Dr. Guidi Zhou

Scientist guidi.zhou@mpimet.mpg.de

updated on 31. May 2017

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg Tel: +49-40 41173 424 Fax: +49-40 41173 298 Cell: +49-176 82942387 RESEARCH INTERESTS • Dynamics of the middle and upper atmosphere

• Atmospheric gravity waves • Large-scale ocean-atmosphere interaction • Climate dynamics and climate change • Atmosphere, ocean, and climate modeling • High performance scientific computing

EDUCATION 2011–2016

Doctor of Philosophy, Meteorology Department of Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics, GEOMAR

Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany Integrated School of Ocean Sciences, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel,

Kiel, Germany

Thesis: Extratropical Sea Surface Temperature Impacts on Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif 2008–2011 Master of Science, Physical Oceanography

College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Thesis: Coupled SWAN-Wave Boundary Layer Model and Wind-Wave Interaction

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Liangming Zhou 2004–2008 Bachelor of Science, Marine Sciences

College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Thesis: Characteristics of Directional Spectra of Sea Surface Wave under Typhoon Wind Forcing in Near Shore Area

Overall GPA: 87.1/100. Major GPA: 89.0/100.

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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2015–present Post-doctoral Scientist

Department of Atmosphere in the Earth System, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany

Focus: Dynamics of the Upper Atmosphere; Atmospheric Gravity Waves; Atmospheric Model Development

• Extending the grid-point atmosphere-ocean-land model ICON to the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, for better simulation of upper-atmospheric temperature and general circulation, and in the end better environment for gravity wave simulation

• Analyzed gravity wave momentum flux simulated in an ICON simulation on 40km resolution and compared the result with literature studies using satellite observations and modeling data.

2011–2016 Research Assistant, Doctoral Level

Department of Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Focus: Extratropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction; Atmospheric Eddy-Mean Flow Interaction; Forced and Coupled Atmospheric Modeling

• Conducted research on the mechanism of atmospheric response to decadal extratropical SST anomalies, with a focus on atmospheric eddy-mean flow interaction, Rossby wave sources, and critical components of SST variability

• Conducted a series of highly optimized simulations with the ECHAM5 atmospheric general circulation model on high and low resolutions forced by various designed boundary conditions

• Investigated the link between SST and the atmospheric general circulation in observations and in a 2000-year coupled Kiel Climate Model (KCM) simulation

• Studied statistical methods to remove ENSO signal from climate records and compared their skill

2008–2011 Research Assistant, Master's Level College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of

China, Qingdao, China

Focus: Small Scale Air-Sea Interaction in the Wave Boundary Layer; Dynamics of Ocean Surface Wave; Ocean Wave Numerical Simulation

• Researched the mechanism of wave-induced modification to near-surface wind, especially under high wind speed and hurricane conditions

• Implemented a wave boundary layer model and coupled it to the spectral wave model SWAN to significantly improve wave simulation skill

• Conducted studies in the relationship between wave age and wave steepness, derived a new empirical formula using buoy data

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PUBLICATIONS • Zhou G., M. Latif, R. J. Greatbatch, and W. Park, 2017. State

Dependence of Extratropical Atmospheric Response to Decadal North Pacific SST Anomalies. Journal of Climate, 30(2), 509-525.

• Zhou G., M. Latif, R. J. Greatbatch, and W. Park, 2015. Atmospheric response to the North Pacific enabled by daily sea surface temperature variability. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(18):7732–7739.

• Li Z., D. Zhao, G. Zhou, 2014. Relationship between Breaking Waves and Gas Transfer Velocity in Deep Water. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica. 46(2), 257–264.

• Li Z., G. Zhou, L. Zhou, 2011. Relationship Between Wave Steepness and Wave Age under Different Wind Speed. Periodical of Ocean University of China (Natural Sciences): 41(Sup): 32-37

• Zhou G., L. Zhou, 2010. Modified Hybrid Differential Evolution Algorithm Based on Simulated Annealing and its Application in Design Wave Estimation. Transactions of Oceanology and Limnology. 2010(3), 1-5

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS • Borchert B., G. Zängl, M. Baldauf, G. Zhou, H. Schmidt, E. Manzini,

2017. UA-ICON - A non-hydrostatic global model for studying gravity waves from the troposphere to the thermosphere. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017 (Poster), Vienna, Austria.

• Manzini E., S. Müller, M. Giorgetta, T. Haufschild, H. Schmidt, G. Zhou, 2016. Towards a high resolution stratosphere in ICON. International Symposium on the Whole Atmosphere 2016 (Oral), Tokyo, Japan.

• Zhou G., H. Schmidt, E. Manzini, T. Raddatz, M. Giorgetta, 2016. Gravity wave momentum flux simulated by the ICON model at gravity wave-permitting resolution. 2016 SPARC Gravity Wave Symposium (Poster), State College, USA.

• Zhou G., M. Latif, R. J. Greatbatch, W. Park, 2015. State dependence of atmospheric response to North Pacific SST anomalies. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015 (Poster), Vienna, Austria.

• Zhou G., M. Latif, R. J. Greatbatch, W. Park, 2015. Atmospheric response to decadal North Pacific SST anomalies. 95th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (Oral), Phoenix, USA.

• Zhou G., M. Latif, R. J. Greatbatch, W. Park, 2014. Atmospheric response to midlatitude North Pacific SST anomalies and the importance of ocean weather. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Oral), Honolulu, USA.

• Zhou G., M. Latif, R. J. Greatbatch, W. Park, 2013. Impacts of mid-latitude daily sea surface temperature variability on North Pacific sector climate. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Poster), San Francisco, USA.

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PROGRAMMING AND OTHER COMPUTER SKILLS • Extensive knowledge and experience in programming and software

engineering, especially in the context of numerical and scientific programming

• Profound understanding in numerical algorithms of computer arithmetic, linear algebra, and discrete difference equation problems

• Expertise in high-performance computing and optimization on multi-core supercomputers using OpenMP, MPI and multithread

• Excellent skills and experience in the Fortran 95/2003, C/C++, Matlab/Octave programming languages, managing also Julia, Python, Go and Chapel, especially under Linux environment

• 10-year experience in using and managing GNU/Linux system • Excellent skills in scientific data processing and visualization software

NCO, CDO, NCL, GrADs, GMT and Matlab/Octave • Expertise in the document preparation system LaTeX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Feb. 2014 Conference Volunteer

Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014, Honolulu, USA Mar. –Sep. 2013

Member of Organizing Committee Interdisciplinary Conference of Young Earth System Scientists 2013, Hamburg, Germany

TRAINING EXPERIENCE Sep. 2013 MPI-M Earth System Modeling School (EaSyMS) 2013

Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Hamburg, Germany Apr. 2013 Workshop “Introduction to the Cray Programming Environment”

North-German Supercomputing Alliance (HLRN), Hanover, Germany