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Overview

Xindi Bian is affiliated with the United States Department of Agriculture in the United States. Their primary research focus lies in the field of Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on global and planetary change, atmospheric science, safety, risk, reliability and quality, earth-surface processes, and environmental engineering.

Their work often addresses topics such as fire effects on ecosystems, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, meteorological phenomena and simulations, fire dynamics and safety research, aeolian processes and effects, wind and air flow studies, as well as landslides and related hazards.

Xindi Bian has contributed to multiple recent papers including:

  • Synoptic weather patterns for large wildfires in the northwestern United States-a climatological analysis using three classification methods, 2020, Theoretical and Applied Climatology
  • Will land use land cover change drive atmospheric conditions to become more conducive to wildfires in the United States?, 2021, International Journal of Climatology
  • Turbulent Momentum Flux Behavior above a Fire Front in an Open-Canopied Forest, 2021, Atmosphere
  • Observations of Sweep-Ejection Dynamics for Heat and Momentum Fluxes during Wildland Fires in Forested and Grassland Environments, 2020, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • A Multiscale Numerical Modeling Study of Smoke Dispersion and the Ventilation Index in Southwestern Colorado, 2020, Atmosphere

Frequent coauthors in Xindi Bian's research include:

  • Shiyuan Zhong
  • Warren E. Heilman
  • Joseph J. Charney
  • Michael Kiefer
  • Kenneth L. Clark

The scientist's work has been published in various venues, notably:

  • Forest Service Research Data Archive
  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Atmosphere
  • Harvard Dataverse

Best Publications

  • Mid-Century Ensemble Regional Climate Change Scenarios for the Western United States

    L. Ruby Leung;Yun Qian;Xindi Bian;Warren M. Washington

  • Low-Level Jet Climatology from Enhanced Rawinsonde Observations at a Site in the Southern Great Plains

    C. David Whiteman;Xindi Bian;Shiyuan Zhong

  • MIRAGE: Model description and evaluation of aerosols and trace gases

    Richard C. Easter;Steven J. Ghan;Yang Zhang;Rick D. Saylor

  • Cold pools in the Columbia Basin

    Charles D. Whiteman;Shiyuan Zhong;William J. Shaw;John M. Hubbe

  • Wintertime Evolution of the Temperature Inversion in the Colorado Plateau Basin

    C. David Whiteman;Xindi Bian;Shiyuan Zhong

  • Observing the Dynamics of Wildland Grass Fires: FireFlux—A Field Validation Experiment

    Craig B. Clements;Shiyuan Zhong;Scott Goodrick;Ju Li

  • Hydroclimate of the Western United States Based on Observations and Regional Climate Simulation of 1981–2000. Part I: Seasonal Statistics

    L. Ruby Leung;Yun Qian;Xindi Bian

  • A Case Study of the Great Plains Low-Level Jet Using Wind Profiler Network Data and a High-Resolution Mesoscale Model

    Shiyuan Zhong;Jerome D. Fast;Xindi Bian

  • Particulate Air Pollution in Mexico City: A Collaborative Research Project.

    S A Edgerton;X Bian;J C Doran;J D Fast

  • The IMADA-AVER Boundary Layer Experiment in the Mexico City Area

    J. C. Doran;S. Abbott;J. Archuleta;X. Bian

  • Boundary layer evolution and regional‐scale diurnal circulations over the and Mexican plateau

    C. D. Whiteman;S. Zhong;X. Bian;J. D. Fast

  • Meteorological Processes Affecting the Evolution of a Wintertime Cold Air Pool in the Columbia Basin

    Shiyuan Zhong;C. David Whiteman;Xindi Bian;William J. Shaw

  • First observations of turbulence generated by grass fires

    Craig B. Clements;Shiyuan Zhong;Xindi Bian;Warren E. Heilman

  • A Climatological Study of Thermally Driven Wind Systems of the U.S. Intermountain West.

    Jebb Q. Stewart;C. David Whiteman;W. James Steenburgh;Xindi Bian

  • Hydroclimate of the Western United States Based on Observations and Regional Climate Simulation of 1981–2000. Part II: Mesoscale ENSO Anomalies

    L. Ruby Leung;Yun Qian;Xindi Bian;Allen Hunt

  • Climate and climate variability of the wind power resources in the Great Lakes region of the United States

    X. Li;X. Li;S. Zhong;X. Bian;W. E. Heilman

  • Diurnal Evolution of Three-Dimensional Wind and Temperature Structure in California's Central Valley

    Shiyuan Zhong;C. David Whiteman;Xindi Bian

  • Modelling the probability of sustained flaming: predictive value of fire weather index components compared with observations of site weather and fuel moisture conditions

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  • Evaluation of real-time high-resolution MM5 predictions over the Great Lakes region

    Shiyuan Zhong;Hee Jin In;Xindi Bian;Joseph Charney

  • Effect of regional-scale transport on oxidants in the vicinity of Philadelphia during the 1999 NE-OPS field campaign

    Jerome D. Fast;Rahul A. Zaveri;Xindi Bian;Elaine G. Chapman

  • Will future climate favor more erratic wildfires in the western United States

    Lifeng Luo;Ying Tang;Shiyuan Zhong;Xindi Bian

Frequent Co-Authors

Shiyuan Zhong
Shiyuan Zhong Michigan State University
C. David Whiteman
C. David Whiteman University of Utah
Kenneth L. Clark
Kenneth L. Clark US Forest Service
William J. Shaw
William J. Shaw Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lai-yung Ruby Leung
Lai-yung Ruby Leung Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Steven J. Ghan
Steven J. Ghan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jerome D. Fast
Jerome D. Fast Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lifeng Luo
Lifeng Luo Michigan State University
Rahul A. Zaveri
Rahul A. Zaveri Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richard C. Easter
Richard C. Easter Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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