Yixin (Berry) Wen

Yixin

Ph.D. student

Education

2012/8-Present: Ph. D Radar Meteorology Program at School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, US.

2009/8-2012/7: Master, Geoinformatics with remote sensing focus, University of Oklahoma, US.

2007/9-2009/8: Visiting student at University of Oklahoma.

2006/9-2007/8: Mater student, Ecology, School of Life Science, Fudan University, CN.

2002/9-2006/7: B.S., Department of Environmental Science, East China Normal University, CN.

Research Interest

Dual-pol weather radar; Space-borne weather radar; Remote Sensing; Rain rate retrieval; Snowfall retrieval.

Awards & Honors

  • Travel Award from USNC URSI in the form of a fellowship grant award from the National Academies (NAS), 2009 and 2010 Consecutive Two Awards
  • Oklahoma Space Grant Consortium/NASA EPSCOR Travel Grant, 2010
  • OU/Atmospheric Radar Research Center Student Publication Award
  • OU/School of Meteorology Tommy C. Craighead Award for Best Paper in Radar Meteorology, 2011

Publications

Journal Papers and Peer-reviewed Proceedings

  1. Y. Wen, Y. Hong, G. Zhang, T. J. Schuur, J. J. Gourley, Z. L. Flamig, K. R. Morris, and Q. Cao, 2011: Cross validation of spaceborne radar and ground polarimetric radar aided by polarimetric echo classification of hydrometeor types.  J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 50, 1389-1402, doi: 10.1175/2011JAMC2622.1. Tommy C. Craighead Award for Best Paper in Radar Meteorology at OU
  2. Y. Wen, Q. Cao, P. Kirstetter, Y. Hong, J.J. Gourley, J. Zhang, G. Zhang, and B. Yong, 2012: Incorporating NASA space-borne radar data into NOAA National Mosaic QPE system for improved precipitation measurement: a physically based VPR identification and enhancement method. Journal of Hydrometeorology, in press.
  3. Q. Cao Y. Hong, J.J. Gourley, Y. Qi, J. Zhang, Y. Wen, and P. Kirstetter, 2012: Statistical and Physical Analysis of Vertical Structure of Precipitation in Mountainous West Region of US using 11+ Year Spaceborne TRMM PR Observations, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, in press, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-12-095.1
  4. Q. Cao, Y. Hong, Y. Qi, Y. Wen, J. Zhang, J. Gourley, and L. Liao, 2012: Empirical Conversion of Vertical Profile of Reflectivity (VPR) from Ku-band to S-band Frequency, Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.
  5. Q. Cao, Y. Hong, Y. Wen, J.J. Gourley, and P. Kirstetter, 2013: Enhancing Quantitative Precipitation Estimation (QPE) over Continental United States (CONUS) using a Physically-based Multi-sensor Integration Approach. Submitted to IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters.
  6. B. Yong, L-L Ren, Y. Hong, J. J. Gourley, Y. Tian,  G. Huffman, Xi Chen, Weiguang Wang and Y. Wen, 2012: First Comparison and Validation of Climatological Calibration Algorithm in TRMM multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) real-time system over high and low latitude basins with independent rain gauge networks. Submitted to Water Resources Research under major review
  7. Y. Wen, Y. Hong, G. Zhang, J. Zhang and J. J. Gourley, 2011, Incorporating NASA space-borne precipitation research products into National Mosaic QPE operational system for improved precipitation measurements. Proceeding of IEEE Radar Conference, 2011, Kansas City, U.S.

Conference presentations

  1. Y. Wen, Y. Hong, Q. Cao, J.J. Gourley, J. Zhang, and P. Kirstetter. 2012: VPR-IE: Combining climatological VPR information from TRMM Precipitation Radar with NEXRAD-based rainfall estimates. AGU, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012
  2. Y. Wen, Y. Hong, Q. Cao, J. Zhang, J.J. Gourley, G. Zhang, and K. Howard, 2011b: Improving precipitation estimation in mountainous west region of United States by incorporating space‐borne radar measurements into National Mosaic QPE system, NASA PMM, November 7-10, 2011, Denver, CO
  3. Y. Wen, Y. Hong, P.E. Kirstetter, J. Zhang, J.J. Gourley, G. Zhang and K. Howard, 2011:Incorporating NASA spaceborne precipitation products into National Mosaic QPE operational system for improved precipitation measurements. International Symposium on Earth-Science Challenges (ISEC) , Norman, OK, U.S., Sep 14-16, 2011.
  4. Y. Wen, P. E. Kirstetter, Y. Hong, J. Zhang, J. J. Gourley, G. Zhang, 2011: Incorporating NASA space-borne precipitation products into National Mosaic QPE operational system for improved precipitation measurements. The 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Pittsburgh, PA, U. S., Sep 26-30, 2011.
  5. Y. Wen, Y. Hong, J. J. Gourley, Z. Flamig, X. Xue and S. Chen, 2011: The Coupled routing and excess storage (CREST) distributed hydrologic model sensitivity to rainfall spatiotemporal resolution. The 19th International Conference on GeoInformatics, Shanghai, China, Jun 24-27.
  6. Y. Wen, Y. Hong, J. Zhang, G. Zhang, J. J. Gourley and S. Chen, 2011: Creating Synergy between Ground- and Space-based Precipitation Measurements, 2011 National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, U.S., Jan 6-9, 2011
  7. Y. Wen, Y. Hong, J.J. Gourley, G. Zhang, T. J. Schuur, Z. Flamig, K. R. Morris and Q. Cao, 2010: Cross Validation of Space-borne Radar and Ground Dual-polarization Radar, 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., Dec 13-17, 2010
  8. Y. Wen, Y. Hong, T. J. Schuur, G. Zhang and J. J. Gourley, 2010: Cross Validation of Space-borne Radar and Ground Dual-polarization Radar, 2010 National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, U.S., Jan 6-9, 2010
  9. Y. Wen, Y. Hong, G. Zhang, J. Zhang and J. J. Gourley, 2011, Incorporating NASA space-borne precipitation research products into National Mosaic QPE operational system for improved precipitation measurements. 2011 IEEE Radar Conference, Kansas City, USA
  10. Q. Cao, Y. Hong, Y. Wen, J.J. Gourley, Y. Qi, J. Zhang, and P. Kirstetter, 2012: How Spaceborne Radar Helps Ground Radar in Precipitation Estimation: Real-time Incorporation of TRMM PR into NOAA NMQ System. AGU, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 3-7, 2012
  11. Hong, Y., Y., Wen, Z. Flamig, G. Zhang, T. Shaun, J. Gourley 2009, Cross Validation of TRMM Space Radar with Ground Polarimetric Radar, The First Symposium on Radar and Modeling Studies of the Atmosphere, Kyoto, Japan, Nov 10-13, 2009
  12. Gourley, J., Y. Hong, W. Petersen, K. W. Howard, Z. L. Flamig and Y. Wen, 2010, Creating Synergy between ground and space-based precipitation measurements, 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S., Dec 13-17, 2010

Book Chapter

  • Wan et al. Chapter 5. Advance Radar Technology for Quantitative Precipitation Estimation. Radar Hydrology.
  • Translated Chapter 1, 3 & 4 of Soil Respiration and the Environment to Chinese version. Higher Education Press, China

Contact Information

E-MAIL: YixinWen AT ou.edu

OFFICE ADDRESS: National Weather Center, ARRC Suite Room 4650. 120 David L. Boren Blvd., Norman, OK 73072 USA