Kekuan Chu
Professor of Meteorology
kkchu@nju.edu.cn
86-25-89680940
meso.nju.edu.cn
Education
| 2007 | Ph.D. in meteorology – Nanjing University |
| 2002 | B.Sc. in atmospheric sciences – Nanjing University |
Work Experience
| 2025.12-Present | School of the Atmospheric Sciences,Nanjing University Nanjing, China Professor |
| 2013.12-2025.12 | School of the Atmospheric Sciences,Nanjing University Nanjing, China Associate Professor |
| 2010.03-2011.09 | University of South Florida Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| 2007.07-2013.12 | School of the Atmospheric Sciences,Nanjing University Lecturer |
Research Interests
Mesoscale meteorology
Heavy rainfall
Tropical cyclone
Data assimilation
Teaching Interests
Dynamical meteorology
Data assimilation
Mesoscale Meteorological Dynamics and Modeling
Weather forecasting and analysis
Selected Publications
| 1. | Chu, K., Z. M. Tan*, and M. Xue, 2007: Impact of 4DVAR assimilation of rainfall data on the simulation of mesoscale precipitation systems in a mei-yu heavy rainfall event. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 24(2), 281-300. |
| 2. | Chu, K., and Z. M. Tan*, 2010: Mesoscale moist adjoint sensitivity study of a mei-yu heavy rainfall event. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 27(6), 1415-1424. doi: 10.1007/s00376-010-9213-1. |
| 3. | Chu, K.*, Q. Xiao, Z. Tan, and J. Gu, 2011: A forecast sensitivity study on the intensity change of Typhoon Sinlaku (2008), J. Geophys. Res., 116, D22109, doi:10.1029/2011JD016127. |
| 4. | Chu, K.*, Q. Xiao and C. Liu, 2013: Experiments of the WRF three/four dimensional variational (3/4DVAR) data assimilation on the forecast of Antarctic cyclones. Meteorol Atmos Phys., 120, 145-156. DOI: 10.1007/s00703-013-0243-y. |
| 5. | Chu, K., and Z. M. Tan*, 2014：Annular typhoons in the western north Pacific. Wea. Forecasting., 29, 241-251. doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-13-00060.1. |
| 6. | Chu, K.*, and Y. Zhang, 2016: Adjoint sensitivity study on idealized explosive cyclogenesis. J. Meteor. Res., 30(4), 547-558. doi: 10.1007/s13351-016-5261-5. |
| 7. | Chu, K., Z. Peng, Z. Liu, L. Lei, X. Kou, Y. Zhang, B. Xin and J. Tian, 2018: Evaluating the impact of emissions regulations on the emissions reduction during the 2015 China Victory Day Parade with an ensemble square root filter. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos, 123. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027631. |
| 8. | 韩峰, 储可宽*, 谈哲敏等.2019.双台风“玛娃(2005)”和“古超(2005)”移动路径与强度的伴随敏感性分析. 地球物理学报,62(9): 3247-3258. |
| 9. | Xi, D., K. Chu*, Z.-M. Tan, J.-F. Gu, W. Shen, Y. Zhang, J. Tang，2021: Characteristics of warm cores of tropical cyclones in a 25-km-mesh regional climate simulation over CORDEX East Asia domain. Climate Dynamics 57, 2375-2389. |
| 10. | Li, M., K. Chu*, Z.-M. Tan, J.-F. Gu, 2022: On the relationship between tropical cyclone size and environmental helicity in the South China Sea. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 15, 100205.(https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950820;https://phys.org/news/2022-04-environmental-helicity-affect-outer-core-size.html;https://scienmag.com/environmental-helicity-may-affect-the-outer-core-size-of-tropical-cyclones/) |
Selected Funding activities
| 1. | PI for National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) proposal (41675053): “The study on the formation and evolution of tropical cyclones’ warm core”, 2017-2020. |
| 2. | PI for Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province proposal (BK20161395): “The adjoint analysis on the intensity and motion of tropical cyclones”, 2016-2019. |