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Faculty

Qin Wen

Bio: 

Wen Qin, Chengdu, Sichuan.
Correspondence: 312, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University 09457@njnu.edu.cn

Research interests

  • orbital-scale monsoon dynamics
  • large-scale ocean-atmosphere interactions
  • oceanic thermohaline circulation dynamics and numerical simulations

Interested undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to join the group!

Educational background

  • PhD (2020), Climatology, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, supervised by Navy Yang
  • BSc (2015), Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, School of Atmospheric Sciences

Research experience

  • 2023.06-present, Associate Professor, College of Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
  • 2020.10-present, Lecturer, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University
  • 2020.8-2022.8, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, supervised by Zhengyu Liu
  • 2018.12-2020.3, Joint Training, Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden, Supervisor: Kristofer Döös

Subjects undertaken

  • Jan 2023-Dec 2025, State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology Open Fund (SKLLQG2202), "Influence and mechanism of solar radiation in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere on the South Asian summer wind since 150,000 years", Chair
  • January 2022-December 2024, NSF Youth Program (42106016), "The influence of sea surface freshwater flux on AMOC under global warming and its mechanism", Supported by
  • Sep 2021-Aug 2023, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M691623), "Response of Atlantic meridional overturning currents to sea surface freshwater fluxes in the context of future warming", Supported by
  • September 2021-August 2023, Postdoctoral Fund of Jiangsu Province, "Study on the impact of dramatic surface warming on ENSO in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau since 2000", Supported by
  • January 2021-December 2022, Outstanding Chinese and Foreign Youth Exchange Program of China Association for Science and Technology 2020, Host

Published papers
(my name in bold, corresponding author in *)

  • 1.    Gao, Y., J Liu, Q. Wen*, et al., 2024: The influence of increased CO2 concentrations on AMOC interdecadal variability under the LGM background[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(3): e2023JD039976.
  • 2.    Wen Q*, C. Zhu, D. Chen, et al., 2023: Separating direct heat flux forcing and freshwater feedback on AMOC change under global warming[J]. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(22): e2023GL105478.
  • 3.    Gao, Yang, Liu, Jian, Wen, Qin*, et al. 2023: A comparative study of the impact of NAO on AMOC during the Last Glacial and Holocene[J]. Quaternary Research, 43(4): 1042-1052.
  • 4.    Wen, Q., M. Yan, *Z. Liu, and J. Liu, 2022: Responses of East Asian winter monsoon-Australian summer monsoon to Local and Remote orbital forcing during Holocene. Geophysical Research Letters, 2022GL098010.
  • 5.    Wen, Q., *Z. Liu, J. Zhu, M. Yan, et al., 2022: Local insolation drives Afro-Asian monsoon at orbital-scale in Holocene. Geophysical Research Letters. e2021GL097661.   
  • 6.    Wen, Q., *H. Yang, K. Yang, G. Li, Z. Liu, and J. Liu, 2022: Possible thermal effect of Tibetan Plateau on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2021GL095771. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021GL095771.    
  • 7.    Wen Q., He G. R., *Yang H. N., 2021: A comparative study of the influence of the Tibetan Plateau and the Rocky Mountains on ENSO. Atmospheric Sciences
  • 8.    Chen, Z., Q. Wen, and *H. Yang, 2021: Impact of Tibetan Plateau on North African precipitation. Climate Dynamics, 57, 2767-2777. doi: 10.1007/s00382-021-05837-2.
  • 9.    Wen, Q., Z. Han, *H. Yang, J. Chen, Z. Liu, and J. Liu, 2021: Influence of Tibetan Plateau on the North American summer monsoon precipitation. Climate Dynamics, 57, 3093–3110. https://doi. org/10.1007/s00382-021-05857-y.
  • 10.    Wen, Q., C. Zhu, Z. Han, Z. Liu, and *H. Yang, 2021: Can the Topography of Tibetan Plateau Affect the Antarctic Bottom Water. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092448. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021GL092448.  
  • 11.    Zhang, M., *Y. Liu, J. Zhang, and Q. Wen, 2021: AMOC and climate responses to dust reduction and greening of the Sahara during the mid-Holocene. Journal of Climate, 34(12): 4893-4912. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0628.1.
  • 12.    Wen, Q., K. Döös, Z. Lu, Z. Han, and *H. Yang, 2020: Investigating the Role of the Tibetan Plateau in ENSO Variability. Journal of Climate, 33(11): 4835-4852. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0422.1.       
  • 13.    Wen, Q., and *H. Yang, 2020: Investigating the Role of the Tibetan Plateau in the Formation of Pacific Meridional Overturning Circulation. Journal of Climate, 33(9): 3603-3617. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0206.1.      
  • 14.    *Yang, H., and Q. Wen, 2020: Investigating the role of the Tibetan Plateau in the formation of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Journal of Climate, 33(9), 3585-3601. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0205.1.  
  • 15.    Wen, Q., J. Yao, K. Döös, and *H. Yang, 2018: Decoding Hosing and Heating Effects on Global Temperature and Meridional Circulations in a Warming Climate. Journal of Climate, 31(23): 9605-9623. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0297.1.