1. Briefing

   My research aims to reveal the complex ocean-atmosphere interactions at various temporal-spatial scales and improve understanding ocean's role in earth system. Particularly I focus on the monsoon-ocean interaction by promoting the ocean and climate observing capacities over tropical Indo-Pacific Oceans to help the largest population in the region to cope with the changing Asian-African-Australian monsoon climate.

 

  1. Personal Details

Name: Weidong YU

Date of birth: Oct. 22, 1970

Nationality: Chinese

Sex: Male

Affiliation:

School of Atmospheric Sciences

Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China

Email: yuwd@mail.sysu.edu.cn

 

  1. Education History

1988.9-1992.7

Bachelor, Ocean University of Qingdao, China

1992.9-1995.7

Master, First Institute of Oceanography (FIO), State Oceanic Administration (SOA), China

1999.9-2005.1

PhD, Chinese Academy of Science (holding position at FIO)

 

  1. Professional Experience

1995.9 -2001.1

Research Assistant

Lab. Marine Science and Numerical Modeling (MASNUM), FIO/SOA

2001.2- 2005.12

Associate Research Professor and Deputy Director

MASNUM, FIO/SOA

2006.1 - 2007.12

Research Professor and Deputy Director

MASNUM, FIO/SOA

2008.1 – 2016.8

Research Professor and Director

Center for Ocean and Climate Research, FIO/SOA

2016.9 – 2019.10

Research Scientist

National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, SOA

2019.11 – now

Professor

School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University

 

  1. Professional Service

CLIVAR/GOOS Indian Ocean Panel, member (2007-2009) and Co-chair (2010-2013), http://www.clivar.org

Advisory Group for Inter-governmental Commission Western Pacific Sub-commission (IOC/WESTPAC), member (2013-), http://iocwestpac.org

Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS) 2020 Steering Committee, member (2014-2018) and co-chair (2018-), http://tpos2020.org

Committee to Plan Research for Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) under SCOR, member (2014-2015)

Ocean Observation Panel for Climate (OOPC), member (2015-2020) and co-chair (2020-), http://ioc-goos-oopc.org

OceanObs’19 Sponsor Committee, co-chair, http://www.oceanobs19.net

 

  1. Publication

Google Scholar Citations:    

http://scholar.google.com.hk/citations?user=bAQMKakAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Selected peer reviewed papers:

  1. Feng*, M., Y. Duan, S. Wijffels, J.-Y. Hsu, C. Li, H. Wang, Y. Yang, H. Shen, J. Liu, C. Ning and W. Yu, 2020, Tracking air-sea exchange and upper ocean variability in the Indonesian-Australian Basin during the onset of the 2018-19 Australian summer monsoon. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0278.1.
  2. Yang*, Y., K. Li, J. Du, Y. Liu, L. Liu, H. Wang and W. Yu (2019), Revealing the Subsurface Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass from Satellite Data Associated with Typhoon Muifa, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014727.
  3. Yang, G., X. Zhao, Y. Li, L. Liu, F. Wang and W. Yu* (2019), Chlorophyll variability induced by mesoscale eddies in the southeastern tropical Indian Ocean. J. Mar. Sys., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103209.
  4. Duan, Y., H. Liu, W. Yu*, L. Liu, G. Yang and B. Liu (2019), The onset of the Indonesian-Australian summer monsoon triggered by the first-branch eastward-propagating Madden–Julian oscillation. J. Climate, http://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0513.1.
  5. Yang, G., Liu*, L., Zhao, X., Li, Y., Duan, Y., Liu, B., K. Huang and W. Yu (2019). Impacts of different types of ENSO events on thermocline variability in the southern tropical Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019GL082818.
  6. Sun, Q., Y. Du*, Y. Zhang, M. Feng, J. Chowdary, J. Chi, S. Qiu and W. Yu (2019), Evolution of sea surface salinity anomalies in the southwestern tropical Indian Ocean during 2010-2011 influenced by a negative IOD event, JGR-Oceans, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014580.
  7. Li*, Z., T. Li and W. Yu (2018), Environmental conditions regulating the formation of super tropical cyclone during pre-monsoon transition period over Bay of Bengal. Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4365-2.
  8. Li*, K., L. Feng, Y. Liu, Y. Yang, Z. Li and W. Yu (2018). The Northward-Propagating Intraseasonal Oscillations in the Northern Indian Ocean during Spring–Early Summer. J. Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0781.1.
  9. Li*, K., Liu, Y., Li, Z., Yang, Y., Feng, L., Khokiattiwong, S., W. Yu and S. Liu (2018). Impacts of ENSO on the Bay of Bengal summer monsoon onset via modulating the intraseasonal oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2018GL078109.
  10. Xue*, L., W. Cai, T. Takahashi, L. Gao, R. Wanninkhof, M. Wei, K. Li, L. Feng and W. Yu, 2018, Climatic modulation of surface acidification rates through summertime wind forcing in the Southern Ocean, Nature Communication, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05443-7.
  11. Liu, Y., Li, K., Ning, C., Yang, Y., Wang, H., Liu, J., Skhokiattiwong, S., Yu*, W. (2018). Observed seasonal variations of the upper ocean structure and air-sea interactions in the Andaman Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013367.
  12. Zheng*, S., Feng, M., Du, Y., Meng, X., & Yu, W. (2018). Interannual variability of eddy kinetic energy in the subtropical southeast Indian Ocean associated with the El Nino-Southern Oscillation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013562.
  13. Gao*, L., S. Rintoul, W. Yu, Recent wind-driven change in Subantarctic Mode Water and its impact on ocean heat storage. Nature Climate Change, 2017, doi:10.1038/s41558-017-0022-8.
  14. Li, Kuiping, Zhi Li, Yang Yang, Baoqiang Xiang, Yanliang Liu, Weidong Yu*, Strong modulations on the Bay of Bengal monsoon onset vortex by the first northward-propagating intra-seasonal oscillation. Climate Dynamics, 2016, 47(1): 107-115.
  15. Li, Kuiping, Yanliang Liu, Yang Yang, Zhi Li, Baochao Liu, Liang Xue, Weidong Yu*, Possible role of pre-monsoon sea surface warming in driving the summer monsoon onset over the Bay of Bengal. Climate Dynamics, 2016, 47(3): 753-763.
  16. Xue, Liang*, Huiwu Wang, Li-Qing Jiang, Wei-Jun Cai, Qingshen Wei, Hongjun Song, Rita Tisiana, Dei Kuswardani, Widodo S. Pranowo, Brian Beck, Lin Liu, Weidong Yu, Aragonite saturation state in a monsoonal upwelling system off Java, Indonesia. Journal of Marine Systems, 2016, 153: 10-17.
  17. Duan, Yongliang, Lin Liu*, Guoqing Han, Weidong Yu, Guang Yang, Huiwu Wang, Haiyuan Wang, Yanliang Liu, Zahid, Hussain Waheed, Anomalous behaviors of Wyrtki Jets in the equatorial Indian Ocean during 2013. Scientific Reports, 2016, 6: 29688.
  18. Xue, Liang*, Libao Gao, Wei-Jun Cai, Weidong Yu, Meng Wei, Response of sea surface fugacity of CO2 to the SAM shift south of Tasmania: Regional differences. Geophysical Research Letters, 2015, 42.
  19. Yang, Yang, Tim Li*, Kuiping Li, Weidong Yu, What Controls Seasonal Variations of the Diurnal Cycle of Sea Surface Temperature in the Eastern Tropical Indian Ocean? Journal of Climate, 2015, 28(21): 8466-8485.
  20. Li*, Z., W. Yu, K. Li, B. Liu and G. Wang, 2015: Modulation of interannual variability of tropical cyclone activity over Southeast Indian Ocean by negative IOD phase. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, Doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2015.10.006.
  21. Li*, Z., T. Li, W. Yu, K. Li and Y. Liu, 2015: What controls the interannual variations of tropical cyclone genesis frequency over Bay of Bengal in the post-monsoon peak season? Atmos. Sci. Let., DOI: 10.1002/asl.636.
  22. Yang, Guang, Weidong Yu*, Yeli Yuan, Xia Zhao, Fan Wang, Gengxin Chen, Lin Liu, Yongliang Duan, Characteristics, vertical structures and heat/salt transports of mesoscale eddies in the Southeastern Tropical Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2015, 120(10).
  23. Feng L., T, Li and W. Yu*, 2014, Cause of severe droughts in Southwest China during 1951–2010. Climate Dyn., 43:2033–2042, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2026-z..
  24. Salimun, E., Tangang, F., Juneng, L., Behera, S. K. and Yu, W. (2014), Differential impacts of conventional El Niñoversus El Niño Modoki on Malaysian rainfall anomaly during winter monsoon. Int. J. Climatol., 34: 2763–2774. doi: 10.1002/joc.3873.
  25. Liu L., S. Xie, X. Zheng, T. Li, Y. Du, G. Huang and W. Yu, 2014, Indian Ocean variability in the CMIP5 multi-model ensemble: the zonal dipole mode. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2000-9.
  26. Gao L., W. Yu*, T. Li, T. R. Adi, S. Budi, Triyono and M. Salvienty, 2013, Rainfall asymmetry in the southeast Indian Ocean between positive and negative IODs and its local impact. Atmos. Sci. Let., 15: 127–133 (2014), DOI: 10.1002/asl2.479.
  27. Cai W., X. Zheng, E. Weller, M. Collins, T. Cowan, M. Lengaigne, W. Yu and T. Yamagata, 2013, Projected response of the Indian Ocean Dipole to greenhouse warming. Nature Geoscience, 6, 999–1007, DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2009.
  28. Xiang, B., B. Wang, W. Yu, and S. Xu (2013), How can anomalous western North Pacific Subtropical High intensify in late summer?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 2349–2354, doi:10.1002/grl.50431.
  29. Li, K., W. Yu*, T. Li, V. S. N. Murty, S. Khokiattiwong, T. R. Adi and S. Budi, 2013, Structures and mechanisms of the first-branch northward-propagating intraseasonal oscillation over the tropical Indian Ocean. Climate Dyn., 40:1707–1720, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1492-z.
  30. Li, Z., W. Yu*, T. Li, V.S.N. Murty and F. Tangang, 2013, Bimodal character of cyclone climatology in Bay of Bengal modulated by monsoon seasonal cycle, J. Climate, 26, 1033–1046, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00627.1.
  31. Liu, L., L. Feng, W. Yu, H. Wang, Y. Liu, S. Sun, 2013: The distribution and variability of simulated chlorophyll concentration over the tropical Indian Ocean from five CMIP5 models. Journal of Ocean University of China, 12(2), 253-259.
  32. Gao, L., W. Yu, H. Wang, Y. Liu, 2013: Near-surface structure and energy characteristics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Advances in Polar Science, 24(4): 1-6.
  33. Maneesha, K., VSN. Murty, M. Ravichandran, T. Lee, W. Yu, and M. J. McPhaden, 2012: Upper ocean variability in the Bay of Bengal during the cyclones Nargis and Laila. Progr. Oceanogr., DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.06.006.
  34. Yu*, W.-D., J.-W. Shi, L. Liu, K.-P. Li, Y.-L. Liu, and H.-W. Wang, 2012: The onset of the monsoon over the Bay of Bengal: The observed common features for 2008–2011, Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., 5, 314–318.
  35. Yu*, W.-D., K.-P. Li, J.-W. Shi, L. Liu, W.-H. Wang and Y.-L. Liu, 2012: The onset of the monsoon over the Bay of Bengal: The year-to-year variations, Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., 5, 342–347.
  36. Du, Y., K. Liu, W. Zhuang and W. Yu, 2012: The Kelvin Wave Processes in the Equatorial Indian Ocean during the 2006–2008 IOD Events. Atmos. and Oceanic Sci. Lett., 5, 324–328.
  37. Khokiattiwong, S. and W. Yu, 2012: Note on the occurrence of high sea surface temperatures in the Andaman Sea, in 2010, Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bull., 71, 1-9.
  38. Lin L., W. Yu* and T. Li (2011), Dynamic and Thermodynamic Air-Sea Coupling Associated with the Indian Ocean Dipole diagnosed from 23 WCRP CMIP3 Models, J. Climate. Doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI4041.1.
  39. Xiang, B., W. Yu, T. Li, and B. Wang (2011), The critical role of the boreal summer mean state in the development of the IOD, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L02710, doi:10.1029/2010GL045851.
  40. Li, T.,M. Kwon, M. Zhao, J. S. Kug, J. J. Luo, and W. Yu (2010), Global warming shifts Pacific tropical cyclone location, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L21804, doi:10.1029/2010GL045124.
  41. Masumoto, Y., Yu, W., Meyers, G., D'Adamo, N., Beal, L., de Ruijter, W., Dyoulgerov, M., Hermes, J., Lee, T., Lutjeharms, J., McCreary Jr., J., McPhaden, M., Murty, V., Obura, D., Pattiaratchi, C., Ravichandran, M., Reason, C., Syamsudin, F., Vecchi, G., Vialard, J. and Yu, L., (2010). "Observing Systems in the Indian Ocean" in Proceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison, D.E. & Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306, doi:10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.60.
  42. Qiu, Y., L. Li, and W. Yu (2009), Behavior of the Wyrtki Jet observed with surface drifting buoys and satellite altimeter, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1029/2009GL039120.
  43. McPhaden, M.J., G. Meyers, K. Ando, Y. Masumoto, V.S.N. Murty, M. Ravichandran, F. Syamsudin, J. Vialard, L. Yu, and W. Yu, 2009: RAMA: The Research Moored Array for African–Asian–Australian Monsoon Analysis and Prediction. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90, 459–480. doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2608.1.
  44. Qiu, Y., L. Li, W. Yu and J. Hu, 2007, Annual and interannual variations of sea-level anomaly in the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, Vol.26 No.6 P.13-29.
  45. Liu, L. and W. Yu*, 2006, Coupling between the wind vorticity and subsurface temperature during ENSO. Chinese J. Geosphys., Vol.49, No.1, 42-48.
  46. Yu*, W., B. Xiang, L. Liu, and N. Liu, 2005, Understanding the origins of interannual thermocline variations in the tropical Indian Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24706, doi:10.1029/2005GL024327.
  47. Yu*, W., Z. Li and Y. Yuan, 2005, Improvement of the SLP simulation in the coupled AGCM-ocean surface wave model. Chinese Sci. Bulletin, Vol.50, No. 20, 2397-2400.
  48. Chao, J., L. Liu and W. Yu, 2005, The coupling instability of Rossby and topographic Rossby waves in the equatorial area. Sci. in China, Vol.48, No.10, 1792-1801.
  49. Yu*, W. and J. Chao, 2004, Analysis on the ocean-atmosphere interaction during ENSO cycle: interannual variations of the atmospheric rotational and divergent circulation. Adv. Nat. Sci., 14(8), 917-924.

 

Selected non-peer reviewed papers

 

  • Yu, W., S. Khokiattiwong, K. Li, H. Wang and Y. Liu (2018). MOMSEI explores the monsoon onset and its social and ecosystem impacts -- An IOC/WESTPAC Regional Cooperation Effort. CLIVAR Exchanges, No. 75.
  • Liu, L., W. Yu and Y. Fang (2018), A review of the comprehensive investigation over the tropical Indian Ocean in China. CLIVAR Exchanges, No. 75.
  • Gao, L., W. Yu, G. Guo, and Z. Wei (2018), Long-term trend observations in the Antarctic Ocean during the Chinese Polar Program period. CLIVAR Exchanges, No. 75.
  • Song, X., Z. Chen, H. Wang, W. Yu, F. Yu, F. Qiao, F. Chai, X. Lin, F. Wang, D. Hu, L. Shi, B. Zou, M. Lin, X. Jiang, L. Cheng, G. Huang, J. Zhu, B. Wang, M. Jiang, W. Peng, J. Han, J. Yu, Y. Gu, P. Li, X. Guan, J. Huang, Y. Lin, Y. Luo, A. Tao, J. Zheng, Y. Du and D. Wang (2018), China’s Vision towards the Tropical Pacific Observing System (TPOS) 2020. CLIVAR Exchanges, No. 75.
  • Neville R. S., A. Kumar, K. Takahashi, H. Hendon, S. Cravatte, D. Chen, T. Farrar, M. Cronin, K. Ando, W. Yu and W. S. Kessler, 2015, The Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020 Project: The Role of Research and Innovation. CLIVAR Exchanges No. 67, Vol. 19, No. 2.
  • Hood R. and W. Yu, 2015, CLIVAR and the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2). CLIVAR Exchanges No. 67, Vol. 19, No. 2.
  • Yu W., M. J. McPhaden, C. Ning, H. Wang, Y. Liu and H. P. Freitag, 2012, Bailong buoy: A new Chinese contribution to RAMA. CLIVAR Exchange, Vol. 58, Vol. 17, No.1, 25-27.
  • Hood R., W. Yu, Y. Masumoto, J. Wiggert, w. Naqvi, J. McCreary, Z. Yu and L. Beckley, 2012, SIBER and IOP: Joint activities and scientific results. CLIVAR Exchange, Vol. 58, Vol. 17, No.1, 17-20.
  • Hood R., W. Yu, Y. Masumoto, 2011, SIBER and the Indian Ocean Panel (IOP): a unique interdisciplinary partnership. IMBER Newsletter, No. 19.
  • Xie S-P., J. Luo, N. H. Saji, W. Yu, 2006, Thermocline dome and climate variability over the tropical South Indian Ocean. CLIVAR Exchange, Vol.11, No.4, 12-14.
  • CLIVAR-GOOS Indian Ocean Panel and others, 2006, Understanding the role of the Indian Ocean in the climate system – Implementation plan for sustained observations. WCRP Informal Report No. 5/2006, ICPO Publication Series No. 100, GOOS Report No. 152.