Yao YAO   Ph. D. (meteorology) & Associated Professor

Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Address: P.O.Box 9804, Huayanli 40#, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. 100029.

E-mail: yaoyao@tea.ac.cn

Research Interests:

Focus on the variability (intraseasonal, interdecadal and decadal) of North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and blocking, especially their impacts on local weather (extreme events) and climate. Understanding the dynamical processes of NAO and blocking circulation.

Professional Experiences:

Associated Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Feb. 2019-present.

Research Associate, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, July 2014-Feb. 2019.

Education:

2014 Ph.D. Meteorology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

2009 B.S. Atmospheric Science, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Publications:

1. Luo, D., Y. Yao, A. Dai, and S. Feldstein, 2015: The Positive North Atlantic Oscillation with Downstream Blocking and the Middle East Snowstorm: The Large-Scale Environment. J. Climate. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0184.1, in press.

2. Luo Dehai, Yao Yao and Aiguo Dai, 2015: Decadal Relationship between European Blocking and North Atlantic Oscillation during 1978-2012. Part I: Atlantic Conditions. J Atmos Sci. 72: 1152-1173.

3. Luo Dehai, Yao Yao and Aiguo Dai, 2015: Decadal Relationship between European Blocking and North Atlantic Oscillation during 1978-2012. Part II: A Theoretical Model Study. J Atmos Sci. 72: 1174-1199.

4. Yao Yao and Dehai Luo, 2015: Do European Blocking Events Precede North Atlantic Oscillation Events?  Adv. Atmos. Sci., 32(8), 1106-1118.

5. Yao Yao, Luo D H. 2014: Relationship between zonal position of the North Atlantic Oscillation and Euro-Atlantic blocking events and its possible effect on the weather over Europe. Sci China Earth Sci, 57: 2628–2636.

6. Luo Dehai and Yao Yao, 2014: On the Blocking Flow Patterns in the Euro-Atlantic Sector: A Simple Model Study. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 31(5), 1181-1196, doi: 10.1007/s00376-014-3197-1.

7. Yao Yao, Luo Dehai, 2014: The Anomalous European Climates Linked to Different Euro-Atlantic Blocking. Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., 7(4), 309-313, doi: 10.3878/j.issn.1674-2834.14.0001.

8. Luo Dehai, Yao Yao and S.B. Feldstein 2014: Regime transition of the North Atlantic Oscillation and the extreme cold event over Europe in January-February 2012. Mon. Wea, Rev., 142, 4735–4757.