Publications

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Publications

Submitted:

1. Hu, C., C.-Y. Tam, X. Li, K. Huang, C. Ren and Z. Wang, 2021: The importance of future urban development in hourly extreme rainfall projections- comparing global warming and urbanization forcing over the Pearl River Delta region, Scientific Reports, submitted. (Preprint DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-622932/v1)

2. Liu, Y.L., C.-Y. Tam, H. W. Tong, K. Cheung and Z. Xu, 2021: Investigating Future Changes in Southern China Precipitation Characteristics Based on Dynamically Downscaled CMIP5 Climate Projections, Climate Dynamics, submitted. (Preprint DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-809474/v1)

3. Chen_, J., C.-Y. Tam, Z. Wang, K. Cheung, Y. Li, N.-C. Lau, and D.-S. D. Lau, 2021: Future Changes of western North Pacific landfalling tropical cyclones and their impacts on the Pearl River Delta region, J. Climate, submitted.

4. Li. Z., C.-Y. Tam, Y. Li, N.-C. Lau, J. Chen, S.T. Chan and D.-S. D. Lau, 2021: How does air-sea wave interaction affect tropical cyclone intensity? An atmosphere–wave–ocean coupled model study based on super typhoon Mangkhut (2018), J. Atmos. Sci., submitted.

5. Li, R.K.K., C.-Y. Tam and N.-C. Lau, 2021: Effects of MJO and ENSO on South China Sea Summer Monsoon Onset Seasonal Prediction and a 2018 Case Study, J. Climate, submitted.

6. Liu, Y.L., C.-Y. Tam and A.Y.M. Au-Yueng, 2021: Sensitivity of western north Pacific summertime tropical synoptic-scale disturbances to extratropical forcing – A regional climate model study, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, submitted. (Preprint DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-659330/v1)

7. Xu, Z., Y. Han, C.-Y. Tam, Z.-L. Yang and C. Fu, 2021: A bias-corrected CMIP6 global dataset. for dynamical downscaling of future climate, 1979–2100, Scientific Data, submitted. (Preprint DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-424811/v1)

8. So, K. W., C.-Y. Tam and N.-C. Lau, 2021: Impacts of global warming on Meiyu-Baiu extreme rainfall and associated mid-latitude synoptic-scale systems as inferred from 20km AGCM simulations, Climate Dynamics, submitted. (Preprint DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-383898/v1)

9. Fung, K.Y., C.-Y. Tam, T.C. Lee and Z. Wang, 2021: Comparing the Anthropogenic Heat and Global Warming Impacts on Extreme Precipitation in urbanized Pearl River Delta area based on Dynamical Downscaling, J. Geophys. Res., submitted. (Preprint: https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10506761.1)

Published:

1. Nduka, I. C., Tam, C.-Y., Guo, J., and Yim, S. H. L.: Characteristics of surface energy balance and atmospheric circulation during hot-and-polluted episodes and their synergistic relationships with urban heat islands over the Pearl River Delta region, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 13443–13454, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13443-2021, 2021.

2. Wang, Z., Z. Xiao, C.-Y. Tam, W. Pan, J. Chen. C. Hu, C. Ren, W. Wei and S. Yang, 2021: The projected effects of urbanization and climate change on summer thermal environment in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China, Urban Climate, 37, 2021, 100866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100866.

3. Li, R.K.K., C.-Y. Tam, N.-C. Lau, S.-J. Sohn and J.-B. Ahn, C. O’Reilly, 2021: Rossby wave source hotspots of the Silk Road pattern and their sensitivity to upper-level background wind, QJRM, doi: 10.1002/qj.4039

4. Li, R.K.K., C.-Y. Tam and N.-C. Lau, 2021: Effects of ENSO diversity and cold tongue bias on seasonal prediction of South China late spring rainfall, Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05732-w

5. Li, Y., N.-C. Lau, C.-Y. Tam, H.-M. Cheung, Y. Deng and H. Zhang, 2021: Projected Changes in the Characteristics of the East Asian Summer Monsoonal Front and their Impacts on the Regional Precipitation, Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05687-y

6. Hu, C., K.Y, Fung, C.-Y. Tam, and Z. Wang, 2021: Urbanization impacts on Pearl River Delta extreme rainfall – sensitivity to land cover change vs anthropogenic heat, Earth and Space Science, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001536

7. Xu, K., H.-Y. Miao, B. Liu. C.-Y. Tam and W. Wang, 2020: Aggravation of record-breaking drought over the mid-to-lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the post-monsoon season of 2019 by anomalous Indo-Pacific oceanic conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett., DOI: 10.1029/2020GL090847. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020GL090847

8. Wang, P., C.-Y. Tam, N.-C. Lau and X. Kang, 2020, Future Impacts of Two Types of El Niño on East Asian Rainfall Based on CMIP5 Model Projections, Climate Dynamics, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-020-05510-0

9. Lui, Y.S., K.-S. Tse, C.-Y. Tam, K.H. Lau and J. Chen, 2020: Performance of western north Pacific tropical cyclone track and intensity evolution in MPAS-A and WRF simulations, Theor. Appl. Climatol.,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-020-03444-5

10. Li, J., C.-Y. Tam, A. P. K. Tai and N.-C. Lau, 2020: Vegetation-heatwave correlations and contrasting energy exchange responses of different vegetation types to summer heatwaves in the Northern Hemisphere during the 1982–2011 period., Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 296 (2021) 108208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108208

11. Li, Z., S. Yang, C.-Y. Tam and C. Hu, 2020: Strengthening western Pacific atmospheric convection and its modulation on the trade wind during spring of 1901–2010, Int. J. Climatol., https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6856

12. Li, R.K.K., C.-Y. Tam, N.-C. Lau, S.-J. Sohn and J.-B. Ahn, 2020: Potential predictability of the Silk Road pattern and the role of SST as inferred from seasonal hindcast experiments of a coupled climate model, J. Climate, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0235.1.

13. Lui, Y.S., C-Y. Tam, L K.-S. Tse, K.-K. Ng, W.-N. Leung and C.-C. Cheung, 2020: Evaluation of a customized variable-resolution global model and its application for high-resolution weather forecasts in East Asia, Earth and Space Science, 7, e2020EA001228. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001228

14. Xu., K., C..-Y. Tam, B. Liu, S. Chen, X. Yang, Z. Hen and W. Wang, 2020: Attenuation of Central Pacific El Niño Amplitude by North Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies, J. Climate, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0767.1

15. Wang, L., A.P.K. Tai, C.-Y. Tam, S. Mehliyar, P. Wang and K. Cheung, 2020: Impacts of future land use and land cover change on mid-21st-century surface ozone air quality: Distinguishing between the biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 11349–11369, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11349-2020

16. Chen, J., Z. Wang, C.-Y. Tam, N.-C. Lau, D.-S. D. Lau and H.Y. Mok, 2020: Investigating climate change impacts on western North Pacific tropical cyclones and induced storm surges over the Pearl River Delta region based on pseudo-global warming experiments, Sci. Rep., 10, 1965; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58824-8

17. Jiang, X., T. Zhang, C.-Y. Tam, J. Chen, N.-C. Lau, S. Yang and Z. Wang, 2019: Impact of ENSO on Snow Depth over the Tibetan Plateau: Role of Convection over the Western North Pacific, Journal of Geophysical Research, DOI: 10.1029/2019JD031384.

18. Zhang, T., C.-Y.Tam, X. Jiang, S. Yang; N.-C. Lau, J. Chen and C. Laohalertchai, 2019: Roles of land-surface properties and terrains on Maritime Continent rainfall and its seasonal evolution, Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04951-6.

19. Wang, P, C.-Y. Tam and K. Xu, 2019: El Niño-East Asian summer monsoon teleconnection and its diversity in CMIP5 models, Climate Dynamics, 53(9), 6417-6435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04938-3

20. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam and J.-S. Kug, 2019: How does ENSO diversity limit the skill of tropical Pacific precipitation forecasts in dynamical seasonal predictions? Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04901-2

21. Lui, Y. S., C.-Y. Tam, Au-Yueng A. Y. M. and N.-C. Lau, 2018: Role of Cumulus Parameterization Scheme on the Seasonal and Diurnal Precipitation over Southeast Asia in RegCM4, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-018-4517-4

22. Lui, Y. S., C.-Y. Tam and N.-C. Lau, 2018: Future changes in Asian summer monsoon precipitation extremes as inferred from 20-km AGCM simulations, Climate Dynamics, 52, 1443-1459. doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4206-3

23. Xu, K., Q.-L. Huang, C.-Y. Tam, W. Wang, S. Chen and C. Zhu, 2018: Roles of tropical Pacific SST patterns during two types of ENSO in modulating wintertime rainfall over southern China, Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-018-4170-y.

24. Lee, R. W.-K., C.-Y. Tam, S.-J. Sohn and J.-B. Ahn, 2017: Predictability of two types of El Niño and their climate impacts in boreal spring to summer in coupled models, Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-4039-5.

25. Au-Yueng, A. Y. M., and C.-Y. Tam, 2017: Dispersion characteristics and circulation associated with boreal summer westward travelling mixed-Rossby gravity wave-like disturbances, J. Atmos. Sci., https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0245.1

26. Wang, L., K. Cheung, C.-Y. Tam, A. P. K. Tai and Y. Li, 2017: Evaluation of the RegCM Regional Climate Model over the Loess Plateau of China, Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.5159 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.5159/abstract

27. Holst, C. C., J.C.L Chan and C.-Y. Tam, 2017: Sensitivity of Precipitation Statistics to Urban Growth in a Subtropical Coastal Megacity Cluster. J. Env. Sciences, 59, 6-12. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1001074216315042?via%3Dihub

28. Xu, K., C.-Y. Tam, C. Zhu, B. Liu and W. Wang, 2017: CMIP5 Projections of Two Types of El Niño and Their Related Tropical Precipitation in the 21st Century. J. Clim., DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0413.1 http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0413.1

29. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam and H.I. Jeong, 2016: How do the strength and type of ENSO affect SST predictability in coupled models. Sci. Rep. 6, 33790; doi: 10.1038/srep33790

30. Kwok, G. L. K., Y. F. Lam and C.-Y. Tam, 2016: Developing a Statistical Based Approach for Predicting Local Air Quality in Complex Terrain Area, Atmospheric Pollution Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2016.08.001

31. Holst, C. C., C.-Y. Tam, and J.C.L Chan, 2016: Sensitivity of urban rainfall to anthropogenic heat flux - a numerical experiment. Geophys. Res. Lett., DOI: 10.1002/2015GL067628.

32. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam, 2015: Long-lead station-scale prediction of hydrological droughts in South Korea based on bivariate pattern-based downscaling, Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-015-2770-3

33. Li, Y.-B.,C.-Y. Tam, W.-R. Huang, K. Cheung and Z. Gao, 2015: Evaluating the impacts of cumulus, land surface and ocean surface schemes on summertime rainfall simulations over East-to-southeast Asia and the western north Pacific by RegCM4. Climate Dynamics, doi :10.1007/s00382-015-2714-y.

34. Ye, K., C.-Y. Tam, W. Zhou and S.-J. Sohn, 2015: Seasonal prediction of June rainfall over South China: Model assessment and statistical downscaling. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 32(5), 680–689, doi: 10.1007/s00376-014-4047-x.

35. Tung, L.T., C.-Y. Tam, S.-J. Sohn and J.-L. Chu, 2013: Improving the seasonal forecast for summertime South China rainfall using statistical downscaling, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1-13, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50367, 2013.

36. Sohn, S.-J., J.-B. Ahn and C.-Y. Tam, 2013: Six-month lead downscaling prediction of winter-spring drought in South Korea based on multi-model ensemble, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, doi:10.1002/GRL.50133, 2013.

37. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam and J.-B. Ahn, 2013: Development of a multi-model-based seasonal prediction system for extreme droughts and floods: A case study for South Korea, Int. J. Climatol., 33: 793–805. doi: 10.1002/joc.3464.

38. Chen, G., and C.-Y. Tam, 2012: A new perspective on the excitation of low-tropospheric MRG waves in association with energy dispersion, J. Atmos. Sci. 69, 1397-1403. DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0331.1

39. Sohn, S.-J., Y.-M. Min, J.-Y. Lee, C.-Y. Tam, I.-S. Kang, B. Wang, J.-B. Ahn and T. Yamagata, 2012: Assessment of the long-lead probabilistic prediction based on the APCC multi-model system and a statistical model for the Asian summer monsoon precipitation (1983-2010), J. Geophys. Res., 117, D04102, doi:10.1029/2011JD016308.

40. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam and C.-K. Park, 2011: Leading modes of East Asian winter climate variability and their predictability: An assessment of the APCC multi-model ensemble, .J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 89, 1-20. DOI:10.2151/jmsj.2011-500

41. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam, K. Ashok and J.-B. Ahn, 2011: Quantifying the reliability of precipitation datasets for monitoring East Asian hydrological variations, Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.2380

42. Feng, J.,W. Chen, C.-Y. Tam and W. Zhou, 2010: Different impacts of El Niño and El Niño Modoki on China rainfall in the decaying phases. Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.2217.

43. Chen, G., and C.-Y. Tam, 2010: The different impacts of two kinds of Pacific Ocean warming on tropical cyclone frequency over the western Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett.,37, doi:10.1029/2009GL041708, 2010.

44. Zhou, L.T., C.-Y. Tam, W. Zhou and J.C.L. Chan, 2010: Influence of South China Sea SST and ENSO on winter rainfall over South China. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 27(4), 832–844, doi: 10.1007/s00376–009-9102-7.

45. Ashok, K., C.-Y. Tam and W.-J. Lee, 2009: The ENSO Modoki impact on the Southern Hemisphere storm track activity during extended austral winter. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, doi:10.1029/2009GL038847, 2009.

46. An, K.-H., C.-Y. Tam and C.-K. Park, 2009: Improving the northeast Asian monsoon simulation: Remote impact of tropical heating bias correction. Mon. Wea. Rev.,137, 797-803. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2008MWR2612.1

47. Lee, D.Y., C.-Y. Tam and C.-K. Park, 2008: Effects of multi-cumulus convection ensembles on East-Asian monsoon rainfall simulations. J. Geophys. Res., 113, DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009847

48. Chu, J.-L., H. Kang, C.-Y. Tam, C.-K. Park and C.-T. Chen, 2008: Seasonal forecast for local precipitation over northern Taiwan using statistical downscaling. J. Geophys. Res.,113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009424.

49. Li, T., F. Tam, X. Fu, T.-J. Zhou and W.-J. Zhu, 2008: Causes of intraseasonal SST variability in the tropical Indian Ocean. Atmos. Ocean. Sci. Lett., 1, 18-23.

50. Saji, N. H., S. -P. Xie and C. -Y. Tam, 2006: Satellite observations of intense intraseasonal cooling events in the tropical South Indian Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, doi: 1029/2006GL026525.

51. Tam, C.-Y., and T. Li, 2006: The origin and dispersion characteristics of the observed tropical summertime synoptic-scale waves over the western Pacific. Mon. Wea. Rev.,134, 1630-1646.

52. Tam, C.-Y., and N.-C. Lau, 2005: Modulation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation by ENSO: Inferences from observations and GCM simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 83, 727-743.

53. Tam, C.-Y., and N.-C. Lau, 2005: The impact of ENSO on atmospheric intraseasonal variability as inferred from observations and GCM simulations. J. Climate, 18, 1902-1934.

54. K. S. Smith, G. Boccaletti, C. C. Henning, I. N. Marinov, C. Y. Tam, I. M. Held and G. K. Vallis, 2002: Turbulent diffusion in the geostrophic inverse cascade. J. Fluid Mech., 469, 13-48.