Research
My research focuses on the physical processes governing cloud formation and dissipation in coastal regions through the use of numerical weather prediction models (WRF), large eddy simulation, and observational data.

Publications
Yang, H., Kurtz, B., Nguyen, D., Urquhart, B., Chow, C. W., Ghonima, M., & Kleissl, J. (2014). Solar irradiance forecasting using a ground-based sky imager developed at UC San Diego. Solar Energy, 103, 502-524. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.02.044
Gohari, M. I., Urquhart, B., Yang, H., Kurtz, B., Nguyen, D., Chow, C. W., Ghonima, M., & Kleissl, J. (2014). Comparison of Solar Power Output Forecasting Performance of the Total Sky Imager and the University of California, San Diego Sky Imager. Energy Procedia, 49, 2340-2350. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.248