Jiankai Zhang:
Professor, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University
Email: jkzhang@lzu.edu.cn | Homepage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jiankai_Zhang
Personal Information:
Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University
National Youth Talent; Gansu Province Leading Talent; Cuiying Scholar, Lanzhou University
B.S. (2011) and Ph.D. (2016), Lanzhou University; Visiting Scholar, University of Cambridge (2018–2019)
Research Interests:
Stratosphere–troposphere interaction
Impacts of Arctic climate change on mid-latitude weather and climate
Fusion algorithms of AI and numerical weather prediction
Professional Service:
Committee Member, Statistical Meteorology and Climate Prediction, Chinese Meteorological Society
Co-Chair, Second Working Group, APARC-QUOCA (Asia-Pacific Research and Applications for Climate Change)
Committee Member, Gansu Province Meteorological Standardization Technology
Committee Member, Youth Working Committee, Gansu Meteorological Society
Core Member, Ministry of Science and Technology Key Innovation Team for "Research on Stratosphere-Middle Atmosphere Interaction"
Reviewer for Nature Climate Change, Science Bulletin, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, and over 10 other international journals
Recruiting:
Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with backgrounds in atmospheric science, artificial intelligence, computer science, mathematics, or related disciplines are welcome to contact.
Honors and Awards:
1. First Prize, Gansu Province Natural Science Award (2/5)
2. First Prize, Chinese Meteorological Society Basic Research Award (2/9)
3. Excellent Achievement Award in Meteorological Science and Technology, "13th Five-Year Plan", China Meteorological Administration (1/5)
4. Top 10 Outstanding Young Meteorological Science and Technology Workers in China
5. WCRP-SPARC Best Paper Award
6. First Prize, National Teaching Competition for Young Teachers in Atmospheric Science
7. Xie Yibing Young Meteorological Science and Technology Award
8. Excellent Paper Award, 29th Annual Meeting of Chinese Meteorological Society
9. Special Prize, Gansu Province Higher Education (Undergraduate) Teaching Achievement Award(6/10)
10. "Youth May Fourth Medal", Lanzhou University
Textbook:
Zhang, J.K., Zhang, K.Q., FORTRAN Language and Its Applications, Beijing: China Meteorological Press, 2021.
Representative Publications:
1. Zhang, J.K., Tian, W.S., Chipperfield, M.P., Xie, F., Huang, J.L., Persistent shift of the Arctic polar vortex towards the Eurasian continent in recent decades, Nature Climate Change, 2016, 6(12): 1094–1099.
2. Zhang, J.K., Tian, W.S., Xie, F., Chipperfield, M.P., Feng, W.H., Son, S.W., Abraham, N.L., Archibald, A.T., Bekki, S., Butchart, N., Deushi, M., Dhomse, S., Han, Y.Y., Jöckel, P., Kinnison, D., Kirner, O., Michou, M., Morgenstern, O., O'Connor, F.M., Pitari, G., Plummer, D.A., Revell, L.E., Rozanov, E., Visioni, D., Wang, W.K., Zeng, G., Stratospheric ozone loss over the Eurasian continent induced by the polar vortex shift, Nature Communications, 2018, 9(1): 206.
3. Zhang, J.K., Tian, W.S., Pyle, J.A., Keeble, J., Abraham, N.L., Chipperfield, M.P., Xie, F., Yang, Q.H., Mu, L.J., Ren, H.L., Wang, L., Xu, M., Responses of Arctic sea ice to stratospheric ozone depletion, Science Bulletin, 2022, 67(11): 1182–1190.
4. Du, Y.H., Liu, H., Peng, H.X., Cheng, X.Y., Wu, C.R., Zhang, J.K.*, GMG: A Video Prediction Method Based on Global Focus and Motion Guided, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 2026, 36(6): 8048–8063.
5. Zhang, C.Y., Zhang, J.K.*, Maycock, A.C., Tian, W.S., Distinct tropospheric anomalies during sudden stratospheric warming events accompanied by strong and weak Ural Ridge, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2024, 7(1): 280.
6. Xu, M., Tian, W.S.*, Zhang, J.K.*, Screen, J., Zhang, C.Y., Wang, Z., Important role of stratosphere-troposphere coupling in the Arctic mid-to-upper tropospheric warming in response to sea-ice loss, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2023, 6(1): 9.
7. Zhang, J.K.*, Zheng, H.Y., Xu, M., Yin, Q.Q., Zhao, S.Y., Tian, W.S., Yang, Z.S., Impacts of stratospheric polar vortex changes on wintertime precipitation over the northern hemisphere, Climate Dynamics, 2022, 58: 3155–3171.
8. Zhang, J.K., Tian, W.S., Wang, Z.W., Xie, F., Wang, F.Y., The influence of ENSO on northern midlatitude ozone during the winter to spring transition, Journal of Climate, 2015, 28(12): 4774–4793.
9. Zhang, J.K., Xie, F., Ma, Z.C., Zhang, C.Y., Xu, M., Wang, T., Zhang, R.H., Seasonal evolution of the quasi-biennial oscillation impact on the northern hemisphere polar vortex in winter, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2019, 124(23): 12568–12586.
10. Zhang, J.K., Zhang, C.Y., Zhao, S.Y., Liu, Y.X., Du, S.H., Wang, W.K., Huang, J.L., Xu, M., Impacts of the Arctic stratospheric polar vortex changes on the frontogenesis over the northern middle latitudes during winter, Atmospheric Research, 2023, 289: 106751.
11. Zhang, J.K., Zhang, C.Y., Zhang, K.Q., Xu, M., Duan, J.K., Chipperfield, M.P., Feng, W.H., Zhao, S.Y., Xie, F., The role of chemical processes in the quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) signal in stratospheric ozone, Atmospheric Environment, 2021, 244: 117906.
12. Zhang, J.K., Tian, W.S., Xie, F., Pyle, J.A., Keeble, J., Wang, T., The influence of zonally asymmetric stratospheric ozone changes on the Arctic polar vortex shift, Journal of Climate, 2020, 33(11): 4641–4658.
13. Xie, F., Zhang, J.K.*, Li, X.T., Li, J., Wang, T., Xu, M., Independent and joint influences of eastern Pacific El Niño–southern oscillation and quasi-biennial oscillation on Northern Hemispheric stratospheric ozone, International Journal of Climatology, 2020, 40: 5289–5307.
14. Zhang, C.Y., Zhang, J.K.*, Xu, M., Zhao, S.Y., Xia, X.F., Impacts of stratospheric polar vortex shift on the East Asian trough, Journal of Climate, 2022, 35(17): 5605–5621.
15. Du, Y.H., Zhang, J.K.*, Cheng, X.Y., Lu, Y.X., Li, D.W., Tian, W.S., Predicting sudden stratospheric warmings using video prediction methods, Geophysical Research Letters, 2025, 52(8): e2024GL113993.
16. Zhang, J.K., Tian, W.S., Xie, F., Tian, H.Y., Luo, J.L., Zhang, J., Liu, W., Dhomse, S., Climate warming and decreasing total column ozone over the Tibetan Plateau during winter and spring, Tellus B, 2014, 66(0).
17. Zhang, J.K., Tian, W.S., Xie, F., Sang, W.J., Guo, D., Chipperfield, M., Feng, W.H., Hu, D.Z., Zonally asymmetric trends of winter total column ozone in the northern middle latitudes, Climate Dynamics, 2019, 52(7): 4483–4500.
18. Zhang, J.K., Xie, F., Tian, W.S., Han, Y.Y., Zhang, K.Q., Qi, Y.L., Chipperfield, M., Feng, W.H., Huang, J.L., Shu, J.C., Influence of the Arctic oscillation on the vertical distribution of wintertime ozone in the stratosphere and upper troposphere over the northern hemisphere, Journal of Climate, 2017, 30(8): 2905–2919.
19. Zhao, S.Y., Zhang, J.K.*, Xia, X.F., Wang, Z., Zhang, C.Y., Effects of ozone–climate interactions on the long-term temperature trend in the Arctic stratosphere, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2025, 25(18): 11557–11573.
20. Zhang, J.K., Tian, W.S., Xie, F., Li, Y.P., Wang, F.Y., Huang, J.L., Tian, H.Y., Influence of the El Niño southern oscillation on the total ozone column and clear-sky ultraviolet radiation over China, Atmospheric Environment, 2015, 120: 205–216.
