Zhaoxia Pu

Dr. Zhaoxia Pu is a professor of atmospheric sciences, a fellow of the American Meteorological Society and a fellow of Royal Meteorological Society, and a member of NOAA Science Advisory Board. Her research is devoted to improving the prediction of high-impact weather and extremes. Areas of interests include numerical weather prediction, data assimilation, numerical modeling, and predictability, with specific topics on satellite and radar data assimilation, mesoscale severe weather systems, earth system modeling and coupled land-atmosphere data assimilation, observing system simulation experiments, targeting weather observations, atmospheric boundary layers over complex terrain, and applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning in NWP and climate forecasting.  She has authored over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and participated in over ten major field programs. Dr. Pu has also served as a member of numerous national and international science teams and advisory boards, review panels, editorial boards.