Jianning Sun

Jianning SUN

Professor

jnsun@nju.edu.cn

Education

2000 - 2006	Ph.D. in Meteorology (specialty: Atmospheric Physics), Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China
1990 - 1994	M.Sc. in Meteorology (specialty: Atmospheric Physics), Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China
1982 - 1986	B.Sc. in Meteorology (specialty: Atmospheric Physics), Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China

Work Experience

2007 - current	Nanjing University School of Atmospheric sciences Professor
2003 - 2007	Nanjing University Department of Atmospheric sciences Associate Professor
1994 - 2003	Nanjing University Department of Atmospheric sciences Lecturer

Research Interests

Theoretical, numerical, laboratory, and observational studies of boundary flows and turbulence
Interaction between atmospheric boundary layer and air pollution

Teaching Interests

Boundary Layer Meteorology
Turbulence in The Atmosphere

Professional Affiliations

Associate Editor, Boundary-Layer Meteorology (2023 - 2026)
Associate Editor, ACTA AERODYNAMICA SINICA (2023 -)

Selected Publications

1.	Li, T., M. Wang, Z. Guo, B. Yang, Y. Xu, X. Han, and J. Sun, 2022: An updated CLUBB PDF closure scheme to improve low cloud simulation in CAM6. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14, e2022MS003127.
2.	Zou, J., J. Sun, T. Li, X. Han, Z. Xiang, and J. Sha, 2021: Observed interactions among haze, fog and atmospheric boundary layer during a haze-fog episode in the Yangtze River Delta region, eastern China. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 21(4), 200354.
3.	Dou, J., R. Bornstein, S. Miao, J. Sun, and Y. Zhang, 2020: Observation and simulation of a bifurcating thunderstorm in Beijing. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59(12), 2129-2148.
4.	Wang, L., D. Li, N. Zhang, J, Sun, and W. Guo, 2020: Surface urban heat and cool islands and their drivers: an observational study in Nanjing, China. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59(12), 1987-2000.
5.	Ding, Q., J. Sun, X. Huang, A. Ding, J. Zou, X. Yang, and C. Fu, 2019: Impacts of black carbon on the formation of advection–radiation fog during a haze pollution episode in eastern China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 7759–7774.
6.	Shen, L., J. Sun, and R. Yuan, 2018: Idealized large-eddy simulation study of interaction between urban heat island and sea breeze circulations. Atmospheric Research, 214, 338-347.
7.	Zou, J., J. Sun, G. Liu, R, Yuan, and H. Zhang, 2018: Vertical variation of the effects of atmospheric stability on turbulence statistics within the roughness sublayer over real urban canopy. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres*, 123, 2017-2036.
8.	Liu, H., R. Yuan, J. Mei, J. Sun, Q. Liu, and Y. Wang, 2017: Scale properties of anisotropic and isotropic turbulence in the urban surface layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 165(2), 277-294.
9.	Zou, J., J. Sun, A. Ding, M. Wang, W. Guo, and C. Fu, 2017: Observation-based estimation of aerosol-induced reduction of planetary boundary layer height. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences*, 34(9), 1057–1068.
10.	Zou, J., B. Zhou, and J. Sun*, 2017: Impact of eddy characteristics on turbulent heat and momentum fluxes in the urban roughness sublayer. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 164(1), 39-62.
11.	Shen, L., J. Sun, R. Yuan, and P. Liu, 2016: Characteristics of secondary circulations in the convective boundary layer over two-dimensional heterogeneous surfaces. Journal of Meteorological Resear*ch, 30(6), 944-960.
12.	Liu, P., J. Sun, and L. Shen, 2016: Parameterization of sheared entrainment in the well-developed convective boundary layer. Part I: Evaluation of the scheme through large-eddy simulations. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences*, 33(10), 1171-1184.
13.	Liu, P., J. Sun, and L. Shen, 2016: Parameterization of sheared entrainment in the well-developed convective boundary layer. Part II: A simple model for predicting the growth rate of CBL. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences*, 33(10), 1185-1198.
14.	Zhang, H., H. Zhang, X. Cai, Y. Song, and J. Sun, 2016: Contribution of low-frequency motions to sensible heat fluxes over urban and suburban areas. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 161, 183-201.
15.	Yuan, R., T. Luo, J. Sun, H. Liu, Y. Fu, and Z. Wang, 2016: A new method for estimating aerosol mass flux in the urban surface layer using LAS technology. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9, 1925–1937.
16.	Zou, J., G. Liu, J. Sun, H. Zhang, and R. Yuan, 2015: The momentum flux-gradient relations derived from field measurements in the urban roughness sublayer in three cities in China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120(10), 10797-10809.
17.	Yuan, R., T. Luo, J. Sun, Z. Zeng, and Y. Fu, 2015: A new method for measuring the imaginary part of refractive index structure parameter in the urban surface layer. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 15, 2521-2531.
18.	Peng, Z. and J. Sun, 2014: Characteristics of the Drag Coefficient in the Roughness Sublayer over a Complex Urban Surface. Boundary-Layer Meteorology*, 153(3), 569-580.
19.	Yuan, R., J. Sun, T. Luo, and X. Wu, 2013: Scaling characteristics of developing sea breezes simulated in a water tank. Boundary-Layer Meteorology*, 148: 455-478.
20.	Liu, G., J. Sun, and L. Yin, 2011: Turbulence characteristics of the shear-free convective boundary layer driven by heterogeneous surface heating. Boundary-Layer Meteorology*. 140(1), 57-71.
21.	Liu G. and J. Sun, 2010: Impact of surface variations on the momentum flux above the urban canopy. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 101(3), 411-419.
22.	Sun, J., 2009: On the parameterization of convective entrainment: Inherent relationships among entrainment parameters in bulk models. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 26(5), 1005-1014.
23.	Sun, J.* and Q. Xu, 2009: Parameterization of the sheared convective entrainment in the First-Order Jump Model: Evaluation through large-eddy simulation. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 132(2), 279-288.
24.	Liu, G., J. Sun, and Weimei Jiang, 2009: Observational verification of urban surface roughness parameters derived from morphological models. Meteorological Applications*, 16(2), 205-213.
25.	Sun, J.* and Y. Wang, 2008: Effect of the entrainment flux ratio on the relationship between entrainment rate and convective Richardson number. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 126(2), 237-247.