Wei Zhang
Plants, Soils & Climate Department (PSC)
Assistant Professor

Publications | Books
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Zhang, W., Wang, S., Chikamoto, Y., Gillies, R., LaPlante, ., (2024). A weather pattern responsible for increasing wildfires in the western United States. Environmental Research Letters
- Atoloye, I., Cappellazzi, S.B, Creech, J.E, Yost, M., Zhang, W., Jacobson, A., Reeve, J., (2024). Soil health benefits of compost persist two decades after single application to winter wheat. Agronomy Journal, 116:6, 2719-2734. doi: 10.1002/agj2.21716
- Zhang, W., (2024). Recent Enhanced Deep Troposphere-to-Stratosphere Air Mass Transport Accompanying the Weakening Asian Monsoon. Springer Nature
- Zhang, W., (2024). Revisiting the dry-to-wet shift of summer precipitation over the Three-River Headwaters region, hinterland of the Tibetan Plateau: a perspective of moisture sources changes. Climate Dynamics
- Gu, H., Zhang, W., (2024). Assessing the future probable maximum precipitation in Utah under global warming. International Journal of Climatology
- Zhang, W., (2024). Formation mechanisms of persistent extreme precipitation events over the eastern periphery of the Tibetan Plateau: Synoptic conditions, moisture transport and the effect of steep terrain. Atmospheric Research
- Gu, H., Zhang, W., Gillies, R.R, (2024). The Shrinking Great Salt Lake May Exacerbate Droughts by Reducing Local Precipitation: A Case Study.. Journal of Hydrometeorology
- Zhang, W., (2024). Precipitation seasonality amplifies as Earth warms. Geophysical Research Letters
- Zhang, W., (2024). Anthropogenic forcing has increased the risk of longer-traveling and slower-moving large contiguous heatwaves. Science Advances, 10:13, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adl1598
- Zhang, W., (2024). Uneven Rainfall Effects on Small-scale Economic Growth: Evidence from Chinese Counties. The Innovation Geoscience
- Affram, G., Zhang, W., C.R, Gillies, R.R, (2023). Modulation of the Pacific Meridional Mode on the Dipole Pattern of the CONUS Summertime Precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters
- Wright, T., Stuivenvolt-Allen, J., Affram, G., Hasan, N., Ratterman, C., Zhang, W., (2023). Responses of extreme discharge to changes in Surface Air and Dew Point Temperatures in Utah: Seasonality and Mechanisms. Water
- Ratterman, C., Zhang, W., Barth, N., Affram, G., (2022). Modulation of Weather Regime Transitions on Temperature and Precipitation across the Continental U.S..
- Zhang, W., Hari, V., Wang, S., LaPlante, M., Garfin, G., Affram, G., (2022). Fewer troughs, not more ridges, have led to a drying trend in the western United States. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2021GL097089
Professional Journal
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
- Kopp, K., Endter-Wada, J.L, Baker, M.A, Brahney, J., Chikamoto, Y., Kettenring, K., Neilson, B.T, Null, S., Rivers, E., Rosenberg, D.E, Schmidt, J.C, Shilton, R., Tarboton, D.G, Torres-Rua, A., Wang, S., Wheaton, J.M, Wurtsbaugh, W.A, Yost, M., Zhang, W., (2021). Utah State University 2021 Report to the Governor on Utah’s Land, Water, and Air.
Other Reports
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
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Teaching
CAS 6002 - Climate Adaptation Science Studio I, Fall 2024
PSC 5410 - Hydroclimate, Spring 2024
CAS 6003 - Climate Adaptation Science Studio II, Spring 2023
PSC 5410 - Hydroclimate, Spring 2023
CAS 6002 - Climate Adaptation Science Studio I, Fall 2022
CAS 6003 - Climate Adaptation Science Studio II, Spring 2022
PSC 6900 - Special Problems in Plants, Soils, and/or Climate, Spring 2022