Associate Research ScientistJCET Research Group: Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes GSFC Code: 612.0 Mailing Address: Phone: (301) 614-6312 |
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Research Interests: Dr. Chung-Lin Shie has been involved in four major research projects in recent years. The first study involved a funded TCSP (Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes) Project that investigates the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) impacts on Atlantic hurricane formation and intensification by 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 the GSSTF (Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes) datasets of sea surface turbulent fluxes, derived from remote sensing data and reanalysis. GSSTF2b and GSSTF2c data products have therefore been successfully produced and distributed via NASA GES DISC in October 2010 and October 2011, respectively. Biography: Dr. Chung-Lin Shie, originally from Taiwan, R.O.C., received his B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from National Taiwan University in 1977, his M.S. in Meteorology from Pennsylvania State University in 1985, and his Ph.D. in Meteorology from Florida State University in 1995. He began working at NASA/GSFC since Feb 1993, affiliated first with SSAI (Research Meteorologist until Feb 1997; Senior Research Meteorologist until Mar 2001), and then Associate Research Scientist with UMBC/GEST (April 2001 – May 2011), prior to joining JCET. During his early career (Feb 1993 to Mar 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. H e later helped produce a global (2×2.5 grid) daily air-sea surface flux product (GSSTF1) for a 7.5-year period (from July 1987 to Dec 1994), which was archived and distributed by NASA GES DISC. In 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 later further extended the scope of his multi-tasking research works. His recent research works included 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 pioneered and established with his late mentor Dr. S.-H. Chou during 1993-1997. In 2006, he won a “Meritorious Service Award” from COAA for his genuine performance serving as a COAA Board Director in 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 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. Most Recent Publication: Shie, C.-L. (2011), Science background for the reprocessing and Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF2c) Data Set for Global Water and Energy Cycle Research. Science Document for the Distributed GSSTF2c via Goddard Earth Sciences (GES) Data and Information Services Center (DISC), 19 pp. (Available here.) |
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