Education

2014.9-2019.6 Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology  Meteorology  Ph.D  

2016.9-2018.9 Univerisity of Hawaii at Manoa, USA  (Visiting Scholar)

2019.9-2021.7 Pohang University of Information Science and Technology, Postdoc

Work experience

2021.8-present Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

Research Map:

                            

Research Interests:

  A. Tropical  Cyclone (TC) climatology and dynamics:

  1. Internal variability impact on TCs and climate system

      a. IPO impact on TCs(Zhao et al. 2018-JC; Zhao et al. 2018-SR; Zhao et al. 2020-Science Advances)

      b. Relative contribution of IPO and AMO on TCs (Working on it...)

      c. PMM triggering ENSO and its impact on WNP TCs (Wu et al. 2020-CD; Zhao et al. 2020a-GRL)

      d. NAO impact on boreal TCs and its decadal variability (Zhang et al. 2022-Frontiers; Working on it...)

      e. NPO impact on ENSO (Zhao et al. 2023a, b-npj CAS) 

  2. Climate change and TC mutation

      a. Scenario 1: Warming patterns (El & La Nina-lie) and TC responses (Zhao et al. 2020b-GRL; Zhang et al. 2020-GRL)

      b. Scenario 2: Spatio-uniform warming & its impact on TCs (Zhao et al. 2023-GRL)

      c. Scenario 3: Relative importance of uniform & nonuniform warming on TCs (Working on it...)

      d. Scenario 4: Ramp up/down impact on TCs (Working on it...)

      e. Scenario 5: Mutation of TC activity under warming (Submitted)

  3. Uncertainty originated from internal variability and external forcing & its impact on TC simulations

      a. IPO & AMO impact on TC simulation & the simulation uncertainty (Song et al. 2022-JC;  Zhao et al. 2022-JGR)

      b. Atmospheric modes fiddling ENSO-TC relastionship in the WNP (Submitted)

      c. Upscale feedback of XX to seasonal climate & its contribution to TC simulation uncertainty (Working on it...)

                              

      d. Internal variability (XX) & its impact on TC decadal simulations (Working on it...)

      e. Internal variability (XX) induced TC mutation in a warmer climate (Working on it...)

  4. TVE (Tropical Volcanic Eruption)

      a. Impact of Tropical Volcanic Eruption on tropical cyclones based on large ensemble high-resolution simulations.

      b. How Tambora eruption affect the tropical cyclones? Difference between present-day and pre-industry simulations and the volcanic contributions.

      c. Impact of extra-tropic volcanic eruption on tropical cyclones.

  5. SD (Seasonal dependence)

      a. Combination mode of ENSO and annual cycle impact on tropical cyclones (Present day and global warming)

      b. Seasonal dependence of landfalling tropical cyclone trend

  B.High Resolution Simulation:

  6. Multi-scale simulation 

  7. Seasonal Prediction based on HIRAM and CESM

  8. Simulation Uncertainty (/RegCM model)

      a. Hindcast (HIRAM-C180)

Tropical cyclone genesis (left) and track (right) in current (upper) and warmer climates (bottom)

      b. Ensemble simulation (RegCM-Yuqing Wang)

Observed and RegCM-simulated TC tracks from 1982-2021

      c. Prediction: Genesis、Track & Intensity (HIRAM+Sintex)

         1. SST prediction from Aug 2023 to Dec 2024 (with the helps of Luqing Ma and Song Yang)

            

      d. RI (WRF)

TC-resolved climate simulation based on WRF

      e. LES (CM1-Bryan)

TC intensity and RMW in axisymmetric simulations

Selected publication (# co-first author，* co-corresponding author, Bule color : Representative papers)：

2025年：

           Comming Soon.

2024年：

021. Zhao* J, Zhan Ruifen, Suzana Camargo, Li Yue, Sun Weiyi & Liu Fei. Increase of tropical cyclone genesis frequency after tropical vocanic eruptions. (To be submitted)

020. Zhan R, Zhao* J,  Yuqing Wang, Jong-Seong Kug and Dae-hyun Kim. Contribution of intraseasonal variability to uncertainty in simulating seasonal tropical cyclone activity over the Northwest Pacific. (Submitted to JC on May 3)

019. Wang F, Zhang L, and Zhao* J. Distinct future changes of ENSO-induced tropical cyclone activities between atmosphere-only and coupled models in CMIP6-HighResMIP. (Submitted to JGR on Mar 13)

018. Zhao J, Zhan^* R, Yuqing Wang, Shang-Ping Xie, L. Zhang and M. Xu. Lapsed El Niño impact on tropical cyclone genesis frequency over the Northwest Pacific and North Atlantic in 2023. (Submitted to NC on Feb 12)

017. Zhao J, Zhan^* R, Dae-Hyun Kim, Jong-Seong Kug, Long J, Zhang L and Ma X. Distinct Modulation of Atlantic Multidecal Oscillation and Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation on tropical cyclone precipitation over the western North Pacific, Geophysical Research Letters. (2024a)

2023年：

016. Shi L., Zhan^* R., Zhao^* J.  and Jong-Seong Kug.: Mutating ENSO impact on Northwest Pacific tropical cyclones under global warming.  Geophys. Res. Lett. (2023e).

015. Zhao, J., Zhan R., Hiroyuki Murakami, Yuqing Wang, Shang-ping Xie, Guo Y., Zhang L.: Atmospheric mode fiddling the simulated ENSO impact on tropical cyclone geneiss over the Northwest Pacific. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. (2023d). 

014. Zhao, J., F. Wang, R. Zhan, Y. Guo, X. Huang, and C. Liu: How Does Tropical Cyclone Genesis Frequency Respond to a Changing Climate? Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL102879. (2023c)

013. Zhao, J, ——, ——, ——, and ——: Part II model support on a new mechanism for North Pacific Oscillation influence on ENSO. Npj Clim. Atmospheric Sci., 6, 16. (2023b)

012. Zhao, J., Mi-Kyung. Sung, J.-H. Park, J.-J. Luo, and Jong-Seong Kug, 2023a: Part I observational study on a new mechanism for North Pacific Oscillation influencing the tropics. Npj Clim. Atmospheric Sci., 6, 15. (2023a)

2022年：

011. Zhao J., Zhan*, R., Wang*, Y., Jiang L., & Huang X. A multiscale-model-based near-term prediction of tropical cyclone genesis frequency in the Northern Hemisphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD037267 (2022c).

010. Song, K., Zhao*, J., Zhan*, R., Tao. L., & Chen., L. Confidence and Uncertainty in simulating tropical cyclone long-term variability using HighResMIP. Journal of Climate, 35, 2829-2849 (2022b).

009. Zhang, L., X. Yang, and J. Zhao*: Impact of the spring North Atlantic Oscillation on the Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone genesis frequency. Front. Earth Sci., 10, 829791 (2022a).

2021年：

008. Zhang^#, L., Zhao^#, J., Kug^*, Jong-Seong, Geng, X., Xu^*, H., Park, J.-H. & Zhan, R. Pacific warming pattern diversity modulated by Indo-Pacific sea surface temperature gradient. Geophysical Research Letters, e2021GL095516 (2021).

2020年：

007. Wu, Q., Zhao^*, J., Zhan, R. & Gao, J. Revisiting interannual impact of the Pacific Meridional Mode on tropical cyclone genesis frequency in the western North Pacific. Climate Dynamics (2020).

006.  Zhao, J., Kug*, Jong-Seong, An, Song-Il. & Park, J.-H. Diversity of North Pacific Meridional Mode and its distinct impact on El Niño and Southern Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL088993 (2020c).

005. Zhao, J., Zhan*, R. & Wang, Y. Different responses of tropical cyclone tracks over the western North Pacific and North Atlantic to two distinct sea surface temperature warming patterns. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086923 (2020b).

004. Zhao^#, J., Zhan^#, R., Wang*, Y., Xie, Shang-Ping. & Wu, Q. Untangling impacts of global warming and Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation on long-term variability of North Pacific tropical cyclone track density. Science Advances, 6, eaba6813 (2020a).

2020年以前：

003. Zhao, J., Zhan*, R. & Wang, Y. Global warming hiatus contributed to the increased occurrence of intense tropical cyclones in the coastal regions along East Asia. Scientific Reports, 8, 6023 (2018b)

002. Zhao, J., Zhan*, R. & Wang, Y., and H. Xu : Contribution of Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation to the recent abrupt decrease in tropical cyclone genesis frequency over the western North Pacific since 1998. J. Clim., https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0202.1. (2018a)

001. Zhao, J., Zhan*, R. & Wang, Y. and L. Tao, 2016: Intensified Interannual Relationship between Tropical Cyclone Genesis Frequency over the Northwest Pacific and the SST Gradient between the Southwest Pacific and the Western Pacific Warm Pool since the Mid-1970s. J. Clim., 29, 3811–3830, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0729.1.