夏祥鳌 湖南人，研究员，博士生导师，1994年毕业于南京气象学院应用气象系，1997年中国气象科学研究院获硕士学位，2002年中国科学院大气物理研究所获博士学位。主要从事气溶胶-云-辐射相互作用地基和卫星遥感研究，主持项目包括国家自然科学基金、中国科学院重要方向性创新项目以及973专题等，在国内外学术期刊发表论文40余篇。近5年来主要论文

1. Xia X., Chen H., Wang P., Zong X., Qiu, J., Gouloub, P., Aerosol properties and their spatial and temporal variations over North China in spring 2001, Tellus, 2005, 57B, 28-39.

2. Xia X., Chen H., Wang P., Zhang W., Goloub P., Chatenet B., Eck, T.F., Holben B.N., Variation of column-integrated aerosol properties in a Chinese urban region, J. Geophys. Res., 2006a, D06204, doi:10.1029/2005JD006203.

3. Xia X., Wang P., Chen H., Liang F., Analysis of downwelling surface solar radiation in China from National Centers for Environmental Prediction reanalysis, satellite estimates, and surface observations, J. Geophys. Res, 2006b, doi:10.1029/2005JD006405.

4. Xia X., H. Chen, P. Goloug, W. Zhang, B. Chatenet, and P. Wang, A compilation of aerosol optical properties and calculation of direct radiative forcing over an urban region in northern China, J. Geophys. Res., 2007, 112, D12203, doi:10.1029/2006JD008119.

5. Xia X., H. Chen, Z. Li, P. Wang, J. Wang, Significant reduction of surface solar irradiance induced by aerosols in a suburban region in northeastern China, J. Geophys. Res., 2007, 112,D22S02,doi:10.1029/2006JD007562.

6. Xia X., Z. Li, P. Wang, H. Chen, and M. Cribb, Estimation of aerosol effects on surface irradiance based on measurements and radiative transfer model simulations in northern China, J. Geophys. Res., 2007, 112, D22S10, doi:10.1029/2006JD008337.

7. Xia X., H. Chen, and W. Zhang, Analysis of the dependence of column-integrated aerosol properties on long-range transport of air masses in Beijing, Atmos. Environ., 2007, 41, 7739-7750.

8. Li, Z., X., Xia, M. Cribb, W. Mi, B. Holben, H. Chen, P. Wang, S.-C. Tsay, T.F. Eck, F. Zhao, E.G. Dutton, R.E. Dickerson, Aerosol optical properties and its radiative effects in northern China, J. Geophys. Res., 2007, 112,D22S01, doi:10.1029/2006JD007382.

9. Mi W., Z. Li, X. Xia, B. Holben, R. Levy, F. Zhao, H. Chen, M. Cribb, Evaluation of the MODIS aerosol products at two AERONET stations in China, J. Geophys. Res., 2007, 112,D22S08, doi:10.1029/2007JD008447.

10. Xia X., Z. Li, B. Holben, P. Wang, T. Eck, H. Chen, and M. Cribb, and Y. Zhao, Aerosol optical properties and radiative effects in the Yangtze Delta region of China, J. Geophys. Res., 2007, 112, D22S12, doi:10.1029/2007JD008859..

11. Liu J., X. Xia, P. Wang, Z. Li, Y. Zheng, M. Cribb and H. Chen, Significant aerosol direct radiative effects during a pollution episode in northern China, Geophys. Res. Letts., 2007, 34, L23808, doi:10.1029/2007GL030953.

12. Xia X., T. Eck, B. Holben, G. Philippe, H. Chen, Analysis of the weekly cycle of aerosol optical depth using AERONET and MODIS data, J. Geophys. Res., 2008, 113, D14217, doi:10.1029/2007JD009604.

13. Zhang C., F. Chen, S. Miao, Q. Li, X. Xia, C. Xuan, Impacts of urban expansion and future green planting on summer precipitation in the Beijing metropolitan area, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D02116, doi:10.1029/2008JD010328.

14. Xia X., and X. Zong, 2009, Shortwave versus longwave direct radiative forcing by Taklimakan dust aerosols, Geophys. Res., Lett., 36, L07803, doi:10.1029/2009GL037237.

15. Liu, J., X. Xia, Z. Li, P. Wang, M. Min, W. Hao, Y. Wang, J. Xin, X. Li, Y. Zheng, Z. Chen, Validation of multiangle imaging spectroradiometer aerosol products in China, Tellus, 2010, 62b, 117-124.

16. Xia X., 2010, Spatiotemporal changes in sunshine duration and cloud amount as well as their relationship in China during 1954-2005, J. Goophys. Res., 115, D00K06, doi:10.1029/2009JD012879.