Name: Tianjun ZHOU
Deputy-director & Professor
Address: State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 9804, Beijing 100029, China P. R.
Tel: +86-10-8299 5279
Fax: +86-10-8299 5172(o)
E-mail: zhoutj@lasg.iap.ac.cn

Brief Experences

Education:
Ph.D. (1999), Meteorology, Peking University, China
M. S. (1994), Meteorology, Nanjing University, China
B. S. (1991), Atmospheric Physics, Nanjing University, China

Employment:
Jan. 2004-present: Professor, Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun 2006-Aug 2006: Visiting scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA
Jul. 2001-Dec.2003: Associate professor, Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nov. 2001-Feb. 2002: Visiting scientist, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center and Geophysical Institute of Bergen University, Norway
Jul. 1999-Jun. 2001: Postdoctoral fellow, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
May 2000 – Jan 2001: Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratoire de Meteorologie Dynamique (LMD), CNRS, France
Jul. 1994-Aug. 1996: Research assistant, Chinese Meteorological Administration

Ongoing Projects

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project "Numerical simulations and inter-comparison of the climates for three typical periods of the past millennium"(40675050,2007-2009), PI.
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project "Large-Scale Monsoon-Ocean Interactions and Inter-basin Teleconnection between the Tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans"(40628006, 2007-2009),co-PI.
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Innovative Research Group project "Climate variability over the East Asia and western Pacific: Mechanism studies and predictability theory"(40221503, 2006-2008).
National Basic Research Program (973) "Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction over the Joining Area of Asia and Indian-Pacific Ocean (AIPO) and Its Impact on the Short-Term Climate Variation in China" (2006CB403600, January 2007-December, 2011).
Chinese Academy of Sciences International Partnership Creative Group entitled "The Climate System Model Development and Application Studies" (2004-2008)

Publications

1. Zhou Tianjun, R. Yu, H. Li, and B. Wang, 2007, Ocean forcing to changes in global monsoon precipitation over the recent half century, Journal of Climate, submitted
   
   
2. Zhou Tianjun, R. Yu, H. Chen, A. Dai, and Y. Pan, 2007, Summer precipitation frequency, intensity, and diurnal cycle over China: A comparison of satellite data with raingauge observations, Journal of Climate, submitted
   
   
3. Yu R.C., and T. J. Zhou, 2007, Seasonality and three-dimensional structure of the interdecadal change in East Asian monsoon, Journal of Climate, accepted and in press
   
   
4. Wang Bin, Jing Yang, Tianjun Zhou, Bin Wang, 2007, Interdecadal Changes in the Major Modes of Asian-Australian Monsoon Variability: Strengthening relationship with ENSO since late 1970s, Journal of Climate, accepted and in press
   
   
5. Zhou Tianjun, Y.Q. Yu, H. L. Liu, W. Li, X. B. You, G.Q. Zhou, 2007, Progress in the Development and Application of Climate Ocean Models and Ocean-Atmosphere Coupled Models in China, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, accepted and in press
   
   
6. Yu, R., T. Zhou (corresponding author), A. Xiong, Y. Zhu, and J. Li, 2007, Diurnal variations of summer precipitation over contiguous China, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L01704, doi:10.1029/2006GL028129.
   
   
7. Wen Xinyu, Tianjun ZHOU, Shaowu Wang, Bin Wang, Hui Wan, and Jian Li, 2007, Performance of a Reconfigured Atmospheric General Circulation Model at Low Resolution, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 24(4), 712-728.
   
   
8. Li, L., B. Wang, and T. Zhou (2007), Contributions of natural and anthropogenic forcings to the summer cooling over eastern China: An AGCM study, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L18807, doi:10.1029/2007GL030541.
   
   
9. Yu, R., Y. Xu, T. Zhou, and J. Li (2007), Relation between rainfall duration and diurnal variation in the warm season precipitation over central eastern China, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L13703, doi:10.1029/2007GL030315.
   
   
10. Zhou Tianjun and Rucong Yu, 2006, Twentieth Century Surface Air Temperature over China and the Globe Simulated by Coupled Climate Models, Journal of Climate, 19(22), 5843-5858.
    
    
11. Xin Xiaoge, Rucong Yu, Tianjun Zhou, and Bin Wang, 2006, Drought in Late Spring of South China in Recent Decades, Journal of Climate, 19(13), 3197-3206.
    
    
12. Zhang, Y., X. Kuang, W. Guo, and T. Zhou, 2006, Seasonal evolution of the upper-tropospheric westerly jet core over East Asia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L11708, doi:10.1029/2006GL026377.
    
    
13. Zhou Tianjun, Yu Yongqiang, Liu Hailong, Li Wei, Yu Rucong, 2006, Numerical simulation of the sensitivity of the Pacific subtropical-tropical meridional cell to global warming, Progress in Natural Science, 16(5),507-511.
    
    
14. Zhou, T.-J., and R.-C. Yu, 2005, Atmospheric water vapor transport associated with typical anomalous summer rainfall patterns in China, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D08104, doi:10.1029/2004JD005413.
    
    
15. Zhou Tianjun, Yu Rucong, Liu Xiying, et al., 2005, Weak response of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation to an increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide in IAP/LASG Climate System Model, Chinese Science Bulletin, 50(6), 592-598
    
    
16. Li Jian, Rucong Yu, Tianjun Zhou, and Bin Wang, 2005, Why is there an early Spring cooling shift downstream of the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Climate, 18 (22), 4660–4668.
    
    
17. Li, Y.Y., R.C. Yu, Y.P. Xu, and T.J. Zhou, 2005, AREM simulations of cloud features over Eastern China in February, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 22(2), 260-270.
    
    
18. Zhou Tianjun, Yu Rucong, 2004, Sea-surface temperature induced variability of the Southern Annular Mode in an atmospheric general circulation model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L24206, doi:10.1029 /2004GL021473
    
    
19. Yu Rucong, Bin Wang and Tianjun Zhou, 2004, Climate effects of the deep continental stratus clouds Generated by Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Climate, 17,2702-2713.
    
    
20. Yu Rucong, Tianjun Zhou, 2004, Impacts of winter-NAO on March cooling trends over subtropical Eurasia continent in the recent half century, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L12204, doi:10.1029/2004GL019814.
    
    
21. Yu Rucong, Bin Wang, and Tianjun Zhou, 2004, Tropospheric cooling and summer monsoon weakening trend over East Asia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L22212,doi:10.1029/2004GL021270
    
    
22. Bentsen Mats, Helge Drange, Tore Furevik, Tianjun Zhou, 2004, Simulated variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning circulation, Climate Dynamics, 22, 701-720.
    
    
23. Wang Shaowu, Zhou Tianjun, et al., 2004, Abrupt Climate Change around 4 ka BP: Role of the Thermohaline Circulation as Indicated by a GCM Experiment, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 21(2), 291-295.
    
    
24. Zhou Tianjun, Zhaoxin Li, 2002, Simulation of the east Asian summer monsoon by using a variable resolution atmospheric GCM, Climate Dynamics,19, 167-180
    
    
25. Zhou Tianjun, 2003, Multi-spatial variability modes of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, Chinese Science Bulletin, 48,Supp. II, 30-35.
    
    
26. Zhou Tianjun, 2003, Comparison of the global air-sea freshwater exchange evaluated from independent datasets, Progress in Natural Science, 13(8), 626-631.
    
    
27. Zhou Tianjun, Yu Rucong, Li Zhaoxin, 2002, ENSO-dependent and ENSO-independent Variability over the Mid-latitude North Pacific: Observation and Air-sea Coupled Model Simulation, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences,19, 1127-1147.
    
    
28. Zhou Tianjun, Zhang Xuehong, Yu Yongqiang, 2001, On the Coupling Procedure of Air-Sea Freshwater Exchange in Climate System Models, Chinese Science Bulletin,46(1),83-85
    
    
29. Zhou Tianjun,Zhang Xuehong, Wang Shaowu, 2000, The relationship between the thermohaline circulation and climate variability, Chinese Science Bulletin, 45(11),1052-1056
    
    
30. Zhou Tianjun, Zhang Xuehong, Yu Yongqiang,Yu Rucong, Wang Shaowu, 2000, Response of IAP/LASG GOALS model to the coupling of air-sea freshwater exchange, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 17(3),473-486.
    
    
31. Zhou Tianjun, Zhang Xuehong,Yu Rucong, Yu Yongqiang,Wang Shaowu, 2000, The North Atlantic Oscillation Simulated by Version 2 and 4 of IAP/LASG GOALS Model. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences,17(4),601-616
    
    
32. Yu Rucong, Li Wei, Zhang Xuehong, Yu Yongqiang, Liu Hailong, Zhou Tianjun, 2000, Climatic features related to eastern China summer rainfalls in the NCAR CCM3. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 17, 503-518
    
    
33. Jin Xiangze, Zhang Xuehong and Zhou Tianjun, 1999, Fundamental framework and experiments of the Third Generation of IAP/LASG World Ocean General Circulation Model,Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 16, 197-215.