1) Large-scale tropical air-sea interaction
2) Variability of the Asian monsoon

1) Feb. 1978-Jan. 1982: Undergraduate student at Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Bachelor of Science
2) Aug. 1984-Aug. 1987: Graduate student for Master Degree at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Master of Science
3) Sep. 1987-Sep. 1991: Graduate student for Ph D Degree at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Science

   

1) Feb. 1982-Jul. 1984: Teaching Assistant at Nanjing Institute of Agriculture
2) Sep. 1991-Dec. 1992: Assistant Professor at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
3) Jan. 1993-Nov. 1995: Associate Professor at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
4) Apr. 1994-Apr. 1995: Postdoctoral fellow at Center for Climate System Research, University of Tokyo, Japan
5) May 1998-Feb. 1999: Visiting Scientist at Dept. Meteorology, University of Maryland, USA
6) Dec. 1995-Sep. 2001: Professor at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
7) Aug. 1999-Aug. 2001: Deputy Director-General of Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
8) Sep. 2001-Oct. 2012: President and Professor of Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences 
9) Oct. 2012- present: Vice-Chair of Science and Technology Committee of China Meteorological Administration

1) Feb. 1982-Jul. 1984: Teaching “Agricultural Meteorology” at Nanjing Institute of Agriculture for undergraduate students
2) Sep. 1991-Sep. 2001: Teaching two courses,  “Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics” and “Tropical Geophysical Fluid Dynamics” at Graduated School of Chinese Academy of Sciences for graduate students
3) Oct. 2001-present: Teaching “Tropical Geophysical Fluid Dynamics” at Graduated School of Chinese Academy of Sciences for graduate students

Awards :
1) Second Award of the Excellent Young Scientist in Chinese Academy of Sciences (1993) 
2) Excellent Youth Award in Chinese Academy of Sciences (1997) 
3) National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2003-2006) 
4) Jeou-Jang Jaw Scientific Awards (2003)
5) First Prize of Research and Technology Development of the China Meteorological Administration (2004)
6) China Youth Science and Technology Prize (2004)
7) Second Prize of Oceanic Innovation Achievements of the State Oceanic Administration (2007)
8) National Science Fund for Creative Research Groups (January 2010-December 2012, and 2013-2015) 
9) First Prize of Science and Technology on Oceanic Engineering (2012)
10) Second Prize of National Scientific and Technological Progress Award (2013)

Honors:
1) Member of the CLIVAR Pacific Panel (September 2001-July 2004)
2) Member of CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group (January 2003-August 2006)
3) Member of the Air-Sea Interaction Committee of American Meteorological Society (February 2003-January 2005)
4) Vice-Chairman of the Editorial Committee of Journal of Applied Meteorological Science (July 2003-)
5) Member of Steering Committee of Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) (November 2006-July 2008)
6) Member of Executive Committee, Monsoon Panel of the WMO/CAS/WGTMR (July 2007-)
7) Member of Science Steering Committee of international programme Asian Monsoon Years 2007-2012 (April 2007-)
8) Vice President of the China Society on Tibet Plateau (CSTP) (December 2008-)
9) Member of the Advisory Committee of Department of Earth Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China (May 2008-)
10) Member of the Appraising Group of Atmospheric Sciences, the State Council Academic Degrees Committee of China (December 2008-)
11) Vice-Chairman of the Editorial Committee of Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (December 2009-)
12) Vice President of the Chinese Meteorological Society (October 2010-)

   

1. Peer Reviewed Publications in English Journals (* indicates the corresponding author)

1) Chao, J., and R. Zhang, 1988: The air-sea interaction waves in the tropics and their instabilities. Acta Meteor. Sin., 2, 275-287.
2) Zhang R.*, and J. Chao, 1992: Numerical experiments on the tropical air-sea interaction waves. Acta Meteor. Sin., 6, 148-156.
3) Zhang, R.*, and J. Chao, 1993: Unstable tropical air-sea interaction waves and their physical mechanisms. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 10, 61-70.
4) Zhang, R.*, 1995: Coupled waves in simple tropical air-sea interaction models and their instabilities (II). Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 19, 363-374.
5) Zhang, R.*, 1995: Coupled waves in simple tropical air-sea interaction models and their instabilities (I). Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 19, 293-302.
6) Zhang, R.*, A. Sumi and M. Kimoto, 1996: Impact of El Niño on the East Asia Monsoon: A diagnostic study of the ’86/87 and ’91/92 events. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 74, 49-62.
7) Huang, R., X. Zang, R. Zhang, and J. Chen, 1998: The westerly anomalies over the tropical Pacific and their dynamical effect on the ENSO cycles during 1980-1994. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 15,135-151.
8) Zhang, R.*, and R. Huang, 1998: Dynamical roles of zonal windstresses over the tropical Pacific on the occurring and vanishing of El Nino. Part I: Diagnostic and theoretical analyses. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 22, 597-609.
9) Zhang, R.*, A. Sumi and M. Kimoto, 1999: A diagnostic study of the impact of El Niño on the precipitation in China. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 16, 229-241.
10) Wang, H., R. Zhang, J. Cole, and F. Chavez, 1999: El Niño and related phenomenon Southern Oscillation (ENSO): The largest signal in the interannual climate variation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 96, 11071-11072.
11) Huang, R., R. Zhang, and Q. Zhang, 2000: The 1997/1998 ENSO cycle and its impact on climate anomalies in East Asia. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 17, 348-362.
12) Zhang, R.*, 2001: Relations of water vapor transports from Indian monsoon with those over East Asia and the summer rainfall in China. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 18, 1005-1017.
13) Zhang, R.*, and G. Zhao, 2001: Meridional wind stress anomalies over tropical pacific and the onset of El Niño. Part II: Dynamical analysis. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 18, 1053-1065.
14) Zhang, R.*, G. Zhao, and Y. Tan, 2001: Meridional wind stress anomalies over tropical Pacific and the onset of El Niño. Part I: Data analysis. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 18, 467-480.
15) Huang, R., R. Zhang, and B. Yan, 2001: Dynamical effect of the zonal wind anomalies over the tropical western Pacific on ENSO cycles. Sci. China (Series D), 44, 1089-1098.
16) Zhang, R.*, and A. Sumi, 2002: Moisture circulation over East Asia during El Niño episode in northern winter, spring and autumn. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80, 213-227.
17) Zhang, R.*, and Y. Tan, 2002: El Nino and interannual variation of the sea surface temperature in the tropical Indian Ocean. J. Geosci. China, 4(3-4), 10-16.
18) Huang, R., W. Chen, B. Yan, and R. Zhang, 2004: Recent advances in studies of the interaction between the East Asian winter and summer monsoons and ENSO cycle. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 21 (3), 407-424.
19) Wu, B., J. Wang, and R. Zhang, 2004: Effects of intraseasonal variations of the Arctic Oscillation on the Barrents Sea. Polar Meteor. Glaciol., 18, 82-95.
20) Wen, M., and R. Zhang*, 2005: Possible maintaining mechanism of climatological atmospheric quasi-biweekly oscillation around Sumatra. Chin. Sci. Bull., 50, 1054-1056.
21) Xue, Y., S. Sun, K.-M. Lau, J. Ji, I. Poccard, R. Zhang, H.-S. Kang, G. Wu, J. C. Schaake, J. Zhang, and Y. Jiao, 2005: Multiscale variability of the river runoff system in China and its long-term link to precipitation and sea surface temperature. J. Hydrometeor., 6, 550-570.
22) Zhou, S., and R. Zhang*, 2005: Decadal variations of temperature and geopotential height over the Tibetan Plateau and their relations with Tibet ozone depletion. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L18705.
23) Liu, Y., R. Zhang, Y. Yin, and T. Niu, 2005: The application of ARGO data to the global ocean data assimilation operational system of NCC. Acta Meteor. Sin., 19, 355-365.
24) Wu, B., R. Zhang, and J. Wang, 2005: Dipole anomaly in the Arctic atmosphere and winter Arctic sea ice motion. Sci. China (Series D), 48, 1529-1536.
25) Du, Z., Y. Tan, R. Zhang, J. He, and H. Liu, 2006: Two modes of sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Indian Ocean: monopole, dipole and their interaction. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 30, 345-360.
26) He, J., M. Wen, Y. Ding, and R. Zhang, 2006: Possible mechanism of the effect of convection over Asian-Australian “land bridge” on the East Asian summer monsoon onset. Sci. China (Series D), 49, 1223-1232.
27) Wu, B., R. Zhang, and R. D’Arrigo, 2006: Distinct modes of the East Asian winter monsoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 2165-2179.
28) Zuo, Z., and R. Zhang*, 2007: The spring soil moisture and the summer rainfall in eastern China. Chin. Sci. Bull., 52, 3310-3312.
29) Zhao, P., R. Zhang, J. Liu, X. Zhou, and J. He, 2007: Onset of southwesterly wind over eastern China and associated atmospheric circulation and rainfall. Clim. Dyn., 28, 797-811.
30) Wu, B., and R. Zhang, 2007: Interdecadal shift in the western North Pacific summer SST anomaly in the late 1980s. Chin. Sci. Bull., 52, 2559-2564.
31) Wen, M., and R. Zhang*, 2007：Role of the quasi-biweekly oscillation in the onset of convection over the Indochina Peninsula. Quart. J. Royal. Meteor. Soc., 133, 433-444.
32) Zhang, Z., R. Zhang, and S. Yang, 2007: Roles of multi-scale disturbances over the tropical North Pacific in the turnabout of 1997-98 El Niño. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 24, 581-590.
33) Zhao, P., Y. Zhu, and R. Zhang, 2007: An Asian-Pacific teleconnection in summer tropospheric temperature and associated Asian climate variability. Clim. Dyn., 29, 293-303.
34) Wen, M., and R. Zhang*, 2008：Quasi-biweekly oscillation of the convection around Sumatra and low-level tropical circulation in boreal spring. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 189-205.
35) Wu, B., R. Zhang, Y. Ding, and R. D’Arrigo, 2008: Distinct modes of the East Asian summer monsoon. J. Climate, 21, 1122-1138.
36) Wu, B.，R. Zhang, and R. D’Arrigo，2008：Arctic dipole anomaly and summer rainfall in Northeast China, Chin. Sci. Bull., 53, 2222-2229.
37) He, J., P. Zhao, C. Zhu, R. Zhang, X. Tang, L. Chen, and X. Zhou, 2008: Discussion of some problems as to the East Asian subtropical monsoon. Acta Meteor. Sin., 22, 419-434.
38) Qi, Y., R. Zhang*, T. Li, and M. Wen, 2008: Interactions between the summer mean monsoon and the intraseasonal oscillation in the Indian monsoon region. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L17704.
39) Zhang, R.*, B. Wu, P. Zhao, and J. Han, 2008: The decadal shift of the summer climate in the late 1980s over eastern China and its possible causes. Acta Meteor. Sinica, 22, 435-445.
40) Xu, X., R. Zhang, T. Koike, C. Lu, X. Shi, S. Zhang, L. Bian, X. Cheng, P. Li, and G. Ding, 2008: A new integrated observational system over the Tibetan Plateau. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 1492-1496.
41) Zhang, R.*, and X. Shen, 2008: On the development of the GRAPES - A new generation of the national operational NWP system in China. Chin. Sci. Bull., 53, 3429-3432.
42) Zuo, Z., and R. Zhang*, 2009: Temporal and spatial features of the soil moisture in boreal spring in eastern China. Sci. China Earth Sci., 52, 269-278.
43) Wu, B., K. Yang, and R. Zhang, 2009: Eurasian snow cover variability and its association with summer rainfall in China. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 26, 31-44.
44) Qi, Y., R. Zhang*, T. Li, and M. Wen，2009：Impacts of intraseasonal oscillation on the onset and interannual variation of the Indian summer monsoon. Chin. Sci. Bull., 54, 880-884.
45) Luo, Y., R. Zhang, and H. Wang, 2009: Comparing occurrences and vertical structures of hydrometeors between eastern China and the Indian monsoon region using CloudSat/CALIPSO data. J. Clim., 22, 1052-1064.
46) Wu, B., R. Zhang, B. Wang, and R. D’Arrigo, 2009: On the association between spring Arctic sea ice concentration and Chinese summer rainfall, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L09501.
47) Wu, B., R. Zhang, and B. Wang, 2009: On the association between spring arctic sea ice concentration and Chinese summer rainfall: A further study. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 26, 666-678.
48) Zhang, R.*, and S. Zhou, 2009: Air temperature changes over the Tibetan Plateau and other regions in the same latitudes and the role of ozone depletion. Acta Meteor. Sinica, 23, 290-299.
49) Han, J., and R. Zhang, 2009: The dipole mode of the summer rainfall over East China during 1958–2001. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 26, 727-735.
50) Su, J., R. Zhang, T. Li, and X. Rong, 2009: Skewness of subsurface ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific based on assimilated data. Chin. J. Ocean. Limn., 27, 600-606.
51) Chen. B, R. Zhang*, S. Sun, L. Bian, C. Xiao, and T. Zhang, 2010: A one-dimensional heat transfer model of the Antarctic Ice Sheet and modeling of snow temperatures at Dome A, the summit of Antarctic Plateau. Sci. China Earth Sci., 53, 763-772.
52) Chen, B., R. Zhang*, C. Xiao, L. Bian, and T. Zhang, 2010: Analyses on the air and snow temperatures near ground with observations of an AWS at Dome A, the summit of Antarctic Plateau. Chin. Sci. Bull., 55, 1430-1436.
53) Su, J., R. Zhang*, T. Li, X. Rong, J.-S. Kug, and C.-C. Hong, 2010: Causes of the El Niño and La Niña amplitude asymmetry in the equatorial eastern Pacific. J. Climate., 23, 605-617.
54) Wen, M., T. Li, R. Zhang, and Y. Qi, 2010: Structure and origin of the quasi-biweekly oscillation over the tropical Indian Ocean in boreal spring. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 1965-1982.
55) Rong, X., R. Zhang, T. Li, 2010: Impacts of Atlantic sea surface temperature anomalies on Indo-East Asian summer monsoon-ENSO relationship. Chin. Sci. Bull., 55, 2458-2468.
56) Li, Y., R. Zhang, X. Jia, G. Wang, L. Zhao, and Y. Ding, 2010: Influence of alpine meadow land cover differences on precipitation-runoff processes on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China. Environ. Engineering Sci., 27, 209-213.
57) Zuo, Z., R. Zhang, and P. Zhao, 2011: The relation of vegetation over the Tibetan Plateau to rainfall in China during the boreal summer. Clim. Dyn., 36, 1207-1219.
58) Zhang, R.*, Y. Ni, L. Liu, Y. Luo, and Y. Wang, 2011: South China heavy rainfall experiments (SCHeREX). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 89A, 153-166.
59) Luo, Y., R. Zhang, W. Qian, Z. Luo, and X. Hu, 2011: Intercomparison of deep convection over the Tibetan Plateau–Asian monsoon region and subtropical North America in boreal Summer using CloudSat/CALIPSO data. J. Climate, 24, 2164-2177.
60) Rong, X., R. Zhang*, T. Li, and J. Su, 2011: Upscale feedback of high-frequency winds to ENSO. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 894-907.
61) Li, L., R. Zhang*, and M. Wen, 2011: Diagnostic analysis of the evolution mechanism for a vortex over the Tibetan Plateau in June 2008. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 28, 797-808.
62) Kang, H., C. Zhu, Z. Zuo, and R. Zhang, 2011: Statistical downscaling of pattern projection using multi-model output variables as predictors. Acta Meteor. Sin., 25, 293-302.
63) Zhang, R.*, and Z. Zuo, 2011: Impact of spring soil moisture on surface energy balance and summer monsoon circulation over East Asia and precipitation in East China. J. Climate, 24, 3309-3322.
64) Wen, M., S. Yang, W. Higgins, R. Zhang, 2011: Characteristics of the dominant modes of atmospheric quasi-biweekly oscillation over tropical–subtropical Americas. J. Climate, 24, 3956-3970.
65) Wu, B., J. Su, and R. Zhang, 2011: Effects of autumn-winter Arctic sea ice on winter Siberian High. Chinese Sci. Bull., 56, 3220-3228.
66) Yang, S., M. Wen, R. Q. Yang, W. Higgins, and R. Zhang, 2011: Impacts of land process on the onset and evolution of Asian summer monsoon in the NCEP climate forecast system. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 28, 1301-1317.
67) Zuo, Z., S. Yang, W. Wang, A. Kumar, Y. Xue, and R. Zhang, 2011: Relationship between anomalies of Eurasian snow and southern China rainfall in winter. Environ. Res. Lett., 6, 045402.
68) Lu, E., Y. Luo, R. Zhang, Q. Wu, and L. Liu, 2011: Regional atmospheric anomalies responsible for the 2009-2010 severe drought in China. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D21114.
69) Zuo, Z., R. Zhang, and B. Wu, 2012: Inter-decadal variations of springtime rainfall over southern China mainland for 1979–2004 and its relationship with Eurasian snow. Sci. China Earth Sci., 55, 271-278.
70) Zuo, Z., S. Yang, A. Kumar, R. Zhang, Y. Xue, and B. Jha, 2012: Role of thermal condition over Asia in the weakening Asian summer monsoon under global warming background. J. Climate, 25, 3431-3436.
71) Liang, H., R. Zhang, J. Liu, Z. Sun, and X. Cheng, 2012: Estimation of hourly solar radiation at the surface under cloudless conditions. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 29, 675-689.
72) Wen, M., S. Yang, A. Vintzileos, W. Higgins, and R. Zhang, 2012: Impacts of model resolutions and initial conditions on predictions of the Asian summer monsoon by the NCEP Climate Forecast System. Wea. Forecasting, 27, 629-646.
73) Zuo, Z., R. Zhang, B. Wu, and X. Rong, 2012: Decadal variability in springtime snow over Eurasia: Relation with circulation and possible influence on springtime rainfall over China. Int. J. Climatol., 32, 1336-1345.
74) Li, Q., and R. Zhang*, 2012: Seasonal variation of climatological bypassing flows around the Tibetan Plateau. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 29, 1100-1110.
75) Zhang, R.*, T. Koike, X. Xu, Y. Ma, and K. Yang, 2012: A China-Japan cooperative JICA atmospheric observing network over the Tibetan Plateau (JICA/Tibet Project): An overview. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 90C, 1-16.
76) Huang, D., R. Zhang, Z. Huo, F. Mao, Y. E, and W. Zheng, 2012: An assessment of multidimensional flood vulnerability at the provincial scale in China based on the DEA method. Natural hazards, 64, 1575-1586.
77) Wang, J., R. Zhang*, and Y. Wang, 2012: Areal differences in diurnal variations in summer precipitation over Beijing metropolitan region. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 110, 395-408.
78) Luo, Y., H. Wang, R. Zhang, W. Qian, Z. Luo, 2013: Comparison of rainfall characteristics and convective properties of monsoon precipitation systems over South China and the Yangtze and Huai River Basin. J. Climate, 26, 110-132.
79) Yang, S., B. Wu, R. Zhang, S. Zhou, 2013: Relationship between an abrupt drought-flood transition over mid-low reaches of the Yangtze River in 2011 and the intraseasonal oscillation over mid-high latitudes of East Asia. Acta Meteor. Sinica, 27, 129-143.
80) Wu, B., R. Zhang, R. D’Arrigo, and J. Su, 2013: On the relationship between winter sea ice and summer atmospheric circulation over Eurasia. J. Climate, 26, 5523-5536.
81) Luo, Y., W. Qian, R. Zhang, and D. Zhang, 2013: Gridded hourly precipitation analysis from high-density rain-gauge network over the Yangtze-Huai Rivers Basin during the 2007 Meiyu season and comparison with CMORPH. J. Hydrometeor., 14, 1243-1258.
82) Zuo, Z., S. Yang, Z.-Z. Hu, R. Zhang, W. Wang, B. Huang, and F. Wang, 2013: Predictable patterns and predictive skills of monsoon precipitation in Northern Hemisphere summer in NCEP CFSv2 reforecasts. Clim. Dyn., 40, 30712-3088.
83) Yang, S., B. Wu, R. Zhang, and S. Zhou, 2013: The zonal propagating characteristics of low-frequency oscillation over the Eurasian mid-high latitude in boreal summer. Sci. China: Earth Sci., 56, 1566-1575.
84) Su, J., R. Zhang, and C. Zhu, 2013: ECHAM5-simulated impacts of two types of El Niño on the winter precipitation anomalies in South China, Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., 6, 360-364.
85) Qi, Y., R. Zhang, P. Zhao, and P. Zhai, 2013: Comparison of the structure and evolution of intraseasonal oscillations before and after onset of the Asian summer monsoon. Acta Meteor. Sin., 27, 684-700.
86) Peng, X., R. Zhang, and H. Wang, 2013: Kinematic features of a bow echo in southern China observed with Doppler radar. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 30, 1535-1548.
87) Zuo, Z., S. Yang, R. Zhang, P. Jiang, L. Zhang, and F. Wang, 2013: Long-term variations of broad-scale Asian summer monsoon circulation and possible causes. J. Climate. 15, 8947-8961.
88) Xiao, C., M. Ding, V. Masson-Delmotte, R. Zhang, B. Jin, J. Ren, C. Li, M. Werner, Y. Wang, X. Cui, and X. Wang, 2013: Stable isotopes in surface snow along a traverse route from Zhongshan station to Dome A, East Antarctica. Clim. Dyn., 41, 2427-2438.
89) Zhang, R.*, Q. Li, R.-N. Zhang, 2014: Meteorological conditions for the persistent severe fog and haze event over eastern China in January 2013. Sci. China Earth Sci., 57, 26-35.
90) Zheng, Y., R. Zhang, and M. A. Bourassa, 2014: Impact of East Asian winter and Australian summer monsoons on the enhanced surface westerlies over the western tropical Pacific Ocean preceding the El Niño onset. J. Climate, 27, 1928-1944.
91) Liu, L., R. Zhang*, and Z. Zuo, 2014: Intercomparison of spring soil moisture among multiple reanalysis datasets over eastern China. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 54-64.
92) Su, J., T. Li, and R. Zhang, 2014: The initiation and developing mechanisms of central Pacific El Niños. J. Climate, 27, 4473-4485.

2. Book Chapters in English:

1) Zhang, R.*, and J. Chao, 1993: Mechanisms of interannual variations in a simple air-sea coupled model in the Tropics. In: Climate Variability (Eds. Ye Duzheng at el.), China Meteorological Press, Beijing, 236-244.
2) Zhang, R.*, 1993: Unstable air-sea interaction waves in a simple tropical air-sea coupled model. In: Climate, Environment and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Eds. Ye Duzheng at el.), China Meteorological Press, Beijing, 225-236.
3) Zhang, R.*, 1996: A study on the effect of El Niños on the monsoonal flow over the East Asia in the lower troposphere. 1995 Annual Report of LASG, 206-218.
4) Li, T., B. Wang, and R. Zhang, 2005: Western North Pacific monsoon: Its annual cycle and subseasonal-to-interannual variabilities. In: The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast - Report of the International Committee of the Third International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-III), 2-6 November 2004, Hangzhou, China (Eds. C.-P. Chang, B. Wang and N. -C. Lau), WMO/TD No. 1266 (TMRR Report No. 70), 115-135.
5) Wang, B., T. Li, Y. Ding, R. Zhang, and H. Wang, 2005: East Asian-Western North Pacific monsoon: A distinctive component of the Asian-Australian monsoon system. In: The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast - Report of the International Committee of the Third International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-III), 2-6 November 2004, Hangzhou, China (Eds. C.-P. Chang, B. Wang and N. –C. Lau), WMO/TD No. 1266 (TMRR Report No. 70), 72-94.
6) Tan, Y., R. Zhang, J. He, and L. Zou, 2003: The interannual variation of the sea surface temperature anomalies and the air-sea interactions in the tropical Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Climate Change (ISCC), 31 March-3 April, Beijing, China, WMO/TD-No.1172, 165-171.
7) Zhang R.*, and Y. Tan, 2002: El Nino and interannual variation of the sea surface temperature in the tropical Indian Ocean. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol.4899, 11-17.
8) Zhang, R.*, B. Wu, J. Han, and Z. Zuo, 2013: Effects on summer monsoon and rainfall change over China due to Eurasian snow cover and ocean thermal conditions. In: Climate Change - Realities, Impacts Over Ice Cap, Sea Level and Risks (Ed. Bharat Raj Singh), InTech, Rijeka, 227-250.

3. Peer Reviewed Publications in Chinese Journals:

1) Chao, J., L. Wang, X. Wang, Z. Ji, R. Zhang, and Y. Cai, 1988: Long-range numerical prediction and the large-scale air-sea interaction. Scientia Atmos. Sin., Special Issue, 79-93. (in Chinese)
2) Zhang, R., 1993: A comprehensive review of the researches on the mechanisms of ENSO cycles and their modeling and prediction. Adv. Earth Sci., 8 (6), 50-56. (in Chinese)
3) Zhang, R., and J. Chao, 1994: An improvement on the tropical unstable air-sea interaction model. Acta Meteor. Sin., 52 (3), 350-358. (in Chinese)
4) Huang, R., R. Zhang, and B. Yan, 1999: Progress in the studies on the interahnual variability of climate system in East Asia and the problems to be studied further. China Basic Sci., 2-4, 66-75. (in Chinese)
5) Zhang, R., 1999: The role of Indian summer monsoon water vapor transportation on the summer rainfall anomalies in the northern part of China during the El Niño mature phase. Plateau Meteor., 18 (4), 567-574. (in Chinese)
6) Yan, B., R. Huang, and R. Zhang, 2001: Dynamical role of zonal wind stresses over the tropical Pacific in the occurring and vanishing of El Niño. Part II: Analyses of modeling results. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 25 (2), 160-172. (in Chinese)
7) Yan, B., and R. Zhang, 2002: The role of atmosphere climate basic state in the formation of westerly over the equatorial Pacific. Acta Oceanol. Sin., 24 (2), 39-50. (in Chinese)
8) Yan, B., and R. Zhang, 2002: A numerical test of the effects of wind anomaly over the equatorial western Pacific on ENSO cycle. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 26 (3), 315-329. (in Chinese)
9) Yan, B., R. Huang, and R. Zhang, 2002: A simple tropical Pacific atmosphere-ocean couple model with ENSO cycle characteristics. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 26 (2), 193-205. (in Chinese)
10) Zhang, R., and J. Chao, 2002: Some new aspects in understanding of ENSO cycle. Clim. Environ. Res., 7 (2), 175-183. (in Chinese)
11) Zhang, R., G. Zhou, and J. Chao, 2003: On ENSO dynamics and its prediction. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 27 (4), 674-688. (in Chinese)
12) Tan, Y., R. Zhang, and J. He, 2003: Features of the interannual variation of sea surface temperature anomalies and the air- sea interaction in tropical Indian Ocean. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 27 (1), 53-66. (in Chinese)
13) Wang, L., R. Zhang, and J. Huang, 2004: Diagnostic analyses and hindcast experiments of spring SST on summer precipitation in China. Acta Meteor. Sin., 62 (6), 851-859. (in Chinese)
14) Tan, Y., R. Zhang, J. He, and L. Zou, 2004: Relationship of the interannual variations of sea surface temperature in tropical Indian Ocean to ENSO. Acta Meteor. Sin., 62 (6), 831-840. (in Chinese)
15) Wu, B., L. Bian, and R. Zhang, 2004: Effects of the winter AO and the Arctic sea ice variations on climate variation over East Asia. Chin. J. Polar Res., 16 (3), 211-220. (in Chinese)
16) Wen, M., R. Zhang, and Z. Yang, 2004: Rational development and utilization of climate resources. Adv. Earth Sci., 19 (6), 896-902. (in Chinese)
17) Zhang, R., and Q. Li, 2004: Impact of sea temperature variability of tropical oceans on East Asian monsoon. Meteor. Mon., 30 (12), 22-26. (in Chinese)
18) Zhang, R., Y. Liu, Y. Yin, L. Shi, 2004: Utilizing ARGO data to improve the ocean data assimilation and the relative physical processes in ZC ocean model. Acta Meteor. Sin., 62 (5), 613-622. (in Chinese)
19) Zhang, R., 2005: Study on theories and methods for monitoring and predicting heavy rainfall in South China. China Awards Sci. Tech., 1, 74-77. (in Chinese)
20) Ni, Y., X. Zhou, R. Zhang, P. Wang, Q. Yi, 2006: Experiments and studies for heavy rainfall in southern China. J. Appl. Meteor. Sci., 17 (6), 690-704. (in Chinese).
21) Wang, L., and R. Zhang, 2006: Diagnostic researches and forecasting experiments of the various regional sea surface temperature anomaly on summer precipitation in China. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 30 (6), 1147-1159. (in Chinese)
22) Zhao, P., and R. Zhang, 2006: Relationship of interannual variation between an eastern Asian-Pacific dipole pressure pattern and East Asian monsoon. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 30 (2), 307-316. (in Chinese)
23) Zhang, R., 2006: Climate observing system and related crucial issues. J. Appl. Meteor. Sci., 17 (6), 705-710. (in Chinese)
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1) Impact of ocean and land process on the East Asian monsoon
2) ENSO dynamics
3) Variability of the Asian monsoon
4) Role of the Tibetan Plateau in variability of the East Asian Climate
5) Severe weather system over China

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