publications
2021
Tian, X. and K. Ide, 2021: Hurricane Predictability Analysis with Singular Vectors of the Multiresolution Global Shallow Water Model, J. Atmos. Sci., 78(4), 1259-1273. PDF
2020
Tian, X., 2020: Evolutions of Errors in the Global Multiresolution Model for Prediction Across Scales – Shallow Water (MPAS-SW). Q. J. Royal Meteorol. Soc., 147, 382-391. PDF
Tian, X. and X. Zou, 2020: Development of the Tangent Linear and Adjoint Models of the MPAS- Atmosphere Dynamic Core and Applications in Adjoint Relative Sensitivity Studies. Tellus A, 71(1), 1-17. PDF
Tian, X. and X. Zou, 2020: Comparison of ATMS biases estimated using RO and Hurricane Florence (2018) captured by NOAA-20 and S-NPP. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 37, 269-177. PDF
2019
Tian, X. and X. Zou, 2019: A Comprehensive 4D-Var Vortex Initialization Using a Nonhydrostatic Axisymmetric TC Model with Convection Accounted for. Tellus A, doi: 10.1080/16000870.2019.1653138. PDF
Tian, X. and X. Zou, 2019: Mitigation of Striping Noise in ATMS Calibration Counts by Symmetric Filters. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 36(7), 1297-1312, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0191.1. PDF
Zou, X. and X. Tian, 2019: Comparison of ATMS Striping Noise between NOAA-20 and S-NPP and Noise Impact on Warm Core Retrieval of Typhoon Jelawat (2018). IEEE JSTAR., 12(7), 2504-2512, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2019.2891683. PDF
Zou, X. and X. Tian, 2019: Striping Noise Analysis and Mitigation for Microwave Temperature Sounder (MWTS)-2 Observations. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 36(7), 711-720, doi: 10.1007/s00376-019-9009-x. PDF
2018
Zou, X. and X. Tian, 2018: Hurricane Warm-Core Retrievals from AMSU-A and Remapped ATMS Measurements with Rain Contamination Eliminated, J. Geophy. Res., 123, 10815-10829, doi: 10.1029/2018JD028934. PDF
Tian, X., X. Zou, and S. Yang, 2018: A limb correction method for the Microwave Temperature Sounder 2 and its applications. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 35(12), 1547–1552, doi: 10.1007/s00376-018-8092-8. PDF
Tian, X. and X. Zou, 2018: Capturing Size and Intensity Changes of Hurricanes Irma and Maria (2017) from Polar-orbiting Satellite Microwave Radiometers, J. Atmos. Sci., 75(8), 2509-2522, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0315.1. PDF
2016
Tian, X. and X. Zou, 2016: ATMS- and AMSU-A-derived Hurricane Warm Core Structures Using a Modified Retrieval Algorithm. J. Geophy. Res., 121(21), 12630-12646, doi: 10.1002/2016JD025042. PDF
Tian, X. and X. Zou, 2016: Television Frequency Interference in AMSR2 K-Band Measurements Over Reflective Surfaces. IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 13(11), 1621-1625, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2016.2598058. PDF
Tian, X. and X. Zou, 2016: An Empirical Model for Television Frequency Interference (TFI) Correction of AMSR2 Data over Ocean near U.S. and Europe. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 54(7), 3856-3867, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2016.2529504. PDF
2015
Zou, X., F. Weng, and X. Tian, 2015: An Effective Mitigation of Radio Frequency Interference over Land by Adding a New C-Band on AMSR2. Adv. Meteor. Sci. and Tech., 5(2), 35-41, doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-1973.2015.02.006. PDF
2014
Zou, X., X. Tian, and F. Weng, 2014: Detection of Television Frequency Interference with Satellite Microwave Imager Observations over Oceans. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 31, 2759–2776, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00086.1. PDF
presentations
“A Simplified 4D-Var Vortex Model to Improve 0-12 h Hurricane Intensity Forecasts through Assimilation of Satellite Microwave Retrieval Products” at the Tropical Cyclones and Extreme Monsoon Precipitation: Prediction, Impacts, and Communication, The 99th Annual Meeting of American Meteorology Society, 6-10 January 2019, Phoenix, Arizona. More details
“NOAA-20 and S-NPP ATMS Captures Warm-Core Evolutions of Typhoon Maria (2018)” at the Tropical Cyclones: Observations, Modeling, and Predictability II, The Annual Meeting of American Geophysical Union 2018, 10-14 December 2014, Washington D.C. More details
“Comparison of ATMS Stripping Noise Between NOAA-20 and S-NPP” at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018, the 38th Annual Symposium of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), 22-27 July 2018, Valencia, Spain.
“Comparison of ATMS Biases Between NOAA-20 and Suomi-NPP” at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2018, the 38th Annual Symposium of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), 22-27 July 2018, Valencia, Spain.
“ATMS Derived Warm Core Evolution of Hurricanes Using a Modified Retrieval Algorithm” at the 5th AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, The 97th Annual Meeting of American Meteorological Society, 22-26 January 2017, Seattle, Washington
“A Physical Model for Television Frequency Interference (TFI) Correction of AMSR2 Data over Ocean near U. S. and Europe” at the 12th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, The 96th Annual Meeting of American Meteorology Society, 11-14 January 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana.