Current Research Interests

Low-level windshear and turbulence for civil aviation
High resolution numerical weather prediction modelling
Application of artificial intelligence to weather forecasting

 

 

Selected Publications

• Li, Haiwei, Yongling Zhao, Ronita Bardhan, Pak Wai Chan, Dominique Derome, Zhiwen Luo, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, and Jan Carmeliet, 2023: Relating three-decade surge in space cooling demand to urban warming. Environmental Research Letters, 18, 124033
• Mao, Xingquan, Baixi Chen, Pak-wai Chan, and You Dong, 2023: Residual design life-based evaluation of structural retrofitting on high-rise reinforced concrete buildings. Structures, 58, 105685
• Zhu, Yuqi, Yiming Liu, Siting Li, Haolin Wang, Xiao Lu, Haichao Wang, Chong Shen, Xiaoyang Chen, Pakwai Chan, Ao Shen, Haofan Wang, Yinbao Jin, Yifei Xu, Shaojia Fan, and Qi Fan, 2024: Assessment of tropospheric ozone simulations in a regional chemical transport model using GEOS-Chem outputs as chemical boundary conditions. Science of The Total Environment, 906, 167485
• He, J.Y. He, P.W. Chan, Q.S. Li, Tao Huang, and Steve Hung Lam Yim, 2024: Assessment of urban wind energy resource in Hong Kong based on multi-instrument observations. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 191, 114123
• Chu, Nana, Kam K.H. Ng, Ye Liu, Kai Kwong Hon, Pak Wai Chan, Jianbing Li, and Xiaoge Zhang, 2024: Assessment of approach separation with probabilistic aircraft wake vortex recognition via deep learning. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 181, 103387
• Lau, Dick-Shum, Wai-Soen Chan, Yat-Chun Wong, Ching-Chi Lam, and Pak-Wai Chan, 2024: Hindcast insights from storm surge forecasting of Super Typhoon Saola (2309) in Hong Kong with the Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes Model. Atmosphere, 15, 17
• Khattak, Afaq, Jianping Zhang, Pak-wai Chan, Feng Chen, and Hamad Almujibah, 2024: Explainable boosting machine: a contemporary glass-box strategy for the assessment of wind shear severity in the runway vicinity based on the Doppler Light Detection and Ranging data. Atmosphere, 15, 20
• He, Yu-Heng, and Pak-Wai Chan, 2024: Challenges in the forecasting of Severe Typhoon Koinu in 2023. Atmosphere, 15, 31
• Gan, S.L., J.Y. Fu, G.F. Zhao, P.W. Chan, and Y.C. He, 2024: Short-term prediction of tropical cyclone track and intensity via four mainstream deep learning techniques. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 244, 105633
• Tsui, Enoch Yan Lok, Pak Wai Chan, and Ralf Toumi, 2024: Boundary layer profile of decaying and non-decaying tropical storms near landfall. Atmospheric Science Letters, 25, e1189
• Huang, Shiji, Qiusheng Li, Zhenru Shu, and Pak Wai Chan, 2024: Copula-based estimation of directional extreme wind speeds: Application for wind-resistant structural design. Structures, 60, 105845
• Khattak, Afaq, Jianping Zhang, Pak-Wai Chan, and Feng Chen, 2024: Assessment of wind shear severity in airport runway vicinity using Interpretable TabNet approach and Doppler LiDAR data. Applied Artificial Intelligence, 38, 1
• Li, Jing, Man Sing Wong, Guoqiang Shi, Janet Elizabeth Nichol, Kwon Ho Lee, and P.W. Chan, 2024: Advanced algorithms on monitoring diurnal variations in dust aerosol properties using geostationary satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 303, 113996
• Mak, Betty, C. W. Choy, P. W. Chan, Junyi He, and Q. S. Li, 2024: Aircraft observations of Typhoon Nesat (2022) over the northern part of South China Sea. Weather, 79, 61-67
• Zhang, Jiaxin, Xiaoming Lei, Pak-wai Chan, and You Dong, 2024: Integrating physics-informed machine learning with resonance effect for structural dynamic performance modeling. Journal of Building Engineering, 84, 108627
• Zeng, Diqi, Qiu-Sheng Li, and P.W. Chan, 2024: A geographically weighted regression full-track model of tropical cyclones for typhoon hazard assessment in coastal regions of China. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 246, 105660
• Khattak, Afaq, Jianping Zhang, Pak-wai Chan, Feng Chen, and Hamad Almujibah, 2024: Estimating wind shear magnitude near runways at Hong Kong International Airport using an interpretable local cascade ensemble strategy. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2024
• Ma, Yuzhao, Haoran Han, Xu Tang, and Pak-Wai Chan, 2024: Research on short-term prediction methods for small-scale three-dimensional wind fields. Applied Sciences, 14, 1871
• He, Lunkai, Qinglan Li, Jiali Zhang, Xiaowei Deng, Zhijian Wu, Yaoming Wang, Pak-Wai Chan, and Na Li, 2024: Enhanced tropical cyclone precipitation prediction in the Northwest Pacific using deep learning models and ensemble techniques. Water, 16, 671
• He, Yinghou, Jiahan Cai, Renjie Wang, Xiaojing He, Pakwai Chan, and Jiyang Fu, 2024: Observation of downburst wind characteristics using the Doppler profiler and near-ground measurements. Natural Hazards, 2024
• Gong, Yangzhao, Zhizhao Liu, Shiwei Yu, Pak Wai Chan, and Kai Kwong Hon, 2024: Improving GNSS PPP performance in the South China under different weather conditions by using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model-derived wet delay corrections. Earth and Space Science, 11, e2023EA003136
• Khattak, Afaq, Pak-Wai Chan, Feng Chen, and Haorong Peng, 2023: Interpretable ensemble imbalance learning strategies for the risk assessment of severe-low-level wind shear based on LiDAR and PIREPs. Risk Analysis, 44, 1084-1102
• He, J.Y., P.W. Chan, C.W. Choy, P. Cheung, Y.W. Chan, C.C. Lam, Y.H. He, P. Rong, H. Su, and Z.M. Li, 2024: Multi-Platform observations of Severe Typhoon Koinu. Earth and Space Science, 11, e2023EA003366
• Hao, Yu, Lei Li, Pak-wai Chan, Wei Sun, and Yong-jiu Dai, 2024: Local climate change induced by urbanization on a South China Sea island. Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 30, 11-19
• Khattak, Afaq, Jianping Zhang, Pak-Wai Chan, Feng Chen, and Caroline Mongina Matara, 2024: AI-supported estimation of safety critical wind shear-induced aircraft go-around events utilizing pilot reports. Heliyon, 2024
• Chang, Yu, Jiayao Wang, Sunwei Li, and P.W. Chan, 2024: A comprehensive review on the modeling of tropical cyclone boundary layer wind field. Physics of Fluids 36, 035165
• Zhou, Qian-Jin, Lei Li, Pak Wai Chan, Hong-Long Yang, and Xue-Ling Cheng, 2024: Vertical distribution characteristics of the typhoon gust factor based on a 356-m high meteorological gradient tower. Atmospheric Research, 304, 107360
• Zhuang, Z., K. Lin, H. Zhang, and P.W. Chan, 2024: Detection of turbulence anomalies using a symbolic classifier algorithm in airborne quick access record (QAR) data analysis. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2024
• Khattak, Afaq, Jianping Zhang, Pak-wai Chan, Feng Chen, Arshad Hussain, and Hamad Almujibah, 2024: Wind shear and aircraft aborted landings: A deep learning perspective for prediction and analysis. Atmosphere, 15, 545
• Wang, Jian, E. Deng, Yi-Qing Ni, Xu-Hui He, Pak-Wai Chan, Wei-Chao Yang, Huan Li, and Zu-Yu Xie, 2024: Mitigating inflow acceleration effects in twin mountains using air jets: Emphasis on anti-wind for high-speed railways. Physics of Fluids, 36, 055128