Currently, I am an Earth system modeler.

đź“– Educations

📢 Talks

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đź“ť Publications

As the first/corresponding author

Research interest 1: Urban Climate

  • Sun, Y., Fang, B., Oleson, K. W., Zhao, L., Topping, D. O., Schultz, D. M., & Zheng, Z. (2024). Improving urban climate adaptation modeling in the community earth system model (CESM) through transient urban surface albedo representation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16(12), 2024MS004380. 10.1029/2024MS004380

Research interest 2: Urban Planning & Architecture Design

  • Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Yu, H., & Li, Y. (2024a). County-level urban forms and their correlation with local governance in Jiande, China: Evidence from historical records. Journal of Asia Architecture and Building Engineering. 10.1080/13467581.2024.2322000

  • Sun, Y., Wu, Y., Yu, H., & Li, Y. (2024b). Spatiotemporal evolution of urban landscapes in Chinese historic water towns (1918-2021). Landscape Research, 49(4), 568–583. 10.1080/01426397.2024.2322138
  • Zheng, Y., Sun, Y., Wang, Z., & Liang, F. (2022). Developing green–building design strategies in the Yangtze River Delta, China through a coupling relationship between geomorphology and climate. Land, 12(1), 6. 10.3390/land12010006

As the co-author

  • Yu, J., Sun, Y., Lindley, S., Jay, C., Topping, D.O., Oleson, K.W., & Zheng, Z. (2025). Integration and Execution of Community Land Model Urban (CLMU) in a Containerized Environment. Environmental Modelling and Software. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106391
  • Xia, B., Wu, K., Guo, P., Sun, Y., Wu, J., Xu, J., & Wang, S. (2022). Multidisciplinary innovation adaptability of campus spatial organization: From a network perspective. Sage Open. 10.1177/21582440221079929