R. Alvey, E.J. Zipser, R.F. Rogers, J.A. Zhang, and S.N. Stevenson. Observations of the structure and evolution of Hurricane Edouard (2014) during intensity change, Part 1: Relationship between the thermodynamic structure and precipitation. Monthly Weather Review, 144(9):3333-3354, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0018-1 2016
- Zhang, R., J. Huang, X. Wang, J.A. Zhang, and F. Huang. Effects of precipitation on sonic anemometer measurements of turbulent fluxes in the atmospheric surface layer. Journal of Ocean University of China, 15(3):389-398, doi:10.1007/s11802-016-2804-4 2016
- Kaplan, J., C.M. Rozoff, M. DeMaria, C.R. Sampson, J.P. Kossin, C.S. Velden, J.J. Cione, J.P. Dunion, J.A. Knaff, J.A. Zhang, J.F. Dostalek, J.D. Hawkins, T.F. Lee, and J.E. Solbrig. Evaluating environmental impacts on tropical cyclone rapid intensification predictability utilizing statistical models. Weather and Forecasting, 30(5):1374-1396, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-15-0032.1 2015
- Li, X., X. Yang, W. Zheng, J.A. Zhang, L.J. Pietrafesa, and W.G. Pichel. Synergistic use of satellite observations and numerical weather model to study atmospheric occluded fronts. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(9):5269-5279, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2015.2420312 2015
- Ming, J., J.A. Zhang, and R.F. Rogers. Typhoon kinematic and thermodynamic boundary layer structure from dropsonde composites. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(8):3158-3172, doi:10.1002/2014JD022640 2015
- Rogers, R.F., P.D. Reasor, and J.A. Zhang. Multiscale structure and evolution of Earl (2010) during rapid intensification. Monthly Weather Review, 143(2):536-562, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-14-00175.1 2015
- Tang, J., D. Byrne, J.A. Zhang, Y. Wang, X. Lei, D. Wu, P. Fang, and B. Zhao. Horizontal transition of turbulent cascade in the near-surface layer of tropical cyclones. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72(12):4915-4925, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0373.1 2015
- Wang, J., K. Young, T. Hock, D. Lauritsen, D. Behringer, M. Black, P.G. Black, J. Franklin, J. Halverson, J. Molinari, L. Nguyen, T. Reale, J. Smith, B. Sun, Q. Wang, and J.A. Zhang. A long-term, high-quality, high vertical resolution GPS dropsonde dataset for hurricane and other studies. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96(6):961-973, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-13.00203.1 2015
- Zhang, J.A., and F.D. Marks. Effects of horizontal diffusion on tropical cyclone intensity change and structure in idealized three-dimensional numerical simulations. Monthly Weather Review, 143(10):3981-3995, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-14-00341.1 2015
- Zhang, J.A., D.S. Nolan, R.F. Rogers, and V. Tallapragada. Evaluating the impact of improvements in the boundary layer parameterization on hurricane intensity and structure forecasts in HWRF. Monthly Weather Review, 143(8):3136-3155, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-14-00339.1 2015
- Zhu, P., Z. Zhu, S. Gopalakrishnan, R. Black, F.D. Marks, V. Tallapragada, J.A. Zhang, X. Zhang, and C. Gao. Impact of sub-grid scale processes on eyewall replacement cycle of tropical cyclones in HWRF system. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(22):10027-10036, doi:10.1002/2015GL066436 2015
- Gall, R., F. Toepfer, F. Marks, E.N. Rappaport, A. Aksoy, S. Aberson, J.W. Bao, M. Bender, S. Benjamin, L. Bernardet, M. Biswas, B. Brown, J. Cangialosi, C. Davis, M. DeMaria, J. Doyle, M. Fiorino, J. Franklin, I. Ginis, S. Gopalakrishnan, T. Hamill, R. Hodur, H.S. Kim, J. Knaff, T. Krishnamurti, P. Kucera, Y. Kwon, W. Lapenta, N. Lett, S. Lord, T. Marchok, E. Mifflin, M. Morin, K. Musgrave, L. Nance, C. Reynolds, V. Tallapragada, H. Tolman, R. Torn, G. Vandenberghe, T. Vukicevic, X. Wang, Y. Weng, J. Whittaker, R. Yablonsky, D.-L. Zhang, F. Zhang, J. Zhang, X. Zhang, and D.A. Delinsky. Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project: 2013 HFIP R&D activities summary—Recent results and operational implementation. HFIP Technical Report, HFIP2014-2, 50 pp., 2014
- Ming, J., J.A. Zhang, R.F. Rogers, F.D. Marks, Y. Wang, and N. Cai. Multiplatform observations of boundary layer structure in the outer rainbands of landfalling typhoons. Journal of the Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119(13):7799-7814, doi:10.1002/2014JD021637 2014
- Montgomery, M.T., J.A. Zhang, and R.K. Smith. An analysis of the observed low-level structure of rapidly intensifying and mature Hurricane Earl (2010). Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140(684):2132-2146, doi:10.1002/qj.2283 2014
- Nolan, D.S., J.A. Zhang, and E.W. Uhlhorn. On the limits of estimating the maximum wind speeds in hurricanes. Monthly Weather Review, 142(8):2814-2837, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-13-00337.1 2014
- Shpund, J., J.A. Zhang, M. Pinsky, and A. Khain. Microphysical structure of the marine boundary layer under strong wind and sea spray formation as seen from a 2-D explicit microphysical model. Part III: Parameterization of height-dependent droplet size distribution. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71(6):1914-1934, doi:10.1175/ JAS-D-12-0201.1 2014
- Zhang, B., W. Perrie, J.A. Zhang, E.W. Uhlhorn, and Y. He High-resolution hurricane vector winds from C-band dual-polarization SAR observations. Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology, 31(2):272-286, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00006.1 2014
- Zhang, J.A., M.T. Montgomery, F.D. Marks, and R.K. Smith. Comments on “Symmetric and asymmetric structures of hurricane boundary layer in coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean models and observations.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 71(7):2782-2785, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-13-0207.1 2014
- Byrne, D., and J.A. Zhang. Height-dependent transition from 3-D to 2-D turbulence in the hurricane boundary layer. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(7):1439-1442, doi:10.1002/grl.50335 2013
- Cione, J.J., E.A. Kalina, J.A. Zhang, and E.W. Uhlhorn. Observations of air-sea interaction and intensity change in hurricanes. Monthly Weather Review, 141(7):2368-2382, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00070.1 2013
- Gopalakrishnan, S.G., F. Marks, J.A. Zhang, X. Zhang, J.-W. Bao, and V. Tallapragada. A study of the impacts of vertical diffusion on the structure and intensity of tropical cyclones using the high resolution HWRF system. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 70(2):524-541, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-0340.1 2013
- Li, X., J.A. Zhang, X. Yang, W.G. Pichel, M. DeMaria, D. Long, and Z. Li. Tropical cyclone morphology from spaceborne synthetic aperture radar. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(2):215-230, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00211.1 2013
- Li, X., W. Zheng, X. Yang, J.A. Zhang, W.G. Pichel, and Z. Li. Coexistence of atmospheric gravity waves and boundary layer rolls observed by SAR. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 70(11):3448-3459, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0347.1 2013
- Rogers, R.F., S.D. Aberson, A. Aksoy, B. Annane, M. Black, J.J. Cione, N. Dorst, J. Dunion, J.F. Gamache, S.B. Goldenberg, S.G. Gopalakrishnan, J. Kaplan, B.W. Klotz, S. Lorsolo, F.D. Marks, S.T. Murillo, M.D. Powell, P.D. Reasor, K.J. Sellwood, E.W. Uhlhorn, T. Vukicevic, J.A. Zhang, and X. Zhang. NOAA’s Hurricane Intensity Forecasting Experiment (IFEX): A progress report. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(6):859-882, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00089 2013
- Zhang, J.A., R.F. Rogers, P.D. Reasor, E.W. Uhlhorn, and F.D. Marks. Asymmetric hurricane boundary layer structure from dropsonde composites in relation to the environmental vertical wind shear. Monthly Weather Review, 141(11):3968-3984, doi:10.1175/MWF-D-12-00335.1 2013
- Shpund, J., J.A. Zhang, M. Pinsky, and A. Khain. Microphysical structure of the marine boundary layer under strong wind and spray formation as seen from simulations using a two-dimensional explicit microphysical model, Part II: The role of sea spray. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69(12):3501-3514, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-0281.1 2012
- Zhang, J.A., and E.W. Uhlhorn. Hurricane sea surface inflow angle and an observation-based parametric model. Monthly Weather Review, 140(11):3587-3605, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-11-00339.1 2012
- Zhang, J.A., and M.T. Montgomery. Observational estimates of the horizontal eddy diffusivity and mixing length in the low-level region of intense hurricanes. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69(4):1306-1316, doi:100.1175/JAS-D-11-0180.1 2012
- Zhang, J.A., and W.M. Drennan. An observational study of vertical eddy diffusivity in the hurricane boundary layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69(11):3223-3236, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-0348.1 2012
- Zhang, J.A., S. Gopalakrishnan, F.D. Marks, R.F. Rogers, and V. Tallapragada. A developmental framework for improving hurricane model physical parameterizations using aircraft observations. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 1(4):419-429, doi:10.6057/2012TCRR04.01 2012
- Zhang, J.A., F.D. Marks, M.T. Montgomery, and S. Lorsolo. An estimation of turbulent characteristics in the low-level region of intense Hurricanes Allen (1980) and Hugo (1989). Monthly Weather Review, 139(5):1447-1462, doi:10.1175/ 2010MWR3435.1 2011
- Zhang, J.A., P. Zhu, F.J. Masters, R.F. Rogers, and F.D. Marks. On momentum transport and dissipative heating during hurricane landfalls. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 68(6):1397-1404, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-10-05018.1 2011
- Zhang, J.A., R.F. Rogers, D.S. Nolan, and F.D. Marks. On the characteristic height scales of the hurricane boundary layer. Monthly Weather Review, 139(8):2523-2535, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-10-05017.1 2011
- Haus, B.K., D. Jeong, M.A. Donelan, J.A. Zhang, and I. Savelyev. Relative rates of sea-air heat transfer and frictional drag in very high winds. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(7):L07802, 5 pp., doi:10.1029/2009GL042206 2010
- Lorsolo, S., F.D. Marks, J.F. Gamache, and J.A. Zhang. Estimation and mapping of hurricane turbulent energy using airborne Doppler measurements. Monthly Weather Review, 138(9):3656-3670, doi:10.1175/2010MWR3183.1 2010
- Zhang, J.A. Estimation of dissipative heating using low-level in-situ aircraft observations in the hurricane boundary layer. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67(6):1853-1862, doi:10.1175/2010JAS3397.1 2010
- Zhang, J.A. Spectral characteristics of turbulence in the hurricane boundary layer over ocean between the outer rainbands. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136(649):918-926, doi:10.1002/qj.610 2010
- Zhu, P., J.A. Zhang, and F.J. Masters. Wavelet analyses of turbulence in the hurricane surface layer during landfalls. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67(12):3793-3805, doi:10.1175/2010JAS3437.1 2010
- Nolan, D.S., J.A. Zhang, and D.P. Stern. Evaluation of planetary boundary layer parameterizations in tropical cyclones by comparison of in-situ observations and high-resolution simulations of Hurricane Isabel (2003), Part I: Initialization, maximum winds, and the outer core boundary layer. Monthly Weather Review, 137(11):3651-3674, doi:10.1175/2009MWR2785.1 2009
- Nolan, S.D., D.P. Stern, and J.A. Zhang. Evaluation of planetary boundary layer parameterizations in tropical cyclones by comparison of in-situ observations and high-resolution simulations of Hurricane Isabel (2003), Part II: Inner-core boundary layer and eyewall structure. Monthly Weather Review, 137(11):3675-3698, doi:10.1175/2009MWR2786.1 2009
- Zhang, J.A., W.M. Drennan, P.G. Black, and J.R. French. Turbulence structure of the hurricane boundary layer between the outer rain bands. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66(8):2455-2467, doi:10.1175/2009JAS2954.1 2009
- Lorsolo, S., J. Gamache, F. Marks, P. Dodge, and J.A. Zhang. Characterization of hurricane turbulence using airborne Doppler measurements. Extended Abstracts, 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Orlando, FL, April 28-May 2, 2008. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 4 pp., 2008
- Zhang, J.A., K.B. Katsaros, P.G. Black, S. Lehner, J.R. French, and W.M. Drennan. Effects of roll vortices on turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 128(2):173-189, doi:10.1007/s10546-008-9281-2 2008
- Zhang, J.A., P.G. Black, J.R. French, and W.M. Drennan. First direct measurements of enthalpy flux in the hurricane boundary layer: The CBLAST results. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(11):L14813, 4 pp., doi:10.1029/2008GL034374 2008
- Black, P.G., E.A. D'Asaro, W.M. Drennan, J.R. French, P.P. Niiler, T.B. Sanford, E.J. Terrill, E.J. Walsh, and J.A. Zhang. Air-sea exchange in hurricanes: Synthesis of observations from the Coupled Boundary Layer Air-Sea Transfer Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88(3):357-374, doi:10.1175/BAMS-88-3-357 2007
- Drennen, W.M., J.A. Zhang, J.F. French, C. McCormick, and P.G. Black. Turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer, Part II: Latent heat flux. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64(4):1103-1115, doi:10.1175/JAS3889.1 2007
- French, J.F., W.M. Drennan, J.A. Zhang, and P.G. Black. Turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer, Part I: Momentum flux. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64(4):1089-1102, doi:10.1175/JAS3887.1 2007
- French, J.R., W.M. Drennan, J.A. Zhang, and P.G. Black. Direct airborne measurements of momentum flux in hurricanes. Preprints, 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Monterey, CA, April 24-28, 2006. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 6 pp. (CD-ROM), 2006
Awards and Honors | | | | | | | 2015 | | NASA Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel Group Achievement Award for HS3 | | NASA
| | | | 2015 | | University of Miami Gold Medal equivalent to NOAA Gold Medal | | University of Miami
| | | | 2011 | | NOAA Outstanding Research Paper Award | | NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
| | | | 2008-2010 | | Postdoctoral Research Associate Fellowship | | National Research Council
| | | | 2002-2005 | | University of Miami Fellowship | | University of Miami
| | | | 1999-2000 | | Bao Gang Fellowship | | Shanghai Baogang Fellowship Sponsor
| | | | 1996-1999 | | First Prize Scholarship | | Dalian University of Technology
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