Dr. Yuntao Wei

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Fudan University

Associate Researcher

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2022–present, Associate Researcher, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, China

2021–2022, Assistant Researcher, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China

2019–2021, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, USA

2014–2019, Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2010–2014, B.S., Information and Computing Science, Henan University, China

Research Interests

Madden–Julian Oscillation

Intraseasonal-to-interannual variability

Artificial intelligence models

Monsoon and extreme weather

Diurnal cycle and mesoscale meteorology

Subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction and predictability

Convectively coupled equatorial waves

Atmosphere–ocean interactions

Climate change and global warming

Publications (Selected）

1. Wang Y, Ren HL*, Wei Y*, et al. (2026) Modulation of the Indian Ocean Basin mode on the MJO during boreal summer. Clim Dyn, 64, 88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-025-08033-8
2. Wang X, Duan W*, & Wei Y*, (2026) A novel insight into MJO predictability: initial errors can trigger a prediction barrier over the maritime continent. npj Clim Atmos Sci, 9, 105. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-026-01370-3
3. Wei Y, Ren HL (2026) Forecasting the "Storm King": The Madden Julian Oscillation's Diverse Genesis and Predictability. Bull Amer Meteorol Soc (BAMS highlights) http://bibliotheque.meteo.fr/exl_php/cadcgp.php
4. Liu H, Wei Y*, Ren H-L*, Fang X. (2026) Asymmetric modulation of MJO by two types of ENSO. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0248.1
5. Huang Y, Wei Y*, Ren H-L*. (2025) Modulation of ENSO on the MJO Forecast. Atmospheric Research, 330, 108510.
6. Wei Y.*, Mu M., Lian T., Hsu H.-H., Ren H.-L., Wang J., Ji C., Tao L. (2025) The March 2023 MJO and its impacts on the subsequent coastal El Niño. Journal of Climate https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0198.1
7. Wei Y.*, Ren H-L*, Duan W., and Sun G. (2024) MJO-equatorial Rossby wave interferences in the tropical intraseasonal oscillation. Climate Dynamics https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07380-2
8. Wei Y, Ren HL (2024) MJO Seasonality in Its Scale Selection: Perspectives from Space Time Spectral Analysis of Moisture Budget. J Geophys Res Atmos https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039645
9. Wei Y., Ren H-L*, Duan W., and Sun G. (2023) Westward-Propagating Disturbances Shape Diverse MJO Propagation. Geophysical Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104778
10. Wei Y., Ren H. L., Xiang B., et al., (2023) Diverse MJO Genesis and Predictability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0101.1
11. Ren H. L.*, Wei Y., and Zhao S. (2022) Low-Frequency Variability in the Real-time Multivariate MJO Index: Real or Artificial? Journal of Climate, 36, 2073–2089. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0368.1
12. Wei Y., and Ren H. L.* (2022) Distinct MJOs under the Two Types of La Niña. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD037646. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037646
13. Wei Y., Liu F.*, H-L Ren, G. Chen, C. Feng, and B. Chen, (2022) Western Pacific premoistening for eastward-propagating BSISO and its ENSO modulation. Journal of Climate, 35, 4979–4996. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0923.1
14. Wei Y., and Z. Pu*, (2021) Diurnal cycle of precipitation and near-surface atmospheric conditions over the maritime continent: land-sea contrast and impacts of ambient winds in cloud-permitting simulations. Climate Dynamics https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-06012-3
15. Wei Y and Z Pu, (2021) Moisture Variation with Cloud Effects during a BSISO over the Eastern Maritime Continent in a Cloud Permitting-Scale Simulation. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0074.1
16. Wei Y, Z Pu, C Zhang, (2020) Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation over the Maritime Continent under Modulation of MJO: Perspectives from Cloud-Permitting Scale Simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(13): e2020JD032529.
17. Wei Y, HL Ren, M Mu, and X Fu, (2020) Nonlinear optimal moisture perturbations as excitation of primary MJO events in a hybrid coupled climate model. Climate Dynamics, 54(1-2): 675–699.
18. Wei Y and HL Ren, (2019) Modulation of ENSO on fast and slow MJO modes during boreal winter. Journal of Climate, 32(21): 7483–7506.
19. Wei Y, HL Ren, M Mu, and X Fu, (2019) Conditional nonlinear optimal perturbations of moisture triggering primary MJO initiation. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081755
20. Wei Y, F Liu, M Mu, and HL Ren, (2018) Planetary scale selection of the Madden Julian Oscillation in an air-sea coupled dynamic moisture model. Climate Dynamics, 50(9-10): 3441–3456.

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