Fengpeng Sun

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Education:

Ph.D., Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine 07/2008

M.S., Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine 07/2005

B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China 07/2000

Research Interests:

Climate variability and change, boundary layer cloudiness, global and regional ocean-atmosphere interactions and modelling, ENSO dynamics

Research Experience:

Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles, Advisor: Alex Hall, 08/2008-present

• Research topics: Regional applications of climate variability and change, Stratocumulus topped boundary layer dynamics, VOCALS project
• Methodology: Reanalysis data (e.g., ERA40, NCEP), remote sensing data (e.g., ISCCP, MODIS, MISR); WRF, ROMS

Graduate Researcher, University of California, Irvine, Advisor: Jin-Yi Yu, 09/2003-07/2008

• Research topics: Ocean-atmosphere interactions, ENSO dynamics, Pacific decadal climate variability, Gap wind variability
• Methodology: Reanalysis data (e.g., HadISST, ERSST, NCEP, COADS, SODA), remote sensing data (e.g., QuikSCAT); ROMS, CAM3, CCSM3

Teaching Experience:

Teaching Asisstant, University of California, Irvine

• Earth System Science 5: The Atmosphere, 04-06/2007

• Earth System Science 3: Oceanography, 01-03/2007

• Earth System Science 1: The Physical Environment, 09-12/2006

Manuscripts in Preparation:

• Sun F., and A. Hall, 2009: Evaluation of Southeast Pacific Stratocumulus simulation in the WRF Model. In preparation.

• Sun F., and J.-Y. Yu, 2009: Decadal Variability of ENSO Intensity in the IPCC-AR4 CGCMs. To be submitted.

Publications:

• Sun F., and J.-Y. Yu, 2009: A 10-15year Modulation Cycle of ENSO Intensity. Journal of Climate, 22,  1718-1735, doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2285.1. PDF

• Yu J.-Y., F. Sun and H.-Y. Kao, 2009: Contributions of Indian Ocean and Monsoon Biases to the Excessive Biennial ENSO in CCSM3. Journal of Climate, 22, 1850-1858, doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2706.1.  PDF

• Sun F., 2008: ENSO Decadal Modulation and Tropical Pacific Mean Climate. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Irvine.

• Sun, F., and J.-Y. Yu, 2006: Impacts of Central America Gap Winds on the SST Annual Cycle in the Eastern Pacific Warm Pool. Geophysical Research Letter, 33, L06710, doi:10.1029/2005GL024700. PDF

Conference Presentations:

• Sun, F., and A. Hall, 2008: Stratocumulus Cloud Top Height Simulations in the Southeast Pacific, UCLA VOCALS meeting, Los Angeles, California, November 14

• Sun, F., and J.-Y. Yu, 2008: A 10-15year Modulation Cycle of ENSO Intensity and its ENSO Asymmetry-Basic State Interaction Mechanism, U.S. CLIVAR Science Symposium, Irvine, California, July 14-15

• Yu, J.-Y., F. Sun and H.-Y. Kao, 2008: A Two-Oscillator View of ENSO and its Decadal Modulation, the 88th annual AMS meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 20-24

• Sun, F., and J.-Y. Yu, 2007: A 10-15year Modulation Cycle of ENSO Intensity and its ENSO Asymmetry-Basic State Interaction Mechanism, Eos Trans. AGU, 88 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS13A-1011, San Francisco, California, December 10-14

• Yu, J.-Y., H.-Y., Kao and F. Sun, 2007: Using a Two-Oscillator View to Examine the CGCM Deficiency in ENSO, the 12th Annual CCSM Workshop, Breckenridge, Colorado, June 19-21

• Yu, J.-Y., F. Sun and H.-Y., Kao, 2007: A Two-Oscillator View of Decadal ENSO Modulation, the 7th Workshop on Decadal Climate Variability, Kona, Hawaii, April 30-May 03

• Sun, F., and J.-Y. Yu, 2006: A Decadal Modulation Cycle of ENSO Intensity, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research Workshop, Bergen, Norway, September 19-22

• Sun, F., and J.-Y. Yu, 2006: Modeling Studies on the Central America Gap Wind Forcing to the Eastern Pacific Warm Pool SST Annual Cycle, Multidecadal Climate Variability and teleconnection Dynamics Bjerknes Summer School, Finse, Norway, September 10-18

• Sun, F., and J.-Y. Yu, 2005: Impacts of Central America Gap Winds on the SST Annual Cycle in the Eastern Pacific Warm Pool, Eos Trans. AGU, 86 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A53B-05, San Francisco, California, December 05-09

Honors and Awards:

• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of California, Irvine 2007

• Climate Variability and Change Scholarship, American Meteorological Society 2007

• Travel Grant, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine 2007

• Outstanding Contributions to the Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine 2006-2007

• Bjerknes Scholarship, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen 2006

• Travel Grant, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine 2005

• IGPP fellowship, University of California, Irvine 2003-2004

• May 4th Medal for Outstanding Youth (top 10 of 20000), Nanjing University 1999

• Guanghua Scholarship, Guanghua Education Foundation 1998

• Renmin Scholarship, Nanjing University 1997-1999

Professional Memberships:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science 2007-present

• American Geophysics Union 2005-present

• American Meteorological Society 2005-present