Publication

  1. Yang, S.-C., S.-H. Chen, and C.-C. Chang, 2021: Impact of assimilating FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 radio occultations on tropical cyclone genesis: Observing System Simulation Experiments using Hurricane Gordon (2006) as a case study. Submitted to Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, revision. 
  2. Zhao, Z., Z., P. Di, S.-H. Chen, J. Avise, A. Kaduwela, 2021: Assessment of climate change impact on wintertime meteorology over California using dynamical downscaling method with a bias correction technique. Clim. Dyn. (in press).
  3. Chen, S.-H., B. McDowell, C.-C. Huang, T. R. Nathan, 2021: Formation of a low‐level barrier jet and its modulation by dust radiative forcing over the Hexi Corridor in Central China on March 17, 2010. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 1– 19. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4000.
  4. Chen, S.-H., C.-C. Huang, Y.-C. Kuo, Y.-H. Tseng, Y. Gu, K. Earl, C.-Y. Chen, Y. Choi, K.-N. Liou, 2021: Impacts of Saharan mineral dust on air‐sea interaction over North Atlantic Ocean using a fully coupled regional model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2020JD033586. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033586
  5. Xu, W., S.-H. Chen, M. Wang, W. Yang, and L. Wang, 2021: Eliminating the end effect of empirical mode decomposition using a cubic spline based method. Digital Signal Processing, 110, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsp.2020.102936.
  6. Liu, Y.-C., P. Di, S.-H. Chen, X. M. Chen, J. Fan, J. DaMassa, and J. Avise, 2021: Climatology of diablo winds in Northern California and their relationships with large-scale climate variabilities. Clim. Dyn. 56, 1335–1356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05535-5.
  7. Kumar, A., Zapata, C., Yeh, S., Yang, C., Ogden, J., & Lee, H.‐H., et al., 2020: Effects of low‐carbon energy adoption on airborne particulate matter concentrations with feedbacks to future climate over California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2020JD032636. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032636 . Editor’s Highlight in Eos.
  8. Choi, Y., S.‐H. Chen, C.-C. Huang, K. Earl, C.-Y. Chen, C. S., Schwartz, and T. Matsui, 2020: Evaluating the impact of assimilating aerosol optical depth observations on dust forecasts over North Africa and the East Atlantic using different data assimilation methods. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 12, e2019MS001890.
  9. Yu, Y., S.-H. Chen, Y.-H. Tseng, X. Guo, J. Shi, G. Liu, C. Zhang, Y. Xu, and H. Gao, 2020: Importance of diurnal forcing on the summer salinity variability in the East China Sea. Phys. Oceanogr., 50, 633–653. pdf
  10. Bercos-Hickey, E., T. R. Nathan, and S.-H. Chen, 2020: On the Relationship between the African Easterly Jet, Saharan Mineral Dust Aerosols, and West African Precipitation. J. Climate, 33, 3533–3546. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0661.1
  11. Lee, H.-H., S.-H. Chen, A. Kumar, H. Zhang, and M. J. Kleeman, 2020: Improvement of aerosol activation/ice nucleation in a source-oriented WRF-Chem model to study a winter storm in California. Atmospheric Research, 235, p.104790.
  12. Zhao, Z., P. Di, S.-H. Chen, J. Avise, A. Kaduwela, and J. DaMassa, 2020: Assessment of climate change impact over California using dynamical downscaling with a bias correction technique: method validation and analyses of summertime results. Clim. Dyn. 54, 3705–3728. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05200-x
  13. Huang, C.-Y., C. Chou, S.-H. Chen, and J. Xie, 2020: Topographic Rainfall of Tropical Cyclones past a Mountain Range as Categorized by Idealized Simulations.  Weather and Forecasting, 35, 25–49, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-19-0120.1. pdf
  14. Haines, P., W.-Y. Sun, S.-H. Chen, W.-R. Hsu, and M.-E. Hsieh, 2019: NTU/PU model simulations and observed flow over mountains. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 30, 171-184, doi: 10.3319/TAO.2018.12.04.01
  15. Grogan, D. F. P., T. R. Nathan, and S.-H. Chen, 2019: Structural Changes in the African Easterly Jet and Its Role in Mediating the Effects of Saharan Dust on the Linear Dynamics of African Easterly Waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 3351–3365, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0104.1.
  16. Murphy, M.J., J. S. Haase, R. Padullés, S.-H. Chen, M. A. Morris, 2019: The Potential for Discriminating Microphysical Processes in Numerical Weather Forecasts Using Airborne Polarimetric Radio Occultations. Remote Sens., 11, 2268. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/19/2268
  17. Nathan, T. R., D. F. P. Grogan, and S.-H. Chen, 2019: Saharan dust transport during the incipient growth phase of African easterly waves. Geosciences, 9, 388. doi:10.3390/ geosciences 9090388.
  18. Huang C.-C, S.-H. Chen, Y.-C. Lin, K. Earl, T. Matsui, H.-H. Lee, I-C Tsai, J.-P. Chen, and C.-T. Cheng, 2019: The Comparison of Dust-Radiation versus Dust-Cloud Interactions on the Development of an MCS over North Africa. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 3301–3326. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0459.1
  19. Chen, S.-H., S.-C. Yang, C.-Y. Chen, C. P. van Dam, A. Cooperman, H. Shiu, C. MacDonald and J. Zack, 2019: Application of Bias Corrections to Improve Hub-height Ensemble Wind Forecasts over the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area. Renewable Energy, 140, 281-291. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148119303489
  20. Serra, Y. L., J. S. Haase, D. K. Adams, Q. Fu, T. P. Ackerman, M. J. Alexander, A. Arellano, L. Back, S.-H. Chen, and Coauthors, 2018: The risks of contracting the acquisition and processing of the nation’s weather and climate data to the private sector. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, 869–870, https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0034.1.  pdf
  21. Chang, K.-Y., K. T. Paw U., and S.-H. Chen, 2018: The importance of carbon-nitrogen biogeochemistry on water vapor and carbon fluxes as elucidated by a multiple canopy layer higher order closure land surface model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 259, 60-74. pdf
  22. Chang, K.-Y., K. T. Paw U., and S.-H. Chen, 2018: Canopy Profile Sensitivity on Surface Layer Simulations Evaluated by a Multiple Canopy Layer Higher order closure Land Surface Model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 252, 192-607. pdf
  23. Liu, Y.-C., P. Di, S.-H. Chen, and J. DaMassa, 2018: Relationships of Rainy Season Precipitation and Temperature to Climate Indices in California: Long-Term Variability and Extreme Events. J. Climate, 31, 1921–1942. pdf
  24. Chen, X.M., S.-H. Chen, J. S. Haase, B.J. Murphy, K.N. Wang, J.L. Garrison, S.Y. Chen, C.Y. Huang, L. Adhikari, and Xie, 2018: The Impact of Airborne Radio Occultation Observations on the Simulation of Hurricane Karl (2010). Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 329–350. pdf
  25. Yang, S.-C., S.-H. Chen, K. Kondo, T. Miyoshi, Y.-C. Liou, Y.-L. Teng, and H.-L. Chang, 2017: Multilocalization data assimilation for predicting heavy precipitation associated with a multiscale weather system, Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 9, DOI: 10.1002/2017MS001009. pdf
  26. Bercos-Hickey, E., T. R. Nathan, and S.-H. Chen, 2017: Saharan Dust and the African Easterly Jet-African Easterly Wave System: Structure, Location, and Energetics. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc.,143, 2797-2808. DOI: 10.1002/qj.3128. pdf
  27. Nathan, T.R., D.F. Grogan, and S.-H. Chen, 2017: Subcritical Destabilization of African Easterly Waves by Saharan Mineral Dust. Atmos. Sci., 74, 1039–1055. pdf
  28. Grogan, D. F. P., T. R. Nathan, and S.-H. Chen, 2017: Saharan Dust and the Nonlinear Evolution of the African Easterly Jet-African Easterly Wave System. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 27–47. doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0118.1. pdf
  29. Xu, L., R.D. Pyles, U K.T Paw., R.L. Snyder, E. Monier, M. Falk, and S.-H. Chen, 2017: Impact of Canopy Representations on Regional Modeling of Evapotranspiration using the WRF-ACASA Coupled Model. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 247, 79–92. pdf
  30. Hu, J., S. Jathar, H. Zhang, Q. Ying, S.-H. Chen, C.D. Cappa, and M.J. Kleeman, 2017: Long-term particulate matter modeling for health effect studies in California – Part 2: Concentrations and sources of ultrafine organic aerosols. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 5379-5391, DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-5379-2017. pdf
  31. Lee, H.-H., S.-H. Chen, M. J. Kleeman, H. Zhang, S. P. DeNero, and D. K. Joe, 2016: Implementation of warm-cloud processes in a source-oriented WRF/Chem model to study the effect of aerosol mixing state on fog formation in the Central Valley of California, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 8353-8374, doi:10.5194/acp-16-8353-2016, 2016. pdf
  32. Lin, Y.-L., S.-H. Chen, and L. Liu, 2016: Orographic Influence on Basic Flow and Cyclone Circulation and Their Impacts on Track Deflection of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 3951–3974,  doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0252.1. pdf
  33. Huang, C.-Y., C.-A. Chen, S.-H. Chen, and D. S. Nolan, 2016: On the Upstream Track Deflection of Tropical Cyclones Past a Mountain Range: Idealized Experiments. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 3157–3180, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0218.1. pdf
  34. Liu L., Y.-L., Lin, and S.-H. Chen, 2016: Effects of Landfall Location and Approach Angle of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone over a Long Mountain Range. Front. Earth Sci. 4:14. doi: 10.3389/feart.2016.00014. pdf
  35. Grogan, D., T. Nathan, and S.-H. Chen, 2016: Effects of Saharan Dust on the Linear Dynamics of African Easterly Waves. J. Atmos. Sci., DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-15-0143.1, 73, 981-911. pdf
  36. Hu, J., H. Zhang, Q. Ying, S.-H. Chen, F. Vandenberghe, and M. J. Kleeman, 2015. Long-term particulate matter modeling for health effect studies in California – Part 1: Model performance on temporal and spatial variations, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 3445-3461, doi:10.5194/acp-15-3445-2015. pdf
  37. Haddad, Z. S., J. L. Steward, H.-C. Tseng, T. Vukicevic, S.-H. Chen, and S. Hristova-Veleva, 2015. A data assimilation technique to account for the nonlinear dependence of scattering microwave observations of precipitation. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 5548–5563. doi: 10.1002/2015JD023107.pdf
  38. Chen, S.-H., Y.-C. Liu, R. R. Nathan, C. Davis, R. Torn, N. Sowa, C.-T. Cheng, and J.-P. Chen, 2015. Modeling the effects of dust-radiative forcing on the movement of Hurricane Helene (2006). Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc. 141, 2563-2570. doi: 10.1002/qj.2542 pdf
  39. Xu, L., R. D. Pyles, K. T. Paw U, S.-H. Chen, and E. Monier, 2014. Coupling the high-complexity land surface model ACASA to the mesoscale model WRF, Geosci. Model Dev., 7, 2917-2932, doi:10.5194/gmd-7-2917-2014.pdf
  40. Chen, S.-H. and Y.-C. Liu, 2014: The relation between dry vortex merger and tropical cyclone genesis over the Atlantic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 11,641–11,661, doi:10.1002/2014JD021749. pdf
  41. Yang, S.-C, S-H. Chen, S.-Y. Chen, C.-Y. Huang, and C.-S. Chen, 2014. Evaluating the impact of the COSMIC RO bending angle data on predicting the heavy precipitation episode on 16 June 2008 during SoWMEX-IOP8. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 4139–4163. pdf
  42. Young, M. P., C. J. R. Williams, J. C. Chiu, R. I. Maidment, and S.-H. Chen, 2014. Investigation of Discrepancies in Satellite Rainfall Estimates over Ethiopia. J. Hydrometeor, 15, 2347–2369. pdf
  43. Hu, J., H. Zhang, S.-H. Chen, Q. Ying, C. Wiedinmyer, F. Vandenberghe, and M.J. Kleeman, 2014. Identifying PM2.5 and PM0.1 Sources for Epidemiological Studies in California.  Environ. Sci. Technol., 48(9), 4980–4990.pdf
  44. Hu, J., H. Zhang, S.-H. Chen, C. Wiedinmyer, F. Vandenberghe, Q. Ying, M.J. Kleeman, 2014:  Predicting Primary PM2.5 and PM0.1 trace composition for epidemiological studies in California.  Environ. Sci. Technol., 48(9), 4971–4979. pdf
  45. Joe, D.K., H. Zhang, S.P. DeNero, H.-H. Lee, S.-H. Chen, B.C. McDonald, R.A. Harley, and M.J. Kleeman, 2014: Implementation of a high-resolution WRF/Chem model at the port of Oakland, Atmos. Environ., 82, pp351-363.pdf
  46. Zhang, H., S.P. DeNero, D.K. Joe, H. Lee, S.-H. Chen, J. Michalakes, and M.J. Kleeman, 2014: Development of a source oriented version of the WRF/Chem model and its application to the California regional PM10/PM2.5 air quality study. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 485-503. doi:10.5194/acp-14-485-2014. pdf
  47. Zhang, H., G. Chen, J. Hu, S.-H. Chen, C. Wiedinmyer, M. Kleeman, and Q. Ying, 2014: Evaluation of a seven-year air quality simulation using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)/Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) models in the eastern United States. Science of the Total Environment, 473-474, 275-285, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.121. pdf
  48. Silverman, N. L., M. P. Maneta, S.-H. Chen, J. T. Harper, 2013: Dynamically downscaled winter precipitation over complex terrain of the Central Rockies of Western Montana, USA, Water Resources Research, 49, 458-470. pdf
  49. Chen, S.-H., J.-Y. Chen, W.-Y. Chang, P.-L. Lin, P.-H. Lin, and W.-Y. Sun, 2011: Observing System Simulation Experiment: Development of the system and preliminary results, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D13202, doi:10.1029/2010JD015103. pdf
  50. Pan, L.-L., S.-H. Chen, D. Cayan, M.-Y. Lin, Q. Hart, M.-H. Zhang, Y. Liu, and J. Wang, 2011: Influences of climate change on California and Nevada regions revealed by a high-resolution dynamical downscaling study. Climate Dynamics, 37(9), 2005-2020. pdf
  51. Liu, Y.-C., S.-H. Chen, F.-C. Chien, 2011: The impact of MODIS and AIRS total precipitable water on modifying the vertical shear and Hurricane Emily simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D02126, doi:10.1029/2010JD014528. pdf
  52. Zhao, Z., S.-H. Chen, and M. J. Kleeman, 2011: The impact of climate change on air quality related meteorological conditions in California. Part II: Present versus Future Time Simulation Analysis. J. Climate., 24, 3362-3376.  pdf
  53. Zhao, Z., S.-H. Chen, M. J. Kleeman, M. Tyree and D. Cayan, 2011: The impact of climate change on air quality related meteorological conditions in California. Part I: Present time simulation analysis, J. Climate., 24, 3344-3361. pdf
  54. Mahmud, A., M. Hixson, J. Hu, Z. Zhao, S.-H. Chen, and M. J. Kleeman, 2010: Climate Impact on Airborne Particulate Matter Concentrations in California Using Seven Year Analysis Periods, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 11097–11114. doi:10.5194/acp-10-11097-2010. pdf
  55. Chen, S.-H., S.-H. Wang, and M. Waylonis, 2010: Modification of Saharan air layer and environmental shear over the eastern Atlantic Ocean by dust-radiation effects, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D21202, doi:10.1029/2010JD014158. pdf
  56. Zhao Z., and S.-H. Chen, 2010: Application of a Signal Technique to the Source-Receptor Relationship in Three-Dimensional Tracer Simulations, J. Appl. Meteor., 49, 2197-2212. pdf
  57. Chen, S.-H., and Y.-C. Siao, 2010: Evaluation of an explicit one-dimensional time dependent tilting cloud model: sensitivity to relative humidity. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 88, 95-121. DOI:10.2151/jmsj.2010-201, 88, 95-121.  pdf
  58. Hu J., Q. Ying, J. Chen, A. Mahmud, Z. Zhao, S.-H. Chen, M. J. Kleeman, 2010: Particulate air quality model predictions using prognostic vs. diagnostic meteorology in central California. Atmos. Environ.44 215-226. DOI:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.10.011. pdf
  59. Huang C.-Y., Y.-H. Kuo, S.-Y. Chen, C.-T. Terng, F.-C. Chien, P.-L. Lin, M.-T. Kueh, S.-H. Chen, M.-J. Yang, C.-J. Wang, A. S. K. A. V. Prasad Rao, 2010: Impact of GPS radio occultation data assimilation on regional weather predictions. 14: 35, GPS Solut., DOI 10.1007/s10291-009-0144-1. pdf
  60. Kueh, M.-T., C.-Y. Huang, S.-Y. Chen, S.-H. Chen, and C.-J. Wang, 2009: Impact of GPS radio occultation refractivity soundings on simulation of typhoon Bilis (2006) landfalling Taiwan. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 20, 115-131. DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2008.01.21.03 (F3C). pdf
  61. Sun, W.-Y., W.-R. Hsu, J.-D. Chern, S.-H. Chen, C.-C. Wu, K. J.-S. Yang, K. Yeh, M. G. Bosilovich, P. A. Haines, K.-H. Min, T.-J. Oh, B. T. MacCall, A. Yildirim, Y.-L. Chang, C.-Z. Chang, and Y.-C. Yu, 2009: Purdue atmospheric models and applications. Recent Progress in Atmospheric Sciences: Applications to the Asia-Pacific Region, 200-228. pdf
  62. Kindap T., U. U. Turuncoglu, and S.-H. Chen, 2008: Potential threats from a likely nuclear power plant accident: A climatological trajectory analysis and tracer study, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 198, 393–405. DOI 10.1007/s11270-008-9853-2. pdf
  63. Chen, S.-H., J. Dudhia, J. S. Kain, T. Kindap, and E. Tan, 2008. Development of the on-line MM5 tracer model and its applications to air pollution episodes in Istanbul, Turkey and Sahara dust transport, J. Geophys. Res., 113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009244. pdf
  64. Chen, S.-H., Y.-L. Lin, and Z. Zhao, 2008: Effects of unsaturated moist Froude number and orographic aspect ratio on a conditionally unstable flow over a mesoscale Mountain, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86, 353-367.pdf
  65. Chen, S.-H., Z. Zhao, J. S. Haase, A. Chen, and F. Vandenberghe, 2008: A study of the characteristics and assimilation of retrieved MODIS total precipitable water data in severe weather simulations, Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 3608-3628. pdf
  66. Nolan, D., C. Zhang, and S.-H. Chen, 2007: Dynamics of the shallow meridional circulation around intertropical convergence zones. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 2262-2285. pdf
  67. Chen, S.-H., 2007: The Impact of Assimilating SSM/I and QuikSCAT Satellite Winds on Hurricane Isidore Simulations, Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 549-566. pdf
  68. Chen, S.-H., and H.-M. Hsu, 2006: The effect of parameterized sub-grid-scale diffusions on the source-receptor relationship in the WRF model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L18809, doi:10.1029/2006GL026954. pdf
  69. Chen, S.-H., F. Vandenberghe, and C.-Y. Huang, 2006: Error characteristics of GPS retrieved refractivity using a simulation study, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 84, 477-496. pdf
  70. Kindap, T., A. Unal, S.-H. Chen, Y. Hu, M. T. Odman, and M. Karaca, 2006: Long-range aerosol transport from Europe to Istanbul, Turkey, Atmos. Environ., 40, 3536-3547. pdf
  71. Huang, C.-Y., Y.-H. Kuo, S.-H. Chen, and F. Vandenberghe, 2005: Improvements on Typhoon Forecast with Assimilated GPS Occultation Refractivity. Weather and Forecasting, 20, 931-953. pdf
  72. Chen, S.-H., and Y.-L. Lin, 2005: Effects of moist Froude number and CAPE on a conditionally unstable flow over a mesoscale mountain ridge. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 331-350. pdf
  73. Chen, S.-H. and Y.-L. Lin. Orographic effects on a conditionally unstable flow over an idealized three-dimensional mesoscale mountain. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 88, 1-21. pdf
  74. Hong, S.-Y., J. Dudhia, and S.-H. Chen. A Revised Approach to Ice Microphysical Processes for the Bulk Parameterization of Clouds and Precipitation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 103-120. pdf
  75. Chen, S.-H., F. Vandenberghe, G. W. Petty, and J. F. Bresch. Application of SSM/I satellite data to a hurricane simulation. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 130, 801-825. pdf
  76. Chen, S.-H, and W.-Y. Sun. An explicit one-dimensional time-dependent tilting cloud model. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 2797-2816.pdf
  77. Chen, S.-H. and W.-Y. Sun, 2002. A one-dimensional time dependent cloud model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 80(1), 99-118. pdf
  78. Chen, S.-H., and W.-Y. Sun, 2001: Applications of the Multigrid method and a flexible hybrid coordinate in a nonhydrostatic model, Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2660-2676. pdf