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Peer-reviewed Book Chapters

• Tian, B., and D. E. Waliser, 2012: Madden-Julian Oscillation. in Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing, Edited by Eni Njoku, Springer, in press.
• Tian, B., and D. E. Waliser, 2011: Chemical and biological impacts. Chapter 18 in Intraseasonal Variability of the Atmosphere-Ocean System (2nd Edition), Edited by K.-M. Lau and D. E. Waliser, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

• Tian, B., C. O. Ao, D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, A. J. Mannucci, and J. Teixeira, 2012: Intraseasonal temperature variability in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere from the GPS RO measurements. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2012JD017715, accepted pending minor revision.
• Guo, Y., B. Tian, R. A. Kahn, O. Kalashnikova, S. Wong, and D. E. Waliser, 2012: Tropical Atlantic dust and smoke aerosol variabilities related to the Madden-Julian Oscillation in MODIS and MISR observations. J. Geophys. Res., submitted.
• Ao, C. O., D. E. Waliser, T. K. Chan, J.-L. Li, B. Tian, F. Xie, and A. J. Mannuci, 2012: Planetary boundary layer heights from GPS radio occultation refractivity and humidity profiles. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2012JD017598, submitted.
• Jiang, J. H., H. Su, C. Zhai, V. S. Perun, A. Del Genio, L. S. Nazarenko, L. J. Donner, L. Horowitz, C. Seman, J. Cole, A. Gettelman, M. Ringer, L. Rotstayn, S. Jeffrey, T. Wu, F. Brient, J-L. Dufresne, H. Kawai, T. Koshiro, M. Watanabe, T. L'Ecuyer, W. G. Read, J. W. Waters, B. Tian, J. Teixeira, and G. L. Stephens, 2012: Evaluation of cloud and water vapor simulations in IPCC AR5 climate models using NASA 'A-Train' satellite observations. J. Geophys. Res., revised.
• Seo, K.-W., D. E. Waliser, B. Tian, B.-M. Kim, S.-C. Park, S. Cocke, B.-J. Sohn, and M. Ishii, 2012: Evidence of last two-decade trend in global fresh water discharge and evapotranspiration revealed by recent reanalysis and satellite observations. Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., in press.
• Li, K.-F., B. Tian, D. E. Waliser, M. J. Schwartz, J. L. Neu, J. R. Worden, and Y. L. Yung, 2012: Vertical structure of MJO-related subtropical ozone variations from MLS, TES, and SHADOZ data. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 425-436, doi:10.5194/acp-12-425-2012.
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• Wong, S., E. J. Fetzer, B. H. Kahn, B. Tian, B. Lambrigtsen, and H.-C. Ye, 2011: Closing the global water vapor budget with AIRS water vapor, MERRA reanalysis, TRMM and GPCP precipitation, and GSSTF evaporation. J. Climate, 24, 6307-6321, doi:10.1175/2011JCLI4154.1.
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• Wang, J., S. Pawson, B. Tian, M.-C. Liang, R.-L. Shia, Y. L. Yung, and X. Jiang, 2011: El Nino-Southern Oscillation in tropical and mid-latitude column ozone. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1911-1921, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-11-045.1.
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• Wong, S., E. J. Fetzer, B. Tian, B. Lambrigtsen, and H.-C. Ye, 2011: The apparent water vapor sinks and heat sources associated with the intraseasonal oscillation of the Indian summer monsoon. J. Climate, 24, 4466-4479, doi:10.1175/2011JCLI4076.1.
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• Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, R. A. Kahn, and S. Wong, 2011: Modulation of Atlantic aerosols by the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D15108, doi:10.1029/2010JD015201.
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• Liang, C. K., A. Eldering, A. Gettelman, B. Tian, S. Wong, E. J. Fetzer, and K.-N. Liou, 2011: Record of tropical interannual variability of temperature and water vapor from a combined AIRS-MLS dataset. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D06103, doi:10.1029/2010JD014841.
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• Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, and Y. L. Yung, 2010: Vertical moist thermodynamic structure of the Madden-Julian Oscillation in Atmospheric Infrared Sounder retrievals: An update and a comparison to ECMWF interim reanalysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 4576-4582, doi:10.1175/2010MWR3486.1.
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• Li, K.-F., B. Tian, D. E. Waliser, and Y. L. Yung, 2010: Tropical mid-tropospheric CO2 variability driven by the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 107, 19171-19175, doi:10.1073/pnas.1008222107.
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• Seo, K.-W., D. Ryu, B.-M. Kim, D. E. Waliser, B. Tian, and J. Eom, 2010: GRACE and AMSR-E-based estimates of winter season solid precipitation accumulation in the Arctic drainage region. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D20117, doi:10.1029/2009JD013504.
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• Waliser, D. E., J.-L. Li, B. Tian, and X. Jiang, 2010: Diagnostics for the tropics: some (cautious) uses of satellite data. Proceedings of Seminar on Diagnosis of Forecasting and Data Assimilation Systems, ECMWF, 7 - 10 September 2009, p51-76.
• Neelin, J. D., B. R. Lintner, B. Tian, Q. Li, L. Zhang, P. K. Patra, M. T. Chahine, and S. N. Stechmann, 2010: Long tails in deep columns of natural and anthropogenic tropospheric tracers. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L05804, doi:10.1029/2009GL041726.
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• Jiang, X., D. E. Waliser, W. S. Olson, W.-K. Tao, T. S. L'Ecuyer, J.-L. Li, B. Tian, Y. L. Yung, A. M. Tompkins, S. E. Lang, and M. Grecu, 2009: Vertical heating structures associated with the MJO as characterized by TRMM estimates, ECMWF reanalyses and forecasts: A case study during 1998-99 winter. J. Climate, 22, 6001-6022, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3048.1.
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• Waliser, D. E., B. Tian, M. J. Schwartz, X. Xie, W. T. Liu, and E. J. Fetzer, 2009: How well can satellite data characterize the water cycle of the Madden-Julian Oscillation? Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L21803, doi:10.1029/2009GL040005.
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• Seo, K.-W., D. E. Waliser, B. Tian, J. Familgietti, and T. Syed, 2009: Evaluation of global land-to-ocean fresh water discharge and evapotranspiration using space-based observations. J. Hydrol., 373, 508-515, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.05.014.
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• Fetzer, E. J., W. G. Read, D. E. Waliser, B. H. Kahn, B. Tian, H. Vomel, F. W. Irion, H. Su, A. Eldering, M. de la Torre Juarez, J. Jiang, and V. Dang, 2008: Comparison of upper tropospheric water vapor measurements from the Microwave Limber Sounder and Atmospheric Infrared Sounder. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D22306, doi:10.1029/2008JD010000.
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• Zhang, Y., S. A. Klein, C. T. Liu, B. Tian, R. T. Marchand, J. M. Haynes, R. B. McCoy, Y. Zhang, and T. P. Ackerman, 2008: On the diurnal cycle of deep convection, high clouds and upper tropospheric water vapor in the Multi-scale Modeling Framework. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16105, doi:10.1029/2008JD009905.
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• Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, R. A. Kahn, Q. B. Li, Y. L. Yung, T. Tyranowski, I. V. Geogdzhavev, M. I. Mishchenko, O. Torres, and A. Smirnov, 2008: Does the Madden-Julian Oscillation influence aerosol variability?, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D12215, doi:10.1029/2007JD009372.
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• Schwartz, M. J., D. E. Waliser, B. Tian, D. L. Wu, J. H. Jiang, and W. G. Read, 2008: Characterization of MJO-related upper-tropospheric hydrological processes using MLS. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08812, doi:10.1029/2008GL033675.
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• Tian, B., Y. L. Yung, D. E. Waliser, T. Tyranowski, L. Kuai, E. J. Fetzer, and F. W. Irion, 2007: Intraseasonal variations of the tropical total ozone and their connection to the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L08704, doi:10.1029/2007GL029471.
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• Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, and E. J. Fetzer, 2006: Modulation of the diurnal cycle of tropical deep convective clouds by the MJO. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, L20704, doi:10.1029/2006GL027752.
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• Tian, B., D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, B. H. Lambrigtsen, Y. Yung, and B. Wang, 2006: Vertical moist thermodynamic structure and spatial-temporal evolution of the MJO in AIRS observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 2462-2485.
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• Tian, B., I. M. Held, N.-C. Lau, and B. J. Soden, 2005: Diurnal cycle of summertime deep convection over North America: A satellite perspective. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10108, doi:10.1029/2004JD005275.
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• Tian, B., B. J. Soden, and X. Wu, 2004: Diurnal cycle of convection, clouds, and water vapor in the tropical upper troposphere: Satellites versus a general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D10101, doi:10.1029/2003JD004117.
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• Tian, B., and V. Ramanathan, 2003: A simple moist tropical atmosphere model: The role of cloud radiative forcing. J. Climate, 16, 2086-2092.
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• Tian, B., and V. Ramanathan, 2002: Role of tropical clouds in surface and atmospheric energy budget. J. Climate, 15, 296-305.
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• Tian, B., G. J. Zhang, and V. Ramanathan, 2001: Heat balance in the Pacific warm pool atmosphere during TOGA COARE and CEPEX. J. Climate, 14, 1881-1894.
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• Tao, Z.-Y., H.-Q. Wang, W. Huang, and B. Tian, 1995: Structure evolution of typhoon No. 9216 after landing, Q. J. Appl. Meteor., 6, 146-152.
• Tao, Z.-Y., B. Tian, and W. Huang, 1994: Asymmetry structure and torrential rain of landing typhoon 9216, Q. J. Trop. Meteor., 10, 69-77.