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周欣，理学博士，主要从事海气相互作用，陆气相互作用，MJO，区域极端降水，数值模式等研究

教育背景:

2008-2012 南京信息工程大学  本科

2013-2016 美国佛罗里达理工大学  硕士 

2018-2022 美国佛罗里达理工大学  博士

人才计划：

2025年江苏省特聘教授

发表论文： 

1. Zhou, X., Ray, P., Dudhia, J., Johnson, N. C., Nikolopoulos, E., & Gomes, H. (2026). The contrasting role of soil moisture on the diurnal cycle of precipitation during dry and wet seasons over the Maritime Continent. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 131, e2026JD046303.

2. Zhou, X., Ray, P., Dudhia, J., Hagos, S., Johnson, N. C., Nikolopoulos, E., & Barrett, B. S. (2025). Role of diurnal cycle of insolation on the MJO propagation in the maritime continent. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130, e2025JD044257.

3. Zhou, X., Ray, P., Dudhia, J., Tewari, M., Nikolopoulos, E., Johnson, N. C., & Hagos, S. (2024). On the importance of precipitation-induced surface sensible heat flux for diurnal cycle of precipitation in the Maritime Continent, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL111940.

4. Zhou, X., Ray, P., Tan, H., Dudhia, J., Ajayamohan, R.S., Gomes, H.,& Pan, Y. (2024). Rain-induced surface sensible heat flux reduces monsoonal rainfall over India. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL107796. 

5. Tewari, M., Zhou, X*., Ray, P., Treinish, L., Dudhia, J., & Chen, F. (2024) Model sensitivity in predicting extreme precipitation events in urban areas. Atmospheric Research, 311, 107719.

6. Zhou, X., Ray, P., Barrett, B.S., & Hsu, P-C. (2022). Systematic improvement in simulated latent and sensible heat fluxes over tropical oceans in AMIP6 models compared to AMIP5 models with the same resolutions. Atmospheric Research, 274, 106214.

7. Ray, P., Zhou, X., Tan, H., Dudhia, J., & Moncrieff, M.W. (2021). Improved simulation of midlatitude climate in a new channel model compared to contemporary global climate models. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093297.

8. Zhou, X., Ray, P., Barrett, B.S., & Hsu, P-C. (2020). Understanding the bias in surface latent and sensible heat fluxes in contemporary AGCMS over tropical oceans. Climate Dynamics, 55, 2957-2978.

9. Zhou, X*., Ray, P., Boykin, K., Barrett, B. S., & Hsu, P-C. (2019). Evaluation of surface radiative fluxes over the tropical oceans in AMIP simulations. Atmosphere, 10(10), 606.