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    Introduction of our works

  • Contribution of circulation changes and anthropogenic forcings on increased fire weather risk (VPD)

    New paper published in PNAS (Zhuang et al. 2021)

    Our new study suggests climate changes is the main driver for increased fire weather

  • The deposition of minerals on previously submerged surfaces marked on the shoreline of the Colorado River during low water levels in Arizona on Aug. 19. (Roger Kisby/Bloomberg News)

    NOAA DTF-IV report on US Southwest 2020-21 drought

    The report is also covered by the Washington Post

  • Congo rainforest

    Our recent study (Worden et al. 2021) suggests the Congo rainforest makes its own spring rain

    Losing plants to deforestation threatens a key moisture source for the Congo basin

  • Tackling Challenges of a Drier, Hotter, More Fire-Prone Future

    New paper published in EOS (Fu et al. 2021)

    Research is increasingly showing how drought, heat, and wildfire influence each other. Ongoing collaborations provide templates

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Latest News

  • Congratulations to Annie Rosen on winning the JSIP Best Presentation Award
  • Congratulations to Annie Rosen on winning the JSIP Best Presentation Award
  • Congratulations to Annie Rosen on winning the JSIP Best Presentation Award
  • Congratulations to Alex Chang on winning the student award at the AMS Hurrican and Tropical Meteorology Conference
  • Check out this article that highlights Prof. Rong Fu's research
  • Congratulations to Prof. Rong Fu on being elected to the National Academy of Engineering
  • Congratulations to Sarah Worden on receiving the NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellowship
  • Congratulations to Alex Chang on winning the 2023 Richard P. and Linda S. Turco Endowed Graduate Fellowship
  • Congratulations to Yizhou Zhuang on receiving the 2023 JIFRESSE Outstanding Leadership/Service Award
  • Congratulate Alex Chang on winning the 2022 AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA)
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Recent Publications

  • Record Low North American Monsoon Rainfall in 2020 Reignites Drought over the American Southwest
  • Quantifying contributions of natural variability and anthropogenic forcings on increased fire weather risk over the western United States
  • Long-term variability, extremes and changes in temperature and hydro meteorology, Ch. 22, Working Group 8: Climate Change in the Amazon: Tendences, Impacts and Ecological Consequences, Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA) 2021 Report
  • A generic risk assessment framework to evaluate historical and future climate-induced risk for rainfed corn and soybean yield in the US Midwest
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Recent Presentations

  • Climate model bias in equatorial Atlantic and possible reasons
  • Some Preliminary Evaluations of CCSM4 Model in Drought Forecast
  • Causal Effect Networks
  • Presentation: Precipitation Comparison for the East Asian Monsoon (Mingxin)
  • Presentation: Homogeneous and Non-Homogeneous Markov Model (Santiago)
  • Group Meeting: Dynamics Associated with Atlantic Niños (Siyu)
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Contact

Dr.  Rong Fu
520 Portola Plaza
Math Science Building 7173
Los Angeles, CA 90095
phone: (310)825-3057
email: rfu@atmos.ucla.edu

May 2025

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Last Updated:
Yizhou Zhuang, 10/5/2024

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