2000 - D.Sc. (Meteorology), Department of Atmospheric
Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China
1995 - M.Sc. (Meteorology), Department of Atmospheric
Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China
1992 - B.Sc. (Meteorology), Department of Meteorology,
Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China
Research Interests
Atmospheric dynamics
Tropical climate
Atmospheric GCM and hybrid coupled modeling
Scientific Work Experience
Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research
Center, University of Hawaii, July 2004 – December 2005
Visiting Researcher, Center for Earth Observing and
Space Research (CEOSR), School of Computational Sciences,
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, December 2003 – June
2004
Visiting Researcher, Goddard Earth Science and
Technology Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
(UMBC), MD, July 2003 – November 2003
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China, May
1997 – June 2003
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Atmospheric Sciences,
Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China, July
1995 – June 1997
Publications
Fu, X., B. Wang, and L. Tao: Satellite data reveal the 3-D
moisture structure of Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillation and its
coupling with underlying ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., in press.
Mao, L.-H., W.-S. Lu, and L. Tao: Numerical experiment
of forced-dissipative nonlinear critical layer related to
the subtropical high. J. of Nanjing Institute of
Meteorology, in press. (in Chinese)
Tao, L., and W.-S. Lu, 2005: Atmospheric free modes and
subtropical high. Act. Met. Sin., 19 (1), 44 – 51.
Zhang, H., W.-S. Lu, L. Tao, and S. Gao, 2004:
Diagnose analyse atmospheric blocking high by free mode. Act. Meteor. Sin., 62 (4), 449 – 458. (in Chinese)
Lu, X.-J., W.-S. Lu, and L. Tao, 2004: Free Mode and
low-frequency variability. J. of
Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, 27 (3), 356 – 364. (in Chinese)
Qiu, M.-Y., W.-S. Lu, and L. Tao, 2004: Frequency
Modulation effect of ENSO events on atmospheric
low-frequency oscillations in the extra-tropical latitude. J. of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology,
27 (3), 365 – 373. (in Chinese)
Yan, G., W.-S. Lu, and L. Tao, 2003: Spatial and
temporal distribution of anomalous temperature/
precipitation in spring and summer as well as their
relationships to drought/ flood in northeast of China. J. of Nanjing Institute of
Meteorology, 26 (3),
349 – 357. (in Chinese)
Zhang, H.-D., W.-S. Lu, and L. Tao, 2002: Study on
the Northern Hemisphere E-P flux and its relation with the
subtropical high. J. of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology,
25 (5), 587 – 594. (in Chinese)
Tao, L., and W.-S. Lu, 1999: Non-linear critical
layer in El-Nino and La-Nina years and formation,
Maintenance and oscillation of the subtropical high. Journal
of Tropical Meteorology, 15 (1), 1 – 9. (in Chinese)
Tao, L., and W.-S. Lu, 1999: Non-linear critical
layer in El-Nino and La-Nina years and formation,
Maintenance and oscillation of the subtropical high. Journal
of Tropical Meteorology, 5 (2), 113 – 122.
Lu, W.-S. , and T. Li, 1998: Southern boundary
forcing relative to genesis, maintenance and oscillation of
a subtropical high. Act. Meteor. Sin., 12 (1), 40 – 49.
Lu, W.-S., S.-J. Ma, and L. Tao, 1998: Diabatic
heating effect on frequency modulation of low-frequency
variability in mid- and high-latitude atmosphere. J. of
Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, 21 (3), 330 – 345. (in
Chinese)
Lu, W.-S., and L. Tao, 1996: Dynamics of
forced-dissipative nonlinear critical layer. J. of Nanjing
Institute of Meteorology, 19 (3), 303 – 308. (in Chinese)
Lu, W.-S., and L. Tao, 1996: Southern boundary
forcing critical layer relative to genesis, maintenance
and oscillation of a subtropical high. Act. Meteor. Sin.,
54 (6), 651 – 660. (in Chinese)
Lu, W.-S., N. Liu, S.-J. Ma, and L. Tao, 1996:
Numerical experiment of wave interaction in barotropic
atmosphere. J. of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, 19 (1),
1 – 7. (in Chinese)