Research Interests

·  The links between solar activity and climate changes

·   Simulation and parameterization of the microphysical processes in clouds

·   Coupling between the lower atmosphere and the middle and high altitude atmospheres.

Projects

·  Constructing a bin cloud model to investigate the mechanism that solar particle radiation affecting global change (41905059), 2020.1-2022.12, 250 K, Young Scholars Fund from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Principal Investigator.

Publications

·  Zhang L. and Tinsley, B.A. (2017). Parameterization of Aerosol Scavenging due to Atmospheric Ionization under Varying Relative Humidity, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(10), 5330-5350.

·  Zhang L. and Tinsley, B.A., and Zhou, L. (2018). Parameterization of In-Cloud Aerosol Scavenging due to Atmospheric Ionization: 2. Effects of Varying Particle Density. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(6), 3099-3115.

·  Zhang L. and Tinsley, B.A., and Zhou, L. (2018). Parameterization of In-Cloud Aerosol Scavenging due to Atmospheric Ionization: Part 3. Effects of Varying Droplet Radius, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(18), 10546-10567.

·  Zhang L. and Tinsley, B.A., and Zhou, L. (2019). Parameterization of In-Cloud Aerosol Scavenging due to Atmospheric Ionization: Part 4. Effects of Varying Altitudes, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(23), 13105-13126.

·  Zhang L. and Tinsley, B.A., and Zhou, L. (2020). Low Latitude Lightning Activity Responses to Cosmic Ray Forbush Decreases, Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2020GL087024, 47,4.