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Jimmy Chi Hung Fung is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research spans environmental science and earth and planetary sciences with a focus on atmospheric science, environmental engineering, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, global and planetary change, and automotive engineering.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics such as air quality and health impacts, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality monitoring and forecasting, climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and wind and air flow studies.

Among recent publications are:

  • Fertilizer management for global ammonia emission reduction (2024) published in Nature
  • Removing the effects of meteorological factors on changes in nitrogen dioxide and ozone concentrations in China from 2013 to 2020 (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • A mechanism-based parameterisation scheme to investigate the association between transmission rate of COVID-19 and meteorological factors on plains in China (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Observation of PM2.5 using a combination of satellite remote sensing and low-cost sensor network in Siberian urban areas with limited reference monitoring (2020) published in Atmospheric Environment
  • Global air quality and health impacts of domestic and international shipping (2021) published in Environmental Research Letters

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alexis K.H. Lau (58 co-authored works)
  • Xingcheng Lu (35 co-authored works)
  • Yiang Chen (29 co-authored works)
  • Zhenning Li (24 co-authored works)
  • Changqing Lin (18 co-authored works)

Key publication venues where Jimmy Chi Hung Fung has frequently contributed are:

  • Atmospheric Environment (12 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (10 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (9 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (6 publications)
  • Building and Environment (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Improving the wind environment in high-density cities by understanding urban morphology and surface roughness: A study in Hong Kong

    Edward Ng;Chao Yuan;Liang Chen;Chao Ren

  • Kinematic simulation of homogeneous turbulence by unsteady random Fourier modes

    Jimmy Chi Hung Fung;Julian C.R. Hunt;N.A. Malik;R.J. Perkins

  • WUDAPT: An Urban Weather, Climate, and Environmental Modeling Infrastructure for the Anthropocene

    J. Ching;G. Mills;Benjamin Bechtel;L. See

  • Using satellite remote sensing data to estimate the high-resolution distribution of ground-level PM2.5

    Changqing Lin;Ying Li;Zibing Yuan;Alexis Kai Hon Lau

  • Evaluation of nonlocal and local planetary boundary layer schemes in the WRF model

    Bo Xie;Jimmy C H Fung;Allen Chan;Alexis K H Lau

  • Analysis of the adverse health effects of PM2.5 from 2001 to 2017 in China and the role of urbanization in aggravating the health burden.

    Xingcheng Lu;Changqing Lin;Wenkai Li;Yi Ang Chen

  • A comparison of HYSPLIT backward trajectories generated from two GDAS datasets

    Lin Su;Zibing Yuan;Jimmy C H Fung;Alexis Kai Hon Lau

  • Numerical simulation and process analysis of typhoon-related ozone episodes in Hong Kong

    Jian-Ping Huang;Jimmy C. H. Fung;Alexis K. H. Lau;Yu Qin

  • Air ventilation impacts of the "wall effect" resulting from the alignment of high-rise buildings

    Steve Hung Lam Yim;Jimmy Chi Hung Fung;Alexis Kai Hon Lau;See Chun Kot

  • A study of control policy in the Pearl River Delta region by using the particulate matter source apportionment method

    Dongwei Wu;Jimmy Chi Hung Fung;Teng Yao;Alexis Kai Hon Lau

  • Identification and spatiotemporal variations of dominant PM10 sources over Hong Kong

    Zibing Yuan;Alexis Kai-Hon Lau;Hongyi Zhang;Jianzhen Yu

  • Plume dispersion through large groups of obstacles—A field investigation

    MJ Davidson;KR Mylne;CD Jones;Jeremy C Phillips

  • High-resolution satellite remote sensing of provincial PM2.5 trends in China from 2001 to 2015

    Changqing Lin;Gaohuan Liu;Alexis Kai Hon Lau;Ying Li;Ying Li

  • Seasonal characteristics of fine particulate matter (PM) based on high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometric (HR-ToF-AMS) measurements at the HKUST Supersite in Hong Kong

    Yongjie Li;Yongjie Li;Berto P. Lee;Lin Su;Jimmy Chi Hung Fung

  • A review of progress and applications of pulsed doppler wind LiDARs

    Zhengliang Liu;Janet F. Barlow;Pak Wai Chan;Jimmy Chi Hung Fung

  • Ozone source apportionment (OSAT) to differentiate local regional and super‐regional source contributions in the Pearl River Delta region, China

    Ying Li;Alexis K H Lau;Jimmy C H Fung;Junyu Zheng

  • Abundance and seasonal characteristics of elemental and organic carbon in Hong Kong PM10

    Jian Zhen Yu;Joanne Wai Ting Tung;Alan Wai Man Wu;Alexis Kai Hon Lau

  • Estimation of health and economic costs of air pollution over the Pearl River Delta region in China.

    Xingcheng Lu;Teng Yao;Jimmy C H Fung;Changqing Lin

  • Urban Modification in a Mesoscale Model and the Effects on the Local Circulation in the Pearl River Delta Region

    Jeff Chun Fung Lo;Alexis Kai-Hon Lau;Fei Chen;Jimmy Chi Hung Fung

  • Developing a high-resolution wind map for a complex terrain with a coupled MM5/CALMET system

    Steve H. L. Yim;Jimmy C. H. Fung;Alexis K. H. Lau;S. C. Kot

  • Investigation of enhanced cross‐city transport and trapping of air pollutants by coastal and urban land‐sea breeze circulations

    Jeff Chun Fung Lo;Jeff Chun Fung Lo;Alexis Kai-Hon Lau;Jimmy Chi Hung Fung;Fei Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexis K.H. Lau
Alexis K.H. Lau Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jian Zhen Yu
Jian Zhen Yu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chao Ren
Chao Ren University of Hong Kong
Edward Ng
Edward Ng Chinese University of Hong Kong
Steve H.L. Yim
Steve H.L. Yim Nanyang Technological University
Peter K.K. Louie
Peter K.K. Louie Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department
John Christos Vassilicos
John Christos Vassilicos French National Centre for Scientific Research
Fei Chen
Fei Chen National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jianping Huang
Jianping Huang Lanzhou University
Pak Wai Chan
Pak Wai Chan Hong Kong Observatory

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