Personal profile
Research interests
Civil Engineering - Land-surface and hydrologic process
Civil Engineering - Development of community land-surface, weather prediction, and climate models
Civil Engineering - Urbanization and its impacts on weather and climate
Civil Engineering - Agriculture management modelling in land-surface models
Civil Engineering - Regional climate modelling and assessment
Position Held
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, PhD, Blaise Pascal University
1990
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Advancing Understanding and Predictability of Extreme Precipitation Events Associated with Mesoscale Convective Systems with Multiple Parallel Rainbands in the Greater Bay Area
CHEN, F. (PI), SHI, X. (CoI), LI, X. (CoI) & LUO, Y. (PI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
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Environment and Conservation Fund The 9th Convection-Permitting Climate Modeling Workshop 2025
IM, E. S. (CoPI), CHEN, F. (CoPI) & SHI, X. (PI)
Environment and Conservation Fund / Woo Wheelock Green Fund
1/05/25 → 30/11/25
Project: Research
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Coupling data assimilation and machine learning to improve land surface conditions and near-surface temperature and humidity forecasts
He, X., Liu, S., Xu, T., Chen, F., Wu, Z., Xu, Z., Li, X. & Liu, R., 1 Apr 2026, In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 380, 14 p., 111063.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Evaluation of high-resolution WRF simulation in urban areas — Effect of different physics schemes on simulation performance in the Rhine-Main-Neckar area
Pilz, L., Lüken-Winkels, C., Gałkowski, M., Ho, D., Gerbig, C., Chen, F. & Vardag, S. N., Jan 2026, In: Atmospheric Research. 328, 108435.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Incorporating Salinity Effects to Improve the Simulation of Water-Heat Fluxes in Coastal Wetlands Using the Noah-MP Model
Zhang, Q., Gao, Y., Chen, F., Quan, F., Shen, T. & Yuan, H., 16 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 131, 3, 16 p., e2025JD045369.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Moisture from US Corn Belt fuels more intense convective storms
Zhang, Z., Prein, A. F., He, C., Liu, C., Miguez-Macho, G., Chen, F., Abolafia-Rosenzweig, R., Lin, T. S. & Rasmussen, R., 22 Jan 2026, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 7, 1, 70.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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A novel “WRF+AutoML” framework for enhanced heat estimation in urban environments
Gao, M., Li, H., Chen, F., Zhou, M., Yang, G., Zhu, D., Han, D. & Li, Z., 15 Nov 2025, In: Sustainable Cities and Society. 134, p. 1-15 15 p., 106908.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Editorial work
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Urban Climate (Journal)
CHEN, F. (Chief Editor)
1 Jul 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work