Publications

2026

  1. Investigating the competition in cloud droplets activation by different aerosol systems using cloud chamber experiment datasets and modelling
    Paul Connolly, Kai Bi, Sisi Chen, Zhaoze Deng, Javier Etcheto, Yaqiong Hu, Nicole Kim, Wenhan Tang, David Topping, Nsikanabasi Silas Umo, Robert Wagner, Xiaotian Xu, Lulin Xue, Seong Soo Yum, Bowen Zhu, and Ottmar Möhler
    in prep, 2026
  2. Evaluate importance of mixing state for determining optical properties for biomass burning aerosol
    Xiaotian Xu, Felipe A. Rivera-Adorno, Alexander Laskin, Matthew West, and Nicole Riemer
    in prep, 2026
  3. Learning correction factor for CCN concentration in global models
    Xiaotian Xu, Fei Jiang, Jeffrey Curtis, Matthew West, Zheng Zhonghua, and Nicole Riemer
    in prep, 2026

2025

  1. Understanding the competition between composition averaging process and effective surface tension method
    Xiaotian Xu, Jeffrey Curtis, Matthew West, and Nicole Riemer
    in prep, 2025
  2. Quantifying the Impact of Surfactants on Cloud Condensation Nuclei Activity Using a Particle-Resolved Model
    Xiaotian Xu, Yu Yao, Yicen Liu, Jeffrey Curtis, Matthew West, and Nicole Riemer
    in prep, 2025

2022

  1. Modeling the high-mercury wet deposition in the southeastern US with WRF-GC-Hg v1. 0
    Xiaotian Xu, Xu Feng, Haipeng Lin, Peng Zhang, Shaojian Huang, Zhengcheng Song, Yiming Peng, Tzung-May Fu, and Yanxu Zhang
    Geoscientific Model Development, 2022

2020

  1. Substantial changes in nitrogen dioxide and ozone after excluding meteorological impacts during the COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China
    Yanbin Zhao, Kun Zhang, Xiaotian Xu, Huizhong Shen, Xi Zhu, Yanxu Zhang, Yongtao Hu, and Guofeng Shen
    Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2020

2017

  1. Characterization of size-resolved urban haze particles collected in summer and winter at Taiyuan City, China using quantitative electron probe X-ray microanalysis
    Hong Geng, Chunsong Jin, Dongpeng Zhang, Shurong Wang, Xiaotian Xu, Xuran Wang, Yuan Zhang, Li Wu, and Chul-Un Ro
    Atmospheric Research, 2017

2016

  1. Influences of Biomass and Coal Burning on Ambient Fine Particulate Matter over Taiyuan City
    Yuan Zhang, Hong Geng, Dongpeng Zhang, Xiaotian Xu, Shurong Wang, Xuran Wnag, Dongwen Wang, and Chul-Un Ro
    Journal of Anhui Agriculture Science, 2016



Conference Presentations

2025

  1. Impact of surfactants on cloud condensation nuclei activity from microscale to global scale
    Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, Newry, ME, Aug, 2025

2023

  1. Investigating impact of surfactants on cloud condensation nuclei activity with a particle-resolved aerosol model
    International Aerosol Modeling Algorithms Conference, Davis, CA, December, 2023
  2. Quantifying the impact of organic films on cloud condensation nuclei activity using a particle-resolved model
    American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, IN, March, 2023

2022

  1. Quantifying Impact of Organic Films on Cloud Condensation Nuclei Activity
    Midwest Student Conference for Atmospheric Research, Urbana, IL, October, 2022