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Xiao Luo

Assistant Researcher

International Pacific Research Center
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

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Education

2016 - Ph.D., (Atmospheric Sciences), Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Dissertation Title: The Linkage of upper-level jet streams to East Asian winter monsoon and its seasonal forecast
2011 - B.S., (Atmospheric Sciences), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

Research Interests

Monsoon Dynamics
ENSO diversity
Climate change
Seasonal climate prediction
Upper-level jets' variability

Scientific Work Experience

Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 2019 - present
Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 2016 - 2019
Graduate Research Fellow, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2011 - 2016

Refereed Publications

Yang, Y.-M., J.-H. Park, S.-I. An, B. Wang, and X. Luo, 2021: Mean sea surface temperature changes influence ENSO-related precipitation changes in the mid-latitudes. Nature Communications, , doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21787-z. IPRC-1490.
Luo, X., B. Wang, A. G. Frazier, and T. W. Giambelluca, 2020: Distinguishing variability regimes of Hawaiian summer rainfall: Quasi-Biennial and interdecadal oscillations. Geophys. Res. Lett., , e2020GL091260, doi:10.1029/2020GL091260. IPRC-1486.
Wang, B., X. Luo, and L. Jian, 2020: How robust is Asian Precipitation-ENSO relationship during the industrial warming period (1901–2017)? J. Climate, 33 (7), 2779-2792, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0630.1. IPRC-1421.
Wang, B., X. Luo, W. Sun, Y.-M. Yang, and J. Liu, 2020: El Niño diversity across boreal spring predictability barrier. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47 (13), e2020GL087354, doi:10.1029/2020GL087354. IPRC-1447.
Luo, X., and B. Wang, 2019: How autumn Eurasian snow anomalies affect East Asian winter monsoon: A numerical study. Clim. Dyn., 52 (1-2), 69-82, doi:10.1007/s00382-018-4138-y. IPRC-1302.
Wang, B., X. Luo, Y.-M. Yang, W. Sun, M.A. Cane, W. Cai, S.-W. Yeh, and J. Liu, 2019: Historical change of El Niño properties shed light on future changes of extreme El Niño. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (45), 22512-22517, doi:10.1073/pnas.1911130116. IPRC-1404.
Luo, X., and B. Wang, 2018: Predictability and prediction of the total number of winter extremely cold days over China. Clim. Dyn., 50 (5-6), 1769-1784, doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3720-z. IPRC-1253.
Luo, X., and B. Wang, 2017: How predictable is the winter extremely cold days over temperate East Asia? Clim. Dyn., 48 (7), 2557-2568, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3222-4. IPRC-1202.
Luo, X., and Y.C. Zhang, 2015: The linkage between upper-level jet streams over East Asia and East Asian winter monsoon variability. J. Climate, 28 (22), 9013-9028, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0160.1.
Luo, X., and Y.C. Zhang, 2014: Interdecadal Change in the Seasonality of Rainfall Variation in South China Theor. Appl. Climatol., 119 (1), 42380, doi:10.1007/s00704-013-1088-5.
Luo, X., D.L. Li, and H. Wang, 2013: New Evolution Features of Autumn Rainfall in West China and Its Responses to Atmospheric Circulations. Plateau Meteorology, 32 (4), 1019-1031, doi:10.7522/j.issn.1000-0534.2013.00018.