Curriculum Vitae

Personal information
Name: Bui Hoang Hai, PhD
Date of birth: Feb. 02, 1980
Nationality: Vietnamese
Working address: Faculty of Hydrology, Meteorology and Oceanography,
Hanoi College of Science, Vietnam National University
334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam
Email: haibh@vnu.vn
Mobile phone: +84989812022

Research Interests:
– Tropical cyclone dynamics and modeling
– Tropical cyclone climatology
– Application of artificial neural networks

Education
2003 – 2008, PhD in Meteorology, Hanoi College of Science, Vietnam National
University, Hanoi. (Title: “Development and application of a three dimensional
tropical cyclone initialization scheme for typhoon track prediction in Vietnam”)
Brief Synopsis:
A tropical cyclone initialization scheme was developed as an optional module in
the High resolution Regional Model (HRM), an operational model at Vietnam
National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology Forecast (NCHMF). The scheme
included two phases. The first was a vortex analysis that is similar to the analysis
scheme in Tropical Cyclone Limited Area Prediction System (TC–LAPS) model
to remove a weak and erroneous vortex from the first guessed fields. The second
was an artificial tropical cyclone construction which was built based a thermal
wind relation in tropical cyclones. The results showed a significant improvement
in track forecast as compared to cases without using the scheme.

1998–2002, BSc. in Meteorology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

My undergraduate study was in the honor program, a special program for gifted
students of Hanoi College of Science. My main research was on an application of
the WBAR model for tropical cyclone forecast in Vietnam. With an impressive
undergraduate record, I was then offered a PhD fellowship at the Vietnam
National University, Hanoi.

Employment
2008–now: Lecturer, Faculty of Hydrology, Meteorology and Oceanography,
Hanoi College of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
2002–2008: Research Assistant, Faculty of Hydrology, Meteorology and Oceanography,
Hanoi College of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Teaching
Synoptic Meteorology, Fundamental Meteorology, Tropical Cyclone Dynamics

Skills
– Strong experience with numerical simulations
– Familiar with GRIB and NETCDF data format
– Experiences with HRM, MM5 and WRF (ARW–core) model.
– Familiar with Linux and scripting in Linux (Bash shell, python, grads script)
– Familiar with some programming languages such as Fortran, C++, Pascal,
PHP/MySQL
– Familiar with post processing programs such as Grads

Professional Experience
I’ve been in Germany for two periods. The first was from September to December in
2005 hosted by Meteorological Institute, University of Munich. The purpose of the first
visit was to develop an initialization algorithm for Tropical Cyclone (TC) research and to
incorporate into the WRF model. This research was later used in my doctoral thesis,
which was defended in 2008. The second period was from July to September in 2009 as
an exchanged scientist funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). During the
visit, I designed and developed a simple model to solve for the secondary circulation
using the Sawyer–Eliassen equation. The outcome of this second visit was a publication
in an international journal (Bui et al. 2009).

Publications and Conferences

1. Bui Hoang Hai, Phan Van Tan, 2002: Investigation of influences of initialization on
the motion of tropical cyclones over South China Sea. Scientific and Technical
Hydro-Meteorological Journal, Vietnam, 8(500), 17-25.
2. Phan Van Tan, Bui Hoang Hai, 2003: On the method of initialization of three
dimensional vortex. Scientific and Technical Hydro-Meteorological Journal,
Vietnam, 11(515), 1-12.
3. Phan Van Tan, Bui Hoang Hai, 2004: An application of three−dimension vortex
initialization scheme for typhoon track forecasting using MM5 model. Scientific and
Technical Hydro-Meteorological Journal, Vietnam, 10(526), 14-25.
4. Bui Hoang Hai, Phan Van Tan, Nguyen Minh Truong, 2005: An
idealized study of tropical cyclone evolution in the WRF model,
Scientific and Technical Hydro-Meteorological Journal, Vietnam.
4(532), 11−21.
5. Bui Hoang Hai, Phan Van Tan, 2007: Study of a new tropical cyclone
initialization scheme and its application in the the High resolution Regional
Model. Scientific and Technical Hydro-Meteorological Journal, Vietnam
3(555), 42−50.
6. Phan Van Tan, Bui Hoang Hai, 2008: An application of a Tropical Cyclone
version of the High resolution Regional Model (HMR_TC) in tropical storm
track forcast in Vietnam. Scientific and Technical Hydro-Meteorological
Journal, Vietnam, 2(566), 1−9.
7. Bui Hoang Hai, Phan Van Tan, 2008. “The development of a tropical
cyclone version of HRM (HRM_TC)”, The 3rd International HRM Workshop,
Hanoi, 11/2008.
8. H. H. Bui, R. K. Smith, M. T. Montgomery, and J. Peng, 2009: Balanced and
unbalanced aspects of tropical-cyclone intensification. Quart. J. Roy Met. Soc.
135, 1715-1731

Other Interests
I love photography and usually go out shooting daily life and nature in free time. Other
interests include web designing, drawing and traveling.

Reference
Assoc. Professor Phan Van Tan (PhD supervisor)
Faculty of Hydrology, Meteorology and Oceanography, Hanoi University of Science,
Vietnam

Professor Roger K. Smith(PhD co–supervisor)

Meteorological Institute, University of Munich, Germany

Professor Michael Montgomery

Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School, USA