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Jun A. Zhang

Affiliation/Employer
Other
Partner Affiliation
aoml
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3713-0223
Publon ID
F-9580-2012

Publications

Corresponding Articles: 3

Jun A. Zhang authored and/or contributed to the following articles/publications.

Sensitivity of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone to the Configuration of the Global Forecast System–Eddy Diffusivity Mass Flux Planetary Boundary Layer Scheme

The intensity and structure of simulated tropical cyclones (TCs) are known to be sensitive to the planetary boundary layer (PBL) parameterization in numerical weather prediction models. In this paper, we use an idealized version of the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecast system (HWRF) with constant sea-surface temperature (SST) to examine ho...

Jun A. Zhang
Institution National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA

Evaluation of the Grell–Freitas Convective Scheme in the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) Model

The Developmental Testbed Center (DTC) tested two convective parameterization schemes in the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) Model and compared them in terms of performance of forecasting tropical cyclones (TCs). Several TC forecasts were conducted with the scale-aware Simplified Arakawa Schubert (SAS) and Grell–Freitas (GF) co...

Jun A. Zhang
Institutions National Center for Atmospheric Research - NCAR National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA

A Review and Evaluation of Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterizations in Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting Model Using Idealized Simulations and Observations

This paper reviews the evolution of planetary boundary layer (PBL) parameterization schemes that have been used in the operational version of the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting (HWRF) model since 2011. Idealized simulations are then used to evaluate the effects of different PBL schemes on hurricane structure and intensity. The origin...

Jun A. Zhang
Institution National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA