Dr. Ming BAO
School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University
Room B210, Atmospheric Sciences Building
Email: baom@nju.edu.cn
Research Interests
Atmospheric Waves
General Circulation of the Atmosphere
Stratosphere-Troposphere Dynamical Coupling
Tropical-Extratropical Interactions
Education
Ph.D Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University (2004) Advisors: Prof. Yunqi Ni & Prof. Jifan Chou
(2002~2004, Visiting student, China Meteorological Administration)
B.S. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University (1999)
Professional Experience
2008.5~Present Professor (2021.12), Associate Professor (2011.12), Lecturer (2008.5), School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University
2013.4~2015.4 Visiting scholar, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
(Host professors: Prof. Dennis L. Hartmann & Prof. John M. Wallace)
2004.6~2008.5 Assistant Researcher, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Research advisor: Prof. Ronghui Huang)
Teaching
The Atmospheric General Circulation (Graduate; Spring 2024)
Introduction to Climate Dynamics (Undergraduate; Spring 2020, 2022~2024)
Introduction to Tropical Meteorology (Undergraduate & Graduate; Fall 2015~2019)
Introduction to Earth Science and Resource Environment (Undergraduate; Fall 2017~2020)
Physical Climatology (Undergraduate; Spring 2009~2013, 2018~2019)
The Frontier Issues of Atmospheric Sciences (Graduate; Lectures, 2017)
Group Members
Pengkun Yang (PhD student, 2019.9-, Stratosphere-Troposphere Dynamical Coupling) co-advised by Prof. Xuejuan Ren
Chenming Ma (PhD student, 2022.9-, Storm Track Dynamics)
Yiming Wang (PhD student, 2020.9-, Tropical-Extratropical Interactions)
Zijian Wang (Graduate student, 2024.9-, Tropical Circulation）
Former Graduate Students
Xin Tan (PhD, 2018-2021; M.S., 2015-2018) now lecturer in Department of Atmospheric Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Chenming Ma (M.S., 2019-2022) now PhD student in School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing Univeristy
Publications
Wang, Y., and M. Bao, 2024: Anomalous Hawaiian sea level pressure is key to initiate the North Pacifici meridional mode. J. Climate,doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0753.1. Yang, P., Y. Xia, Y. Hu, M. Bao, X. Ren, C. Zhou, and Y. Zhu, 2024: Impact of paleogeography on the stratospheric polar vortex in the geological past. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2024GL111251. Yang, P., M. Bao, and X. Ren, 2024: Preconditioned stratospheric modulation on the occurrence of stratospheric final warmings. Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL107294. Yang, P., M. Bao, and X. Ren, 2023: Influence of preconditioned stratospheric state on the surface response to displacement and split sudden stratospheric warmings. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2023GL103992. Yang, P., M. Bao, X. Ren, and X. Tan, 2023: The role of vortex preconditioning in influencing the occurrence of strong and weak sudden stratospheric warmings in ERA5 reanalysis. J. Climate, 36, 1197-1212, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0319.1. Tan, X., and M. Bao, 2020: Linkage between a dominant mode in the lower stratosphere and the Western Hemisphere circulation pattern. Geophys. Res. Lett., e2020GL090105. Tan, X., M. Bao, and X. Ren, 2019: Energetics of the Western Hemisphere circulation pattern. J. Climate, 32, 7857-7870, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0211.1. Tan, X., M. Bao, D. L. Hartmann, and P. Ceppi, 2017: The role of synoptic waves in the formation and maintenance of the Western Hemisphere circulation pattern. J. Climate, 30, 10259-10274, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0158.1. |
| Bao, M., X. Tan, D. L. Hartmann, and P. Ceppi, 2017: Classifying the tropospheric precursor patterns of sudden stratospheric warmings. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 8011-8016, doi:10.1002/2017GL074611. |
| Bao, M., and J. M. Wallace, 2015: Cluster analysis of Northern Hemisphere wintertime 500-hPa flow regimes during 1920–2014. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 3597-3608, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0001.1. |
| Bao, M., and D. L. Hartmann, 2014: The response to MJO-like forcing in a nonlinear shallow-water model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 1322-1328, doi:10.1002/2013GL057683. |
Bao, M., and R. Han, 2009: Delayed impacts of the El Niño episodes in the central Pacific on the summertime climate anomalies of eastern China in 2003 and 2007. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 26, 553-563, doi:10.1007/s00376-009-0553-7. Bao, M., 2008: Relationship between persistent heavy rain events in the Huaihe River valley and the distribution pattern of convective activities in the tropical western Pacific warm pool. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 25, 329-338, doi:10.1007/s00376-008-0329-5. |
| Bao, M., 2007: The statistical analysis of the persistent heavy rain in the last 50 years over China and their backgrounds on the large-scale circulation. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 31, 779-792, doi:10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.2007.05.03. |
| Bao, M., and R. Huang, 2006: Characteristics of the interdecadal variations of heavy rain over China in the last 40 years. Chin. J. Atmos. Sci., 30, 1057-1067, doi:10.3878/j.issn.1006-9895.2006.06.01. |
| Bao, M., Y. Ni, and J. Chou, 2004: The experiment of monthly mean circulation prediction using the analogy-dynamical model. Chinese Science Bulletin, 49, 1296-1300, doi:10.1360/03wd0497. |