Jun Ge
Assistant Professor
junge@nju.edu.cn
+86-025-89681619
Office: A504
Education
2017.11-2019.03: University of New South Wales, Joint Ph.D. student
2016.09-2019.12: Nanjing University, Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science
2013.09-2016.07: Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, M.Sc. in Meteorology
2009.09-2013.06: Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, B.Sc. in Atmospheric Science
Employment
2020.04-2023.09: Nanjing University, Research Scientist
2023.10-present: Nanjing University, Assistant Professor
Research Interest
● Terrestrial ecosystem-climate interations
● Impacts of land use and land cover changes on climate
● Regional climate modeling
Selected Publications
* indicates as a corresponding author, and the underline indicates the supervised student
[18] Zan, B. L.#, Ge, J.#, Mu, M. Y., Sun, Q. H., Luo, X. and Wei, J. F. Spatiotemporal inequality in land water availability amplified by global tree restoration. Nature Water, 2, 863-874 (2024).
[17] Luo, X., Ge, J.*, Cao, Y. P., Liu, Y., Yang, L. M., Wang, S. Y. and Guo, W. D. Local and nonlocal biophysical effects of historical land use and land cover change in CMIP6 models and the intermodel uncertainty. Earth's Future, 12, e2023EF004220 (2024).
[16] Yang, L. M., Ge, J.*, Cao, Y. P., Liu, Y., Luo, X., Wang, S. Y. and Guo, W. D. Enhanced cooling efficiency of urban trees on hotter summer days in 70 cities of China. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, in press (2024).
[15] Cao, Y. P., Guo, W. D.*, Ge, J.*, Liu, Y. Chen, C. R., Luo, X. and Yang, L. M. Greening vegetation cools mean and extreme near-surface air temperature in China. Environmental Research Letters, 19, 014040 (2024).
[14] Ge, J., Huang, X., Zan, B. L., Qiu, B., Cao, Y. P. and Guo, W. D. Local surface cooling from afforestation amplified by lower aerosol pollution, Nature Geoscience, 16, 781–788 (2023). (Nature Research Highlights; Nature Geoscience News & Views)
[13] Luo, X., Ge, J.*, Guo, W. D., Cao, Y. P., Liu, Y., Chen, C. R. and Yang, L. M. An evaluation of CMIP6 models in representing the biophysical effects of deforestation with satellite-based observations, Journal of Geophysical Research–Atmospheres, 128(12), e2022JD038198 (2023).
[12] Liu, Y., Ge, J.*, Guo, W. D.*, Cao, Y. P., Chen, C. R., Luo, X., Yang, L. M. and Wang, S. Y. Revisiting biophysical impacts of greening on precipitation over the Loess Plateau of China using WRF with water vapor tracers. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(8), e2023GL102809 (2023). (Eos Editor's Highlight)
[11] Ge, J.#, Liu, Q.#, Zan, B. L., Lin, Z. Q., Lu, S., Qiu, B. and Guo, W. D. Deforestation intensifies daily temperature variability in the northern extratropics. Nature Communications, 13, 5955 (2022).
[10] Chen, C. R., Ge, J.*, Guo, W. D., Cao, Y. P., Liu, Y., Luo, X. and Yang L. M. The biophysical impacts of idealized afforestation on surface temperature in China: the local and nonlocal effects. Journal of Climate, 35(23), 4233–4252 (2022).
[9] Luo, X., Ge, J.*, Guo, W. D., Fan, L., Chen, C. R., Liu, Y. and Yang, L. M. The biophysical impacts of deforestation on precipitation: results from the CMIP6 model intercomparison. Journal of Climate, 35(11), 3293–3311 (2022).
[8] Ge, J., Qiu, B., Chu, B. W., Li, D. Z. T., Jiang, L. L., Zhou, W. D., Tang, J. P. and Guo, W. D. Evaluation of coupled regional climate models in representing the local biophysical effects of afforestation over continental China. Journal of Climate, 34(24), 9879–9898 (2021).
[7] Ge, J., Qiu, B., Wu, R. Q., Cao, Y. P., Zhou, W. D., Guo, W. D. and Tang, J. P. Does dynamic downscaling modify the projected impacts of stabilized 1.5 and 2 ℃ warming on hot extremes over China? Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6), e2021GL092792 (2021).
[6] Ge, J., Pitman, A. J., Guo, W. D., Zan, B. L. and Fu, C. B. Impact of revegetation of the Loess Plateau of China on the regional growing season water balance. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(2), 515–533 (2020). (ESI Highly Cited Paper; Nature News in Focus)
[5] Qiu, B.*, Ge, J.*, Guo, W. D., Pitman, A. J. and Mu, M. Y. Responses of Australian dryland vegetation to the 2019 heat waves at a subdaily scale. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(4), e2019GL086569 (2020).
[4] Ge, J., Guo, W. D., Pitman, A. J., De Kauwe, M. G., Chen, X. L. and Fu, C. B. The non-radiative effect dominates local surface temperature change caused by afforestation in China. Journal of Climate, 32(14), 4445–4471 (2019).
[3] Ge, J., Pitman, A. J., Guo, W. D., Wang, S. Y. and Fu, C. B. Do uncertainties in the reconstruction of land cover affect the simulation of air temperature and rainfall in the CORDEX region of East Asia? Journal of Geophysical Research–Atmospheres, 124(7), 3647–3670 (2019).
[2] Ge, J., Yu, Y., Xie, J. and Zan, B. L. A study on responses of surface energy partitioning to climatic factors on two types of underlying surface over Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (in Chinese), 41(5), 918–932 (2017).
[1] Ge, J., Yu, Y., Li, Z. C., Xie, J., Liu, C. and Zan, B. L. Impacts of freeze/thaw processes on land surface energy fluxes in the permafrost region of Qinghai-Xizang Plateau. Plateau Meteorology (in Chinese), 35(3), 608–620 (2016).