Dr./Prof. Tianjiao Ma

Associate Professor

Department of Atmospheric Sciences

School of Earth Sciences

Yunnan University

Email: [email protected]

Qualification

Jul. 2023–Present, Associate Professor, Yunnan University

Dec. 2024–Dec. 2025, Visiting Scholar, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo

Jul. 2019–Jun. 2023, Special Research Assistant, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sept. 2014–Jul. 2019, Master & PhD, Meteorology, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sept. 2006–Jul. 2009, Bachelor, Atmospheric Science, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China

Research Interests

East Asian Winter Monsoon, Stratosphere–Troposphere Interactions and Causal Inference

Publications (Selected)

1. An, X., W. Chen, T. Ma*, and L. Sheng*, 2025: Nonlinear effects of the stratospheric quasi‐biennial oscillation on ENSO modulating PM2.5 over the north China plain in early winter, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 13343–13357, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2025-285

2. An, X., W. Chen, T. Ma*, and L. Sheng, 2025: Inconsistent ENSO teleconnections over East Asia in early and late winter: role of Siberian land-atmosphere coupling. Environ. Res. Lett., 20, 024030, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adab08.

3. Zhang, Y., T. Ma*, Y. Li, and W. Chen*, 2025: Interannual Variations in Winter Precipitation in Northern East Asia. Water, 17, 219, https://doi.org/10.3390/w17020219.

4. Ma, T., W. Chen*, and X. An, 2025: Quantifying the Teleconnections Between East Asian Winter Precipitation and Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Using Causal Analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research.

5. Ma, T., W. Chen*, Q. Cai, Z. Dong, L. Wang, P. Hu, L. Gao, and C. I. Garfinkel, 2024: Attribution analysis of the persistent and extreme drought in southwest China during 2022–2023. Environ. Res. Lett., 19, 114056, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad8171.

6. Ma, T., W. Chen*, X. An, C.I. Garfinkel, and Q. Cai, 2023: Nonlinear effects of the stratospheric Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and ENSO on the North Atlantic winter atmospheric circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD039537. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039537

7. Ma, T., and W. Chen*, 2023: Recent progress in understanding the interaction between ENSO and the East Asian winter monsoon: A review. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11: 1098517. doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1098517

8. Ma, T., W. Chen*, S. Chen, C. I. Garfinkel, S. Ding, L. Song, Z. Li, Y. Tang, J. Huangfu, H. Gong, and W. Zhao, 2022: Different ENSO teleconnections over East Asia in early and late winter: role of precipitation anomalies in the tropical Indian Ocean–far western Pacific. J. Climate, 35: 4319-4335

9. Ma, T., W. Chen*, H. Gong, P. Hu, Y. Jiao, X. An, and L. Wang, 2022: Linkage of Strong Intraseasonal Events of the East Asian Winter Monsoon to the Tropical Convections over the Western Pacific. Remote Sensing, 14, 2993. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14132993

10. Cai, Q., T. Ma*, W. Chen*, K. Wei, A. I. Pogoreltsev, and A. V. Koval, 2022: The observed connection between the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and the persistence of the North Atlantic Oscillation in boreal winter. Int. J. Climatol., 42: 8777-8791

11. Ma, T., and W. Chen*, 2021: Climate variability of the East Asian winter monsoon and associated extratropical-tropical interaction: a review. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1504: 44-62

12. Ma, T., W. Chen*, J. Huangfu, L. Song, and Q. Cai, 2021: The observed influence of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in the lower equatorial stratosphere on the East Asian winter monsoon during early boreal winter. Int. J. Climatol., 41: 6254-6269

13. Ma, T., W. Chen*, H.-F. Graf, S. Ding, P. Xu, L. Song, and X. Lan, 2020: Different Impacts of the East Asian Winter Monsoon on the Surface Air Temperature in North America during ENSO and Neutral ENSO years. J. Climate, 33: 10671-10690

14. Ma, T., W. Chen*, D. Nath, H.-F. Graf, L. Wang, and J. Huangfu, 2018: East Asian winter monsoon impacts the ENSO-related teleconnections and North American seasonal air temperature prediction. Sci. Rep., 8: 6547, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24552-3

15. Ma, T., W. Chen*, J. Feng, and R. Wu, 2018: Modulation effects of the East Asian winter monsoon on El Niño-related rainfall anomalies in southeastern China. Sci. Rep., 8: 14107, doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32492-1

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