Bolei Yang (杨博雷)

Assistant professor

My research interests focus on the evolution mechanisms and forecasting techniques of extreme weather and climate events. My current work primarily investigates atmospheric moist convection and tropical cyclones. I have led multiple research projects and have published 12 papers as first/corresponding author in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (JAS), Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), and Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres (JGR).

Email：yang.bolei@nju.edu.cn

ORCID：https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-4860

Our research group is actively seeking postdoctoral researchers. We strongly encourage prospective PhD students and postdoctoral fellows with relevant backgrounds to inquire.

Education

2010.9-2014.6 NUIST, B.S.

2014.9-2021.4 Nanjing University, Ph.D.

Professional appointments

2021.5-2023.4 Peking University，Boya postdoc fellow

2023.5-2025.8 Peking University，Associate research scientist

2024.4-2025.4 UC Berkeley，EPS，Visiting Scholar

Service

Reviewer for JGR-A and JAMES.

Teaching

Undergraduate <dynamic meteorology>

Graduate <atmospheric dynamics>,<introducion to atmospheric sciences>

Grants and funding

2024 China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2024T170011)：Mechanism of convective self-aggregation.

2022 NSCF for the young scientist(42205004)：Mechanism of radiation on tropical cyclone evolution.

Representative publications

2026

B. Yang, The Control of Tropical Cyclone Wind Structure on Inner and Outer Rainband Formation: A Balanced Dynamics Perspective. J. Atmos. Sci.,83, 801-817. （Single authored，It reveales the mechanism by which different wind  structures modulate rainband development, thereby altering the intensification paradigm of tropical cyclones.）

B. Yang, J. Nie, Z.Tan et al. Quasi‐Periodic Behavior of Tropical Cyclone Precursors and Its Phase Matching With the Insolation Diurnal Cycle. Geophysical Research Letters, 2026, 53, e2025GL121568.（It identifies the convectively coupled inertia-gravity oscillation as the primary evolutionary mode of tropical cyclone embryos and establishes the phase-locking coupling between this mode and the diurnal radiation cycle as an acceleration mechanism for typhoon genesis.）

2025

Qu, M., Shen, L., Zeng, Z., B. Yang et al. Prolonged wind droughts in a warming climate threaten global wind power security. Nat. Clim. Chang. 15, 842–849 (2025).

B. Yang, W. Boos, Z. Tan and J. Nie.: Internal Oscillations of Tropical Mesoscale Convective Disturbances. J. Atmos. Sci.,82.（It reveals a universal intrinsic property of mesoscale convective systems: convectively coupled inertia-gravity oscillations. Serving as an intrinsic mode of these systems, this property will become a cornerstone for their deeper understanding in the future.）

B. Yang, Z. Tan and J. Nie: Water Vapor Deficit-Induced Equilibrium Shift in Convective Self-Aggregation: Dry Expansion and Wet Moistening. J. Atmos. Sci.,82, 2061–2076.（This study proposes a theoretical framework for the differentiation between convective and dry regions under radiative-convective equilibrium, laying a new theoretical foundation for investigating the organizational mechanisms of convection and the evolution of tropical climate.）

B. Yang et al.: Interaction between inner and outer rainbands may lead to a second rapid intensification in idealized tropical cyclone simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130, e20241D042517.（This study proposes a novel pathway for the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones: rainband interactions, thereby opening a new chapter in research on how rainband activity influences tropical cyclone intensity changes.）

2023

Wang, Y., B. Yang*, and Z. Tan: Cloud-radiation feedback facilitates secondary eyewall formation of tropical cyclones. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2022JD038205. 

2022

Yang, B., X. Guo, J. Gu and J. Nie: Cloud‐Radiation Feedback Prevents Tropical Cyclones From Reaching Higher Intensities, Geophysical Research Letters, 2022, 49(24).

2021

Yang. B., J. Nie and Z. Tan; Radiation Feedback Accelerates the Formation of Typhoon Haiyan (2013): The Critical Role of Mid-Level Circulation, Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48(16): 0-e2021GL094168.

2020

Yang. B. and Z. Tan: The Initiation of Dry Patches in Cloud Resolving Convective Self-aggregation Simulations: Boundary Layer “Dry-subsidence” Feedback. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 4129–4141.

Yang. B. and Z. Tan: Interactive Radiation Accelerates the Intensification of the Mid-level Vortex for Tropical Cyclogenesis. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 4051–4065.（This study proposes a key mechanism by which radiative processes accelerate tropical cyclogenesis—through the enhancement of stratiform processes and the mid-level vortex—thereby establishing a theoretical framework for understanding how radiation affects tropical cyclone formation.）