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Overview

Edmund K. M. Chang is affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with specific attention to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography. Their work also involves intersections with Molecular Biology and Artificial Intelligence in a limited scope.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Chang's publication record features papers in prominent venues such as the Journal of Climate, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, and Scientific Reports.

Some notable recent publications include:

  • "Advances in the Prediction of MJO Teleconnections in the S2S Forecast Systems," 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Statistical Relationship between Atmospheric Rivers and Extratropical Cyclones and Anticyclones," 2020, Journal of Climate
  • "Finding Storm Track Activity Metrics That Are Highly Correlated with Weather Impacts. Part I: Frameworks for Evaluation and Accumulated Track Activity," 2020, Journal of Climate
  • "The Role of Extratropical Background Flow in Modulating the MJO Extratropical Response," 2020, Journal of Climate
  • "Finding Storm Track Activity Metrics That Are Highly Correlated with Weather Impacts. Part II: Estimating Precipitation Change Associated with Projected Storm Track Change over Europe," 2022, Journal of Climate

Their frequent coauthors include Cheng Zheng, Rui Zhang, Hyemi Kim, Albert M. W. Yau, and Minghua Zhang. Collaboration with these researchers has resulted in several joint publications, reflecting an active engagement in advancing knowledge in their research areas.

Chang's research outputs emphasize meteorological phenomena, particularly in relation to tropical and extratropical cyclones, storm track activity, and atmospheric circulation patterns. The contributions span both theoretical frameworks and empirical assessments, often focusing on climate models and variability.

Publication venues featuring multiple works by Chang include:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Storm Track Dynamics

    Edmund K. M. Chang;Sukyoung Lee;Kyle L. Swanson

  • CMIP5 multimodel ensemble projection of storm track change under global warming

    Edmund K. M. Chang;Yanjuan Guo;Xiaoming Xia

  • Downstream Development of Baroclinic Waves As Inferred from Regression Analysis

    Edmund K. M. Chang

  • North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments: Part III: Assessment of Twenty-First-Century Projections*

    Eric D. Maloney;Suzana J. Camargo;Edmund Chang;Brian Colle

  • Interdecadal Variations in Northern Hemisphere Winter Storm Track Intensity

    Edmund K. M. Chang;Yunfei Fu

  • Rossby Wave Packets on the Midlatitude Waveguide—A Review

    Volkmar Wirth;Michael Riemer;Edmund K. M. Chang;Olivia Martius

  • On the Dynamics of a Storm Track

    Edmund K. M. Chang;Isidoro Orlanski

  • Characteristics of wave packets in the upper troposphere. Part I : Northern Hemisphere winter

    Edmund K. M. Chang;Daniel B. Yu

  • Historical Evaluation and Future Prediction of Eastern North American and Western Atlantic Extratropical Cyclones in the CMIP5 Models during the Cool Season

    Brian A. Colle;Zhenhai Zhang;Kelly A. Lombardo;Edmund Chang

  • Ageostrophic Geopotential Fluxes in Downstream and Upstream Development of Baroclinic Waves

    Isidoro Orlanski;Edmund K. M. Chang

  • GCM and observational diagnoses of the seasonal and interannual variations of the Pacific storm track during the cool season

    Edmund K. M. Chang

  • Is the number of North Atlantic tropical cyclones significantly underestimated prior to the availability of satellite observations

    Edmund K. M. Chang;Yanjuan Guo

  • Characteristics of Wave Packets in the Upper Troposphere. Part II: Seasonal and Hemispheric Variations

    Edmund K. M. Chang

  • The Effects of Variations in Jet Width on the Growth of Baroclinic Waves: Implications for Midwinter Pacific Storm Track Variability

    Nili Harnik;Edmund K. M. Chang

  • Diabatic and Orographic Forcing of Northern Winter Stationary Waves and Storm Tracks

    Edmund K. M. Chang

  • Storm Track Variations As Seen in Radiosonde Observations and Reanalysis Data

    Nili Harnik;Edmund K. M. Chang

  • The Impact of Wave Packets Propagating across Asia on Pacific Cyclone Development

    Edmund K. M. Chang

  • Wave Packets and Life Cycles of Troughs in the Upper Troposphere: Examples from the Southern Hemisphere Summer Season of 1984/85

    Edmund K. M. Chang

  • A Review of Historical and Future Changes of Extratropical Cyclones and Associated Impacts Along the US East Coast

    Brian A. Colle;James F. Booth;Edmund K. M. Chang

  • The Influence of Hadley Circulation Intensity Changes on Extratropical Climate in an Idealized Model

    Edmund K. M. Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian A. Colle
Brian A. Colle Stony Brook University
Minghua Zhang
Minghua Zhang Stony Brook University
Wanqiu Wang
Wanqiu Wang National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Yunfei Fu
Yunfei Fu University of Science and Technology of China
Annarita Mariotti
Annarita Mariotti National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Toshiaki Shinoda
Toshiaki Shinoda Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
J. David Neelin
J. David Neelin University of California, Los Angeles
Duane E. Waliser
Duane E. Waliser Jet Propulsion Lab
Anthony D. Del Genio
Anthony D. Del Genio Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Seok-Woo Son
Seok-Woo Son Seoul National University

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