List of Faculty Members

Professors:

Chung-Hsiung Sui¡]¶¦¤¤¿³¡^ Wu-Ting Tsai¡]½²ªZ§Ê¡^ Kon-Kee Liu¡]¼B±d§J¡^

Associate Professors:

Ming-Jen Yang¡]·¨©ú¤¯¡^ Sen Jan¡]¸â´Ë¡^ Ming-Hsu Li ¡]§õ©ú¦°¡^

Assistant Professor:

Tso-Ren Wu ¡]§d¯®¥ô¡^

CHUNG-HSIUNG SUI (¶¦¤¤¿³) Highest Education: Ph.D., UCLA Present Position: Professor (2001-) Joined NCU Faculty: 2001.8 Research Specialty: Atmospheric Hydrologic cycle, Air-Sea interaction, Climate Variability & Change E-mail: sui@cc.ncu.edu.tw

Refereed Papers

Ho, C. -H., M. -D. Chou, C. -H. Sui, Comparison of Different Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Data Sets over Tropical Oceans. Int. J. Climatol. 22, No.3, 263¡V270, 15 March 2002. (SCI) Li, X., C. -H. Sui, and K. -M. Lau Precipitation efficiency in the tropical deep convective regime: A 2-D Cloud Resolving Modeling Study. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan. 80 No.2, 205-212, April 2002. (SCI) Li, X., C. -H. Sui, and K. -M. Lau Interaction between tropical convection and its environment: an energetics analysis of a 2-D cloud resolving simulation. J. Atmos. Sci. 59, 1712-1722, 15 May 2002. (SCI) Sui, C. -H., C. -Y. Huang, Y. -B. Tsai, C. -S. Chen, P. -L. Lin, S. -L. Shieh, M. -H. Li, Y. -A. Liou, T. -C. C. Wang, R. -S. Wu, G. -R. Liu, Y. -H. Chu Meteorology-hydrology study targets Typhoon Nari and Taipei flood EOS, Trans, Amer. Geophys. Union, 83, Number 24, 265-270, 11 June 2002. Li, X., C. -H. Sui, and K. -M. Lau Dominant cloud microphysical processes in a tropical oceanic convective system: A 2-D cloud resolving modeling study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 2481-2491, October 2002. (SCI) Johnson, D., W. -K. Tao, J. Simpson, C.-H. Sui A study of the response of deep tropical clouds to large-scale thermodynamic forcing: Part I: Modeling strategies and simulations of TOGA-COARE convective systems. J. Atmos. Sci. 59, 3492-3518, 15 December 2002. (SCI) Tao, W. ¡VK., J. Simpson, D. Baker, S. Braun, M. -D. Chou, B. Ferrier, D. Johnson, A. Khain, S. Lang, B. Lynn, C. -L. Shie, C. -H. Sui, Y. Wang, and P. Wetzel Microphysics, radiation and surface processes in the Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) model. Meteor. and Atmos. Phys., 82, 97-137, January 2003. (SCI) Lin, I. -I., W. T. Liu, C. -C. Wu, J. C. H. Chiang, C. -H. Sui Satellite observations of modulation of surface winds by typhoon-induced upper ocean cooling. Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 30, no.3, 1131, doi:10.1029/2002GL015674, 1 February 2003. (SCI) Sui, C.-H., X. Li, M. M. Rienecker, K.-M. Lau, I. Laszlo, R. T. Pinker The role of daily surface forcing in the upper ocean over the tropical Pacific: A numerical study. J. Climate, 16(4), 756-766, 15 February 2003. (SCI) Shie, C. -L., W. -K. Tao, J. Simpson, and C. -H. Sui, Quasi-equilibrium states in the tropics simulated by a cloud-resolving model. Part I: Specific features and budget analysis. J. Climate, 16, No.5, 817-833, 1 March 2003. (SCI) He, H., C. -H. Sui, M. Jian, Z. Wen, and G. Lan The evolution of tropospheric temperature field and its relationship with the onset of Asian summer monsoon. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan. 81, No. 5, 1201-1223, October 2003. (SCI) Ho, C.-H., J.-J. Baik, J. -H. Kim, and D.-Y. Gong , and C. -H. Sui Interdecadal Changes in Summertime Typhoon Tracks. J. Climate, 17(9), 1767-1776, May 2004. (SCI) Li, X., C. -H. Sui, K. -M. Lau, and W. -K. Tao Tropical convective responses to microphysical and radiative processes: a sensitivity study with a 2-D cloud resolving model. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, doi: 10.1007/ s.00703-004-0088-5, 2004. (SCI) Hwang, C. -W., M.-F. Peng, J. Ning, J. Luo, and C. -H. Sui Lake level variations in China from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry: data quality assessment and links to precipitation and ENSO. Geophysical Journal International, 161, 1-11,. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02518.x, 2005. (SCI) Sui, C. -H., and Li, X. A Tendency of Cloud Ratio Associated with the Development of Tropical Water and Ice Clouds. Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 16, 419-434, June 2005. (SCI) Ho, C.-H., J. -H. Kim, H. -S. Kim, C. -H. Sui, and D.-Y. Gong Possible influence of the Antarctic Oscillation on tropical cyclone activity in the western North Pacific. J. Geophys. Res. 110, D19104, doi: 10.1029/2005JD005766, 2005. (SCI) Sui, C. -H., X. Li, M. -J. Yang, and H. -L. Huang Estimation of Oceanic Precipitation Efficiency in Cloud Models. J. Atmos. Sci, 62, 4358-4370, 2005. (SCI) Kim, J. -H., C. -H. Ho, C. -H. Sui, and S. -K. Park Dipole Structure of Interannual Variations in Summertime Tropical Cyclone Activity over East Asia. J. Climate, 18, No. 24, pp. 5344¡V5356. doi: 10.1175/JCLI3601.1 2005. (SCI) Choi, Y.-S., C.-H. Ho, and C.-H. Sui, Different optical properties of high cloud in GMS and MODIS observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L23823, doi:10.1029/2005GL024616. 2005. (SCI) Kim, J.-H., C.-H. Ho, C.-H. Sui, Record-breaking Typhoon Landfalls on Japan. Geophysical Research Letter, 32, L14713, doi:10.1029/2005GL022494. 2005. (SCI) Li, M.-H., C.-P. Tung, C.-H. Sui, and F.-H. Yang, Estimating Seasonal Basin Rainfall with Tabu Search, Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 17, 295-316, 2006. (SCI)

WU-TING TSAI (½²ªZ§Ê) Highest Education: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Present Position¡GProfessor (1997--) Joined NCU Faculty¡G2002.8 Research Specialty: Air-Sea Interaction, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Mechanics E-mail: wttsai@cc.ncu.edu.tw

Refereed Papers

Tsai, W.-T. Numerical simulation of hydrodynamic processes beneath a wind-driven water surface AGU Geophysical Monograph Vol. 127, Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, edited by M. A. Donelan, W. M. Drennan, E. S. Saltzman and R. Wanninkhof, 71-76, 2002. Lin, I.-I., L.-S. Wen, K.-K. Liu, W.-T. Tsai and A.-K. Liu Evidence and quantification of the correlation between radar backscatter and ocean colour supported by simultaneously acquired in situ sea truth Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(10), 1464, doi:10.1029/2001GL014039. (SCI) Tsai, W.-T. Direct numerical simulations of a turbulent shear flow beneath a wind-driven water surface Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002, edited by S. Armfield, P. Morgan and K. Srinivas, Springer-Verlag, 311-316, 2003. Tsai, W.-T. and K.-K. Liu An assessment of the effect of sea-surface surfactant on global atmosphere-ocean CO2 flux J. Geophys. Res., 108(C4), 3127, doi:10.1029/2000JC000740, 2003. (SCI) Tsai, W.-T., S.-M. Chen, M.-Y. Lin and L.-P. Hung Molecular sublayers beneath the air-sea interface relative to momentum, heat and gas transports Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(18), 1968, doi:10.1029/2003GL018164, 2003. (SCI) Tsai, W.-T. and M.-Y. Lin Stability analysis on the initial surface-wave generation within an air-sea coupled shear flow J. Marine Sci. Tech., 12(3), 1-9, 2004. Tsai, W.-T. and L.-Y. Liu Transport of exogenous surfactants on a thin viscous film within an axisymmetric airway Colloids and Surfaces A, 234(1-3), 51-62, 2004. (SCI) Hung, L.-P. and W.-T. Tsai Numerical simulation for fully-nonlinear free-surface viscous flow of incompressible fluid Trans. Aeronaut. Astronaut. Soc., 36(4), 349-358, 2005. Tsai, W.-T., S.-M. Chen and C.-H. Moeng, A numerical study on the evolution and structure of a stress-driven, free-surface turbulent shear flow J. Fluid Mech., 545, 163-192, 2006. (SCI) Tsai, W.-T. and L.-P. Hung Three-dimensional modeling of small-scale processes in the upper boundary layer bounded by a dynamic ocean surface J. Geophys. Res., 2006 (to appear). (SCI)

KON-KEE LIU (¼B±d§J) Highest Education: Ph.D., UCLA, 1979 Present Position: Professor (1986--) Joined NCU Faculty: 2003.8 Research Specialty: 1.Numerical Modeling of Aquatic Biogeochemical Systems 2.Biogeochemical Cycles, Especially Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles in Marginal Seas 3.Isotope Geochemistry for Geochemical and Ecosystem Study E-mail: kkliu@cc.ncu.edu.tw

Refereed Papers

Kao, S.-J., K.-K. Liu The exacerbation of erosion induced by human perturbation in a subtropical mountainous watershed in Taiwan: evidence from historical records of sediment load. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 16 (1), 16, doi: 10.1029/2000GB001334, Jan. 2002. (SCI) Liu, K.-K., S.-Y. Chao, P.-T. Shaw, G. C. Gong, C. C. Chen, T.Y. Tang Monsoon forced chlorophyll distribution and primary productivity in the South China Sea: observations and a numerical study. Deep-Sea Res. I 49, 1387-1412, June 2002. (SCI) Lin, I-I, L.-S. Wen, K.-K. Liu, W.-T. Tsai, A. K. Liu Evidence and quantification of the correlation between radar backscatter and ocean colour supported by simultaneously acquired in situ sea truth. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29 (10), 102, doi: 10.1029/2001GL014039, May 2002. (SCI) Lin, I-I, L. S. Wen, G. R. Liu, K.-K. Liu Retrieval of suspended particulate matter and chlorophyll-a concentration in a highly turbid tropical river by in situ bio-optical data ¡V a case study. J. Photogrammetry Remote Sensing 7 (3), 75-85, 2002. Wong, G. T. F., S. W. Chung, F. K. Shiah, C. C. Chen, L. S. Wen, K.-K. Liu Nitrate anomaly in the upper nutricline in the northern South China Sea- Evidence for nitrogen fixation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, doi:10.1029/2002GL015796, Dec. 2002. (SCI) Wu, J., S.-W. Chung, L.-S. Wen, K.-K. Liu, Y.-L. L. Chen,, H.-Y. Chen, D. M. Karl Dissolved inorganic phosphate, dissolved iron and Trichodesmium in the oligotrophic South China Sea. Global Biogeochem. Cycle 16, doi: 10.1029/2002GB001924, Jan. 2003. (SCI) Kao S.-J., F.-J. Lin, K.-K. Liu Organic carbon and nitrogen contents and their isotopic compositions in surficial sediments from the East China Sea shelf and the southern Okinawa Trough. Deep-Sea Res. II 50 (6-7), 1203-1217, Apr. 2003. (SCI) Liu, K.-K., T.-H. Peng, P.-T. Shaw, F. K. Shiah Circulation and biogeochemical processes in the East China Sea and the vicinity of Taiwan: An overview and a brief synthesis. Deep-Sea Res. II 50 (6-7), 1055-1064, Apr. 2003. (SCI) Tsai, W.-T., K.-K. Liu An assessment of the effect of sea surface surfactant on global atmosphere-ocean CO2 flux. J. Geophys. Res. 108(C4), 3127, doi:10.1029/2000JC000740, Apr. 2003. (SCI) Chen, C.-T. A., K.-K. Liu, R.W. MacDonald Continental margin exchanges. In: M.J.R. Fasham (Ed.), Ocean Biogeochemistry: The Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in Global Change, pp. 53-97. IGBP Book Series, Springer, 2003. Karl , D. M., N. Bates, S. Emerson, P. J. Harrison C. Jeandal, K.-K. Liu, J.-C. Marty, A. F. Michaels, J. C. Miquel, S. Neuer, Y. Nojiri, C. S. Wong Temporal studies of biogeochemical processes in the world¡¦s oceans during the JGOFS era. In: M.J.R. Fasham (Ed.), Ocean Biogeochemistry: The Role of the Ocean Carbon Cycle in Global Change, pp. 239-267. IGBP Book Series, Springer, Mar. 2003. Lin, I-I, W. T. Liu, C.-C. Wu, G.T-F. Wong, C. Hu, Z. Chen, W.-D. Liang, K.-K. Liu New evidence for enhanced ocean primary production triggered by tropical cyclone, Geophys. Res. Lett. 30(13), 1718, doi:10.1029/2003GL017141, July 2003. (SCI) Kao S.-J., C. S. Horng, A. P. Roberts, K.-K. Liu Carbon-sulfur-iron relationships in sedimentary rocks from southwestern Taiwan: Influence of geochemical environment on greigite and pyrrhotite formation. Chem. Geol. 203(1-2), 153-168, Jan. 2004. (SCI) Kao, S. J., S. C. Hsu, C. S. Horng, K.-K. Liu Carbon-sulfur-iron relationships in the fast accumulating marine sediments off southwestern Taiwan. In: R. Hill et al. (eds.), From Geochemistry of the Geosphere, Atmosphere, and Cosmos to Forensic Environmental Geochemistry: A Tribute to I.R. Kaplan, pp 441-457, The Geochemical Society, Special Publication No. 9, June 2004. Lee, H.-J., S.-Y. Chao, K.-K. Liu Effects of reduced Yangtze River discharge on the circulation of surrounding seas. Terrest. Atmosph. Oceanic Sci. 15(2), 111-132, June 2004. (SCI) ³¯­^³Ç¡BªL¨Ì¨Ì¡B­J¶Ç¥Á¡BÅÇ°ê¼y¡B¼B±d§J §Q¥Î®ü¬v¤ô¦â¼Æ¾Ú­pºâ«n®üªì¯Å¥Í²£¤O»Pª«²z-¥Í¦a¤Æ½¢¦X¼Ò¦¡­pºâµ²ªG¤§¤ñ¸û¡C ¥xÆW®ü¬v¾Ç¥Z 42, 1-14. 2004. Kao, S.-J., Chan, S.-C., Kuo, C.-H., Liu, K.-K. Transport-Dominated Sediment Loading in Taiwanese Rivers: A Case Study from the Ma-an Stream J. Geol., 113, 217-225, March 2005. (SCI) Tseng, C.-M., Wong, G. T. F., Lin, I.-I., Wu, C.-R., Liu, K.-K. A unique seasonal pattern in phytoplankton biomass in low-latitude waters in the South China Sea Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L08608, doi:10.1029/2004GL022111, April 2005. (SCI) You, Y., Chern, C.-S., Yang, Y., Liu, C.-T., Liu, K.-K., Pai, S.-C. The South China Sea, a cul-de-sac of North Pacific Intermediate Water. J. Oceanogr., 61, 509-527, June 2005. (SCI) Shen, C.-C., Lee, T., Liu, K.-K., Hsu, H.-H., Edwards, R.L., Wang, C.-H., Lee, M.-Y., Chen, Y.-G., Lee, H.-J., Sun, H.-T. An evaluation of quantitative reconstruction of past precipitation records using coral skeletal Sr/Ca and ƒÔ18O data. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 237, 370-386, Sep 2005. (SCI) Shen, C.-C., Liu, K.-K., Lee, M.-Y. Lee, T., Wang, C.-H., Lee, H.-J. A novel method for tracing coastal water masses using Sr/Ca ratios and salinity in the Nanwan Bay, Southern Taiwan. Estuarine, Coastal Shelf Sci., 65, 135-142, Oct. 2005. (SCI) Liu, K.-K., Chao, S.-Y., Marra, J., Snidvongs, A. Monsoonal Forcing and Biogeochemical Environments of Outer Southeast Asia Seas. In: Robinson, A., Brink, K.H. (Eds.), The Sea, vol. 14A, The Global Coastal Ocean: Interdisciplinary Regional Studies and Synthesis, Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge. pp. 673-721, June 2006. Chen, C.-C., Shiah, F.-K., Chung, S.-W., Liu, K.-K. Winter phytoplankton blooms in the shallow mixed layer of the South China Sea enhanced by upwelling. J. Mar. Systems 59, 97-110, Jan 2006. (SCI) Chen, C.-C., Chiang, K.-P., Gong, G.-C., Shiah, F.-K., Tseng C.-M., Liu, K.-K. The importance of planktonic community respiration on the carbon balance of the East China Sea in summer. Global Biogeochem. Cycles. (In press) (SCI)

Refereed Papers

Colle, B. A., B. F. Smull, and M.-J. Yang Numerical simulations of a landfalling cold front observed during COAST Rapid evolution and responsible mechanisms. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 1945-1966, August 2002. (SCI) Chien, F.-C., Y.-H. Kuo, and M.-J. Yang Precipitation forecast of the MM5 in Taiwan area during the 1998 Mei-Yu season Wea. Forecasting, 17, 739-754, August 2002. (SCI) ²ªÚµ×¡B¿½¨|µX¡B©P¥ò®q¡BªL¨K½m¡B·¨©ú¤¯¡B¬x´º¤s¡B¾H¤¯¬P¡BªL¼z®S MM5¨t¶°­°¤ô¹w³ø¤§®ÕÅç ¤j®ð¬ì¾Ç¡A31¡A77-93, March 2003. Yang, M.-J., and Q.-C. Tung Evaluation of rainfall forecasts over Taiwan by four cumulus parameterization schemes. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 81, 1163-1183, October 2003. (SCI) Yang, M.-J., Ben J.-D. Jou, S.-C. Wang, J.-S. Hong, P.-L. Lin, J.-H. Teng, and H.-C. Lin: Ensemble prediction of rainfall during the 2000-2002 Mei-Yu seasons: Evaluation over the Taiwan area. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D18203. doi:10.1029/2003JD004368, September 2004. (SCI) ¶À¤p¬Â¡B·¨©ú¤¯ ¯Ç²ú(2001)»ä­·¼Æ­È¼ÒÀÀ¬ã¨s¤§ªì¨B¤ÀªR ®ð¶H¹w³ø»P¤ÀªR¡A180, 1-12, September 2004 «CÅï¡B·¨©ú¤¯ ®çªÛ(2001)»ä­·¤§¼Æ­È¼ÒÀÀ ®ð¶H¹w³ø»P¤ÀªR¡A180, 35-44, September 2004 Yang, M.-J., and L. Ching A modeling study of Typhoon Toraji (2001): Physical parameterization sensitivity and topographic effect. Terr., Atmos., and Oceanic Sci., 16, 177-213, March 2005. (SCI) Li, M.-H., M.-J. Yang, R. Soong, and H.-L. Huang Simulating typhoon floods with gauge data and mesoscale modeled rainfall in a mountainous watershed. J. Hydrometeor., 6, 306-323. doi:10.1175/JHM423.1, June 2005. (SCI) Sui, C.-H., X. Li, M.-J. Yang, and H.-L. Huang Estimation of oceanic precipitation efficiency in cloud models. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 4358-4370, December 2005. (SCI) Sui, C.-H., X. Li, K.-M. Lau, W.-K. Tao, M.-D. Chou, and M.-J.Yang Convective-radiative-mixing processes in the tropical ocean-atmosphere. The Monograph for the 50-yr Anniversary of Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, submitted, May 2006. Yang, M.-J., and H.-L. Huang A cloud-resolving numerical study of Typhoon Nari (2001). Part I: Observation verification and topographic effects. Mon. Wea. Rev., submitted, May 2006

MING-HSU LI (§õ©ú¦°) Highest Education: Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Present Position: Assistant Professor (2001-) Joined NCU Faculty: 2001.8 Research Specialty: Land Hydrology Modeling, Flood Prediction and Mitigation, Subsurface Modeling, Geochemical Modeling E-mail: mli@cc.ncu.edu.tw

Refereed Papers

Li, M. H., M. H. Hsu, L. S. Hsieh, and W. H. Teng Inundation potentials analysis for Tsao-Ling landslide lake formed by Chi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan Natural Hazards, 25, 289-303, March, 2002. (SCI) Cheng, H. P., M. H. Li, and S. Li A sensibility analysis of model selection in modeling the reactive transport of cesium in crushed granite, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 61, 371-385, March, 2003. (SCI) Cheng, H. P., M. H. Li, and J. R. Cheng An Assessment of Using The Predictor-Corrector Technique to Solve Reactive Transport Equations, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 56, 739-766, 2003. (SCI) Li, M. H., M. J. Yang, R. Soong, and H. L. Huang Simulating typhoon floods with gauge data and mesoscale modeled rainfall in a mountainous watershed, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 6 (3), 306-323, June, 2005. (SCI) Li, M. H., H. P. Cheng, and G. T. Yeh An adaptive multigrid approach for the simulation of contaminant transport in 3D subsurface, Computers & Geosciences., 3(8), 1028-1041, October, 2005. (SCI) Hsieh, L.S., M. H. Hsu, and M. H. Li An assessment of structural measures for flood-prone lowlands with high population density along Keelung River in Taiwan, Natural Hazards, 37, 133-152, February, 2006. (SCI) Li, M. H., C. P. Tung, C. H. Sui, and F. H. Yang Estimating seasonal basin rainfall with Tabu search, Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 17(1), 295-316, March, 2006. (SCI)

TSO-REN WU (§d¯®¥ô) Highest Education: Ph.D., Cornell University Present Position: Assistant Professor (2005--) Joined NCU Faculty: 2005.2 Research Specialty:Numerical Simulation of the Tsunami Propagation, ¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@¡@Landslide Simulation, Storm surge modeling E-mail: tsoren@ncu.edu.tw

Refereed Papers

Lynett, P., Wu, T.-R. and Liu, P.L.-F. Modeling wave runup with depth-integrated equations. Coastal Engineering, 46(2), 89-107 (SCI) Liu, P.L.-F. and Wu, T.-R. Waves generated by moving pressure disturbances in rectangular and trapezoidal channels Journal of Hydraulic Research 42(2), 163-171.(SCI) Liu, P.L.-F., Wu, T.-R., Raichlen, F., Synolakis,C. and Borrero, J. Runup and rundown from three-dimensional sliding masses Journal of Fluid Mechanics., 536, 107-144 (SCI)