Chao Ma
Lecturer
Tel: +86-532-66782802
Email: machao@ouc.edu.cn
Address: College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of China
238 Songling Road, Qingdao 266100, China
Education
09/2000-06/2003, B.S. in Marine Science, Ocean University of China
09/2003-06/2006, M.S. in Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China
09/2006-06/2009, Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China
09/2007-09/2008, Joint Ph.D. candidate, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Position
07/2009-present, Lecture, Ocean University of China
PROJECTS
[1]01/2014-12/2017, NSFC project “The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Processes in the Kuroshio Extension Region and Their Effects on Circulations in the East Asian Marginal Seas” (41376001), 960 k, PI
[2]01/2011-12/2013, NSFC project “The Effect of Abnormal Signals to the East of Japan on Seasonal Variations of the Tsushima Strait Warm Current and Sea Level in the Japan/East Sea” (41006003), 200 k, PI
[3]07/2012-12/2014, Promotive Research Fund for Excellent Young and Middle-aged Scientists of Shandong Province “Seasonal variability of the Tsushima Warm Current and its effect on the Yellow Sea Warm Current” (BS2012HZ019), 50 k, PI
[4]07/2010-07/2012, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities “Study on the mechanism for seasonal variations of the Yellow Sea Warm Current and the sea level in Chinese coastal waters”（201013021），80 k，PI
PUBLICATIONS
[1]Ma, C., D. Wu, X. Lin, J. Yang, and X. Ju, 2012: On the Mechanism of Seasonal Variation of the Tsushima Warm Current. Cont. Shelf Res., 48, 1-7, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2012.08.013 (SCI)
[2]Ma, C., D. Wu, X. Lin, J. Yang, and X. Ju, 2010: An open-ocean forcing in the East China and Yellow Seas. J. Geophys. Res., 115, C12056, doi:10.1029/2010JC006179 (SCI)
[3]Ma, C., J. Yang, D. Wu, and X. Lin, 2010: The Kuroshio Extension: a leading mechanism for the seasonal sea-level variability along the west coast of Japan. Ocean Dynam., 60(3), 667-672 (SCI)
[4]Ma, C., X. Ju, L. Mu, X. Lin, 2010: The spatial distribution and temporal evolution of salinity at the sections and stations in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, Marine Sciences, 34(9), 70-75 (in Chinese with English Abstr.)
[5]Ma, C., D. Wu, and X. Lin, 2009: Variability of surface velocity in the Kuroshio Current and adjacent waters derived from Argos drifter buoys and satellite altimeter data, Chin. J. Oceanol. Limnol., 27(2), 208-217 (SCI)
[6]Ma, C., D. Wu, and X. Ju, 2009: The analysis of the Kuroshio intrusion to the South China Sea using Argos drifting buoys data, Trans. Oceanol. Limnol., 2, 1-5 (in Chinese with English Abstr.)
[7]Xu, L., X. Lin, and C. Ma, 2009: Mechanism of the Yellow Sea Warm Current and its seasonal variation,J. Hydrodynamics, 21(2), 159-165 (SCI)
[8]Li, X., X. Bao, C. Ma, and H. Yu, 2009: Effects of Donghai Dam on the Hydrodynamic Environment of the Zhanjiang Bay, Periodical of Ocean University of China, 39(6) sup.II, 287-296 (in Chinese with English Abstr.)
[9]Mu, L., D. Wu, G. Zhou, X. Chen, and C. Ma, 2007: Changes in Atlantic thermohaline circulation under different atmospheric CO2 scenarios, Earth Sci. J. China Univ. Geosci., 32(1), 141-146 (in Chinese with English Abstr.)
[10]Ma, C., D. Wu, and X. Lin, 2006: The characters of interannual and long term variations of salinity in the Bohai and Yellow Seas, Periodical of Ocean University of China, 36(6) sup., 7-12 (in Chinese with English Abstr.)
[11]Ma, C., D. Wu, and X. Lin, 2005: Study on changes of temperature, salinity and current in the Tokara Strait, Proceedings of the 7th National Congress on Hydrodynamics and 19th National Conference on Hydrodynamics, Haerbin, China, 1066-1072 (in Chinese with English Abstr.)
Awards
01/2013, “The Dynamics Framework and Variability of Ocean Environment in the East China Coastal Seas”, First prize of Natural Science Award of the Ministry of Education, Rank 5th
Courses
Undergraduate: Ocean Circulation; FORTRAN programming
Research Interests
Numerical and theoretical studies of ocean circulation;
Interactions between open ocean and marginal seas.
