16 Papers
9 Citations
Zhao Yang is an academic researcher from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Precipitation & Environmental science. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 14 publications. Previous affiliations of Zhao Yang include University of Arizona & University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
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Papers
Impact of Irrigation over the California Central Valley on Regional Climate
TL;DR: In this paper, an irrigation scheme is incorporated into the Noah land surface scheme of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model that has a calibrated convective parameterization and a tracer package is used to tag and track water vapor.
Investigating Land Surface Effects on the Moisture Transport over South America with a Moisture Tagging Model
TL;DR: In this paper, land-atmosphere interactions are a critical component of precipitation processes within the Amazon basin and La Plata River basin (LPRB) in South America.
Changes in South American hydroclimate under projected Amazonian deforestation
Jorge Eiras-Barca,Jorge Eiras-Barca,Francina Dominguez,Zhao Yang,Zhao Yang,Divyansh Chug,Raquel Nieto,Luis Gimeno,Gonzalo Miguez-Macho +8 more
TL;DR: The WRF model with improved representation of groundwater dynamics and added feature of Amazonian moisture tracers shows that deforestation leads to changes that are seasonally very different, and Contrary to expectations, the moisture tracer in WRF show no evidence that precipitation decreases are due to recycling or changes in stability.
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Urban Effects on Regional Climate: A Case Study in the Phoenix and Tucson “Sun Corridor”
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors applied the coupled WRF Model-Noah-Urban Canopy Model (UCM) to evaluate the changes in regional climate that could arise because of projected urbanization in the Phoenix-Tucson corridor, Arizona, and found that temperature changes will be well defined, reflecting the urban heat island effect within areas experiencing LULCC.
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