Baijun Tian's Research

Research

This page contains information and resources regarding my research. Click on highlighted text to jump to the desired section of the document: Research Interests, Current Projects, Research News and Highlights, Peer-reviewed Journal Papers, and Recent Conferences.

Research Interests

Climate Dynamics and Modeling
Radiation and Remote Sensing
Atmosphere-Ocean-Land Interaction

Current Projects

Studying tropical convection utilizing satellite data from AIRS, CloudSat, MLS, ISCCP, TRMM, and TOMS.

Research News and Highlights

07/03/2007: US CLIVAR MJO Working Group on my MJO/Ozone study.
12/14/2006: NASA Web Feature and NASA JPL Feature Story on my MJO/Ozone study.
02/02/2006: NASA JPL News Release on my MJO/AIRS study.

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

Neelin, J. D., B. R. Lintner, B. Tian, Q. Li, L. Zhang, P. K. Patra, M. T. Chahine, and S. N. Stechmann, 2009: Long tails in deep columns of natural and anthropogenic tropospheric tracers. Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted.
Tian, B., and D. E. Waliser, 2009: Madden-Julian Oscillation. Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing, Edited by Eni Njoku, Springer, submitted.
Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, X. Xie, W. T. Liu, and E. J. Fetzer, 2009: On the lower-tropospheric moisture preconditioning of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Climate.
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.
Available from the AGU Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
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.
Available from the Science Direct Journals online (Abstract)
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, D22306, doi:10.1029/2008JD010000.
Available from the AGU Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
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.
Available from the AGU Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
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.
Available from the AGU Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
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.
Available from the AGU Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
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, doi:10.1029/2007GL029471.
Available from the AGU Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
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.
Available from the AGU Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
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.
Available from the AMS Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
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.
Available from the AGU Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
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.
Available from the AGU Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
Tian, B., and V. Ramanathan, 2003: A simple moist tropical atmosphere model: The role of cloud radiative forcing. J. Climate, 16, 2086-2092.
Available from the AMS Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
Tian, B., and V. Ramanathan, 2002: Role of tropical clouds in surface and atmospheric energy budget. J. Climate, 15, 296-305.
Available from the AMS Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
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.
Available from the AMS Journals online (Abstract, Full Text, PDF)
Tao, Z.-Y., H.-Q. Wang, and B. Tian, 1995: Cloud system structure evolution of typhoon No. 9216 after landing, Q. J. Appl. Meteor., 6, 146-152.
Tao, Z.-Y., and B. Tian, 1994: Asymmetric structure and torrential rain of typhoon No. 9216 after landing, Q. J. Trop. Meteor., 10, 69-77.

Recent Conferences

Waliser, D. E., B. Tian, M. J. Schwartz, X. Xie, W. T. Liu, and E. J. Fetzer, 2009: The hydrological cycle of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: An estimate from satellite observations, Sounding Science Community Workshop, May 7, Pasadena, CA.
Tian, B., E. Fetzer, J. Teixeira, V. Dang, F. Irion, C. Ao, B. Wilson, G. Manipon, 2009: Tropopause intercomparison between AIRS, GPS & ECMWF, NASA Sounder Science Team Meeting, May 4-6, Pasadena, CA.
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, 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.
Fetzer, E. J., M. T. Chahine, Tian, B., B. H. Kahn, H. Ye, F. W. Irion, D. E. Waliser, B. H. Lambrigtsen, and A. Eldering, 2007: Atmospheric water vapor from AIRS: an overview. 87th AMS Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX.
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.
Schwartz, M. J., D. E. Waliser, B. Tian, and coauthors, 2006: MJO in EOS MLS cloud ice and water vapor. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Waliser, D. E., B. Tian, Y. L. Yung, T. Tyranowski, and Q. Li, 2006: Modulation of aerosol by atmospheric intraseasonal variability. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Yung, Y. L., B. Tian, D. E. Waliser, T. Tyranowski, and L. Kuai, 2006: Intraseasonal variations of the tropical total ozone and their connection to the MJO. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, and E. J. Fetzer, 2006: Modulation of the diurnal cycle of tropical convective clouds by the MJO. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, and E. J. Fetzer, 2006: Modulation of the diurnal cycle of tropical convective clouds by the MJO. NOAA 31st Annual Climate Diagnostics & Prediction Workshop, Boulder, CO.
Tian, B., Y. L. Yung, D. E. Waliser, T. Tyranowski, and L. Kuai, 2006: Intraseasonal variations of the tropical total ozone and its connection to the MJO. AIRS Science Team Meeting, Greenbelt, MD.
Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, B. H. Lambrigtsen, Y. Yung, and B. Wang, 2006: Vertical structure and spatial-temporal evolution of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Observations. 86th AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA