Dr. Xi Cao

Center for Monsoon System Research

Institute of Atmospheric Physics

Chinese Academy of Sciences

E-mail: [email protected]

Qualifications

Sept. 2005–Jun. 2009, Bachelor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Sun Yat-sen University

Jun. 2011–Aug. 2011, Exchange Student, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Nov. 2012–Nov. 2013, Exchange Student, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii

Sept. 2009–Jun. 2014, Master & PhD, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Jul. 2014–Jan. 2017, Assistant Researcher, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Feb. 2017–Present, Associate Researcher, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Feb. 2023–Sep. 2023, Visiting Researcher, University of Tokyo

Research Interests
Tropical Cyclone Formation; Intraseasonal Oscillation; Air-sea Interaction

Publications (Selected)

1. Cao, X.*, Changgui Lin*, Renguang Wu, Yifeng Dai, Zhibiao Wang, Shangfeng Chen, Pengfei Wang, and Qihua Li, and Xiao Xiao, 2026: Understanding the trans-season impact of Tibetan Plateau snow cover anomalies on tropical cyclogenesis over the western North Pacific, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, e70178, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.70178.

2. Cao, X., R. G. Wu, X. J. Jiang, C. G. Lin*, Y. F. Dai, P. F. Wang, P. Huang, X. Q. Lan, L. Wu*, S. F. Chen, Z. Wang, Q. H. Li, and X. Xiao, 2025: Increasing frequency of very severe cyclonic storms over the northern Indian Ocean by anthropogenic greenhouse gases, Geophys. Res. Lett., 52, e2025GL119299, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL119299.

3. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu*, X. L. Jiang, Y. F. Dai, P. F. Wang, C. G. Lin, D. F Deng, Y. Sun, L. Wu, S. F. Chen, and, Y. H. Wang, and X. Xiao, 2025: Future changes in tropical cyclone tracks over the western North Pacific under climate change, NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8, 148. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01036-6.

4. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, X. L. Jiang, Y. F. Dai, P. F. Wang*, L. Zhou, L. Wu, D. F. Deng, Y. Sun, S. F. Chen, K. M. Hu, Z. B. Wang, L. Liu, X. Q. Lan, Z. C. Du, J. H. Zhao and X. Xiao, 2025: The southward shift of hurricane genesis over the northern Atlantic Ocean, NPJ Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8, 37. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-00923-2.

5. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, P. F. Wang, Z. B. Wang, L. Wu, S. F. Chen, L. Zhou, S. Q. Zhang, X. L. Jiang, Z. C. Du, and Y. F. Dai, 2025: Impact of Artic sea ice on tropical cyclogenesis over the eastern North Pacific: role of northern Atlantic Ocean, Atmosphere Research. 315, 107844, 10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107844.

6. Cao, X.*, Masahiro Watanabe, R. G. Wu, W. Chen, Y. Sun, Q. Yan, P. F. Wang, D. F. Deng and L. Wu, 2024, The projected poleward shift of tropical cyclogenesis at a global scale under climate change in MRI-AGCM3.2H, Geophys. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL107189, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107189

7. Cao, X.*, Masahiro Watanabe, R. G. Wu, L. Wu, D. F. Deng, Y. Ha, M. C. Xu, M. Yuan, Y. Feng. Dai, and Z. C. Du, 2024: Westward shift of tropical cyclogenesis over the southern Indian Ocean, Environ. Res. Lett, 19(3), 034016. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad1d9b.

8. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, Z. B. Wang, and X. Q. Lan, J. H. Zhao, and Z. C. Du, 2023, A zonal see-saw variation of tropical cyclogenesis over the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal-South China Sea, Journal of Geophysical Research–Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD038890. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD038890

9. Cao, X., R. G. Wu*, P. J. Zhu, X. Q. Lan, Y. F. Dai, M. Y. Bi, G. H. Wen, and Y. H. Wang, 2023: A barotropic kinetic energy conversion view of rapid intensifying and decaying tropical cyclones over the western North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2022GL101695 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101695, accepted.

10. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, L. T. Xu, Z. B. Wang, Y. Sun, Y. F. Dai and S. Chen, 2023: A trans-season out-of-phase relationship of tropical cyclogenesis between the western North Pacific and South China Sea, J. Climate, 36, 3697–3716, 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0753.1

11. Dai, Y., X. Cao*, R. Wu, M. Bi, X. Lan, Y. Wang, Contributions of Various Temporal Components of Large-Scale Parameters in Tropical Cyclone Genesis over the North Indian Ocean. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 610, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030610.

12. Xu, L. T., X. Cao*, R. G. Wu, Y. F. Dai, Z. B. Wang, X. Q. Lan, W. J. Zhang, and Y. H. Wang, 2023: Can lightning indicate tropical cyclogenesis frequency over the South China Sea? Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 149(751), 421-435. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4415.

13. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, J. Xu, Y. Sun, M. Y. Bi, Y. F. Dai, and X. Q. Lan, 2023, Coherent variations of tropical cyclogenesis over the North Pacific and North Atlantic, Clim. Dyn., 60, 1385–1396, 10.1007/s00382-022-06381-3

14. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, J. Xu, Y. F. Dai, M. Y. Bi, X. Q. Lan, and X. P. Zhang, 2022, Distinct western North Pacific tropical cyclogenesis during inactive intraseasonal phase of August 1996 and 2014, Atmosphere Research, 266, 105952, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105952.

15. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, Y. Sun, Z. B. Wang, Y. F. Dai, X. Q. Lan, and X. P. Zhang, 2021, Impact of North America snow cover on tropical cyclogenesis over the western North Pacific, Environ. Res. Lett, 16, 124054, 10.1088/1748-9326/ac3bff.

16. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, J. Xu, J. Feng, X. P. Zhang, Y. F. Dai, and Y. Y. Liu, 2021: Contribution of the intensity of intraseasonal oscillation to the interannual variation of tropical cyclogenesis over the western North Pacific, Environ. Res. Commun, 3(3), 031002, 10.1088/2515-7620/abed93.

17. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, J. Feng, X. P. Zhang, and Y. F. Dai, 2021: Contrasting contributions of different time scale variations of environmental factors to tropical cyclogenesis over the eastern North Pacific, Atmos. Sci. Lett., doi:10.1002/ASL.1037.

18. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, Y. F. Dai, and J. Xu, 2020: A comparison of the effects of an upper-level anticyclone and a lower-level cyclone on tropical cyclogenesis in idealized simulations, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98(5), 1005−1027, doi: 10.2151/jmsj. 2020-052

19. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, N. Wei, and Y. F. Dai, 2020: Location of the preferred region for tropical cyclogenesis in strong monsoon trough pattern over the western North Pacific, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98(3), 637–654, 10.2151/jmsj. 2020-034.

20. Cao, X.*, R. G. Wu, and M. Y. Bi, 2020: Contrasting contributions of flows on different time scales to tropical cyclone tracks over the South China Sea. Environ. Res. Lett, 15, 034003, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab6fbd.

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Web of Science ResearcherID: GWO-3837-2022