Qinlan Yang
Qinlan Yang’s research focuses on understanding energetic teleconnections through atmospheric transport associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) using coupled GCMs. Specifically, she investigates the two-way coupling between surface temperature and Earth’s surface energy budget, as well as the large-scale energy redistribution within the Earth system during ENSO events. More broadly, her research interests encompass Earth’s energy budget, cloud-radiative feedback, climate sensitivity, and global warming, with the goal of better understanding climate variability and dynamics using observations and models. Qinlan is advised by Prof. Stephan Fueglistaler, a professor in the Department of Geosciences and the Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.