Benjamin Fong Chao
E-mail： bfchao@ncu.edu.tw
TEL：+886-3-427-8878
FAX：+886-3-427-9026
Birth: 1951/05/22
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PAST POSITIONS |
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Chief, Space Geodesy Laboratory/Code 697, NASA/GSFC, 2005 Visiting Scientist, National Central University, Taiwan, 2005 (June – August) Head, Space Geodesy Branch, NASA/GSFC, 1997-2004 Geophysicist, Geodynamics Branch, NASA/GSFC, 1983-1996 On detail NASA Headquarters, NASA Geophysics Program Manager, 1993-1995 Visiting Scientist, Japan National Astronomical Observatory, Mizusawa, 1993 (April – July) NRC Research Associate, Geodynamics Branch, NASA/GSFC, 1981-1983 Research Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 1975-1981 |
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EDUCATION |
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B.S., 1973: Physics, National Taiwan University, ROC Ph.D., 1981: Earth Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego (thesis adviser: Prof. Freeman Gilbert) |
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AWARDS |
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TSMC Outstanding Chair Professorship, 2006 The Einstein Professorship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005. Honor Professorship, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 2005. Fellow, International Association of Geodesy, 1995. GSFC Outstanding Performance Awards, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004. Excellence in Refereeing: J. Geophys. Res., Amer. Geophys. Union, 1990. |
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND SERVICES
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Member, American Geophysical Union, since 1976. Organizer, Session Chair, Keynote Speaker, at numerous conferences and symposia. Member of numerous IUGG/IAG Special Study Groups. Chairman, IUGG/IAG Special Study Group "Global Geodynamic Variations", 1991-1994. Consulting member, IAU Commission 19, AEarth Rotation@, 1997 -. Editorial Board member, J. Geodynamics, 1996 -. International Editorial Board member, Earth, Planets and Space, 1997 -. Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research -- Solid Earth, 1998 -. Direction and Review Committee, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 1998-1999. International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) Directing Board member, 1998 - 2004. Head (founding), IERS Global Geophysical Fluids Center (GGFC), 1998 - 2004 Chair, IERS/GGFC Special Bureau for Mantle, 1998 -. Mission Scientist, NASA GRACE Mission, 2000 - 2002. NASA Solid Earth Science Working Group, 2000 - 2002. Workgroup lead of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise Visions2025, 2001 - 2003. Directing Board, Sub-Commission Geophysical Fluids, Commission 3, IAG, 2003 -. Review Board Member, for the University of California System-wide Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, 2004. President-elect, Geodesy Section, American Geophysical Union, 2002-2004. President, Geodesy Section, American Geophysical Union, 2004-2006. |
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RESEARCH INTERESTS AND EXPERIENCES/ACHIEVEMENTS |
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Interests: Earth/Planetary rotation dynamics and gravitational variations. Global changes in geophysical fluids. Global geophysics and seismology. Digital data analysis and inverse/inference theories. Major Experiences/Achievements: Six months of research cruises in Western Pacific and Indian Oceans for marine seismology (1976-1977). Developed an (autoregressive) numerical method for estimating the complex frequencies of decaying/growing sinusoids from time series (1981; with Gilbert). First to identify the correlation between interannual length-of-day variation with El Nino/Southern Oscillation (1984) and with quasi-biennial oscillation (1989). Developed the theory and algorithm to compute co-seismic excitation of Earth rotation and gravity field variations using normal-mode theory, and the definitive estimation of the 2004 Sumatra earthquake thereof (1987, 2005; with Gross). Developed the spherical-harmonic theory of time-variable gravity change due to Earth’s mass transports (1988). The first proposed idea of time-variable gravity detection using space-borne satellite-to-satellite laser interferometry (1992; with Colombo). First to study the influences of artificial reservoir water impoundment of Earth rotation and global gravity (1988, 1991, 1995). First definitive identification of the influence of diurnal/semidiurnal ocean tides on Earth rotation (1994; with Ray). Detection of the 1998 anomaly in Earth’s oblateness variation (2002; with Cox). Hosted and collaborated with post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and visitors: Richard Gross, William O’Connor, Yonghong Zhou, Masato Fuyuya, Jianli Chen, M. Fujita, Tom Johnson, Isabel Vigo, Lanbo Liu, Olivier de Viron, Jean-Paul Boy, Jacques Hinderer, David Garcia, Yves Rogister, David Salstein.
Non-profit community services: Principal and Board Member of the MeiHwa Chinese School in Washington Metropolitan Area, 1992-94; 2000-2004. Member of the Board of Directors of the Chinese-American Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, 2002-2004. Board Member of the National Taiwan University Alumni Association in the Washington Metropolitan Area, 2000-2002. President of the Goddard Chinese-American Club, 1994-1996. |
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Chao, B. F., and F. Gilbert, Autoregressive estimation of complex eigenfrequencies in low frequency seismic spectra, Geophys. J. Roy. Astron. Soc., 63, 641-657, 1980. Chao, B. F., Symmetry and terrestrial spectroscopy, Geophys. J. Roy. Astron. Soc., 66, 285-312, 1981. Chao, B. F., Excitation of normal modes on non-rotating and rotating earth models, Geophys. J. Roy. Astron. Soc., 68, 295-315, 1982. Chao, B. F., Autoregressive harmonic analysis of the Earth's polar motion using homogeneous ILS data, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 10299-10307, 1983. Chao, B. F., Normal mode study of the Earth's rigid-body motions, J. Geophys. Res., 88, 9437-9442, 1983. Chao, B. F., Interannual length-of-day variation with relation to the Southern Oscillation / El Ni?o , Geophys. Res. Lett., 11, 541-544, 1984. Chao, B. F., On excitation of Earth's free wobble and reference frames, Geophys. J. Roy. Astron. Soc., 79, 555-563, 1984. Chao, B. F., Predictability of the Earth's polar motion, Bull. Geod., 59, 81-93, 1985. Chao, B. F., On the excitation of the Earth's polar motion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 12, 526-529, 1985. Chao, B. F., As the world turns, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 46, 766-770, 1985. Gross, R. S., and B. F. Chao, Excitation study of the LAGEOS-derived Chandler wobble, J. Geophys. Res., 90, 9369-9380, 1985. Chao, B. F., Reply to Hide, Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 247, 1987. Chao, B. F., W. P. O'Connor, A. T. C. Chang, D. K. Hall, and J. L. Foster, Snow-load effect on the Earth's rotation and gravitational field, 1979-1985, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 9415-9422, 1987. Chao, B. F. and Gross, R. S., Changes in the Earth's rotation and low-degree gravitational field induced by earthquakes, Geophys. J. Roy. Astron. Soc., 91, 569-596, 1987. Runcorn, S. K., G. A. Wilkins, E. Groten, H. Lenhardt, J. Campbell, R. Hide, B. F. Chao, A. Souriau, J. Hinderer, H. Legros, J. L. Le Mouel, and M. Feissel, The excitation of the Chandler wobble, Survey in Geophysics, 9, 419-449, 1988. Chao, B. F., and W. P. O'Connor, Effect of a uniform sea level change on the Earth's rotation and gravitational field, Geophys. J., 93, 191-193, 1988. Chao, B. F., and W. P. O'Connor, Global surface water-induced seasonal variations in the Earth's rotation and gravitational field, Geophys. J., 94, 263-270, 1988. Chao, B. F., Correlation of interannual length-of-day variation with El Ni?o / Southern Oscillation, 1972-1986, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 7709-7715, 1988. Chao, B. F., Excitation of the Earth's polar motion due to mass variations in major hydrological reservoirs, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 13811-13819, 1988. Rubincam, D. P., B. F. Chao, K. H. Schatten, and W. W. Sager, Non-Newtonian gravity or gravity anomalies? EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 69, 1636, 1988. Chao, B. F., Feynman's dining hall dynamics, Phys. Today, 42, #2, 15, 1989. Chao, B. F., Length-of-day variations caused by El Ni?o -Southern Oscillation and Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, Science, 243, 923-925, 1989. Rubincam, D. P., B. F. Chao, and K. H. Schatten, Application of internal gravitational field equations to geophysical measurement of G, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 7563-7566, 1989. Chao, B. F., and D. P. Rubincam, The gravitational field of Phobos, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 859-862, 1989. Chao, B. F., Comment on "Moment of inertia of three-dimensional models of the Earth" by T. Tanimoto, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 1075, 1989. Chao, B. F., and D. P. Rubincam, Variations of Mars' gravitational field and rotation due to seasonal CO2 exchange, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 14755-14760, 1990. Chao, B. F., Comment on "A new method of spectral analysis and its application to the Earth's free oscillation: the "Sompi" method" by Hori et al., J. Geophys. Res., 95, 19789-19790, 1990. Gross, R. S., and B. F. Chao, The global geodynamics effect of the Macquarie Ridge earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 1009-1012, 1990. Chao, B. F., On the use of maximum entropy / autoregressive spectrum in harmonic analysis of time series, Pure and Applied Geophys., 134, 303-311, 1990. Chao, B. F., and A. Y. Au, Temporal variation of Earth's zonal gravitational field caused by atmospheric mass redistribution: 1980-1988, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 6569!6575, 1991. Chao, B. F., and A. Y. Au, Atmospheric excitation of the Earth's annual wobble: 1980!1988, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 6577-6582, 1991. Liu, H. S., and B. F. Chao, The Earth's equatorial principal axes and moments of inertia, Geophys. J. Int., 106, 699-702, 1991. Chao, B. F., Man, water, and sea level, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 72, 492, 1991. Chao, B. F., As the world turns, II, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 72, 550-551, 1991. Chao, B. F., D. N. Dong, H. S. Liu, and T. A. Herring, Libration in the Earth's rotation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 18, 2007-2010, 1991. Chao, B. F., Excitation of Earth's polar motion by atmospheric angular momentum variations, 1980-1990, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 253-256, 1993. Nerem, R. S., B. F. Chao, A. Y. Au, J. C. Chan, S. M. Klosko, N. K. Pavlis, and R. G. Williamson, Temporal variations of the Earth's gravitational field from satellite laser ranging to LAGEOS, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 595-598, 1993. Chao, B. F., Are autoregressive models sensitive to initial conditions? EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 74, 132-134, 1993. Chao, B. F., The Geoid and Earth Rotation, in Geophysical Interpretations of Geoid, ed. P. Vanicek and N. Christou, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1994. Ray, R. D., D. J. Steinberg, B. F. Chao, and D. E. Cartwright, Diurnal and semidiurnal variations in the Earth's rotation rate induced by oceanic tides, Science, 264, 830-832, 1994. Chao, B. F., Man-made lakes and global sea level, Nature, 370, 258, 1994. Rubincam, D. P., B. F. Chao, and P. C. Thomas, The gravitational field of Deimos, Icarus, 114, 63-67, 1995. Chao, B. F., and I. Naito, Wavelet analysis provides a new tool for studying Earth's rotation, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 76, 161-165, 1995. Chao, B. F., R. D. Ray, and G. D. Egbert, Diurnal/semidiurnal oceanic tidal angular momentum: Topex/Poseidon models in comparison with Earth's rotation rate, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 1993-1996, 1995. Chao, B. F., and R. J. Eanes, Global gravitational change due to atmospheric mass redistribution as observed in Lageos' nodal residual, Geophys. J. Int. 122, 755-764, 1995. Chao, B. F., J. B. Merriam, and Y. Tamura, Geophysical analysis of zonal tidal signals in length of day, Geophys. J. Int., 122, 765-775, 1995. Chao, B. F., and R. S. Gross, Changes of the Earth's rotational energy induced by earthquakes, Geophys. J. Int., 122, 776-783, 1995. Chao, B. F., R. S. Gross, and D. N. Dong, Global gravitational energy changes induced by earthquakes, Geophys. J. Int., 122, 784-789, 1995. Chao, B. F., Anthropogenic impact on global geodynamics due to water impoundment in major reservoirs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3533-3536, 1995. Han, Y. B., Q. B. Li, and B. F. Chao, Records of ancient solar and lunar eclipses and study of variation of the Earth=s rotation, Dev. Geophys., 10 (in Chinese), 43-50, 1995. Chao, B. F., R. S. Gross, and Y. B. Han, Seismic excitation of the polar motion, 1977-1993, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 146, 407-419, 1996. Chao, B. F., Y. B. Han, and R. S. Gross, On seismic excitation of the polar motion, Chinese Science Bulletin, 41, 832-836, 1996. Zhu, Y., C. K. Shum, M. K. Cheng, B. D. Tapley, and B. F. Chao, Long-period variations in gravity field caused by mantle anelasticity, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 11243-11248, 1996. Ray, R. D., R. J. Eanes, and B. F. Chao, Detection of tidal dissipation in the solid Earth by satellite tracking and altimetry, Nature 381, 595-597, 1996. Chao, B. F., R. D. Ray,J. M. Gipson, G. D. Egbert, and C. Ma, Diurnal/semidiurnal polar motion excited by variations in oceanic tidal angular momentum, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 20,151-20,163, 1996. Chao, B. F., Y. B. Han, and R. S. Gross, On seismic excitation of the polar motion, Chinese Science Bulletin, 41 (in Chinese), 49-52, 1996. Chao, B. F., A concrete terrestrial testimony of Milankovitch cycle in Earth's changing obliquity, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 77, 433, 1996. Also in Earth in Space, AGU, Dec, 1996. Furuya, M., and B. F. Chao, Estimation of period and Q of the Chandler wobble, Geophys. J. Int. 127, 693-702, 1996. Ray, R. D., B. F. Chao, Z. Kowalik, and A. Proshutinsky, Angular momentum of Arctic Ocean tides, J. Geodesy, 71, 344-350, 1997. Chao, B. F., Earth rotation, Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences, Chapman and Hall, New York, pp. 990, 1997. Dehant, V., C. R. Wilson, D. A. Salstein, B. F. Chao, R. S. Gross, Ch. Le Provost, and R. M. Ponte, Study of Earth's rotation and geophysical fluids progresses, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 78, 357-360, 1997. Lemoine, F. G., N. K. Pavlis, S. C. Kenyon, R. H. Rapp, E. C. Pavlis, and B. F. Chao, New high-resolution model developed for Earth's gravitational field, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union 79, 113-118, 1998. Liu, H. S., and B. F. Chao, Wavelet spectral analysis of the Earth's orbital variations and paleoclimatic cycles, J. Atmos. Soc., 55, 227-236, 1998. Rubincam, D. P., B. Bills, and B. F. Chao, Incredible shrinking tropics, Sky and Telescope, 95,#6, 37-38, 1998. Gross, R. S., B. F. Chao, and S. D. Desai, Effect of long-period ocean tides on the Earth's polar motion, Prog. in Oceanog., 40, 385-397, 1998. Chao, B. F., and R. D. Ray, Oceanic tidal angular momentum and Earth's rotation variations, Prog. in Oceanog., 40, 399-421, 1998. Clark, T. A., C. Ma, J. W. Ryan, B. F. Chao, J. M. Gipson, D. S. MacMillan, N. R. Vandenberg, T. M. Eubanks, A. E. Niell, Earth rotation measurement yields valuable information about the dynamics of the Earth system, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 79, 205-209, 1998. Klosko, S. M., and B. F. Chao, The use of satellite laser ranging and long duration orbital changes to constrain geophysical models, in Dynamics of the Ice Age Earth: A Modern Perspective, ed. P. Wu, Trans Tech Pub., 533-556, 1998. Zhou, Y., D. Zheng, M. Zhao, and B. F. Chao, Interannual polar motion with relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation, Global and Planetary Change, 18, 79-84, 1998. Klosko, S. M., and B. F. Chao, Secular variations of the zonal gravity field, global sea level, and polar motion as geophysical constraints, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 23, 1091-1102, 1998. Ray, D. R., B. G. Bills, and B. F. Chao, Lunar and solar torques on the oceanic tides, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 17,653-17,659, 1999. Chao, B. F., and Y. H. Zhou, Meteorological excitation of interannual polar motion by the North Atlantic Oscillation, J. Geodynamics, 27, 61-73, 1999. Kuo, Y. H., B. F. Chao, and L. C. Lee, A Constellation of microsatellites promises to help in a range of geoscience research, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 80, 467-471, 1999. Johnson, T. J., C. R. Wilson, B. F. Chao, Oceanic angular momentum variability estimated from the Parallel Ocean Climate Model, 1988-1998, J. Geophys. Res. 104, 25183-25196, 1999. Zheng, D.W., B. F. Chao, Y. Zhou, and N. Yu, Improvement of edge effect of the wavelet time-frequency spectrum: Application to the length of day series, J. Geod., 74, 249-254, 2000. Chao, B. F., E. C. Pavlis, C. W. Huang, C. C. Liu, C. K. Shum C. L. Tseng, and M. Yang, COSMIC: Geodetic applications in improving Earth's gravity model, Terr. Atmos. and Ocean. Sc., 11, 365-378, 2000. Chao, B. F., Renaming D Double Prime, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 81, 46, 2000. Chao, B.F., Reply to AThat ADahm@ Layer@, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 81, 210, 2000. Chao, B. F., V. Dehant, R. S. Gross, R. D. Ray, D. A. Salstein, M. M. Watkins, and C. R. Wilson, Space geodesy monitors mass transports in global geophysical fluids, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 81, 247-250, 2000. Chen, J. L., C. R. Wilson, B. F. Chao, C. K. Shum and B. D. Tapley: Hydrological and oceanic excitations to polar motion and length-of-day variation, Geophys. J. Int., 141, 149-156, 2000. Chao, B. F., and R. S. Gross, Coseismic excitation of the Earth=s polar motion, in Polar Motion: Historical and Scientific Problems, IAU Coll. #178, ed. S. Dick, D. McCarthy, and B. Luzum, Astron. Soc. Pacific, San Francisco, 2000. O=Connor, W., B. F. Chao, D. Zheng, and A. Y. Au, Wind stress forcing of the North Sea Apole tide@, J. Geophys. Int., 142, 620-630, 2000. Chao, B. F., W.O=Connor, D. Zheng, and A. Y. Au, Reply to Wunsch, J. Geophys. Int., 146, 266, 2001. Kuang, W., and B. F. Chao, Topographic core-mantle coupling in geodynamo modeling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1871-1874, 2001. Johnson, T. J., C. R. Wilson, B. F. Chao, Non-tidal oceanic contributions to gravitational field changes: Predictions of the Parallel Ocean Climate Model, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 11,315-11,334, 2001. Altamimi, Z., D. Angermann, D. Argus, G. Blewitt, C. Boucher, B. Chao, H. Drewes, R. Eanes, M. Feissel, R. Ferland, T. Herring, B. Holt, J. Johannson, K. Larson, C. Ma, J. Manning, C. Meertens, A. Nothnagel, E. Pavlis, G. Petit, J. Ray, J. Ries, H. Scherneck, P. Sillard, and M. Watkins, The Terrestrial Reference Frame and the dynamic Earth, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 82, 273, 278-279, 2001. Cox, C. M., and B. F. Chao, Detection of a large-scale mass redistribution in the terrestrial system since 1998, Science, 297, 831-833, 2002. Fujita, M., B. F. Chao, B. V. Sanchez, and T. J. Johnson, Oceanic torques on solid Earth and their effects on Earth rotation: Results from the Parallel Ocean Climate Model, J. Geophys. Res., 107(B8), 10.1029/2001JB000339, 2002. Boy, J-P., and B.F. Chao, Time-variable gravity signal during the water impoundment of China's Three-Gorges Reservoir,Geophys. Res. Lett, 29(24), 2200, doi:10.1029/2002GL016457, 2002. Kuang, W., B. F. Chao, Geodynamo modeling and core-mantle interactions, in Earth’s Core: Dynamics, Structure, Rotation, Geodynamics Series 31, ed. V. Dehant, K. Creager, S. Karato, and S. Zatman, Amer. Geophys. Union, Washington DC, 193-212, 2003. Chao, B. F., Geodesy is not just for static measurements any more, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 84, 145-156, 2003. Chao, B. F., A. Y. Au, J-P Boy, and C. Cox, Time-variable gravity signal of an anomalous redistribution of water mass in extratropic Pacific during 1998-2002, G-Cubed Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, 1096, doi:10.1029/2003GC00589, 2003. Donnellan, A., J. Rundle, J. Ries, G. Fox, M. Pierce, J. Parker, R. Crippen, E. DeJong, B. Chao, W. Kuang, D. McLeod, M. Matu’ura, J. Bloxham, Illuminating the Earth’s interior through advanced computing, Computing in Sc. and Eng., 6, No. 1, 36-44, 2003. Solomon, S., et al., Plan for living on a restless planet sets NASA’s solid Earth Agenda, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 84, 485-491, 2003. Chao, B. F., and R. S. Gross, Did the 26 December 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia, earthquake disrupt the Earth’s rotation as the mass media have said? EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 86, 1-2, 2005. Plag, H. P., B. F. Chao, R. S. Gross, and T. van Dam, Forcing of polar motion in the Chandler frequency band: An opportunity to evaluate interannual climate variations, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 86, 26, 2005. Chao, B. F., and D. A. Salstein, Mass, Momentum, and Geodynamics, inIntraseasonal Variability of the Atmosphere-Ocean Climate System, eds. W. K. M. Lau and D. E. Waliser, Praxis Publishing, 2005. Chao, B. F., On inversion for mass distribution from global (time-variable) gravity field, J. Geodynamics, 39, 223-230, doi:10.1016/j.jog.2004.11.001, 2005. Rodell, M., B. F. Chao, A. Au, L. S. Kimball, and K. C. McDonald, Global biomass variation and its geodynamic effects, 1982-1998, Earth Interactions, 9, 1-19, 2005. Boy, J-P., and B. F. Chao, Precise evaluation of atmospheric loading effects on Earth’s time-variable gravity field, J. Geophys. Res., 110(B), 10.1029/2002JB002333, 2005. Vigo, I. M., D. Garcia, and B. F. Chao, Change of sea level trend in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, J. Marine Res., 63, 1085-1100, 2005. Garcia, D., B. F. Chao, J. Del Rio, I. M. Vigo, J. Garcia-Lafuente, On the steric and mass-induced contributions to the sea level variations in the Mediterranean Sea, in press, J. Geophys. Res., 2006. Gross, R. S., and B. F. Chao, The Rotational and Gravitational Signature of the December 26, 2004 Sumatran Earthquake, Survey in Geophys., doi: 10.1007/s10712-006-9008-1, 2006. Chao, B. F., Earth’s oblateness and its temporal variations, Special Issue “Earth Observation From Space”, Comptes rendus Geoscience, doi:10.1016/j.crte.2006.09.014, 2006. Garcia, D., I. M. Vigo, B. F. Chao, and M. C. Martinez, Vertical Crustal Motion along the Mediterranean Coast Derived from Ocean Altimetry and Tide Gauge Data, in press, Pure and Appl. Geophys., 2007. Jiang, W., W. Kuang, B. F. Chao, M. Fang, C. Cox, Understanding time-variable gravity due to core dynamical processes with numerical geodynamo modeling, Proceedings, Joint Assembly Dynamic Planet 2005, Cairns, eds. V. Dehant, 2007. Yeh, T.K., C.S. Wang, C.S. Chen, and B. F. Chao, Automatic data-quality monitoring for continuous GPS tracking stations in Taiwan, Metrologia, 44, 393-401, 2007..(SCI) Garcia, D., B. F. Chao, J. Del Rio, I. Vigo, and J. Garcia-Lafuente, Reply to Comments on “On the steric and mass-induced contributions to the annual sea level variations in the Mediterranean Sea” by Fenoglio-Marc et al. , in press, J. Geophys. Res., 2007. (SCI) Chao, B.F., Y.H. Wu, and Y.S. Li, Impact of artificial reservoir water impoundment on global sea level, Science, doi: 10.1126/science.1154580, 2008 Hwang, C.W., T.J. Lin, T.P. Tseng, and B.F. Chao, Modeling orbit dynamics of FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC satellites for recovery of temporal gravity variations, in press, IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 2008. |
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Over 250 Presentations/Abstracts (many invited) |
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Invited Educational/Academic Lectures:
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Polar motion in the 20th century, DTM Colloquium Series, Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1982. On excitation of polar motion and some recent results, Roy. Astron. Soc., London, May 1987. Earthquake effects on Earth's rotation, Colloquium Series, App. Phys. Lab., Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, May 1988. Earth rotation dynamics, DTM Colloquium Series, Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, D.C., Nov. 1988. Variations in Earth rotation, Studying the Earth from Space public lectures, USRA/GSFC Graduate Student Program, Greenbelt, June 1990; June 1991. Rotation of the Earth, Earth Sciences Colloquium, Univ. N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 1992. Lecture Series on global geodynamics, sponsored by the National Astronomical Observatory (NAO) of Japan, given at NAO in Mizusawa, NAO HQ in Mitaka, Kyoto University in Kyoto, Japanese Hydrographic Department in Tokyo, Geographic Survey Institute in Tsukuba, Space Research Center in Kashima, April-July, 1993. Space geodesy and its applications to global geodynamics, GIFT Workshop for Science Teachers, Amer. Geophys. Union, Baltimore, May 1994. Global changes and Earth rotation, Maryland Earth and Environmental Science Teacher Ambassador Program, GSFC, Greenbelt, 1995, 1996. Global geodynamics as the world turns, DTM Sem. Series, Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, D.C., Sept. 1996. Global geodynamics as the world turns, Lamont-Doherty Earth Obs. Colloquium Ser., Palisades, Sept. 1996. Global geodynamics as the world turns, Dept. Gelogical Sciences Colloquium, SUNY Binghamton, April 1997. Global geodynamics as the world turns, Dept. Gelogical Sciences Colloquium, University of Connecticut, Storr, Oct. 1997. Short Course at CORE (8 hours); Lectures (5) at IES, Ocean Univ., Chiao-Tung Univ., NSPO, HKPU, Taiwan - Hong Kong, February- March, 1998. As the World turns: Everything you wanted to know about Earth rotation, The Oceans: Society and Science public lectures, USRA/GSFC Graduate Student Program, Greenbelt, June 1998. As the World turns: Everything you wanted to know about Earth rotation, Colloquium series at College of Marine Sciences, Univ. Delaware, Newark, Oct. 1998. Lecture, Univ. of Alicante, Spain, Oct. 1998. Mass Transport in Global Geophysical Fluids, COAA Annual Workshop, Oct. 1998. Lectures (3), National Cheng-Kung Univ., National Chiao-Tung Univ., Taiwan, Nov. 1998. Lecture, Maine Teachers= Workshop in Earth Sciences, GSFC, Greenbelt, July 1999. Lectures (2), Univ. of Kyoto, Kyoto; Japan Meteor. Agency, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 1999. Lectures (2), MIT Joint Center Student lecture series, GSFC, Greenbelt, Feb. 2000. Lecture, HK Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, May 2001. Lecture, NASA S=COOL summer student program, GSFC, Greenbelt, July 2001. Understanding Sea Level Changes, COAA Workshop, May, 2002. Space Geodesy: Geophysical and Climatic Applications, SW Chiao-Tung Univ., Chengdu, Sep. 2002. Lectures (2), Space Geodesy: Geophysical and Climatic Applications, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Shanghai, Oct. 2002. Time-variable gravity from space: Quarter century of observations, mysteries, and prospects, DTM Sem. Series, Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2002. Time-variable gravity from space: Quarter century of observations, mysteries, and prospects, Colloquium Series, App. Phys. Lab., Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, Nov. 2002. Time-variable gravity from space: Quarter century of observations, mysteries, and prospects, Colloquium Series, University of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 2003. Time-variable gravity from space: Quarter century of observations, mysteries, and prospects, Colloquium Series, Woods Hole Oceanog. Inst., August 2003. Lectures (4), Geosciences Departments at universities and IES, Taiwan, October 2003. Keynote address, Space Geodesy and Global Geophysical Fluids, IERS Workshop, Munich, Oct. 2003. The Three-Gorges Dam, COAA Workshop, Oct. 2003. Global Geodynamics: Space techniques and Earth system research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, July 2004. Global Geodynamics: Space techniques and NASA’s Solid-Earth research, Maine Teachers Workshop, Greenbelt, September 2004. Keynote address, Space geodesy monitoring mass transport in global geophysical fluids, GGSM2004 Conference, Porto, September 2004. Large Earthquakes, Tsunami, Earth Ringing, Earth Rotation, and All That..., Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation GSFC Teachers’ Forum, Greenbelt, February 2005. Large Earthquakes, Tsunami, Earth Ringing, Earth Rotation, and All That..., Geological Society of Washington Lecture Series, Washington DC., February 2005. Earth’s rotation variations and their climatic connections, NASA/GSFC Lab. Atm. Sc. Coll. Greenbelt, March 2005. To perform at workplace: A personal view, COAA Workshop, April 2005. Space Geodesy For COSMIC and Using COSMIC: An Atmospheric Perspective, COSMIC Summer School, Taipei, June 2005. Keynote address, Solid Earth System Science: Developing Measurement Strategy for Next Generation, Asia-Pacific Space Geodynamics annual meeting, Hong Kong, June 2005. Lectures (2), National Central University, Institute of Earth Sciences of Academia Sinica, Taiwan, July 2005. Lectures (21 hours), Observing the Earth from Space, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, July 2005. A global perspective of our home planet in teaching basic sciences, the International Symposium on Promotion of College Science Teaching, Taipei, July 2005. Lectures (2), Observing the Earth from Space, C.S. Wu Science Camp, Taiwan, August 2005. Earth’s magnetic field reversals: What’s happening? Scientific American Magazine (Chinese edition) public lecture, Taipei, August 2005. Einstein Professorship Address, Space Geodesy: Past, Present, and Future, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, September 2005. Earth's changing rotation and gravity field, Goddard Scientific Colloquium Series, Greenbelt, Oct. 2005.
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Popular Science Publications in Chinese (titles translated into English below):
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Music of the Earth, Nature Magazine, 3, 602-605, 1980; Science Monthly, 12, #4, 47-52, 1981. Mauna Kea: An astronomical saga, Translated from "Mauna Kea (I): Half way to space" (Science, 214, 1010-1013, 1981) and "Mauna Kea (II): Coming of Age" (Science, 214, 1110-1114, 1891; M. M. Waldrop), Science Monthly, 13, #6, 50-56, 1982. IDA: A long-period seismic network, Developments in World Seismology, #12, 11-14, 1982. Geophysical foundation of seismic tomography, Developments in World Seismology, #11, 1-4, 1985. Monitoring the pulses of the Moon Lady, Science Monthly, 17, 33-38, 1986. Research on Moonquakes, Developments in World Seismology, #6, 3-6, 1986. Monitoring plate drift using new techniques, Developments in World Seismology, #6, 1-4, 1987. Tectonic plates seen moving! Science Monthly, 19, 283-285, 1988. Voyager's journey to Neptune, Science Monthly 20, 874-878, 1989. A journey to the Earth's interior, Lion's Youth Monthly, #7, 88-91, 1989. A journey to the planets, Lion's Youth Monthly, #10, 84-89, 1989. Space photos taken beyond the cloud shroud, Lion's Youth Monthly, 1991. The rotation of the Earth: From Micro to Macro, Science Monthly, 21, 866-876, 1990; Nature Magazine, 18, 63-72, 1996. Geodynamo: Virtuality vs. reality, Scientific American (Chinese ed.), May, 2005.
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Popular Press/Media Coverages (by various national and international magazines, editorials, newspapers, press conferences, interviews, radio and television broadcasts, news websites): |
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On Chao & Gross, 1987 (Chao, B. F. and Gross, R. S., Changes in the Earth's rotation and low-degree gravitational field induced by earthquakes, Geophys. J. Roy. Astron. Soc., 91, 569 596, 1987). On Chao, 1989 (Chao, B. F., Length of day variations caused by El Ni?o Southern Oscillation and Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, Science, 243, 923 925, 1989). On Chao, 1995 (Chao, B. F., Anthropogenic impact on global geodynamics due to water impoundment in major reservoirs, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 3533-3536, 1995). On Chao, 1996 (Chao, B. F., A concrete terrestrial testimony of Milankovitz cycle in Earth=s changing obliquity, EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 77, 433, 1996. Also in Earth in Space, AGU, Dec, 1996). On Chao, Gross & Han, 1997 (Chao, B. F., R. S. Gross, and Y. B. Han, Seismic excitation of the polar motion, 1977-1993, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 146, 407-419, 1996). Press Conference, re: NASA=s interest in Space Geodesy related to MedPark in Univ. Alicante, Spain, 2000. On Cox & Chao, 2002 (Cox, C., and B. F. Chao, Detection of a large-scale mass redistribution in the terrestrial system since 1998, Science, 297, 831-833, 2002). On Chao & Gross, 2005 (Chao, B. F., and R. S. Gross, Did the 26 December 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia, earthquake disrupt the Earth’s rotation as the mass media have said? EOS, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 86, 1-2, 2005).
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