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Xin-Zhong Liang received his Ph.D. (1987) in Atmospheric Sciences from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. He then worked in the State University of New York, as a visiting scholar at Stony Brook (3 years) and later a research scientist at Albany (10 years). During all the previous years, his research focused on the development and application of global general circulation models. He joined the Illinois State Water Survey in 1999 and is currently a Senior Professional Scientist there. His present research emphasizes on regional climate and environmental modeling. In particular, he leads a group to develop and apply an integrated Climate, Air Quality and Impact Modeling System (CAQIMS), which incorporates global general circulation models, mesoscale multi-nested regional climate models, state-of-the-art air quality models, comprehensive emissions inventory models, advanced terrestrial hydrology models, water quality models, and dynamic ecosystem models. His expertise is in the areas of climate dynamics, with the focus on numerical modeling and physical understanding of land-ocean-atmosphere and convection-cloud-radiation interactions, seasonal climate predictions, future climate change projections and environmental consequences (terrestrial hydrology, ecosystem dynamics, air quality, water quality).
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