Fengpeng Sun

Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles

Publications




Manuscripts in Preparation:

Sun F., and A. Hall, 2009: Stratocumulus clouds mean climate and variability in the Southeast Pacific using WRF Model. In preparation.

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

Refereed 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., 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

Ph.D. Dissertation:

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

Conference Proceedings and 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