Wei Mei
Wei Mei
Assistant ProfessorOffice: 4202D Murray Hall CB #3300, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3300
MEI LAB WEBSITE
Education
2012 Ph.D. in Earth System Science (Specialty: Physical Climate), University of California, Irvine, CA
2009 M.S. in Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA
2007 M.S. in Meteorology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
2004 B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Areas of Interest
Selected Publications
Mei, W., and S.-P. Xie, 2016: Intensification of landfalling typhoons over the Northwest Pacific since the late 1970s. Nature Geoscience, 9, in press, doi:10.1038/NGEO2792.
Mei, W., S.-P. Xie, F. Primeau, J. C. McWilliams, and C. Pasquero, 2015: Northwestern Pacific typhoon intensity controlled by changes in ocean temperatures. Science Advances, 1, e1500014, doi:10.1126/sciadv.1500014.
Mei, W., C.-C. Lien, I.-I. Lin, and S.-P. Xie, 2015: Tropical cyclone-induced ocean response: A comparative study of the South China Sea and tropical Northwest Pacific. Journal of Climate, 28, 5952–5968, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00651.1.
Mei, W., S.-P. Xie, M. Zhao, and Y. Wang, 2015: Forced and internal variability of tropical cyclone track density in the western North Pacific. Journal of Climate, 28, 143–167, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00164.1.
Mei, W., S.-P. Xie, and M. Zhao, 2014: Variability of tropical cyclone track density in the North Atlantic: Observations and high-resolution simulations. Journal of Climate, 27, 4797–4814, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00587.1.
Mei, W., F. Primeau, J. C. McWilliams, and C. Pasquero, 2013: Sea surface height evidence for long-term warming effects of tropical cyclones on the ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(38), 15207–15210, doi:10.1073/pnas.1306753110.
Mei, W., and C. Pasquero, 2013: Spatial and temporal characterization of sea surface temperature response to tropical cyclones. Journal of Climate, 26, 3745–3765, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00125.1.
Mei, W., C. Pasquero, and F. Primeau, 2012: The effect of translation speed upon the intensity of tropical cyclones over the tropical ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L07801, doi:10.1029/2011GL050765.
Mei, W., and C. Pasquero, 2012: Restratification of the upper ocean after the passage of a tropical cyclone: A numerical study. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42, 1377–1401, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-11-0209.1.