Curriculum Vitae

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Education

• Ph.D. in oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 2002.
  
• M.S. in meteorology, Department of Geophysics, Peking University, P. R. China. 1996.
  
• B.S. in meteorology, Department of Geophysics, Peking University, P. R. China, 1992.
  

Professional Experience

• Assistant Researcher, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2008-
  Jet Propulsion Lab, California Institute of Technology, 2008-
  Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, 2008-
  
• Postdoctoral Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 2004-2007
  
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Program in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, 2002-2004.
  
• Graduate Student Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 1996-2002.
  
• Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Geophysics, Peking University, P. R. China, 1993-96.
  
• Research Assistant, Department of Geophysics, Peking University, P. R. China, 1992-93.
  

Professional Activities

• Reviewer of proposals for NSF, NOAA, and DOE.
• Reviewer of manuscripts for Adv. Space Res., Atmos. Chem. & Phys., Clim. Dyn., Geophys. Res. Lett., Int. J. Climatol., J. Appl. Meteorol. & Climatol., J. Atmos. Sci., J. Climate, J. Geophys. Res., and Mon. Wea. Rev.
• Session chair, 20th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, 2008 AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
• Member of American Geophysical Union, and American Meteorological Society

Publications

• Peer-reviewed Journal Papers:
  • Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, W. S. Olson, W.-K. Tao, T. S. L'Ecuyer, J.-L. Li, B. Tian, Y. L. Yung, A. M. Tompkins, S. E. Lang, and M. 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, in press.
  • Waliser, D. E., B. Tian, M. J. Schwartz, X. Xie, W. T. Liu, and E. J. Fetzer, 2009: How well can satellite data characterize the water cycle of the Madden-Julian Oscillation? Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L21803, doi:10.1029/2009GL040005.
    
  • Seo, K.-W., D. E. Waliser, B. Tian, J. Familgietti, and T. Syed, 2009: Evaluation of global land-to-ocean fresh water discharge and evapotranspiration using space-based observations. J. Hydrol., 373, 508-515, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.05.014.
  • Fetzer, E. J., W. G. Read, D. E. Waliser, B. H. Kahn, B. Tian, H. Vomel, F. W. Irion, H. Su, A. Eldering, M. de la Torre Juarez, J. Jiang, and V. Dang, 2008: Comparison of upper tropospheric water vapor measurements from the Microwave Limber Sounder and Atmospheric Infrared Sounder. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D22110, doi:10.1029/2008JD010000.
  • Zhang, Y., S. A. Klein, C. T. Liu, B. Tian, R. T. Marchand, J. M. Haynes, R. B. McCoy, Y. Zhang, and T. P. Ackerman, 2008: On the diurnal cycle of deep convection, high clouds and upper tropospheric water vapor in the Multi-scale Modeling Framework. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16105, doi:10.1029/2008JD009905.
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, R. A. Kahn, Q. B. Li, Y. L. Yung, T. Tyranowski, I. V. Geogdzhavev, M. I. Mishchenko, O. Torres, and A. Smirnov, 2008: Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation influence aerosol variability?, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D12215, doi:10.1029/2007JD009372.
  • Schwartz, M. J., D. E. Waliser, B. Tian, D. L. Wu, J. H. Jiang, and W. G. Read, 2008: Characterization of MJO-related upper-tropospheric hydrological processes using MLS. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08812, doi:10.1029/2008GL033675.
    
  • Tian, B., Y. L. Yung, D. E. Waliser, T. Tyranowski, L. Kuai, E. J. Fetzer, and F. W. Irion, 2007: Intraseasonal variations of the tropical total ozone and their connection to the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08704, do:10.1029/2007GL029471.
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, and E. J. Fetzer, 2006: Modulation of the diurnal cycle of tropical deep convective clouds by the MJO. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, L20704, doi:10.1029/2006GL027752.
    
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, B. H. Lambrigtsen, Y. Yung, and B. Wang, 2006: Vertical moist thermodynamic structure and spatial-temporal evolution of the MJO in AIRS observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 2462-2485.
  • Tian, B., I. M. Held, N.-C. Lau, and B. J. Soden, 2005: Diurnal cycle of summertime deep convection over North America: A satellite perspective. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10108, doi:10.1029/2004JD005275.
  • Tian, B., B. J. Soden, and X. Wu, 2004: Diurnal cycle of convection, clouds, and water vapor in the tropical upper troposphere: Satellites versus a general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D10101, doi:10.1029/2003JD004117.
  • Tian, B., and V. Ramanathan, 2003: A simple moist tropical atmosphere model: The role of cloud radiative forcing. J. Climate, 16, 2086-2092.
  • Tian, B., and V. Ramanathan, 2002: Role of tropical clouds in surface and atmospheric energy budget. J. Climate, 15, 296-305.
  • Tian, B., G. J. Zhang, and V. Ramanathan, 2001: Heat balance in the Pacific warm pool atmosphere during TOGA COARE and CEPEX. J. Climate, 14, 1881-1894.
  • Tao, Z., H. Wang, and B. Tian, 1995: Cloud system structure evolution of typhoon No. 9216 after landing. Q. J. Appl. Meteor., 6, 146-152.
  • Tao, Z., and B. Tian, 1994: Asymmetric structure and torrential rain of typhoon No. 9216 after landing. Q. J. Trop. Meteor., 10, 69-77.
• Ph.D. Dissertation:
  • Tian, B., 2002: Tropical Cloud Radiative Forcing and the Hadley/Walker circulation. Scripps Institution of Oceanography - UCSD, 192 pp.
• Recent Conferences
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, X. S. Xie, W. T. Liu, and E. J. Fetzer, 2009: On the low-level moist preconditioning of the MJO. 89th AMS Annual Meeting, January 11-15, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, X. S. Xie, W. T. Liu, and E. J. Fetzer, 2008: On the low-level moist preconditioning of the MJO. AGU Fall Meeting, December 15-19, San Francisco, CA.
  • Schwartz, M. J., D. E. Waliser, and B. Tian, 2008: MJO in four years of EOS MLS UT/LS temperature and composition. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Neelin, J, Holloway, C., Hales, K., Peters, O., Lintner, B., Meyerson, J., B. Tian, 2008: New statistics for precipitation-water vapor relationships for climate model evaluation. AGU Fall Meeting, December 15-19, San Francisco, CA.
  • Klein, S. A., Y. Zhang, C. T. Liu, B. Tian, R. Marchand, J. Haynes, R. McCoy, Y. Zhang, and T. P. Ackerman, 2008: An evaluation of the diurnal cycle in the Multiscale Modeling Framework using satellite data. AGU Fall Meeting, December 15-19, San Francisco, CA.
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, X. S. Xie, W. T. Liu, and E. J. Fetzer, 2008: On the low-level moist preconditioning of the MJO. AGU Chapman Conference on Atmospheric Water Vapor and Its Role in Climate, October 20-24, Kailua-Kona, HI.
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, R. A. Kahn, Q. B. Li, Y. L. Yung, T. Tyranowski, I. V. Geogdzhavev, M. I. Mishchenko, O. Torres, and A. Smirnov, 2008: Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation influence the aerosol variability? First International Conference: From Deserts to Monsoons, June 1-6, Crete, Greece.
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, X. S. Xie, W. T. Liu, and E. J. Fetzer, 2008: What is responsible for the low-level moist preconditioning of the MJO? AIRS Science Team Meeting, April 15-17, Pasadena, CA.
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, R. A. Kahn, Q. B. Li, Y. L. Yung, T. Tyranowski, I. V. Geogdzhavev, M. I. Mishchenko, O. Torres, and A. Smirnov, and 2008: Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation influence the aerosol variability?, 88th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, X. S. Xie, W. T. Liu, and E. J. Fetzer, 2008: What is responsible for the low-level moist preconditioning of the Madden-Julian Oscillation?, 88th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Waliser, D. E., B. Tian, E. J. Fetzer, W. T. Liu, and M. J. Schwartz, 2008: The hydrological cycle of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: A pathway to prediction at subseasonal time scales. 88th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Ao, C. O., S. K. Chan, B. A. Iijima, J. L. Li, A. J. Mannucci, B. Tian, and D. E. Waliser, 2008: Planetary boundary layer height climatology from GPS/COSMIC moisture profiles. 88th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Waliser, D. E., X. Jiang, J. L. Li, B. Tian, W. S. Olson, M. Grecu, W.-K. Tao, S. E. Lang, A. M. Tompkins, and T. S. L'Ecuyer, 2008: Characterizing the vertical latent heating structure of the MJO using TRMM. 88th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, R. A. Kahn, Q. B. Li, Y. L. Yung, T. Tyranowski, I. V. Geogdzhavev, M. I. Mishchenko, O. Torres, and A. Smirnov, and 2007: Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation influence the aerosol variability? AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Waliser, D. E., B. Tian, M. J. Schwartz, W. T. Liu, and E. J. Fetzer, 2007: The hydrological cycle of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: An estimate based on satellite data. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Seo, K.-W., D. E. Waliser, B. Tian, J. Famiglietti, and T. Syed, 2007: Evaluation of global land-to-ocean fresh water discharge and evapotranspiration. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Li, K., Huang, X., B. Tian, D. E. Waliser, R. Shia, and Y. L. Yung, 2007: Applying AIRS hyperspectral infrared data to cloud and water vapor studies of climate. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Tian, B., 2007: The Madden-Julian Oscillation and atmospheric composition. US CLIVAR MJO Workshop 'New Approaches to Meet the Challenge of the Madden-Julian Oscillation', November 5-7, Irvine, CA.
  • Tian, B., Y. L. Yung, D. E. Waliser, T. Tyranowski, L. Kuai, E. J. Fetzer, and F. W. Irion, 2007: The Madden-Julian oscillation in the tropical total ozone. AMS 14th Conference on Middle Atmosphere, Portland, OR.
  • Tian, B., 2007: The Madden-Julian Oscillation and atmospheric composition. Gordon Research Conference on Radiation and Climate, New London, NH.
  • Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, and E. J. Fetzer, 2007: Modulation of the diurnal cycle of tropical convective clouds by the MJO. 87th AMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.