Ping Chang
  • Professor
  • University Distinguished Professor
  • Regents Professor
  • Louis & Elizabeth Scherck Chair in Oceanography
  • Phone: (979) 845-8196
  • Email: ping@tamu.edu
  • Office: Eller O&M 624
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Biography

Dr. Chang is a University Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, and holds the Louis & Elizabeth Scherck Chair in Oceanography. From 2019 to 2021, he served as the Director of the International Laboratory for High-Resolution Earth System Prediction (iHESP) at Texas A&M University. He specializes in climate dynamics, climate prediction, and high-resolution global and regional climate modeling. Dr. Chang and his collaborators have made groundbreaking advances in these fields. He has published over 200 refereed journal articles and book chapters, co-chaired the International CLIVAR Atlantic Research Panel, and contributed to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

Courses

Numerical Ocean Modeling I (OCNG 615, Credit 4)

Numerical Ocean Modeling II (OCNG 616, Credit 4)

Theories of Ocean Circulation (OCNG 617, Credit 3)

Elements of Ocean Wave Theory (OCNG 612, Credit 3)

Dynamics of the Ocean and Atmosphere (OCNG 614, Credit 3)

Meteorological Oceanography (OCNG 651, Credit 3)

Numerical Methods for Geosciences (ATMO/GEOP/OCNG 618, Credit 3)

Research Interests

Current Research Projects:

  • Improving Prediction and Projection of Gulf of Mexico Sea-Level Changes Using Eddy Resolving Earth System Models (PI: P. Chang, Co-PIs: J. Kurian, S. Yeager, G. Danabasoglu, C. Shepard, and S. Bates) sponsored by NAS

  • Understanding the Role of Mesoscale Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions in Seasonal-to-Decadal Climate Prediction (PI: P. Chang, Co-PIs: G. Danabasoglu, D. Fu) sponsored by NSF

  • Collaborative Research: Enabling Cloud-Permitting and Coupled Climate Modeling via Nonhydrostatic Extensions of the CESM Spectral Element Dynamical Core (PI: C. Jablonowski, TAMU PI: R. Saravanan, Co-PI: P. Chang, NCAR PI: G. Danabasoglu) sponsored by NSF

  • “Lessons from Texas” Global Climate Resilience Initiative (PI: P. Chang) sponsored by TNC

  • Advancing Understanding of Predictability Limits Associated with Underrepresented Signals (A-PLUS) (PI: S. Yeager, Co-PIs: P. Chang and E. Maroon) sponsored by NOAA

  • Global Long-Term Trends in Eddy Kinetic Energy and Heat Flux (PI: J. Wang, Co-PI: Chang and Manucharyan) sponsored by NASA

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, 1988
  • M.A., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, 1986
  • M.E., Mechanical Engineering, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA, 1984
  • B.S., Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, East China Engineering Institute, Nanjing, China., 1982

Awards & Honors

  • 1993-1998: National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award
  • 2000-2002: Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University
  • 2003: TAMU Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement Award
  • 2014: Follow of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo
  • 2014: Followship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 2015: Francis Bretherton Visitorship of NCAR Climate & Global Dynamics
  • 2019: Fellow of American Meteorological Society
  • 2023: Inaugural College of Arts and Sciences of Texas A&M University Research Impact Award
  • 2024: Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2025: Fellow of American Geophysics Union (AGU)
  • 2025: Regents Professor Award
  • 2025: University Distinguished Professor

Selected Publications

  • Xiao, G., Liu, Y., Dimarco, S., Chang, P., Kurian, J., Hsu, C.-Y., Knap, A.: Role of Midwater Mixed Waves in the Loop Current Separation Events from A Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Regional Model and In-Situ Observations, J. Geophys. Res.- Ocean, 130, e2024JC021330 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021330

    Roberts, M. J., Reed, K. A., Bao, Q., Barsugli, J. J., Camargo, S. J., Caron, L.-P., Chang, P., Chen, C.-T., Christensen, H. M., Danabasoglu, G., Frenger, I., Fučkar, N. S., ul Hasson, S., Hewitt, H. T., Huang, H., Kim, D., Kodama, C., Lai, M., Leung, L.-Y. R., Mizuta, R., Nobre, P., Ortega, P., Paquin, D., Roberts, C. D., Scoccimarro, E., Seddon, J., Treguier, A. M., Tu, C.-Y., Ullrich, P. A., Vidale, P. L., Wehner, M. F., Zarzycki, C. M., Zhang, B., Zhang, W., and Zhao, M.: High-Resolution Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (HighResMIP2) towards CMIP7, Geosci. Model Dev., 18, 1307–1332 (2025). https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1307-2025

    Richter, I., P. Chang, P.-G. Chiu, G. Danabasoglu, T. Doi, D. Dommengetm G, Gastineau, A. Hu, T. Kataoka, N. S. Keenlyside, F. Kucharski, Y. M. Okumura, W. Park, M. F. Stuecker, A. S. Taschetto, C. Wang, S. G. Yeager, S.-W. Yeh, The tropical basin interaction model intercomparison project (TBIMIP), Geosci. Model Dev., Accepted (2025). https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-3110

    Little, C.M., S.G. Yeager, R.M. Ponte, P. Chang, W.M. Kim, Influence of ocean model horizontal resolution on the representation of global annual-to-multidecadal coastal sea level variability, J. Geophys. Res.- Ocean, 129, e2024JC021679 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021679

    Liu, X., R. Saravanan, P. Chang, D. Fu, L. Xie, Droughts in Wind and Solar Power: Assessing Climate Model Simulations for a Net-Zero Energy Future, Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2024GL109416 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109416

    Richter, I., N. Keenlyside, T. Tozuka, Y. Okumura, C. Wang, P. Chang, S. Kido, H. Tokinaga, Comment on “Resolving the Tropical Pacific/Atlantic Interaction Conundrum”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2024GL111563 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111563

    Richter, I., S. Kido, T. Tozuka, Y. Kosaka, H. Tokinaga, P. Chang, Revisiting the inconsistent influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on the equatorial Atlantic, J. Clim., 38, 481-496 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0182.1

    Krumhardt, K. M., M. C. Long, C. M. Petrik, M. Levy, F. S. Castruccio, K. Lindsay, L. Romashkov, A. Deppenmeier, R. Denéchère, Z. Chen, L. Landrum, G. Danabasoglu, P. Chang, From nutrients to fish: Impacts of mesoscale processes in a global CESM-FEISTY eddying ocean model framework, Progress in Oceanography, 227, 103314 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103314

    Xie, L., S. Majumder, T. Huang, Q. Zhang, P. Chang, D.J. Hill, M. Shahidehpour. The role of electric grid research in addressing climate change, Nature Climate Change, 14, 909-915 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02092-1

    Zhang, Q., P. Chang, D. Fu, S.G. Yeager, G. Danabasoglu, F. Castruccio, N. Rosenbloom, Enhanced Atlantic Meridional Mode Predictability in a High-Resolution Prediction System, Sci. Adv., 10, eado6298 (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ado6298

    Liu, X., R. Saravanan, D. Fu, P. Chang, C. Patricola, T. O’Brien. How do climate model resolution and atmospheric moisture affect the simulation of unprecedented extreme events like the 2021 Western North American heat wave? Geophys. Res. Lett. (2024). 51, e2024GL108160. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108160

    Li, Y., W. Weijer, P. Kurtakoti, M. Veneziani, P. Chang. Bering Strait Ocean Heat Transport Drives Decadal Arctic Variability in a High-Resolution Climate Model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2024GL108828 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108828

    Xu, G., M.C. Rencurrel, P. Chang, X. Liu, G. Danabasoglu, S.G. Yeager, M. Steele, W. Weijer, Y. Li, N. Rosenbloom, F. Castruccio, Q. Zhang. High-resolution modelling identifies the Bering Strait's role in amplified Arctic warming. Nature Climate Change, 14, 615-622 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02008-z

    Xu, G., P. Chang, Q. Zhang. Origins of biweekly sea surface temperature variability in the eastern equatorial Pacific and Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett. 51, e2023GL107328 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107328

    Small, R. J., J. Kurian, P. Chang, G. Xu, H. Tsujino, S. Yeager, G. Danabasoglu, W. Kim, A. Altuntas, F. Castruccio. Eastern Boundary upwelling in ocean-sea-ice simulations forced by CORE and JRA55-DO: mean state and variability. J. Clim., 37, 2821-2848 (2024). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0511.1.

    Danso, D.K., C.M. Patricola, J. Kurian, P. Chang, P. Klotzbach, I-I. Lin, Air-sea coupling influence on projected changes in major Atlantic hurricane events, Weather and Climate Extremes, 43, 100649 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2024.100649

    Song, Z., P. Chapman, J. Tao, P. Chang, H. Gao, H. Liu, C. Brannstrom & Z. Zhang, Mapping the Unheard: Analyzing Trade-Offs between Fisheries and Offshore Wind Farms Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Ann. Am. Assoc. Geogr., 114, 536-554 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2285371


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