Staff information

Biography

Dr. Jiwen Fan has a wide range of research experience and interests, varying from atmospheric chemistry, aerosol formation, to cloud and climate studies. Jiwen has extensive experience in studying aerosol-cloud interactions with explicit cloud microphysics, especially for mixed-phase stratiform and deep convective clouds. Her current research projects include: (1) understanding ice formation mechanisms and mixed-phase cloud properties and improving ice nucleation and deep convection parameterizations, (2) exploring aerosol-cloud interactions on the process-level and improving aerosol-cloud interaction parameterizations in the regional and global models, and (3) developing scale-aware cumulus parameterizations and testing scare-aware turbulence parameterizations.

Research Interests

• Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions
• Aerosol impact on regional climate change
• Cloud parameterizations in regional/global climate models

Education and Credentials

• Ph.D., Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
• M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
• M.S., Environmental Science, China University of Mining & Technology (Beijing Campus), 1999
• B.S., Chemistry, Hunan University of Science & Technology, Hunan, China

Affiliations and Professional Service

• American Geophysical Union
• American Meteorological Society

Awards and Recognitions

• • DOE Travel Grant for the 2011 IYC Symposium on Stratospheric Ozone and Climate Change, 2011
• • NSF ASCENT Travel Scholarship, 2010.
• • NASA Earth System Science (ESS) Fellowship, 2004-2007.
• • Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Aboard, 2006.
• • Ethel Ashworth-Tsutsui Memorial Award for Research, Texas A&M University, 2006.
• • Excellent Graduate Student Award, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, 2005.
• • Robert D. Kersten Fellowship, University of Central Florida, 2000-2002.
• • IET Graduate Student Scholarship, International Engineering & Technology Educational Fund Council, 1997-1998.

PNNL Publications

2012

• Fan J, D Rosenfeld, Y Ding, LYR Leung, and Z Li. 2012. "Potential Aerosol Indirect Effects on Atmospheric Circulation and Radiative Forcing through Deep Convection." Geophysical Research Letters 39:Article No. L09806.  doi:10.1029/2012GL051851
• Fan J, LYR Leung, Z Li, H Morrison, H Chen, Y Zhou, Y Qian, and Y Wang. 2012. "Aerosol Impacts on Clouds and Precipitation in Eastern China: Results from Bin and Bulk Microphysics." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 117:Article No. D00K36.  doi:10.1029/2011JD016537
• Fridlind AM, A Ackerman, JP Chaboureau, J Fan, WW Grabowski, A Hill, TR Jones, MM Khaiyer, G Liu, P Minnis, H Morrison, L Nguyen, S Park, JC Petch, JP Pinty, C Schumacher, B Shipway, AC Varble, X Wu, S Xie, and M Zhang. 2012. "A Comparison of TWP-ICE Observational Data with Cloud-Resolving Model Results." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 117:Article No. D05204.  doi:10.1029/2011JD016595
• Kulkarni GR, J Fan, JM Comstock, X Liu, and M Ovchinnikov. 2012. "Laboratory Measurements and Model Sensitivity Studies of Dust Deposition Ice Nucleation." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12(16):7295-7308.  doi:10.5194/acp-12-7295-2012
• Mrowiec AA, C Rio, A Fridlind, A Ackerman, AD Del Genio, O Pauluis, A Varble, and J Fan. 2012. "Analysis of Cloud-resolving Simulations of a Tropical Mesoscale Convective System Observed during TWP-ICE: Vertical Fluxes and Draft Properties in Convective and Stratiform Regions." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 117:D19201.  doi:10.1029/2012JD017759
• Zhang D, Z Wang, AJ Heymsfield, J Fan, D Liu, and M Zhao. 2012. "Quantifying the Impact of Dust on Heterogeneous Ice Generation in Midlevel Supercooled Stratiform Clouds." Geophysical Research Letters 39:L18805.  doi:10.1029/2012GL052831

2011

• Ovchinnikov M, A Korolev, and J Fan. 2011. "Effects of ice number concentration on dynamics of a shallow mixed-phase stratiform cloud." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 116:Article No. D00T06.  doi:10.1029/2011JD015888
• Bennartz R, J Fan, J Rausch, LYR Leung, and AK Heidinger. 2011. "Pollution from China increases cloud droplet number, suppresses rain over the East China Sea." Geophysical Research Letters 38:Article No. L09704.  doi:10.1029/2011GL047235
• Fan J, SJ Ghan, M Ovchinnikov, X Liu, PJ Rasch, and A Korolev. 2011. "Representation of Arctic Mixed-Phase clouds and the Wegener-Bergeron-Findeisen Process in Climate Models: Perspectives from a Cloud-Resolving Study." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 116:Article No. D00T07.  doi:10.1029/2010JD015375
• Larson VE, BJ Nielsen, J Fan, and M Ovchinnikov. 2011. "Parameterizing correlations between hydrometeor species in mixed-phase Arctic clouds." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 116:Art. No. D00T02.  doi:10.1029/2010JD015570
• Li Z, F Niu, J Fan, Y Liu, D Rosenfeld, and Y Ding. 2011. "Long-term impacts of aerosols on the vertical development of clouds and precipitation." Nature Geoscience 4(12):888-894.  doi:10.1038/NGEO1313
• McFarquhar G, SJ Ghan, J Verlinde, A Korolev, JW Strapp, B Schmid, JM Tomlinson, M Wolde, SD Brooks, DJ Cziczo, MK Dubey, PhD, J Fan, CJ Flynn, I Gultepe, JM Hubbe, MK Gilles, A Laskin, P Lawson, WR Leaitch, PS Liu, X Liu, D Lubin, C Mazzoleni, AM Macdonald, RC Moffet, H Morrison, M Ovchinnikov, MD Shupe, DD Turner, S Xie, A Zelenyuk, K Bae, M Freer, and A Glen. 2011. "Indirect and Semi-Direct Aerosol Campaign: The Impact of Arctic Aerosols on Clouds ." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 92(2):183 - 201.  doi:10.1175/2010BAMS2935.1
• Morrison H, P Zuidema, A Ackerman, A Avramov, G de Boer, J Fan, A Fridlind, T Hashino, JY Harrington, Y Luo, M Ovchinnikov, and B Shipway. 2011. "Intercomparison of cloud model simulations of Arctic mixed-phase boundary layer clouds observed during SHEBA/FIRE-ACE." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 3:Article No. M06003. 
• Varble A, A Fridlind, EJ Zipser, A Ackerman, JP Chaboureau, J Fan, A Hill, SA McFarlane, JP Pinty, and B Shipway. 2011. "Evaluation of Cloud-Resolving Model Intercomparison Simulations Using TWP-ICE Observations: Precipitation and Cloud Structure." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 116:Article No. D12206.  doi:10.1029/2010JD015180
• Varble AC, A Fridlind, E Zipser, A Ackerman, JP Chaboureau, J Fan, A Hill, SA McFarlane, JP Pinty, and B Shipway. 2011. "Evaluation of Cloud-Resolving Model Intercomparison Simulations Using TWP-ICE Observations: Precipitation and Cloud Structure ." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 116:Article No. D12206.  doi:10.1029/2010JD015180

2010

• Fan J, JM Comstock, and M Ovchinnikov. 2010. "The cloud condensation nuclei and ice nuclei effects on tropical anvil characteristics and water vapor of the tropical tropopause layer." Environmental Research Letters 5(4):Article No. 044005.  doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/4/044005
• Fan J, JM Comstock, M Ovchinnikov, SA McFarlane, G McFarquhar, and G Allen. 2010. "Tropical anvil characteristics and water vapor of the tropical tropopause layer: Impact of heterogeneous and homogeneous freezing parameterizations ." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 115:D12201.  doi:10.1029/2009JD012696

2009

• Fan J, M Ovtchinnikov, JM Comstock, SA McFarlane, and A Khain. 2009. "Ice Formation in Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds: Insights from a 3-D Cloud-Resolving Model with Size-Resolved Aerosol and Cloud Microphysics ." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 114(D04205):, doi:10.1029/2008JD010782
• Fan J, T Yuan, JM Comstock, SJ Ghan, A Khain, LYR Leung, Z Li, VJ Martins, and M Ovchinnikov. 2009. "Dominant Role by Vertical Wind Shear in Regulating Aerosol Effects on Deep Convective Clouds." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 114(D22206):, doi:10.1029/2009JD012352
• Qian Y, D Gong, J Fan, LR Leung, R Bennartz, D Chen, and W Wang. 2009. "Heavy pollution suppresses light rain in China: observations and modeling." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 114:article number D00K02.  doi:10.1029/2008JD011575

2008

• Fan J, and R Zhang. 2008. "Density Functional Theory Study on OH-Initiated Atmospheric Oxidation of m-Xylene ." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 18(112):4314-4323.  doi:10.1021/jp077648j
• Fan J, R Zhang, WK Tao, and KI Mohr. 2008. "Effects of aerosol optical properties on deep convective clouds and radiative forcing." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 113(D8):Art. No. D08209.  doi:10.1029/2007JD009257
• Yuan T, Z Li, R Zhang, and J Fan. 2008. "Increase of Cloud Droplet Size with Aerosol Optical Depth: An Observational and Modeling Study." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 113:Artical Number D04201.  doi:10.1029/2007JD008632

Selected Publications

2008

• Fan J and R Zhang.  2008.  "Density Functional Theory Study on OH-Initiated Atmospheric Oxidation of M-Xylene."  The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 112(18):  4314-4323, DOI:  10.1021/jp077648j.
• Fan J, R Zhang, W-K Tao, and K Mohr.  2008.  "Effects of Aerosol Optical Properties on Deep Convective Clouds and Radiative Forcing."  Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 113(D08):  Art. No. D08209, DOI:  10.1029/2007JD009257.
• Yuan T, Z Li, R Zhang, and J Fan.  (2008).  "Increase of Cloud Droplet Size with Aerosol Optical Depth:  An Observation and Modeling Study."  Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 113(D04):  Art. No. D04201, DOI:  10.1029/2007JD008632.

2007

• Fan J, R Zhang, G Li, and W-K Tao. 2007.  "Effects of Aerosols and Relative Humidity on Cumulus Clouds."  Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 112(D14):  Art. No. D14204, DOI:  10.1029/2006JD008136.
• Fan J, R Zhang, G Li, W-K Tao, and X Li.  2007.  Simulations of Cumulus Clouds Using a Spectral Microphysics Cloud-Resolving Model."  Journal of Geophysical Research 112(D04):  Art. No. D04201, DOI:  10.1029/2006JD007688.
• Li G, R Zhang, J Fan, and X Tie.  2007.  "Impacts of Biogenic Emissions on Photochemical Ozone Production in Houston, Texas."  Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 112(D10):  Art. No. D10309, DOI:  10.1029/2006JD007924. 
• Zhang R, G Li, J Fan, DL Wu, and MJ Molina.  2007.  "Intensification of Pacific Storm Track Linked to Asian Pollution."  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104(13):  5295-5299.