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  1. Zheng, Y., C.-Y. Tam, X. Yu, J. Jiang, W.-P. Sze and C.-C. Cheung, 2026: A Multi-Model, Multi-Scheme Evaluation of Scale-Aware Convective Parameterization for Gray-Zone Tropical Cyclone Simulation over the South China Sea, Weather and Forecasting, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-25-0128.1

  2. Lai, K.Y., C.-Y. Tam, M. Collins and J. Ying, 2026: Early emergence of climate change in tropical rainforest temperature variability due to ENSO, npj Clim Atmos Sci., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-026-01433-5

  3. Sun, W., Y. He, J. Barlow, C. Ren, C.Y. Tam, C. Yuan, J.C.H. Fung, E. Ng, 2026: Categorical evaluation of methods for estimating aerodynamic parameters for vertical wind speed profiles over built-up areas: A systematic review, J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn., 274, 106457. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167610526001261?via=ihub

  4. Hu, C., C.-Y. Tam, X. Sui, K. K. W. Cheung, Y. Li and Z.-L. Yang, 2026: Urbanization and Local-scale storm characteristics dominate spatially divergent tropical cyclone rainfall trends in South China, npj Natural Hazard, 3, 25. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-026-00189-5

  5. Liu, N, K. Xu, H. Xin, Z. Jin, K. Chakraborty, L. Zhang, C.-Y. Tam, T. Priyadarshana, W Wang, 2025: Indian Ocean Dipole-Induced Decoupling of Sea Surface pCO2 and Temperature in the Northern Bay of Bengal, JGR Ocean, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC023099

  6. Chow, T.N., C.-Y. Tam and E.T.S. Chung, 2025: Large-scale Influences on Tropical Cyclone Activities in a Superparameterized General Circulation Model Aquaplanet Experiment, Journal of Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0710.1

  7. Cheung, K. H., M. N. Wong, R. K. K. Li, F. Tam, A. A. Scaife and N. Dunstone, 2025: The risk and dynamics of unprecedented summer monsoon rainfall over Southeast China under the current climate, Environmental Research Letters, 20, 114033. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae0ae7

  8. Zhou, X., X. Kang, K. Ashok, J. Shi, L. Zhang, J.-Y. Yu, B. Liu, C.-Y. Tam, H. Xu and W. Wang, 2025: Compound marine heatwaves and tropical cyclones delay the onset of the Bay of Bengal summer monsoon, npj Clim Atmos Sci, 8, 162. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01061-5

  9. Kam, P.H., C.-Y. Tam, W.-P. Sze, C.-C. Cheung, K-.K. Ng and S.-H. Lee, 2025: Dynamically Adapting Mesh Refinement in an Unstructured Grid Global Model for Numerical Weather Prediction, Weather and Forecasting. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-24-0239.1

  10. Zheng, Y., C.-Y. F. Tam, and M. Collins, 2025: Indian Ocean Dipole Impacts on Eastern African Short Rains across Observations, Historical Simulations and Future Projections, Earth’s Future, 13, e2024EF005219.

  11. Zheng, Y., C.-Y. F. Tam, and M. Collins, 2025: Projected Changes in Indian Ocean Dipole Pattern under Greenhouse Warming, J. Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0475.1

  12. Hu, C., C.-Y. Tam and Z. Wang, 2025: Urbanization Impacts on South China Greater Bay Area Extreme Rainfall - Sensitivity to Synoptic Systems during Pre-monsoon Period Climate Dynamics, Adv. Atmos. Sci.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-024-4114-x

  13. Chen, M., M. Collins, J.-Y, Yu, X. Wang, L. Zheng and C.-Y. Tam, 2024: Emerging influence of the Australian Monsoon on Indian Ocean interannual variability in a warming climate, npj Clim Atmos Sci, 7, 319. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00879-9

  14. Hu, C., C.-Y. Tam, Z. Li, J. Chen, Y. Li, K.K.W. Cheung, Z.-L. Yang, J.-E. Chu and T. N. Chow, 2024: Impacts of Urban Heat and Surface Roughness on Landfalling Tropical Cyclone Intensity: A Case Study based on TC Victor (1997) in Coastal South China, J. Geophys. Res., 129, e2024JD040915. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD040915

  15. Cao, D., C.-Y. Tam and K. Xu ,2024: The influence of El Niño on springtime synoptic-scale precipitation extremes in Southeastern China: insights from CMIP6 model simulations, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07445-2

  16. Zheng, Y., C.-Y. F. Tam, and M. Collins, 2024: Reduced Indian Ocean Dipole Asymmetry and Increased Extreme Negative Events under Future Greenhouse Warming, J. Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0107.1

  17. Cao, D., C.-Y. Tam and K. Xu ,2024: Simulating Springtime Extreme Rainfall over Southern East Asia - Unveiling the Importance of Synoptic-Scale Activities, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07379-9

  18. Xu, Z., Y. Han, C.-Y. Tam, Z.-L. Yang and C. Fu, 2024: Validation of a transient dynamical downscaling simulation approach with multi-model ensemble-based GCM bias corrections, Adv. Atmos. Sci.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-023-3101-y

  19. Lau, K.H., C.-Y. Tam and C.-C. Wu, 2024: Island-Induced Eyewall Replacement in a Landfalling Tropical Cyclone: A Model Study of Super Typhoon Mangkhut (2018), J. Geophys. Res.. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JD039541

  20. Cao, D., C.-Y. Tam and X. Kang, 2024: Impacts of El Niño Diversity on East Asian Summertime Precipitation Extremes, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07125-1

  21. Hu, C., C.-Y. Tam, Z.-L. Yang and Z. Wang, 2024: Analyzing Urban Influence on Extreme Winter Precipitation through Observations and Numerical Simulation of Two South China Case Studies, Scientific Reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-52193-2q

  22. Chow, T.N., C.-Y. Tam, J. Chen and C. Hu, 2023: Effects of Background Synoptic Environment in Controlling South China Sea Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Size Changes in Pseudo-Global Warming Experiments, J. Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0503.1

  23. Zheng, Y., C.-Y. F. Tam, X. Kang and M. Collins, 2023: Origins of Underestimated Indian Ocean Dipole Skewness in CMIP5/6 Models, J. Clim.. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0412.1

  24. Han, T., K. Xu, L. Wang. B. Liu, C.-Y. Tam, K. Liu and W. Wang, 2023: Extremely long-lived marine heatwave, Global and Planetary Change. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104261

  25. Hu, C., C-.Y. Tam, C. L. Lui, K. K. W. Cheung, Y. Li, Z.-L. Yang, Y. M. Au-Yeung, C. Ren and D. Niyogi, 2023: How Does Urbanization Affect Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Extremes- Inferences from Observations and Convection-Permitting Model Experiments over the South China Greater Bay Area, J. Geophys. Res.. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2023JD038813

  26. Camargo S.J., H. Murakami, N. Bloemendaal., S. Chand, M.S Deshpande, C. Dominguez-Sarmiento, J.J. González-Alemán, T. R. Knutson, I-I Lin, I.-J. Moon, C. M. Patricola, K. A. Reed, M. Roberts, E. Scoccimarro, C.-Y. Tam, E. Wallace, L. Wu, Y. Yamada, W. Zhang and H. Zhao, 2023: Climate change and tropical cyclones: An update, Tropical Cyclone Research and Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2023.10.001

  27. Zhao R., C.-Y. Tam, S.-M. Lee, J. Chen and P. Gao, 2022: Attributing extreme precipitation characteristics in South China Pearl River Delta region to anthropogenic influences based on pseudo global warming, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EA003266

  28. Zhao R., C.-Y. Tam and S.-M. Lee, 2022: Attribution of Wintertime Extreme Rainfall over the Pearl River Delta to Anthropogenic Influences, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2040990/v1

  29. Hu, C., C.-Y. Tam, X. Li, K. Huang, C. Ren, K.Y. Fung and Z. Wang, 2022: Mega-city Development Impact on Hourly Extreme Rainfall Over the South China Great Bay Area Under Near-Future Climate Warming, Urban Climate. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2022.101389

  30. Sze, W.-P., S.-C. Tang, C.-C. Cheung and C.-Y. Tam, 2022: Numerical weather prediction at 200m local resolution based on an unstructured grid global model, Earth and Space Science, 9, e2022EA002342. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002342

  31. Liu, Y.L., C.-Y. Tam, H. W. Tong, K. Cheung and Z. Xu, 2022: Investigating future changes in precipitation interannual variability and extremes over Southern China, International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7842

  32. Cao, D., K. Xu, Q.-L. Huang, C.-Y. Tam, S. Chen. Z. He and W. Wang, 2022: Exceptionally prolonged extreme heat waves over South China in 2020 early summer: the role of Tropical Indian Ocean warming, Atmospheric Research . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106335

  33. Cheung, C.-C., C.-Y. Tam, W.-N. Leung, K.-K. Ng and W.-P. Sze, 2022: Applications of Flexible Spatial and Temporal Discretization Techniques to a Numerical Weather Prediction Model, PASC '22: Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1145/3539781.3539790

  34. Zhang, T., C-Y. Tam, N.-C. Lau, J.Wang, S. Yang, J. Chen, W. Yu, X. Jiang and Peng Gao, 2022: Influences of the boreal winter Arctic Oscillation on the peak-summer compound heat waves over the Yangtze-Huaihe River basin: The North Atlantic capacitor effect, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06212-5

  35. Chen, J., C.-Y. Tam, Z. Wang, K. Cheung, Y. Li, N.-C. Lau, and D.-S. D. Lau, 2021: Future Changes of western North Pacific landfalling tropical cyclones and their impacts on the Pearl River Delta region, J. Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0436.1

  36. Li. Z., C.-Y. Tam, Y. Li, N.-C. Lau, J. Chen, S.T. Chan and D.-S. D. Lau, 2021: How does air-sea wave interaction affect tropical cyclone intensity? An atmosphere–wave–ocean coupled model study based on super typhoon Mangkhut (2018), Earth and Space Science, 9, e2021EA002136. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA002136

  37. So, K. W., C.-Y. Tam and N.-C. Lau, 2021: Impacts of global warming on Meiyu-Baiu extreme rainfall and associated mid-latitude synoptic-scale systems as inferred from 20km AGCM simulations, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-06072-5

  38. Chen, J., C.-Y. Tam, K. Cheung, Z. Wang, H. Murakami, N.-C. Lau, S. T. Garner, Z. Xiao, S.-T. Chan, D.-S. D. Lau and P. Wang, 2021: Changing Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on East and Southeast Asian Inland Regions in the Past and a Globally Warmed Future Climate, Frontiers in Earth Sciences. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.769005.

  39. Xu, Z., Y. Han, C.-Y. Tam, Z.-L. Yang and C. Fu, 2021: A bias-corrected CMIP6 global dataset. for dynamical downscaling of future climate, 1979–2100, Scientific Data. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-01079-3.

  40. Fung, K.Y., C.-Y. Tam, T.C. Lee and Z. Wang, 2021: Comparing the Anthropogenic Heat and Global Warming Impacts on Extreme Precipitation in urbanized Pearl River Delta area based on Dynamical Downscaling, J. Geophys. Res.. DOI: 10.1029/2021JD035047

  41. Liu, Y.L., C.-Y. Tam and A.Y.M. Au-Yueng, 2021: Sensitivity of western north Pacific summertime tropical synoptic-scale disturbances to extratropical forcing – A regional climate model study, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 100. https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2022-008

  42. Nduka, I. C., Tam, C.-Y., Guo, J., and Yim, S. H. L., 2021: Characteristics of surface energy balance and atmospheric circulation during hot-and-polluted episodes and their synergistic relationships with urban heat islands over the Pearl River Delta region, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 13443–13454. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13443-2021

  43. Wang, Z., Z. Xiao, C.-Y. Tam, W. Pan, J. Chen. C. Hu, C. Ren, W. Wei and S. Yang, 2021: The projected effects of urbanization and climate change on summer thermal environment in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China, Urban Climate, 37, 100866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100866

  44. Li, R.K.K., C.-Y. Tam, N.-C. Lau, S.-J. Sohn and J.-B. Ahn, C. O’Reilly, 2021: Rossby wave source hotspots of the Silk Road pattern and their sensitivity to upper-level background wind, QJRM. doi:10.1002/qj.4039

  45. Li, R.K.K., C.-Y. Tam and N.-C. Lau, 2021: Effects of ENSO diversity and cold tongue bias on seasonal prediction of South China late spring rainfall, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05732-w

  46. Li, Y., N.-C. Lau, C.-Y. Tam, H.-M. Cheung, Y. Deng and H. Zhang, 2021: Projected Changes in the Characteristics of the East Asian Summer Monsoonal Front and their Impacts on the Regional Precipitation, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05687-y

  47. Hu, C., K.Y, Fung, C.-Y. Tam, and Z. Wang, 2021: Urbanization impacts on Pearl River Delta extreme rainfall – sensitivity to land cover change vs anthropogenic heat, Earth and Space Science. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001536

  48. Xu, K., H.-Y. Miao, B. Liu. C.-Y. Tam and W. Wang, 2020: Aggravation of record-breaking drought over the mid-to-lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the post-monsoon season of 2019 by anomalous Indo-Pacific oceanic conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett.. DOI:10.1029/2020GL090847

  49. Wang, P., C.-Y. Tam, N.-C. Lau and X. Kang, 2020, Future Impacts of Two Types of El Niño on East Asian Rainfall Based on CMIP5 Model Projections, Climate Dynamics. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-020-05510-0

  50. Lui, Y.S., K.-S. Tse, C.-Y. Tam, K.H. Lau and J. Chen, 2020: Performance of western north Pacific tropical cyclone track and intensity evolution in MPAS-A and WRF simulations, Theor. Appl. Climatol.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-020-03444-5

  51. Li, J., C.-Y. Tam, A. P. K. Tai and N.-C. Lau, 2020: Vegetation-heatwave correlations and contrasting energy exchange responses of different vegetation types to summer heatwaves in the Northern Hemisphere during the 1982–2011 period., Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, 296, 108208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108208

  52. Li, Z., S. Yang, C.-Y. Tam and C. Hu, 2020: Strengthening western Pacific atmospheric convection and its modulation on the trade wind during spring of 1901–2010, Int. J. Climatol.. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6856

  53. Li, R.K.K., C.-Y. Tam, N.-C. Lau, S.-J. Sohn and J.-B. Ahn, 2020: Potential predictability of the Silk Road pattern and the role of SST as inferred from seasonal hindcast experiments of a coupled climate model, J. Climate. doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0235.1

  54. Lui, Y.S., C-Y. Tam, L K.-S. Tse, K.-K. Ng, W.-N. Leung and C.-C. Cheung, 2020: Evaluation of a customized variable-resolution global model and its application for high-resolution weather forecasts in East Asia, Earth and Space Science, 7, e2020EA001228. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001228

  55. Xu., K., C.-Y. Tam, B. Liu, S. Chen, X. Yang, Z. Hen and W. Wang, 2020: Attenuation of Central Pacific El Niño Amplitude by North Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies, J. Climate. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0767.1

  56. Wang, L., A.P.K. Tai, C.-Y. Tam, S. Mehliyar, P. Wang and K. Cheung, 2020: Impacts of future land use and land cover change on mid-21st-century surface ozone air quality: Distinguishing between the biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 11349–11369. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11349-2020

  57. Chen, J., Z. Wang, C.-Y. Tam, N.-C. Lau, D.-S. D. Lau and H.Y. Mok, 2020: Investigating climate change impacts on western North Pacific tropical cyclones and induced storm surges over the Pearl River Delta region based on pseudo-global warming experiments, Sci. Rep., 10, 1965. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58824-8

  58. Jiang, X., T. Zhang, C.-Y. Tam, J. Chen, N.-C. Lau, S. Yang and Z. Wang, 2019: Impact of ENSO on Snow Depth over the Tibetan Plateau: Role of Convection over the Western North Pacific, Journal of Geophysical Research. DOI: 10.1029/2019JD031384

  59. Zhang, T., C.-Y.Tam, X. Jiang, S. Yang; N.-C. Lau, J. Chen and C. Laohalertchai, 2019: Roles of land-surface properties and terrains on Maritime Continent rainfall and its seasonal evolution, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04951-6

  60. Wang, P, C.-Y. Tam and K. Xu, 2019: El Niño-East Asian summer monsoon teleconnection and its diversity in CMIP5 models, Climate Dynamics, 53(9), 6417-6435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04938-3

  61. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam and J.-S. Kug, 2019: How does ENSO diversity limit the skill of tropical Pacific precipitation forecasts in dynamical seasonal predictions?, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04901-2

  62. Lui, Y. S., C.-Y. Tam, Au-Yueng A. Y. M. and N.-C. Lau, 2018: Role of Cumulus Parameterization Scheme on the Seasonal and Diurnal Precipitation over Southeast Asia in RegCM4, Climate Dynamics. DOI:10.1007/s00382-018-4517-4

  63. Lui, Y. S., C.-Y. Tam and N.-C. Lau, 2018: Future changes in Asian summer monsoon precipitation extremes as inferred from 20-km AGCM simulations, Climate Dynamics, 52, 1443-1459. doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4206-3

  64. Xu, K., Q.-L. Huang, C.-Y. Tam, W. Wang, S. Chen and C. Zhu, 2018: Roles of tropical Pacific SST patterns during two types of ENSO in modulating wintertime rainfall over southern China, Climate Dynamics. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-018-4170-y.

  65. Lee, R. W.-K., C.-Y. Tam, S.-J. Sohn and J.-B. Ahn, 2017: Predictability of two types of El Niño and their climate impacts in boreal spring to summer in coupled models, Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-4039-5

  66. Au-Yueng, A. Y. M., and C.-Y. Tam, 2017: Dispersion characteristics and circulation associated with boreal summer westward travelling mixed-Rossby gravity wave-like disturbances, J. Atmos. Sci.. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0245.1

  67. Wang, L., K. Cheung, C.-Y. Tam, A. P. K. Tai and Y. Li, 2017: Evaluation of the RegCM Regional Climate Model over the Loess Plateau of China, Int. J. Climatol.. DOI: 10.1002/joc.5159

  68. Holst, C. C., J.C.L Chan and C.-Y. Tam, 2017: Sensitivity of Precipitation Statistics to Urban Growth in a Subtropical Coastal Megacity Cluster. J. Env. Sciences, 59, 6-12. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1001074216315042?via%3Dihub

  69. Xu, K., C.-Y. Tam, C. Zhu, B. Liu and W. Wang, 2017: CMIP5 Projections of Two Types of El Niño and Their Related Tropical Precipitation in the 21st Century. J. Clim.. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0413.1

  70. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam and H.I. Jeong, 2016: How do the strength and type of ENSO affect SST predictability in coupled models. Sci. Rep. , 6, 33790. doi: 10.1038/srep33790

  71. Kwok, G. L. K., Y. F. Lam and C.-Y. Tam, 2016: Developing a Statistical Based Approach for Predicting Local Air Quality in Complex Terrain Area, Atmospheric Pollution Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2016.08.001

  72. Holst, C. C., C.-Y. Tam, and J.C.L Chan, 2016: Sensitivity of urban rainfall to anthropogenic heat flux - a numerical experiment. Geophys. Res. Lett.. DOI: 10.1002/2015GL067628

  73. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam, 2015: Long-lead station-scale prediction of hydrological droughts in South Korea based on bivariate pattern-based downscaling, Climate Dynamics. doi: 10.1007/s00382-015-2770-3

  74. Li, Y.-B., C.-Y. Tam, W.-R. Huang, K. Cheung and Z. Gao, 2015: Evaluating the impacts of cumulus, land surface and ocean surface schemes on summertime rainfall simulations over East-to-southeast Asia and the western north Pacific by RegCM4. Climate Dynamics. doi :10.1007/s00382-015-2714-y

  75. Ye, K., C.-Y. Tam, W. Zhou and S.-J. Sohn, 2015: Seasonal prediction of June rainfall over South China: Model assessment and statistical downscaling. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 32(5), 680–689. doi: 10.1007/s00376-014-4047-x

  76. Tung, L.T., C.-Y. Tam, S.-J. Sohn and J.-L. Chu, 2013: Improving the seasonal forecast for summertime South China rainfall using statistical downscaling, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1-13. doi:10.1002/jgrd.50367

  77. Sohn, S.-J., J.-B. Ahn and C.-Y. Tam, 2013: Six-month lead downscaling prediction of winter-spring drought in South Korea based on multi-model ensemble, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40. doi:10.1002/GRL.50133

  78. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam and J.-B. Ahn, 2013: Development of a multi-model-based seasonal prediction system for extreme droughts and floods: A case study for South Korea, Int. J. Climatol., 33, 793–805. doi: 10.1002/joc.3464

  79. Chen, G., and C.-Y. Tam, 2012: A new perspective on the excitation of low-tropospheric MRG waves in association with energy dispersion, J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 1397-1403. DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0331.1

  80. Sohn, S.-J., Y.-M. Min, J.-Y. Lee, C.-Y. Tam, I.-S. Kang, B. Wang, J.-B. Ahn and T. Yamagata, 2012: Assessment of the long-lead probabilistic prediction based on the APCC multi-model system and a statistical model for the Asian summer monsoon precipitation (1983-2010), J. Geophys. Res., 117, D04102. doi:10.1029/2011JD016308

  81. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam and C.-K. Park, 2011: Leading modes of East Asian winter climate variability and their predictability: An assessment of the APCC multi-model ensemble. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 89, 1-20. DOI:10.2151/jmsj.2011-500

  82. Sohn, S.-J., C.-Y. Tam, K. Ashok and J.-B. Ahn, 2011: Quantifying the reliability of precipitation datasets for monitoring East Asian hydrological variations, Int. J. Climatol.. DOI: 10.1002/joc.2380

  83. Feng, J.,W. Chen, C.-Y. Tam and W. Zhou, 2010: Different impacts of El Niño and El Niño Modoki on China rainfall in the decaying phases. Int. J. Climatol.. DOI: 10.1002/joc.2217

  84. Chen, G., and C.-Y. Tam, 2010: The different impacts of two kinds of Pacific Ocean warming on tropical cyclone frequency over the western Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37. doi:10.1029/2009GL041708

  85. Zhou, L.T., C.-Y. Tam, W. Zhou and J.C.L. Chan, 2010: Influence of South China Sea SST and ENSO on winter rainfall over South China. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 27(4), 832–844. doi: 10.1007/s00376–009-9102-7

  86. Ashok, K., C.-Y. Tam and W.-J. Lee, 2009: The ENSO Modoki impact on the Southern Hemisphere storm track activity during extended austral winter. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36. doi:10.1029/2009GL038847

  87. An, K.-H., C.-Y. Tam and C.-K. Park, 2009: Improving the northeast Asian monsoon simulation: Remote impact of tropical heating bias correction. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 797-803. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2008MWR2612.1

  88. Lee, D.Y., C.-Y. Tam and C.-K. Park, 2008: Effects of multi-cumulus convection ensembles on East-Asian monsoon rainfall simulations. J. Geophys. Res., 113. DOI: 10.1029/2008JD009847

  89. Chu, J.-L., H. Kang, C.-Y. Tam, C.-K. Park and C.-T. Chen, 2008: Seasonal forecast for local precipitation over northern Taiwan using statistical downscaling. J. Geophys. Res., 113. doi:10.1029/2007JD009424

  90. Li, T., F. Tam, X. Fu, T.-J. Zhou and W.-J. Zhu, 2008: Causes of intraseasonal SST variability in the tropical Indian Ocean. Atmos. Ocean. Sci. Lett., 1, 18-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/16742834.2008.11446758

  91. Saji, N. H., S. -P. Xie and C. -Y. Tam, 2006: Satellite observations of intense intraseasonal cooling events in the tropical South Indian Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33. doi: 1029/2006GL026525

  92. Tam, C.-Y., and T. Li, 2006: The origin and dispersion characteristics of the observed tropical summertime synoptic-scale waves over the western Pacific. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1630-1646. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/MWR3147.1

  93. Tam, C.-Y., and N.-C. Lau, 2005: Modulation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation by ENSO: Inferences from observations and GCM simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 83, 727-743. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jmsj/83/5/83_5_727/_article

  94. Tam, C.-Y., and N.-C. Lau, 2005: The impact of ENSO on atmospheric intraseasonal variability as inferred from observations and GCM simulations. J. Climate, 18, 1902-1934. http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JCLI3399.1

  95. K. S. Smith, G. Boccaletti, C. C. Henning, I. N. Marinov, C. Y. Tam, I. M. Held and G. K. Vallis, 2002: Turbulent diffusion in the geostrophic inverse cascade. J. Fluid Mech., 469, 13-48. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112002001763

Research Thesis

  1. Francis CY TAM
    Ph.D. thesis: The Impact of ENSO on Tropical and Extratropical Atmospheric Variability on Intraseasonal and Synoptic Time Scales as Inferred from Observations and GCM Simulations

  2. Ying Lut TUNG
    M.Phil. thesis: Seasonal Prediction of Summertime Rainfall in South China using Multi-Model Ensemble Products

  3. Yuk Sing LUI
    M.Phil. thesis: Simulations of daily extremes and diurnal variations of precipitation over East and Southeast Asia by climate models

  4. Kwun Yip FUNG
    M.Phil. thesis: Comparing the urban heat and global warming impacts on extreme rainfall characteristics in PRD megacity based on dynamical downscaling

  5. Chenxi HU
    Ph.D. thesis: Impacts of Urbanization on Extreme Precipitation in Coastal South China and the Associated Weather Systems as Inferred from Observation and Dynamical Downscaling Experiments
    M.Phil. thesis: Impacts of Urban Development and Climate Change on Extreme Rainfall over the PRD Region as Inferred from Dynamical Downscaling Experiments

  6. Ka Wai SO
    M.Phil. thesis: Impacts of Global Warming on Meiyu-Baiu Extreme Rainfall and the Associated Mid-latitude Synoptic-scale Systems over East Asia Based on 20km-AGCM Simulations

  7. Ying Long LIU
    M.Phil. thesis: Investigating Future Changes in Southern China Precipitation Characteristics Based on Dynamically Downscaled CMIP5 Climate Projections

  8. Oscar TAM (co-supervised with Amos TAI)
    M.Phil. thesis: Effects of dryland irrigation on regional climate and air quality in Northwest China : a modeling study

  9. Tsun Ngai CHOW
    M.Phil. thesis: Effects of Background Synoptic Environment in Controlling the Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Size Changes in South China Sea in Pseudo-Global Warming Experiments

  10. Yee Man AU-YEUNG
    Ph.D. thesis: Observed dispersion characteristics and evolution of tropical Pacific mixed-Rossby gravity waves in boreal summer

  11. Wai Ki LEE
    Ph.D. thesis: Indo-Pacific Sea Surface Temperature modes and their Impacts on East Asian Climate in the Climate Model Environment

  12. Christopher Claus HOLST (co-supervised with Johnny Chan)
    Ph.D. thesis: On Urban Precipitation in the Pearl River Delta region

  13. Jilong CHEN
    Ph.D. thesis: Influences of Climate Change on Western North Pacific and North Atlantic Landfalling Tropical Cyclones and Their Impacts as Inferred from High-resolution Model Simulations

  14. Peng WANG
    Ph.D. thesis: El Niño Diversity and its Impacts on East Asian Rainfall in the Future Climate

  15. Rui ZHAO
    Ph.D. thesis: Attribution of Seasonally Dependent Extreme Precipitation Characteristics in the Pearl River Delta region to Anthropogenic Influences

  16. Dingrui CAO
    Ph.D. thesis: Impacts of El Niño on the Spring and Summer Extreme Precipitation over East Asia Based on Observational Data and CMIP6 Models

  17. Yiling Zheng
    Ph.D. thesis: Indian Ocean Dipole Asymmetry, Pattern and Climatic Impacts across Observations, Historical Simulations and Future Projections