General Information:
Name: Xianjie Cao, Associate Professor, Master's Supervisor
Address: College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, NO. 222, Tianshui South Road, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China
E-mail: caoxj@lzu.edu.cn
Office: No. 2205 of Guanyun Building
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy: 2005-2010, Lanzhou University, China, Major in the Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment
Bachelor: 2001-2005, Lanzhou University, China, Major in the Atmospheric Sciences
Publications:
1. Wang J., Cao X.*, Li M., Tang C., Zhang Z., Zhang H., Tian P., Liang J., Zhang L., Shi J., Optical characteristics of aerosol and its potential sources over Nam Co in the Tibetan Plateau during Asian summer monsoon period, Atmospheric Environment, 2023, 298, 119611.
2. Li M., Cao X.*, Zhang Z., Ji H., Zhang M., Guo Y., Tian P., Liang J., Optical properties and vertical distribution of aerosols using polarization lidar and sun photometer over Lanzhou Suburb in Northwest China, Remote Sensing, 2023,15, 4927.
3. Cao X.*, Lu G., Li M., Wang J., Statistical characteristics of cloud heights over Lanzhou, China from multiple years of micro-pulse lidar observation, Atmosphere, 2021, 12, 1415.
4. Gao X., Cao X.*, Wang J., Guo Q., Du T., Zhang L., Analysis of aerosol optical properties in a Lanzhou suburb of China, Atmospheric Research, 2020, 246, 105098.
5. Gao X., Cao X.*, Tian P., Zhang L., Huang Z., Zhou T., Combined observation of a dust storm over the Loess Plateau using a dual-wavelength lidar and an aethalometer, Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2017, 8, 1103-1112.
6. Cao X.*, Liang J., Tian P., Zhang L., Quan X., Liu W., The mass concentration and optical properties of black carbon aerosols over a semi-arid region in the northwest of China, Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2014, 5, 601-609.
7. Cao X., Wang Z., Tian P., Wang J., Zhang L.*, Quan X., Statistics of aerosol extinction coefficient profiles and optical depth using lidar measurement over Lanzhou, China since 2005-2008, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 2013, 122, 150-154.
8. Cao X., Zhang L.*, Quan X., Zhou B., Bao J., Li X., Lidar measurements for comparison of atmospheric aerosol extinction and scattering properties over Lanzhou, China, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2012, 137, 256-261.
9. Zhang L.*, Cao X., Bao J., Zhou B., Huang J., Shi J., Bi J., A case study of dust aerosol radiative properties over Lanzhou, China, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2010, 10, 4283-4293.
10. Cao X., Zhang L.*, Li X., Shi J., Xu J., Huang J., Zhang W., Analyses on aerosol absorption and scattering properties in Zhangye Region, Plateau Meteorology, 2010, 29(5), 1246-1253. (In Chinese)
11. Cao X., Zhang L.*, Zhou B., Bao J., Shi J., Bi J., Lidar measurement of dust aerosol radiative property over Lanzhou, Plateau Meteorology, 2009, 28(5), 1115-1120. (In Chinese)
12. Tian P., Yu Z., Cui C., Huang J., Kang C., Shi J., Cao X., Zhang L.*, Atmospheric aerosol size distribution impacts radiative effects over the Himalayas via modulating aerosol single-scattering albedo, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2023, 6(54).
13. Zeng H., Tian P., Zhang M., Cao X., Liang J., Zhang L.*, Rapid Change in Surface-Based Temperature Inversions across the World during the Last Three Decades, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2022, 61, 175-184.
14. Guan X., Zhang N., Tian P. *, Tang C., Zhang Z., Wang L., Zhang Y., Zhang M., Guo Y., Du T., Cao X., Liang J., Zhang L., Wintertime vertical distribution of black carbon and single scattering albedo in a semi-arid region derived from tethered balloon observations, Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 807, 150790.
15. Guo Q., Cao X., Liang J., Zhang Z., Zhang M., Zhang L.*, The response of cloud-precipitation recycling in China to global warming, Remote Sensing, 2021, 13, 1601.
16. Wang M., Tian P.*, Wang L., Yu Z., Du T., Chen Q., Guan X., Guo Y., Zhang M., Tang C., Chang Y., Shi J., Liang J., Cao X., Zhang L., High contribution of vehicle emissions to fine particulate pollutions in Lanzhou, Northwest China based on high-resolution online data source appointment, Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 798, 149310.
17. Zhang M., Tian P., Zeng H., Wang L., Liang J., Cao X., Zhang L.*, A Comparison of Wintertime Atmospheric Boundary Layer Heights Determined by Tethered Balloon Soundings and Lidar at the Site of SACOL, Remote sensing, 2021, 13, 1781.
18. Zhang L., Tang C., Huang J., Du T., Guan X., Tian P.*, Shi J., Cao X., Huang Z., Guo Q., Zhang H., Wang M., Zeng H., Wang F., Dolkar P., Unexpected high absorption of atmospheric aerosols over a western Tibetan Plateau site in summer, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2021, 126, e2020JD033286.
19. Guo Q., Liang J., Cao X., Zhang Z., Zhang L.*, Spatiotemporal Evolution of Evapotranspiration in China after 1998, Water, 2020, 12, 3250.
20. Tian P., Zhang L.*, Cao X., Sun N., Mo X., Liang J., Li X., Gao X., Zhang B., Enhanced Bottom-of-the-Atmosphere Cooling and Atmosphere Heating Efficiency by Mixed-Type Aerosols: A Classification Based on Aerosol Nonsphericity, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2018, 75, 113-124
21. Tian P., Cao X., Zhang L.*, Sun N., Logan T., Shi J., Wang Y., Ji Y., Lin Y., Huang Z., Zhou T., Shi Y., Zhang R., Aerosol vertical distribution and optical properties over China from long-term satellite and ground-based remote sensing, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2017, 17, 2509-2523.
22. Tian P., Cao X., Zhang L.*, Wang H., Shi J., Huang Z., Zhou T., Liu H., Observation and simulation study of atmospheric aerosol nonsphericity over the Loess Plateau in northwest China, Atmospheric Environment, 2015, 117, 212-219.
23. Tian P., Cao X., Liang J., Zhang L.*, Yi N., Wang L., Cheng X., Improved empirical mode decomposition based denoising method for lidar signals, Optics Communications, 2014, 325, 54-59.
Research Grants:
1. Morphology and radiative effects of aerosols in western China, Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province, 2023.07-2026.06, Principal Investigator.
2. Research on the inter-influence between heavy pollution accumulation and synoptic and climatic processes in China, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2016.01-2017.12, Principal Investigator.
3. Observation study of black carbon and dust aerosol depolarization properties over Lanzhou, China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013.01-2015.12, Principal Investigator.
4. Researching the extinction properties of atmospheric aerosols over Lanzhou using Lidar measurement, Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, 2011.01-2012.12, Principal Investigator.
5. Researching the radiative properties of aerosols over Lanzhou using Lidar measurement, Arid Meteorology Scientific Research Fund of Gansu Province, 2007.08-2009.08, Principal Investigator.
6. Dust aerosols and their climatic and environmental effects, the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP), Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, 2019.09-2024.10, Participant.
7. Lidar for the detection of temperature, humidity and vertical velocity under the cloud to research the cloud potential precipitation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2017.01-2021.12, Participant.
8. Research on the temporal and spatial distribution of air water resources and location selection and opportunity for artificial precipitation and snow, National Key R&D Program of China, 2017.01-2020.12, Participant.
9. Atmospheric turbulence in the stable boundary layer over complex terrain of semiarid region in the Loess Plateau, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015.01-2018.12, Participant.
10. Interactions between atmospheric chemical processes and climate and stratosphere and troposphere, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013.01-2016.12, Participant.
