CURRICULUM VITAE
LIAN XIE

Professor
Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC 27695-8208, U.S.A.

Tel. OFFICE (Research III) (919) 515-1435 -

 Fax: (919) 515-7802 or (919) 515-1683

lian_xie@ncsu.edu - EMAIL

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Computer Modeling of Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Systems;
• Air-Sea Interactions;
• Coastal (Storm Surge) and Inland Flooding Modeling;
• Marine Meteorology (Hurricanes, Coastal Fronts and Coastal Cyclones);
• Climate Modeling;
• Impact of Climate Variability and Environment on Ecosystem and Health.

CURRENT AND RECENT RESEARCH GRANTS:

a)     Current Grants:

     Serve as PI and Co-PI on 12 current grants (active between 2003 and 2004) totaling $7.1 million. 

#	Investigators	Project Title	Source	Type of award	Funding Amount ($)	Project Duration (Start/End Dates)
1	Pietrafesa, Xie	Climate and Weather Impacts on Society and the Environment.	NOAA	N	1.575 million	09/03 - 08/07
2	Xie	Intercontinental Transport of air pollution	EPA	R	40,000	07/03 – 07/04
3	Pietrafesa, Xie	Carolinas Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System	NOAA	N	2.4 million	06/02 - 05/04
4	Pietrafesa, Xie	Coastal Ocean Research and Monitoring Program (CORMP)	NOAA	N	550,000	06/02 – 05/04
5	Semazzi, Xie	Variability of the eastern Africa regional coupled climate system.	NSF	R	555,875	09/01 – 08/04
6	Lackmman, Riordan, Xie	Improving cold season quantitative precipitation forecasting in the Carolinas and Virginia	NOAA	N	375,000	07/03 – 06/06
7	Pietrafesa, Xie, Morrison, Dickey	Determination of a recruitment index	NOAA	R	75,000	09/02 – 08/04
8	Morrison, Xie, Kamykowsky	Connectivity and Upwelling Dynamics In the Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR)	NASA	N	1million	05/04 – 04/07
9	Jin and Xie	Development of a sediment transport model for Chesapeake Bay adjacent to the lower and upper western shore of Maryland	VIMS	N	10,000	3/04 – 02/06
10	Dickey, Xie, Pietrafesa	Project IFLOW – Storm surge model integration component	Sea Grant	N	60,000	08/03 – 07/04
11	Xie	Support for international workshop on dust storms and their effects on human health	USDA	C	5,000	10/02 – 07/03
12	Pietrafesa, Xie	A Risk Assessment Tool: Predicting Coastal Flooding for Operational Purposes	NOAA	C	465,000	01/01 – 12/03

       Grant types: R=Renewal; N=New; C=Continuing.

b)     Recent Grants:

• 1) "WOCE AIMS: Northern Indian Ocean Data Analysis and Sythesis", NSF, $400,000. 3/1/2000-2/28/2003 (Morrison, Xie).
• 2) "A Numerical Simulation Study of the Coupling between Lake Victoria and the Regional Climate over Estern Africa", NSF, $199,036, 10/1/1999-9/31/2001 (Semazzi, Xie).
• 3) "Improving Forecasts of Topographically-Forced Weather in the Carolinas and Virgina", NOAA, $375,000, 5/1/2000-4/30/2003 (Riordan, Lackmann, Xie).
• 5) "Facility for Ocean and Atmosphere Modeling and Visualization" (FOAMV), IBM Environmental Research Program, 1/1/1993- 12/31/1997, $1,960,000 - (Morrison, Semazzi, Xie, Lin, Raman, Shaw).
• 6) "Modeling the Teleconnection of Sahel Rainfall and Global SST Anomaly", NOAA Atlantic Climate Program, 5/1/1995 - 4/30/1998, $183,105 (Semazzi, Lin, Shaw, Xie).
• 7) "Testing Hydrodynamic Predictions of Larval Recuitment Limitation and identification of Early Juvenile Source Habitats", NOAA UNC Sea Grant College Program, 1996 -1998, $69,429 (Eggleston, Xie).
• 8) "Understanding Population Dynamics of the Blue Crab in North Carolina: An Integrated Modeling, Field Research, and Educational Outreach Program", NOAA UNC Sea Grant College Program, 1998 - 2000, $94,642, (D. Eggleston, Xie).
• 9) "A Numerical Study of Interactions between Mesoscale Convective Systems and Ocean Mixed Layer in the Western Pacific Warm Pool Region Using a Nested-Grid Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Model", NSF, 4/1/1997-3/31/2001, $296,906, (Raman, Xie).
• 10) "Incorporation of Surface Wave Effects into an Ocean Circulation Model", ONR, 5/1/1998-4/30/2001, $299,572, (Xie, Pietrafesa).
• 11) "Real-Time Data for Critical Decisions about NC's Coastal Waters: Proof of Concept". Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, 6/1/1997-5/31/2001, $64,906 (Wolcott, Pietrafesa, Xie).

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

• 7/1992: Ph.D. (Meteorology and Physical Oceanography), University of Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL, USA. Specializing in Air-Sea Interactions.
• 1/1985: M.S. (Meteorology), Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China. Specializing in Tropical Meteorology.
• 7/1982: B.Sci., (Meteorology), Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China. Specializing in Severe Storms.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND AWARDS

Co-Chair, Sino-US Workshop on Dust Storms and Their Effects on Human Health, Raleigh, NC. November 25-26, 2002 (Co-sponsored by NASA, NOAA, EPA, NIEHS, and USDA-Forest Services)

2000 - 2004: Editorial Board, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.

1998 - 2000: Associate Editor, Weather and Forecasting.

1996 - 1997: Member of U.S. Weather Research Program Prospectus Development Team on Landfalling Hurricanes (PDT5).

1995 - 1996: Member of U.S. Weather Research Program Prospectus Development Team on Coastal Meteorology (PDT3).

1998: National Weather Service Certificate of Appreciation Award.

2003: National Weather Service Award for Collaborative Research.

2002 – present: Departmental representative to the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences’ Computer Committee, North Carolina State University.

2000 – present: Chair, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences’ Computing and network Facility Committee. North Carolina State University.

2003 -  present: Member of PAMS Computing Commitee

Member of American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma-Xi.

COURSES TAUGHT:

• Air-Sea Interaction (MEA 721)
• Tropical Meteorology (MEA593A)
• General Atmospheric Circulation (MEA593T)
• Marine Meteorology (MEA467)
• Atmospheric Dynamics I (MEA 421)
• Atmospheric Physics (MEA 312)

GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED

• Xuejin Zhang (Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, current).
• Xiaoming Liu (Ph.D., Oceanography, current).
• Tingzhuang Yan (Ph.D., Oceanography, current).
• Binyu Wang (Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciecnes, current).
• Meng Xia (Ph.D., Oceanography, current).
• Huiqing Liu (Ph.D., Oceanography, current).
• Joshua Palmer (M.Sci., Atmospheric Sciecnes, current).
• Meredith Croke (M.Sci., Atmospheric Sciences, current).
• Jamie Wirth (M.Sci., Atmospheric Sciences, current).
• Peng Su (M.Sci., Atmospheric Sciences, current).
• Douglas Hilderbrand (M.S., Meteorology, 2002), Thesis topic: “Regional Assessment of Hurricane Risks”.
• Robert Bright (M.S., Meteorology, 2003), Thesis topic: “Impact of the Gulf Stream on Hurricane Intensity Change”.
• Machuan Peng (Ph.D., Marine Sciences, 2002), Thesis topic: “Modeling the 3-Dimensional Circulation in North Carolina Coastal Waters”.
• Shaowu Bao (Ph.D., Meteorology, 2002), Thesis topic: “Air-sea Interaction in the Western Pacific Warm Pool”.
• Yi Song (Ph.D., Meteorology, 2001), Thesis topic: “Interaction between Lake Victoria and East Africa Regional Climate”.
• Vijay Manghnani (Ph.D., Marine Sciences, 2000), Thesis topic: “Analysis and modeling of Indian Ocean circulation and its variability”.
• Hao Jin (Ph.D., Meteorology, 1998), Thesis topic: “Numerical modeling of mesoscale air-sea interaction”.
• Douglas Schneider (M.S., Meteorology, 1998), Thesis topic: “Comparison between Hurricane Fran and Opal”.

As Advising Committee Member for:

• Wendy Sellers (M.S., Meteorology)
• Keith Contre (M.S., Meteorology)
• Richard Anyah (Ph.D., Meteorology)
• Nathalie Reyn (Ph.D., Marine Science)
• Michael Brennan (Ph.D., Meteorology)
• Bowei Xu (Ph.D., graduated)
• Matayo Indeje (Ph.D., graduated)
• Yihua Wu, Ph.D., Graduated, Employed by EPA.
• Xiaofeng Li, Ph.D., Graduated, Employed by NOAA.
• Bignami Francisco, Ph.D., Graduated, Employed by NCSU.
• Liqiang Sun, Ph.D., Graduated, Employed by Script Institute of Oceanography.
• George Pouliot, M.S., Graduated, Continuing Ph.D.
• Suman Rao, M.S., Graduated, Employment status unknown.
• Ted Melton, M.S., Graduated, Employed by U.S. Air Force.

PUBLICATIONS:

Over 100 publications in referreed journals, scientific monographs, and conference proceedings, including major journals such as Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Marine Research, and Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.

Papers in Review

 

1.       Xu, X., L. Xie, X. Shi and Q. Miao, 2004: Regional decadal climatic changes in China from 1861-200. J. of Climate, (in review).

2.       Xu, X. and L. Xie, 2004: The Beijing City Air Pollution Observation Experiment (BECAPEX). Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, (in review).

3.       Xie, L. and T. Yan, 2004: The climatology and interannual variability of West Pacific typhoon tracks. J. of Climate, (in review).

4.       Xie, L., T. Yan, L. J. Pietrafesa, J. Morrison, and T. Karl, 2004: The climatology and interannual variability of regional hurricane landfall frequency and its association with North Atlantic hurricane tracks. J. of Climate, (in review).

5.       Guan, C. and L. Xie, 2004: A unified linear parameterization of the drag coefficient over the surface of the ocean. J. Physical Oceanography, (conditionally accepted, in revision).

6.       Guan, C., L. Xie, and L.J. Pietrafesa, 2004: Effect of depth-induced wave breaking on computation of wind waves generated by hurricanes in coastal ocean. J. Geophysical Research, (in review).

7.       Peng, M., L. Xie, L. J. Pietrafesa, 2004: Simulation of storm surge and inundation in Charleston Harbor during Hurricane Hugo 1989 Using A Three-dimensional nested-grid hydrodynamic model. J. Geophysical Research, (in review).

8.       Bright, R., L. Xie, L.J. Pietrafesa, D.A. Dickey, 2004: An intensity prediction scheme for tropical cyclones over the Gulf Stream. Weather and Forecasting, (in review).

 

Refereed Journal Papers and Book Chapters on Hurricanes, Hurricane Impacts and Tropical Air-Sea Interactions

9.       Xie, L., L.J. Pietrafesa, and M. Peng, 2004: Incorporation of a mass-conserving inundation scheme into a three-dimensional storm surge model.  J. Coastal Research, 20, 282-296.

10.    Bao, S., L. Xie and S. Raman, 2004: A numerical study of a TOGA-COARE Squall-line using a coupled mesocale atmosphere-ocean model. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, (in press).

11.    Peng, M., L. Xie, and L.J. Pietrafesa, 2004: A numerical study of storm surge and inundation in the Croatan-Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary System. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 59, 121-137.

12.    Song, Y., F. Semazzi, L. Xie, and L. Ogallo, 2004: A coupled regional climate model for the Lake Victoria basin of East Africa. International J. of Climatology, 24, 57-75.

13.    Bao, S. S. Raman, and L. Xie, 2003: Numerical simulation of the response of the ocean surface layer to precipitation. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 160, 2419-2446.

14.    Xie, L., L.J. Pietrafesa, and K. Wu, 2003: A numerical study of wave-current interaction through surface and bottom stresses: Coastal ocean response to Hurricane Fran 1996.  J. Geophys. Res., 108, (C2, 3049).

15.    Bright, R., L. Xie, and L. J. Pietrafesa, 2002: Evidence of the Gulf Stream's influence on tropical cyclone intensity. Geophysical Research Letters, 29, 48/1-48/4.

16.    Xie, L., L.J. Pietrafesa, and K. Wu, 2002: Interannual and decadal variability of landfalling tropical cyclones in the Southeast coastal states of the United States. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 19, 677-686.

17.    Xie, L., L.J. Pietrafesa, C. Zhang, 1999: Subinertial Response of the Gulf Stream system to Hurricane Fran 1996. Geophysical research Letters, 26, 3457-3460.

18.    Xie, L., L.J. Pietrafesa E. Bohn, C. Zhang, and X. Li, 1998: Evidence and mechanism of hurricane Fran-induced oceanic cooling in the Charleston trough. Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 769-772.

19.    Pietrafesa, L.J., L. Xie, J. Morrison, G.S. Janowitz, J. Pelissier, K. Keeter, and R. Neuherz, 1997: Numerical modeling of the storm surge in and around the Croatan-Albemarle-Pamlico estuary system by hurricane Emily of August 1993. Mausam, 48, 567-578.

20.    Marks, F.D., L.K. Shay, G. Barnes, P. Black, M. DeMaria, B. McCaul, J. Molinari, M. Montgomery, M. Powell, J.D. Smith, B. Tuleya, G. Tripoli, Lian Xie and R. Zehr, 1997: Landfalling tropical cyclones: Forecast problems and associated research opportunities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 79, 305-318.

 

Refereed Journal Papers and Book Chapters on Regional Climate Variability and Modeling

 

21.    Song, Y., F. Semazzi, L. Xie, and L.J. Ogallo, 2004: A coupled regional climate model for Lake Victoria basin of east Africa. International Journal of Climate, 24, 57-75.

22.    Song, Y., F. Semazzi, and L. Xie, 2002: Development of a coupled regional climate simulation model for the Lake Victoria basin.  In The East African great Lakes: Limnology, Paleolimnology and Biodiversity, E.O Odada and D.O. Olago (eds.) Kluwer Academic Publishers, 153-186.

23.    Indeje, M., F. Semazzi, L. Xie, and J. Ogallo, 2001: Mechanistic simulations of the East Africa climate using NCAR Regional Climate Model: The influence of large-scale orography on the Turkano low-level jet. J. of Climate, 14, 2710-2724.

24.    Zhu Q. and Lian Xie, 1988: 1986-87 Northern winter Asia/Australia circulation anomalies with their relation to the western Pacific SST. J. Tropical Meteorology, 4, 254-262.

25.    Xie Lian and Q. Zhu, 1987: The numerical experiments for sensitivity of the South China Sea monsoon activity to differential heating in summer. Collected Papers of Meteorological Science and Technology, No. 10 (Monsoon Meteorology), China Meteorology Press, Beijing, 183-194.

26.    Tang, D. and Lian Xie, 1986: Numerical experiments of the effects of diabatic heating on the low-level cross-equatorial flows. J. Tropical Meteorology, 2, 311-319.

27.    Xie, Lian, 1986: A diagnostic study of the South China Sea monsoonal circulation during 1986 summer. J. Nanjing Inst. of Meteorology, 1986, 2, 129-135.

 

Refereed Journal Papers and Book Chapters on Coastal Air-Sea Interaction and Marine Environment Modeling and Prediction

 

28.    Pietrafesa, L.J., C.N. Flagg, L. Xie, G.L. Weatherly, J.M. Morrison, 2002: The winter/spring 1996 OMP current, meteorological, sea state and coastal sea level fields, Deep-Sea Research, 49, 4331-4354.

29.    Pietrafesa, L.J. Xie, L., D. Dickey, M. Peng, S.Bao. 2003. The North Carolina State University coastal and estuary storm surge and flood prediction system. Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, 4, 100-109.

30.    Xie, L., L.J. Pietrafesa, and D. Dickey, 2002: The mathematical architecture for a coastal estuary modeling and environmental prediction system.  Solutions to Coastal Disasters, 441-455.

31.    Pietrafesa, L.J., L. Xie, E. Buckley, D. Hilderbrand, M. Peng, 2002: The need for a coastal estuary/inland flood risk index. Chapter in Computer Simulation in Hazard and Risk Mitigation. Wit Press.

32.    Xie, L., K. Wu, L.J. Pietrafesa, and C. Zhang, 2001: A numerical study of wave-current interaction through surface and bottom stresses: Part I: Wind-driven circulation in the South Atlantic Bight under uniform winds.  J. Geophys. Res., 106, 16841-16856.

33.    Pietrafesa, L.J., D. Dickey, L. Xie, 2001: Flooding due to Hurricanes Dennis and floyd.  Chapter 2 in Environmental and Socio-economic impacts of Hurricane Floyd.  Carolina Coastal Press.

34.    Xie, L., L.J. Pietrafesa, 1999: Systemwide modeling of wind and density driven circulation in the Croatan-Albemarle Pamlico estury system. Part I: Model configuration and testing. J. Coastal Research, 15, 1163-1177.

35.    Xie, L., and D. Eggleston, 1999: Computer simulation of wind-induced esturine circulation pattern and estury-shelf exchange processes: The potential role of wind forcing on larval transport. Esturine, Coastal and Shelf Sciences, 49, 221-234.

36.    Xie, Lian, L.J. Pietrafesa and S. Raman, 1997: Interaction between surface wind and ocean circulation in the Carolina Capes in a coupled low-order model. Continental Shelf Research, 17, 1483-1511.

37.    Xie, Lian, L.J. Pietrafesa and S. Raman, 1997: Coastal ocean-atmosphere coupling. Chapter 11, Coastal Ocean Prediction, CRC Press. C.N.K. Mooers edited.