Research Projects:

• Linkage between Wintertime Blocking Episodes over Ural Mountain and Cold Surge over South China
• Climatology of Winter Monsoon Surges over South China
• The Impact of NAO and ENSO-related Large-scale Circulation on East Asian Winter Monsoon
• Sea Level Changes in the Northern South China Sea under the Global Warming Scenario
• The Impacts of South China Monsoon Climate Variability and E1 Nino on Hong Kong Air Quality
• Climatological Drought over South China
• The response of South China Sea and Its impact on the Weather and Climate over South China in the Summer Season
• Interdecadal variation of the relationship between East Asian Monsoon –ENSO

Awards

• 2008: Humboldt Research Fellowship
  
• 2006: K C Wong Research Fellowship

Selected Publications since 2005

2012

• Yuan F., Chen W. and Zhou W. (2012): Analysis of circulation for persistent precipitation over South China in June 2010. Adv. Atmos. Sci.  In Press.
• Yan. Y. F., Qi. Y.Q. and Zhou W. (2012): Variability of tropical cyclone occurrence date in the South China Sea and its relationship with SST warming. Dynamic of Atmospheres and Oceans. In press.
• Cheung H.N., Zhou W., Mok H.Y. and Wu M.C. (2012): Relationship between Ural-Siberian blocking and East Asian winter monsoon in relation to Arctic oscillation and El Niño/Southern Oscillation, Journal of Climate. Doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00225.1.
• Li C. Y., Zhou W., Chan J.C .L. and Huang P. (2012): Asymmetric modulation of the Western North Pacific cyclogenesis by the Madden-Julian Oscillation under ENSO conditions. Journal of Climate. Doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00337.1.
• Li C.Y. and Zhou W. (2012): Changes in western Pacific tropical cyclones associated with the El Nino-southern oscillation cycle. Journal of Climate. Doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00430.1.
• Li X.Z. and Zhou W. (2012): Quasi-four-year coupling between El Niño-Southern Oscillation and water vapor transport over East Asia-WNP, Journal of Climate. Doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00433.1.
• Wu Q.Z., Wang Z.F., Chen H.S., Zhou W. and Wenig M. (2012): An evaluation of air quality modeling over Pearl River Delta during November 2006. Meteorol Atmos Phys. Doi: 10.1007/s00703-011-0179-z.
• Wang X., Zhou W., Wang D.X. and Wang C.Z. (2012): The impacts of the summer Asian jet stream biases on surface air temperature in middle eastern China in IPCC AR4 models, Int. J. Climatol. Doi: 10.1002/joc.3419.
• Chen H.P., Sun J.Q., Chen X.L. and Zhou W. (2012): CGCM projections of heavy rainfall events in China, Int. J. Climatol., 32, 441-450.
• Wang X., Wang D.X., Zhou W. and Li C.Y. (2012): Interdecadal modulation of the influence of La Nina events on Mei-yu rainfall over the Yangtze River Valley. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 29,157-168, doi: 10.1007/s00376-011-1021-8.
• Wang X., Zhou W., Li C.Y. and Wang D.X. (2012): Effects of the East Asian summer monsoon on tropical cyclone genesis over the South China Sea on interdecadal timescales, Adv. Atmos. Sci., 29, 249-262.
• Zhou W., Chen W. and Wang D.X. (2012): The implications of ENSO signal for South China monsoon climate, Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society. Doi: 10.1080/14634988.2012.652050.
• Jiang N.B., Cheung K., Luo K.H., Beggs. P. L. and Zhou W. (2012): On two different objective procedures for classifying synoptic weather types over east Australia. Int. J. Climatol. Doi: 10.1002/joc.2373.

2011

• Li X. Z., Wen Z.P. and Zhou W. (2011): Long-term Change in Summer Water Vapor Transport over South China in Recent Decades. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 89A, 271-282.
• Wang X., Wang C. Z., Zhou W., Wang D.X. and Song J. (2011): Teleconnected influence of North Atlantic Sea surface temperature on the El Nino onset. Clim Dyn., 37, 663-676. Doi: 10.1007/s00382-010-0833-z.
• Wang W.W., Wang D.X., Zhou W., Liu Q.Y., Yu Y.Q. and Li C.Y. (2011): Impact of the South China Sea throughflow on the Pacific low-latitude western boundary current: a numerical study for seasonal and interannual timescales. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 28, 1367-1376. Doi: 10.1007/s00376-011-0142-4.
• Yan Z.W., Xia J.J., Qian C. and Zhou W. (2011): Changes in seasonal cycle and extremes in China during the period 1960-2008. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 28, 269-283. Doi:10.1007/s00376-010-0006-3.
• Xia J. J., Yan Z.W. and Zhou W. (2011): Changes in seasonality in China under enhanced atmospheric CO₂ concerntration. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 4, 12-17.
• Feng J., Chen W., Tam C.-Y. and Zhou W. (2011): Different impacts of El Niño and El Niño Modoki on China rainfall in the decaying phases. Int. J. Climatol., 31, 2091-2101.
• Zhou R.J., Liu P.B., Zhou W., Cai H.K. and Chen Y.J. (2011): The analysis of quasi-biennial oscillation characteristics of stratospheric aerosol. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 54, 1174-1181.
• Zhu Y.L., Wang H.J., Zhou W. and Ma J.H. (2011): Recent changes in the summer precipitation pattern in east China and the background circulation.  Clim Dyn., 36, 1463-1473. Doi: 10.1007/s00382-010-0852-9.
• Wei K., Chen W. and ZhouW. (2011): Changes in the East Asian cold season since 2000, Adv. Atmos. Sci., 28, 69-79. Doi: 10.1007/s00376-010-9232-y.
• Song J., Li C.Y., Pan J. and Zhou W. (2011): Climatology of Anticyclonic and Cyclonic Rossby Wave Breaking on the Dynamical Tropopause in the Southern Hemisphere，J. Climate, 24,1239-1251.Doi:10.1175/2010JCL13157.1.
• Song J., Zhou W., Wang X. and Li C.Y. (2011): Zonal Asymmetry of the Annular Mode and Its Downstream Subtropical Jet: An Idealized Model Study, J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1946-1973, doi:10.1175/2011JAS3656.1.

2010

• Luo D., Zhou W. and Wei K. (2010): Dynamics of eddy-driven North Atlantic Oscillations in a localized shifting jet: zonal structure and downstream blocking. Clim. Dyn., 34,73-100, Doi: 10.1007/s00382-009-0559-y.
• Lin Z.D., Lu. R.Y. and Zhou W. (2010): Change in early-summer meridional teleconnection over the western North Pacific and East Asia around the late 1970s.  International Journal of Climatology. 30, 2195-2204. Doi: 10.1002/joc.2038.
• Liu Q.Y., Wang D.X., Zhou W., Xie Q. and Zhang Y. (2010): Covariationof the Indonesian throughflow and South China Sea throughflow associated with the 1976/1977 regime shift. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 27, 87–94.
• Wang L., Chen W., Zhou W., Chan J.C.L., Barriopedro D. and Huang R.H.(2010): Effect of the climate shift around mid 1970s on the relationship between wintertime Ural blocking circulation and East Asian climate. International Journal of Climatology, 30, 153-158. Doi:10.1002/joc.1876
• Wu Q.Z., Wang Z.F., Gbaguidi A., Tang X. and Zhou W. (2010): Numerical Study of the effect of traffic restriction  on air quality in beijing. SOLA, 6A, 17-20.
• Zhou L.T., Tam F., Zhou W. and Chan J.C.L.(2010): Influence of South China Sea SST and the ENSO on winter rainfall over South China. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 27, 832-844. Doi:10.1007/s00376-009-9102-7.
• Liu Q.Y. and Zhou W. (2010): The relationship between the northwestern Pacific typhoon activity and the upper-ocean heat content at interdecadal time scale. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 6, 4-8. (in Chinese)
• Huang J., Wang X., Zhou W., Wang D.X. and Zhou F. (2010): The Characteristics of Sea Fog with Different Airflow over the Huanghai Sea in boreal spring. Acta Oceanol. Sin., 29, 3-12.
• Yan Y. F., Qi Y.Q. and Zhou W. (2010): International heat content variability in the South China Sea and its response to ENSO, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 50, 400-414. Doi: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2010.07.002.
• Wang W.W., Yu Y.Q., Li C., Zhou W., Liu Q.Y. and Wang D.X. (2010): An investigation of the South China Sea throughflow and its impact on upper layer heat content of the South China Sea using LICOM. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 32, 1-11. (In Chinese)
• Wang D.X., Zhou W., Yu X. L., Xie Q. and Wang X. (2010): Marine atmospheric boundary layers associated with summer monsoon onset over the South China Sea in 1998. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sicence letters, 3, 1-8.

2009

• Li C.Y, Jia X.L., Ling J., Zhou W. and Zhang C.D (2009): Sensitivity of MJO Simulations to Diabatic Heating Profiles.  Clim. Dyn., 32, 167-187.
• Gu W., Li C. Y., Wang X., Zhou W. and  Li W.J. (2009): Linkage between Mei-yu Precipitation and North Atlantic SST on the decadal timescale. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 26, 101-108.
• Song J., Li C. Y., Zhou W. and Pan J. (2009): The linkage between Pacific-North American Teleconnection Pattern and the North Atlantic Oscillation. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 26, 229-239.
• Wang L., Chen W., Zhou W. and Huang R.H.(2009): Interannual variations of  East Asian trough axis at 500hPa and its association with the East Asian winter monsoon pathway. J. Climate, 22, 600-614.
• Tong H.W., Chan J.C.L. and Zhou W. (2009): The Role of MJO and Mid-latitude Fronts in the South China Sea Summer Monsoon Onset. Clim. Dyn., 33, 827-841. Doi:10.1007 s00382-008- 0490-7
• Wang X., Wang D.X. and Zhou W. (2009): Decadal variability of Twentieth-century El Niño and La Niña occurrence from observations and IPCC AR4 coupled models. Geophys.Res.Lett.,  36, L11701. Doi:10.1029/2009GL037929.
• Zhou W., Chan J.C.L., Chen W., Ling J., Pinto J.G. and Shao Y.P. (2009): Synoptic-scale controls of persistent low temperature and icy weather over Southern china in January 2008. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3978-3991. Doi:10.1175/2009MWR2952.1.
• Song J., Zhou W., Li C.Y. and Qi L.X. (2009): Signature of the Antarctic Oscillation in the Northern Hemisphere. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 105, 55-67. Doi: 10.1007/s00703-009-0036-5.
• Gu W.,  Li C.Y., Li W.J., Zhou W. and Chan J.C.L. (2009): Interdecadal unstationary relationship between NAO and east China's summer precipitation patterns. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L13702. Doi:10.1029/2009GL038843.
• Yuan J.N., Zhou W., Huang H.J. and Liao F. (2009): Observational analysis of asymmetric distribution of convection associated with tropical cyclone “CHANCHU” and “PRAPIROON” making landfall along the south china coast. Journal of tropical meteorology. 16, 171-180. (In Chinese)
• Yan H.M., Zhou W., Yang H. and Cai Y. (2009): Definition of an East Asian winter monsoon index and its variation characteristics. Transactions of Atmospheric Sciences. 32, 367-376. (In Chinese)
• Yan H. M., Li C.Y. and Zhou W. (2009): Influence of subtropical dipole pattern in Southern Indian Ocean on ENSO event, Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 52, 2436-2449. (In Chinese)

2008

• Wong L.M., Chan J.C.L. and Zhou W. (2008): A simple empirical model for estimating the intensity change of tropical cyclones after landfall along the South China coast. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 47, 326-338. Doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1663.
• Yuan Y., Zhou W., Chan J.C.L. and Li C.Y. (2008): Impacts of the basin-wide Indian Ocean SSTA on the South China Sea summer monsoon onset. International Journal of Climatology. 28, 1579-1587. Doi:10.1002/JOC.1671
• Yuan Y., Yang H., Zhou W. and Li C.Y. (2008): Influences of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Asian summer monsoon in the following Year. International Journal of Climatology. 28,1849-1859. Doi:10.1002/JOC.167
• Yuan Y., Zhou W., Yang H. and Li C.Y. (2008): Warming in the northwestern Indian Ocean Associated with the El Nino Event. Adv. Atmos. Sci.. 25, 246-252.
• Yuan Y., Chan J.C.L., Zhou W. and Li C.Y. (2008): Decadal and Interannual Variability of the Indian Ocean Dipole.  Adv. Atmos. Sci., 25, 856-866.
• Cheng X.H., Qi Y.Q. and Zhou W. (2008): Trends of sea level variations in the Indo-Pacific Warm Pool.  Glob. Planet. Change. 63, 57-66.
• Cheung H.N. and Zhou W. (2008): Interdecadal variation of winter monsoon over South China, HKMetS Bulletin. 18, 49- 60.

2007

• Zhou W. and Chan J.C.L. (2007): ENSO and South China Sea summer monsoon onset. International Journal of Climatology, 27, 157-167.
• Zhou W., Li C.Y. and Wang X. (2007): Possible connection between Pacific oceanic interdecadal pathway and East Asian winter monsoon. Geophys.Res.Lett., 34, L01701. Doi:  10.1029/2006GL027809.
• Wang X., Li C.Y. and Zhou W. (2007): Interdecadal mode and its propagating characteristics of SSTA in the South Pacific.  Meteorol Atmos. Phys., 98, 115-124. Doi: 10.1007/s00703-006-0235-2.
• Zhou W., Wang X., Zhou T. J., Li C.Y. and Chan J.C.L. (2007): Interdecadal variability of the relationship between the East Asian winter monsoon and ENSO.  Meteorol Atmos. Phys., 98. 283-293. Doi:10.1007/s00703-007-0263-6.
• Luo D., Gong T., Diao Y.N. and Zhou W. (2007): Storm tracks and annular modes.  Geophys.Res.Lett., 34. Doi:10.1029/2007GL030436.
• Chen C.M. and Zhou W. (2007): A study of significant factors using F-test, Tropical Meteorology, 23 , 161-164. (In Chinese)
• Liang k.J., Zhou W. and Chen C.M (2007): Comparison among Forecast Models of variation tendency in meteorological data of Macao single station, Climatic and Environmental Research, 12, 595-603.  (In Chinese)

2006

• Huang G. and Zhou W. (2006):  PCA stepwise regression Forecasting model of climatic filed of North China summer rainfall, Climatic and Environmental Research, 11, 296-301. (In Chinese)
• Zhou W., Li C. Y. and Chan J.C.L. (2006): The interdecadal variations of the summer monsoon rainfall over South China. Meteorol Atmos. Phys., 93, 165-175, doi:10.1007/S00703-006-0184-9. 
• Song J., Zhou W., Pan J. and Li C.Y. (2006): Global influence of the Northern Hemisphere second mode of the zonal average of the zonal wind, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L18703. Doi:10.1029/2006GL026380.
• Li C. Y., Zhou W., Jia X.L. and Wang X. (2006): Decadal/interdecadal variations of the ocean temperature and its impacts on the climate, Adv. Atmos. Sci., 23, 964-981.
• Wang X., Li C. Y. and Zhou W. (2006): Interdecadal variation of the relationship between Indian rainfall and SSTA modes in the Indian Ocean., International Journal of Climatology, 26, 595-606.

2005

• Zhou W. and Chan J.C.L. (2005): Intraseasonal oscillations and the South China Sea summer monsoon onset. International Journal of C1imatology, 25, 1585-1609.
• Zhou W., Chan J. C. L. and Li C. Y. (2005): South China Sea summer monsoon onset in relation to the off-equatorial ITCZ. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 22, 665-676.
• Chan J. C.L. and Zhou W. (2005): PDO, ENSO and the early summer monsoon rainfall over South China. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L08810. Doi: 10.1029/2004GRL022015.

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