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Publications (Last updates on Feb. 8, 2019)

  1. Xiang, B.,  S.-J. Lin, M. Zhao, N. C. Johnson, X.Yang, X. Jiang, Subseasonal week 3–5 surface air temperature prediction during boreal wintertime in a GFDL model. Geophys. Res. Lett., https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL081314, 2019.
  2. Xiang, B., M. Zhao, Y. Ming, W. You, S. M. Kang, Contrasting Impacts of radiative forcing in the Southern Ocean versus Southern Tropics on ITCZ position and energy transport in one GFDL climate model. J. Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0566.1, 2018
  3. Jiang, X., B. Xiang, M. Zhao, T. Li, S.-J. Lin, W. Wang, J.-H. Chen, Intraseasonal Tropical Cyclogenesis Prediction in a Global Coupled Model System. J. Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0454.1, 2018.
  4. Shin, H. H., Y., Ming, M. Zhao, J.-C. Golaz, B. Xiang, H. Guo, Evaluation of planetary boundary layer simulation in GFDL atmospheric general circulation models. J. Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0543.1, 2018.
  5. Zhao, M. et al., The GFDL Global Atmosphere and Land Model AM4.0/LM4.0 – Part I: Simulation Characteristics with Prescribed SSTs. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. DOI:10.1002/2017MS001208. 2018.
  6. Zhao, M. et al., The GFDL Global Atmosphere and Land Model AM4.0/LM4.0 – Part II: Model Description, Sensitivity Studies, and Tuning Strategies. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. DOI:10.1002/2017MS001209. 2018.
  7. Wang, B., J. Li, M. A. Cane, J. Liu, P. J. Webster, B. Xiang, H.-M. Kim, J. Cao and K.-J. Ha, Towards predicting changes in the land monsoon rainfall a decade in advance. Journal of Climate, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0521.1, 2018
  8. Gao, K., J.-H. Chen, L. M Harris, S.‐J. Lin, B. Xiang, M. Zhao,  Impact of Intraseasonal Oscillations on the Tropical Cyclone Activity Over the Gulf of Mexico and Western Caribbean Sea in GFDL HiRAM. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2017
  9. Xiang, B., M. Zhao, I. M. Held, J.-C. Golaz, Predicting the severity of spurious ‘double ITCZ’ problem in CMIP5 coupled models from AMIP Simulations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 2017. —  Highlighted by GRL editor: http://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/article/10.1002/2016GL071992/editor-highlight/
  10. Li, K, Z Li, Y Yang, B. Xiang, Y. Liu, W. Yu, et al., Strong modulations on the Bay of Bengal monsoon onset vortex by the first northward-propagating intra-seasonal oscillation. Climate Dynamics. DOI:10.1007/s00382-015-2826-4, 2015
  11. Wang, B., B. Xiang, J. Li, P. J. Webster, M. V. Rajeevan, J. Liu, K.-J. Ha,  Rethinking Indian monsoon rainfall prediction in the context of recent global warming. Nature Communication. doi:10.1038/ncomms8154, 2015
  12. Xiang, B., M. Zhao, X. Jiang, S.-J. Lin, X. Fu, T. Li, G. Vecchi, The 3-4 week MJO Prediction skill in a GFDL Coupled Model. J. Climate. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0102.1, 2015
  13. Cao, J., B. Wang, B. Xiang, J. Li, T. Wu, X. Fu, L. Wu, and J. Min, Major modes of short-term climate variability in a newly developed NUIST Earth System Model (NESM). Adv. Atmos. Sci., 2015
  14. Su, J., B. Xiang, B. Wang, T. Li, Abrupt termination of the 2012 Pacific warming and its implication on ENSO prediction.Geophys. Res. Lett., 2014.
  15. Xiang, B., S.-J. Lin, M. Zhao, S. Zhang, G. Vecchi, T. Li, X. Jiang, L. Harris, J.-H. Chen, Beyond weather time scale prediction for Hurricane Sandy and Super Typhoon Haiyan in a global climate model. Monthly Weather Review. doi:MWR-D-14-00227, 2014
  16. Xiang, B., B. Wang, J. Li, M. Zhao, J.-Y. Lee, Understanding the anthropogenically forced change of equatorial Pacific trade winds in coupled climate models. J. Climate., doi: , 2014.
  17. Wang, B., J.-Y. Lee, B. Xiang, Asian summer monsoon rainfall predictability: a predictable mode analysis. Clim. Dyn., doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2218-1, 2014.  (ESI highly cited paper, top 1% in Geoscience)
  18. Zhang, W., L. Wang, B. Xiang, L. Qi, J. He,Impacts of two types of La Nina on the NAO during boreal winter. Clim. Dyn., doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2155-z., 2014
  19. Yun, K.S., K. J. Ha, S. W. Yeh, B. Wang, B. Xiang, Critical role of boreal summer North Pacific subtropical highs in ENSO transition, Clim. Dyn., doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2193-6, 2014
  20. Xiang, B., B. Wang, A. Lauer, J.-Y. Lee, Q. Ding, Upper-tropospheric warming intensifies sea surface warming. Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1928-0, 2013.
  21. Xie, S.-P., B. Lu, and B. Xiang, Similar spatial patterns of climate responses to aerosol and greenhouse gas changes. Nature Geosicence, 6,828-832, 2013.
  22. Xiang, B., B. Wang, W. Yu, S. Xu, How can western North Pacific subtropical high intensify from early to late summer? Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1002/grl.50431, 2013.
  23. Wang, B., J. Liu, H.-J. Kim, P. J. Webster, S.-Y. Yim, and B. Xiang, Northern Hemisphere summer monsoon intensified by mega-El Nino/southern oscillation and Atlantic multidecadal oscillation, PNAS,doi:10.1073/pnas.1219405110, 2013 (ESI highly cited paper, top 1% in Geoscience)
  24. Wang, B., B. Xiang, J-Y. Lee, Subtropical High predictability establishes  a promising way for monsoon and tropical storm predictions. PNAS, doi:10.1073/pnas.1214626110,2013 (ESI highly cited paper, top 1% in Geoscience)— Highlighted in Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v493/n7434/full/493580d.html (or http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/493580d
  25. Xiang, B., B. Wang, Mechanisms for the advanced Asian Summer Monsoon onset since the mid-to-late 1990s. J. Climate. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00445.1, 2012.
  26. Xiang, B., B. Wang, and T. Li, A new paradigm for the predominance of standing Central Pacific Warming after the late 1990s. Clim. Dyn., doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1427-8, 2012 (ESI highly cited paper, top 1% in Geoscience)
  27. Xiang, B., B. Wang, Q. Ding, F.-F. Jin, X. Fu, and H.-J. Kim, Reduction of the thermocline feedback associated with mean SST bias in ENSO simulation. Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1164-4,2011.
  28. Xiang, B., W. Yu, T. Li and B. Wang, The critical role of boreal summer mean state in the development of the IOD. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, doi:10.1029/2010GL045851, 2011.
  29. He J., H. Ma, L. Chen, B. Xiang, X. Zeng, M.Yin, W. Zeng, The investigation on particulate organic carbon fluxes with disequilibria between thorium-234 and uranium-238 in the Prydz Bay, the Southern Ocean. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 27, 21-29, 2008.
  30. Pu, S., Z. Dong, W. Yu, B. Xiang, Features and spatial distribution of circumpolar deep water in the southern Indian Ocean and the effects of Antarctic circumpolar current. Chinese Journal of Polar Science., 18, 100-109, 2007.
  31. Pu, S., X. Hu, Z. Dong, B. Xiang, and W. Yu, Features of Physical Oceanography in the ocean near Prydz Bay during 1998-1999 Austral summer. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 25, 1-14, 2006.
  32. Yu W., B. Xiang, L. Liu and N. Liu, Understanding the origins of interannual thermocline variations in the tropical Indian Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, doi: 10.1029/2005GL024327, 2005.