Zhang et al., 2022 paper recognized as "Ground-breaking rainfall study" on the news. See the full paper here. 

"A new study has identified connections between oscillations in the Gulf Stream and long-term rainfall expectations in the Southeastern U.S.—a finding made possible by the supercomputing resources at the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC). "

 

 

 

Today, Syukuro “Suki” Manabe, 90, was named among the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking climate science achievements. His pioneering research in the 1960s laid the foundation for how scientists perceive the Earth’s climate and how human actions continue to influence it. Starting in the 1960s, Manabe, a senior meteorologist in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) based at Princeton University, developed the first three-dimensional models of the atmosphere while working at NOAA‘s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) along with founding director Joseph Smagorinsky.

 

       

 

   

 

Photo: Dr. Wei Zhang & Dr. Suki Manabe 

 

Wei Zhang (PI), Jia Geng, Junfei Xia, and Ben Kirtman received a research grant from Microsoft for the project - "Developing a deep learning system for multi-year ENSO prediction". This project aims at developing a deep learning system by training a convolutional neural network to improve multi-year ENSO prediction, which will potentially supplement current dynamical forecast systems based on global climate models.

 

 

 

Starting from April 2021, I have become a long-term visiting scientist at NOAA Global Systems Lab (GSL) in Boulder, Colorado to engage in collborative research concerning the coupled ocean-atmosphere system at David Skaggs Research Center. The research project seeks to provide an alternative method to estimate ocean and atmospheric predictability collabrated with NOAA's Senior Scientist Dr. Zoltan Toth. 

 

 

I was awarded received the CIMES Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from Princeton University's AOS Program. This fellowship is one of the best postdoc fellowhips in the US and globally. I am currently working on analyzing prediction skill and predictabilty in climate models wit a specific focus on subseasonal (3-6 week) timescales. This is done in collaboration with the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). My collabrators include Dr. Tom Knutson, Dr. Lucas Harris, Dr. Baoqiang Xiang, Dr. Tom Delworth, and more. 

 

 

A global conference on climate change resilience in Miami on Tuesday highlighted the city’s efforts to respond to sea level rise and other extreme weather events.    Led by former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, representatives from the Global Commission on Adaptation toured the city’s flood prevention projects and met with Miami’s climate resilience leaders. Ban praised the city’s work to address sea level rise, saying Miami is a model for other places around the world under threat from climate change. Dr. Wei Zhang, as a climate scientist representation, communicated climate change adapation and mitigation issues with Ban Ki-Moon in this international discussion. 

 

 

 

News Article: Sidder, A. (2019), Improving climate predictions over decades, Eos, 100, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EO125013. Published on 04 June 2019.

 

 

 

Dr. Ben Kirtman is recognized for his outstanding contributions to weather, water and climate. "MIAMI—University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Professor Ben Kirtman has been named a 2019 fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) for his outstanding contributions to weather, water, and climate. He will be recognized during the AMS Annual Meeting on January 9-11 in Phoenix Arizona".