Dr. Xiaolu Ling is an associate professor of School of Environment and Spatial Informatics at China University of Mining and Technology. She received her B.S. and M.S. in meteorology from Lanzhou University and her Ph.D. in climate system and climate change from Nanjing University. Her research focuses on estimation of radiative effects caused by atmospheric aerosols, and application of ecological remote sensing data using data assimilation and land surface models. By using Data Assimilation Research Testbed developed by NCAR (DART) and the Community Land Model Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle (CLM4-CN), global satellite leaf area index (LAI) were assimilated in order to improve the simulation ability for land surface variables, and land-surface fluxes. Analyzed LAI effectively correct the modeled LAI biases, especially in low-latitude regions, where the bias can be reduced to ±1 m2/m2. Significant improvements for simulating GPP (gross primary production) and ET (evapotranspiration) are observed in regions located in central Africa, the Amazon, southern Eurasia, northeastern China, and western Europe, where evergreen and deciduous forests and mixed forests are dominant.
· Research Scholar, 10/2013 – 02/2015, major in data assimilation using global satellite LAI and Land surface model, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
· PhD of Science, 09/2011 – 03/2016, major in Climate System and Climate Change; Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China.
· Master of Science, 09/2008 – 07/2011, major in Meteorology; Dept. College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, China.
· Bachelor of Science, 09/2004 – 07/2008, major in the Science of Atmosphere; Dept. College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, China.
· 11/2020 – Present, Associate Professor at School of Environment and Spatial Informatics in China University of Mining and Technology;
· 06/2016 – 10/2020, Research Assistant Professor, Institute for Climate and Global Change Research, JirLATEST & School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China;
Ling, Xiaolu, Congbin Fu, Zongliang Yang, and Weidong Guo. 2019. Comparison of Different Sequential Assimilation Algorithms for Satellite-derived Leaf Area Index Using the Data Assimilation Research Testbed. Geoscientific Model Development Discussion, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2018-232.
Ling, Xiaolu, Xiaomen Han. 2019. Aerosol Impacts on Meteorological Elements and Surface Energy Budget over an Urban Cluster Region on the Yangtze River Delta, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2017.12.0602. (Accepted)
Ling, Xiaolu, Weidong Guo, and Congbin Fu. 2014. Composite analysis of impacts of dust aerosols on surface atmospheric variables and energy budgets in a semiarid region of China, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.,119, doi:10.1002/2013JD020274.
Liu, Lixia, Xiaolu Ling, Weidong Guo. 2014. A study of the impacts of aerosols on micrometeorological characteristics and energy budget in the western Yangtze River Delta. Journal of Nanjing University (Natural Sciences) (in Chinese), 50(6):800-809.
Zhao, Qianfei, Weidong Guo, Xiaolu Ling, et al. 2013. Analysis of evapotranspiration and water budget for various land use in semi-arid areas of Tongyu, China. Climatic and Environmental Research (in Chinese), 18 (4): 415–426.
Ling, Xiaolu, Weidong Guo, Qianfei Zhao,et al.2012.Micro-meteorological Elements and Their Vertical Profiles during a Dust Event over the Loess Plateau in March 2010 [J]. Aerosol and Air Quality Research,12:1200-1208.
Ling, Xiaolu, Weidong Guo, Qianfei Zhao, et al.2012. Evaluating CEOP model performance in semi-arid region of China. Environ. Res. Lett. 7, doi:10.1088/1748-9326 /7/2/025202.
Ling, Xiaolu, Weidong Guo, Qianfei Zhao,et al.2011. A Case Study of A Typical Dust Storm Event over the Loess Plateau of Northwest China [J]. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters,4(6),344-348.
Ling, Xiaolu, Weidong Guo, Lei Zhang,et al.2010. A Case Study of the Impacts of Dust Aerosols on Surface Atmospheric Variables and Energy Budgets in a Semi-Arid Region of China. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters,3(3),145-150.
Ling, Xiaolu, Lei Zhang, Weidong Guo, et al. 2010. A preliminary study of the impacts of dust aerosols on micro-meteorological characteristics in semi-arid area of China. Climatic and Environmental Research (in Chinese), 15(3)：279-288.
Research Projects (2015-2020)
· Study on the interactions of dust aerosols with surface energy budgets and Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) over a semi-arid region of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 260,000 RMB, 2017-2020, Grant No. 4170050139; (PI)
· Assimilation of land vegetation characteristics and its application in subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) climate prediction over East Asia, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 580,000 RMB, 2021-2024, Grant No. 4207050075; (PI)
