General

Ke Wei (Dr. and Associate Prof.)
Email: weike@mail.iap.ac.cn
Telephone:  +86-10-62659180
Mobile phone:  +86-15801263735
Address:  No. 40 Huayanli, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 

Postcode:  100029

Research Areas

Atmospheric Dynamics

Coupling between stratosphere and troposphere

​East Asian monsoon


Education

2002.9-2007.7     Ph.D. Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 
Major: Meteorology.


Experience

   
Work Experience
  • 2010.1-                  Associate professor at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

  • 2007.7-2009.12     Research Assistant at Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

  • 2007.8-2007.11     Research Assistant at Department of Physics and Material Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

  • 2014.7-2014.12     Visiting associate professor, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan


Teaching Experience

Postgraduate courses         

2013/14

Autumn semester: Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics, at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 
Spring semester: Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics, at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

2012/13

Autumn semester: Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics, at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 
Spring semester: Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics, at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

2011/12

Autumn semester: Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics, at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 
Spring semester: Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics, at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

2010/11

Autumn semester: Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics, at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 
Spring semester: Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics, at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

2009/10

Autumn semester: Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics, at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 
Spring semester: Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics, at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

2008/09

Autumn semester: Introduction to Atmospheric Dynamics, at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 
Spring semester: Advanced Atmospheric Dynamics, at the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences


Honors & Distinctions

  • 2015                "Xie Yibing" Award (named after Prof. Xie Yibing, renowned meteorologist, Peking University)

  • 2008                "Xue Du Feng Zheng" Award for excellent PhD thesis (named after Prof. Ye Duzheng, the 48th IMO Award winner)

  • 2007                Outstanding Ph. D. thesis of Institute of Atmospheric Physics


Publications

   
Papers

  • Campos‐Arceiz, A., J. A. d. l. Torre, K. Wei, X. O. Wu, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhu, Z. Yang, Y. Bai, R. T. Corlett and F. Chen, 2022: China's wandering elephants: Integrating exceptional movements into conservation planning. Integrative Conservation, doi: 10.1002/inc3.10.

  • Ma, J., K. Wei, W. Chen, T. Wang and D. Shi, 2022: The southward movement preference of large-scale persistent extreme precipitation events over the Yangtze River Valley during Mei-yu period. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-022-06539-z.

  • Ma, J. K. Wei, W. Chen, 2022, Self-maintaining mechanism of a large-scale persistent heavy rainfall event in Mei-yu period: case study of Yangtze River heavy rainfall in 2020, Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (in Chinese), doi:10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.2201.21082.

  • Wei, K., J. Ma, W. Chen and P. Vargin, 2021: Longitudinal peculiarities of planetary waves-zonal flow interactions and their role in stratosphere-troposphere dynamical coupling. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-021-05842-5. 

  • Campos‐Arceiz, A., J. A. de la Torre, K. Wei, X. O. Wu, Y. Zhu, M. Zhao, S. Chen, Y. Bai, R. T. Corlett and F. Chen, 2021: The return of the elephants: How two groups of dispersing elephants attracted the attention of billions and what can we learn from their behavior. Conservation Letters, doi: 10.1111/conl.12836. 

  • Liu, Y., G. Tang, X. Huang, K. Wei, S. Wu, M. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Zhang and Y. Wang, 2021: Unexpected deep mixing layer in the sichuan basin, china. Atmospheric Research, 249, 105300, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105300.

  • Wang, F., J. D. Harindintwali, Z. Yuan, M. Wang, F. Wang, S. Li, Z. Yin, L. Huang, Y. Fu, L. Li, S. X. Chang, L. Zhang, J. Rinklebe, Z. Yuan, Q. Zhu, L. Xiang, D. C. W. Tsang, L. Xu, X. Jiang, J. Liu, N. Wei, M. Kästner, Y. Zou, Y. S. Ok, J. Shen, D. Peng, W. Zhang, D. Barceló, Y. Zhou, Z. Bai, B. Li, B. Zhang, K. Wei, H. Cao, Z. Tan, L.-b. Zhao, X. He, J. Zheng, N. Bolan, X. Liu, C. Huang, S. Dietmann, M. Luo, N. Sun, J. Gong, Y. Gong, F. Brahushi, T. Zhang, C. Xiao, X. Li, W. Chen, N. Jiao, J. Lehmann, Y.-G. Zhu, H. Jin, A. Schäffer, J. M. Tiedje and J. M. Chen, 2021a: Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality. The Innovation, 2, doi: 10.1016/j.xinn.2021.100180. 

  • Wang, T., K. Wei and J. Ma, 2021: Atmospheric rivers and meiyu rainfall in china: A case study of summer 2020. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s00376-021-1096-9. 

  • Wei, K., J. Liu, Q. Bao, B. He, J. Ma, M. Li, M. Song and Z. Zhu, 2021: Subseasonal to seasonal arctic sea ice prediction: A grand challenge of climate science. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, doi: 10.1016/j.aosl.2021.100052. 

  • Wei, K., C. Ouyang, H. Duan, Y. Li, M. Chen, J. Ma, H. An and S. Zhou, 2020: Reflections on the catastrophic 2020 yangtze river basin flooding in southern china. Innovation, 1 (2), doi: 10.1016/j.xinn.2020.100038.

  • Liu, Y., G. Tang, X. Huang, K. Wei, S. Wu, M. Wang, Y. Wang, J. Zhang and Y. Wang, 2021: Unexpected deep mixing layer in the sichuan basin, China. Atmospheric Research, 249, 105300, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105300.

  • Liang, H. K. Wei, J. Ma, 2021: Climate Effect Assessment of Ideal Large-scale Solar and Wind Power Farms in Northwest China. Climatic and Environmental Research (in Chinese), 26, 123-141, doi: 10.3878/j.issn.1006-9585.2020.1912.

  • Ke Wei, Xiaoyan Tang, Guiqian Tang, Junxia Wang, Luyang Xu, Jing Li, Chunhuan Ni,Yanjun Zhou, Yeyi Ding, Wenjun Liu, 2020, Distinction of two kinds of haze, Atmospheric Environment, 223, 117228, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117228

  • Ke Wei, Wen Chen, Luyang Xu, Chunjiang Zhou, 2019: Stratosphere amplifies the global climate effect of wildfires,Science China-Earth Sciences, 63, 309–311,https://doi.org/10.1360/SSTe-2019-0214.

  • Wang, Y., P. Huang, L. Wang, P. Wang, K. Wei, Z. Zhang and B. Yan, 2019: An improved enso ensemble forecasting strategy based on multiple coupled model initialization parameters. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11, 2868-2878, doi: 10.1029/2019ms001620. 

  • Xu, L., K. Wei, X. Wu, S. P. Smyshlyaev, W. Chen and V. Y. Galin, 2019: The effect of super volcanic eruptions on ozone depletion in a chemistry--climate model. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 36, doi: 10.1007/s00376-019-8241-8. 

  • Huang, R., W. Chen, K. Wei, L. Wang and J. Huangfu, 2018: Atmospheric dynamics in the stratosphere and its interaction with tropospheric processes: Progress and problems. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (in Chinese), 42, 463-487.

  • Piao, J., W. Chen, S. Chen and K. Wei, 2018: Intensified impact of north atlantic oscillation in may on subsequent july asian inland plateau precipitation since the late 1970s. International Journal of Climatology, n/a-n/a, doi: 10.1002/joc.5332.

  • Cai, Z., K. Wei, L. Xu, X. Lan, W. Chen and D. Nath, 2017: The influences of the model configuration on the simulation of stratospheric northern-hemisphere polar vortex in the cmip5 models. Advances in Meteorology, 2017, 1-15, doi: 10.1155/2017/7326759.

  • Piao, J., W. Chen, K. Wei, Y. Liu, H.-F. Graf, J.-B. Ahn and A. Pogoreltsev, 2017: An abrupt rainfall decrease over the asian inland plateau region around 1999 and the possible underlying mechanism. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 34, 456-468, doi: 10.1007/s00376-016-6136-5.

  • Wei, K., Z. Cai, W. Chen and L. Xu, 2016: The effect of a well-resolved stratosphere on east asian winter climate. Climate Dynamics, 1-14, doi: 10.1007/s00382-016-3419-6.

  • Nath, D., W. Chen, Z. Cai, A. I. Pogoreltsev, and K. Wei, 2016: Dynamics of 2013 Sudden Stratospheric Warming event and its impact on cold weather over Eurasia: Role of planetary wave reflection. Scientific Reports, 6, doi:10.1038/srep24174.

  • Wei, K., M. Takahashi and W. Chen, 2015: Long-term changes in the relationship between stratospheric circulation and east asian winter monsoon. Atmospheric Science Letters, 16: 359-365. DOI: 10.1002/asl2.568.

  • Pogoreltsev A. I., Savenkova E. N., Aniskina O. G., Ermakova T. S., Chen W., Wei K., 2015: Interannual and intraseasonal variability of stratospheric dynamics and stratosphere–troposphere coupling during northern winter. J. Atmos Sol-Terr Phys 136:187–200

  • Wei, K., Ting Xu, Zhencai Du, Hainan Gong, Baohua Xie, 2014: How well do the current state-of-the-art CMIP5 models characterise the climatology of the East Asian winter monsoon? Climate Dynamics, 43, 1241-1255. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1929-z.

  • Chen, S., K. Wei, W. Chen, and L. Song, 2014, Regional Changes in the Annual Mean Hadley Circulation in Recent Decades, Journal of Geophysical Research, DOI: 10.1002/2014JD021540

  • Gong H., L. Wang, W. Chen, R. Wu, K Wei, and X. Cui, 2014: The climatology and interannual variability of the East Asian winter monsoon in CMIP5 models, Journal of Climate, 27(4), 1659-1678. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00039.1

  • Chen, S., X. Chen, K. Wei, W. Chen, T. Zhou, 2014: Vertical tilt structure of East Asian trough and its interannual variation mechanism in boreal winter. Theor. Appl. Climatol. 115, 667-683. doi: 10.1007/s00704-013-0928-7.

  • Wei, K., L. Wang, 2013: Reexamination of the Aridity Conditions in Arid Northwestern China for the Last Decade, J. Climate, 26 (23): 9594-9602. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00605.1

  • Chen, W., K. Wei, L. Wang, Q. Zhou, 2013: Climate variability and mechanisms of the East Asian winter monsoon and the impact from the stratosphere [J]. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (in Chinese), 37 (2): 425–438

  • Chen, S., Wen Chen, K. Wei, 2013: Recent Trends in Winter Temperature Extremes in Eastern China and their Relationship with the Arctic Oscillation and ENSO. Adv. Atmos. Sci., doi: 10.1007/s00376-013-2296-8

  • Wei, K., and W. Chen, 2012: Northern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex extremes in February under control of downward wave flux in the lower stratosphere. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 5(3), 183−188

  • Wei, K., and Q. Bao, 2012: Projections of the East Asian winter monsoon under the IPCC AR5 scenarios using a coupled model IAP_FGOALS. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 29(6): 1200-1213. Doi: 10.1007/s00376-012-1226-5.

  • Wei, K., W. Chen, and W. Zhou, 2011: Changes in the East Asian Cold Season since 2000. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 28(1), 69-79.

  • Wei, K., and W. Chen, 2011: An Abrupt Increase of the Summer High Temperature Extreme Days across China in the mid 1990s. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 28(5): 1023-1029. doi: 10.1007/s00376-010-0080-6.

  • Yuan F., K. Wei, W. Chen, S. K. Fong and K. C. Leong, 2010: Temporal Variations of the Frontal and the Monsoon Storm Rainfall during the First Rainy Season in South China, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters3(5), 243-247.

  • Jadin, E. A., K. Wei, Y. A. Zyulyaevaa, W. Chen, and L. Wang, 2010: Stratospheric wave activity and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sol.-Terr. Phys.72, 1163-1170.

  • Luo, D., W. Zhou, and K. Wei, 2010: Dynamics of eddy-driven North Atlantic Oscillations in a localized shifting jet: zonal structure and downstream blocking. Clim. Dyn., DOI 10.1007/s00382-00009-00559-y.

  • Wei, K., and W. Chen, 2009: Climatology and Trend of High Temperature Extremes across China in summer. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters2, 153-158.

  • Chen, W., and K. Wei, 2009a: Anomalous Propagation of the Quasi-stationary Planetary Waves in the Atmosphere and Its Roles in the Impact of the Stratosphere on the East Asian Winter Climate. Advances in Earth Science (in Chinese), 24,272-285.

  • Chen, W., and K. Wei, 2009b: Interannual variability of the winter stratospheric polar vortex in the Northern Hemisphere and their relations to QBO and ENSO. Adv. Atmos. Sci.26, 855-863.

  • Wei, K., W. Chen, and R. Huang, 2008: Two Hemispheres Comparison of the Role of Wave Activities in the Breakup of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Science (in Chinese), 32, 206-219.

  • Gu, L., K. Wei, and R. Huang, 2008: Severe Disaster of Blizzard,Freezing Rain and Low Temperature in January 2008 in China and Its Association with the Anomalies of East Asian Monsoon System. Climatic and Environmental Research (in Chinese), 13, 405-418.

  • Chen, W., L. Gu, K. Wei, and R. Huang, 2008: Studies of the Dynamic Processes of East Asian Monsoon System and the Quasi-Stationary Planetary Wave Activities. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Science (in Chinese), 32, 950-966.

  • Huang, R., K. Wei, J. Chen, and W. Chen, 2007: The East Asian winter monsson anomalies in the winters of 2005 and 2006 and their relations to the Quasi-stationary planetary wave activity in the Northern Hemisphere. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Science (in Chinese), 31, 1033-1048.

  • Wei, K., W. Chen, and R. H. Huang, 2007a: Dynamical diagnosis of the breakup of the stratospheric polar vortex in the Northern Hemisphere. Science in China Series D-Earth Sciences50, 1369-1379.

  • Wei, K., W. Chen, and R. H. Huang, 2007b: Association of tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures with the stratospheric Holton-Tan Oscillation in the Northern Hemisphere winter. Geophys. Res. Lett.34, L16814, doi:16810.11029/12007GL030478.

  • Wei, K., W. Chen, and R. Huang, 2006: Long-term changes of the ultraviolet radiation in China and its relationship with Total Ozone and Precipitation. Adv. Atmos. Sci.23, 700-710.

  • Kang, L., W. Chen, and K. Wei, 2006: The Interdecadal Variation of Winter Temperature in China and Its Relation to the Anomalies in Atmospheric General Circulation. Climatic and Environmental Research (in Chinese), 11, 330-339.



Patents

Research Interests

Climate change in the Road&Belt regions

Monsoon system

Teleconnection

Atmospheric River


Students