Lab of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling

09/2007–01/2013: Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

09/2002–07/2006: B.S. in Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China

12/2018–present: Associate Research Fellow, Lab of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources

12/2015–12/2018: Assistant Research Fellow, Lab of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources

04/2013–12/2015: Postdoc, Lab of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources

Tropical ocean circulation and climate

Southern Ocean circulation and watermass

Indonesian Throughflow

1.01/2021–12/2024, National Natural Science Foundation of China “Influence of freshwater transport through the Karimata Strait on the Indonesian Throughflow (No. 42076023)”, CHY 580,000, PI, In progress.

2.01/2016–12/2018, National Natural Science Foundation of China “Influence of oceanic intraseasonal variability on the volume transport of the Pacific to Indian Ocean throughflow (No. 41506036)”, CHY 220,000, PI, Completed.

3.01/2014–12/2015, China Postdotoral Science Foundation “Mechanisms of the oceanic intraseasonal variability in the Pacific to Indian Ocean throughflow regions (No. 2014M561883)”, CHY 50,000, 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.Qiu ZS, Wei ZX, Nie XW, Xu TF*. (2021). Southeast Indian Subantarctic Mode Water in the CMIP6 Coupled Models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016872. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016872

4.Li SJ, Xu TF*, Sun JC, Yang LN, Teng F, Wang GL, Wang YG. (2021). The Interaction Between the Karimata Strait Throughflow and the Indonesian Throughflow. Advances in Marine Science, 39, 197–209. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1671-6647.2021.02.004

5.Teng F, Li SJ, Wang GL, Xu TF*. (2021). Synthesis and Evaluation of Indonesian Seas Bathymetry Data Based on Tidal Simulation. Advances in Marine Science, 39, 210–220. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1671-6647.2021.02.005

6.Wang T, Wei ZX, Jiang WS, Xu TF, Chen JL, Bian CW*. (2021). Quantification of numerical mixing in coastal ocean models through an offline method. Ocean Engineering, 222, 108558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.108588

7.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

8.Wang DQ, Fang GH*, Xu TF, Qiu T. (2021). Characteristics of the eddies shed from the Kuroshio into the South China Sea: based on the OFES ocean model data. Advances in Marine Science, 39, 231–240. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1671-6647.2021.02.007

9.Chen HX*, Wei ZX, He Y, Yang SQ, Gong Q, Zhong WL, Cui TW, Cui KB, Lv LG, Yu QJ, Zhang BB, Xu TF, Yang TL, Lin LN, Zhou HT, Jiao XH, Li H. (2021). Overview of physical oceanography observations in the 10th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition. Advances in Marine Science, 39, 327–338. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1671-6647.2021.03.001

10.Wang J, Yuan DL*, Xu TF, Zhao X. (2020). Wind-forced equatorial wave dynamics of the Pacific Ocean during 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 El Niño events. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 38, 1123–1137. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-020-9329-9

11.Wang J, Li SJ*, Xu TF, Wang YH, Xu XQ, Wang YG, Wei ZX. (2020). Study on the water exchange in the Sunda Strait. Advances in Marine Science, 38, 238–252. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1671-6647.2020.02.005

12.Yang YZ, Wang LW, Xu TF, Wei ZX*. (2020). The island rule with consideration of frictions and its application on the transport estimation of the Indonesian Throughflow. Advances in Marine Science, 38, 28–37. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1671-6647.2020.01.004

13.Cao GJ, Xu TF, He YJ, Wang LW, Wang DQ, Wei ZX*, Zhu YH. (2019). Seasonality in Intraseasonal Sea Surface Temperature Variability Along the Sumatra‐Java Southern Coast. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, 5138–5157. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014853.

14.Wang Y, Xu TF, Li SJ, Susanto RD, Agustiadi T, Trenggono M, Tan W, Wei ZX*. (2019). Seasonal variation of water transport through the Karimata Strait. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38, 47–57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-018-1224-2.

15.Sun JC, Wei ZX, Xu TF, Sun M, Liu K, Yang YZ, Chen L, Zhao H, Yin XQ, Feng WZ, Zhang ZY, Wang YG*. (2019). Development of a fine-resolution atmosphere-wave-ocean coupled forecasting model for the South China Sea and its adjacent seas. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38, 154–166. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-019-1419-1

16.Li DW, Wei ZX*, Wang YG, Li SJ, Xu TF, Wang GL, Teng F. (2019). Characteristics and temporal variations of near-bottom currents near the Dongsha Island in the northern South China Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38, 80–89, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-019-1415-5

17.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

18.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

19.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

20.Wang GL, Li DW, Wei ZX, Li SJ, Wang YG, Xu TF. (2019). Observed Near Inertial Waves in the Wake of Typhoon Linfa (2015) in the Northern South China Sea. Journal of Ocean University of China, 18, 1013–1021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-019-4081-5

21.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

22.Wang GL, Li DW, Xu TF, Teng F, Wei ZX*. (2019). Upper ocean responses to typhoon Ketsana (2009). Marine Sciences, 43, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.11759/hykx20190219001

23.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

24.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

25.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

26.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

27.Yuan DL*, Xu P, Xu TF. (2017). Climate variability and predictability associated with the Indo-Pacific Oceanic Channel Dynamics in the CCSM4 Coupled System Model. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 35, 23–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00343-016-5178-y

28.He SZ, Wang XY, Xu TF, Wang YH, Wang YG*. (2017). Numerical simulation and analysis of storm surge in the nearshore of Jiangsu Province. Marine Science, 41, 86–95. https://doi.org/10.11759/hykx20171013001

29.Xu TF, Wei ZX*, Cao GJ, Li SJ. (2016). Pathways of intraseasonal Kelvin waves in the Indonesian Throughflow regions derived from satellite altimeter observation. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 9, 375–380. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16742834.2016.1208047

30.Xu T F*, Zhou H. (2016). Oceanic channel dynamics of the IOD-ENSO teleconnection in oceanic reanalysis datasets. Haiyang Xuebao, 38, 23–35. https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2016.12.003.

31.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

32.Wang LW, Wang YG*, Xu TF, Wei ZX. (2016). Seasonal and interannual variations in sea level height in the Banda Sea based on satellite altimeter data. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica, 47, 719–729. https://doi.org/10.11693/hyhz20160200031

33.Xu TF, Yuan DL*. (2015). Why does the IOD-ENSO teleconnection disappear in some decades? Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limology, 33, 534–544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00343-015-4044-7

34.Zhao YX, Wei ZX*, Wang YG, Xu TF, Feng Y. (2015). Correlation analysis of the North Equatorial Current bifurcation and the Indonesian Throughflow. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 34, 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13131-015-0736-2

35.Wei ZX*, Xu TF, Wang YG, Li HP, Yang XL, Feng WZ, Zhang ZY. (2015). In troduction to the Fine-resolution wind-wave-current coupled forecasting and information service system for the South China Sea and its adjacent sea areas. Journal of Ocean Technology, 34, 86–90. 

36.Cao GJ, Wei ZX*, Xu TF, Li SJ. (2015). Progress on the study of oceanic intraseasonal variability in the Indonesian throughflow and its adjacent regions. Marine Science, 39, 125–133. http://dx.doi.org/10.11759/hykx20141211

37.Li BT, Wang YG*, Wei ZX, Wang XY, Xu TF, Cao GJ. (2015). Numerical study on tides of Bohai Sea and impact of topography changes on the tidal wave system. Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica, 46, 9–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.11693/hyhz20140400110

38.Xu TF, Yuan DL*, Yu YQ, Zhao X. (2013). An Assessment of Indo-Pacific Oceanic Channel Dynamics in the FGOALS-g2 Coupled Climate System Model. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 30, 997–1016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00376-013-2131-2

39.Yuan DL*, Wang J, Xu TF, Xu P, Zhou H, Zhao X, Luan YH, Zheng WP, Yu YQ. (2011). Forcing of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the Interannual Variations of the Tropical Pacific Ocean: Roles of the Indonesian Throughflow. Journal of Climate, 24, 3593–3608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI3649.1