Education
Ph.D. August 2006, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle.
Thesis title: Long-range transport of Asian pollution to North America: Transport, Chemistry, and Variability
B.S. June 1997, Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
Professional Experience
- Co-lead author on Chapter 5 of the Ozone Depleting Substances Lifetime Assessment Report sponsored by the Stratospheric Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) organization.
- Reviewer for Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres; Air, Water, and Soil Pollution; Environmental Science & Technology; Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, Atmospheric Environment, Geophysical Research Letters, NASA Earth Science Enterprise, National Science Foundation.
- Participation in Field Mission as modeling forecaster for NASA INTEX-B and ARCTAS campaigns.
Honors and Awards
NASA Group Achievement Award for ARCTAS, 2009.
NASA Group Achievement Award for INTEX, 2007.
ORAU/NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship, 2006 - 2009.
Global Environment Chemistry Fellowship, University of Washington, 2001 - 2002.
Graduate in Atmospheric Sciences with Honors, Nanjing University, P.R. China, 1997.
People's Scholarship, Nanjing University, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.
Publications
Liang, Q., J. M. Rodriguez, A. R. Douglass, J. H. Crawford, E. Apel, H. Bian, D. R. Blake, W. Brune, M. Chin, P. R. Colarco, A. da Silva, G. S. Diskin, B. N. Duncan, L. G. Huey, D. J. Knapp, D. D. Montzka, J. E. Nielsen, J. R. Olson, S. Pawson, D. D. Riemer, A. J. Weinheimer, and A. Wisthaler: Reactive Nitrogen, Ozone and Ozone production in the Arctic Troposphere and the Impact of Stratosphere-Troposphere Exchange, submitted to Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2011.
R. J. Salawitch, T. Canty, T. Kurosu, K. Chance, Q. Liang, A. da Silva, S. Pawson, J. E. Nielsen, J. M. Rodriguez, P. K. Bhartia, X. Liu, L. G. Huey, J. Liao, R. E. Stickel, D. J. Tanner, J. E. Dibb, W. R. Simpson, D. Donohue, A. Weinheimer, F. Flocke, D. Knapp, D. Montzka, J. A. Neuman, J. B. Nowak, T. B. Ryerson, S. Oltmans, D. R. Blake, E. L. Atlas, D. E. Kinnison, S. Tilmes, L. L. Pan, F. Hendrick, M. Van Roozendael, K. Kreher, P. V. Johnston, R. S. Gao, T. P. Bui, G. Chen, R. B. Pierce, J. H. Crawford, D. J. Jacob, A New Interpretation of Total Column BrO during Arctic Spring, submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett., 2010.
Liang Q., R. S. Stolarski, S. R. Kawa, J. E. Nielsen, J. M. Rodriguez, D. R. Blake, E. L. Atlas, and L. E. Ott Finding the missing stratospheric Bry: A global modeling study of CHBr3 and CH2Br2, Atmos. Chem. and Phys., 10,2269-2286, 2010.
Liang, Q., A. R. Douglass, B. N. Duncan, R. S. Stolarski,and J. C. Witte, The governing processes and timescales of stratosphere-to-troposphere transport and its contribution to ozone in the Arctic troposphere, Atmos. Chem. and Phys., 9, 3011-3025, 2009.Phys., 9, 3011-3025, 2009.
Liang Q., R. S. Stolarski, A. R. Douglass, P. A. Newman, and J. E. Nielsen, Evaluation of emissions and transport of CFCs using surface observations and their seasonal cycles and simulation of the GEOS CCM with emissions-based forcing, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14302, doi:10.1029/2007JD009617, 2008.
Liang Q., L. Jaegle, R. C. Hudman, S. Turquety, D. J. Jacob, M. A. Avery, E. V. Browell, G. W. Sachse, D. R. Blake, W. Brune, X. Ren, R. C. Cohen, J. E. Dibb, A. Fried, H. Fuelberg, M. Porter, B. G. Heikes, G. Huey, H. B. Singh, P. O. Wennberg, Summertime influence of Asian pollution in the free troposphere over North America, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S11, doi:10.1029/2006JD7919, 2007.
Liang Q., L. Jaegle, and J. M. Wallace, Meteorological indices for Asian outflow and transpacific transport on daily to interannual timescales, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D18308, doi:10.1029/2005JD005788, 2005.
Liang Q., L. Jaegle, D. A. Jaffe, P. Weiss, A. Heckman, and J. Snow, Long-range Transport to the Northeast Pacific: Seasonal variations and transport pathways, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D23S07,doi:10.1029/2003JD004402, 2004.
Sinha, P., L. Jaegle, P. Hobbs, and Q. Liang, Transport of biomass burning emissions from southern Africa, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D20204, doi:10.1029/2004JD005044, 2004.
Weiss-Penzias, P., D. A. Jaffe, A. Heckman, L. Jaegle, and Q. Liang, Long range transported pollution on the annual and diurnal cycles of carbon monoxide and ozone at Cheeka Peak Observatory, J. Geophys. Res, 109, D23S14, doi:10.1029/2004JD004505, 2004.
Presentations
Liang, Q., A. R. Douglass, R. S. Stolarski, T. Kurosu, K. Chance, J. Parrella, D. J. Jacob, and N. Livesey, The impact of very-short-lived bromocarbons on stratospheric ozone, AURA Science Meeting, Boulder CO, Sep 27-30, 2010.
Liang, Q., R. S. Stolarski, S. R. Kawa, J. E. Nielsen, J. M. Rodriguez, D. R. Blake, E. L. Atlas and L. E. Ott (2009), Finding the missing stratospheric Bry: A global modeling study of CHBr3 and CH2Br2, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A43A-0218.
Duncan, B. N., and Q. Liang (2009), Long-range transport into the Arctic: Pathways, chemical impacts, and interannual variability, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A43A-0188.
Canty, T. P., R. J. Salawitch, Q. Liang, et al. (2009), Towards a Space-Based Estimate of Tropospheric Column BrO: A Description of Model Estimates of the Stratospheric Contribution to the Total Column, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A43A-0220.
Salawitch, R. J., T. P. Canty, T. P. Kurosu, K. Chance, Q. Liang, et al. (2009), Airborne, Ground-based, and Satellite Measurements of BrO during ARCTAS and ARCPAC, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., AbstractA32B-07.
Liang, Q., and the ARCTAS Science Team, Variations in the O3/CO ratio observed during ARCTAS, ARCTAS Science Team Meeting, Verginia Beach, VA, Jan 27-30 2009.
Duncan, B. N., J. Warner, Q. Liang, Interannual variation of pollutant transport to high latitudes: 2003-2008, Verginia Beach, VA, Jan 27-30 2009.
Liang, Q., A. R. Douglass, B. N Duncan, R. S. Stolarski, J. C. Witte, Using CFC-12 and HCl to quantity the annual cycle of the stratospheric contribution to ozone in the Arctic troposphere, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A11C-0608, 2007.
Liang, Q., R. S. Stolarski, A. R. Douglass, P. A. Newman, J. E. Nielsen, and S. Pawson, Examining tropospheric seasonal cycle of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) using GEOS CCM with emissions-based forcing, CCMVal 2007 workshop, Leeds, UK, Jun 26 2007.
Liang, Q., Long-range transport of Asian pollution to North America: Transport, Chemistry, and Variability, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science. University of Maryland, College Park, January 19, 2007 (invited).
Liang, Q., Long-range transport of Asian pollution to North America: Transport, Chemistry, and Variability, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, March 9, 2006 (invited).
Liang, Q., L. Jaegle, R. Hudman, S. Turquety, D. Jacob, M. Avery, G. Sachse, D.R. Blake, E.V. Browell, W. Brune, X. Ren, R. Cohen, J. Dibb, H. Fuelberg, M. Porter, G. Huey, H. Singh, P. Wennberg, Summertime influence of Asian pollution in the middle and upper troposphere during INTEX-A, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A41D-05, 2005 (oral presentation).
Liang, Q., and L. Jaegle, Long-range transport of Asian pollution to North America: Transport, Chemistry and Variability, GEOS-CHEM 2nd user meeting, Boston, MA, April 4, 2005.
Liang, Q., L. Jaegle, and the INTEX-A Science Team, Summertime influence of Asian pollution in the middle and upper troposphere during INTEX-A, INTEX-A Data Meeting, Virginia Beach, Virginia, March 30, 2005.
Liang, Q., and L. Jaegle, Meteorological Mechanisms Favoring Trans-Pacific Transport of Eurasian Pollutants on Intraseasonal to Interannual Timescales, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A21B-01, 2003 (oral presentation).
Liang, Q., L. Jaegle, D. A. Jaffe, P. Weiss, A. McClintick, and J. Snow, Seasonal Variations of Long-range Transport of Asian Pollutants and its Influence on the CO and Ozone Levels over the Northeast Pacific. Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A12C-0167, 2002 (poster presentation).