热带是海洋与大气相互作用最为强烈的区域，是台风、季风、ENSO等高影响事件的源地，在天气和气候尺度上都有举足轻重的全球影响。吴巧燕的主要工作和兴趣是，针对热带多尺度海气相互作用的难点问题，利用各种观测数据和模拟手段，开展物理海洋学和大气动力学的交叉研究。 具体的内容主要包括：热带气旋与海洋的相互作用、热带气旋和气候相互作用、热带短期气候变异及其预测，等等。

2004/9–2007/8， 德克萨斯农工大学， 大气科学系， 博士 

2002/9–2004/8， 德克萨斯农工大学， 大气科学系， 硕士 

1997/9–2001/7， 南京大学， 大气科学系， 学士

2013/12-至今，自然资源部第二海洋研究所，卫星海洋环境动力国家重点实验室， 研究员 

2016/09-2016/12，德克萨斯农工大学，海洋系，访问学者 

2016年/08， 英国帝国理工大学，访问学者 

2014年，浙江大学，海洋工程系，博士生导师 

2012/04-2012/10，德克萨斯农工大学，海洋系，访问学者 

2008/06-2013/11，自然资源部第二海洋研究所，卫星海洋环境动力国家重点实验室 ，副研究员 

2007/09-2008/05，德克萨斯农工大学，大气科学系，助理研究员

2017 国家优秀青年基金获得者 

2015 浙江省优秀青年基金获得者

国家自然科学基金优秀青年项目，41722601，热带海气相互作用，2018/01-2020/12，130万，结题，主持 

 浙江省自然基金杰出青年基金项目, LR15D600001, 台风降雨的日变化研究，2015/ 01-2018/12，36万，结题，主持 

 国家自然科学基金面上项目, 41276030，海洋混合层日变化以及对热带气候的影响 ，2013/01-2016/12，82万，已结题，主持 

 国家自然科学基金面上项目, 40976018, 海洋混合层日变化的分布和成因研究，2010/01 -2012/12，40万，已结题（优秀结题项目），主持

Hong Jiacheng & Qiaoyan Wu*, 2023. Tropical cyclone fullness and outer region size growth: the role of spatial distribution of very deep convection. Geophysical Research Letters. 50, e2023GL105956，DOI: https://10.1029/2023GL105956

Hong Jiacheng & Qiaoyan Wu*, 2023. Diurnal variations of tropical cyclone outer region size growth. Atmospheric Science Letters, e1183. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.1183

Wang Yuan, Jinhui Zhang, Jiancheng Yu, Qiaoyan Wu*, Dong Sun*,2023. Anticyclonic mesoscale eddy induced mesopelagic biomass hotspot in the oligotrophic ocean, Journal of Marine Systems. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2022.103831

Wang Han, Qiaoyan Wu*, Jiacheng Hong, 2022. Climate control of tropical cyclone rapid intensification frequency in the North Indian Ocean. Environmental Research Communications. doi: 10.1088/2515-7620/aca646

Wu Qiaoyan* & Hong Jiacheng 2022. Diurnal variations in contraction of the radius of maximum tangential wind in tropical cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2021GL096048

Ruan Zhenxin & Qiaoyan Wu*, 2022. Relationship between size and intensity in North Atlantic tropical cyclones with steady radii of maximum wind, Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/ 2021GL095632

Wang Yilei & Qiaoyan Wu*, 2022.Comparison of multisatellite precipitation data from the global precipitation measurement mission and tropical rainfall measurement mission datasets: seasonal and diurnal Cycles. Advances in Meteorology, doi：10.1155/2022/6404243

Hong Jiacheng & Qiaoyan Wu*, 2021. Climate Modulation of Global Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification frequency. Environmental Research Communications, 3, doi: 10.1088/2515-7620/abf39b

Wu Qiaoyan*, & Zhenxin Ruan, 2021. Rapid contraction of the radius of maximum tangential wind and rapid intensification of a tropical cyclone. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere. 126(3), doi:10.1029/2020JD033681

Wu Qiaoyan*, Jiacheng Hong & Zhenxin Ruan, 2020. Diurnal variations in tropical cyclone intensification. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(23), doi: 10.1029/2020GL090397 (AGU Editor’s Highlighted paper https://eos.org/editor-highlights/how-tropical-cyclones-increase-in-intensity-overnight)

Wu, Qiaoyan* & Yilei Wang, 2019. Comparison of oceanic multisatellite precipitation data from Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission and Global Precipitation Measurement Mission datasets with rain gauge data from ocean buoys, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 36(5)：903–920, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0152.1

Ruan, Zhenxin & Qiaoyan Wu*, 2018. Precipitation, convective clouds and their connections with tropical cyclone intensity and intensity change, Geophysical Research Letters, 45(2), 1098-1105, DOI: 10.1002/2017GL076611.

Wu, Qiaoyan* and Zhenxin Ruan,2016. Diurnal variations of the areas and temperatures in tropical cyclone clouds. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 142(700), 2788-2796, DOI: 10.1002/qj.2868.

Wu, Qiaoyan, Ying Yan and Dake Chen, 2015. Seasonal prediction of East Asian Monsoon precipitation: skill sensitivity to various climate variabilities, International Journal of Climatology, 36. 324-333.DOI: 10.1002/joc.4347.

Wu, Qiaoyan, Zhenxin Ruan, Dake Chen, and Tao Lian, 2015, Diurnal variations of tropical cyclone precipitation in inner and outer rainbands, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(1), 1-11, DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022190.

Wu, Qiaoyan, Ying Yan and Dake Chen, 2013. A linear Markov model for East Asian Monsoon seasonal forecast, Journal of Climate, 26, 5183-5195.

Wu, Qiaoyan*, 2013. Westerly wind events, diurnal cycle and central Pacific El Niño warming. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 63, 79-93.

Wu, Qiaoyan* and Dake Chen, 2012. Typhoon-induced variability of oceanic surface mixed layer observed by Argo floats in the western North Pacific Ocean, Atmosphere-Ocean, 50, 4-14.

Wu, Qiaoyan* and Dake Chen, 2010. Ensemble forecast of Indo-Pacific SST based on IPCC twentieth-century climate simulations, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L16702, doi: 10.1029/2010GL044330.

Wu, Qiaoyan, Salil Mahajan, Kenneth P. Bowman and Ping Chang, 2008. Atmospheric response to Atlantic tropical instability waves in Community Atmosphere Model version 3, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 113, D15125, doi:10.1029/ 2007JD009474.

Wu, Qiaoyan and Kenneth P. Bowman, 2007. Multi-year satellite observations of atmospheric response to tropical Atlantic instability waves. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 112, D19104, doi:10.1029/2007JD008627.

Wu, Qiaoyan and Kenneth P. Bowman, 2007. Interannual variations of tropical instability waves observed by the tropical rainfall measuring mission. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(9), L09701, doi:10.1029/2007GL029719. (AGU Editor’s Highlighted paper)