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Discipline:Atmospheric Sciences

Education Background

Ph.D. in Marine and atmospheric science, 2004-2009, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, USA
M.Sc. in Physical Oceanography, 2001-2004, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
B.Sc. in Physical Oceanography, 1997-2001, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

Work Experience

2013/01-present, Associate Professor, Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, China
P2009/09-2012/10, Postdoctoral researcher, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS), Princeton University, USA

40. Zhou, W., J. Li, F. Xu, Y. Shu, Y. Feng, (2020), The impact of ocean data assimilation on seasonal predictions based on the Beijing Climate Center Climate System Model, Acta Oceanologica Sinica,in press.

39. Li, H., F. Xu*, Y. Lin, (2020), The Impact of SST on the Zonal Variability of the Western Pacific Subtropical High in Boreal Summer, Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, 125(11) . https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031720

38. J. Huang, R. S. Pickart, R. X. Huang, P. Lin, A. Brakstad and F. Xu, (2020), Sources and upstream pathways of the densest overflow water in the Nordic Seas, Nature Communication, 11(1)

37. Lin, Y., X. Huang, Y. Liang, Y. Qin, S. Xu, W. Huang, F. Xu, L. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Peng, L. Wang, W. Xue, H. Fu, G. J. Zhang, B. Wang, R. Li, C. Zhang, H. Lu, K. Yang, Y. Luo, Y. Bai, Z. Song, M. Wang, W. Zhao, F. Zhang, J. Xu, X. Zhao, C. Lu, Y. Chen, Y. Luo, Y. Hu, Q. Tang, D. Chen, G. Yang, P. Gong, (2020), Community Integrated Earth System Model (CIESM): Description and Evaluation, 12(8).

36. Li, P., F. Xu*, (2020), Understanding and reconstructing the coastal sea level variations along the western boundary of the North Pacific, 7, 5 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/ s40562-020-00153-9

35. Ezer, T., de Camargo, R., Tanajura, C.A.S. F. Xu and H. Xue, (2020), The 10th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean (IWMO 2018) in Santos, Brazil, June 25–28, 2018. Ocean Dynamics 70, 839–841. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-020- 01374-4

34. Li, H., F. Xu*, J. Sun, Y. Lin and J. Wright, (2019), Subtropical High affects interdecadal variability of tropical cyclone genesis in the SCS, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 124(12).

33. J. Huang, R. Pickart, H. Valdimarsson, P. Lin, M. Spall & F. Xu, (2019), Structure and Variability of the North Icelandic Jet from two years of mooring data, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, in press, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015134

32. Chen, Y., Y. Lu, P. Zhao, F. Xu, X. Huang, and X. Huang, (2019), Seasonal and interannual variations of sea temperature influenced by Galápagos Islands in Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(5), 3007-3020.

Fan Z.,H. Li,X. Liu,F. Xu*, (2019). Global ocean data assimilation system design andalgorithm acceleration based on local ensemble transform Kalman filter[J]. Advances in Earth Science (Chinese version),2019,34(5):531-539.DOI:10.11867/j.issn.1001-8166.2019.05.0531.

30. Dong, W, Y. Lin, J. Wright, Y. Xie, F. Xu, K. Yang, X. Li, L. Tian, X. Zhao and D. Cao (2018), Connections between a late summer snowstorm over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau and a concurrent Indian monsoon low pressure system, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 123(24), 13,676-13,691.

29. Huang, J. and F. Xu*, (2018), Observational evidence of subsurface chlorophyll response to mesoscale eddies, Geophysical Research Letter, 45.

28. Xu, F.* (2018), Test and evaluation of a simple parameterization to enhance air-sea coupling in CESM, Satellite Oceanography and Meteorology, ISSN 2424-9505. http://ojs.whioce.com/index.php/som/article/view/739

27. Dong, W., Y. Lin, J. S. Wright, Y. Xie, Y. Ming, H. Zhang, R. Chen, Y. Chen, F. Xu, N. Lin, C. Yu, B. Zhang, S. Jin, K. Yang, Z. Li, J. Guo, L. Wang, and G. Lin, (2018), Regional disparities in warm season rainfall changes over arid eastern–central Asia, Scientific Reports, volume 8, Article number: 13051.

26. Sun J., F. Xu *, L. Oey, and Y. Lin (2018), Monthly variability of tropical cyclone intensity change over the Northern South China Sea in recent decades, Climate Dynamics,https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4341-x

25. Wang, L. and F. Xu* (2018), Decadal variability and trends of oceanic barrier layers in tropical Pacific, Ocean Dynamics, 68: 1155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-018- 1191-3

24. Gu C., H. Li, Xu F.*, Cheng P., Wang X.H., Xu, S. and Peng Y. (2018), Numerical study of Jiulongjiang river plume in the wet season 2015, Regional Studies in Marine Science, 24, 82-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2018.07.004

23. Lin, Y., Li, Y., Li, Q., Chen, M., Xu, F., & Wang, Y., et al. (2018). A long lasting vortex Rossby wave induced rainband of typhoon Longwang (2005). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99, 1127–1134.

22. Xu, F.*, Yao, Y., Oey, L.-Y., & Lin, Y. (2017). Impacts of preexisting ocean cyclonic circulation on sea surface chlorophyll-a concentration off northeastern Taiwan following episodic typhoon passages. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122, 6482–6497.

21. Huang J., F. Xu*, K. Zhou, P. Xiu, & Lin Y. (2017). Temporal evolution of near-surface chlorophyll over cyclonic eddy lifecycles in the southeastern Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122, 6165–6179.

20. Li, H., F. Xu*, W. Zhou, D. Wang, J. S. Wright, Z. Liu, and Y. Lin. (2017). Development of a global gridded Argo data set with Barnes successive corrections, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 122, 866–889.

19. Dong, W., Lin, Y., Wright, J. S., Xie, Y., Xu, F., & Xu, W., et al. (2017). Indian monsoon low pressure systems feed up-and‐over moisture transport to the southwestern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 122, 12,140–12,151.

18. Sun, J., Oey, L.-Y., F. Xu, Y.-C. Lin. (2017). Sea level rise, surface warming, and the weakened buffering ability of South China Sea to strong typhoons in recent decades. Scientific Reports, 7(1):7418.

17. Zhou, W., M. Chen, W. Zhuang, F. Xu, F. Zheng, T. Wu, and X. Wang. (2016). Evaluation of the Tropical Variability from the Beijing Climate Center's Real-Time Operational Global Ocean Data Assimilation System. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 33(2):208-220.

16. Dong, W., Y. Lin, J.W. Wright, Y. Ming, Y. Xie, B. Wang, Y. Luo, W. Huang, J. Huang, L. Wang, L. Tian, Y. Peng, F. Xu (2016). Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the Indian subcontinent, Nature Communications, 2016,7:10925.

15. Xu, F.*, L.-Y. Oey. (2015). Seasonal SSH variability of the Northern South China Sea,Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(6):1595-1609.

14. Sun, J., L.-Y. Oey, R. Chang, F. Xu, S.-M., Huang. (2015). Ocean response to Typhoon Nuri (2008) in western Pacific and South China Sea, Ocean Dynamics, DOI. 10.1007/s10236-015-0823-0.

13. Xu, S., Huang, X., Oey, L.-Y., Xu, F., Fu, H., Zhang, Y., and Yang, G. (2015). POM.gpu-v1.0: a GPU-based Princeton Ocean Model, Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 2815-2827.

12. Xu, F.*, L.-Y. Oey. (2014). State analysis using the Local ensemble transform Kalman Filter (LETKF) and the three-layer circulation structure of the Luzon Strait and the South China Sea, Ocean Dynamics, Volume 64, Pages 905-923.

11. Xu, F., L.-Y. Oey, Y. Miyazawa, P. Hamilton, (2013). Hindcasts and forecasts of Loop Current and eddies in the Gulf of Mexico using local ensemble transform Kalman filter and optimum-interpolation assimilation schemes, Ocean Modelling, Volume 69, Pages 22-38.

10. Xu, F., Y.-L. Chang, L.-Y. Oey and P. Hamilton, (2013). Loop Current growth and eddy shedding using models and observations: analyses for the July 2011 eddy-shedding event, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43, 1015–1027.

9. Oey, L.-Y., M.-C. Chang, Y.-L. Chang, Y.-C. Lin, and F. Xu, (2013). Decadal warming of coastal China Seas and coupling with winter monsoon and currents, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40.

8. Oey, L.-Y., Y.-L. Chang, Y.-C.Lin, M.-C. Chang, F. Xu, and H.-F. Lu, (2013). ATOP - the Advanced Taiwan Ocean Prediction System based on the mpiPOM Part 1: model descriptions, analyses and results. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., Vol. 24, No. 1, 137-158.

7. Xu, F., Oey, L.-Y., (2011). The origin of along-shelf pressure gradient in the Middle Atlantic Bight, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41, 1720–1740.

6. Chang, Y.-L., Oey, L.-Y., F. Xu, H.-F. Lu and A.Fujisaki, (2011). 2010 Oil Spill: Trajectory Projections Based on Ensemble Drifter Analyses. Ocean Dynamics, 61(6):829-839.

5. Xu, F.*, Wang, D.-P., Riemer, N., (2010). An idealized study of flocculation effects on sediment trapping in Estuarine Turbidity Maximum over tidal cycles, Continental Shelf Research, 30, 1314-1323.

4. Xu, F.*, Wang, D.-P., Riemer, N., (2008). Modeling flocculation processes of fine-grained particles using a size-resolved method: Comparison with published laboratory experiments, Continental Shelf Research, 28, 2668-2677.

3. Xu, F. and X.-M. Xu, (2004). Study of a Data Acquisition System for Shoals Monitor in Net-cage of Deep Water, Journal of Xiamen University (Natural Science), 43, 381-384.

2. Xu X.-M., F. Xu, D.-S. Chen, (2003). An anti-multipath frequency hopped communication technique in shallow-water acoustic channels, High Technology Letters, 9 (2): 17~20.

Xu, F., X.-M. Xu, D.-S. Chen, (2003), Design of an Emitting Signal Generator of Shoals Monitor in Net-cage of Deep Water, Ocean Technology (Chinese), 22(4):74-87.