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Xian-an Jiang

Education
  • Ph.D. (Meteorology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA (2004)
  • M.S. (Meteorology), Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China (1996)
  • B.S. (Meteorology), Nanjing University of Information and Technology, Nanjing, China (1993)
Research Interests
  • Climate dynamics
  • Tropical meteorology
  • Large-scale atmosphere and ocean modeling
Projects

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Professional Experience
  • Associate Researcher, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (2010 – present)
  • Assistant Researcher, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (2008 – 2010)
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (2006 –2008)
  • Visiting Scientist, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University (2004 –2006)
  • University of Hawaii at Manoa
    • Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center (2004)
    • Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Meteorology (1999 –2004)
  • Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China (1996 –1999)
Selected Awards
  • Visiting Scientist Scholarship, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, July 2004
Selected Publications
  1. Jiang, X., and coauthors, 2011: Modulation of tropical cyclone activity by the tropical intraseasonal oscillation over the Eastern Pacific in a high resolution GCM, to be submitted to J. Climate.
  2. Waliser, D. E., and X. Jiang, 2011, Tropical Meteorology: Intertropical Convergence Zones (ITCZ). Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences. Second Edition, Edited by G. North, F. Zhang, J. Pyle. Academic Press, in review.
  3. Jon P., D. Waliser, X. Jiang, P. Xiavier, and S. Woolnough, 2011: A global model inter-comparison of the physical processes associated with the MJO, GEWEX News, in press.
  4. Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, D. Kim, M. Zhao, K. R. Sperber, W. Stern, S. D. Schubert, G. J. Zhang, W. Wang, M. Khairoutdinov, R. Neale, and M.-I., Lee, 2011: Simulation of the intraseasonal oscillation over the Eastern Pacific ITCZ in climate models, Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-011-1098-x, in press.
  5. Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, W. S. Olson, W.-K. Tao, T. S. L'Ecuyer, S. Shige, K.-F. Li, Y. L. Yung, S. Lang, and Y. N. Takayabu, 2011: Vertical diabatic heating structure of the MJO: Intercomparison between recent reanalyses and TRMM estimates, Mon. Wea. Rev., in press.
  6. Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, J.-L Li, and C. Woods, 2010: Vertical structures of cloud water associated with the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation based on CloudSat observations and ERA-Interim reanalysis, Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-010-0853-8.
  7. Wang, S.-Y., L. E. Hipps, R. R. Gillies, X. Jiang, and A. L. Moller, 2010: Circum-global teleconnection and early summer rainfall in the US intermountain west. Theor. Appl. Climatol., doi: 10.1007/s00704-010-0260-4, 102, 245-252.
  8. Waliser, D. E., J.-L. Li, B. Tian, and X. Jiang, 2010: Diagnostics for the tropics: some (cautious) uses of satellite data. Proceedings of Seminar on Diagnosis of Forecasting and Data Assimilation Systems, ECMWF, 7-10 September 2009.
  9. Jiang, X., Duane E. Waliser, William S. Olson, Wei-Kuo Tao, Tristan S. L'Ecuyer, Jui-Lin Li, Baijun Tian, Yuk L. Yung, Adrian M. Tompkins, Stephen E. Lang, and Mircea Grecu, 2009: Vertical heating structures associated with the MJO as characterized by TRMM estimates, ECMWF Reanalyses and forecasts: A case study during 1998-99 winter. J. Climate, 22, 6001-6020.
  10. Jiang, X., and D. E. Waliser, 2009: Two dominant subseasonal variability modes of the eastern Pacific ITCZ, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L04704, doi:10.1029/2008GL036820.
  11. Jiang, X., and D. E. Waliser, 2008: Northward propagation of the subseasonal variability over the Eastern Pacific Warm Pool. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L09814, doi:10.1029/2008GL033723.
  12. Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, M. Wheeler, C. Jones, M.-I. Lee, and S. Schubert, 2008: Assessing the skill of an all-season statistical forecast model for the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1940-1956.
  13. Jiang, X., and N.-C. Lau, 2008: Intraseasonal teleconnection between the North American and western North Pacific Monsoons with a 20-day time scale. J. Climate, 21, 2664-2679.
  14. Jiang, X., N.-C. Lau, I. M. Held and J. J. Ploshay, 2007: Mechanisms of the Great-Plains low-level jet as simulated in an AGCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 532-547.
  15. Jiang, X., N.-C. Lau, and S. A. Klein, 2006: Role of the eastward propagating convective episodes on the diurnal cycle and seasonal mean of the summertime rainfall over the U.S. Great-Plains. Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/ 2006GL027022.
  16. Klein, S. A., X. Jiang, J. Boyle, S. Malyshev and S. Xie, 2006: Diagnosis of the summertime warm and dry bias over the U. S. Southern Great Plains in the GFDL climate model using a weather forecasting approach. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L18805, doi:10.1029/ 2006GL027567.
  17. Jiang, X. and T. Li, 2005: Reinitiation of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation in the tropical Indian Ocean. J. Climate, 18, 3777-3795.
  18. Jiang, X. 2004: The boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation over the South Asian monsoon region. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 153pp.
  19. Jiang, X., T. Li and B. Wang, 2004: Structures and mechanisms of the northward propagating boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation. J. Climate, 17, 1022-1039.
  20. Gu, J., X. Jiang, H. Yin, and Y. Xu, 2000: The operational prediction results of the East China tropical cyclone model and improvement of the model. Chinese Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 16, 55-61.
  21. Gu, J., H. Yin, Y. Xu, X. Jiang, and X. Liang, 2000: The improvement and application of MM5 in numerical prediction of Shanghai Regional Meteorological Center. Chinese Journal of Applied Meteorology, 11, 189-198.
  22. Jiang, X. and Y. Zhu, 1998: A numerical study on factors affecting unusual motion of TC 9414 (Doug). Chinese Journal of Applied Meteorology, 9, 36-47.
  23. Zhang, Q., X. Jiang and J. He, 1996: Air-sea coupling modes of tropical Pacific SSTA and wind stress fields. Chinese Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 2.
  24. Zhang, Q., X. Jiang and J. He, 1996: Air-sea coupling modes of tropical Pacific SSTA and wind stress fields. Chinese Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 1.

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