Hongbin Yu

 School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
 Georgia Institute of Technology
 311 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0340

 
email: yu@breeze.eas.gatech.edu
Phone: (404)894-1738

Fax: (404)385-1510

Office: ES&T 3172

  Curriculum Vitae

 

  EDUCATION

 Ph.D., Atmospheric Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology

 M.S., Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University, China

 B.S., Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University, China

  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 Research Scientist II, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003- 

 Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000-2002 

 Research Assistant, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996-2000

 Lecturer, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China, 1992-1996

  RESEARCH INTERESTS

         Aerosol-land-atmosphere interactions, aerosol assimilation, use of satellite data for climate models, air pollution and climate forcing, atmospheric boundary layer processes and air pollution, atmospheric transport and diffusion modeling, tropospheric chemistry

         Current Topics

      Aerosol-Land-Atmosphere Interactions

      Aerosol Assimilation

             Previous Topics

      Tropospheric Chemistry

      Boundary Layer Meteorology and Air Pollution over Complex Terrain

  SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 Aerosols: 

        Yu, Hongbin, R.E. Dickinson, M. Chin, Y.J. Kaufman, M. Zhou, L. Zhou, Y. Tian, O. Dubovik, and B.N. Holben (2004), The direct radiative effect of aerosols as determined from a combination of MODIS retrievals and GOCART simulations,  J. Geophys. Res., 109, D03206, doi:10.1029/2003JD003914. reprint (pdf) [Copyright 2003 American Geophysical Union. Further reproduction or electronic distribution is not permitted.]

 Yu, Hongbin, R.E. Dickinson, M. Chin, Y.J. Kaufman, B.N. Holben, I.V. Geogdzhayev, and M.I. Mishchenko: Annual cycle of global distributions of aerosol optical depth from integration of MODIS retrievals and GOCART model simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D3), 4128, doi:10.1029/2002JD002717, 2003. reprint (pdf),  color figures (ps files) [Copyright 2003 American Geophysical Union. Further reproduction or electronic distribution is not permitted.]

  Yu, Hongbin, S.C. Liu, and R.E. Dickinson (2002): Radiative effects of aerosols on the evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(D12), 4142, doi:10.1029/2001JD000754, 2002.  reprint (pdf) [Copyright 2002 American Geophysical Union. Further reproduction or electronic distribution is not permitted.]

  Chameides W.L., H. Yu, S.C. Liu, M. Bergin, X. Zhou, L. Mearns, W. Gao, C.S. Kiang, R. Saylor, Chao Luo, Yan Huang, A. Steiner, and F. Giorgi: A case study of the effect of atmospheric aerosols and regional haze on agriculture: An opportunity to enhance crop yields in China through emission controls? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), 96 (24), 13626-13633, 1999. China-MAP Sooty Air Cuts China’s Crop Yields

 Tropospheric Chemistry:

  Wang Yuhang, Shaw C. Liu, Hongbin Yu, Scott T. Sandholm, Donald R. Blake, and Tai-Yie Chen: Influence of convection and biomass burning on tropospheric chemistry over the tropical Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 9321-9333, 2000.

  Liu S.C., H. Yu, B. Ridley, Y. Wang, D.D. Davis, Y. Kondo, M. Koike, B.E. Anderson, G.W. Sachse, G.L. Gregory, H. Fuelburg, A. Thompson, and H. Singh: Sources of reactive nitrogen in the upper troposphere during SONEX. Geophysical Research Letters, 26, 2441-2444, 1999.

 Boundary-Layer Meteorology and Air Pollution over Complex Terrain:

  Jiang Weimei, Hongbin Yu, and Xin Li: Random walk modeling of wake dispersion for the exhaust tower of an underground tunnel in urban area. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 11(4), 474-479, 1999.

  Yu Hongbin, and Weimei Jiang: Lagrangian simulation of buoyant-plume dispersion in the convective boundary layer. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 20(6), 745-750, 1996.

  Yu Hongbin, and Weimei Jiang: Dispersion of air pollutants in the wake area of exhaust tower in Shanghai city. Acta Aerodynamica Sinica, 14(3), 349-354, 1996.

  Yu Hongbin, Hongnian Liu, and Weimei Jiang: Experimental study on flow and dispersion in an open mine-pit. Journal of Nanjing University, 32, 219-223, 1996.

  Yu Hongbin, and Weimei Jiang: A mesoscale simulation system for atmospheric dispersion in shoreline area. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae, 14(2), 191-197, 1994.

  Yu Hongbin, and Weimei Jiang: A stochastic model for prediction of fumigation dispersion in coastal area. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 17(5), 629-635, 1993.

  Jiang Weimei, Hongbin Yu, and Xiaomin Wu: A practical puff trajectory model with wind shear for regional multi-source application. Scientia Meteorological Sinica, 13(2), 137-145, 1993.

  HONORS, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITIONS

  Award for Advance in Science and Technology (2003), State Education Commission of China

  Graduate Research Excellence Award (2000), EAS, Georgia Institute of Technology

  Award for Advance in Science and Technology (1995), State Education Commission of China

  Teaching Excellence Award (1995, 1996), Nanjing University 

  Yingsong Junior Faculty Award (1995), Nanjing University

  MEMBERSHIP

  AGU (American Geophysical Union)

  AMS (American Meteorological Society)