Xianan Jiang, Ph.D.

Researcher

Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science & Engineering

University of California, Los Angeles

9258 Boelter Hall, Box 957228

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Office & Mailing address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 233-300

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA 91109

Email:

Web:http://climvar.org/jiang

Tel: (818)354-4082; Fax: (818)354-5148

Education

• 2004 - Ph.D.(Meteorology),University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

• 1996 - M.S. (Meteorology), Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China

• 1993 - B.S. (Meteorology), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

Research Interest

• Climate dynamics

• Tropical meteorology

• Tropical intraseasonal oscillation and monsoon variability

• Large-scale atmosphere-ocean interaction

• Atmospheric GCM and coupled GCM modeling

Research Experience

Assistant Researcher/Associate Researcher/Researcher, Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2008-present

Research associate, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 2006-2008

Postdoctoral visiting scientist, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, 2004-2006

Graduate research assistant and postdoctoral fellow, Department of Meteorology and International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1999-2004

Professional Services

• Editor, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 2016-2019.

• Member, The WMO Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE) MJO Task Force (http://wgne.meteoinfo.ru/activities/on-going-activities/wgne-mjo-task-force/), 2017-present.

• Program committee / session chair for various international conferences and workshops, including the AMS annual meetings, AMS tropical meteorology and hurricane conferences, and US Clivar worskop.

• Organizer, "Workshop on the Madden-Julian Oscillation", University of California, Los Angeles, November 21-22, 2016.

• Principal Investigator, "A Climate Process Team for Understanding Madden-Julian Oscillation Initiation and Propagation", sponsored by the NOAA Climate Project Office Climate Variability and Predictability (CVP) program.

• Session convener, "the Madden-Julian Oscillation" in the "American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting", San Francisco , CA, 2016-2020.

• Co-organizer, the Global Multi-Model Evaluation Project on Vertical Structure and Diabatic Processes of the MJO, a joint research activity by the WCRP-WWRP/THORPEX MJO Task Force / Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC) and the GEWEX Atmospheric System Study (GASS).

• Co-organizer, "Workshop on the Vertical Heating and Moistening Process of the Madden-Julian Oscillation", the Centre for Climate Research Singapore, National Environmental Agency, Singapore, June 2013.

• Member, NOAA Climate Program Office MAPP (Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections) Program CMIP5 Task Force (http://www.cpo.noaa.gov/cpo_pa/mapp/cmip5.html), and Climate Prediction Task Force (http://www.cpo.noaa.gov/cpo_pa/mapp/prediction.html).

• Peer reviewer for Journal of Climate, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, International Journal of Climatology, Geophysical Research Letters, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Dynamics, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Atmospheric Science Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, Journal of Hydrometeorology

• Proposal reviewer for US National Science Foundation (NSF), NOAA, NASA, DOE, National Institute for Water Resources (NIWR), UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), French National Research Agency (ANR).

• Review Panelist for NOAA Climate Project Office, NASA Research Opportunities in Earth and Space Science (ROSES) Program.

• Judge, Outstanding Student Paper Awards (OSPA), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2014-2020.

Publications

• Jiang, X., Su, H., Jiang, J.H., J.D. Neelin, L. Wu, Y. Tsushima, and G. Elsaesser, 2023: Muted extratropical low cloud seasonal cycle is closely linked to underestimated climate sensitivity in models. Nature Communications, 14, 5586, 10.1038/s41467-023-41360-0. ( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., H. Su, S. Chen, and P. Ullrich, 2023: Simulation of African Easterly Waves in a Global Climate Model. J. Climate, 36, 1415-1433, 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0090.1. ( pdf file)
• Zhang, S., H. Zhao, P. J. Klotzbach, X. Jiang, G. Chen, and S. Chen, 2023: Interannual Variability in the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation Modulates the Meridional Migration of Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Genesis. J. Climate, 36, 4543-4558, 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0406.1 ( pdf file)
• Wang, X., D. Waliser, X. Jiang, S. Asharaf, F. Vitart, and W. Jie, 2023: Evaluating western North Pacific tropical cyclone forecast in the subseasonal to seasonal prediction project database. Frontiers in Earth Science,10, 10.3389/feart.2022.1064960( pdf file)
• Neena, E. Suhas, and X. Jiang, 2023: Modulation of the Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves by the MJO over different domains. J. Climate,36, 7025-7039, 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0641.1.( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., D. Waliser, P. Gibson, G. Chen, and W. Guan, 2022: Why seasonal prediction of California winter precipitation is challenging? Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 103, E2688-E2700, 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0252.1. ( pdf file). Highlighted in the September 2023 Issue of Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 683-684. ( pdf file.)
• Zhao, H., Lu, Y., Jiang, X., Klotzbach, P. J., Wu, L., Cao, J., 2022: A Statistical Intraseasonal Prediction Model of Extended Boreal Summer Western North Pacific Tropical Cyclone Genesis. J. Climate, 35, 2459-2478, 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0110.1. ( pdf file)
• Xiu, J., X. Jiang*, R. Zhang, W. Guan, and G. Chen, 2022: An Intraseasonal Mode Linking Wintertime Surface Air Temperature over Arctic and Eurasian Continent.J. Climate, 35, 2675-2696, 10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0495.1. ( pdf file)
• Wu, J., Li, Y., Luo, J., X. Jiang, 2021: Assessing the Role of Air-Sea Coupling in Predicting Madden-Julian Oscillation with an Atmosphere-Ocean Coupled Model.J. Climate, 34, 9647-9663, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0989.1. ( pdf file)
• Guan, W., X. Jiang*, Ren, X., Chen, G., and Ding, Q., 2021: Pacific Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies as Important Boundary Forcing in Driving the Interannual Warm Arctic-Cold Continent Pattern over the North American Sector. Journal of Climate, 34, 5923-5937. ( pdf file)
• Lyu, M., X. Jiang*, Z. Wu*, D. Kim, and A. F. Adames, 2021: Zonal-Scale of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Its Propagation Speed on the Interannual Time-Scale. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2020GL091239, 10.1029/2020GL091239. ( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., A. F. Adames, D. Kim, E. Maloney, H. Lin, H. Kim, C. Zhang, C. DeMott, and N. Klingaman, 2020: Fifty Years of Research on the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Recent Progress,Challenges, and Perspectives. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 125, e2019JD030911, 10.1029/2019JD030911. ( pdf file) (An invited contribution for the AGU's Centennial Collection on "Grand Challenges in the Earth and Space Sciences").
• Jiang, X., H. Su, and E. Maloney, 2020: Large-scale controls of propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 3(29), 10.1038/s41612-020-00134-x. ( pdf file)
• Xiang, B., Y. Sun, J.-H.,Chen, N. Johnson, and X. Jiang, 2020: Subseasonal prediction of land cold extremes in boreal wintertime. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 125, 10.1029/2020JD032670.( pdf file)
• Ahn, M.-S., D. Kim, D. Kang, J. Lee, K. R. Sperber, P. J. Gleckler, X. Jiang, Y.-G. Ham, and H. Kim, 2020: MJO propagation across the Maritime Continent: Are CMIP6 models better than CMIP5 models? Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, 10.1029/2020GL087250.( pdf file)
• Guan, W., X. Jiang*, X. Ren, G. Chen, P. Lin, and H. Lin, 2020: The leading intraseasonal variability mode of wintertime surface air temperature over the North American sector. Journal of Climate, 33, 10.1175/jcli-d-20-0096.1, 9287-9306.( pdf file)
• Guan, W., X. Jiang*, X. Ren*, G. Chen,and Q. Ding, 2020: Role of atmospheric variability in driving the "Warm-Arctic,Cold-continent" pattern over the North America sector and sea ice variability over the Chukchi-Bering Sea. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, 10.1029/2020GL088599.( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., D. Kim, and E. Maloney, 2020: Progress and Status of MJO Simulation in Climate Models and Process-Oriented Diagnostics, Chapter 25 in "The Multiscale Global Monsoon System", eds :C.P. Chang, K.J. Ha, R. H. Johnson, D. Kim, G.N. Lau, B. Wang. World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, Vol. 11. World Scientific, Singapore. ( pdf file)
• Suhas, E., J. M. Neena, and X. Jiang, 2020: Exploring the Factors Influencing the Strength and Variability of Convectively Coupled Mixed Rossby-Gravity Waves. Journal of Climate, 33, 10.1175/jcli-d-20-0218.1, 9705-9719.( pdf file)
• Maloney, E. D., A. Gettelman, Y. Ming, J. D. Neelin, D. Barrie, A. Mariotti, C. C. Chen, D. R. B. Coleman, Y.-H. Kuo, B. Singh, H. Annamalai, A. Berg, J. F. Booth, S. J. Camargo, A. Dai, A. Gonzalez, J. Hafner, X. Jiang, X. Jing, D. Kim, A. Kumar, Y. Moon, C. M. Naud, A. H. Sobel, K. Suzuki, F. Wang, J. Wang, A. A. Wing, X. Xu, and M. Zhao, 2019: Process-Oriented Evaluation of Climate and Weather Forecasting Models, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 100, 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0042.1, 1665-1686.( pdf file)
• Kuo, Y.-H., J. D. Neelin, C.-C. Chen, W.-T. Chen, L. J. Donner, A. Gettelman, X. Jiang, K.-T. Kuo, E. Maloney, C. R. Mechoso, Y. Ming, K. A. Schiro, C. J. Seman, C.-M. Wu, M. Zhao, 2020: Convective transition statistics over tropical oceans for climate model diagnostics: GCM evaluation. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 77, 10.1175/JAS-D-19-0132.1.( pdf file)
• Lyu, M., X. Jiang*, and Z. Wu, 2019: A cautionary note on the long-term trend in activity of the Madden-Julian Oscillation during the past decades. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 10.1029/2019GL086133. ( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., H. Su, and D. Waliser, 2020: A damping effect of the Maritime Continent for the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 124, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031503.( pdf file)
• Gonzalez, A., and X. Jiang, 2019: Distinct propagation characteristics of intraseasonal variability over the tropical west Pacific . Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 124, 5332-5351. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029884.( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., Baoqiang Xiang, Ming Zhao, Tim Li, Shian-Jiann Lin, Zhuo Wang, and Jan-Huey Chen, 2018: Extended-Range Tropical Cyclogenesis Prediction in a Coupled Global High-Resolution Model System, J. Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0454.1.( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., A. F. Adames, M. Zhao, D. Waliser, and E. Maloney, 2018: A Unified Moisture Moist Framework for Seasonality of MJO Propagation. J. Climate, 31, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0671.1.( pdf file).
• Xiang, B., S.-J. Lin, M. Zhao, N. Johnson, X. Yang, and X. Jiang, 2019: Subseasonal Week-3-5 Surface Air Temperature Prediction during Boreal Wintertime, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1029/2018GL081314.( pdf file).
• Wang, B., S.-S. Lee, D. E. Waliser, C. Zhang, A. Sobel, E. Maloney, T. Li, X. Jiang, and K.-J. Ha, 2018: Dynamics-Oriented Diagnostics for the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Climate, 31,10.1175/jcli-d-17-0332.1,3117-3135.( pdf file).
• Zhao, H., X. Jiang, L. Wu, and P. Klotzbach, 2018: Multi-scale interactions of equatorial waves associated with tropical cyclogenesis over the western North Pacific, Climate Dyn., 50, 10.1007/s00382-018-4307-z, 1485-1494.(pdf file)
• Kim, J., D. E. Waliser, G. V. Cesana, X. Jiang, T. L'Ecuyer, and J. M. Neena, 2018: Cloud and radiative heating profiles associated with the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation. Climate Dyn., 50, 10.1007/s00382-017-3700-3, 1485-1494.(pdf file)
• Wang Z., W. Li, M. S. Peng, X. Jiang, R. McTaggart-Cowan, and C. A. Davis, 2018: Predictive Skill and Predictability of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclogenesis in Different Synoptic Flow Regimes. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75, 361-378, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0094.1.( pdf file)
• Baranowski D., D. Waliser, X. Jiang, J. Ridout, and M. Flatau, 2019: Contemporary GCM Fidelity In Representing the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation over the Maritime Continent. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, doi:10.1029/2018JD029474.(pdf file)
• Cesana, G., D. Waliser, T. S. L'Ecuyer, X. Jiang, and J-L. F. Li, 2019: The Vertical Structure Of Radiative Heating Rates: A Multimodel Evaluation Using A-Train Satellite Observations. Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0136.1.(pdf file)
• Gonzalez, A., and X. Jiang, 2017: Winter Mean Lower-Tropospheric Moisture over the Maritime Continent as a Climate Model Diagnostic Metric for the Propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2016GL072430. ( pdf file)
• Ciesielski, P., R. H. Johnson, X. Jiang, Y. Zhang, and S. Xie, 2017: Relationships Between Radiation, Clouds, and Convection During DYNAMO. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JD025965. ( pdf file). Reported by AGU EOS Research Spotlight (AGU web link)
• Jiang X., 2017: Key processes for the eastward propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation based on multi-model simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JD025955. ( pdf file)
• Klingaman, N. P., Jiang, X., Xavier, P. K., Petch, J., Waliser, D. and Woolnough, S. J., 2017: Vertical structure and diabatic processes of the Madden-Julian oscillation. In: Chang, C.-P., Kuo, H.-C., Lau, N.-C., Johnson, R. H., Wang, B. and Wheeler, M. C. (eds.) Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast (3rd Edition). World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, 9. World Scientific, New Jersey, pp. 161-172. ISBN 9789813200906. ( pdf file)
• Jiang X., M. Zhao, E. Maloney, and D. E. Waliser, 2016: Convective Moisture Adjustment Time-scale as a Key Factor in Regulating Model Amplitude of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL070898. ( pdf file)
• Tao, W.-K., Y. N. Takayabu, S. Lang, S. Shige, W. Olson, A.Hou, X. Jiang, C. Zhang, W. Lau, T. Krishnamurti, D. Waliser, M. Grecu, P. E. Ciesielski, R. H. Johnson, R. Houze, R. Kakar, K. Nakamura, S. Braun, S. Hagos, R. Oki, and A. Bhardwaj, 2016: TRMM Latent Heating Retrieval and Comparisons with Field Campaigns and Large-Scale Analyses, Meteorological Monographs, 56, doi:10.1175/AMSMONOGRAPHS-D-15-0013.1, 2.1-2.34. ( pdf file)
• Neena, J. M., D. E. Waliser, and X. Jiang, 2016: Model performance metrics and process diagnostics for boreal summer intraseasonal variability, Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3166-8. ( pdf file)
• Zhao, H.-K., X. Jiang, and L. Wu, 2016: Boreal summer synoptic-scale waves over the western North Pacific in multi-model simulations, J. Climate, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0696. ( pdf file)
• Li, J.-L. F., W.-L. Lee, D. Waliser, J.-Y. Yu, X. Jiang, T. L'Ecuyer, T. Kubar, and E. Fetzer, 2016: Considering the radiative effects of snow on tropical Pacific Ocean radiative heating profiles in contemporary GCMs using A-Train observations, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 121, 1621-1636, doi:10.1002/ 2015JD023587. ( pdf file)
• Cesana, G., D. Waliser, X. Jiang, and J.-L. Li, 2015: Multi-model evaluation of cloud phase transition using satellite and reanalysis data, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 120, 7871-7892, doi:10.1002/2014JD022932. ( pdf file)
• Oh, J.-H., X. Jiang, D. Waliser, M. Moncrieff, R. Johnson, and Paul Ciesielski, 2015: A Momentum Budget Analysis of Westerly Wind Events Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation during DYNAMO, J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 3780-3799. ( pdf file)
• Xiang, B., M. Zhao, X. Jiang, S.-J. Lin, T. Li, X. Fu, and G. Vecchi, 2015: 3-4 week MJO prediction skill in a GFDL Coupled Model, J. Climate, 28, 5351-5364. ( pdf file)
• Zhao, H.-K., X. Jiang*, and L. Wu, 2015: Modulation of Northwest Pacific Tropical Cyclone Genesis by the Intraseasonal Variability, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 93, 1, DOI:10.2151/ jmsj.2015-006. ( pdf file)
• Klingaman, N. P., X. Jiang, P. K. Xavier, J. Petch, D. Waliser, and S. J. Woolnough, 2015: Vertical structure and diabatic processes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Synthesis and summary, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 120, DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023196, 4671-4689. ( pdf file)
• Xiang, B., S.-J. Lin, M. Zhao, S. Zhang, G. Vecchi, T. Li, X. Jiang, Lucas Harris, J.-H. Chen, 2015: Beyond weather time scale prediction for Hurricane Sandy and Super Typhoon Haiyan in a global climate model, Monthly Weather Review, 143, 524-535. ( pdf file)
• Guo, Y, D. E. Waliser, and X. Jiang, 2015: A Systematic Relationship between Activity of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves and the Madden-Julian Oscillation in Climate Model Simulations, Journal of Climate, 28, 1881-1904. ( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, P. K. Xavier, J. Petch, N. P. Klingaman, S. J. Woolnough, Bin Guan, Gilles Bellon, T. Crueger, Charlotte DeMott, C. Hannay, H. Lin, W. Hu, D. Kim, C.-L. Lappen, M.-M. Lu, H.-Y. Ma, T. Miyakawa, J. A. Ridout, S. D. Schubert, J. Scinocca, K.-H. Seo, E. Shindo, X. Song, C. Stan, W.-L. Tseng, W. Wang, T. Wu, X. Wu, K. Wyser, G. J. Zhang, and H. Zhu, 2015: Vertical structure and diabatic processes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Exploring Key Model Physics in Cimate Simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 120, DOI:10.1002/2014JD022375, 4718-4748.( pdf file). Reported by AGU EOS Research Spotlight (AGU web link) ( pdf file).
• Xavier, P. K., J. C. Petch, N. P. Klingaman, S. J. Woolnough, X. Jiang, D. E. Waliser, M. Caian, S. M. Hagos, C. Hannay, D. Kim, J. Cole, T. Miyakawa, M. Pritchard, R. Roehrig, E. Shindo, F. Vitart, and H. Wang, 2015: Vertical structure and diabatic processes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Biases and uncertainties at short range, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 120, DOI:10.1002/2014JD022718, 4749-4763. ( pdf file)
• Klingaman, N. P., S. J. Woolnough, X. Jiang, D. Waliser, P. K. Xavier, J. Petch, M. Caian, C. Hannay, D. Kim, H.-Y. Ma, W. J. Merryfield, T. Miyakawa, M. Pritchard, J. A. Ridout, R. Roehrig, E. Shindo, F. Vitart, H. Wang, N. R. Cavanaugh, B. E. Mapes, A. Shelly, and G. Zhang, 2015: Vertical structure and diabatic processes of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Linking hindcast fidelity to simulated diabatic heating and moistening, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 120, DOI:10.1002/2014JD022718, 4749-4763. ( pdf file)
• Sheffield, J., A. Barrett, D. Barrie, S. J. Camargo, E. K. M. Chang, B. Colle, D. N. Fernando, R. Fu, K. L. Geil, Q. Hu, X. Jiang, N. Johnson, K. B. Karnauskas, S. T. Kim, J. Kinter, S. Kumar, B. Langenbrunner, K. Lombardo, L. N. Long, E. Maloney, A. Mariotti, J. E. Meyerson, K. C. Mo, J. D. Neelin, S. Nigam, Z. Pan, T. Ren, A. Ruiz-Barradas, R. Seager, Y. L. Serra, A. Seth, D.-Z. Sun, J. M. Thibeault, J. C. Stroeve, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, Z. Yang, L. Yin, J.-Y. Yu, T. Zhang, M. Zhao, 2014: Regional Climate Processes and Projections for North American: CMIP3/CMIP5 Difference, Attribution and Outstanding Issues, NOAA Technical Report OAR CPO-2. ( pdf file)
• Oh, J.-H., X. Jiang, D. Waliser, M. Moncrieff, and R. Johnson, 2015: Convective Momentum Tranport associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation Based on a Reanalysis Dataset, J. Climate, 28, 5763-5782. ( pdf file)
• Mani, J. N., X. Jiang, D. E. Wailiser, J.-Y. Lee, and B. Wang, 2014: Eastern Pacific Intraseasonal Variability: A predictability perspective, J. Climate, 27, 8869-8883. ( pdf file)
• Maloney, E., X. Jiang, S.-P. Xie, and J. Benedict, 2014: Process-Oriented Diagnosis of East Pacific Warm Pool Intraseasonal Variability, J. Climate, 27, 6305-6324. ( pdf file)
• Serra, Y. L., X. Jiang, B. Tian, J. Astua, E. D. Maloney, G. N. Kiladis, 2014: Tropical Intra-seasonal Oscillations and Synoptic Variability, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 39, 189-215. ( pdf file)
• Wang, S.-Y., and X. Jiang, 2015: Global eastward propagation signals associated with the 4-5 year ENSO cycle in the ocean surface and the atmosphere, Climate Dynamics, 44, 2825-2837. ( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., T. Kubar, S. Wong, W. S. Olson, and D. E. Waliser, 2014: Modulation of Marine Low Clouds Associated with the Tropical Intraseasonal Variability over the Eastern Pacific, J. Climate, 27, 5560-5574. ( pdf file)
• Mani, J. N., J.-Y. Lee, D. E. Wailiser, B. Wang, and X. Jiang, 2014: Predictability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in the Intraseasonal Variability Hindcast Experiment (ISVHE), J. Climate, 27, 4531-4543. ( pdf file)
• Guo, Y, X. Jiang, and D. E. Waliser, 2014: Modulation of the Convectively Coupled Kelvin Waves over South American and the tropical Atlantic Ocean by the Madden-Julian Oscillation, J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 1371-1288. ( pdf file)
• Wong, S., T. S. L'Ecuyer, W. S. Olson, X. Jiang, and E. J. Fetzer, 2013: Local Balance and Variability of Atmospheric Heating Budget over Oceans: Observation and Reanalysis-based Estimates, J. Climate, 27, 893-913. ( pdf file)
• Wang, S.-Y., H.-H. Chia, R. R. Gillies, and X. Jiang, 2013: CFS forecast of the quasi-biweekly mode and its modulation on the diurnal rainfall in Taiwan, Weather Forecast, 28, 981-993. ( pdf file)
• Sheffield, J., S. J. Camargo, R. Fu, Q. Hu, X. Jiang, N. Johnson, K. B. Karnauskas, J. Kinter, S. Kumar, B. Langenbrunner, E. Maloney, A. Mariotti, J. E. Meyerson, D. Neelin, Z. Pan, A. Ruiz-Barradas, R. Seager, Y. L. Serra, D.-Z. Sun, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, J.-Y. Yu, T. Zhang, M. Zhao, 2013: North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments. Part II: Evaluation of 20th Century Intra-Seasonal to Decadal Variability, J. Climate, 26, 9247-9290. ( pdf file)
• Maloney, E., S. J. Camargo, E. Chang, B. Colle, R. Fu, K. Geil, Q. Hu, X. Jiang, N. Johnson, K. Karnauskas, J. Kinter, B. Kirtman, S. Kumar, B. Langenbrunner, K. Lombardo, L. Long, A. Mariotti, J. Meyerson, K. Mo, D. Neelin, Z. Pan, R. Seager, Y. Serra, A. Seth, J. Sheffield, J. Stroeve, J. Thibeault, S.-P. Xie, C. Wang, B. Wyman, M. Zhao, 2014: North American Climate in CMIP5 Experiments: Part III: Assessment of 21st Century Projections, J. Climate, 27, 2230-2270. ( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., E. Maloney, J.-L. Li, and D. E. Waliser, 2013: Simulations of the Eastern Pacific Intraseasonal Variability in CMIP5 GCMs, J. Climate,26, 3489-3510. ( pdf file)
• Lee, J.-E., B. Lintner, J. D. Neelin, X. Jiang, P. Gentine, C. Boyce, J. Fisher, J. Perron, T. Kubar, J. Lee, J. Worden, 2012: Reduction of tropical land region precipitation variability via transpiration, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, doi: 10.1029/2012GL053417. ( pdf file)
• Santra, A., M. Halder, P. Mukhopadhyay, X. Jiang, and B. Goswami, 2012: Role of Cloud Hydrometeors on Northward Propagation of Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillations, Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1425-x. pdf file)
• Waliser, D. E., and X. Jiang, 2012: Tropical Meteorology: Intertropical Convergence Zones (ITCZ). Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Second Edition, Edited by G. North, F. Zhang, J. Pyle. Academic Press, in press. ( pdf file)
• Kubar, T., D. E. Waliser, J.-L. Li, and X. Jiang, 2012: On the annual cycle, variability, and correlations of oceanic low-topped clouds with large-scale circulation using Aqua MODIS and ECMWF-Interim, J. Climate, 25, 6152-6174. ( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., M. Zhao, and D. E. Waliser, 2012: Modulation of tropical cyclone activity by the tropical intraseasonal oscillation over the Eastern Pacific in a high resolution GCM, Journal of Climate, 25, 6524-6538. ( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, D. Kim, M. Zhao, K. R. Sperber, W. Stern, S. D. Schubert, G. J. Zhang, W. Wang, M. Khairoutdinov, R. Neale, and M.-I., Lee, 2011: Simulation of the intraseasonal oscillation over the Eastern Pacific ITCZ in climate models, Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-011-1098-x. ( pdf file)
• Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, W. S. Olson, W.-K. Tao, T. S. L'Ecuyer, S. Shige, K.-F. Li, Y. L. Yung, S. Lang, and Y. N. Takayabu, 2011: Vertical diabatic heating structure of the MJO: Intercomparison between recent reanalyses and TRMM estimates, Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 3208-3223. ( pdf file)
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