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Phone:
(301) 614-6312
Fax:
(301) 614-5492
Email:
chung-lin.shie-1@nasa.gov
Most Recent Publication
Chiu, L. S., R. Chokngamwong, Y. Xing, R. Yang, and C.-L. Shie, 2008: "Trends" and variations of global oceanic evaporation datasets from remote sensing, Acta Oceanologica Sinica. (in press)
Research Interests:
This investigator has involved in four major research projects in recent years. The first study involving a funded TCSP (Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes) project investigates impacts of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) on Atlantic hurricane formation and intensification primarily using multiple NASA satellite data sets. The second study funded by a NAMMA (NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses) project also focuses on the SAL's dust effect, yet on regional storm systems based on sounding observations (e.g., DC-8 flights and field experiments) and simulations produced by the WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model. In the third study, which involves a funded NEWS (NASA Energy and Water cycle Study) project, a series of GCE (Goddard Cumulus Ensemble) model simulations with a high grid resolution (i.e., 250-m) were performed. The modeled vertical heating profiles have then been added into the current look-up tables aiming to improve the satellite latent heating profile retrieval. The fourth study, a project newly funded by the MEASURES (Making Earth System data records for Use in Research Environments) program, aims to revive and improve GSSTF (Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes) -- a uniform dataset of sea surface turbulent fluxes, derived from remote sensing data and analysis, which would continue to be useful for scientific communities to perform global energy and water flux research and applications.
Biography:
Dr. Chung-Lin Shie, originally from Taiwan, R.O.C., received a B.S. in atmospheric sciences from National Taiwan University, then a M.S. in meteorology from Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. in meteorology from Florida State University. He started working at NASA/GSFC as a research scientist since February 1993, affiliated first with SSAI (as Research Meteorologist till February 1997, then Senior Research Meteorologist till March 2001), and then Associate Research Scientist with UMBC/GEST (since April 2001) ever since. During his early career (from February 1993 to March 1997), he mainly worked on the development and improvement of an EOF (Empirical Orthogonal Functions) model for surface humidity retrieval over the global oceans using the SSM/I precipitable water data. He later helped producing a global (2x2.5 grid) daily air-sea surface flux product (GSSTF1) for a 7.5-year period (from July 1987 to December 1994), which was archived and distributed by the Goddard DISC. Since April 1997, he joined a research project involving numerical simulations using the GCE model, and scientific analysis to study radiative-convective systems and their interactions with large-scale environment. He has recently further extended the scope of his multi-tasking research works. His current research works also involve research projects such as EOS, NEWS, and NAMMA. He recently won a MEaSUREs funded proposal to resume the air-sea flux production that he had helped establishing during 1993-1997. In 2006, he won a "Meritorious Service Award" from COAA for his genuine performance serving as one of the COAA Board Directors during 2003-2004. He also won the "Annual Outstanding Performance Award" of Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch, NASA/GSFC in both 2000 and 2004, as well as won an "Outstanding Mentoring Award" from UMBC/GEST in 2003. During his association with SSAI for 1993-2000, he had won Annual Performance Awards eight years in a row. |
