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Zhiqiang Cui Dr Zhiqiang Cui

Research Fellow

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 35605
Email address: z.cui@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 10.128

Memberships/Fellowships

Zhiqiang Cui is a member of NERC Peer Review College.

Research Interests

Zhiqiang Cui is interested in the transport of aerosol through deep convective clouds and is funded by two European projects (PARTS and TROCCINOX). Deep convective clouds are the primary mechanism by which aerosols close to the Earth's surface are transported to the upper troposphere, where they can influence the formation of cirrus clouds. This is a very challenging problem because of the complex interactions that occur between aerosol particles and cloud particles (drops, ice crystals, hail, snow and rain). He is using and further developing the Microphysics, Aerosol and Chemistry Convective Cloud Model (MAC3) developed in Leeds.

Publications

Cui, Z., Davies, S., Carslaw, K. S., and Blyth, A. M.: The response of precipitation to aerosol through riming and melting in deep convective clouds, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 3495-3510, doi:10.5194/acp-11-3495-2011, 2011. 

Cui, Z, K. S. Carslaw, and A. M. Blyth: The coupled effect of mid-tropospheric moisture and aerosol abundance on deep convective cloud dynamics and microphysics, Atmosphere, 2, 222-241, 2011.

Crosier, J., Bower, K. N., Choularton, T. W., Westbrook, C. D., Connolly, P. J., Cui, Z. Q., Crawford, I. P., Capes, G. L., Coe, H., Dorsey, J. R., Williams, P. I., Illingworth, A. J., Gallagher, M. W., and Blyth, A. M.: Observations of ice multiplication in a weakly convective cell embedded in supercooled mid-level stratus, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 257-273, doi:10.5194/acp-11-257-2011, 2011.

Murray, B. J., T. W. Wilson, S. Dobbie, Z. Cui, S. M. R. K. Al-Jumur, O. Möhler, M. Schnaiter, R. Wagner, S. Benz, M. Niemand, H. Saathoff, V. Ebert, S. Wagner, and B. Kärcher, Heterogeneous nucleation of ice particles on glassy aerosols under cirrus conditions, Nature Geoscience, 3, 233 – 237, doi:10.1038/ngeo817, 2010

Huang, Y., A. M Blyth, P. R. A. Brown, T. WChoularton, P. Connolly, A. M. Gadian, H. Jones, J. Latham, Z. Cui and K. Carslaw, 2008: The Development of Ice in a Cumulus Cloud over Southwest England, New J. Phys. 10, 105021.

McGregor, G. R., M. Cox, Y. Huang, Z. Cui, M. K. Davey, R. F. Graham, and A. Brookshaw (2006)  Winter-Season Climate Prediction for the U.K. Health Sector, J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 45, 1782-1792.

Cui, Z., and K. S. Carslaw (2006), Enhanced vertical transport efficiency of aerosol in convective clouds due to increases in tropospheric aerosol abundance, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D15212, doi:10.1029/2005JD006781.

Cui, Z., K. S. Carslaw, Y. Yin, and S. Davies (2006), A numerical study of aerosol effects on the dynamics and microphysics of a deep convective cloud in a continental environment, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D05201, doi:10.1029/2005JD005981.

Cui, Z.-Q., Cai, X.-M. Baker, C. 2004: Large eddy simulation of turbulent flow inside a street canyon, Quart. J. Royal Meteorol. Soc., 130, 1373-1394

Cui, Z., M. Tjernström, and B. Grisogono, 1998: Idealized Simulations of Atmospheric Coastal Flow along the Central Coast of California, J. Applied Meteorol.  37, 1332–1363.

Publications

  • Cui Z; Davies S; Carslaw KS; Blyth AM (2011) The response of precipitation to aerosol through riming and melting in deep convective clouds, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 11, pp.3495-3510. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-3495-2011
  • Crawford I; Bower KN; Choularton TW; Dearden C; Crosier J; Westbrook C; Capes G; Coe H; Connolly P; Dorsey JR; Gallagher MW; Williams P; Trembath J; Cui Z; Blyth A (2011) Ice formation and development in aged, wintertime cumulus over the UK : Observations and modelling, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 11, pp.30797-30851.
  • Crosier J; Bower KN; Choularton TW; Westbrook CD; Connolly PJ; Cui ZQ; Crawford IP; Capes GL; Coe H; Dorsey JR; Williams PI; Illingworth AJ; Gallagher MW; Blyth AM (2011) Observations of ice multiplication in a weakly convective cell embedded in supercooled mid-level stratus, ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 11, pp.257-273. doi: 10.5194/acp-11-257-2011
  • Cui Z; Davies S; Carslaw KS; Blyth AM (2010) The response of precipitation to aerosol through riming and melting in deep convective clouds, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 10, pp.29007-29050.
  • Crosier J; Bower KN; Choularton TW; Westbrook CD; Connolly PJ; Cui ZQ; Crawford IP; Capes GL; Coe H; Dorsey JR; Williams PI; Illingworth AJ; Gallagher MW; Blyth AM (2010) Observations of ice multiplication in a weakly convective cell embedded in supercooled mid-level stratus, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 10, pp.19381-19427.
  • Murray BJ; Wilson TW; Dobbie S; Cui Z; Al-Jumur SMRK; Moehler O; Schnaiter M; Wagner R; Benz S; Niemand M; Saathoff H; Ebert V; Wagner S; Kaercher B (2010) Heterogeneous nucleation of ice particles on glassy aerosols under cirrus conditions, NATURE GEOSCIENCE, 3, pp.233-237. doi: 10.1038/NGEO817
  • Huang Y; Blyth AM; Brown PRA; Choularton TW; Connolly P; Gadian AM; Jones H; Latham J; Cui Z; Carslaw K (2008) The development of ice in a cumulus cloud over southwest England, NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 10, . doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/10/105021
  • Cui Z; Carslaw KS (2006) Enhanced vertical transport efficiency of aerosol in convective clouds due to increases in tropospheric aerosol abundance, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 111, . doi: 10.1029/2005JD006781
  • Cui ZQ; Carslaw KS; Yin Y; Davies S (2006) A numerical study of aerosol effects on the dynamics and microphysics of a deep convective cloud in a continental environment, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 111, . doi: 10.1029/2005JD005981
  • McGregor GR; Cox M; Cui Y; Cui Z; Davey MK; Graham RF; Brookshaw A (2006) Winter-season climate prediction for the U.K. health sector, JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 45, pp.1782-1792. doi: 10.1175/JAM2422.1
  • Cui Z; Carslaw KS; Blyth AM (2006) The coupled effect of mid-tropospheric moisture and aerosol abundance on deep convective cloud dynamics and microphysics, 12th Conference on Cloud Physics, and 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, .
  • McGregor GR; Cox M; Cui Y; Cui Z; Davey MK; Graham RF; Brookshaw A (2006) Winter-season climate prediction for the U.K. health sector, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 45, pp.1782-1792.
  • Cui Z; Carslaw KS; Yin Y; Davies S (2006) A numerical study of aerosol effects on the dynamics and microphysics of a deep convective cloud in a continental environmental, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 111, .
  • Cui Z; Carslaw KS (2006) Enhanced vertical transport efficiency of aerosol in convective clouds due to increases in tropospheric aerosol abundance, Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 111, .
  • Cui z.; Cai X.; C. Baker (2004) Large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow in a street canyon, The Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 130, pp.1373-1394. doi: 10.1256/qj.02.150
  • Cui Z.; M. Tjernström; B. Grisogono (1998) Idealized Simulations of Atmospheric Coastal Flow along the Central Coast of California, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 37, pp.1332-1363.
  • Lowenstein J; Blyth A; Huang Y; Davies S; Carslaw K; Cui Z (Not yet published) The production of warm rain in maritime cumulus clouds, QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, .
  • Murry B; Wilson T; Dobbie S; Cui Z; Möhler O; Schnaite M; Wagner R; Benz S; Niemand M; Saathoff H; Ebert V; Kärcher B (Not yet published) Glassy aerosol modify cirrus cloud properties, Nature Geoscience, 2, pp.233-237.
  • Huang Y; Blyth AM; Brown PRA; Choularton TW; Connolly P; Gadian AM; Jones H; Latham J; Cui Z; Carslaw K (Not yet published) The development of ice in a cumulus cloud over southwest England, New Journal of Physics, .