Dr. Menglin Susan Jin Visiting Professor Email: mjin1@umd.edu Office: Atlantic 2435 Fax: (301) 314-9482

Address: Room 4337, Computer & Space Sci. Bldg. Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742-2425 B.S.: Nanjing University Dept. of Atmospheric Dynamics, 1989 M. S.: The University of Arizona Dept. of Atmospheric Science, 1995 Ph. D.: The University of Arizona Dept. of Atmospheric Science, 1999 Research Scientist (UMCP/GSFC), 2000-2008 Assistant Professor, San Jose State University, 2008-2014 Current Research Interests: High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction Mesoscale Urban Systems Energy Use Impact by Temperature Agriculture Productivity

Research Projects

Surface Temperature and Electricity Use (funded by Maryland Innovtion Initiative)


Global Rainfall Impacts on Agriculture Products (funded by NASA GPM)

Global Surface Temperature Variations and Mechanisms

*new* Snowcover Variation over Sierra Nevada (submitted to J. of Climate)

*new*Urban Wind Simulation Using WRF (submitted to JAMC )

*new* Forecasting Residential Electricity Use from Skin Temperature (submitted to BAMS )

Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Building-scale Weather Forecast and Building Electricity Savings (funded by MII )


Energy and Temperature (funded by NSF I-Corps)

DEMO: NSF I-Corps UMCP Surface Temperature

Our I-Corps Video

I-Corps Concept (by Dr. Dean Chang, Associate Vice President of Acedemy I&E, UMCP)

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Courses Taught

AOSC401 Climate Dynamics and Earth Climate System (Spring 2016)

Weather and Climate (online, Fall 2015, Fall 2016)

AOSC400 Physical Meteorology (Fall 2016)

Previous Teaching in SJSU -- Global Climate Change

Past and Current Students

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