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Research Scientist at Earth Prediction Advancement Division (EPAD)
Xia Sun works on the Unified Forecast System (UFS) Weather Models and the Common Community Physics Package (CCPP). Xia is interested in topics aiming at improving the forecasting of high-impact weather events and air quality. Specifically, she has research experiences in land-atmosphere interactions, boundary layer structures, atmospheric composition, and wildfire smoke exposure assessment.
Research Interests
Physics parameterization improvement in numerical weather prediction models
Land-atmosphere interactions
Turbulent mixing and boundary layer meteorology
Air quality modeling
Interdisciplinary research to investigate air pollution and extreme weather events impacts on public health
Education
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, University of Nevada, Reno, 05/2019
M.S. in Atmospheric Physics and Environment, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China, 06/2013
B.S in Atmospheric Physics and Environment, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China, 06/2010
Experience
Research Scientist at NOAA/GSL, Developmental Testbed Center, CIRES at CU Boulder, 12/2019-present
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Nevada, Reno, 07/2019-11/2019
Meteorologist, Hebei Meteorological Disaster Prevention Center, Shijiazhuang, China, 07/2013-12/2015
Peer-Reviewed Publications (Selected)
X. Sun, H. A. Holmes, and H. Xiao (2020). Surface turbulent fluxes during Persistent Cold Air Pool Events in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Part II: Simulations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2020, 59(6): 1029-1050. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0250.1
X. Sun, H. A. Holmes (2019). Surface turbulent fluxes during Persistent Cold Air Pool Events in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah. Part I: Observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 58(12), 2553–2568. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-19-0053.1
X. Sun, H. A. Holmes, O. O. Osibanjo, Y. Sun, and C. E. Ivey (2017). Evaluation of surface fluxes in the WRF model: case study for farmland in rolling terrain. Atmosphere, 8(10), 197. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8100197
S. Kong, B. Wen, K. Chen, Y. Yin, L. Li, Q. Li, ... & X. Sun (2014). Ion chemistry for atmospheric Size-segregated Aerosol and depositions at an offshore site of Yangtze River Delta region, China. Atmospheric Research, 147, 205-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.05.018
X. Sun, Y. Yin, Y. Sun, Y. Sun, W. Liu, and Y. Han (2013). Seasonal and vertical variations in aerosol distribution over Shijiazhuang, China. Atmospheric Environment, 81, 245-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.08.009
