Qian Tan

Affiliation: Staff, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAERI)

Branch: Atmospheric Science Branch (SGG)

Email: qian.tan@nasa.gov

Phone: (650) 604-6261

Professional Biography

Dr. Tan is a research scientist at Bay Area Environmental Research Institute and NASA Ames Research Center.  She has been working on various atmospheric aerosol related research projects.  A recent work is about tracking the movement of aerosol plumes on intercontinental scales using both passive and active satellite measurements and global model simulations. 

Prior to joining BAERI/NASA-ARC CREST, Dr. Tan was part of the GOCART (Goddard Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport) modeling group at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Education

Ph.D. Atmospheric Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

B. Sc. Atmospheric Dynamics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Research Interests

Atmospheric aerosols, air quality

Select Publications

• Yang, A., Q. Tan, C. Rajapakshe, M. Chin, and H. Yu, “Global premature mortality by dust and pollution PM2.5 estimated from aerosol reanalysis of the modern-era retrospective analysis for research and applications, version 2.” Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10: [10.3389/fenvs.2022.975755], 2022
• Kacenelenbogen, M. S. F., Tan, Q., Burton, S. P., Hasekamp, O. P., Froyd, K. D., Shinozuka, Y., et al., Identifying chemical aerosol signatures using optical suborbital observations: how much can optical properties tell us about aerosol composition? Atmos. Chem. Phys., 22, 3713–3742, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-3713-2022, 2022.
• Yu, H., Tan, Q., Zhou, L., Zhou, Y., Bian, H., Chin, M., Ryder, C. L., Levy, R. C., et al., Observation and modeling of the historic “Godzilla” African dust intrusion into the Caribbean Basin and the southern US in June 2020, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 12359–12383, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12359-2021, 2021
• Yu, H., Yang, Y., Wang, H., Tan, Q., Chin, M., Levy, R. C., Remer, L. A., Smith, S. J., Yuan, T., and Shi, Y.: Interannual variability and trends of combustion aerosol and dust in major continental outflows revealed by MODIS retrievals and CAM5 simulations during 2003–2017, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 139–161, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-139-2020, 2020.
• Yu, H., Q. Tan, M. Chin, L. A. Remer, R. A. Kahn, H. Bian, D. Kim, Z. Zhang, T. Yuan, et al, Estimates of African dust deposition along the trans‐Atlantic transit using the decadelong record of aerosol measurements from CALIOP, MODIS, MISR, and IASI. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124. , 2019
• Knobelspiesse, K., Q. Tan, C. Bruegge, B. Cairns, J. Chowdhary, B. van Diedenhoven, D. Diner, et al., Inter comparison of airborne multi-angle polarimeter observations from the Polarimeter Definition Experiment (PODEX), Applied Optics, 58, 650-669, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.000650, 2019
• M. Chin, T. Diehl, Q. Tan, J. M. Prospero, R. A. Kahn, L. A. Remer, H. Yu, et. al, Multi-decadal variations of atmospheric aerosols from 1980 to 2009: Sources and regional trends, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 2013-527, 2014
• Yu, H., L. A. Remer, M. Chin, H. Bian, Q. Tan, T. Yuan, Y. Zhang, Aerosols from Overseas Rival Domestic Emissions over North America, Science, Vol. 337, 2012, DOI: 10.1126/science.1217576
• Huang, Y., W. L. Chameides, Q. Tan, and R. E. Dickinson (2008), Characteristics of anthropogenic sulfate and carbonaceous aerosols over East Asia: Regional modeling and observation, Adv. Atmos. Sci, Vol 25, No. 6.
• Tan. Q., W. Chameides, D. Streets, et al., An evaluation of TRACE-P emission inventories from China using a regional model and chemical measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109, D22305, doi:10.1029/2004JD005071, 2004.
• Tan, Q. Y. Huang, and W. Chameides, The budget and export of anthropogenic SOx from East Asia during the continental outflow conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 107, D13, 2001JD000769, 2002.