Xin Xi

Contact

• Mailing address: 1400 Townsend Drive, Dow 427, Geological & Mining Engr. Sci., Houghton, MI 49931
• Email: xinxi@mtu.edu
• Phone: 906-487-2029

Positions

• 2019-, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, MI
• 2018-2019, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, MI
• 2016-2018, Research Associate, NOAA NESDIS STAR, MD
• 2014-2016, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center, CA

Education

• 2014, PhD in Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
• 2007, BSc in Geoinformatics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

Publications

Peer-Reviewed

• Xi, X. (2021). Revisiting the recent dust trends and climate drivers using horizontal visibility and present weather observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2021JD034687. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD034687
• Xi, X., Ignatov, A., and Zhou, X. (2019). Exploring MERRA-2 global meteorological and aerosol reanalyses for improved SST retrieval. Remote Sensing of Environment, 223, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.01.011
• Johnson, M. S., Xi, X., Jeong, S., Yates, E. L., Iraci, L. T., Tanaka, T., Loewenstein, M., Tadic, J. M., and Fischer, M. L. (2016). Investigating seasonal methane emissions in Northern California using airborne measurements and inverse modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(22), 13,753-713,767. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025157
• Xi, X., Johnson, M. S., Jeong, S., Fladeland, M., Pieri, D., Diaz, J. A., and Bland, G. L. (2016). Constraining the sulfur dioxide degassing flux from Turrialba volcano, Costa Rica using unmanned aerial system measurements. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 325, 110-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2016.06.023
• Xi, X., and Sokolik, I. N. (2016). Quantifying the anthropogenic dust emission from agricultural land use and desiccation of the Aral Sea in Central Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 12,270-12,281, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025556
• Xi, X., and Sokolik, I. N. (2015). Dust interannual variability and trend in Central Asia from 2000 to 2014 and their climatic linkages. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120(23), 12,175-112,197. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024092
• Xi, X., and Sokolik, I. N. (2015). Seasonal dynamics of threshold friction velocity and dust emission in Central Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120(4), 1536-1564. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JD022471
• Xi, X., and Sokolik, I. N. (2012). Impact of Asian Dust Aerosol and Surface Albedo on Photosynthetically Active Radiation and Surface Radiative Balance in Dryland Ecosystems. Advances in Meteorology, 2012, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/276207

Book Chapters

• Sokolik I. N., A. Shiklomanov, X. Xi, K. M. de Beurs, and Tatarskii, V. V. (2019). Quantifying the Anthropogenic Signature in Drylands of Central Asia and Its Impact on Water Scarcity and Dust Emissions, in Landscape Dynamics of Drylands across Greater Central Asia: People, Societies and Ecosystems. Editors: G. Gutman, J. Chen, G. M. Henebry, and M. Kappas, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30742-4_4
• Sokolik, I. N., Darmenova, K., Huang, J., Kalashnikova, O., Kurosaki, Y., and Xi, X. (2013). Chapter 9. Examining Changes in Land Cover and Land Use, Regional Climate and Dust in Dryland East Asia and Their Linkages within the Earth System. In Dryland East Asia: Land Dynamics amid Social and Climate Change. Editors: Chen, J., Wan, S. Henebry, G., Qi, J., Gutman, G., Sun, G., and Kappas, M. HEP – De Gruyer. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110287912.183

Awards & Honors

• TROPOMI/Sentinel-5 Precursor Validation Team, 2019
• IGAC Science Conference Travel Grant, 2016
• IGAC Early Career Short Course, 2016
• NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2014-2016
• JPL Center for Climate Sciences Inaugural Summer School Fellowship, 2011

Conferences & Workshops

• AGU Fall Meeting (2020, 2019, 2015, 2014, 2013)
• AMS Annual Meeting (2021, 2010)
• Central Asia Regional Information Network Workshop (2021)
• EGU General Assembly (2010)
• GHRSST Science Team Meeting (2017, 2018)
• Gordon Research Conference (2019)
• IGAC Science Conference (2016)
• NASA LCLUC Science Team Meeting (2020)

Teaching

• Atmospheric Physics, 2018 Fall
• Advanced Geoinformatics, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, 2021 Spring
• Introduction to GIS, 2021 Fall
• Python Programming for Geosciences, 2021 Fall