Name：Liu Chunlei

Email:liuclei@gdou.edu.cn

PhD in Atmospheric Physics, Joined Guangdong Ocean University in 2019 and worked over 20 years in the internationally renowned Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading in UK. Current he is a professor and PhD supervisor at the School of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University.

The main research areas include changes in the energy budget balance of the Earth system, the water cycle, climate, extreme rainfall, mechanisms of tropical cyclone occurrence and development, climate forecasting, radar meteorology, optical properties of clouds, environmental data sharing, and scattering calculations of non-spherical particles. Published over 100 papers cited over 2400 times.

The data of the radiation energy flux at the top of the atmosphere, atmospheric energy divergence, and surface energy flux provided by his team are well-known in the research community and have been widely used for climate change research and climate model simulation evaluation. Among them, the radiation energy flux at the top of the atmosphere has been rated as “high confidence” by IPCC AR6. The research results on the “underestimation of Atlantic ocean energy transfer by climate system models” in 2022 have been widely reported by major media around the world.

Education:

1987.09-1991.07: PhD student in atmospheric physics at the University of Manchester, UK. Received a doctoral degree from the University of Manchester in July 1991.

1985.09-1987.09: Msc student in Atmospheric Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China.

1980.09-1985.07: Undergraduate in Atmospheric Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China. Received a Bachelor of Science degree in July 1985.

Work experience：

February 2019 - present: Professor and PhD supervisor at the School of Ocean and Meteorology, Guangdong Ocean University. Also a visiting fellow of the University of Reading, UK.

199501-201902: Senior Research fellow at the Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK.

Hosted ongoing research projects:

National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Energy Asymmetry between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and Its Impact on Rainfall Distribution". Approval number: 42075036, execution date: 2021-2024.

National Natural Science Foundation of China: "The Impact of Global Climate Change on Changes of the Hadley Circulation Intensity". Approval number: 42275017, execution date: 2023-2026.

Award:

Won the 2022 Guangdong Province International Cooperation Award for Foreign Experts in Higher Education Institutions.

Recent publications:

1. Liao X, Holloway CE, Feng X, Liu C, Lyu X, Xue Y, Bao R, Li J, Qiao F (2023) Observed interannual relationship between ITCZ position and tropical cyclone frequency. J. Climate, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0865.1.

2. Pan Yuying, Cheng Lijing, von Schuckmann Karina, Trenberth Kevin E., Li Guancheng, Abraham John, Liu Yuanxin, Gouretski Viktor, Yu Yongqiang, Liu Hailong, Liu Chunlei (2023) Annual cycle in upper ocean heat content and the global energy budget. J. Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0776.1.

3. Jin L, Liu C, Cao N, Liao X, Xue Y, Bao R, Fan L, Zhu L, Su Q, Yang K, Zheng R, Chang S and Liang M (2024), Tracking the variability of the western Pacific warm pool heat content over 1980–2020. Front. Earth Sci. 12:1377715. doi: 10.3389/feart.2024.1377715.

4. Yang K, Liu C, Cai J, Cao N, Liao X, Su Q, Jin L, Zheng R, Zhang Q and Wang L (2023) The north–south shift of the ridge location of the western Pacific subtropical high and its influence on the July precipitation in the Jianghuai region from 1978 to 2021. Front. Earth Sci., 11:1251294, doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1251294

5. 曹宁，郑兆轩，刘春雷 (2024) 超强台风灿都(2021年)对黑潮入侵吕宋海峡的影响。热带气象学报, 40(2):237-247. doi: 10.16032/j.issn.1004-4965.2024.023

6. Liu C, Yang Y, Liao X, Cao N, Liu J, Ou N, Allan RP, Jin L, Chen N, Zheng R (2022) Discrepancies in simulated ocean net surface heat fluxes over the North Atlantic. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 39, http://www.iapjournals.ac.cn/aas/en/article/doi/10.1007/s00376-022-1360-7.

7. Mayer J, Mayer M, Haimberger L, Liu C (2022) Comparison of Surface Energy Fluxes from Global to Local Scale. J. Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0598.1.

8. Liu C, Ni Chen, Jingchao Long, Ning Cao, Xiaoqing Liao, Yazhu Yang, Niansen Ou, Liang Jin, Rong Zheng, Ke Yang, Qianye Su (2022) Review of the observed energy flow in the Earth system. Atmosphere, 13, 1738, https://doi.org/10.3390/ atmos13101738

9. Yazhu Yang, Liu C, Niansen Ou, Xiaoqing Liao, Ning Cao, Ni Chen, Liang Jin, Rong Zheng, Ke Yang, Qianye Su (2022) Moisture transport and contribution to the continental precipitation. Atmosphere, 2022, 13, 1694. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13101694

10. Zhang S, Fu G, Zhang Y, Xu J, Xue Y, Tang R, Gao X, Liu C, Long J. (2022) Statistical Characteristics and Composite Environmental Conditions of Explosive Cyclones over the Japan Sea and Kuroshio/Kuroshio Extension. Atmosphere.; 13, 17, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13010017

11. Andrews T, Bodas-Salcedo A, Gregory JM, Dong Y, Armour KC, Paynter D, Lin P, Modak A, Mauritsen T, Cole JNS, Medeiros B, Benedict JJ, Douville H, Roehrig R, Koshiro T, Kawai H, Ogura T, Dufresne JL, Allan RP, Liu C (2022) On the effect of historical SST patterns on radiative feedback. Journal of Geophysical Research, 127, e2022JD036675, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD036675

12. Zhang S, Zheng Y, Liu C, Huang Z, Weng H, Xu J, Tu S (2022) Climatology of Different Classifications of Tropical Cyclones Landfalling in Guangdong Province of China during 1951–2020. Atmosphere, 13, 1306, https:// doi.org/10.3390/atmos13081306

13. 曹宁, 李润朝, 叶颖昕, 郑兆轩，刘春雷 (2022) 基于不同海洋再分析资料的吕宋海峡热能输送及其变化. 广东海洋大学学报, 42(5).

14. 彭玮怡，薛宇峰，刘春雷 (2022) 河南郑州“7•20”极端暴雨成因分析。水利水电快报。43(12):8 －15．

15. Zhang S, Liu C, Xu J, Zhang S, Tang R, Huang Z, Zheng Y, Guan Z, Mao H, Xue Y (2021) Physical Process Contributions to the Development of a Super Explosive Cyclone Over the Gulf Stream. Front. Earth Sci., 9:722555. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.722555

16. Long J, Liu C, Liu Z and Xu J (2021) Impact of the Anomalous Latent Heat Flux Over the Kuroshio Extension on Western North American Rainfall in Spring: Interannual Variation and Mechanism. Front. Earth Sci. 8:609619. doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.609619

17. Chen S, Xu F, Zhang Y, Ye G, Xu J, Liu C (2021) Sensitivity of Typhoon Lingling (2019) simulations to horizontal mixing length and planetary boundary layer parameterizations. Front. Earth Sci. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-021-0890-0

18. Liang M, Xu J, Chan JCL, Liu C, Xu H (2021) How Does the Onset Time of El Niño Events Affect Tropical Cyclone Genesis and Intensity over the Western North Pacific? Int J Climatol https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7227

19. Luo X, Xu J, Liu C, Zhang Y, Li K, Wu L (2021) Characteristics of Atmospheric Heat Sources in the Tibetan Plateau-Tropical Indian Ocean Region [J]. Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 2021, 27(1): 70-80, https://doi.org/10.46267/j.1006-8775.2021.007

20. Liu C, Allan RP, Mayer M, Hyder P, Desbruyères D, Cheng L, Xu J, Xu F, Zhang Y (2020) Variability in the global energy budget and transports 1985-2017. Climate Dynamics, 55:3381–3396, doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05451-8.

21. Liu C, Liao X, Qiu J, Yang Y, Feng X, Allan RP, Cao N, Long J, Xu J (2020) Observed variability of intertropical convergence zone over 1998-2018. Environ. Res. Lett., 15, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aba033.

22. 刘春雷,冯小丽,顾剑峰,廖晓晴,曹宁,徐建军,徐峰,张宇(2020)热带气旋生成指数对印度洋热带气旋频数变化的适用性研究.南京信息工程大学学报,12(4):431-441。doi: 10.13878/j.Cnki.Jnuist.2020.04.004.

23. Allison LC, Palmer M, Allan RP, Hermanson L, Liu C, Smith DM (2020) Observations of planetary heating since the 1980s from multiple independent datasets. Environmental Research Communications, 2 (10). p. 101001. ISSN 2515-7620 doi: 10.1088/2515-7620/abbb39.

24. Xu H, Xu J, Liu C, Ou N (2020) Distinguishing Characteristics of Spring and Summer Onset El Niño Events. Journal of Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0605.1.

25. Allan R, Liu C (2018) Overview of climate models and tropical extremes. In: Vuruputur, V., Sukhatme, J., Murtugudde, R. and Roca, R. (eds.) Tropical Extremes: Natural Variability and Trends. Elsevier, pp. 139-164. ISBN 9780128092484.

26. Hyder P, Edwards JM, Allan RP, Hewitt HT, Bracegirdle TJ, Gregory JM, Wood RA, Meijers AJS, Mulcahy J, Field P, Furtado K, Bodas-Salcedo A, Williams KD, Copsey D, Josey SA, Liu C, Roberts CD, Sanchez C, Ridley J, Thorpe L, Hardiman SC, Mayer M, Berry DI, Belcher SE (2018) Critical Southern Ocean climate model biases traced to atmospheric model cloud errors. Nature Communications, 9. 3625. ISSN 2041-1723 doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05634-2.

27. Feng X, Haines K, Liu C, de Boissoson E, Polo I (2018) Improved SST-precipitation intra-seasonal relationships in the ECMWF coupled climate reanalysis. Geophysical Research Letters. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077138.

28. Liu C, Allan RP (2018) Unrealistic increases in wind speed explain reduced eastern Pacific heat flux in reanalyses. Journal of Climate. ISSN 1520-0442 doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0642.1.

29. Liu C, Allan RP, Mayer M, Hyder P, Loeb NG, Roberts CD, Valdivieso M, Edwards JM, Vidale PL (2017) Evaluation of satellite and reanalysis-based global net surface energy flux and uncertainty estimates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122 (12). pp. 6250-6272. ISSN 2169-8996 doi: 10.1002/2017JD026616.

30. Roberts CD, Palmer MD, Allan RP, Desbruyeres DG, Hyder P, Liu C, Smith D (2016) Surface flux and ocean heat transport convergence contributions to seasonal and interannual variations of ocean heat content. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. ISSN 2169-9291 doi: 10.1002/2016JC012278.

31. Liu C, Allan RP, Berrisford P, Mayer M, Hyder P, Loeb N, Smith D, Vidale P-L, Edwards JM (2015) Combining satellite observations and reanalysis energy transports to estimate global net surface energy fluxes 1985-2012. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120 (18), 9374-9389. ISSN 2169-8996, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023264.

32. Smith DM, Allan R, Coward AC, Eade R, Hyder P, Liu C, Loeb NG, Palmer MD, Roberts CD, Scaife AA (2015) Earth's energy imbalance since 1960 in observations and CMIP5 models. Geophysical Research Letters, 42 (4), 1205-1213. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: 10.1002/2014GL062669.

33. Allan RP, Liu C, Loeb NG, Palmer MD, Roberts M, Smith D, Vidale P-L (2014) Changes in global net radiative imbalance 1985-2012. Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (15), 5588-5597. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: 10.1002/2014GL060962.

34. Allan RP, Liu C, Zahn M, Lavers DA, Koukouvagias E, Bodas-Salcedo A (2014) Physically consistent responses of the global atmospheric hydrological cycle in models and observations. Surveys in Geophysics, 35 (3). pp. 533-552. ISSN 1573-0956 doi: 10.1007/s10712-012-9213-z.

35. Skliris N, Marsh R, Josey SA, Good SA, Liu C, Allan RP (2014) Salinity changes in the world ocean since 1950 in relation to changing surface freshwater fluxes. Climate Dynamics, 43 (3-4), 709-736. ISSN 0930-7575 doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2131-7.

36. Liu C, Allan RP, Brooks M, Milton S (2014) Comparing tropical precipitation simulated by the Met Office NWP and climate models with satellite observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 53 (1), 200-214. ISSN 1558-8432 doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-082.1.

37. Hegerl GC, Black E, Allan RP, Ingram WJ, Polson D, Trenberth KE, Chadwick RS, Arkin PA, Sarojini BB, Becker A, Dai A, Durack PJ, Easterling D, Fowler HJ, Kendon EJ, Huffman GJ, Liu C, Marsh R, New M, Osborn TJ, Skliris N, Stott PA, Vidale P-L, Wijffels SE, Wilcox LJ, Willett KM, Zhang X (2014) Challenges in quantifying changes in the global water cycle. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. ISSN 1520-0477 doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00212.1.

38. Liu C, Allan RP (2013) Observed and simulated precipitation responses in wet and dry regions 1850-2100. Environmental Research Letters, 8 (3). 034002. ISSN 1748-9326 doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034002.

39. Liu C, Allan RP, Huffman GJ (2012) Co-variation of temperature and precipitation in CMIP5 models and satellite observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 39. L13803. ISSN 0094-8276 doi: 10.1029/2012GL052093.

40. Liu C, Allan R (2012) Multi-satellite observed responses of precipitation and its extremes to interannual climate variability. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117. D03101. ISSN 0148-0227 doi: 10.1029/2011JD016568.

41. Liu C, Haines K, Iwi A, Smith D (2012) Comparing the UK Met Office climate prediction system DePreSys with idealized predictability in the HadCM3 model. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 138 (662). pp. 81-90. ISSN 1477-870X doi: 10.1002/qj.904.