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Haiming Xu

Postdoctoral Fellow
[Past Staff]

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

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Education

1999 - D. Sc.(Meteorology), Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China

Dissertation title: "Study on Circulation Features for Establishment and Mechanisms
of East Asian Tropical and Subtropical Summer Monsoons with Their Interannual Variability."
1988 - M. Sc.(Meteorology), Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
1985 - B. Sc.(Meteorology), Department of Meteorology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Research Interests

Tropical meteorology and monsoon circulation
Numerical modeling of the atmospheric circulation
Air-land-sea interaction

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral fellow, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, January 2002 – present
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China, 1997 – 2002
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China, 1992 – 1997
Assistant Lecturer, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China, 1991 – 1992
Assistant Engineer, National Marine Environmental Forecast Center, Beijing, China, 1988 – 1991
Participant, WMO/COMET Workshop on Short-Range and Very Short Range Weather Predication, 10/21 – 11/8, 1996, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Instructor, WMO/RMTC Training Courses on Long-Medium Range Weather Predication, 9/25 – 10/20, 1999, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China
Instructor, WMO/RMTC Training Courses on Monsoon Meteorology, 9/25 – 10/20, 2000, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China

Selected Publications

Wang, Y., S.-P. Xie, B. Wang, and H. Xu: Large-scale atmospheric forcing by Southeast Pacific boundary-layer clouds: A regional model study. J. Climate, in press.
Xie, S.-P., H. Xu, W.S. Kessler, and M. Nonaka: Air-sea interaction over the eastern Pacific warm pool: Gap winds, thermocline dome, and atmospheric convection. J. Climate, in press.
Xie, S.-P., H. Xu, N.H. Saji, Y. Wang, and W.T. Liu: Role of narrow mountains in large-scale organization of Asian monsoon convection. J. Climate, in press.
Xu, J., and Y. Wang: Sensitivity of tropical cyclone inner-core size and intensity to the radial distribution of surface entropy flux. J. Atmos. Sci., in press.
Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, and Y. Wang, 2005: Subseasonal variability of the Southeast Pacific stratus cloud deck. J. Climate, 18 (1), 131 – 142.
Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, and J. Small, 2005: Effects of Central American mountains on the eastern Pacific winter ITCZ and moisture transport. J. Climate, 18 (18), 3856 – 3873.
Wang, Y., S.-P. Xie, H. Xu, and B. Wang, 2004: Regional model simulations of marine boundary-layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific off South America. Part I: Control experiment. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132 (1), 274 – 296.
Wang, Y., H. Xu, and S.-P. Xie, 2004: Regional model simulations of marine boundary-layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific off South America. Part II: Sensitivity Experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132 (11), 2650 – 2668.
Xu, H., Y. Wang, and S.-P. Xie, 2004: Effects of the Andes on eastern Pacific climate: A regional atmospheric model study. J. Climate, 17 (3), 589 – 602.
Xu, H., J. He, and M. Dong, 2002: Numerical study on the effect of the Indo-China peninsula on the establishment and maintenance of the South China Sea summer monsoon. Chinese J. Atmos. Sci., Accepted.
Xu, H., J. He, and M. Dong, 2001: Interannual variability of the Meiyu onset and its association with North Atlantic oscillation and SSTA over North Atlantic. Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 6. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu, H., J. He, and B. Zhou, 2001: Common features of synoptic systems related to heavy rainstorms in the middle Changjiang River Basin during summer. Quart. J. Appl. Meteor., 12 (3), 317 – 326. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu, H., J. He, and M. Dong, 2001: Effect of the Indian peninsula on the course of the Asian tropical summer monsoon, Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 15 (3), 308 – 322.
Xu, H., J. He, and B. Zhou, 2001:The features of atmospheric circulation during Meiyu onset and possible mechanisms for westward extension (northward shift) of Pacific subtropical high. Quart. J. Appl. Meteor., 12(2), 150 – 158. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu H., J. He, and M. Dong, 2001: Numerical study of the effect of Indian peninsula on south Asian summer monsoon process. J. Trop. Meteor., 17 (2), 117 – 124. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu, H., J. He, and B. Zhou, 2001: Composite analysis of summer monsoon onset process over South China Sea. J. Trop. Meteor. 17 (1), 10 – 22. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu, H., J. He, and B. Zhou, 2001: Role of the NW-SE Upper-tropospheric Jet Axis in Rainstorm Development. J. Nanjing Inst. Meteor., 24 (2), 155 – 161. (In Chinese with English abstract).
He, J., H. Xu, and B. Zhou, et al., 2000: Large Scale Features of SCS Summer Monsoon Onset and Its Possible Mechanism. Climatic and Environmental Research, 5 (4), 333 – 344. (In Chinese with English abstract)
He, J., L. Wang, and H. Xu, 2000: Abrupt change in elements around 1998 SCC summer monsoon establishment with analysis of its characteristic process. Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 14 (4), 426 – 432.
Xu H., J. He, and Z. Guan, et al., 2000: Possible way of the effect of WA teleconnection pattern on the early summer monsoon over eastern Asia. J. Nanjing Inst. Meteor., 23 (3), 361 – 369. (In Chinese with English abstract)
He, J., H. Xu, and B. Zhou, 2000: A discussion on the master-servant relation of air-sea interaction over NINO 3 region and the equatorial eastern Indian ocean, 10^th conference on interaction of the sea and atmosphere, 29 May – 2 Jun, 2000, Fort Lauderdale, Fl, 15, 16, American Meteorological Society.
Wang, L., J. He, and H. Xu, 2000: Numerical experiment of the effect of sea surface temperature over extratropical Pacific on summer monsoon onset over South China Sea. J. Nanjing Inst. Meteor., 23 (2), 211 – 217. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Zhou, B., J. He , and H. Xu 2000: LFO characteristics of meteorological elements over Tibetan Plateau and the relations with regional summer rainfall. J. Nanjing Inst. Meteor., 23 (1), 93 – 100. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Wang, L., J. He, and H. Xu, et al., 1999: Abrupt change in elements around 1998 SCS summer monsoon establishment with analysis of its characteristic process. J. Nanjing Inst. Meteor., 22 (2), 135 – 140. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu, H., J. He, and Y. Yao, 1999: Interannual variability of the Meiyu onset associated with atmospheric circulation in the previous winter and its possible causes. J. Nanjing Inst. Meteor., 22 (2), 246 – 253. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu, H., and J. He, 1999: Numerical simulation of effects on climate change of Ozone depletion in the southern hemisphere. J. Nanjing Inst. Meteor., 22 (1), 1 – 8. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu, H., and Q. Wang, 1997: Numerical studies on the causes of the precipitation anomalies in the eastern China in July 1994. J. Trop. Meteor., 13 (3), 276 – 283. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu, H., 1997: Relationship between South-China summer precipitation and global SST. J. Nanjing Inst. Meteor., 20 (3), 392 – 399. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu, H., 1996: Effects of eastern Atlantic SSTA on floods over Jiang-Huai Valleys in summer of 1991, J. Nanjing Inst. Meteor., 19 (3), 329 – 334, (In Chinese with English abstract).
Wang, Q., Y. Qian, and H. Xu, et al., 1995: Numerical experiment of the causes of Jiang-Huai floods in the summer of 1991 – the effect of western Pacific SSTA. Acta Meteorological Sinica, 53, Suppl., 595 – 603. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Wang, Q., Y. Qian, and H. Xu, et al., 1995: Numerical experiments of the effect of sea surface temperature anomalies over the Pacific on precipitation in 1991. Acta Meteorological Sinica, 9 (2), 207 – 214.
Xu, H., and J. He, 1994: Numerical experiments of the effect of heat source low frequency variation associated with Australian summer monsoon on winter monsoon in northern hemisphere. J. of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, 17 (1). (In Chinese with English abstract)
Xu, H., Q. Wang, and Z. Ge, 1994: Numerical study of the effect of No.9106 typhoon on the Meiyu ending in 1991. J. Trop. Meteor., 10 (3). (In Chinese with English abstract)
Ni, Y., H. Xu, and X. Meng, 1990: A numerical study for the effect of tropical 40-50 day oscillation on Asian summer monsoon. Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 4 (2), 146 – 156.
Ni, Y., H. Xu, and X. Meng, 1990: Numerical simulation of the effect of tropical 40-50 day oscillation on Asian summer monsoon. Scientia Meteorologica Sinica, 10 (4), 339 – 347. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Ni, Y., and H. Xu, 1990: Forced waves of atmosphere by a heat source moving along the equator and the 40-50 day oscillation of Asian summer monsoon. Scientia Meteorologica Sinica, 10 (1), 9 – 21. (In Chinese with English abstract)
Bao, C., H. Xu, and L. Xu, 1988: Effect of equatorial westerly and equatorial anticyclone on typhoon movement. Acta Oceano. Sinica, 7, Suppl.,75 – 83.
Bao, C., H. Xu, and L. Xu, 1985: A study of typhoon moving towards east and north in the low latitude. Collected Papers of the National Colloquium on Tropical Cyclone, China Meteorology Press, Beijing.