本人主要从事热带海洋-大气相互作用研究。针对亚洲夏季风的爆发源头-孟加拉湾，创新性提出了海洋上层热力环境与大气内部扰动事件（大气季节内振荡，即iso）位相锁定的夏季风爆发模型，从海气相互作用角度阐释了亚洲夏季风首先在孟加拉湾爆发的原因，并揭示了enso事件对孟加拉湾夏季风爆发异常的调制机理。在iso研究方面，阐述了南亚季风区iso由冬季模态向夏季模态的分步转换特征及其与南亚夏季风阶段性爆发进程的物理联系，指出了印度洋iso强度不同于传统认识的双峰分布特征，揭示了春季iso在海洋大陆地区存在的向东传播障碍现象。
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主持项目
1. 2020.01-2023.12 国家自然科学基金面上项目：南亚夏季风阶段性爆发进程的海气相互作用机理（41976020）。62万元，主持。
2. 2020.06-2023.05中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费：束星北青年学者基金项目（2020s01）。100万，主持。
3. 2018.12-2021.11 科技部重点研发计划项目课题：东亚地区10-30天低频模态的动力机理和尺度相互作用（2018yfc1505802）子任务。136万元，主持。