Yang, Dr Gui-Ying
Senior Research Scientist
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University of Reading
Department of Meteorology
University of Reading
Earley Gate
Whiteknights Road
Reading
RG6 6ET
- https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7450-3477
- +44 118 378 5133
- https://research.reading.ac.uk/meteorology/people/gui-ying-yang/

Publications
- Crook Julia; Hardy Sam; Methven John; Schwendike Juliane; Yik Diong Jeong; Yang Gui‐Ying; The structure of Borneo vortices and their relationship with cold surges, the Madden–Julian oscillation and equatorial waves. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.4905] Nov 2024
- Crook Julia; Morris Fran; Fitzpatrick Rory Gordon John; Peatman Simon C.; Schwendike Juliane; Stein Thorwald Hendrik Matthias; Birch Cathryn E.; Hardy Sam; Yang G. -Y.; Impact of the Madden–Julian oscillation and equatorial waves on tracked mesoscale convective systems over southeast Asia. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.4667] Feb 2024
- Hoskins B. J.; Yang G. -Y.; A Global Perspective on the Upper Branch of the Hadley Cell. Journal Of Climate, 36 (19) , 6749–6762, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-22-0537.1] Oct 2023
- Ferrett Samantha; Methven John; Woolnough Steven J.; Yang G. -Y.; Holloway Christopher E.; Wolf Gabriel; Hybrid Dynamical–Statistical Forecasts of the Risk of Rainfall in Southeast Asia Dependent on Equatorial Waves. Monthly Weather Review, 151 (8) , 2139–2152, [doi:10.1175/mwr-d-22-0300.1] Aug 2023
- Yang Gui‐Ying; Feng Xiangbo; Hodges Kevin; Seasonal and interannual variation of equatorial waves in
ERA5 andGloSea5 . Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 149 (752) , 1109–1134, [doi:10.1002/qj.4460] Apr 2023 - Feng Xiangbo; Yang Gui‐Ying; Hodges Kevin I.; Methven John; Equatorial waves as useful precursors to tropical cyclone occurrence and intensification. Nature Communications, 14 (1) , [doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36055-5] Jan 2023
- Tomassini Lorenzo; Yang G. -Y.; Tropical moist convection as an important driver of Atlantic Hadley circulation variability. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 148 (748) , 3287--3302, [doi:10.1002/qj.4359] Sep 2022
- Knippertz Peter; Gehne Maria; Kiladis George N.; Kikuchi Kazuyoshi; Rasheeda Satheesh Athul; Roundy Paul E.; Yang Gui‐Ying; Žagar Nedjeljka; Dias Juliana; Fink Andreas H.; Methven John; Schlueter Andreas; Sielmann Frank; Wheeler Matthew C.; The intricacies of identifying equatorial waves. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 148 (747) , 2814–2852, [doi:10.1002/qj.4338] Jul 2022
- Feng Xiangbo; Hodges Kevin I.; Hoang Lam; Pura Alvin G.; Yang G. -Y.; Luu Huyen; David Shirley J.; Duran Ger Anne M. W.; Guo Yi-Peng; A New Approach to Skillful Seasonal Prediction of Southeast Asia Tropical Cyclone Occurrence. Journal Of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127 (12) , [doi:10.1029/2022jd036439] Jun 2022
- Ayesiga Godwin; Holloway Christopher E.; Williams Charles J. R.; Yang G. -Y.; Stratton Rachel; Roberts Malcolm; Linking Equatorial African Precipitation to Kelvin Wave Processes in the CP4-Africa Convection-Permitting Regional Climate Simulation. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 79 (5) , 1271–1289, [doi:10.1175/jas-d-21-0039.1] May 2022
- Yang G. -Y.; Ferrett Samantha; Woolnough Steven; Methven John; Holloway Chris; Real-Time Identification of Equatorial Waves and Evaluation of Waves in Global Forecasts. Weather And Forecasting, 36 (1) , 171--193, [doi:10.1175/waf-d-20-0144.1] Feb 2021
- Ayesiga A.; Holloway C. E.; Williams C. J. R.; Yang G. -Y.; Ferrett S.; The observed synoptic scale precipitation relationship between Western Equatorial Africa and Eastern Equatorial Africa. International Journal Of Climatology, 41, E582-E601, [doi:10.1002/joc.6711] 2021
- Hoskins B. J.; Yang G. -Y.; The detailed dynamics of the Hadley cell. Part II: December-February. Journal Of Climate, 34 (2) , 805-823, [doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0504.1] 2021
- Peatman Simon; Schwendike J.; Birch Cathryn; Marsham J. H.; Matthews A. J.; Yang G. -Y.; A Local-to-Large Scale View of Maritime Continent Rainfall: Control by ENSO, MJO, and Equatorial Waves. Journal Of Climate, 34 (22) , 8933-8953, [doi:10.1175/jcli-d-21-0263.1] 2021
- Hoskins B. J.; Yang G. -Y.; Fonseca R. M.; The detailed dynamics of the June–August Hadley Cell. Q J R Meteorol Soc. [doi:10.1002/qj.3702] Jan 2020
- Ferrett Samantha; Yang G. -Y.; Woolnough S.; Methven John; Hodges Kevin; Holloway Christopher E.; Linking extreme precipitation in Southeast Asia to equatorial waves. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society [doi:10.1002/qj.3699] Dec 2019
- Yang G. -Y.; Methven John; Woolnough S. J.; Hodges K. I.; Hoskins B. J.; Linking African Easterly Wave activity with equatorial waves and the influence of Rossby waves from the Southern Hemisphere. The Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 75 (6) , 1783-1809, [doi:10.1175/JAS-D-17-0184.1] Jun 2018
- Yang G. -Y.; Hoskins B. J.; The barotropic structure of waves in the tropical atmosphere in the Western Hemisphere. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 74 (6) , 1689-1704, [doi:10.1175/JAS-D-16-0267.1] Jun 2017
- Yang G. -Y.; Hoskins B. J.; ENSO related variation of equatorial MRG and Rossby waves and forcing from higher latitudes. Quarterly Journal Of The Royal Meteorological Society, 142 (699) , 2488-2504, [doi:10.1002/qj.2842] Jul 2016
- Hoskins Brian J.; Yang G. -Y.; The Longitudinal Variation of Equatorial Waves due to Propagation on a Varying Zonal Flow. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 73 (2) , 605--620, [doi:10.1175/jas-d-15-0167.1] Feb 2016
- Yang G. -Y.; Hoskins B. J.; ENSO impact on Kelvin waves and associated tropical convection. Journal Of The Atmosphere Sciences, 70 (11) , 3513–3532, [doi:10.1175/JAS-D-13-081.1] 2013
- Yang G. -Y.; Hoskins B. J.; GRAY L. J.; The influence of the QBO on the propagation of equatorial waves into the stratosphere. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 69 (10) , 2959-2982, [doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-0342.1] 2012
- Yang G. -Y.; Hoskins B. J.; Slingo J. M.; Equatorial waves in opposite QBO phases. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 68 (4) , 839-862, [doi:10.1175/2010JAS3514.1] 2011
- Yang G. -Y.; Slingo J. M.; Hoskins B. J.; Convectively coupled equatorial waves in high resolution Hadley centre climate models. Journal Of Climate, 22 (8) , 1897--1919, [doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2630.1] 2009
- Yang G. -Y.; Hoskins B. J.; Slingo J. M.; Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves. Part I: Horizontal and Vertical Structures. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 64 (10) , 3406--3406, [doi:10.1175/JAS4017.1] 2007
- Yang G. -Y.; Hoskins B. J.; Slingo J. M.; Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves. Part III: Synthesis Structures and Their Forcing and Evolution. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 64 (10) , 3438--3438, [doi:10.1175/JAS4019.1] 2007
- Yang G. -Y.; Hoskins B. J.; Slingo J. M.; Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves. Part II: Propagation Characteristics. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 64 (10) , 3424--3424, [doi:10.1175/JAS4018.1] 2007
- Ringer M. A.; Martin G. M.; Greeves C. Z.; Hinton T. J.; James P. M.; Pope V. D.; Scaife A. A.; Stratton R. A.; Inness P. M.; Slingo J. M.; Yang G. -Y.; The Physical Properties of the Atmosphere in the New Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model (HadGEM1). Part II: Aspects of Variability and Regional Climate. Journal Of Climate, 19 (7) , 1302--1302, [doi:10.1175/JCLI3713.1] 2006
- Slingo J. M.; Inness P. M.; Neale R. B.; Woolnough S.; Yang G. -Y.; Scale interactions on diurnal to seasonal timescales and their relevance to model systematic errors. Annals Of Geophysics, 46, 139-155, 2003
- Yang G. -Y.; Hoskins B. J.; Slingo J. M.; Convectively coupled equatorial waves: A new methodology for identifying wave structures in observational data. Journal Of The Atmospheric Science, 60, 1637-1654, [doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1637:CCEWAN>2.0.CO;2] 2003
- Yang G. -Y.; Slingo J. M.; The diurnal cycle in the tropics. Monthly Weather Review, 129, 784-801, [doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<0784:TDCITT>2.0.CO;2] 2001
- Hoskins B. J.; Yang G. -Y.; The equatorial response to higher latitude forcing. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 1197-1213, [doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1197:TERTHL>2.0.CO;2] May 2000
- Hodges K. I.; Chappel D. W; Robinson G. J; Yang G. -Y.; An improved algorithm for generating global window brightness temperatures from multiple satellite infrared imagery. Journal Of Atmospheric And Oceanic Technology, 17, 1296-1312, [doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<1296:AIAFGG>2.0.CO;2] 2000
- Hoskins Brian; Neale Richard; Rodwell Mark; Yang G. -Y.; Aspects of the large-scale tropical atmospheric circulation. Tellus B, 51 (1) , 33--44, [doi:10.1034/j.1600-0889.1999.00004.x] Feb 1999
- Hoskins B. J.; Neale Richard; Rodwell Mark; Yang G. -Y.; Aspects of the large-scale tropical atmospheric circulation. Tellus Series A-Dynamic Meteorology And Oceanography, 51 (1) , 33--44, [doi:10.1034/j.1600-0870.1999.t01-1-00004.x] 1999
- Yang G. -Y.; Hoskins B. J.; Propagation of Rossby waves of nonzero frequency. Journal Of The Atmospheric Sciences, 53, 2365-2378, [doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2365:PORWON>2.0.CO;2] 1996
Achievements / Science Highlights
- Aspects of interannual variability of equatorial waves: QBO impact of upward propagation of equatorial waves: QBO impact of upward propagation , February 2011
- Equatorial waves associated with the Madden Julian Oscillation , February 2011
- Equatorial waves in opposite QBO phases into the stratosphere, April 2011