Yang Chen
Postdoctoral Fellow

Phone: (818)-354-4895
Email: Yang.Chen@jpl.nasa.gov
Office: 169-238

Education:
B.S. in Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, China (1997).
M.S. in Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, China (2000).
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (2006).

Research Interest

• Direct radiative effect of aerosols estimated with MISR observations.
• Effects of biomass burning emissions on global climate.
• Microphysical mechanism of CCN nucleation.
• Cirrus clouds and global climate.
• Model simulation of global aerosol indirect radiative forcing.

Professional Experience

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Postdoctoral fellow: 2006-present)
• University of Michigan (Research Assistant: 2000-2006)

Awards And Honors

• Academic Excellence Fellowship in Tsinghua University (1992-1997)
  

Selected Publications

1. Penner, J. E., X. Dong and Y. Chen, Observational evidence of a change in radiative forcing due to the indirect aerosol effect, Nature, 427, 231-234, 2004.
2. Chen, Y. and J. E. Penner, Uncertainty analysis for estimates of the first indirect aerosol effect, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 2935-2948, 2005.
3. Chen, Y., X. H. Liu, J. E. Penner and M. H. Wang, Modeling of cirrus clouds crystal number concentration and sensitivity analysis, in preparation.
4. Penner, J. E., Y. Chen, M. H. Wang and X. H. Liu, Global climate impact of anthropogenic aerosols on cirrus clouds, in preparation..
5. Feng, Y., Y. Chen, and J. E. Penner, Direct and indirect effects of nitrate aerosols on atmospheric radiative balance, in preparation.
   

Membership

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• American Meteorological Society (AMS)
• The Nature Conservancy

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