Research Assistant Professor
Tel. (919) 513-0204
122 Research III
Email: sbao@ncsu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

B.S., Atmospheric Science, 1993, The Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, China

M.S., Atmospheric Science, 1996, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, China

Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, 2002, North Carolina State University


TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS:
Mesoscale air sea interaction modeling; hurricane wind modeling, analysis and forecast; storm surge and inundation; impact of global climate change on tropical cyclones.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Bao, S., L. Xie and L. J. Pietrafesa, 2006: A Numerical Study of the Effect of Hurricane Wind Asymmetry on Storm Surge and Inundation (in review).

Xie, L., S. Bao and L. J. Pietrafesa, 2005: An Asymmetric Hurricane Wind Model: Formulation and Verification. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 134, No. 5, p 1355–1370.

Bao, S., L. Xie and S. Raman, 2004: A Numerical Study of a TOGA-COARE Squall Line using a Coupled Mesoscale Atmosphere-Ocean Model. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 21, No. 5, p. 708-716.

Bao, S., S. Raman and L. Xie, 2003: Numerical Simulation of the Response of the Ocean Surface Layer to Precipitation. Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 160, p. 2419-2446.

Pietrafesa, L.J. Xie, L., D. Dickey, M. Peng, S.Bao. 2003. The North Carolina State University coastal and estuary storm surge and flood prediction system. Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, 4, 100-109.

Bao, S., L. Xie and S. Raman 2002: Mesoscale air-sea interaction over the western Pacific warm pool simulated in an air-sea coupled model. 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology 29 April—3 May 2002, San Diego, CA

Zhou, S., S. Bao, Y. Huang and J. Hao, 2002: A Mesoscale Stratiform Cloud Numerical Forecast System and Its Operational Application. Journal of Nanjing Institute of Meteorology 2002 Vol.25 No.6 p.731-739.

Hu, Z., S. Bao, and Z. Yang, 1999: The Applicability of Static Equilibrium Models in Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation. Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 1999, No.57, Vol. 1, p 96-102.

Hu, Z, X. Lou, S. Bao and X. Wang, 1998: A Simplified Explicit Scheme of Mixed Phase Cloud and Precipitation. Quarterly Journal of Applied Meteorology, 1998, No.3, Vol. 9, p. 257-264.