Shang-Ping Xie

Professor of Meteorology and
Co-Leader for IPRC Indo-Pacific Climate Theme


Full List of Publications

Selected Publications

  • Minobe, S., A. Kuwano-Yoshida, N. Komori, S.-P. Xie, and R.J. Small, 2008: Influence of the Gulf Stream on the troposphere. Nature, 452, 206-209. [Cover & Abstract]
  • Xie, S.-P., T. Miyama, Y. Wang, H. Xu, S.P. de Szoeke, R.J. Small, K.J. Richards, T. Mochizuki, and T. Awaji, 2007: A regional ocean-atmosphere model for eastern Pacific climate: Towards reducing tropical biases. J. Climate, 20, 1504-1522. [pdf]
  • Xie, S.-P., H. Xu, N.H. Saji, Y. Wang, and W.T. Liu, 2006: Role of narrow mountains in large-scale organization of Asian monsoon convection. J. Climate, 19, 3420-3429. [pdf]
  • Xie, S.-P., H. Xu, W.S. Kessler, and M. Nonaka, 2005: Air-sea interaction over the eastern Pacific warm pool: Gap winds, thermocline dome, and atmospheric convection. J. Climate, 18, 5-25. [pdf]
  • Xie, S.-P., H. Annamalai, F.A. Schott and J.P. McCreary, 2002: Structure and mechanisms of South Indian Ocean climate variability. J. Climate, 15, 864-878. [pdf]
  • Xie, S.-P., W.T. Liu, Q. Liu and M. Nonaka, 2001: Far-reaching effects of the Hawaiian Islands on the Pacific Ocean-atmosphere system. Science, 292, 2057-2060. [pdf] >>> Press Coverage
  • Xie, S.-P., T. Kunitani, A. Kubokawa, M. Nonaka and S. Hosoda, 2000: Interdecadal thermocline variability in the North Pacific for 1958-1997: A GCM simulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 2798-2813. [pdf]
  • Xie, S.-P. and Y. Tanimoto, 1998: A pan-Atlantic decadal climate oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2185-2188. [pdf]
  • Xie, S.-P., 1994: On the genesis of the equatorial annual cycle. J. Climate, 7, 2008-2013. [pdf]
  • Xie, S.-P. and S.G.H. Philander, 1994: A coupled ocean-atmosphere model of relevance to the ITCZ in the eastern Pacific. Tellus, 46A, 340-350. [pdf]
  • Review Articles

  • Schott, F.A., S.-P. Xie, and J.P. McCreary, 2008: Indian Ocean circulation and climate variability. Rev. Geophys., in press, doi:10.1029/2007RG000245. [pdf]
  • Chang, P., T. Yamagata, P. Schopf, S. K. Behera, J.A. Carton, W. S. Kessler, G. Meyers, T. Qu, F.A. Schott, S. Shetye, and S.-P. Xie, 2006: Climate fluctuations of tropical coupled system: The role of ocean dynamics. J. Climate, 19, 5122-5174. [pdf]
  • Xie, S.-P., 2004: Satellite observations of cool ocean-atmosphere interaction. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 195-208. [Download] >>> BAMS cover
  • Xie, S.-P., 2004: The shape of continents, air-sea interaction, and the rising branch of the Hadley circulation. In The Hadley Circulation: Past, Present and Future, H. F. Diaz and R. S. Bradley (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 121-152. [pdf]
  • Wang, C., S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, 2004: A global survey of ocean-atmosphere and climate variability. In Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and J.A. Carton (eds.), Geophysical Monograph, 147, AGU, Washington D.C., 1-19. [pdf]
  • Xie, S.-P. and J.A. Carton, 2004: Tropical Atlantic variability: Patterns, mechanisms, and impacts. In Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, C. Wang, S.-P. Xie and J.A. Carton (eds.), Geophysical Monograph, 147, AGU, Washington D.C., 121-142. [pdf]
  • Research Interest:

    Large-scale ocean-atmosphere interaction, Climate dynamics, General circulation of the atmosphere and oceans, scientific interpretation of satellite observations
  • What Keeps the ITCZ North of the Equator?
  • Coupled Aspect of Atlantic Ocean-Atmosphere Variability
  • Pacific Decadal Variability: Patterns and Processes
  • Monsoon and Desert Formation (in Japanese)
  • Previous Affiliations

    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Japan, 1994-1999
    Research Associate, JISAO, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1993-1994
    Visiting Scientist, AOS Program, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1991-1993

    Education

    D.Sc., Tohoku University, Japan, 1991
    M.Sc., Tohoku University, Japan, 1988
    Dalian University of Foreign Languages, China, 1984-85
    B.Sc., Shandong College of Oceanography, China, 1984

    Honors

  • China Ministry of Education Oversea Scholarship, 1985-1986
  • Japan Ministry of Education (Monbusho) Scholarship, 1986-1991
  • The Yamamoto-Shyono Medal for the 1994 Tellus paper on coupled ocean-atmospheric modeling of the Pacific ITCZ, Meteorological Society of Japan, 1996
  • Ocean University of China President's Special Award for Outstanding Collaborative Research, 2001
  • The Society Medal for contributions to understanding air-sea interaction and its role in climate formation and variability, Meteorological Society of Japan, 2002
  • Professional Service

  • Councilor, the Oceanographical Society of Japan, 2007-
  • Member, NOAA Climate Prediction Program for the Americas (CPPA) Science Panel, 2006-
  • Member, US CLIVAR Process Studies and Model Improvement Panel, 2005-07
  • Member, US CLIVAR Pan American Implementation Panel, 2000-2004
  • Member, PIRATA Scientific Steering Committee, 2001-
  • Contributor, United Nations Intergovenmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report
  • Session convener, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting (2005, 2002), AGU Spring Meeting (2004), AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting (2006), AGU Western Pacific Geophysical Meeting (2006, 2004, 2000), Meteorological Society of Japan Spring Meeting (2006, 2004)
  • Proposal review for US NASA, NSF, NOAA, DOE, NOPP; NSF of China, Chiese Academy of Sciences; UK Natural Environment Research Council

    Editorial Service

  • Editor, Journal of Climate, 2006 -
  • Editor, Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan (-->Free access to journal papers), 2000-2006
  • Volume editor, AGU Geophysical Monograph (Vol. 147, pp. 414) entitled "Earth Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction", 2003-2004
  • ( Table of Contents and Preface + Book cover)
  • Peer reviewer for journals (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, Atmosphere-Ocean, Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Science Letters, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Climate Dynamics, Climate of the Past, Continental Shelf Research, Deep Sea Research (Part I and Part II), Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, Geophysical Research Letters, J. Applied Meteorology, J. Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, J. Atmospheric Sciences, J. Climate, J. Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, J. Geophysical Research-Oceans, J. Marine Systems, J. Meteorological Society of Japan, J. Physical Oceanography, J. Oceanography, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Monthly Weather Review, Nature, Nature Geoscience, Oceanologica Acta, Ocean Modeling, Ocean Science, Paleoceanography, Progress in Oceanography, Quarterly J. of Royal Meteorological Society, Science, Theoretical and Applied Climatology); book chapters (Elsevier Science, Kluwer Academic Publishers)

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    Students


    E-mail: xie@hawaii.edu

    Mailing address:

    International Pacific Research Center
    School of Earth and Ocean Science and Technology
    University of Hawaii
    1680 East West Road, POST 401
    Honolulu, HI 96822

    Office: Pacific Ocean Sci & Tech (POST) Building Room 413E --> Map

    Phone: (808)956-6758; Fax: (808)956-9425