Dr. Binzheng Zhang

Dr. Binzheng Zhang

Teacher, Scientist, Geek

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EASC2410: Data Analysis and Modeling for Earth Sciences

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Computer-based analysis are essential to modern Earth Sciences. We use computer programs to compile and analyze data, to prepare illustrations like maps or data plots, to develop numerical simulations for complex Earth systems, to write manuscripts for journal publications and so on. In this course, you will learn basic computer programming skills with special applications useful to data analysis within the broad field of Earth Sciences. You will learn Python, a very powerful, general-purposed, object-oriented programming language (it is free).

EASC3408: Geophysics

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Geophysics studies the physics of the entire planet Earth. Geophysicists study about everything that means the Earth’s atmosphere (low, middle and high), ionosphere, thermosphere, near- Earth space environment, oceans, cryosphere (glaciers) as well as the solid Earth (crust, mantle, outer and inner core) and it’s thermal evolution. Modern Geophysics is also concerned with Earth’s interactions with the Moon and Sun.

portfolio

publications

Asymmetric Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at Jupiter’s magnetopause boundary: Implications for corotation-dominated systems

Published in Geophysical Research Letters, 2018

This paper is about the KH instability at Jovian magnetupause boundary

Recommended citation: Zhang, B., Delamere, P. A., Ma, X., Burkholder, B., Wiltberger, M., Lyon, J. G., Sorathia, K. A. (2018). Asymmetric Kelvin-Helmholtz instability at Jupiter’s magnetopause boundary: Implications for corotation-dominated systems. Geophys. Res. Lett, 45, 56–63. doi:10.1002/2017GL076315 http://academicpages.github.io/files/paper4.pdf

Conservative averaging reconstruction (Ring Average) techniques for finite- volume MHD solvers with axis singularity

Published in Journal of Computational Physics, 2018

This paper is about the treatment of axis singularity for three dimensional MHD solvers with spherical polar geometry

Recommended citation: Zhang, B., et al. (2018), Conservative averaging reconstruction (Ring Average) techniques for finite- volume MHD solvers with axis singularity, J. Comp. Phys., Volume 376, 2019, Pages 276-294, doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2018.08.020. http://academicpages.github.io/files/paper4.pdf

GAMERA: A Three-dimensional Finite-volume MHD Solver for Non-orthogonal Curvilinear Geometries

Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 2019

This paper is about the number 1. The number 2 is left for future work.

Recommended citation: Zhang, B., et al. (2019), " GAMERA: A three-dimensional finite-volume MHD solver in non-orthogonal curvilinear geometries." the Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 244(1), 20. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/ab3a4c http://academicpages.github.io/files/Zhang_2019_ApJS_244_20.pdf

Is Nightside Outflow Required in the Generation of Magnetospheric Sawtooth Oscialltions?

Published in Geophysical Research Letters, 2020

This paper is a numerical experiment on the role of ionospheric O+ ion outflow on sawtooth oscilattions, namely whether the location of the source outflow population determines the occurence of sawtooth oscillations. The short answer is no

Recommended citation: Zhang, B., Brambles, O. J., Lotko, W., & Lyon, J. G. ( 2020). Is nightside outflow required to induce magnetospheric sawtooth oscillations. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086419. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086419 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086419

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teaching

EASC2410: Data Analysis and Modeling for Earth Sciences

Undergraduate course, Department of Earth Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, 2020

Computer-based analysis are essential to modern Earth Sciences. We use computer programs to compile and analyze data, to prepare illustrations like maps or data plots, to develop numerical simulations for complex Earth systems, to write manuscripts for journal publications and so on. In this course, you will learn basic computer programming skills with special applications useful to data analysis within the broad field of Earth Sciences. You will learn Python, a very powerful, general-purposed, object-oriented programming language (it is free).

EASC3408: Geophysics

Undergraduate course, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 2020

Geophysics studies the physics of the entire planet Earth. Geophysicists study about everything that means the Earth’s atmosphere (low, middle and high), ionosphere, thermosphere, near- Earth space environment, oceans, cryosphere (glaciers) as well as the solid Earth (crust, mantle, outer and inner core) and it’s thermal evolution. Modern Geophysics is also concerned with Earth’s interactions with the Moon and Sun.

SPSC7002: Introduction to Space Weather

Graduate course, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 2020

Geophysics studies the physics of the entire planet Earth. Geophysicists study about everything that means the Earth’s atmosphere (low, middle and high), ionosphere, thermosphere, near- Earth space environment, oceans, cryosphere (glaciers) as well as the solid Earth (crust, mantle, outer and inner core) and it’s thermal evolution. Modern Geophysics is also concerned with Earth’s interactions with the Moon and Sun.