32nd Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Conference, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Australia.
HARBOURVIEW 1. 11:00–11:15. Friday, 20 February 2026.
Oral presentation: "BRAIN - A national multi-source rainfall blending system for improving sub-daily rainfall estimates and hydroclimate applications".
The 26th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
Room E1. 11:30–11:50. Thursday, 4 December 2025.
Oral presentation: "BRAIN: Building a national, hourly, kilometre-scale precipitation analysis product for Australia".
Hosted a group from 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院 (Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, NIEER) and conducted a field trip to several sites in Australia.
Sites visited: Rubicon Water, Goulburn-Murray Water, Goulburn-Broken Catchment Authority, Yarrawonga Weir, and Hume Dam. We stayed at Shepparton and Albury - very beautiful cities!
NIEER delegation: Prof. Xufeng Wang (王旭峰), A/Prof. Chao Mu (穆超), Dr. Peiyuan Chen (陈沛源), Xiaoying Liu (刘晓颖), Yixuan Wang (王艺璇), Jiangzhe Han (韩江哲), and Fa Du (杜发).
UoM participants: Prof. QJ Wang, Dr. Yuhang Zhang, and Tianyan Zhang.
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High-Resolution Precipitation Analysis for Operational Hydrological Applications in Australia publised in WIREs Water.
Relocated from Beijing to Melbourne to start my first career position as Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. New journey, new adventure!
Successfully passed my PhD defense!
Committee members: Profs. Hongjun Bao (包红军), Xingyao Pan (潘兴瑶), Dingzhi Peng (彭定志), Jinjun You (游进军), Yongyong Zhang (张永勇), and Yang Peng (彭杨).
Completed a 12-day scientific expedition to the southeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Rivers studied: Min River, Yalong River, Jinsha River, Nu River, Lancang River, Yarlung Zangbo River.
Team members: Prof. Aizhong Ye (叶爱中), A/Prof. Wei Gong (龚伟), Yuhang Zhang (张宇航), Yunfei Wang (王云飞), Yinuo Zhu (祝一诺), Qiaoqiao Li (李乔乔), Zhenwei Liu (刘振威), Wenjuan Zhang (张文娟), Huiying Sun (孙汇颖), Jiaqi Fu (付佳琦), Xiaoying Guo (郭晓莹), Hao Wang (汪豪), Yiying Wang (王怡颖), etc.
The Western Sichuan Plateau offers spectacular scenery with its mighty rivers and diverse landscapes. An incredible journey!
Published my first paper in Water Resources Research. The paper titled "QRF4P‐NRT: Probabilistic Post‐Processing of Near‐Real‐Time Satellite Precipitation Estimates Using Quantile Regression Forests" presents novel approaches for probabilistic post-processing.
Special thanks to my supervisor and co-authors!
Completed my PhD thesis proposal defense and midterm examination!
Committee members: Profs. Qiang Zhang (张强), Tao Zhou (周涛), Hongjun Bao (包红军), Fei Qiao (乔飞), and Jinjun You (游进军).
Published my first paper in Geophysical Research Letters. The paper titled "New Insights Into Error Decomposition for Precipitation Products" introduces a novel four-component error decomposition framework.
Special thanks to my supervisor and co-authors!
Completed a 13-day scientific expedition to the southwest of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Locations: Namucuo Lake, Yamdrok Yumtso Lake, Mt. Chomolungma, Yarlung Zangbo River.
Altitude: 5000m+ at the southwest border of China (Ali region).
Team members: Prof. Aizhong Ye (叶爱中), Prof. Zhenhua Di (狄振华), Yuhang Zhang (张宇航), Yahai Zhang (张疋亥), Huiqing Li (李慧晴), Yunfei Wang (王云飞), Yinuo Zhu (祝一诺), Mei Li (李梅), Zhenwei Liu (刘振威), Xingtian Chen (陈兴天), Xueyan Wang (王雪雁), etc.
High altitude sickness encountered. An unforgettable journey!
Completed an 8-day scientific expedition to the Sanjiangyuan Region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, studying the headwaters of the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and Lancang River.
Team members: Prof. Aizhong Ye (叶爱中), Prof. Zhenhua Di (狄振华), Yuhang Zhang (张宇航), Yahai Zhang (张疋亥), Huiqing Li (李慧晴), Dr. Dongxian Kong (孔冬贤), Jiaojiao Gou (苟娇娇), Haiyan Zheng (郑海燕), Xingtian Chen (陈兴天), Ning Wang (王宁), Xiaoxiao Wang (汪潇潇), etc.
My first time visiting the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. A fresh and inspiring journey!