My research area is Climate Science including monsoon climate, climate over the Tibetan Plateau, extreme weather and climate, and seasonal climate prediction. Other interests also include land-atmosphere interaction, climate-ecology interaction, Anyone interested in these topics are welcome to join our group!

2004.9–2008.12 Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Ph.D.

2000.9–2004.6 Atmospheric Science, Lanzhou University B.S.

2024–          Prof. at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IAP/CAS)

2016–2023  Project Prof. at IAP/CAS

2012–2016  Associate Prof. at IAP/CAS

2009–2012  Assistant Prof. at IAP/CAS

2009.3-5      Visiting researcher at Hong Kong University

First Prize of Progress in Meteorological Science and Technology by Chinese Meteorological Society (5/6) 2017 

Award for Contribution to Scientific and Technological Innovation by IAP/CAS 2013

Representative papers:

1.     Zhu, Y. L., Kong, X. H., Liu, Y., Chen, H. P., Sun, J. Q., Tang, X., 2026: Compound dry and hot events in subregions of mainland China and the evolving dynamics from synoptic to sub‑seasonal perspective. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 66, 103680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2026.103680.

2.     Zhu, Y. L., Lei, Y. B., Sun, J. Q., Chen, H. P., Liu, Y., Wang, H. J., 2024: The extreme lake level change and mid‑ summer rainfall on the Tibetan Plateau in 2015/2018 from the perspective of atmospheric circulation. Journal of Hydrology, 630, 130766.

3.     Zhu, Y. L., Sun, J. Q., Ma, J. H., 2023: A hybrid statistical‑dynamical prediction model for summer precipitation in northwestern China based on NCEP CFSv2. Atmospheric Research, 283, 106567.

4.     Liu, Y., Zhu, Y. L., Chen, H. P., 2021: Interannual variability in August drought in northern China and the corresponding climate shift. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD034105.

5.     Liu, Y., Zhu, Y. L., Wang, H. J., Gao, Y. Q., Sun, J. Q., Wang, T., Ma, J. H., Yurova, A., Li, F., 2020: Role of autumn Arctic Sea ice in the subsequent summer precipitation variability over East Asia. International Journal of Climatology, 40, 706‑722.

6.     Lei, Y. B., Y. L. Zhu, B. Wang, T. D. Yao, K. Yang, X. W. Zhang, J. Q. Zhai, and N. Ma, 2019: Extreme lake level changes on the Tibetan Plateau associated with the 2015/2016 El Niño. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 5889‑5898. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL081946.

7.     Zhu, Y. L., H. J. Wang, J. H. Ma, T. Wang, and J. Q. Sun, 2015: Contribution of the phase transition of Pacific Decadal Oscillation to the late 1990s’ shift in East China summer rainfall, Journal of Geophysical Research, 120 (17), 8817‑8827. DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023545.

8.     Zhu, Y. L., H. J. Wang, W. Zhou, and J. H. Ma, 2011: Recent changes in the summer precipitation pattern in East China and the background circulation, Climate Dynamics, 36, 1463‑1473. DOI: 10.1007/s00382‑010‑0852‑9.

Students Supervised (Meteorology, 070601)

Completed:

Zong, Peishu (PhD)

Liu, Yang (PhD)

Song, Fangwu (PhD)

Ma, Haoyue (M.S.)

Ongoing:

Fekadie Bazie (PhD candidate)