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.  

24) Chen, W., D. Jiang, X. Lang, and Z. Tian, 2021: Understanding the cold biases of CMIP5 models over China with weather regimes. Advances in Climate Change Research, 12(3), 373–383, doi:10.1016/j.accre.2021.05.002.

25) Tian, Z., D. Hu, X. Lang, and D. Jiang, 2022: Index- and model-dependent projections of East Asian summer monsoon in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 simulations. International Journal of Climatology, 42(4), 2208–2224, doi:10.1002/joc.7361.

26) Hu, D., D. Jiang, Z. Tian, and X. Lang, 2022: How skillful was the projected temperature over China during 2002–2018? Science Bulletin, 67(10), 1077–1085, doi:10.1016/j.scib.2022.02.004.

27) Tian, Z., D. Jiang, R. Zhang, and B. Su, 2022: Transient climate simulations of the Holocene (version 1) – experimental design and boundary conditions. Geoscientific Model Development, 15(11), 4469–4487, doi:10.5194/gmd-15-4469-2022.

28) Shi, J., D. Jiang, Z. Tian, and X. Lang, 2022: Enhanced interannual variability in temperature during the Last Glacial Maximum. Journal of Climate, 35(18), 5933–5950, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0739.1.

29) Hu, D., D. Jiang, Z. Tian, and X. Lang, 2022: Weakened amplitude and delayed phase of the future temperature seasonal cycle over China during the twenty‐first century. International Journal of Climatology, 42(14), 7133–7145, doi:10.1002/joc.7634.

30) Chen, W., D. Jiang, X. Lang, and Z. Tian, 2022: Improved skill of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 over phase 5 models in reproducing weather regimes in East Asia. International Journal of Climatology, 42(16), 9271–9287, doi:10.1002/joc.7817.

31) Hu, D., Z. Tian, X. Lang, and D. Jiang, 2023: Limited skill of projected land precipitation by IPCC models during 2002−2020. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128(2), e2022JD037851, doi:10.1029/2022JD037851.

32) Shi, J., Z. Tian, X. Lang, and D. Jiang, 2023: Past to future drylands in China: A multimodel analysis using CMIP6 simulations. Journal of Climate, 36(8), 2735–2751, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0720.1.

33) Jiang, Z., C. M. Brierley, J. Bader, P. Braconnot, M. Erb, P. O. Hopcroft, D. Jiang, J. Jungclaus, V. Khon, G. lohmann, O. Marti, M. B. Osman, B. Otto-Bliesner, B. Schneider, X. Shi, D. J. R. Thornalley, Z. Tian, and Q. Zhang, 2023: No consistent simulated trends in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation for the past 6,000 years. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(10), e2023GL103078, doi:10.1029/2023GL103078.

34) Yu, L., D. Si, D. Jiang, Y. Ding, X. Shen, X. Lang, Q. Li, and Z. Tian, 2023: Tibetan Plateau booster effect on the influence of Atlantic multidecadal variability on the East Asian summer rainfall. Journal of Climate, 36(10), 3437–3452, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0472.1.

35) Tian, Z., and D. Jiang, 2023: Enhanced seasonality of surface air temperature over China during the mid-Holocene. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 16(5), 100393, doi:10.1016/j.aosl.2023.100393.

36) Yao, S., X. Lang, D. Si, and Z. Tian, 2023: Moisture sources of summer heavy precipitation in two spatial patterns over Northeast China during 1979–2021. Atmospheric Science Letters, 24(11), e1181, doi:10.1002/asl.1181.

37) Hu, D., Z. Tian, X. Lang, and D. Jiang, 2023: Regional difference in precipitation seasonality over China from CMIP6 projections.International Journal of Climatology, 43(13), 6179–6190, doi:10.1002/joc.8199.

38) Zhang, R., D. Jiang, S. Liu, C. Zhang, Z. Zhang, X. Li, Z. Tian, and J. Shi, 2024: Less dryland aridity during Pliocene warmth. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(2), e2023JD039371, doi:10.1029/2023JD039371.

39) Shi, J., Z. Tian, X. Lang, and D. Jiang, 2024: Projected changes in the interannual variability of surface air temperature using CMIP6 simulations. Climate Dynamics, 62(1), 431–446, doi:10.1007/s00382-023-06923-3.

40) Tian, Z., 2024: Revisiting East Asian monsoon change during the Last Glacial Maximum using PMIP4 simulations. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 17(3), 100467, doi:10.1016/j.aosl.2024.100467.

41) Wang, T., Z. Tian, and D. Jiang, 2024: Changes in the Asian ITCZ during the Last Interglacial, the Last Glacial Maximum, and the mid-Holocene. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(16), e2023JD040212, doi:10.1029/2023JD040212.

42) Shi, J., Z. Tian, X. Lang, and D. Jiang, 2025: Summer amplification of interannual variability changes in surface air temperature during the last interglacial period. Global and Planetary Change, 249, 104787, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.104787.

43) Tian, Z., D. Jiang, and J. Shi, 2026: Global patterns of increasing interannual variability of surface air temperature throughout the Holocene. Journal of Climate, 39(1), 315–332, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0863.1.

44) Fan, W., Z. Tian, and D. Jiang, 2006: Added values of CMIP5 models in reducing the uncertainty range of future projections over China using unequal-weighted average. Journal of Climate, 39(7), 1657–1667, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0443.1.


Students

已指导学生

胡丹  博士研究生  070601-气象学  

现指导学生

范雯露  博士研究生  070601-气象学  

秦月凡  博士研究生  070601-气象学