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4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S 233-300

Pasadena, CA 91109

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818.354.0252

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818.354.5148

Curriculum Vitae:

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Member of:

Aerosols And Clouds

Employed By

UCLA / JIFRESSE

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

Professional Experience

  • Researcher (2023–Present), Project Scientist (2020–2023), Associate Project Scientist (2016–2020), Assistant Researcher (2012–2016), Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (2012–Present)
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (2009–2012)
  • Research Associate (January–February 2009), Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellow (2007–2008), Research Assistant (2003–2008), Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park (2003–2009)
  • Graduate Researcher, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong (2001–2003)

Research Interests

  • High-impact weather and climate
  • Water cycle in the climate system
  • Large-scale climate variability and trend

Selected Awards

  • Outstanding Reviewer, American Geophysical Union, 2020
  • Top Downloaded Paper, Geophysical Research Letters, 2020
  • Climate Science Service Award, California Department of Water Resources, 2018
  • Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2007–2008
  • Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, University of Maryland, College Park, 2007
  • Research Assistantship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2003–2008
  • Postgraduate Studentship, City University of Hong Kong, 2001–2003
  • People’s Scholarship, Nanjing University, 1996–1999

Selected Publications

  1. Guan B. (2025), Atmospheric Oscillations, Elsevier, doi:10.1016/C2022-0-01304-0.
  2. Guan B., and Y. L. Serra (2025), Concluding remarks and future perspectives, In Atmospheric Oscillations, edited by B. Guan, Elsevier, 445–448, doi:10.1016/B978-0-443-15638-0.00020-4.
  3. Guan B. (2025), Atmospheric rivers, In Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Third Edition, edited by W. A. Robinson and P. Yang, Elsevier, 1–23, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-96026-7.00122-3.
  4. Guan, B., and D. E. Waliser (2024), A regionally refined quarter-degree global atmospheric rivers database based on ERA5, Scientific Data, 11, 440, doi:10.1038/s41597-024-03258-4.
  5. Guan, B., and S. Nigam (2023), Pacific–North American teleconnection tumbles snowfall records west of the Cascades during Christmas week 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104, E1314–E1322, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0021.1.
  6. Guan, B., D. E. Waliser, and F. M. Ralph (2023), Global application of the atmospheric river scale, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2022JD037180, doi:10.1029/2022JD037180.
  7. Guan, B., D. E. Waliser, and F. M. Ralph (2020), A multimodel evaluation of the water vapor budget in atmospheric rivers, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1472, 139–154, doi:10.1111/nyas.14368.
  8. Guan, B., and D. E. Waliser (2019), Tracking atmospheric rivers globally: Spatial distributions and temporal evolution of life cycle characteristics, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 12523–12552, doi:10.1029/2019JD031205.
  9. Guan, B., D. E. Waliser, and F. M. Ralph (2018), An intercomparison between reanalysis and dropsonde observations of the total water vapor transport in individual atmospheric rivers, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19, 321–337, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-17-0114.1.
  10. Guan, B., and D. E. Waliser (2017), Atmospheric rivers in 20 year weather and climate simulations: A multimodel, global evaluation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122, 5556–5581, doi:10.1002/2016JD026174.
  11. Guan, B., D. E. Waliser, F. M. Ralph, E. J. Fetzer, and P. J. Neiman (2016): Hydrometeorological characteristics of rain-on-snow events associated with atmospheric rivers, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 2964–2973, doi:10.1002/2016GL067978.
  12. Guan, B., and D. E. Waliser (2015), Detection of atmospheric rivers: Evaluation and application of an algorithm for global studies, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 12514–12535, doi:10.1002/2015JD024257.
  13. Guan, B., D. E. Waliser, T. Lee, and D. J. Halkides (2014), Influence of the Madden-Julian oscillation on the Indian Ocean cross-equatorial heat transport, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 7314–7322, doi:10.1002/2014GL061789.
  14. Guan, B., T. Lee, D. J. Halkides, and D. E. Waliser (2014), Aquarius surface salinity and the Madden-Julian Oscillation: The role of salinity in surface layer density and potential energy, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 2858–2869, doi:10.1002/2014GL059704.
  15. Guan, B., N. P. Molotch, D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, and P. J. Neiman (2013), The 2010/2011 snow season in California’s Sierra Nevada: Role of atmospheric rivers and modes of large-scale variability, Water Resources Research, 49, 6731–6743, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20537.
  16. Guan, B., N. P. Molotch, D. E. Waliser, S. M. Jepsen, T. H. Painter, and J. Dozier (2013), Snow water equivalent in the Sierra Nevada: Blending snow sensor observations with snowmelt model simulations, Water Resources Research, 49, 5029–5046, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20387.
  17. 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, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, 355–369, doi:10.1029/2012JD018590.
  18. 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? Monthly Weather Review, 140, 325–342, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-11-00087.1.
  19. Guan, B., and W. 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, doi:10.3390/atmos2020057.
  20. 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, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L20401, doi:10.1029/2010GL044696.
  21. Guan, B., and S. Nigam (2009), Analysis of Atlantic SST variability factoring interbasin links and the secular trend: clarified structure of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, Journal of Climate, 22, 4228–4240, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2921.1.
  22. Guan, B., and S. Nigam (2008), Pacific sea surface temperatures in the twentieth century: An evolution-centric analysis of variability and trend, Journal of Climate, 21, 2790–2809, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI2076.1.
  23. Guan, B., and J. C. L. Chan (2006), Nonstationarity of the intraseasonal oscillations associated with the western North Pacific summer monsoon, Journal of Climate, 19, 622–629, doi:10.1175/JCLI3661.1.

Projects

JIFRESSE