Yongqi Gao

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Research Director
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Academic Degree:

Doctor in Physical Oceanography, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 2002

Research interests

Main research interest is

  • Tracer simulation using OGCMs;
  • Variability of North Atlantic Meridional Overturning;
  • Climate Teleconnection between high and mid-latitudes
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Project leader of the following projects

  1. Blue-Action: Arctic Impact on Weather and Climate
  2. InterDec: InterDec - The potential of seasonal-to-decadal-scale inter-regional linkages to advance climate predictions
  3. ARCPATH: Arctic Climate Predictions: Pathways to Resilient, Sustainable Societies
  4. EuraArc: Impact of Arctic sea ice decline on Eurasian Climate
  5. EastAMOC: Response of East Asian climate to reduced Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
  6. BlueArc: Impact of ‘Blue Arctic’ on Climate at High Latitudes

NERSC Principal Investigator of the following projects

  1. CONNECTED: Chinese-Norwegian partnership in climate teleconnection and prediction
  2. SNOWGLACE: The Changing Arctic Cryosphere: Snow and Sea Ice Impact On Prediction and Climate Over Europe and Asia
  3. ORGANIC: Overturning ciRculation and its implications for Global cArboN cycle In Coupled models
  4. GREENICE: NordForsk Impact of Future Cryospheric Changes on Northern Hemisphere Climate
  5. NACLIM: North Atlantic Climate: Predictability of the climate in the North Atlantic/European sector
  6. DecCen: Exploring Decadal to Century Scale Variability and Changes in the East Asian Climate during the last Millennium

Project deputy leader of the following projects

  1. EVA: Earth system modelling of climate Variations in the Anthropocene

Peer Review Publications and Books

78 total publications.

2017

  1. Suo L, Gao Y, Guo D, Bethke I. Sea-ice free Arctic contributes to the projected warming minimum in North Atlantic. Environmental Research Letters. 2017;12:074004(7).
  2. Yu E, King MP, Sobolowski SP, Otterå OH, Gao Y. Asian droughts in the last millennium: a search for robust impacts of Pacific Ocean surface temperature variabilities. Climate Dynamics. 2017;

2016

  1. He Y, Drange H, Gao Y, Bentsen M. Simulated Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in the 20th century with an ocean model forced by reanalysis-based atmospheric data sets. Ocean Modelling. 2016;100.
  2. Svendsen L. Impact of Atlantic multi-decadal variability on the Indo-Pacific and Northern Hemisphere climate. 2016.
  3. Langehaug HR, Matei D, Eldevik T, Lohmann K, Gao Y. On model differences and skill in predicting sea surface temperature in the Nordic and Barents Seas. Climate Dynamics. 2016;48(3-4).
  4. Yu L, Gao Y, Otterå OH. The sensitivity of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to enhanced freshwater discharge along the entire, eastern and western coast of Greenland. Climate Dynamics. 2016;46(5).
  5. García-Serrano J, Frankignoul C, King MP, Arribas A, Gao Y, Guemas V, et al. Multi-model assessment of linkages between eastern Arctic sea-ice variability and the Euro-Atlantic atmospheric circulation in current climate. Climate Dynamics. 2016;Published ahead of print.
  6. Gong D, Guo D, Mao R, Yang J, Gao Y, Kim S-J. Interannual modulation of East African early short rains by the winter Arctic Oscillation. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres. 2016;121(16).
  7. Han Z, Luo F, Li SL, Gao Y, Furevik T, Svendsen L. Simulation by CMIP5 models of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and its climate impacts. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 2016;33(12).
  8. Gong D, Guo D, Gao Y, Yang J, Mao R, Qu J, et al. Boreal winter Arctic Oscillation as an indicator of summer SST anomalies over the western tropical Indian Ocean. Climate Dynamics. 2016;
  9. Han Z, Li SL, Liu J, Gao Y, Zhao P. Linear Additive Impacts of Arctic Sea Ice Reduction and La Niña on the Northern Hemisphere Winter Climate. Journal of Climate. 2016;29(15).
  10. Su J, Wen M, Ding Y, Gao Y, Song Y. Hiatus of global warming: a review. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. 2016;40(6).

2015

  1. Li F, Wang H, Gao Y. Extratropical ocean warming and winter arctic sea ice cover since the 1990s. Journal of Climate. 2015;28(14).
  2. Li F, Wang H, Gao Y. The change in sea ice cover is responsible for non-uniform variation in winter temperature over East Asia. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters. 2015;8(6).
  3. Li F, Wang H, Gao Y. The projected Siberian High in CMIP5 models. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters. 2015;8(4).
  4. Suo L, Gao Y, Guo D, Liu J, Wang H, Johannessen OM. Atmospheric response to the autumn sea-ice free Arctic and its detectability. Climate Dynamics. 2015;
  5. Swingedouw D, Rodehacke CB, Olsen SM, Menary M, Gao Y, Mikolajewicz U, et al. On the reduced sensitivity of the Atlantic overturning to Greenland ice sheet melting in projections: a multi-model assessment. Climate Dynamics. 2015;44(11-12).
  6. Lohmann K, Mignot J, Langehaug HR, Jungclaus JH, Matei D, Otterå OH, et al. Using simulations of the last millennium to understand climate variability seen in palaeo-observations: Similar variation of Iceland-Scotland overflow strength and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. Climate of the Past. 2015;11(2).
  7. Li F, Wang H, Gao Y. Modulation of Aleutian Low and Antarctic Oscillation co-variability by ENSO. Climate Dynamics. 2015;44(5-6).
  8. Yu L, Gao Y, Otterå OH. The sensitivity of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation to enhanced freshwater discharge along the entire, eastern and western coast of Greenland. Climate Dynamics. 2015;

Other Publications

2016

  1. Svendsen L. Impact of Atlantic multi-decadal variability on the Indo-Pacific and Northern Hemisphere climate. 2016.

2015

  1. Langehaug HR, Matei D, Eldevik T, Lohmann K, Gao Y, Årthun M. Ocean advection – a source for predictability in the Nordic Seas (poster). CLIVAR-ICTP Workshop on Decadal Climate Variability and Predictability: Challenge and Opportunity. 2015;
  2. Langehaug HR, Matei D, Eldevik T, Lohmann K, Gao Y. Winter SST predictability in the Nordic Seas (talk). European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2015. 2015;

2014

  1. Langehaug HR, Lohmann K, Eldevik T, Matei D, Gao Y. Decadal predictability of winter SST in the Nordic Seas and the Barents Sea in three CMIP5 models (talk). Annual Meeting NACLIM. 2014;
  2. Langehaug HR, Lohmann K, Eldevik T, Matei D, Gao Y. Decadal predictability of SST in the North Atlantic sector in three CMIP5 models (talk). Workshop on predictability of climate in the North Atlantic Sector. 2014;

2012

  1. Langehaug HR, Geyer F, Smedsrud LH, Gao Y. Arctic sea ice decline and ice export in the CMIP5 historical simulations (talk). Bjerknes Centre 10-years anniversary conference. 2012;
  2. Langehaug HR, Geyer F, Smedsrud LH, Gao Y. Arctic sea ice decline and ice export in the CMIP5 historical simulations (poster). Summer School Monsoon Variability and Climate Teleconnection. 2012;

2011

  1. Yu L, Gao Y. Simulated spatiotemporal response of ocean heat transport to freshwater enhancement in North Atlantic and associated mechanisms. Acta Meteorologica Sinica. 2011;25(3):364 - 375.
  2. Gong D-Y, Yang J, Kim S-J, Gao Y, Guo D, Zhou T, et al. Spring Arctic Oscillation-East Asian summer monsoon connection through circulation changes over the western North Pacific. Climate Dynamics. 2011;37(11-12):2199 - 2216.
  3. Langehaug HR. Circulation and transformation of Atlantic and Arctic water masses in climate models [Internet]. 2011. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1956/5282

2010

  1. Johannessen OM, Volkov VA, Pettersson LH, Maderich VS, Zheleznyak M, Gao Y, et al. Radioactivity and pollution in the Nordic Seas and Arctic region: Observations, Modelling and Simulations [Internet]. 2010. Available from: http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/book/978-3-540-24232-1

2009

  1. Yu L, Gao Y, Wang H-J, Guo DD, Li SL. The responses of East Asian Summer monsoon to the weakened North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in an enhanced freshwater input simulation. Chinese Science Bulletin [Internet]. 2009;54. Available from: http://www.springerlink.com.pva.uib.no/content/p82186k34q41x760/
  2. Yu L, Gao Y, Wang H, Drange H. Mechanism for the transient response of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to the enhanced freshwater forcing and its mechanism. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. 2009;33.
  3. Wang H-J, Gao Y, Ma Z, Jiang DD. Two climate change issues deserving intense attention in China. Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. 2009;23.

2008

  1. Orre S, Gao Y, Drange H, Deleersnijder E. Diagnosing Ocean Tracer Transport from Sellafield and Dounreay by Equivalent Diffusion and Age. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences [Internet]. 2008;25:805-814. Available from: http://www.springerlink.com.pva.uib.no/content/p8163h4jr8405mv3/
  2. Su J, Wang H, Yang H, Drange H, Gao Y, Bentsen M. Role of the atmospheric and oceanic circulation in the tropical Pacific SST changes. Journal of Climate. 2008;21:2019-2034.

2007

  1. Gong DY, Drange H, Gao Y. Reconstruction of northern hemisphere 500 hPa geopotential heights back to the late 19th century. Theor. Applied Climat. 2007;
  2. Risebrobakken B, Dokken T, Otterå OH, Jansen E, Gao Y, Drange H. Inception of the Northern European ice sheet due to contrasting ocean and insolation forcing. Quaternary Research. 2007;67:128-135.
  3. Gao Y, Gao D. Water Environmental Evolution on the Northern Slope of Mt. Qomolangma since 1975. Plateau Meteorology. 2007;26.

2006

  1. Zhou TJ, Yu RC, Gao Y, Drange H. Ocean - atmosphere coupled model simulation of North Atlantic interannual variability II:Tropical tele-connection. Acta Meteorologica Sinica (Chinese journal with English abstract). 2006;64:18-64.
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