• Doctor of Philosophy in Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
• Master of Philosophy, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
• Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Science and Computer Science, Sun Yet-Sen University, China

Chen, L., Ma, L.Z., Zhao, T., Li, Z., and Li, Y.  2017.  Simulation of the regional climatic effect of irrigation over the Yellow River Basin.  Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 10(4): 291-297.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16742834.2017.1313681

Liu, C., Ikeda, K., Rasmussen, R., Barlage, M., Newman, A.J., Prein, A.F., Chen, F., Chen, L., Clark, M., Dai, A., Dudhia, J., Eidhammer, T., Gochis, D., Gutmann, E., Kurkute, S., Li, Y., Thompson, G., and Yates, D.  2017.  Continental-Scale Convection-Permitting Modeling of the Current and Future Climate of North America.  Climate Dynamics, 49(1-2): 71-95.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3327-9

Li, Z., Manson, A., Li, Y., and Meek, C.  2016.  Circulation Characteristics of Persistent Cold Spells in Central-Eastern North America. Journal of Meteorological Research, 31(1): 250-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13351-017-6146-y

Chen, L., Ma, Z., Mahmood, R., Zhao, T., Li, Z. and Li. Y.  2016.  Recent Land Cover Changes and Sensitivity of the Model Simulations to Various Land Cover Datasets. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 129(4): 395-408.  http://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-016-0478-5

Pan, X., Yang, D., Li, Y., Barr, A., Helgason, W., Hayashi, M., Marsh, P., Pomeroy, J., and Janowicz, R.J.  2016. Bias Corrections of Precipitation Measurements across Experimental Sites in Different Ecoclimatic Regions of Western Canada.  The Cryosphere, 10: 2347-2360.  https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-2347-2016