Staff information

Research Interests

• Precipitation extremes
• Wind Energy
• Cloud physics and dynamics
• Aerosol-cloud interactions
• Air pollution and its impacts on local to global scales
• Remote sensing of the atmosphere

Education and Credentials

• PhD, Atmospheric Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
• M.S., Statistics, Georgia Institute of Technology
• M.S., Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming
• B.S., Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment, Lanzhou University, China

Affiliations and Professional Service

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• American Meteorological Society (AMS)
• European Geosciences Union (EGU)

Awards and Recognitions

• Research Excellence Award, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008
• Women’s Forum Scholarship, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005
• Helen Bishop Dunnewald International Student Scholarship, University of Wyoming, 2002
• Honor student, four years in a row during the undergraduate years, Lanzhou University

PNNL Publications

2012

• Saide P, SN Spak, G Carmichael, MA Mena-Carrasco, Q Yang, SG Howell, D Leon, JR Snider, AR Bandy, JL Collett, Jr, KB Benedict, S de Szoeke, L Hawkins, G Allen, I Crawford, J Crosier, and SR Springston. 2012. "Evaluating WRF-Chem aerosol indirect effects in Southeast Pacific marine stratocumulus during VOCALS-REx." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(6):3045-3064.  doi:10.5194/acp-12-3045-2012
• Yang Q, WI Gustafson, Jr, JD Fast, H Wang, RC Easter, Jr, M Wang, SJ Ghan, LK Berg, LYR Leung, and H Morrison. 2012. "Impact of natural and anthropogenic aerosols on stratocumulus and precipitation in the Southeast Pacific: A regional modeling study using WRF-Chem." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(18):8777-8796.  doi:10.5194/acp-12-8777-2012

2011

• Yang Q, WI Gustafson, Jr, JD Fast, H Wang, RC Easter, Jr, H Morrison, YN Lee, EG Chapman, SN Spak, and MA Mena-Carrasco. 2011. "Assessing regional scale predictions of aerosols, marine stratocumulus, and their interactions during VOCALS-REx using WRF-Chem." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11(23):11951-11975.  doi:10.5194/acp-11-11951-2011
• Yang Q, Y Wang, C Zhao, Z Liu, WI Gustafson, Jr, and M Shao. 2011. "NOx Emission Reduction and its Effects on Ozone during the 2008 Olympic Games." Environmental Science & Technology 45(15):6404-6410.  doi:10.1021/es200675v

Selected Publications

2010

• Yang Q, DM Cunnold, Y Choi, Y Wang, H-J Wang, L Froidevaux, A Thompson, and P Bhartia. 2010. "A Study of Tropospheric Ozone Column Enhancements over North America using Satellite Data and a Global Chemical Model."  Journal of Geophysical Research 115: Art. No. D08302. DOI:10.10.29/2009JD012616.

• Zhao C, Y Wang, Q Yang, R Fu, D Cunnold, and Y Choi. 2010. "The Impact of East Asian Summer Monsoon on the Air Quality over China: The View from Space." Journal of Geophysical Research 115: Art. No. D09301. DOI:10.1029/2009JD012745.

2008

• Choi Y, Y Wang, Q Yang, D Cunnold, T Zeng, C Shim, M Luo, A  Eldering,  E Bucsela, and J Gleason. 2008.  "Spring to Summer Northward Migration of High O3 over the Western North Atlantic." Geophysical Research Letters 35: Art. No. L04818. DOI:10.1029/2007GL032276.

2007

• Yang Q, DM Cunnold, H-J Wang, L Froidevaux, H Claude, J Merrill, M Newchurch, and SJ Oltmans.  2007.  "Mid-latitude Tropospheric ozone Columns Derived from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument and Microwave Limb Sounder Measurements." Journal of Geophysical Research 112: Art. No. D20305. DOI:10.1029/2007JD008528.