Affiliation: Associate Prof. Zhang Zhiwei

Innovation Centre for Deep Sea Observation Network, SANYA Oceanographic Institution of the Ocean University of CHINA (SOI-OUC).

Email: zzw330@ouc.edu.cn

Education Experience:

09/2011 – 06/2016, Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, Ph.D.

09/2007 – 06/2011, Marine Science, Ocean University of China, Bachelor's Degree

Short Bio:

Dr. Zhang is a associate professor and graduate student supervisor in Sanya Institute of Oceanography, Ocean University of China. His research focuses on the meso- to small-scale dynamics in the ocean. The main research achievements includes: he has revealed the full-depth 3D tilted structure of mesoscale eddies in the South China Sea, and clarified the generation, evolution, and dissipation mechanisms of these mesocale eddies; he has revealed the latitude-dependent distribution and driving mechanisms of turbulent mixing the tropical and extra-tropical Pacific upper ocean; he has discovered and named a new type of submesoscale coherent vortices in the northwestern Pacific and evaluated their influence on the water transport and ocean mixing. Dr. Zhang is now supported by three National projects, and he has published more than 20 peer-review papers in the journals such as Nature Communications, JPO, GRL, JGR etc. He has also visited the University of Hawaii and UCLA for collaborative researches for many times.

Publications：

1. Zhang Zhiwei, Zhang Y., Qiu B., Sasaki H., Sun Z., Zhang X., Zhao W., and Tian J. (2020), Spatiotemporal characteristics and generation mechanisms of submesoscale currents in the northeastern South China Sea revealed by numerical simulations, J. Geophys. Res., DOI: 10.1029/2019JC015404

2. Zhang Zhiwei, Liu Z., Richards K., Shang G., Zhao W., Tian J., Huang X., and Zhou C. (2019), Elevated diapycnal mixing by a subthermocline eddy in the western equatorial Pacific, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46(5), 2628-2636.

3. Zhang Zhiwei, Qiu B., Tian J., Zhao W., and Huang X. (2018), Latitude-dependent finescale turbulent shear generations in the Pacific tropical-extratropical upper ocean, Nature Communications, 9, 4086, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06260-8.

4. Zhang Zhiwei, Zhao W., Qiu B., and Tian J. (2017), Anticyclonic eddy sheddings from Kuroshio loop and the accompanying cyclonic eddy in the northeastern South China Sea, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2017, 47(6), 1243-1259.

5. Li Cheng^#, Zhang Zhiwei^#, Tian J., and Zhao W. (2017), A statistical study on the subthermocline submesoscale eddies in the northwestern Pacific Ocean based on Argo data, J. Geophys. Res., 122(5), 3586-3598.

6. Zhang Zhiwei, Tian J., Qiu B., Zhao W., Chang P., Wu D., and Wan X. (2016), Observed 3D structure, generation, and dissipation of oceanic mesoscale eddies in the South China Sea, Scientific Reports, 6, 24349.

7. Zhang Zhiwei, Zhao W., Tian J., Yang Q., and Qu T. (2015), Spatial structure and temporal variability of the zonal flow in the Luzon Strait, J. Geophys. Res., 120(2), 759-776.

8. Zhang Zhiwei, Li P., Xu L., Li C., Zhao W., Tian J., and Qu T. (2015), Subthermocline eddies observed by rapid-sampling Argo floats in the subtropical northwestern Pacific Ocean in Spring 2014, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42(15), 6438-6445.

9. Zhang Zhiwei, Zhao W., Tian J., and Liang X. (2013), A mesoscale eddy pair southwest of Taiwan and its influence on deep circulation, J. Geophys. Res., 118(12), 6479-6494.

10. Huang Xiaodong, Zhang Zhiwei, Zhang X., Qian H., Zhao W., and Tian J. (2018), Impacts of a mesoscale eddy pair on internal solitary waves in the northern South China Sea revealed by mooring array observations, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 47 (7), 1539-1554.

11. Sun Zhongbin, Zhang Zhiwei, Zhao W., and Tian J. (2016), Interannual modulation of eddy kinetic energy in the northeastern South China Sea as revealed by an eddy-resolving OGCM, J. Geophys. Res., 121(5), 3190-3201.

12. Li Cheng, Zhang Zhiwei, Zhao W., and Tian J. (2015), Temporal variability of the current in the northeastern South China Sea revealed by 2.5-year-long moored observations, J. Oceanogr, 71(4), 361-372.