Hao Luo
Editorial Board Members, Journal of Polar Science and Engineering
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Polar sea ice has entered a new era characterized by frequent extreme events, with profound implications for global climate research and national polar strategies. A key bottleneck in understanding these changes lies in the scarcity of reliable sea ice thickness (SIT) data, constrained by substantial uncertainties in both observations and models. Hao Luo identified inherent limitations in existing SIT estimation methods, developed a model‑dependent multi‑source sea ice data assimilation approach, pioneered the assimilation of Antarctic remote sensing SIT data, and revealed the multi‑scale drivers of extreme sea ice events. His work has been featured multiple times as research highlights in the MITgcm model, and successfully applied to China’s operational polar navigation support.
Main research fields: Coupled sea ice-ocean data assimilation and prediction, Atmosphere-sea ice-ocean interactions
Personal website: https://atmos.sysu.edu.cn/teacher/3404