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Personal profile
Professional Activities
- Co-organiser of workshop on Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics in Liverpool 2014
- External examiner for PhD viva at Imperial College 2013
- Invited speaker at the EGU General Assembly 2012
- Co-organiser of the UK Ocean Modelling workshop at UEA 2012
Career
- Senior Lecturer in Ocean Modelling, University of East Anglia (08/2017 - present)
- 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 and Expertise
My main interest is the key physical processes in the ocean, and the role they play in global climate variability and change. Whenever possible, I like to first develop some simple analytical theories and then test them using a hierarchy of numerical models and available observations. My recent research topics include: Dynamics of ocean general circulation and its variability; Role of eddies in the ocean; Near-inertial waves and mixing; Ocean energetics; Air-sea interactions.
Publications: EPrints Digital Repository
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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PhD Positions Click here for other current PhD opportunities in the School of Environmental Sciences. However, feel free to email me to discuss projects outside these areas and alternative sources of funding.
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Website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/~xam12yru/
Network
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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., Nurser, A. & Maddison, J.
Natural Environment Research Council
1/10/17 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Abundant cold anticyclonic eddies and warm cyclonic eddies in the global ocean
Ni, Q., Zhai, X., Jiang, X. & Chen, D., 23 Jun 2021, In : Journal of Physical Oceanography.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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An Idealised Model Study of Eddy Energetics in the Western Boundary 'Graveyard'
Yang, Z., Zhai, X., Marshall, D. P. & Wang, G., 1 Apr 2021, In : Journal of Physical Oceanography. 51, 4, p. 1265–1282 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Submesoscale eddies in the South China Sea
Ni, Q., Zhai, X., Wilson, C., Chen, C. & Chen, D., 28 Mar 2021, In : Geophysical Research Letters. 48, 6, e2020GL091555.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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The response of the Nordic Seas to wintertime sea-ice retreat
Wu, Y., Stevens, D. P., Renfrew, I. A. & Zhai, X., 1 Aug 2021, In : Journal of Climate. 34, 15, p. 6041–6056 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Random movement of mesoscale eddies in the global ocean
Ni, Q., Zhai, X., Wang, G. & Marshall, D., 6 Aug 2020, In : Journal of Physical Oceanography. 50, 8, p. 2341–2357 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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