Xun Jiang
Postdoctoral Fellow

Phone: (818)-354-4828
Email: Xun.Jiang@jpl.nasa.gov
Office: 183-518

Education:
B.S. with honors in Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China (1998).
M.S. in Meteorology, Peking University, China (2001).
Ph.D. in Environmental Science & Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (2006).

Research Interest

• Large-scale Atmospheric Variability of AIRS CO₂ and O₃
  
• Chemistry and Transport Model.
• Interannual Variability of Ozone and Temperature.
• Solar Influence on Climate.
• Stratosphere-troposphere Exchange.
• CO₂ Simulation and Inversion.

Professional Experience

• Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Postdoctoral fellow: 2006-present)
• California Institute of Technology (Research Assistant: 2001-2006)
• California Institute of Technology (Teaching Assistant: 2003-2005)

Awards And Honors

• Li Ming Fellowship in California Institute of Technology (2004)
• Academic Excellence and Guang Cai Fellowships in Peking University (2000)
• Academic Excellence Fellowship in Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (1995-1998)
  

Selected Publications

1. Jiang, X., S. Pawson, and Y. L. Yung, El Nino-Southern Oscillation in Tropical Stratospheric Ozone, Geophysical Research Letters, in preparation, 2007.
2. Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, R. Shia, D. Shindell, E. Roeckner, and Y. L. Yung, Distinguishing long-term trends from high frequency natural variability in the stratosphere, Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters, 2007.
3. Jiang, X., S. Pawson, C. D. Camp, E. Nielsen, R. Shia, T. Liao, K. Jeev, V. Limpasuvan, and Y. L. Yung, Interannual variability in high latitude stratospheric ozone, Submitted to JAS, 2007.
4. Li, L., A. P. Ingersoll, X. Jiang, and Y. L. Yung, Variations in the mechanical energy cycle of the atmosphere, Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters, 2006.
5. 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, Accepted, 2006.
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, In Press, 2006.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
    

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