Lab of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling

09/1999- 06/2004: Ph.D in Physical Oceanography, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

09/1995- 12/1999: M.S in Physical Oceanography, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 

09/1988- 07/1993: B.S in Geophysics, University of Science and Technology of China

05/2015- Present: Deputy Director General & Research Professor, Lab of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources 

12/2005- 05/2015: Research Professor, Lab of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources 

03/2003- 12/2005, Associate Research Professor, Lab of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources 

06/2000- 08/2000, Visiting Scholar, Sungkyunkwan University 

10/2001- 03/2003, Associate Research Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

08/1999- 10/2001, Assistant Research Professor, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

12/1997- 05/1998, Visiting Scholar, Sungkyunkwan University

07/1993- 08/1999, Research Intern, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Ocean circulation dynamics

Tidal wave dynamics

Ocean numerical simulation and prediction

Part of the projects are listed as follows:

1.01/2021–12/2024, National Natural Science Foundation of China “Strong tidal mixing characteristics of the Indonesian seas and its effect on the Indonesian Throughflow (No. 42076024)”, CHY 580,000, PI, In progress.

2.04/2020–03/2022, National Key Research and Development Program of China “Assessment of the operational marine environment forecasting models and construction of service platform for special data and products sharing (2019YFC1408400)”, CHY 10,690,000, PI, In progress.

3.01/2018–12/2020, China Ocean Mineral Resources R & D Association “Indian Ocean Ninety-east Ridge Ecosystem and Marine Environment Monitoring and Protection (DY135-E2-4)”, CHY 5,680,000, PI, In progress.

4.01/2015–12/2018, National Natural Science Foundation of China “The observation of the transports of Pacific-Indian Ocean throughflow (No. 41476025)”, CHY 1,000,000, PI, Completed.

5.01/2013–12/2016, National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program) of China “The fine-resolution wind-wave-current coupled forecasting and information service system for the South China Sea and its adjacent sea areas (2013AA09A506)”, CHY 8,610,000, PI, Completed.

1.Xu TF, Wei ZX*, Susanto RD, Li SJ*, Wang YG, Wang Y, Xu XQ, Agustiadi T, Trenggono M, Sulistyo B, Setiawan A, Kuswardani A, Fang GH. (2021). Observed Water Exchange Between the South China Sea and Java Sea Through Karimata Strait. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016608. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016608

2.Xu TF, Wei ZX*, Li SJ, Susanto RD, Radiarta N, Yuan C, Setiawan A, Kuswardani A, Agustiadi T, Trenggono M. (2021). Satellite-Observed Multi-Scale Variability of Sea Surface Chlorophyll-a Concentration along the South Coast of the Sumatra-Java Islands. Remote Sensing, 13, 2817. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13142817

3.Wei ZX*, Xu TF, Wang YG, Li SJ, Teng F. (2021). Progress and prospect on the study of tidal mixing in the Indonesian Seas. Advances in Marine Science, 39, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1671-6647.2021.01.001

4.Liu H, Li SJ , Wei ZX*.(2021). Interannual variability in the subduction of the South Atlantic subtropical underwater. Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05758-0.

5.Wei ZX*, Chen HX, Lei RB, Yu XG, Zhang T, Lin LN, Tian ZX, Zhuang YP, Li T, Yuan ZL. (2020). Overview of the 9th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 13(1):1-7, https://doi.org/10.1080/16742834.2020.1675137.

6.Tan W, Wei ZX*, Liu Q, Fu QJ, Chen MY, Li BT, Li J. (2020). Different Influences   of Two El Niño Types on Low-Level Atmospheric Circulation over the Subtropical     Western North Pacific. Journal of Climate, 33, 825–846, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0223.1.

7.Nie XW, Wei* ZX, Li Y. (2020). Decadal variability in salinity of the Indian Ocean    subtropical underwater during the Argo period. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089104, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089104.

8.Wei ZX*, Li SJ, Susanto RD, Wang YG, Fan B, Xu TF, Sulistiyo B, Rameyo AT, Setiawan A, Kuswardani A, Fang GH. (2019). An overview of 10-year observation of the South China Sea branch of the Pacific to Indian Ocean throughflow at the Karimata Strait. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-019-1410-x

9.Zhu YH, Wang LW, Wang YG, Xu TF, Li SJ, Cao GJ, Wei ZX*, Qu TD. (2019). Stratified circulation in the Banda Sea and its causal mechanism. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, 7030–7045. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015279

10.Zhu YH, Sun JC, Wang YG, Li SJ, Xu TF, Wei ZX*, Qu TD. (2019). Overview of the multi-layer circulation in the South China Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 175, 171–182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.04.001

11.Wei ZX*, Zheng QA, Yang YZ, Liu KX, Xu TF, Wang F, Hu SJ, Xie LL, Li YL, Du Y, Zhou L, Lin XP, Hu JY, Zhu JR, Li JY, Zhang ZG, Hou YJ, Liu Z, Tian JW, Huang XD, Guan YP, Liu ZY, Yang QX, Zhao W, Song ZY, Liu HL, Dong CM, Yu WD, Lian T, Chen ZH, Shi JX, Lei RB, Liu Y, Yu FJ, Yin BS, Chen G, Wang YF, Li ZL, Xiong XJ, Wang JN, Li XF, Wang YG. (2019). Physical oceanography research in China over past 70 years: Overview of development history and academic achievements. Haiyang Xuebao, 41, 23–64. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.0253−4193.2019.10.003

12.Liu K, Sun JC, Guo CC, Yang Y, Yu WD, Wei ZX*.(2019). Seasonal and Spatial Variations of the M2 Internal Tide in the Yellow Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124. 1115-1138, doi:10.1029/2018JC014819.

13.Xu TF, Li SJ, Hamzah F, Setiawan A, Susanto RD, Cao GJ, Wei ZX*. (2018). Intraseasonal flow and its impact on the chlorophyll-a concentration in the sunda strait and its vicinity. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 136, 84–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2018.04.003

14.Cao GJ, He YJ, Wei ZX*, Xu TF. (2018). Interannual modulation of intraseasonal sea level variability along the southern coast of Java. Science China Earth Sciences, 61, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-017-9106-0

15.Wei ZX*, Sun JC, Teng F, Xu TF, Wang YG, Xu XQ, Fang GH. (2018). A harmonic analyzed parameterization of tide-induced mixing for ocean models. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 37, 1–7, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-018-1239-8

16.Li SJ, Wei ZX*, Susanto RD, Zhu YH, Setiawan A, Xu TF, Fan B, Agustiadi T, Trenggono M, Fang GH. (2018). Journal of Oceanography, 74, 541–547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-018-0476-y

17.Yang LN, Zhou L, Li SJ, Wei* ZX.(2018). Spreading of the South Pacific Tropical Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water Over the Maritime Continent. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013831.

18.Zhu YH, Sun JC, Wang YG, Wei ZX*, Yang DZ, Qu TD.( 2017). Effect of potential vorticity flux on the circulation in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(8): 6454-6469, doi:10.1002/2016JC012375.

19.Wei ZX*, Fang GH, Susanto RD, Adi TR, Fan B, Setiawan A, Li SJ, Wang YG, Gao XM.(2016). Tidal elevation, current, and energy flux in the area between the South China Sea and Java Sea. Ocean Science, 12, 517-531, doi:10.5194/os-12-517-2016.

20.Wei ZX*, Fang GH, Xu TF, Wang YG, Lian Z. (2016). Seasonal variability of the isopycnal surface circulation in the South China Sea derived from a variable-grid global ocean circulation model. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 35, 11–20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-016-0791-3