Fang Zhao
PostDoc
Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Germany
Biography
Since the beginning of 2016, I work with Katja Frieler as a post-doctoral researcher in the PRIMAP and ISI-MIP group. I am currently creating a multi-model flood projection dataset based on ISIMIP model results and performing module evaluations. I received my PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Maryland-College Park, USA in 2015, where I performed simulations with the UMD-Earth System Model that contributed to the 5th IPCC Assessment Report. I also wrote a River-Routing Scheme that is adopted by a recent model runoff evaluation paper. During my undergraduate (at Peking University) and Master's (at University of Georgia-Athens, USA) studies in Geography, I conducted regional case study on climate change in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region using both ground and satellite observations.
Research Interest
Quantifying climate impacts for different global warming scenarios with focus on hydrology and ecology (Research Area: Global Impact Assessments)
Publications
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Zeng, N., F. Zhao, G.J. Collatz, E. Kalnay, R.J. Salawitch, T.O. West, and L. Guanter, 2014: Agricultural Green Revolution as a driver of increasing atmospheric CO2 seasonal amplitude. Nature, 515: 394–397.
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Zhao, F., T.I.E. Veldkamp, K. Frieler and coauthors, 2017: The critical role of the routing scheme in simulating peak river discharge in global hydrological model. Environmental Research Letters, 12:075003.
