General

Zhiping Tian
Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Associate Professor
Email: tianzhiping@mail.iap.ac.cn
Address: No. 40 Huayanli, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China


Research Areas

Paleoclimate modeling

Climate dynamics


Education

2005.9-2009.7: Chengdu University of Information Technology, Bachelor of Atmospheric Sciences

2009.9-2014.7: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Meteorology


Experience

   
Work Experience

2014.7-2018.3: Climate Change Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Professor

2015.12-2016.11: International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Visiting Scholar

2018.3-Current: Climate Change Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor

Publications

   
Papers

1) Jiang, D., X. Lang, Z. Tian, and D. Guo, 2011: Last glacial maximum climate over China from PMIP simulations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 309, 347-357.

2) Zhang, R., D. Jiang, X. Liu, and Z. Tian, 2012: Modeling the climate effects of different subregional uplifts within the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau on Asian summer monsoon evolution. Chinese Science Bulletin, 57, 4617-4626.

3) Jiang, D., X. Lang, Z. Tian, and T. Wang, 2012: Considerable model-data mismatch in temperature over China during the mid-Holocene: Results of PMIP simulations. Journal of Climate, 25, 4135-4153.

4) Sui Y., D. Jiang, and Z. Tian, 2013: Latest update of the climatology and changes in the seasonal distribution of precipitation over China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 113, 599-610.

5) Jiang, D., X. Lang, Z. Tian, and L. Ju, 2013: Mid-Holocene East Asian summer monsoon strengthening: Insights from Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) simulations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 369, 422-429.

6) Jiang, D., and Z. Tian, 2013: East Asian monsoon change for the 21st century: Results of CMIP3 and CMIP5 models. Chinese Science Bulletin, 58, 1427-1435.

7) Jiang, D., Z. Tian, and X. Lang, 2013: Mid-Holocene net precipitation changes over China: Model-data comparison. Quaternary Science Reviews, 82, 102-120.

8) Tian, Z., and D. Jiang, 2013: Mid-Holocene ocean and vegetation feedbacks over East Asia. Climate of the Past, 9, 2153-2171, doi:10.5194/cp-9-2153-2013.

9) Tian, Z., and D. Jiang, 2015: Mid-Holocene ocean feedback on global monsoon area and precipitation. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 8, 29-32, doi:10.3878/AOSL20140068.

10) Li, X., D. Jiang, Z. Zhang, R. Zhang, Z. Tian, and Q. Yan, 2015: Mid-Pliocene westerlies from PlioMIP simulations. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 32, 909-923, doi:10.1007/s00376-014-4171-7.

11) Jiang, D., Z. Tian, and X. Lang, 2015: Mid-Holocene global monsoon area and precipitation from PMIP simulations. Climate Dynamics, 44, 2493-2512, doi:10.1007/s00382-014-2175-8.

12) Jiang, D., Z. Tian, X. Lang, M. Kageyama, and G. Ramstein, 2015: The concept of global monsoon applied to the last glacial maximum: A multi-model analysis. Quaternary Science Reviews, 126, 126-139.

13) Tian, Z., and D. Jiang, 2015: Revisiting mid-Holocene temperature over China using PMIP3 simulations. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 8, 358-364, doi:10.3878/AOSL20150040.

14) Jiang, D., Z. Tian, and X. Lang, 2016: Reliability of climate models for China through the IPCC Third to Fifth Assessment Reports. International Journal of Climatology, 36(3), 1114-1133, doi:10.1002/joc.4406.

15) Tian, Z., and D. Jiang, 2016: Revisiting last glacial maximum climate over China and East Asian monsoon using PMIP3 simulations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 453, 115-126, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.04.020.

16) Tian, Z., T. Li, D. Jiang, and L. Chen, 2017: Causes of ENSO weakening during the mid-Holocene. Journal of Climate, 30(17), 7049-7070, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0899.1.

17) Tian, Z., T. Li, and D. Jiang, 2018: Strengthening and westward shift of the tropical Pacific Walker circulation during the mid-Holocene: PMIP simulation results. Journal of Climate, 31(6), 2283-2298, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0744.1.

18) Tian, Z., and D. Jiang, 2018: Strengthening of the East Asian winter monsoon during the mid-Holocene. The Holocene, 28(9), 1443−1451, doi:10.1177/0959683618777076.

19) Xiao, J., S. Zhang, J. Fan, R. Wen, D. Zhai, Z. Tian, and D. Jiang, 2018: The 4.2 ka BP event: multi-proxy records from a closed lake in the northern margin of the East Asian summer monsoon. Climate of the Past, 14, 1417−1425, doi:10.5194/cp-14-1417-2018.

20) Jiang, D., Y. Sui, X. Lang, and Z. Tian, 2018: Last glacial maximum and mid-Holocene thermal growing season simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(20), 11466−11478, doi:10.1029/2018JD028605.

21) Li, X., D. Jiang, Z. Tian, and Y. Yang, 2018: Mid-Pliocene global land monsoon from PlioMIP1 simulations. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 512, 56−70, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.06.027. 

22) Tian, Z., and D. Jiang, 2020: Weakening and eastward shift of the tropical Pacific Walker circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum. Boreas, 49, 200−210, doi:10.1111/bor.12417. 

23) Jiang, D., D. Hu, Z. Tian, and X. Lang, 2020: Differences between CMIP6 and CMIP5 models in simulating climate over China and the East Asian monsoon. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 37, 1102–1118, doi:10.1007/s00376-020-2034-y.