Cong Yin 🌍

Cong Yin

(殷聪)

Postdoc Scientist

University of California, Merced

About Me

I am an early-career climate scientist pushing the boundaries of understanding wildfires and climate extremes using hydroclimatic, data-driven, and geostatistical approaches. My work has led to step-changes in understanding the synchronicity and persistence of extreme fire weather, factors that strongly influence extreme fires.

I work with Prof. John Abatzoglou, who leads the Climatology Lab at University of California, Merced.

Education

PhD, Geographic Information System

2018-09-01
2024-06-30

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Visiting PhD, Climate Dynamics

2023-04-01
2024-07-31

Columbia University

BSc, Land Resources Management

2014-09-01
2018-06-30

Chang’an University

Research Interests

Hydroclimatology Wildfire Climate Extremes
My Research

Benefiting from world-class supervision and collaboration, I focus my recent work on extreme fires, one of the most societally and environmentally destructive consequences of climate change.

I increasingly concentrate on predicting extreme fires and developing a mechanistic understanding of their causes, contributing to advances in fire science and fire management, with the potential to save lives and property. Please reach out to collaborate!

Featured Publications
CETD, a global compound events detection and visualisation toolbox and dataset featured image

CETD, a global compound events detection and visualisation toolbox and dataset

Compound events (CEs) are attracting increased attention due to their significant societal and ecological impacts. However, their inherent complexity can pose challenges for …

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Changes in global heat waves and its socioeconomic exposure in a warmer future

Heat waves are continuous high temperature processes, which are defined as the daily maximum temperature exceeding the absolute-relative combined high temperature thresholds for …

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Global near real-time daily apparent temperature and heat wave dataset featured image

Global near real-time daily apparent temperature and heat wave dataset

Temperature is the most concerned factor in the human–environment interactions. Apparent temperature accounting for other meteorological variables, such as humidity, wind speed and …

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Diagnose the dominant climate factors and periods of spring phenology in Qinling Mountains, China featured image

Diagnose the dominant climate factors and periods of spring phenology in Qinling Mountains, China

The important effect of climate factors on spring phenology has been confirmed by numerous studies, but its temporal variation remains unclear. Based on the daily meteorological …

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Recent Publications
Recent Presentations
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Increasing Synchronicity of Global Extreme Fire Weather

Concurrent extreme fire weather creates favorable conditions for widespread large fires, which can complicate the coordination of fire suppression resources and degrade regional …

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Fire Weather Waves Fuel Extreme Fire Activity

Fire weather waves (FWWs), defined as persistent extreme fire weather, can elevate extreme fire danger by sustaining favorable burning conditions over multiple consecutive days. …

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Strengthening Fire Preparedness and Coordination: Quantifying the Persistence and Synchronicity of Extreme Fire Weather

Extreme fire weather, characterized by exceptionally dry, warm, and often windy conditions, increases fire danger by enhancing fuel dryness and promoting fire spread. This seminar …

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Increasing synchronicity of global extreme fire weather featured image

Increasing synchronicity of global extreme fire weather

Concurrent extreme fire weather creates favorable conditions for widespread large fires, which can complicate the coordination of fire suppression resources and degrade regional …

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CETD, a global compound events detection and visualisation toolbox and dataset featured image

CETD, a global compound events detection and visualisation toolbox and dataset

Compound events (CEs) are attracting increased attention due to their significant societal and ecological impacts. However, their inherent complexity can pose challenges for …

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Cong Yin
Recent News
A New Beginning! My Personal Academic Website, XScience, is Live. featured image

A New Beginning! My Personal Academic Website, XScience, is Live.

On August 1, 2025, my very first personal academic homepage, XScience, is finally live!

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I launched a WeChat public account called Extreme Science!

On February 22, 2025, I launched a WeChat public account called Extreme Science!

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