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Dr Difei Deng

Dr Difei Deng

Research Fellow
UNSW Canberra
School of Science

I joined UNSW Canberra in 2016 as a postdoctoral researcher working on tropical cyclones and extreme weather. I became an ARC DECRA Fellow and Lecturer in the School of Science at UNSW Canberra in 2020. I am also an Associate Investigaor of the ARC Center of Excellence for Climate Extremes and affilicated with UNSW Bushfire | UNSW Canberra.
E-mail
difei.deng@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 107, Building 26, School of Science, UNSW Canberra
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Cao X; Watanabe M; Wu R; Chen W; Sun Y; Yan Q; Wang P; Deng D; Wu L, 2024, 'The Projected Poleward Shift of Tropical Cyclogenesis at a Global Scale Under Climate Change in MRI-AGCM3.2H', Geophysical Research Letters, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107189
    Journal articles | 2024
    Cao X; Watanabe M; Wu R; Wu L; Deng D; Ha Y; Xu M; Yuan M; Dai Y; Du Z, 2024, 'Westward shift of tropical cyclogenesis over the southern Indian Ocean', Environmental Research Letters, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad1d9b
    Journal articles | 2023
    Deng D; Ritchie EA, 2023, 'High-Resolution Simulation of Tropical Cyclone Debbie (2017). Part I: The Inner-Core Structure and Evolution during Offshore Intensification', Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 80, pp. 441 - 456, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-22-0011.1
    Journal articles | 2023
    Ying K; Jiang D; Zheng X; Frederiksen CS; Deng D, 2023, 'Seasonal predictable signals of east Asian summer monsoon rainfall in existing monsoon indices', Climate Dynamics, 61, pp. 4927 - 4947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-06827-2
    Journal articles | 2020
    Deng D; Ritchie EA, 2020, 'Rainfall mechanisms for one of the wettest tropical cyclones on record in Australia-oswald (2013)', Monthly Weather Review, 148, pp. 2503 - 2525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0168.1
    Journal articles | 2019
    Deng D; Ritchie EA, 2019, 'An Unusual Extreme Rainfall Event in Canberra Australia on February 2018', Journal of Geophysical Research, 124, pp. 4429 - 4445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019jd030420
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hu L; Sun Z; Deng D; Roff G, 2019, 'Evaluation of Summer Monsoon Clouds over the Tibetan Plateau Simulated in the ACCESS Model Using Satellite Products', Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 36, pp. 326 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00376-018-7301-9
    Journal articles | 2018
    Deng D; Ritchie EA, 2018, 'A Metric for Rainfall Asymmetry in Recurving Tropical Cyclones', Geophysical Research Letters, 45, pp. 6741 - 6749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078273
    Journal articles | 2018
    Deng D; Ritchie EA, 2018, 'Rainfall characteristics of recurving tropical cyclones over the Western North Pacific', Journal of Climate, 31, pp. 575 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0415.1
    Journal articles | 2017
    Deng D; Davidson NE; Hu L; Tory KJ; Hankinson MCN; Gao S, 2017, 'Potential vorticity perspective of vortex structure changes of tropical cyclone bilis (2006) during a heavy rain event following landfall', Monthly Weather Review, 145, pp. 1875 - 1895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-16-0276.1
    Journal articles | 2017
    Hu L; Deng D; Xu X; Zhao P, 2017, 'The regional differences of Tibetan convective systems in boreal summer', Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122, pp. 7289 - 7299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JD026681
    Journal articles | 2016
    Hu L; Deng D; Gao S; Xu X, 2016, 'The seasonal variation of Tibetan Convective Systems: Satellite observation', Journal of Geophysical Research, 121, pp. 5512 - 5525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015jd024390
    Journal articles | 2016
    Zheng F; Li J; Li Y; Zhao S; Deng D, 2016, 'Influence of the summer NAO on the spring-NAO-based predictability of the East Asian summer monsoon', Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55, pp. 1459 - 1476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0199.1
    Journal articles | 2015
    Deng D; Gao S; Hu L; Du X; Wang J; Wang C, 2015, 'The impact of Guizhou topography on the distribution of freezing rain in early January 2011', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141, pp. 3252 - 3267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.2607
    Journal articles | 2014
    Wang C; Gao S; Liang L; Deng D; Gong H, 2014, 'Multi-scale characteristics of moisture transport during a rainstorm process in North China', Atmospheric Research, 145-146, pp. 189 - 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.04.008
    Journal articles | 2013
    Boyd JP; Deng D; Chen QS; Gao S, 2013, 'Applications of bivariate fourier series for solving the poisson equation in limited-area modeling of the atmosphere: Higher accuracy with a boundary buffer strip discarded and an improved order-raising Procedure', Monthly Weather Review, 141, pp. 4154 - 4164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-13-00074.1
    Journal articles | 2013
    Gao ST; Zhou YS; Deng DF, 2013, 'The relocation term in acceleration potential and its application in analyzing the Tibetan Plateau vortex and typhoon', Acta Geophysica Sinica, 56, pp. 374 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.6038/cjg20130202
    Journal articles | 2013
    Hu L; Li Y; Deng D, 2013, 'An investigation into the relationship between surface rain rate and rain depth over Southeast Asia', Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 30, pp. 142 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00376-012-2097-5
    Journal articles | 2012
    Deng D; Gao S; Du X; Wu W, 2012, 'A diagnostic study of freezing rain over Guizhou, China, in January 2011', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 138, pp. 1233 - 1244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qj.981
    Journal articles | 2011
    Gao ST; Deng DF; Zhou YS, 2011, 'The effect of the divergence of relocation term in acceleration and its application to the dynamic identification of vortex system', Acta Geophysica Sinica, 54, pp. 875 - 885, http://dx.doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2011.04.001
    Journal articles | 2011
    Hu L; Li Y; Song Y; Deng D, 2011, 'Seasonal variability in tropical and subtropical convective and stratiform precipitation of the East Asian monsoon', SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, 54, pp. 1595 - 1603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11430-011-4225-y
    Journal articles | 2011
    2011, 'The Effect of the Divergence of Relocation Term in Acceleration and its Application to the Dynamic Identification of Vortex System', Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 54, pp. 150 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjg2.1596
  • Preprints | 2024
    Cao X; Watanabe M; Wu R; Chen W; Sun Y; Yan Q; Wang P; Deng D; Wu L, 2024, The projected poleward shift of tropical cyclogenesis at a global scale under climate change in MRI-AGCM3.2H, , http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/essoar.170688959.92831301/v1
    Conference Presentations | 2024
    2024, 'Tropical cyclone rainfall enhancement following landfalling over Australia'
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    2023, 'High-resolution simulation of Tropical Cyclone Debbie (2017): The current and future changes in the inner-core structure and evolution during offshore rapid intensification'
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    2023, 'High-resolution simulation of Tropical cyclone Debbie (2017) The current and future changes in the inner-core structure and evolution during offshore intensification period'
    Conference Presentations | 2023
    2023, 'Tropical cyclone rainfall enhancement following landfalling over Australia-part III'
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    2022, 'Rainfall Enhancement by Post-landfall Tropical Cyclones and their Remnants over Australia. Part 1: Identification and Grouping'
    Conference Presentations | 2022
    2022, 'Rainfall Enhancement by Post-landfall Tropical Cyclones and their Remnants over Australia. Part II: TC Vortex structure'
    Conference Presentations | 2021
    2021, 'Re-evaluation of rainfall contribution by post-landfall tropical cyclones over Australia in the past 30 years'
    Conference Presentations | 2020
    Deng D, 2020, 'How did mid-latitude troughs contribute to the maintenance and reorganization of Tropical Cyclone Oswald (2013) over land?', presented at Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Annual Conference, Perth, Australia, 10 February 2020
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Deng D, 2019, 'The inner-core structure and evolution prior to and during rapid intensification of Tropical Cyclone Debbie (2017)', presented at Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Annual Conference, Darwin, Australia, 10 June 2019
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Deng D; Ritchie L, 2018, 'Analysis of the Rainfall Mechanisms in Two Landfalling Tropical Cyclones', presented at The 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. Ponte Vedra, FL US, 16 April 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Deng D; Ritchie L, 2018, 'The rainfall mechanism analysis of Tropical cyclone Oswald (2013)', presented at Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Annual Conference, Sydney, 05 February 2018
    Conference Presentations | 2017
    Deng D; Ritchie L, 2017, 'Rainfall Characteristic Analysis of Recurving Tropical Cyclone Over Western North Pacific', presented at ustralian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Annual Conference, Canberra, 10 February 2017
    Conference Presentations | 2016
    Deng D, 2016, 'Environmental Interaction during a Sudden Extreme Rain Event, following the landfall of Tropical Cyclone Bilis (2006)', presented at The 32nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, San Juan, PR, US, 18 April 2016

  • 2020-2023: Australian Research Council - Discovery Early Career Researcher grant (DECRA)
  • 2020-2023: UNSW Canberra Faculty Matching Funds

 

  • 2018-2020: High Quality Research Paper Award from UNSW of Australia
  • 2020-2023: Australian Research Council - Discovery Early Career Researcher grant (DECRA)
  • 2024: AMOS Penny Whetton Lecture Award

I am interested in extreme weather events, especially in Tropical Cyclone intensity, structure and extreme rainfall processes.

My Research Supervision

1. Panpan Lu

2. Marin Akter

My Teaching

Difei’s teaching interests includes atmospheric sciences, extreme weather and climate, and natural disaster.