Present occupation
Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP)/Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Director, START Regional Center for Temperate East Asia
Chief Scientist, National Basic Science Project G1999043400 ¡°Predictive Study of Aridification in Northern China in Association with Life-Supporting Environment Changes¡±.
Chair of Scientific Steering Committee, Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study (MAIRS) of Earth Science System Partnership (ESSP)
Scientific Adviser, Environmental Protection Committee of State Council, China
Joint Professor, Nanjing University and Lanzhou University

Education
1962-1967 Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, CHINA
1957-1962 undergraduate study, Department Meteorology, Nanjing University, CHINA
( There was no degree system in China during the period of 1949-1978)

Professional experience
2003- Member of CAS
1987- Professor, IAP/CAS
1995.8-9 Visiting scientist, NCAR,USA
1990.4-1991.2, Visiting scientist, ERL/NOAA,,USA
1983-1986 Associate Professor, IAP/CAS
1981.10-1983.10 Visiting Fellow, CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Research fields and awards
1) Has long been engaged in the studies on climate variability and dynamics, including air-sea interaction, air-land interaction, and climate ¨Cecosystem interaction on global and regional scales with particularly the modeling and diagnosis of the variations of monsoon system and its response and feedback to earth system dynamics.
2) Has published about 130 scientific papers, 6 books and more than 10 chapters in co-authored books.
3) Received second prize of important research result awards on ¡°air-sea interaction and short range climate variation¡±, and third prize of natural science awards on ¡°El Nino/Southern Oscillation and Asia monsoon variability¡± ¡°air-sea energy exchange and very-low frequency oscillation¡± and ¡°air-land interaction¡± issued by Chinese Academy of Science, received a special award on international co-operation issued by Dr. .Zhou Peiyuan Foundation, and received the Second Prize of National Natural Science Award issued by Ministry of Science and Technology of P. R. China on ¡°Response of Monsoon climate-ecosystem to global change¡±.

Involvement in international scientific organizaiton
1996- Director, START Regional Center for Temperate East Asia
1990-1996 Member of SC-IGBP
1990- Member of International Climate Change committee/IAMAS, IUGG
1995- Member of Scientific Planning Group of APN (Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
1986- Task leader of global and regional climate interaction studies under CAS/DOE joint project on CO2-induced climate change
1998- 2002 Member of GAIM/IGBP Scientific Committee
1996-2003 Vice President of Pacific Science Association
2005 -- Member of Asia and Australia Monsoon Panel(AAMP) of CLIVAR/WCRP
2005- Member of CEOP II ITTP

Membership of Chinese scientific society
Executive member of China IGBP Committee
Member of WCRP China Committee
Member of IHDP China Committee
Member of SCOPE China
Member of Climate Committee, China Meteorological Society

Main Publications

1. Fu, C.B. and Yuan, H.L., 2001: A virtual numerical experiment to understand the impacts of recovering natural vegetation on the summer climate and environmental conditions in East Asia, Chinese Science Bulletin, 46,691-695 ( SCI)
   
   
2. Fu, C.B. et al, 2001: Regional-global interactions in East Asia, in Chapter 4 of < Regional aspects of global change, START synthesis>Edited by P Tyson et al, p.1-101. Cambridge University Press. In press
   
   
3. Yan, X.D. C.B. Fu and H.H. Shugart, 2000: Simulating the effect of climate change on Xiaoxing¡¯an Mountain forests. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica, 24, 327-334.
   
   
4. Wen, G. and C.B.Fu, 2000: The large scale features of the seasonal phenological response to the monsoon climate in East China: Multi-year average results. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 24, 147-154.
   
   
5. Fu,C.B. and G.Wen, 1999: Variation of ecosystems in East Asia in association with the seasonal, interannual and interdecadal variations of monsoon climate. Climatic Change, 43, 477-494. (SCI)
   
   
6. Fu,C.B., H.Diaz, D.F.Dong and J.Fletcher, 1999: The changes of atmospheric circulation over Northern Hemispheric oceans associated with the global rapid warming of the 1920¡¯s, International J. of Climatology, 19, 581-606. (SCI).
   
   
7. Giorgi, F., Y.Huang and C.B.Fu, 1999: A seasonal cycle simulation over East Asia and its sensitivity to radiative transfer and surface process. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6403-6424 ( SCI).
   
   
8. Zhang J.H., C.B. Fu and C.Y. Wang, 1999: Sensitive Dynamics of Desertification under Human Impact and Gray Forecast in Horqin Sandy Land. Chinese Journal of Arid Land Research, Vol. 12, No. 2.
   
   
9. Zhang J.H., Z.C. Kong and C.B. Fu, 1999: Impact of climate change on dynamic of plant communities, lakes and swamps in Beijing area during Holocene period. Journal of Chinese Geography, Vol. 9, No. 2.
   
   
10. Helin Wei and Congbin Fu, 1998: Study of the sensitivity of a regional model in response to land cover change over northern China. Hydrological Process,12, 2249-2285 (SCI)
    
    
11. Fu, C.B. and D.Z.Ye, 1998: Towards predictive understanding of the environmental change in China on decadal to centennials scales, Global Environmental Research, Vol. 2, No.2, 83-93 .
    
    
12. Fu,C.B., J.W.Kim and Z.C.Zhao, 1998: Preliminary assessment on the impact of global change on Asia, in <Asian Change in the Context of Global Change>. Cambridge University Press.
    
    
13. Fu,C.B. and Z.M.Zeng, 1998: Monsoon region: the highest rate of precipitation changes observed from global data ,Chinese Science, Bulletin, 43, 662-666£¨SCI).
    
    
14. Qian Yun, H.Q.Wang, C.B. Fu and Z.F.Wang, 1998: The Temporal and special distribution of the radiative effects of the anthropogeuic sulfate aerosols over East Asia. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences .15, 380-392.
    
    
15. Fu, C.B.,1998: Simulation of climate impact of changing atmospheric chemical compositions based on GCMs. In < Global Environment Chemistry>, Eds. Parashar, D.C. Narosa Publishing House. 263-267.
    
    
16. Fu,C.B. and G.Wen, 1997: Global change research in China, Space Science in China ªí, 253-268, Gordon and Breach Science Publisher, Netherlands.
    
    
17. Fu,C.B., 1996: Global change, a view from Asia. Proceedings of third Asia Conferences on Scientific Cooperation Tokyo, Japan. 91-102.
    
    
18. Fu,C.B. and H.L.Wei, 1996: Simulation of impact of land cover change in northern China on the regional heat and water budgets by regional climate model, Proceedings of IGBP/BAHC-LUCC Joint inter-core Project Symposium on interaction between the hydrological cycle and land use/ cover, Kyoto, 1996, 236-239.
    
    
19. Fu,C.B., 1995: Monsoon-driven ecosystem: Concept and some preliminary evidences, in Proceedings of the Second International Study Conference on GEWEX in Asia and GAME, Pattaya, Thailand, 6th -10th March, 1995. 68-70.
    
    
20. Diaz,H.F. and Fu,C.B., 1995: Marine surface wind changes during 1978-1992, An estimate based on COADC, Proceedings of the international COADS wind workshop, Germany, 1994. 48-67.
    
    
21. Fu, C.B. and D.Z.Ye, 1995: Recent progress in global change research In China, Progress in Earth Science, 10,62-69.
    
    
22. Fu,Congbin., 1994: An aridity trend in China in association with global warming, ¡¶ Climate-Biosphere Interaction: Biogenic Emission and Environmental Effects of Climate Change¡·£¬1-17. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
    
    
23. Fu,C.B., et al, 1994: A comparison study of the climatology of air-sea heat fluxes estimated by different computational schemes of bulk formula, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 11, 189-200.
    
    
24. Fletcher, J., C.B. Fu and X.W.Quan, 1994: The influence of tropical warming on global circulation and climate change, in Proceedings of the 45th Arctic Science Conference, August 25- September 2,1994, Alaska, 119-127.
    
    
25. Fu Congbin, Wen Gang,1993: A preliminary study on vegetation dynamics of China by using meteorological satellite data, Chinese Science Bulletin,38,221-224.
    
    
26. Fu,C.B. and X.L.Teng, 1993: Relationship between summer climate in China and the El Nino/Southern Oscillation. Phenomenon, in Frontiers in Atmospheric Sciences , Allerton Press INC. 166-178.
    
    
27. Fu,C.B., et al, 1993: Sensitivity of regional climate model to the land cover classification, EOS, Vol. 74, No. 74, Dec., 1993.
    
    
28. Fu,C.B., 1993: An aridity trend in China and its abrupt feature in association with the global warming, AAS, 10, 11-20.
    
    
29. Fu,C.B., 1993: Global change studies in China in relation to climate-ecosystem interaction, <Contribution to Global Change, Biosphere-Atmosphere Interaction >, 97-100, edited by A. Ghazi, CEC publication.
    
    
30. Fu,C.B., Dong D.F. and Wang,Q., 1993: Abrupt changes in Asia monsoon climate in association with the global warming, ªîClimate Variability, edited by Ye, D.Z., et al, p.33-35, China Meteorological Press.
    
    
31. Diaz, H., Fu,C.B. and Quan,Y., 1992: A Comparison of surface geostrophic winds with COADS ship wind observations, Proceedings of the international COADS workshop, Boulder, CO, USA. Jan. 1992, p.131 - 142.
    
    
32. Fu, Congbin. and Wang,Q., 1992: On the abrupt change in South Asian monsoon climate and its synchronism with the global rapid warming, Science in China (Series B), 35, 859-869.£¨SCI£©
    
    
33. Fu,C.B., Fan, H.J. and H.Diaz, 1992: Variability in latent heat flux over the tropical Pacific in association with recent two ENSO events, AAS, 9, 351-358.
    
    
34. Fu,C.B., 1992: The effect of land use on the global change ªîNew Emergency, edited by M. Dando and K.Goebel, p 238-250, World Science Press.
    
    
35. Wang Qiang. and Fu,C.B., 1992: The detection of climate abrupt change with Mann-Kendall rank statistics, Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 6, 254-260.
    
    
36. Congbin Fu, 1992: Transitional climate zones and biome boundaries a case study from China, in Landscape Boundaries (Ecological studies edited by F.Di Castri and A.J.Hansen, Springer-Verlag, 394-402.
    
    
37. Karl,T.C.B.Fu et al,1992: Global warming: Evidence for asymmetric diurnal temperature change, Geophysical Research Letter,18,2253-2256. ( SCI)
    
    
38. Su,B.K. and Fu,C.B., 1991: Application of three dimensional EOF analysis for the time and space structure of precipitation in China. Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 5, 617-627.
    
    
39. Fu,C.B., 1990: Climatic change in China from the pre£­instrumental period to the last 100 years, in WMO/UNEP publication : Observed climate variations and change: contributions in support of section 7 of the Scientific Assessment of Climate Change of Working Group 1 of the IPCC, edited by David Parker.
    
    
40. Fu,C.B., T.C. Yeh, 1990: Low latitude Oscillation -- A very low frequency seesaw in global tropics, Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 13, 261-274.
    
    
41. Teng,X.L. and Fu,C.B., 1990: A diagnostic analysis of winter atmospheric circulation during the 1982-83 ENSO event, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 7, 57-66.
    
    
42. Fu,C.B., 1989: The possible impact of global warming on the water resources in northern China, Proceedings of Water Resources Symposium, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, January, 1989.
    
    
43. Yeh,T.C. and Fu,C.B., 1989: A discussion on the predictability of global change, Climatic Change, 15, 483-486.(SCI)
    
    
44. Fu,C.B., Dong,D.F. and Su,B.K., 1989: Variability of surface moisture over the tropical oceans, Scientia Atmospherica Sinica. A special issue, 79£­89.
    
    
45. Fu,C.B. and Teng,X.L., 1988: Summer climate anomalies of China in association with ENSO phenomenon, Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, Special issue for 60th anniversary of IAP, 125-137.
    
    
46. Fu,C.B. and J.Fletcher, 1988: Large signals of climatic variation over the ocean in the Asian monsoon region, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 5, 389-404.
    
    
47. Fu,C.B. and Yeh, T.C., 1988: The tropical very low-frequency oscillation on interannual scale, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 5, 369-386.
    
    
48. Fu,C.B., Quan,X.W. and SU,B.K., 1988: Study on the amplitude and phase variation of equatorial warming by using complex EOF analysis, Sciences Bulletin, 33, 1718-1722.
    
    
49. Fu,C.B., Dong,D.F., R.Slutz and J.Fletcher, 1988: El Nino/Southern Oscillation signals in the global tropical ocean, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 5, 35-45.
    
    
50. Fu,C.B. and Dong,D.F., 1988: The very low-frequency oscillation in tropical Pacific, Chin. J. Oceanol. Limnol., 6, 235-241.
    
    
51. Fu,C.B. and Zeng,Z.M., 1988: Ten years forecasting experiment on long range variation of northwest Pacific High according to sea surface temperature anomalies in the tropical Pacific, Proceedings of first WMO Conference on long-range forecasting: the practical problems and future prospects, Sofia.
    
    
52. Congbin Fu and Gao,Y.F., 1987: A tentative analysis of mean meridional and zonal-vertical circulation by using the satellite cloudiness data. Adv. Space Res. 7, 215-218. (SCI)
    
    
53. Congbin Fu, H.Diaz and J.Fletcher, 1986: Characteristics of the response of sea surface temperature in the central pacific associated with the warm episodes of the Southern Oscillation, Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, 1716-1738.(SCI)
    
    
54. Fu,C.B. H. Diaz, and J.Fletcher, 1986: East-west migration of the warmest area of sea surface temperature at equator associated with the past 11 El Nini events, Sciences Bulletin, 31, 1188-1191.
    
    
55. Fu, C.B. and J.Fletcher, 1985: Two patterns of equatorial warming associated with El Nino, Sciences Bulletin, 30, 1360-1364.
    
    
56. Fu,C.B. and J.Fletcher, 1985: The relationship between Tibet-tropical thermal contrast and interannual variability of Indian monsoon rainfall, J.Climate Appl. Meteor. 24, 841-847. (SCI)
    
    
57. Fu Congbin,1985: Interannual variability of summer monsoon rainfall in China in association with the El Nino/Southern Oscillation, in Proceedings of International Conference on Monsoons in Far East, Tokyo,264-269.
    
    
58. Yeh,T.C. and Fu,C.B., 1985: Climatic Change - A Global and Multidisciplinary Themes, in ªîGlobal Changeªí, The Proceedings of a Symposium sponsored by the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), during its 20th General Assembly, in Ottawa, Canada on September 25, 1984, edited by T.F.Malone and J.G.Roederer, Cambridge University Press, 127-146.
    
    
59. Congbin Fu and H.Fan,1984: Asian monsoon oscillations related and unrelated to the Southern Oscillation, Proceedings of 8th Annual Climate Diagnostic Workshop, 223-233.
    
    
60. Fu,C.B., J.Fletcher and R.Slutz, 1983: The structure of the Asian monsoon surface wind Field over the ocean. J.Climate and Apply Meteor. 22, 1241-1252. (SCI)
    
    
61. Fu, C.B.,1993: Low-frequency coupled air-sea oscillation in the tropical Pacific.Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Newsletter, no.15, 5-7.
    
    
62. Fu,C.B., 1982: A possible relationship between pulsation of plum rains in Yangtze valley and the snow and ice cover on Antarctica and Southern Ocean, Science Bulletin, 22,71-75
    
    
63. Congbin Fu, J.Fletcher,1982: The role of the surface heat source over Tibet in interannual variability of the Indian summer monsoon.Tropical Ocean- Atmosphere Newsletter,no.14,6-7.
    
    
64. Zhang,M.L.and C.B.Fu, 1980: Characteristics of Northeast China cold summer and global air temperature, Science Bulletin, 25,1010-1013.
    
    
65. Fu Congbin, Shuyu Wang, Zhe Xiong et al., 2005, Regional Climate Model Inter-comparison Project for Asia, Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 86(2), 257-266.
    
    
66. Fu Congbin, 2003, Potential impacts of human-induced land cover change on East Asia Monsoon. Global and Planetary Changes, 37: 219-229.
    
    
67. Fu Congbin and Yuan Huiling, 2001, A virtual numerical experiment to understand the impacts of recovering natural vegetation on the summer climate and environmental conditions in East Asia , Chinese Science Bulletin, 46:1199-1203
    
    
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69. Fu£¬C£®B.£¬H£®Diaz£¬D£®F£®Dong and J£®Fletcher£¬l999£ºThe changes of atmospheric circulation over Northern Hemispheric oceans associated with the global rapid warming of the l920's, International Journal of C1imatology£¬18£¬581-606£®