Prof. Lei Cai

Department of Atmospheric Sciences

College of Earth Sciences

Yunnan University

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications
2018.5-2020.7, Post-doctoral Researcher, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre Climate

2014.9–2018.5, Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks

2011.8–2014.7, M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, University of Kansas

2007.9–2011.6, B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

Research Interests

Arctic climate change and its impacts on the regional and global environment

Ecological response to climate change

Land surface model developments

Publications (Selected)

1. Gui, S., Dong, Z., Yang, R., Cai, L., Li, X., Wu, H., Yang, Y. and Lian, Y., 2025. Atlantic–Pacific Multidecadal Variability Modulates the North Atlantic Oscillation–North Atlantic Tripole Relationship. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130(22), p.e2025JD044924.
2. Zhang, Y., Cai, L., Chen, W., Geng, T., Lian, Y. and Yang, R., 2025. Eurasian winter temperature variability amplified by synoptic-scale arctic warming and the corresponding sea ice responses. Global and Planetary Change, p.105188.
3. Cai, L., Ma, J., Zhang, Y., Shi, W. and Yang, R., 2025. Boreal forest cover change since 2000 contributes to cold winters in Eurasia. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8(1), p.337.
4. Ouyang, W., Jia, B., Cai, L., Wang, L., Wu, R. and You, Y., 2025. Impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen input and land use change on gross primary productivity in the Dongting Lake basin of China. Environmental Research Communications, 7(4), p.041011.
5. Cai, L., Alexeev, V.A., Zhang, J. and Walsh, J.E., 2023. Persistent impact of winter atmospheric circulation anomalies on Arctic sea ice. Environmental Research Communications, 5(10), p.101002.
6. Cai, L., Shi, W., Shi, W., Li, F., Alexeev, V.A., Shiklomanov, A., Yang, R. and Tan, S., 2023. Improvement of human-induced wildfire occurrence modeling from a spatial variation of anthropogenic ignition factor in the CLM5. Environmental Research Letters, 18(9), p.094049.
7. Gädeke, A., Arp, C.D., Liljedahl, A.K., Daanen, R.P., Cai, L., Alexeev, V.A., Jones, B.M., Wipfli, M.S. and Schulla, J., 2022. Modeled streamflow response to scenarios of tundra lake water withdrawal and seasonal climate extremes, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. Water Resources Research, 58(8), p.e2022WR032119.
8. Boike, J., Chadburn, S., Martin, J., Zwieback, S., Althuizen, I.H., Anselm, N., Cai, L., Coulombe, S., Lee, H., Liljedahl, A.K. and Schneebeli, M., 2021. Standardized monitoring of permafrost thaw: a user-friendly, multiparameter protocol. Arctic Science, 8(1), pp.153-182.
9. Bhatt, U.S., Walker, D.A., Raynolds, M.K., Walsh, J.E., Bieniek, P.A., Cai, L., Comiso, J.C., Epstein, H.E., Frost, G.V., Gersten, R. and Hendricks, A.S., 2021. Climate drivers of Arctic tundra variability and change using an indicators framework. Environmental Research Letters, 16(5), p.055019.
10. Cai, L., Lee, H., Aas, K.S. and Westermann, S., 2020. Projecting circum-Arctic excess-ground-ice melt with a sub-grid representation in the Community Land Model. The Cryosphere, 14(12), pp.4611-4626.
11. Cai, L., Alexeev, V.A. and Walsh, J.E., 2020. Arctic sea ice growth in response to synoptic-and large-scale atmospheric forcing from CMIP5 models. Journal of Climate, 33(14), pp.6083-6099.

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