Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D in Ecology (Specialization in Atmospheric Science), Tsinghua University, 2023
• M.S. in Physical Oceanography, First Institute of Oceanography, 2012
• B.S. in Marine Science (Specialization in Physical Oceanography), Ocean University of China, 2008

Professional Experience

• 2023.08-present: Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Uppsala University
  • Duties included: air-wave interaction, wind engergy
• 2014.04-2023.08: Researcher
  • First Institute of Oceanography
  • Duties included: developing air-sea-wave coupled model, tropical cyclone
• 2012.07-2014.04: Researcher
  • National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center
  • Duties included: ocean and sea ice modelling in Arctic ocean

Skills

• Programming Languages
  • Fortran
  • MATLAB
  • Linux/Unix Shell
  • GitHub&GitLab
• Numerical Models
  • Atmosphere: WRF
  • Ocean: ROMS, POM
  • Wave: WAVEWATCH III, MASNUM
  • Coupler: C-Coupler
• Data Visualization
  • MATLAB
  • Surfer
  • Grapher
• Data Analysis
  • EOF
  • EMD

Publications

1. Zhao, B., Sahlée, E., Du, J., Wu, L., 2024. Wind stress modification by offshore wind turbines: A numerical study of wave blocking impacts, Ocean Engineering, 33, 119651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2024.119651.

2. Zhao, B., Wu, L., Wang, G., Zhang, J. A., et al., 2024. A numerical study of tropical cyclone and ocean responses to air-sea momentum flux at high winds. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(7), e2024JC020956. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC020956.

3. Zhao, B., Wang, G., Zhang, J. A., Liu, L., Liu, J., Xu, J., et al., 2022. The effects of ocean surface waves on tropical cyclone intensity: numerical simulations using a regional atmosphere-ocean-wave coupled model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2022JC019015. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019015.

4. Zhao, B., Qiao, F., Cavaleri, L. et al., 2017. Sensitivity of typhoon modeling to surface waves and rainfall. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(3), 1702-1723. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012262.

5. Zhao, B., Qiao, F., and Wang, G., 2014. The effects of the non-breaking surface wave-induced vertical mixing on the forecast of tropical cyclone tracks. Chinese Science Bulletin, 59(24), 3075-3084. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-014-0255-0.

6. Wang, G., Zhao, B., Qiao, F. et al., 2018. Rapid intensification of Super Typhoon Haiyan: the important role of a warm-core ocean eddy. Ocean Dynamics, 68(12), 1649-1661. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-018-1217-x.

7. Li, S., Zhao, B., Ma, S., Yin, X., Ji, D., Qiao, F., 2024. Effects of Sea Spray on Extreme Precipitation Forecasting: A case study in Beijing of China. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL109923. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109923.

8. Chen, S., Qiao, F., Huang, C. J., Zhao, B., 2018. Deviation of wind stress from wind direction under low wind conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 9357– 9368. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014137.

9. Wang, G, Ma, H., Babanin, AV., Zhao, B., Huang, C., Dai, D., and Qiao, F., 2023. Estimating sea spray volume flux with a laser gauge in a self-consistent system. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:1102631. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1102631.

10. Sun, C., Liu, L., Li, R., Yu, X., Yu, H., Zhao, B., Wang, G., Liu, J., Qiao, F., and Wang, B., 2021. Developing a common, flexible and efficient framework for weakly coupled ensemble data assimilation based on C-Coupler2.0, Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 2635-2657, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2635-2021.

11. Liang, X., Yang, Q., Nerger, L., Losa, S. N., Zhao, B., Zheng, F., Zhang, L., & Wu, L., 2017. Assimilating Copernicus SST Data into a Pan-Arctic Ice–Ocean Coupled Model with a Local SEIK Filter. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34: 1985–1999.

12. Zhao, J., Cheng, B., Vihma, T., Yang, Q., Hui, F., Zhao, B., Hao, g., Shen, H., Zhang, L., 2019. Observation and thermodynamic modeling of the influence of snow cover on landfast sea ice thickness in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, Cold Regions Science and Technology, 168: 102869.

13. Xu, X., Voermans, J. J., Zhang, W., Zhao, B., Qiao, F., liu, Q., et al., 2023. Tropical Cyclone modeling with the inclusion of wave-coupled processes: Sea spray and wave turbulence. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL106536. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106536.

14. Zhanpeng Zhuang, Yang, Y., Shu, Q., Song, Z., Zhao, B., Yuan, Y., 2023. Variability of non-breaking surface-wave induced mixing and its effects on ocean thermodynamical structure in the northwest Pacific during Typhoon Lekima (2019). Deep Sea Research Part I, 202,104178, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2023.104178.

15. Yu, X., Liu, L., Sun, C., Jiang, Q., Zhao, B., Zhang, Z., Yu, H., and Wang, B., 2023. CIOFC1.0: a common parallel input/output framework based on C-Coupler2.0, Geoscientific Model Development, 16, 6285–6308, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-6285-2023.

16. Zhao, J., Yang, T., Shu, Q.，Shen, H., Tian, Z., Hao, G., Zhao, B.., 2021. Modelling the annual cycle of landfast ice near Zhongshan Station, East Antarctica. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 40, 129–141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-021-1727-0.

17. Zhao, C., Wang, G., Zhang, M., Wang, G., de With, G., Bezhenar, R., Maderich, V., Xia, C., Zhao, B., et al., 2021. Transport and dispersion of tritium from the radioactive water of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Marine Pollution Bulletin 169, 112515, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112515.

Softwares

1. Zhao, B. (2024). FIO-AOW (Version 1.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14546846

Talks

1. Zhao Biao, The effects of ocean surface waves on tropical cyclone intensity, Autumn Seminar, 2023.08, Uppsala, Sweden (Talk).

2. Zhao Biao, The effects of ocean surface waves on tropical cyclone intensity, 4th Workshop on Waves and Wave-Coupled Processes, 2023.02, Uppsala, Sweden (Online Talk).

3. Zhao Biao, the development of a regional Atmosphere-Ocean-Wave coupled model for Typhoon, Eat Asian Workshop on a predicted Ocean, 2021.09, Qingdao, China (online Talk).

4. Zhao Biao, Sensitivity of typhoon modeling to surface waves and rainfall, 2th Workshop on Waves and Wave-Coupled Processes, 2017.10, Qingdao, China (Talk).

5. Zhao Biao, Sensitivity of typhoon modeling to surface waves and rainfall, 8th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean (IWMO), 2016.06, Bologna, Italy (Poster).

Projects

1. Air-Sea-Wave Coupled Model Development for Tropical Cyclone, 2023-2024, 15K USD, principal investigator, Center for Earth System Modeling and Prediction, CMA
2. Developing a Regional Atmosphere-Ocean-Wave Coupled Model System Through a Community Coupler,120K USD, 2016-2021, principal investigator, National Key Research and Development Program of China
3. Effect of Rainfall-Induced Horizontal Stress on Air-Sea Momentum Flux, 36K USD, 2016-2021, principal investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award

1. Development and Application of the 2nd Generation Earth System Model with Ocean Surface Waves, First Prize of Marine Engineering Science and Technology Award in 2023, 12th-ranked contributor

Services

Reviewer for: Geoscientific Model Development；Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy; Acta Oceanologica Sinica; Advances in Marine Science; Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography; Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society