Research Field


  • Publications:

    • Wang, P., Yang, Y., Xue, D., Ren, L., Tang, J., Leung, L. R., & Liao, H. (2023). Aerosols overtake greenhouse gases causing a warmer climate and more weather extremes toward carbon neutrality. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7257.  (Phys.org report https://phys.org/news/2023-11-carbon-neutrality-extreme-weather-events.html

    • Wang P., Yang Y.*, Xue D.,  Qu Y.,  Tang J. P.,  L. R. Leung, Liao H.(2023). Compound hazards of tropical  cyclones and heat waves  over southeastern coast of China under climate warming. Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-22 0279.1. Commented by Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (Research Highlight) with  “Compound tropical cyclone-heatwaves on the rise” https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-022-00386-6.

    • Wang, P., Yang, Y.*, Li, H., Chen, L., Dang, R., Xue, D., ... & Liao, H. (2022). North China Plain as a hot spot of ozone pollution exacerbated by extreme high temperatures. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 4705–4719, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-4705-2022

    • Yang, Y.*, Ren, L., Wu, M., Wang, H.*, Song, F., Leung, L. R., Hao, X., Li, J., Chen, L., Li, H., Zeng, L., Zhou, Y., Wang, P., Liao, H., Wang, J., and Zhou, Z.-Q., Abrupt emissions reductions during COVID-19 contributed to record summer rainfall in China, Nat. Commun., 13, 959, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28537-9, 2022.

    • Yang, Y.*, Li, M., Wang, H., Li, H., Wang, P., Li, K., Gao, M., and Liao, H., ENSO modulation of summertime tropospheric ozone over China, Environ. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac54cd, 2022. 

    • Li, M., Yang, Y.*, Wang, P., Ji, D., and Liao, H., Impacts of strong El Niño on summertime near-surface ozone over China, Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aosl.2022.100193, 2022.

    • Xie, B., Yang, Y.*, Wang, P., and Liao, H., Impacts of ENSO on wintertime PM2.5 pollution over China during 2014–2021, Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aosl.2022.100189, 2022.

    • Yang, Y.*, Ren, L., Li, H., Wang, H., Wang, P., Chen, L., ... & Liao, H. (2020). Fast climate responses to aerosol emission reductions during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(19), e2020GL089788.

    • Wang, P., Yang, Y.*, Tang, J.*, Leung, L. R., & Liao, H. (2020) Intensified Humid Heat Events under Global Warming. Geophysical Research Letters, e2020GL091462. 

    Before 2020:

    • Yang, Y*, Lou, s., Wang, H., Wang, P., Hong Liao (2019) Trends and source apportionment of aerosols in Europe during 1980–2018. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2019-778

    • Wang, P., Leung, L. R.*, Lu, J., Song, F., & Tang, J. (2019). Extreme Wet Bulb Temperatures in China: the Significant Role of Moisture. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

    • Wang, P., Hui, P., Xue, D., & Tang, J.* (2019). Future projection of heat waves over China under global warming within the CORDEX-EA-II project. Climate Dynamics, 53(1-2), 957-973.

    • Wang, P., Zhang, Q., Yang, Y., & Tang, J.* (2019). The sensitivity to initial soil moisture for three severe cases of heat waves over Eastern China. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 7, 18.

    • Wang, P., Tang, J.*, Sun, X.*, Liu, J., & Fang, J. (2019). Spatiotemporal characteristics of heat waves over China in regional climate simulations within the CORDEX-EA project. Climate dynamics, 52(1-2), 799-818.

    • Wang, P., Tang, J.*, Wang, S., Dong, X, and Fang, J. "Regional heatwaves in China: a cluster analysis." Climate dynamics 50, no. 5-6 (2018): 1901-1917.

    • Wang, P., Tang, J.*, Sun, X., Wang, S., Wu, J., Dong, X., & Fang, J. (2017). Heat waves in China: Definitions, leading patterns, and connections to large‐scale atmospheric circulation and SSTs. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres122(20), 10-679