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Curriculum Vitae:

Bin Guan

Education
  • Ph.D., Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 2008
  • M.Phil., Applied Physics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2003
  • B.S., Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2000
Research Interests
  • Climate variability and change
  • Water cycle in the climate system
  • Regional climate and hydrology
Projects

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Professional Experience
  • Assistant Researcher, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California (affiliated with JPL) (2012 - Present)
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California (2009 - 2012)
  • Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park (2003 - 2009)
  • Graduate student researcher, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong (2001 - 2003)
  • Undergraduate/graduate student researcher, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (1999-2001)
Selected Awards
  • Who's Who in America, 2011
  • Member, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2008
  • Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland Graduate School, 2007-2008
  • Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, University of Maryland Graduate School, 2007
  • Research Assistantship, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 2003-2008
  • Postgraduate Studentship, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2001-2003
  • Outstanding Student Award, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1997, 1998
  • Scholarship, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1996-1999
Selected Publications
  1. Guan, B., D. E. Waliser, J.-L. F. Li, and A. da Silva, 2013: Evaluating the impact of orbital sampling on satellite-climate model comparisons, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 1-15, doi:10.1029/2012JD018590.
  2. Kim, J., D. E. Waliser, P. J. Neiman, B. Guan, J.-M. Ryoo, and G. A. Wick, 2013: Effects of atmospheric river landfalls on the cold season precipitation in California. Clim. Dyn., 40, 465-474, doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1322-3.
  3. Waliser, D. E., B. Guan, J.-L. Li, and J. Kim, 2012: Addendum to "Simulating cold season snowpack: Impacts of snow albedo and multi-layer snow physics". Climatic Change, 114, 399-400, doi:10.1007/s10584-012-0531-4.
  4. Li, J.-L. F., D. E. Waliser, W.-T. Chen, B. Guan, T. Kubar, G. Stephens, H.-Y. Ma, M. Deng, L. Donner, C. Seman, and L. Horowitz, 2012: An observationally-based evaluation of cloud ice water in CMIP3 and CMIP5 GCMs and contemporary reanalyses using contemporary satellite data. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D16105, doi:10.1029/2012JD017640.
  5. Waliser, D. E., and Coauthors (including B. Guan), 2012: The "Year" of Tropical Convection (May 2008 to April 2010): climate variability and weather highlights. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 1189-1218, doi:10.1175/2011BAMS3095.1.
  6. Guan, B., D. E. Waliser, N. P. Molotch, E. J. Fetzer, and P. J. Neiman, 2012: Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation influence wintertime atmospheric rivers and snowpack in the Sierra Nevada? Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 325-342, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00087.1.
  7. Nigam, S., B. Guan, and A. Ruiz-Barradas, 2011: Key role of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation in 20th century drought and wet periods over the Great Plains. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L16713, doi:10.1029/2011GL048650.
  8. Guan, B., and Weizhong Zheng, 2011: Diurnal cycle of the North American monsoon in a mesoscale model simulation: Evolution of key parameters in relation to precipitation. Atmosphere, 2, 57-66.
  9. Guan, B., N. P. Molotch, D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, and P. J. Neiman, 2010: Extreme snowfall events linked to atmospheric rivers and surface air temperature via satellite measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett, 37, L20401, doi:10.1029/2010GL044696.
  10. Nigam, S., and B. Guan, 2010: Atlantic tropical cyclones in the twentieth century: natural variability and secular change in cyclone count. Clim. Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0908-x.
  11. Guan, B., and S. Nigam, 2009: Analysis of Atlantic SST variability factoring inter-basin links and the secular trend: clarified structure of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. J. Climate, 22(15), 4228-4240.
  12. Guan, B., and S. Nigam, 2008: Pacific sea surface temperatures in the twentieth century: An evolution-centric analysis of variability and trend. J. Climate, 21(12), 2790-2809.
  13. Guan, B., and J. C. L. Chan, 2006: Nonstationarity of the intraseasonal oscillations associated with the western North Pacific summer monsoon. J. Climate: 19(4), 622-629.

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