Member Since 2003
Yu Gu
Associate Director / Adjunct Professor, University of California Los Angeles
Member, Global Environmental Change Fellows Committee; Associate Editor, JGR Atmospheres Section; Editor, Geophysical Research Letters
Professional Experience
University of California Los Angeles
Associate Director / Adjunct Professor
2021 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2000
Honors & Awards
Outstanding Reviewer Award - Earth and Space Science
Received December 2021
AGU Abstracts
Aerosol effects on storm electrification and lightning discharging: Observational and modeling insights
ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH CLOUDS, RADIATION, AND CLIMATE II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2024
Yun Lin, Tianhao Zhang, Timothy Logan, Yu Gu, Rong...
Lightning activity, influenced by atmospheric dynamic-thermodynamic conditions, serves as a key metric for the development of convective systems. Aero...
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Observation-based Characterization of Wildfire Smoke Transport via Optical Flow Method using GOES-17/18 Continuous Visible Band Image Sequences
ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH CLOUDS, RADIATION, AND CLIMATE I ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 13 december 2024
Tianhao Zhang, Yun Lin, Yu Gu
Wildfire activity has been steadily increasing worldwide due to climate change and human activities. One significant aspect of wildfire is smoke, wher...
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New features and enhancements in Community Land Model (CLM5) snow albedo modeling
MODELING OF THE CRYOSPHERE: SEASONAL SNOW I ORAL
cryosphere | 14 december 2023
Cenlin He, Mark Flanner, David M. Lawrence, Yu Gu
Snow albedo plays a critical role in the Earth system, affecting land surface energy and water balance and seasonal snowpack and hydrological processe...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2028
Associate Editor
JGR Atmospheres Section
2020 - 2027
Editor
Geophysical Research Letters
2025 - 2026
Member
Global Environmental Change Fellows Committee