Xiaoming Sun

Research Associate

Xiaoming Sun

Room 2447A, CIEMAS Fitzpatrick Bldg.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708

Phone: 919-660-5557
E-mail: xiaoming.sun@duke.edu

Research Interests

Atmospheric convection

Tropical meteorology and tropical cyclones

Land-atmosphere interactions over complex terrain

Numerical modeling and data analysis

Skills

  • Models: WRF, HRLDAS, CLM
  • Languages: C/C++, Fortran, Perl
  • Software: NCL, Matlab, HYSPLIT
  • Training: WRF Tutorial (WRF, WRF-Var, and MET), Boulder, CO, Jan. 26 to Feb. 6, 2009.

Certificate

  • Software Engineer Certificate (Senior Engineer), China Ministry of Information Industry and Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2002.

Publications

  • Sun, X., and A. P. Barros, 2014b: Impact of Amazonian evapotranspiration on moisture transport and convection along the eastern flanks of the Andes. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., Major Revision.

  • Sun, X., and A. P. Barros, 2014a: Isolating the role of surface evapotranspiration on moist convection along the eastern flanks of the tropical Andes using a quasi-idealized approach. J. Atmos. Sci., doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0048.1. (http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JAS-D-14-0048.1)

  • Sun, X., and A. P. Barros, 2013: High resolution simulation of Tropical Storm Ivan (2004) in the Southern Appalachians: Role of planetary boundary layer schemes and cumulus parameterization. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., doi: 10.1002/qj.2255. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.2255/full)

  • Sun, X., and A. P. Barros, 2010: An evaluation of the statistics of rainfall extremes in rain gauge observations, satellite-based and reanalysis products using Universal Multifractals. J. Hydrometeor., 11, 388-404. doi: 10.1175/2009JHM1142.1. (http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/2009JHM1142.1)

  • Sun, X., and G. Wang, 2008: Comparing the ability of a genetic algorithm based clustering analysis and a physically based dynamic vegetation model to predict vegetation distribution, J. Geophys. Res., 113, G03007, doi:10.1029/2007JG000655. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2007JG000655/abstract)

Conferences

  • Sun, X., and A. P. Barros, 2014: Isolating the role of evapotranspiration on regional moisture transport and precipitation on the eastern flanks of the Andes. 94th AMS Annual Meeting, Feb. 2-6, 2014, Atlanta, GA.
  • Sun, X., and A. P. Barros, 2013: Atmospheric feedbacks of LULC change on hydrometeorological aridity in regions of complex terrain in South America. 93rd AMS Annual Meeting, Jan. 5-10, 2013, Austin, TX.
  • Sun, X., and A. P. Barros, 2012: On the high resolution simulation of Tropical Storm Ivan (2004) in the Southern Appalachians: Sensitivity to planetary boundary layer schemes and the impact of cumulus parameterization. 92nd AMS Annual Meeting, Jan. 22-26, 2012, New Orleans, LA.
  • Sun, X., and A. P. Barros, 2011: The impact of tree line shifts on orographic cloud habits over the Andes. 91st AMS Annual Meeting, Jan. 23-27, 2011, Seattle, WA.
  • Sun, X., and A. P. Barros, 2010: Dynamical downscaling of Tropical Storm Ivan in the Southern Appalachians. 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 13-17, 2010, San Francisco, CA.
  • Barros, A. P., and X. Sun, 2010: Using dynamical downscaling to elucidate the role of orography in modulating tropical storms in the Southern Appalachians, IPC10, Jun. 23-25, 2010, Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Barros, A. P., O. P. Prat, X. Sun, D. H. Kang, and J. Brun, 2010: Precipitation regimes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Observation and modeling. 2010 Great Smoky Mountains National Park Science Colloquium, Mar. 4, 2010, Gatlinburg, TN.
  • Prat, O. P., A. P. Barros, and X. Sun, 2009: Characterizing the scaling behavior of rainfall using imperfect data. 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 14-18, 2009, San Francisco, CA.
  • Barros, A. P., O. P. Prat, D. K. Miller, D. H. Kang, A. Wilson, X. Sun, and J. Tao, 2009: On the 4D structure of orographic precipitation in the Southern Appalachians: Hydrometeorology and hydrology of the Great Smoky Mountains. 2009 NASA PMM Science Team Meeting, Oct. 26-29, 2009, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Sun, X. and A. P. Barros, 2009: An evaluation of the statistics of rainfall extremes in satellite-based and reanalysis products using Universal Multifractals. EGU General Assembly 2009, Apr. 19-24, 2009, Vienna, Austria.
  • Barros, A. P., X. Sun, and B. Mackey, 2009: Challenges and Opportunities in Physically-Based Downscaling of Rainfall - Toward Hydrological Consequence. EGU General Assembly 2009, Apr. 19-24, 2009, Vienna, Austria.
  • Barros, P. Ana, O. P. Prat, X. Sun, P. Shrestha, and D. Miller, Toward Characterizing the 4D Structure of Precipitation at the Headwater Catchment Scale in Mountainous Regions. EGU General Assembly 2009, Apr. 19-24, 2009, Vienna, Austria.
  • Sun, X. and A. P. Barros, Practical challenges on the estimation of Universal Multifractal parameters of rainfall observations, 2008 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 15-19, 2008, San Francisco, CA.