教育经历

2012.09 — 2018.06    中国海洋大学  海洋与大气学院  理学博士

2015.11 — 2017.11    澳大利亚联邦科学与工业组织    国家公派联合培养博士

2008.09 — 2012.06    中国海洋大学  海洋环境学院     理学学士

 

科研与工作经历

2024.01 — 今                 中山大学  大气科学学院         副教授

2021.01 — 2023.12       中山大学  大气科学学院         专职副研究员

2018.09 — 2020.12       中山大学  大气科学学院         博士后

 

研究方向

海洋-大气相互作用，气候变化

主要包括厄尔尼诺-南方涛动（ENSO）变化机制，ENSO-季风相互作用，气候系统多尺度相互作用过程，大湾区极端天气气候与气候变化等

极端天气、气候事件对海上风光电场效能评估及应用的影响，为碳市场和新能源产业建设发展提供理论支撑       

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科研项目（部分）

2024—2027  国家自然科学基金委面上项目，东太平洋海气耦合系统年代际变化及其对ENSO多样性的影响，主持

2024—2026  广东省自然科学基金面上项目，中国东南沿海增暖对华南冬春季极端降水的影响，主持

2022—2024  国家自然科学基金青年项目，澳大利亚越赤道气流年代际变化对厄尔尼诺时空变异特征的影响，主持

2023—2024  中国气象局创新发展专项：气候预测科技成果中试基地运行维持项目，海气融合ENSO预测模型，主持

2021—2022  中科院大气所开放课题，太平洋中高纬大气变率对西太纬向风年际变化及ENSO可预报性的影响，主持

2020—2023  广东省区域联合基金青年基金项目，赤道中东太平洋连续增暖事件对中国南方春季降水的影响，主持

2019—2021  中国博士后科学基金面上项目，春季热带东太平洋异常对流影响厄尔尼诺多样性机制研究，主持

2020—2025  科技部国家重点研发计划，西太平洋与周边海域相互作用对ENSO过程的影响课题，骨干

2020—2023  国家自然科学基金委面上项目，青藏高原热力强迫和热带海温异常对中国南方春雨的协同影响，骨干

 

发表文章

  • Li, G., S. Yang, T. Zhang*, W. Zhong, K. Fan, and Q. Ren, 2025: Two distinct interannual modes of the North Pacific Oscillation: Role of ocean-atmosphere coupling and transient eddies. Climate Dynamics, 63(10). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07524-4
  • Sullivan, A.*, S. McGregor, Y. Planton, W. Zhong, S. Marsland, H. Rashid, Z. Li, and T. Geng, 2025: The biennial ENSO in the ACCESS-CM2 due to a weakened atmospheric Bjerknes Feedback in May to June. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0743.1
  • Zhong, W., Q. Shi*, Q. Yang, J. Liu, and S. Yang, 2024: Wintertime Arctic sea-ice decline related to multi-year La Niña events. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 41(9), 1680–1690. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-024-3194-y
  • Liu, T., and W. Zhong*, 2024: Predictability of the upper ocean heat content in a Community Earth System Model ensemble prediction system. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 43, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-023-2239-x
  • Tao, Y., C. Qiu*, W. Zhong*, G-L Zhang, and L. Wang, 2024: Distinctive characteristics and dynamics of the summer and autumn Indian ocean dipole events. Climate Dynamics, 62, 895–910. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-06942-0
  • Cao, T., F. Zheng, J.-Y. Yu, X. Fang, and W. Zhong, 2024: The unique role of the intraseasonal zonal wind in March over the equatorial western Pacific contributes to shaping the subsequent ENSO development. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL110976. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL110976.
  • Wu, J., H. Fan, S. Lin, W. Zhong, S. He, N. Keenlyside, and S. Yang*, 2024: Boosting effect of strong western pole of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the decay of El Niño events. npj Clim Atmos Sci, 7(6). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00554-5
  • Li, G., T. Zhang, Y. Diao, W. Zhong, and S. Yang*, 2024: Interdecadal shift of the North Pacific Oscillation and its nonstationary relationship with East Asian climate, Atmospheric Research, 305, 107452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107452
  • Zhong, W.*, W. Cai, A. Sullivan, W. Duan, and S. Yang*, 2023: Seasonally alternate roles of the North Pacific Oscillation and the South Pacific Oscillation in tropical Pacific zonal wind and ENSO. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0461.1
  • Zhong, W.*, Y. Wu, S. Yang, T. Ma, Q. Cai, and Q. Liu, 2023: Heavy southern China spring rainfall promoted by multi-year El Niño events. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL102346. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102346
  • Liu, T. and W. Zhong*, 2023: Predictability of the Upper Ocean Heat Content in a CESM Ensemble Prediction System, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, http://www.aosocean.com/en/article/doi/10.1007/s13131-023-2239-x
  • Wang Q., W. Zhong*, S. Yang, J. Wang, L. Zeng, J. Chen, and Y. He, 2022: Southern China winter rainfall modulated by South China Sea warming, Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL097181. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL097181
  • Sullivan, A.*#, W. Zhong#, G. L. E. Borzelli, T. Geng, C. Mackallah, B. Ng, C.‑C. Hong, W. Cai, A.‑Y. Huang, and R. Bodman, 2021: Generation of westerly wind bursts by forcing outside the tropics. Scientific Reports, 11, 912. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79655-7
  • Cai, W. *, A. Santoso, M. Collins, B. Dewitte, C. Karamperidou, J.-S. Kug, M. Lengaigne, M. J. McPhaden, M. F. Stuecker, A. S. Taschetto, A. Timmermann, L. Wu, S.-W. Yeh, G. Wang, B. Ng, F. Jia, Y. Yang, J. Ying, X.-T. Zheng, T. Bayr, J. R. Brown, A. Capotondi, K. M. Cobb, B. Gan, T. Geng, Y.-G. Ham, F.-F. Jin, H.-S. Jo, X. Li, X. Lin, S. McGregor, J. H. Park, K. Stein, K. Yang, L. Zhang, and W. Zhong, 2021: Changing El Niño-Southern Oscillation in a warming climate. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2, 628–644. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00199-z
  • Zhong, W., W. Cai, X.-T. Zheng*, and S. Yang, 2019: Unusual anomaly pattern of the 2015/2016 El Niño induced by the 2014 warm condition. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 14772–14781. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085681
  • Wang, Q., W. Cai, W. Zhong, L. Zeng, L. Wu and D. Wang*, 2019: Response of Southern China winter rainfall to El Niño diversity and its relevance to projected Southern China rainfall change. Journal of Climate, 32(11), 3343–3356. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0571.1
  • Zhong, W., X.-T. Zheng*, and W. Cai, 2017: A decadal tropical Pacific condition unfavorable to central Pacific El Niño. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 7919–7926.  https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073846