William Y.Y. Cheng

Research Scientist II

Department of Atmospheric Science

Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO, 80523

Education

  • Atmospheric Science, Ph.D., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Dissertation title: Sensitivity of the soil moisture initialization in the genesis of two simulated mesoscale convective systems.

  • Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, M.Sc., McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Thesis title: Potential vorticity analysis of a multiple frontal cyclogenesis event during CASP II.

  • Mathematical Physics, B.Sc., Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.


    • Appointments

  • 2006-present: Research Scientist II, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

  • 2006-2008: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

  • 2004-2006: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

  • 2002-2004: Research Associate, Department of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT


    • Research Interests

  • Mesoscale modeling

  • Numerical weather prediction

  • Cyclogenesis

  • Mesoscale convective systems

  • Cloud parameterizations

  • Cloud-aerosol interactions


    • Honors

  • Biosketch featured in Who's Who in America (2006, 2007)

  • Biosketch featured in Who's Who of Emergent Leaders (2007)


    • Refereed Publications

  • Wu, T., W.R. Cotton, and W.Y.Y. Cheng, 2000: Radiative effects on the diffusional growth of ice particle in cirrus clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 57 (17), 2892-2904. PDF file

  • Cheng, W.Y.Y., T. Wu, and W.R. Cotton, 2001: Large-eddy simulations of the 26 November 1991 FIRE II cirrus case. J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 58 (9), 1017-1034. PDF file

  • Zhang, D.-L., W.Y.Y. Cheng, and J.R. Gyakum, 2002: The impact of various potential vorticity anomalies on multiple frontal cyclogenesis events. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., Vol 128, 1847-1878. PDF file

  • Cheng, W.Y.Y. and W.R. Cotton, 2004: Sensitivity of a simulated mesoscale convective system to horizontal heterogeneities in soil moisture initialization. J. Hydromet., Vol 5(5), 934-958. PDF file

  • Cheng, W.Y.Y. and W.J. Steeenburgh, 2005: Evaluation of surface sensible weather forecasts by the WRF and ETA models over the Western United States. Wea. Forecasting., Vol 20(5), 812-821. PDF file

  • Saleeby, S.M., W.Y.Y. Cheng, and W.R. Cotton, 2007: New developments in the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System suitable for simulating snowpack augmentation over complex terrain. J. Wea. Mod., Vol 39, 37-49. PDF file

  • West., G.L., W.J. Steenburgh, and W.Y.Y. Cheng, 2007: Spurious grid-scale precipitation in the North American Regional Reanalysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., Vol. 135(6), 2168-2184. PDF file

  • Cheng, W.Y.Y. and W.J. Steenburgh, 2007: Strengths and weaknesses of MOS, running-mean bias removal, and Kalman filter techniques for improving model forecasts over the Western U.S. Wea. Forecasting, Vol 22(6), 1304-1318. PDF file



    • William.Cheng AT colostate.edu (delete space before and after AT and replace with @)

    Last updated: 2008/08/07