Faculty

faculty

 

 Xun Jiang
 Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science,
 Ph. D., Environmental Science & Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2006
 M.S., Meteorology, Peking University, 2001
 B.S., Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, 1998

 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department
 University of Houston
 Houston, Texas 77204-5007

 Office: 227 Old Science Building
 Phone: 713-743-9130
 Fax:
 xjiang4@mail.uh.edu
 www.geosc.uh.edu/facpages/jiang/index.php


Research Interests

CO2 Similation and Inversion
Stratospheric Dynamics
Interannual Variability of Ozone and Temperature
Solar Influence on Climate
Chemistry and Transport Model
 
Selected Publications
1.Jiang, X., C.D. Camp, R. Shia, D. Noone, C. Walker, and Y.L. Yung, Quasi-biennial oscillation and quasi-biennial oscillation-annual beat in the tropical total column ozone: A two-dimensional model simulation, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 109 (D16), art. no. D16305, 2004.

2.Ruzmaikin, A., J. Feynman, X. Jiang, D.C. Noone, A.M. Waple, and Y.L. Yung, The pattern of northern hemisphere surface air temperature during prolonged periods of low solar output, Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (12), art. no. L12201, 2004.

3.Ruzmaikin, A., J. Feynman, X. Jiang, and Y.L. Yung, Extratropical signature of the quasi-biennial oscillation, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 110 (D11), art. no. D11111, 2005.

4.Natraj, V., X. Jiang, R.L. Shia, X.L. Huang, J.S. Margolis, and Y.L. Yung, Application of principal component analysis to high spectral resolution radiative transfer: A case study of the O-2 A band, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 95 (4), 539-556, 2005.

5.Jiang, X., D. B. A. Jones, R. Shia, D. E. Waliser, and Y. L. Yung, Spatial patterns and mechanisms of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation-Annual Beat of ozone, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D23308, 2005.

6.Jiang, X., W. Ku, R. Shia, Q. Li, J. W. Elkins, R. G. Prinn, and Y. L. Yung, The Seasonal Cycle of N2O: Analysis of Data, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21, doi: 10.1029/2006GB002691, 2007.

7.Jiang, X., S. J. Eichelberger, D. L. Hartmann, and Y. L. Yung, Influence of doubled CO2 on ozone via changes in the Brewer-Dobson circulation, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 2751-2755, 2007.

8.Li, L., A. P. Ingersoll, X. Jiang, and Y. L. Yung, Variations in the mechanical energy cycle of the atmosphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, doi:10.1029/2007GL029985, 2007.

9.Chahine, M. T., L. Chen, P. E. Dimotakis, X. Jiang, Q. Li, E. T. Olsen, Y. L. Yung, T. S. Pagano, and J. Randerson, Satellite remote sounding of mid-tropospheric CO2, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, doi:10.1029/2008GL035022, 2008.

10.Jiang, X., S. Pawson, C. D. Camp, E. Nielsen, R. Shia, T. Liao, K. Jeev, V. Limpasuvan, and Y. L. Yung, Interannual variability and trends in extratropical ozone. Part I: Northern hemisphere, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, In Press, 2008.

11.Jiang, X., S. Pawson, C. D. Camp, E. Nielsen, R. Shia, T. Liao, K. Jeev, V. Limpasuvan, and Y. L. Yung, Interannual variability and trends in extratropical ozone. Part II: Southern hemisphere, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, In Press, 2008.

12.Jiang, X., Q. Li, M. Liang, R. Shia, M. T. Chahine, E. T. Olsen, L. L. Chen, and Y. L. Yung, Simulation of Upper Troposphere CO2 from two-dimensional and three-dimensional models, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, In Press, 2008.

13.Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, R. Shia, and Y. L. Yung, Distinguishing long-term trends from high frequency natural variability in the stratosphere, Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters, 2008.

14.Kuai, L., R. Shia, X. Jiang, K. K. Tung, and Y. L. Yung, Model study of the influence of the solar cycle on the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation period, Submitted to JAS, 2008.

15.Yung, Y. L., M. C. Liang, X. Jiang, C. Lee, B. Bezard, and E. Marcq, Modeling the distribution of OCS in the lower atmosphere of Venus, Submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008.

16.Jiang, X., S. Pawson, B. J. Tian, and Y. L. Yung, El Niño-Southern Oscillation in Tropical Stratospheric Ozone, To be submitted to Geophysical Research Letters, 2008.

17.Jiang, X., M. T. Chahine, E. T. Olsen, Q. Li, L. L. Chen, and Y. L. Yung, Influence of stratospheric sudden warming on AIRS CO2 and O3, To be submitted to JAS, 2008.

18.Jiang, X., Q. Li, M. T. Chahine, and Y. L. Yung, Semi-annual oscillation in the upper tropospheric CO2, in preparation, 2008.
 

Selected Publications