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Career
- Associate Professor in Ocean Modelling, University of East Anglia (10/2019 - present)
- Senior Lecturer in Ocean Modelling, University of East Anglia (08/2017 - 09/2019)
- Lecturer in Ocean Modelling, University of East Anglia (02/2012 - 08/2017)
- PDRA in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford (02/2009 - 01/2012)
- Postdoc in IFM-GEOMAR, Germany (02/2008 - 01/2009)
Key Research Interests
Publications: EPrints Digital Repository
Key Responsibilities
- Course Director, BSc/MSci Meteorology and Oceanography
Biography
I am an oceanographer interested in the key physical processes in the ocean and the role they play in our climate system. I first became interested in the field of physical oceanography when I was working on near-inertial waves and ocean eddies as a PhD candidate in the Department of Oceanography at Dalhousie University. After I finished my PhD at Dalhousie, I went to IFM-GEOMAR in Kiel, working in the Theory and Modelling group for one year as one of the institute-funded post-doctoral researchers. I then spent three years in the ocean group at the University of Oxford before I joined the School of Environmental Sciences at UEA as a Lecturer in Ocean Modelling in February 2012.
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Website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/~xam12yru/
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Inferring ocean eddy energy dissipation timescale from observations using an inverse method
1/11/23 → 31/10/24
Project: Research
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The annual cycle of ocean eddy energy: its causes and impacts
Zhai, X. & Wang, G.
31/03/18 → 31/05/22
Project: Research
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GEOMETRIC: Geometry and Energetics of Ocean Mesoscale Eddies and Their Representation in Climate models
Marshall, D., Zhai, X., Maddison, J. & Nurser, A.
Natural Environment Research Council
1/10/17 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Enhanced generation of internal tides under global warming
Yang, Z., Jing, Z., Zhai, X., Vic, C., Sun, H., de Lavergne, C. & Yuan, M., 3 Sep 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 7657.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Zonal jets and eddy tilts in barotropic geostrophic turbulence
Senior, N. V., Zhai, X. & Stevens, D. P., 10 May 2024, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 986, A38.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Constraining an eddy energy dissipation rate due to relative wind stress for use in energy budget-based eddy parameterisations
Wilder, T., Zhai, X., Munday, D. R. & Joshi, M., 30 Nov 2023, In: Ocean Science. 19, 6, p. 1669–1686 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Distribution and trend of wind power input to near-inertial motions in the Southern Ocean
Qian, J., Zhai, X., Wang, Z. & Jochum, M., 28 Sep 2023, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 50, 18, e2023GL105411.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Energy sinks for lee waves in the northern South China Sea
Yang, Z., Jing, Z. & Zhai, X., Jan 2023, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 128, 1, e2022JC019060.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)16 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Idealised baroclinic eddy forced by wind stress
Wilder, T. (Creator), Zhai, X. (Supervisor), Joshi, M. (Supervisor) & Munday, D. R. (Supervisor), American Meteorological Society, 2022
https://github.com/thomaswilder/jpo_eddy-scripts
Dataset
Prizes
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Tertia M. C. Hughes Memorial Prize
Zhai, Xiaoming (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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External examiner for PhD viva at DAMTP, University of Cambridge
Xiaoming Zhai (Examiner)
2023Activity: Examination
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Natural Environment Research Council (External organisation)
Xiaoming Zhai (Member)
2021Activity: Membership › Peer review panel
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Natural Environment Research Council (External organisation)
Xiaoming Zhai (Member)
2020Activity: Membership › Committee
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Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics (Liverpool)
Xiaoming Zhai (Organiser)
2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop or seminar