Xu, Xiaoyong PhD Research Associate, GeoSTARS Lab Department of Geography & Environmental Management Faculty of Environment University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Phone: E-mail: xu_xiaoyong@hotmail.com

  Research Interests
   • Environmental Remote Sensing
   • Radar Meteorology; Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology; Hydrometeorology
   • Data Assimilation (DA) and Numerical Weather Prediction(NWP)
   • Middle Atmosphere Dynamics and Polar Meteorology
   • Climate Change
   • Scattering of non-Spherical Particles and Atmospheric Radiative Transfer  
  Education
   • Sept. 2011- PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Waterloo, Canada
   • B.Sc. (1999), M.Sc. (2002), Ph.D. (2005) in Atmospheric Physics from Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
     (formerly Nanjing Institute of Meteorology)
    Academic Experience
   • 2007-2011: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies (ISAS), University of Saskatchewan
   • 2006-2007: Visiting Scientist & Postdoctoral Fellow, NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) and the Cooperative
     Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS), University of Oklahoma
   • 2005-2006: Research Scientist, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences   
    Publications
  • Xu, X., et al. (2011), Verification of the mesospheric winds within the Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model Data Assimilation System
    using radar measurements, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/ 2011JD015589, in press.
  • Xu, X., et al. (2011), Quasi-biennial modulation of the wintertime Arctic temperature as revealed by Aura-MLS measurements,
    Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L08806, doi:10.1029/2011GL047075.
  • Xu, X., et al. (2009), Asymmetry in the interhemispheric planetary-wave link between the two hemispheres. Journal of Atmospheric
    and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 71(17-18), 1899-1903.
  • Xu, X., et al. (2009), Relationship between variability of the semidiurnal tide in the Northern Hemisphere mesosphere and quasi-
    stationary planetary waves throughout the global middle atmosphere. Annales Geophysicae, 27, 4239-4256.
  • Xu, X., et al. (2009), Vertical and interhemispheric links in the stratosphere-mesosphere as revealed by the day-to-day variability of
    Aura-MLS temperature data. Annales Geophysicae, 27, 3387-3409.
  • Xu, X., et al. (2008), An automated radar technique for the identification of tropical precipitation. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 9(5),
    885-902.
  • Xu, X., et al. (2006), Mesoscale structures of rainstorm retrieved from dual-Doppler radar observations using the 4DVAR assimilation
    technique. Acta Meteorologica Sinica. 20(3):334-351.
  • Xu, X., et al. (2005), Dynamical and microphysical retrieval from simulated Doppler radar observations using the 4DVAR assimilation
    technique. Acta Meteorologica Sinica. 19(2): 160-173.
  • Xu, X., et al. (2005), Experimental and theoretical analyses on the microwave backscattering ability and differential radar reflectivity of
    non-spherical hydrometeors. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 92(1):61-72.
    Awards and Scholarships
  • NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships D (PGSD), University of Waterloo, 2011-2014
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), University of Waterloo, 2011-2012
  • CANDAC Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Saskatchewan, 2007-2011
  • NOAA Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Oklahoma and NSSL, 2006-2007
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant of China, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, 2007
  • Publishing Award, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, 2005
  • Excellent MSc. Thesis in Jiangsu Province, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, 2003


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