Research Interests

• Cloud microphysics, convection and precipitation.
• Climate model development and evaluation.
• Aerosol and cloud interactions in mixed-phase clouds.

 

Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University.

M.S. Atmospheric Sciences, University of Wyoming

B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University

 

Zhang, M., Xie, S., Liu, X., Zhang, D., Lin, W., Zhang, K., et al. (2023). Evaluating EAMv2 Simulated High Latitude Clouds Using ARM Measurements in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 128, e2022JD038364. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD038364

Zhang, M., Xie, S., Liu, X., Lin, W., Zheng, X., Golaz, J.-C., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Cloud phase simulation at high latitudes in EAMv2: Evaluation using CALIPSO observations and comparison with EAMv1. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD037100. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037100

Zhang, M., Xie, S., Liu, X., Lin, W., Zhang, K., Ma, H.-Y., et al. (2020). Toward understanding the simulated phase partitioning of Arctic single-layer mixed-phase clouds in E3SM. Earth and Space Science, 7, e2020EA001125. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001125

Zhang, M., Liu, X., Diao, M., D'Alessandro, J. J., Wang, Y., Wu, C., et al. (2019). Impacts of representing heterogeneous distribution of cloud liquid and ice on phase partitioning of Arctic mixed-phase clouds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 13071-13090. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030502