1991年畢業(yè)于南京大學，獲博士學位，同年留校任教，1998年9月至2000年8月在加拿大Bedford 海洋研究所進行合作研究，2006年6月至2006年9月在日本東京大學進行東亞氣候變化分析研究�，F(xiàn)任中國氣象學會第27屆理事會理事，中國氣象學會氣候學學專業(yè)委員會委員、數(shù)值天氣預報專業(yè)委員會委員、高原氣象學專業(yè)委員會委員。

國家重點研計劃項目，2016YFA0602104，次季節(jié)到年代際尺度氣候的可預測性研究，2016/07 -2021/06，695萬元，主持。

國家自然科學基金創(chuàng)新群體項目，41621005，東亞氣候變異動力學，2017/01-2022/12，1050萬元，骨干。

國家自然科學基金項目，41475092、基于中緯度瞬變動力學的模式評估研究，2015/01u20132018/12，96萬元，主持。

國家自然科學基金重點項目，41130963、東亞副熱帶急流和溫帶急流協(xié)同變化及其與中國氣候異常的關系、2012/01u20132016/12、280萬元、主持。

全球變化重大研究計劃項目課題，2012CB955901、全球氣候變化與災害性天氣氣候事件的關系及演變規(guī)律研究、2012/01-2016/12、500萬元、主持。

Chuliang Xiao, Yaocun Zhang, et al., The Concurrent Variability of East Asian Subtropical and Polar-front Jets and Its Implication for the Winter Climate Anomaly in China, J. Geophys. Res . , 2016, 121, 6787u20136801, DOI: 10.1002/2016 JGRD53070.

Yang, B., Y. Zhang, Y. Qian, J. Tang, and D. Liu, Climatic effects of irrigation over the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in China simulated by the weather research and forecasting model, J. Geophys. Res., 2016, 121, 2246-2264, doi:10.1002/2015JD023736.

Kuang Xueyuan, Zhang Yaocun, Huang Danqing, Huang Ying, Regionality of record-breaking low temperature events in China and its associated circulation, Climate Dynamics , 2016, 46:1719u20131731.DOI 10.1007/s00382-015-2670-6.

Wang Lei, Qian Yun, Zhang Yaocun et al., Observed variability of summer precipitation pattern and extreme events in East China associated with variations of the East Asian summer monsoon ， International Journal of Climatology , 2016 ，36: 2942u20132957. DOI: 10.1002/joc.4530

Xue Daokai, Zhang Yaocun, Concurrent variations in the location and intensity of the Asian winter jet streams and the possible mechanism, Climate Dynamics , 2016, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3325-y

Dan-Qing Huang, Jian Zhu, Yao-Cun Zhang, Ying Huang and Xue-Yuan Kuang, Assessment of summer monsoon precipitation derived from five reanalysis datasets over East Asia,Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2016, 142: 108u2013119, DOI:10.1002/qj.2634

Zhang, Y. Z., Z. J. Liao, Y. C. Zhang, and F. Nie, 2016: Characteristics of the Asianu2013Pacific oscillation in boreal summer simulated by BCC CSM with different horizontal resolutions. Adv. Atmos. Sci ., 33(12), 1411u20131422, doi: 10.1007/s00376-016-5266-0.

Luo Xiao, Zhang Yaocun, Interdecadal change in the seasonality of rainfall variation in South China, Theor. Appl. Climatol ., 2015, 119(1) ，1-11. DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-1088-5.

Wang, N., and Y. C. Zhang, Connections between the Eurasian teleconnection and concurrent variation of upper-level jets over East Asia. Adv. Atmos. Sci. , 2015, 32(3), 336-348. doi: 10.1007/s00376-014-4088-1.

Wang Ning, Zhang Yaocun, Evolution of Eurasian teleconnection pattern and its relationship to climate anomalies in China,Climate Dynamics, 2015, 44, 1017-1028. DOI 10.1007/s00382-014-2171-z.

Huang, D., J. Zhu, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, and X. Kuang, The Impact of the East Asian Subtropical Jet and Polar Front Jet on the Frequency of Spring Persistent Rainfall over Southern China in 1997-2011, Journal of Climate, 2015, 28,6054-6066, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00641.1.

Yang Ben, Zhang Yaocun, et al., Parametric sensitivity analysis for the Asian summer monsoon precipitation simulation in the Beijing Climate Center AGCM version 2.1, Journal of Climate , 2015, 28(14), 5622-5644. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00655.1

Ben Yang, Yaocun Zhang, Yun Qian, Anning Huang, Huiping Yan, Calibration of a convective parameterization scheme in the WRF model and its impact on the simulation of East Asian summer monsoon precipitation, Climate Dynamics , 2015, 44, 1661-1684. DOI 10.1007/s00382-014-2118-4.

Xiao Chuliang and Yaocun Zhang, Projected changes of wintertime synoptic-scale transient eddy activities in the East Asian eddy-driven jet from CMIP5 experiments ，Geophysical Research Letters ，2015 ，DOI 10.1002/2015GL064641

Ma Xinye, Zhang Yaocun, Numerical study of the impacts of urban expansion on Mei-yu precipitation over eastern China.J. Meteor. Res. , 2015 ，29 (2 )，237-256, doi: 10.1007/s13351- 015-4063-5.

Xiao Luo, Yaocun Zhang, The linkage between upper-level jet streams over East Asia and East Asian winter monsoon variability,Journal of Climate, 2015, 28(22), 9013-9028.doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0160.1

Huang Ying, Yaocun Zhang, Anning Huang, Xueyuan Kuang, et al., Analysis of the simulated different-class Meiyu precipitation and associated circulation by the BCC_AGCM2.0.1, Theor. Appl. Climatol , 2015 ，120: 631u2013641, DOI 10.1007/s00704-014-1195-y.

Li Li, Zhang Yaocun, Effects of different configurations of the East Asian subtropical and polar front jets on precipitation during Meiyu season,Journal of Climate, 2014 ，27 ，6660-6672 ，doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00021.1 .

Anning Huang ，Yang Zhou ，Yaocun Zhang ，Danqing Huang ，Yong Zhao ， Haomin Wu ，Changes of the Annual Precipitation over Central Asia in the 21st Century Projected by Multi-models of CMIP5 ，Journal Climat e , 2014, 27:6627-6646, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00070.1.

Luo Xiao, Zhang Yaocun, Interdecadal change in the seasonality of rainfall variation in South China, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 2014, DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-1088-5.

Kuang Xueyuan, Zhang Yaocun, et al., Changes in the frequencies of record-breaking temperature events in China and its association with East Asian winter monsoon variability,J Geophys. Res.(Atmos), 2014 ，119 ，doi:10.1002/2013JD020965.

Kuang Xueyuan, Zhang Yaocun, Huang Ying, Huang Danqing, Spatial differences in seasonal variationof the upper-tropospheric jet stream in the Northern Hemisphere and its thermal dynamic mechanism ，Theor. Appl. Climatol. ， 2014, 117:103-112, DOI 10.1007/s00704-013-0994-x.

Liao Zhijie, Zhang Yaocun, Concurrent variation between the East Asian subtropical jet and polar front jet during persistent snow storm period in 2008 winter over Southern China, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118(12), 6360-6373, 2013. DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50558.

Zhang Yaocun, Xiao Chuliang, Variability modes of the winter upper-level wind field over Asian mid-high latitude region, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters , 6(5), 295-299, 2013. doi: 10.3878/j.issn.1674-2834.12.0104.

Huang Anning, Zhang Yaocun, et al., Extended range simulations of the extreme snow storms over southern China in early 2008 with the BCC_AGCM2.1 model, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. , 118, 2013, DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50558.

Huang Danqing, Zhu Jian, Zhang Yaocun, Huang Anning, Uncertainties on the simulated summer precipitation over Eastern China from the CMIP5 models,J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118(16), 9035-9047, 2013. DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50695.

Zhu Jian, Huang Danqing, Zhang Yaocun, et al., Decadal changes of Meiyu rainfall around 1991 and its relationship with two types of ENSO, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. , 118, 9766-9777 ，2013. DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50779.

Yao S., Q. Huang, Y. Zhang, and X. Zhou, The simulation of the water vapour transport in East Asia using a regional air-sea coupled model, J. Geophys. Res. , 118, 2013, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50089.

Yang Ben, Qian Yun, Guang Lin, L. Ruby Leung, Philip J. Rasch, Guang J. Zhang, Sally A. McFarlane, Chun Zhao, Yaocun Zhang, Hailong Wang, Minghuai Wang, and Xiaohong Liu, Uncertainty quantification and parameter tuning in the CAM5 Zhang-McFarlane convection scheme and impact of improved convection on the global circulation and climate, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos ., 118, 395u2013415, 2013. doi:10.102 9/2012JD018213.

Wang Dongqian, Zhang Yaocun, and Huang Anning Climatic features of the south-westerly low-level jet over Southeast China and its association with precipitation over East China, Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci. , 49(3), 259-270, 2013. DOI:10.1007/s13143-013-0025-y.

Xiao, C. L., and Y. C. Zhang, Simulation of the westerly jet axis in Boreal winter by the climate system model FGOALS-g2. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences , 30(3), 754-765, 2013. doi: 10.1007/s00376-012-2167-8.

Fang Yongjie, Zhang Yaocun, Huang Anning, Li Bo, Seasonal and intraseasonal variations of East Asian summer monsoon precipitation simulated by a regional air-sea coupled model, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences , 30(2), 315-329, 2013.

Liao Zhijie, Zhang Yaocun, Simulation of a persistent snow storm over southern China with a regional atmosphere-ocean coupled model, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences , 30(2), 425-447, 2013.

Yao Suxiang, Huang Qian, Zhang Yaocun, and X. Zhou, The simulation of the water vapour transport in East Asia using a regional air-sea coupled model, J. Geophys. Res. , 118, 2013, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50089.

Xiao Chuliang and Zhang Yaocun, The East Asian upper-tropospheric jet streams and associated transient eddy activities simulated by a climate system model BCC_CSM1.1, Acta Meteor. Sinica , 26(6): 700-716, 2012, doi: 10.1007/s13351-012-0603-4.

Yang Dejian, Tang Youmin, Zhang Yaocun, and X. Yang, Information-based potential predictability of the Asian summer monsoon in a coupled model, J. Geophys. Res. , 117, 2012 ，D03119, doi:10.1029/2011JD016775.

Huang Qian, Yao Suxiang, Zhang Yaocun, Analysis of local air-sea interaction in East Asia using a regional air-sea coupled model, J. Climate , 25(2), 767-776, 2012, DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI3783.1.

B. Yang, Y. Qian, G. Lin, R. Leung, and Y. Zhang, Some issues in uncertainty quantification and parameter tuning: a case study of convective parameterization scheme in the WRF regional climate model, Atmos. Chem. Phys. , 12, 2409-2427, 2012. doi:10.5194/acp-12-2409-2012.

Yang Ben, Zhang Yaocun, Qian Yun, Simulation of urban climate with high-resolution WRF model: A case study in Nanjing, China, Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci. , 48(3), 227-241, 2012. DOI:10.1007/s13143-012-0023-5.

Zhang Yaocun and Huang Danqing, Has the East Asian westerly jet experienced a poleward displacement in recent decades? Adv. Atmos. Sci. , 28(6), 1259-1265, 2011, doi: 10.1007/s00376-011-9185-9.

Huang D Q, M Takahashi, Zhang Y C, Analysis of the Baiu Precipitation and Associated Circulations Simulated by the MIROC Coupled Climate System Model, Journal of Meteor. Society of Japan , 89(6), 625u2013636, 2011.

葉丹，張耀存,冬季東亞副熱帶急流和溫帶急流協(xié)同變化與我國冷空氣活動的關系, 大氣科學,2014,38(1): 1460-158. doi:10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.

況雪源，王遵婭，張耀存等，中國近50 年來群發(fā)性高溫事件的識別及統(tǒng)計特征，地球物理學報，2014 ，57(6) ：1782-1791 ，doi:10.6038/CJG20140610.

張春艷，張耀存，2008年初持續(xù)性低溫雨雪冰凍事件的東亞高空急流特征 ，熱帶氣象學報 ， 29(2)：306-314, 2013.

邵太華，張耀存，冬季北大西洋濤動對中國春季降水異常的影響，高原氣象 ， 31(5) ：1225-1233, 2012.

陸日宇，林中達，張耀存, 夏季東亞高空急流的變化及其對東亞季風的影響. 大氣科學 ，37 (2): 331u2013340, 2013. doi:10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.2012.

王東阡，張耀存，中國東部西南低空急流日變化特征及其機制，地球物理學報 ， 55(8): 2498-2507 ，2012.

房永杰，張耀存，區(qū)域海氣耦合過程對中國東部夏季降水模擬的影響，大氣科學 ，35(1) ：16-28 ，2011.

2003年 教育部提名國家科學技術獎自然科學獎一等獎“中南半島地區(qū)熱力特征對南海季風爆發(fā)的影響和機理研究”（第一完成人）

2002年 江蘇省暑期大學生社會實踐優(yōu)秀指導教師

1998年 中國氣象學會涂長望青年氣象科技獎二等獎

1998年 第四屆江蘇省青年科技標兵

1997年 南京大學青年教師學術研究獎

1996年 南京大學青年教師學術研究獎

1995年 南京大學青年教師育才獎