Tian Tian  Afdeling: COI  Telefon: +45 39 15 73 43  E-mail:  Stilling: Ph.D.

Research field

Education

2011:  Ph.D. in Marine Ecology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Kiel, Germany.

2006:  M.Sc. in Water and Coastal Management, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway.

Other certificates

EUR-OCEANS/CARBOOCEAN Summer School: Combining data and models - statistical analysis and data assimilation in biogeochemical oceanography, IFM-GEOMAR, University of Kiel, Germany (10-14/09/2007).

Advanced Course (Nordic Marine Academy): Modelling marine populations from physics to evolution, Espegrend marine biological station, University of Bergen, Norway (10-16/10/2005).

Work experience

2008.12 - :     Researcher in Ecological Modelling at COI/DMI.

2006 - 2008:  Research assistant in studying spring bloom dynamics in the German Bight (PhD project). Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG), Germany.

Selected publications

Tian T., Su, J., Flöser, G., Wiltshire, K. and Wirtz, K., 2011. Factors controlling the onset of spring blooms in the German Bight 2002-2005: light, wind and stratification. Continental Shelf Res. 31(10), 1140-1148.

Tian, T., Merico, A., Su, J., Staneva, J., Wiltshire, K. and Wirtz, K., 2009. Importance of resuspended sediment dynamics for the phytoplankton spring bloom in a coastal marine ecosystem. J. Sea Res. 62(4), 214-228.

Tian, T., Fiksen, Ø. and Folkvord, A., 2007. Estimating larval fish growth under size-dependent mortality: a numerical analysis of bias. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 64(3), 554-562.

Tian, T., Wei, H., Su, J. and Chung, C.S., 2005. Simulations of annual cycle of phytoplankton production and the utilization of nitrogen in the Yellow Sea. J. Oceanogr. 61(2), 343-357.

Tian, T., Wei, H., Su, J., Chung, C.S. and Sun, W.X., 2003. Study on cycle and budgets of nutrients in the Yellow Sea. Advances in Marine Science 21(1), 1-11 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Wei, H., Su, J., Tian, T. and Sun, W.X., 2002. Nutrients transport in the Yellow Sea. In: Hong, G.H., Zhang, J. and Chung,C.S. (Eds.), Impact of interface exchange on the biogeochemical processes of the Yellow and East China seas. Bum Shin Press, Seoul, pp. 485-500.

Wei, H., Tian, T., Zhou, F. and Zhao, L., 2002. Numerical studies on the water exchange of the Bohai Sea: simulation of the half-life time by dispersion model. J. Ocean Uni. Qingdao 32(4), 519-525 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Recent and ongoing projects

OPerational ECology (2012-2013) - Funded by EU 7th framework programme. WP2: a novel application in using satellite-derived optical depth to construct more realistic underwater light fields in operational biogeochemical model system. WP4: a novel application in seasonal ecological forecasts by using high-resolution interactive coupled ocean-atmosphere models in the Baltic Sea (http://www.marineopec.eu/).

CRES-WB7 (2010-2011) - Supported by Danish Council of Strategic Research: to establish a new coupled atmosphere-ocean climate model system, understanding regional response to high resolution future climate change impact scenarios in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea (http://cres-centre.net/).

MyOcean-WP6 (2009-2012) - Funded by EU 7th framework programme: to establish and validate an operational biogeochemical model system for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea (http://www.myocean.eu.org/).