Xin Cao, Associate Professor of Geophysics

Education:

• 1993 - 1998, University of Science and Technology of China, Bachelor
• 2000 - 2006, Peking University, Ph.D.

Employment:

• 2013 -　Associate Professor of Geophysics, IGG-CAS
• 2011 – 2013, Postdoc, IGG-CAS
• 2006 – 2011, Postdoc, Peking University

• Postdoctoral Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2008-2009.
• Youth Investigator, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) grant #40904043, 2010-2013.

2012：

1. Cao, X., Z. Y. Pu, A. M. Du et al., 2012, On the retreat of near-Earth neutral line during substorm expansion phase: a THEMIS case study during the 9 January 2008 substorm. Ann. Geophys., 30, 143–151,  doi:10.5194/angeo-30-143-2012
2. Cao, X., Z. Y. Pu, A. M. Du et al., 2012, Auroral streamers implication for the substorm progression on September 14, 2004. Planetary and Space Science, 71, 119–124, 10.1016/j.pss.2012.07.018
3. Yao, Z. H., et al., 2012, Mechanism of substorm current wedge formation: THEMIS observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L13102, doi:10.1029/2012GL052055.
4. Zhang, H., et al., 2012, Outward expansion of the lunar wake: ARTEMIS observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L18104, doi:10.1029/2012GL052839

2011：

1. Wei, Y., et al., 2011, Responses of the ionospheric electric field to the sheath region of ICME: A case study. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS, 73(1), pp 123-129

2010：

1. Chu, X.N., Z.Y. Pu, X. Cao et al, 2010, THEMIS observations of two substorms on February 26, 2008, SCI CHINA SER E, 53(5), 1328, doi:10.1007/s11431-009-0399-3.
2. Pu, Z.Y., X. N. Chu, X.Cao et al., 2010, THEMIS observations of substorms on 26 February 2008 initiated by magnetotail reconnection, J. Geophys. Res 115, A02212, doi:10.1029/2009JA014217.

2009：

1. Wei, Y, Z. Y. Pu, M. Hong, Q. Zong, Z. Ren, S. Fu, L. Xie, S. Alex, X. Cao et al, 2009, Westward ionospheric electric field perturbations on the dayside associated with substorm processes,J. Geophys. Res., 114, A12209, doi:10.1029/2009JA014445
2. Mishin, V., et al., 2009, Active phase of a substorm as a chain of two types of reconnection: In the closed plasma sheet and in the open tail lobes. GEOMAGNETISM AND AERONOMY, 49(8), pp 1193-1198

2008：

1. Cao, X., Z. Y. Pu, H. Zhang et al., 2008, Multi-Spacecraft and ground-based observations of substorm activations：Two case studies.J. Geophys. Res. ,113, A07S25, doi:10.1029/2007JA012761
2. Volwerk, M., A.T.Y. Lui, M. Lester, A.P. Walsh, I. Alexeev, X. Cao et al., 2008, Magnetotail Dipolarization and Associated Current Systems Observed by Cluster and DoubleStar. J. Geophys. Res., 113, A08S90, doi:10.1029/2007JA012729.

2007：

1. 曹馨,濮祖荫;张辉;傅绥燕等，2007, 一次磁层亚暴期间磁场偶极化的尾向传播.地球物理学报. 50(4),995-1004
2. Zhang, H., Z. Y. Pu, X. Cao, S. Y. Fu, et al., 2007, TC-1 observations of flux pileup and dipolarization associated expansion in the near-Earth magnetotail during substorms, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L03104, 389, doi:10.1029/2006GLo28326.

2006：

1. Zhang, H., Z. Y. Pu, Cao, X. et al., 2006, Correlation between continuous lobe reconnection in the mid magnetotail and substorm expansion onset, Chin, Sci. Bull., 51(22): 2795-2804

2005：

1. Cao, X., Z. Y. Pu, H.Zhang, S.Y.Fu et al., 2005, Continuous lobe reconnection in the mid-tail and its relationship to substorms: Cluster observations of continuous lobe reconnection in the mid-magnetotail, Chin, Sci. Bull., 50(18): 2057
2. Ruan, P., S. Y. Fu, Q.-G. Zong, Z. Y. Pu, X. Cao et al.，2005, Ion composition variations in the plasma sheet observed by Cluster//RAPID. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L01105, doi:10.1029/2004GL021266