Research Interests

I am an atmospheric scientist. My research has focused on diverse topics of climate change, including climate model development and analysis, atmospheric chemistry, multiscale modeling, wildfire, and stratosphere-troposphere exchange. I intensively work on the DOE Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM). I have extended the standard E3SM with capabilities to simulate climate extremes and applications of subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction and climate resilience.

Professional Activities

• Lead for the DOE E3SM Atmospheric Chemistry project (2019 - present)
• Lead for the DOE E3SM Regionally Refined Model (RRM) project (2018 - present)
• Global Atmospheric System Studies (GASS) project on the Land Surface Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal Prediction (LS4P) scientific steering committee (2018 - present)
• Co-lead for the DOE E3SM coupled methane project (2022 - 2023)

Ph.D., Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, 2011

M.S., Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, 2009

M.S., Atmospheric Science, Peking University, Beijing, 2006

B.S., Atmospheric Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 2003

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Selected publications

Qin, Y., Q. Tang, Y. Xue, Y. Liu, and Y. Lin (2024), Improved subseasonal-to-seasonal precipitation prediction of climate models with nudging approach for better initialization of Tibetan Plateau-Rocky Mountain Circumglobal wave train and land surface conditions, Clim. Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-023-07082-1.

Tang, Q., J.-C. Golaz, L. P. Van Roekel, M. A. Taylor,W. Lin, et al. (2023), The fully coupled regionally refined model of E3SM version 2: overview of the atmosphere, land, and river results, Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 3953–3995, doi:10.5194/gmd-16-3953-2023.

Tang, Q., M. J. Prather, J. Hsu, D. J. Ruiz, P. J. Cameron-Smith, S. Xie, and J.-C. Golaz (2021), Evaluation of the interactive stratospheric ozone (O3v2) module in the E3SM version 1 Earth System Model, Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 1219–1236, doi:10.5194/gmd-14-1219-2021.

Tang, Q., S. A. Klein, S. Xie, W. Lin, J.-C. Golaz, E. L. Roesler, M. A. Taylor, P. J. Rasch, D. C. Bader, L. K. Berg, P. Caldwell, S. Giangrande, R. Neale, Y. Qian, L. D. Riihimaki, C. S. Zender, Y. Zhang, and X. Zheng (2019), Regionally refined test bed in E3SM Atmosphere Model Version 1 (EAMv1) and applications for high-resolution modelling, Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 2679–2706, doi:10.5194/gmd-12-2679-2019.

Rasch, P., S. Xie, P.-L. Ma, W. Lin, H. Wang, Q. Tang, et al. (2019), An Overview of the Atmospheric Component of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model, J. Adv. Model Earth Sy., 11, doi:10.1029/2019MS001629.

Golaz, J.-C., P. Caldwell, L. Van Roekel, M. Petersen, Q. Tang, et al. (2019), The DOE E3SM coupled model version 1: Overview and evaluation at standard resolution, J. Adv. Model Earth Sy., 11, 2089–2129, doi:10.1029/2018MS001603.

Tang, S., S. Xie, M. Zhang, Q. Tang, Y. Zhang, S. A. Klein, D. R. Cook, and R. C. Sullivan (2019), Differences in Eddy-Correlation and Energy-Balance Surface Turbulent Heat Flux Measurements and Their Impacts on the Large-scale Forcing Fields at the ARM SGP Site, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 3301–3318, doi:10.1029/2018JD029689.

Mahajan, S., K. Evans, M. Branstetter, Q. Tang (2018), Model Resolution-sensitivity of the Simulation of North Atlantic Oscillation Teleconnections to Precipitation Extremes, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 11,392–11,409, doi:10.1029/2018JD028594.

Xie, S., W. Lin, P. Rasch, P.-L. Ma, R. Neale, V. Larson, Y. Qian, P. Bogenschutz, P. Caldwell, P. Cameron-Smith, J.-C. Golaz, S. Mahajan, B. Singh, Q. Tang, H. Wang, J. Yoon, K. Zhang, and Y. Zhang (2018), Understanding Cloud and Convective Characteristics in Version 1 of the E3SM Atmosphere Model, J. Adv. Model Earth Sy., 10, 2618–2644, doi:10.1029/2018MS001350.

Tang, Q., S. Xie, Y. Zhang, T. J. Phillips, J. A. Santanello, D. R. Cook, L. D. Riihimaki, and K. L. Gaustad (2018), Heterogeneity in Warm-Season Land-Atmosphere Coupling Over the U.S. Southern Great Plains, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 7867–7882, doi:10.1029/2018JD028463.

Chen, X., Q. Tang, S. Xie, and C. Zhao (2015), A variance-based decomposition and global sensitivity index method for uncertainty quantification: Application to retrieved ice cloud properties, J. Geophys. Res., 120, 4234–4247, doi:10.1002/2014JD022750.

Hess, P. G., D. Kinnison, and Q. Tang (2015), Ensemble simulations of the role of the stratosphere in the attribution of northern extratropical tropospheric ozone variability, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 2341–2365, doi:10.5194/acp-15-2341-2015.

Tang, Q., P. G. Hess, B. Brown-Steiner, and D. E. Kinnison (2013), Tropospheric ozone decrease due to the Mount Pinatubo eruption: Reduced stratospheric influx, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 5553–5558, doi:10.1002/2013GL056563.

Tang, Q., and M. J. Prather (2012b), Tropospheric column ozone: matching individual profiles from Aura OMI and TES with a chemistry-transport model, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12(21), 10,441–10,452, doi:10.5194/acp-12-10441-2012.

Tang, Q., and M. J. Prather (2012a), Five blind men and the elephant: what can the NASA Aura ozone measurements tell us about stratosphere-troposphere exchange?, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12(5), 2357–2380, doi:10.5194/acp-12-2357-2012.

Aydin, M., K. R. Verhulst, E. S. Saltzman, M. O. Battle, S. A. Montzka, D. R. Blake, Q. Tang, and M. J. Prather (2011), Recent decreases in fossil-fuel emissions of ethane and methane derived from firn air, Nature, 476(7359), 198–201, doi:10.1038/nature10352.

Holmes, C. D., Q. Tang, and M. J. Prather (2011), Uncertainties in climate assessment for the case of aviation NO, P. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 108(27), 10,997–11,002, doi:10.1073/pnas.1101458108.

Prather, M. J., X. Zhu, Q. Tang, J. Hsu, and J. L. Neu (2011), An atmospheric chemist in search of the tropopause, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D04306, doi:10.1029/2010JD014939.

Tang, Q., M. J. Prather and J. Hsu (2011), Stratosphere-troposphere exchange ozone flux related to deep convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L03806, doi:10.1029/2010GL046039.

Tang, Q., and M. J. Prather (2010), Correlating tropospheric column ozone with tropopause folds: the Aura-OMI satellite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10(19), 9681–9688, doi:10.5194/acp-10-9681-2010.

• LLNL Physical and Life Sciences Directorate Award for Excellence in Publication (2023, 2020, 2018)
• LLNL N Program Silver Award (2020)
• LLNL Deputy Director for Science and Technology Excellence in Publication Award (2019)
• LLNL Physical and Life Sciences Directorate Award for "Leadership and dedication to the DOE E3SM version 1 development" (2019)
• E3SM Exceptional Contribution Award for "his skillful analysis and sustained contributions to model production runs towards the successful E3SM version 1 model and data release" (2019)
• Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists XII (2013)