Shineng Hu | Scholars@Duke

Shineng Hu
Assistant Professor of Physical Oceanography

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Physical Oceanography, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2021

Contact Information

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Yale University 2018
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Muser Mentor
Research
Selected Grants
- A Satellite Informed Malaria Early Warning System for Malaria Elimination Settings awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2022 - 2025
- Ocean salinity's role in the interplay of intraseasonal wind bursts and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation: insights from satellite observations and coupled model simulations awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2022 - 2025
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Hu, S., S. P. Xie, and S. M. Kang. “Global Warming Pattern Formation: The Role of Ocean Heat Uptake.” Journal of Climate 35, no. 6 (March 15, 2022): 1885–99. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0317.1.
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  - Hu, S. “Refining El Niño projections.” Nature Climate Change 11, no. 9 (September 1, 2021): 724–25. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01126-2.
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  - Hu, Shineng, and Alexey V. Fedorov. “Indian Ocean warming as a driver of the North Atlantic warming hole.” Nature Communications 11, no. 1 (September 2020): 4785. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18522-5.
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  - Fedorov, A. V., S. Hu, A. T. Wittenberg, A. F. Z. Levine, and C. Deser. “ENSO Low‐Frequency Modulation and Mean State Interactions.” El Niño Southern Oscillation in a Changing Climate, 2020, 173–98.
  - Hu, S., S. Xie, and W. Liu. “Global pattern formation of net ocean surface heat flux response to greenhouse warming.” Journal of Climate 33, no. 17 (2020): 7503–22.
  - Hu, S., and A. V. Fedorov. “Indian Ocean warming as a driver of the North Atlantic warming hole.” Nature Communications 11, no. 1 (2020): 1–11.
  - Liu, W., A. V. Fedorov, S. Xie, and S. Hu. “Climate impacts of a weakened Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a warming climate.” Science Advances 6, no. 26 (2020): eaaz4876.
  - Peng, Q., S. Xie, D. Wang, Y. Kamae, H. Zhang, S. Hu, X. Zheng, and W. Wang. “Eastern Pacific wind effect on the evolution of El Niño: implications for ENSO diversity.” Journal of Climate 33, no. 8 (2020): 3197–3212.
  - Shi, J., A. V. Fedorov, and S. Hu. “A sea surface height perspective on El Niño diversity, ocean energetics, and energy damping rates.” Geophysical Research Letters 47, no. 7 (2020): e2019GL086742.
  - Shi, J., A. V. Fedorov, and S. Hu. “North Pacific temperature and precipitation response to El Niño-like equatorial heating: sensitivity to forcing location.” Climate Dynamics 53, no. 5–6 (September 13, 2019): 2731–41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04655-x.
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  - Hu, S., and A. V. Fedorov. “The extreme El Niño of 2015–2016: The role of westerly and easterly wind bursts, and preconditioning by the failed 2014 event.” Climate Dynamics 52, no. 12 (2019): 7339–57.
  - Hu, S., and A. V. Fedorov. “Indian Ocean warming can strengthen the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation.” Nature Climate Change 9, no. 10 (2019): 747–51.
  - Hu, S., and G. K. Vallis. “Meridional structure and future changes of tropopause height and temperature.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 145, no. 723 (2019): 2698–2717.
  - Nie, J., Y. Xia, S. Hu, W. Yuan, J. Yang, and D. Ma. “Similarity Among Atmospheric Thermal Stratifications Over Elevated Surfaces Under Radiative‐Convective Equilibrium.” Geophysical Research Letters 46, no. 6 (2019): 3512–22.
  - Shi, J., A. V. Fedorov, and S. Hu. “North Pacific temperature and precipitation response to El Niño-like equatorial heating: sensitivity to forcing location.” Climate Dynamics 53, no. 5 (2019): 2731–41.
  - Hu, S., and A. V. Fedorov. “Cross-equatorial winds control El Niño diversity and change.” Nature Climate Change 8, no. 9 (2018): 798–802.
  - Hu, S., and A. V. Fedorov. “The extreme El Niño of 2015–2016 and the end of global warming hiatus.” Geophysical Research Letters 44, no. 8 (2017): 3816–24.
  - Hu, S., and W. R. Boos. “The physics of orographic elevated heating in radiative–convective equilibrium.” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 74, no. 9 (2017): 2949–65.
  - Hu, S., and W. R. Boos. “Competing effects of surface albedo and orographic elevated heating on regional climate.” Geophysical Research Letters 44, no. 13 (2017): 6966–73.
  - Hu, S., and A. V. Fedorov. “Exceptionally strong easterly wind burst stalling El Niño of 2014.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, no. 8 (2016): 2005–10.
  - Williams, R. H., D. McGee, C. W. Kinsley, D. A. Ridley, S. Hu, A. Fedorov, I. Tal, R. W. Murray, and P. B. deMenocal. “Glacial to Holocene changes in trans-Atlantic Saharan dust transport and dust-climate feedbacks.” Science Advances 2, no. 11 (2016): e1600445.
  - Fedorov, A. V., S. Hu, M. Lengaigne, and E. Guilyardi. “The impact of westerly wind bursts and ocean initial state on the development, and diversity of El Niño events.” Climate Dynamics 44, no. 5–6 (2015): 1381–1401.
  - Hu, S., A. V. Fedorov, M. Lengaigne, and E. Guilyardi. “The impact of westerly wind bursts on the diversity and predictability of El Niño events: An ocean energetics perspective.” Geophysical Research Letters 41, no. 13 (2014): 4654–63.
Teaching & Mentoring
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Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Service to the Profession
- Participant. Faculty Success Program. National Cener for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD). 2021 2021

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