Team Members

Dr. Hongzhou Xu, Professor

Office: Main Building, Room 511

Email: hzxu@idsse.ac.cn

Address: 28 Luhuitou Rd, Sanya 572000, Hainan Province, P. R. China

Research Interests

Ocean circulation dynamics, Ocean modeling, Physical-biological coupling, Coastal storm surge, Oceanic observations

Research Funding and Awards

1.Chinese Academy of Sciences Knowledge Innovation Program, Principal Investigator, Chinese Academy of Sciences Plan, 2013-10-2016-09

2.Chinese Academy of Sciences Strategic Pioneering Special Project B, Principal Investigator, Chinese Academy of Sciences Plan, 2014-01-2018-12

3.CAS Pioneering Special Sub-project, Principal Investigator, Chinese Academy of Sciences Plan, 2016-01-2020-12

4.National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, Principal Investigator, National Task, 2016-01-2019-12

5.Analysis and Research of Physical Environmental Elements in the Mariana Trench, Principal Investigator, Institute Self-selected, 2013-09-2016-09

6.BR Elite Selection Project, Principal Investigator, Chinese Academy of Sciences Plan, 2015-01-2017-12

7.National Natural Science Foundation Regional Fund, Principal Investigator, National Task, 2017-01-2020-12

8.National Key R&D Program Project, Principal Investigator, National Task, 2018-08-2021-12

9.Construction, Maintenance, and Operational Business of Marine Optical Calibration Observation Station, Principal Investigator, Enterprise Commissioned, 2017-10-2020-10

10.CAS Frontier Science Project, Principal Investigator, Chinese Academy of Sciences Plan, 2019-08-2022-08

11.National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, Principal Investigator, National Task, 2022-01-2025-12

Employment History:

07/2013 - Present, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (IDSSE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Professor.

09/2016 - 08/2017, Florida State University, Researcher, PhD Supervisor, and Director of Research Office, Visiting Scholar.

01/2012 - 02/2013, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Postdoctoral Associate.

03/ 2009 - 01/ 2012, International Hurricane Research Center / Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary, Visiting Scientist / Visiting Associate Professor.

09/2007 - 03/2009, East China Normal University, Postdoctoral Researcher.

08/2005 - 12/2006, North Carolina State University, Visiting Scholar.

Education History:

09/2002-07/2007, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography.

09/1998-07/2002, Ocean University of China, B.S. in Physical Oceanography.

Publications(recent five years):

1. Chen, Q.; Xu, H.*; Wang, D.; Hong, B.*; Liu, C.; Zhang, Z.; Jiang, H.; Song, W.; Long, T.; Wang, L.; Liu, S.; Chen, R. (2025). Enhancement of near-inertial waves by cyclonic eddy in the northwestern South China Sea during spring 2022. Ocean Science. 21(5):2631-2642.

2. Jiang, H.; Xin, X.; Xu H*.; Zhou, C*.; Vetter, P.; Yu, L.; Long, T.; Chen, Q.; Tian, J. (2024). Three-layer circulation in the world deepest hadal trench. Nature Communications. 15(1):8949.

3. Hong, B., Huang, X., Liu, S., Xu, H.* (2022). Impact of Typhoon on Coastal Upwelling Off the Eastern Hainan Island: A Case Study of Typhoon Rammasun (2014). Frontiers in Marine Science. 2022, 9: 920825.

4. Hong, B.; Xue, H.; Zhu, L.; Xu, H.* (2022). Climatic Change of Summer Wind Direction and Its Impact on Hydrodynamic Circulation in the Pearl River Estuary. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 10(7): 842.

5. Zhou, Y.; Ni, Z.; Vetter, P.A.; Xu, H.*; Hong, B.; Wang, H.; Li, W.; Liu, S. (2022). Model Simulation of Storm Surge in the Northwestern South China Sea Under the Impact of Sea Level Rise: A Case Study of Super Typhoon Rammasun (2014). Frontiers in Marine Science. 9: 878301.

6. Xu, H.; Zhang, Z.; Vetter, P.A.; Xie, Q.; Long, T.; Hong, B. (2022). Impact of anticyclonic eddy on nonlinear wave-wave interaction in the southern South China Sea during late summer 2020. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(9): e2021GL096892.

7. Zhou, C.; Xu, H.#; Xin, X.; Zhao, W.*; Yang, J.; Yang, Q.; Jiang, H.; Xie, Q.; Long, T.; Wang, T.; Huang, X.; Zhang, Z.; Guan, S.; Tian, J., Intense Abyssal Flow Through the Yap‐Mariana Junction in the Western North Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(3): e2021GL096530.

8. Zhang, Z; Xu, H.*; Vetter, P.; Xie, Q.; Xie, X.; Song, W.; Tian, C. (2021) High-Frequency Motions in the Southeastern South China Sea During Winter-Spring 2018/2019. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8: 681993.

9. Jiang, H.; Xu, H.*; Vetter, P.; Xie, Q.; Yu, J.; Shang, X.; Yu, L. (2021) Ocean Circulation in the Challenger Deep Derived From Super-Deep Underwater Glider Observation. Geophysical Research Letters. 48: e2021GL093169.

10. Xu, H.; Shen, J.; Wang, D.; Luo, L.; Hong, B.* (2021) Nonlinearity of Subtidal Estuarine Circulation in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8:629403.

11. Chen, Q.; Yu,L.; Yang, Q.; Vetter, P.; Xu, H.*; Xie, Q.; Jiang, H.; Ni, Z. (2021) Model Simulation of M2 Internal Tide at the Mariana Double Ridges. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 9(6): 592.

12. Guo, M.; Chen, R.; Xu, H.*; Vetter, P. (2021) Dynamical features of near-inertial motions in global ocean based on the GDP dataset from 2000 to 2019. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 40: 126-134.

13. Ni, Z.; Yu, J.; Shang, X.; Jin, W.; Luo, Y.; Vetter, P.; Jiang, H.; Yu, L.; Liu, S.; Xu, H.* (2021) Response of the upper ocean to tropical cyclone in the Northwest Pacific observed by gliders during fall 2018. Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 40(1):103–112.

Tong Long, Senior experimentalist

Office: Main Building, Room 513 East

Email: tlong@idsse.ac.cn

Address: 28 Luhuitou Rd, Sanya 572000, Hainan Province, P. R. China

Research Interests

Physical ocean observation, Ocean circulation dynamics

Research Funding and Awards

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC): Interannual and decadal variability of deep water in the Philippine Sea and its mechanism, 2022.01-2025.12, Principal Investigator.

Employment History:

06/2014-Present, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (IDSSE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Research assistant.

Education History:

09/2011-06/2014, University of Science and Technology of China, Master's Degree in fluid mechanics.

09/2006-07/2010, University of Science and Technology of China, Bachelor's Degree in theoretical and applied mechanics.

Publications

1. Chen, Q., Xu, H., Wang, D., Hong, B., Liu, C., Zhang, Z., Jiang, H., Song, W., Long, T., Wang, L., Liu, S., and Chen, R.: Enhancement of near-inertial waves by cyclonic eddy in the northwestern South China Sea during spring 2022, Ocean Sci., 21, 2631–2642, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2631-2025, 2025.

2. Jiang, H., Xiao, X., Xu, H., Zhou, C., Vetter, P. A., Yu, L., Long, T., Chen, Q. (2024). Three-layer circulation in the world deepest hadal trench. Nature Communications, 15(1), 8949.

3. Zhang, G., Fan, H., Huang, K., Long, T., Song, W., Xie, Q. (2023). Revisiting the Seasonal Evolution of the Indian Ocean Dipole from the Perspective of Process-Based Decomposition. Journal of Ocean University of China, 22(6), 1453–1463.

4. Zhou, C., Xu, H., Xiao, X., Zhao, W., Yang, J., Yang, Q., Jiang, H., Xie, Q., Long, T., Wang, T., Huang, X., Zhang, Z., Guan, S., Tian, J. (2022). Intense Abyssal Flow Through the Yap-Mariana Junction in the Western North Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(3), e2021GL096530.

5. Xu, H., Zhang, Z., Vetter, P. A., Xie, Q., Long, T., Hong, B. (2022). Impact of Anticyclonic Eddy on Nonlinear Wave‐Wave Interaction in the Southern South China Sea During Late Summer 2020. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(9), e2021GL096892.

Zheyang Zhang, Research Assistant

Office: Main Building, Room 515

Email:  zhangzheyang@idsse.ac.cn

Address: 28 Luhuitou Rd, Sanya 572000, Hainan Province, P. R. China

Office: Room 515 in Comprehensive Building

Research Interests

Physical ocean observation, Ocean internal wave.

Employment History:

06/2014-Present, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (IDSSE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Research assistant.

06/2024-Present, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering (IDSSE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Research assistant.

07/2018-07/2021, Inner Mongolia Wuhai Airport, Weather Forecaster.

Education History:

09/2021-06/2024, College of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Master Degree in Physical Oceanography.

09/2014-06/2018, College of Nanjing University Of Information Science &technology, Bachelor Degree in Atmospheric Science.

Publications:

1. Chen, Q., Xu, H., Wang, D., Hong, B., Liu, C., Zhang, Z., Jiang, H., Song, W., Long, T., Wang, L., Liu, S., and Chen, R.: Enhancement of near-inertial waves by cyclonic eddy in the northwestern South China Sea during spring 2022, Ocean Sci., 21, 2631–2642, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-21-2631-2025, 2025.