Atmospheric Environment Laboratory
by Professor Wei-Ting Chen

Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University

Publications

• Yo, T.-S., S.-H. Su, C.-M. Wu, W.-T. Chen, J.-L. Chu, C.-W. Chang, and H.-C. Kuo (2024), Learning Representations of Satellite Images with Evaluations on Synoptic Weather Events, Earth and Space Science, under review.

• Chen, W.-T., Y.-H. Chang, C.-M. Wu*, and H.-Y. Huang (2024), The future extreme precipitation systems of orographically locked diurnal convection: The benefits of using large-eddy simulation ensembles, Environmental Research: Climate, accepted.

• Jung, C.-R., W. Chen, W.-T. Chen, S.-H. Su, L. C., B.-F. Hwang* (2024), A machine learning model for estimating daily maximum 8-hour average ozone concentrations using OMI and MODIS products, Atmos. Env., 331, 120587, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120587.

• Chen, P.-J., W.-T. Chen*, S.-W. Chou, C.-M. Wu and M.-H. Lo (2024), Machine Learning Detection of Fog Top over Eastern Taiwan Mountains from Himawari-8 Satellite True-color Images, Remote Sensing Application: Society and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101203.

• Su, C.-Y.*, C.-M. Wu, W.-T. Chen, and J. Peters (2024), Modulation of Tropical Convection-circulation Interaction by Aerosol Indirect Effects in Idealized Simulations of a Global Convection-permitting Model, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040190.

• Wu, C.-H., W.-T. Chen*, and C.-M. Wu (2024), Multi-scale Variability of Autumn Precipitation in Eastern Taiwan Modulated by ENSO, ISO, and TC activity, Asia. Pac. J. Atmos. Sci., https://doi.org/10.1007/s13143-024-00359-3.

• Li, J.-L.*, W.-L. Lee, K.-M. Xu, Y. C. Tsai, J. Jiang, J.-Y. Yu, G. Stephen, E. J. Fetzer, and W.-T. Chen (2023), Radiatively-Active Hydrometeors Frequencies from CloudSat-CALIPSO Data for Evaluating Cloud Fraction in Global Climate Models, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 128(21), e2023JD038511, doi: 10.1029/2023JD038511.

• Chen, Y.-C.*, W.-L. Tseng, C.-M. Wu, W.-T. Chen, H.-Y. Tseng (2023), Influence of Synoptic Weather on Aerosol Variability over East Asia: Present and Future, Atmos. Res., (295)107023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.107023.

• Chang, Y.-H., W.-T. Chen*, C.-M. Wu, Y.-H. Kuo, and J. D. Neelin (2023), Identifying the Deep-inflow Mixing Features in Orographically Locked Diurnal Convection, Geophys. Res. Lett., 50(10), e2023GL103107, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103107

• Jung, C.-R.*, W.-T. Chen, L.-H. Young, and T.-C. Hsiao (2023), A hybrid model for estimating the number concentration of ultrafine particles in central Taiwan, Environment International, 175, 107937, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.107937.

• Kuo, K.-T., C.-M. Wu*, and W.-T. Chen (2023), Effects of the Horizontal Scales of the Cloud-Resolving Model on Tropical Cyclones in the Superparameterized Community Atmosphere Model, Earth and Space Science, 10(4), e2022EA002681, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002681.

• Hsu, T.-H., W.-T. Chen*, C.-M. Wu, and M.-K. Hsieh (2023), The observation-based index to investigate the role of lee vortex in enhancing pollution over Northern Taiwan, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climate, 62 (3), 427–439, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-22-0102.1.

• Chen, Y.-C., C.-M. Wu*, and W.-T. Chen (2022), A Deep Learning Framework for Analyzing Cloud Characteristics of Aggregated Convection Using Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations, Atmospheric Science Letters, e1150, https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.1150.

• Chang, Y.-C., W.-T. Chen, S.-H. Su, C.-R. Jung*, and B.-F. Hwang (2022), PM2.5 exposure and incident attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder during the prenatal and postnatal periods: a birth cohort study, Environmental Research, 214, 113769, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113769

• Su, C.-Y., W.-T. Chen*, C.-M. Wu, H.-Y. Ma (2022), Object-based evaluation of tropical precipitation systems in DYAMOND simulations over the maritime continent. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 100, 647-659, https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2022-033

• Su, S.-H., Y.-H. Chang, C.-H. Liu, W.-T. Chen*, W.-Y. Chang, J.-P. Chen, W.-N. Chen, K.-S. Chung, J.-P. Hou, M.-K. Hsieh, H.-C. Kuo, Y.-C. Lee, P.-L. Lin, P.-Y. Lin, P.-H. Lin, Y.-C. Liou, M.-H. Lo, S.-H. Wang, C.-M. Wu, J.-H. Yang, M.-J. Yang (2022), Yilan Experiment of Severe Rainfall in 2020 (YESR2020): The Scientific Strategy and the Field Campaign, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 148(745), 1663-1682, https://doi.org/10.1002/QJ.4271

• Su, C.-Y., C.-M. Wu*, W.-T. Chen, and J.-H. Chen (2022), The Effects of the Unified Parameterization in the CWBGFS: the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation over Land in the Maritime Continent, Climate Dynamics, 58, 223–233, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05899-2

• Chang, C.-W., Y.-C. Chen*, and W.-T. Chen (2021), Susceptibility of East Asian Marine Warm Clouds to Aerosols in Winter and Spring from Collocated A-Train Satellite Observations, Remote Sens.,13(24), 5179; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13245179

• Chang, C.-W., Y.-C. Chen*, and W.-T. Chen (2021), The susceptibility of East Asian marine warm clouds to aerosol index during Winter and Spring, Atmospheric Sciences (in Chinese), 49, 176-200pp., https://doi.org/10.53106/025400022021124902003

• Chang, Y.-H., W.-T. Chen*, C.-M. Wu, C. Moseley, and C.-C. Wu (2021), Tracking the influence of cloud condensation nuclei on summer diurnal precipitating systems over complex topography in Taiwan, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 16709–16725, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-16709-2021

• Su, C.-Y., C.-M. Wu*, W.-T. Chen, and J.-H. Chen (2021), Implementation of the Unified Representation of Deep Moist Convection in the CWBGFS, Month. Weather Rev., 149(10), 3525–3539, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0067.1.

• Jung, C.-R., W.-T. Chen, and S. F. Nakayama* (2021), A National-Scale 1-km Resolution PM2.5 Estimation Model over Japan Using MAIAC AOD and a Two-Stage Random Forest Model. Remote Sensing, 13(18):3657, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13183657

• Chen, P.-J., W.-T. Chen*, C.-M. Wu, T.-S. Yo (2021), Convective cloud regimes from the classification of object-based CloudSat observations over Asian-Australian monsoon areas, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48(10), doi:/10.1029/2021GL092733

• Jian, H.-W., W.-T. Chen*, C.-M. Wu, and K. L. Rasmussen (2021), The synoptically-influenced extreme precipitation systems over Asian-Australian monsoon region from TRMM PR Measurements, J. Meteo. Soc. Japan, 99 (2), 269-285, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2021-013

• Shiu, C.-J., Y.-C. Wang, H.-H. Hsu, W.-T. Chen, H.-L. Pan, R. Sun, Y.-H. Chen, and C.-A. Chen (2021) GTS v1.0: A Macrophysics Scheme for Climate Models Based on a Probability Density Function, Geosci. Model Dev., doi:10.5194/gmd-2020-144

• Ma, H.-Y.*, C. Zhou, Y. Zhang, S. Klein, M. Zelinka, X. Zheng, S. Xie, W.-T. Chen, and C.-M. Wu (2021), A multi-year short-range hindcast experiment for evaluating climate model moist processes from diurnal to interannual time scales, Geosci. Model Dev., doi: 10.5194/gmd-2020-39

• Su, S.-H.*, C.-W. Chang, W.-T. Chen (2020), The Temporal Evolution of PM2.5 Pollution Events in Taiwan: Clustering and the Association with Synoptic Weather, Atmosphere, 11(11), 1265, doi:10.3390/atmos11111265

• Hung, M.-P., W.-T. Chen*, P.-J. Chen, C.-M. Wu, and P.-N. Feng (2020) Intraseasonal Vertical Cloud Regimes Based on CloudSat Observations over the Tropics, Remote Sensing, 12 (14), doi://10.3390/rs12142273

• Wang, C.-M., C.-R. Jung, W.-T. Chen, B.-F. Hwang (2020) Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and pediatric rheumatic diseases. Environ Int, 138: 105602, doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105602.

• Kuo, K.-T., W.-T. Chen*, and C.-M. Wu (2020), Effects of convection-SST interactions on the South China Sea Summer Monsoon Onset in a Multiscale Modeling Framework Model, Terr. Atmos. Ocean, doi:10.3319/TAO.2019.08.16.01.

• Su, C.-Y., W.-T. Chen*, J.-P. Chen, W.-Y. Chang, and B. J.-D. Jou (2020), The Impacts of Cloud Condensation Nuclei on the Extreme Precipitation of a Monsoon Coastal Mesoscale Convection System, Terr. Atmos. Ocean, doi:10.3319/TAO.2019.11.29.01.

• Sui, C.-H, P.-H. Lin, W.-T. Chen, S. Jan, C.-Y. Liu, Y.-J. Yang, C.-H. Liu, J.-M. Chen, M.-J. Yang, J.-S. Hong, L.-H. Hsu, L.-S. Tseng (2020), The South China Sea Two Islands Monsoon Experiment for studying convection and subseasonal to seasonal variability, Terr. Atmos. Ocean, doi:10.3319/TAO.2019.11.29.02.

• Kuo, Y.-H., J. D. Neelin, J. F. Booth, C.-C. Chen, W.-T. Chen, L. J. Donner, A. Gettelman, X. Jiang, K.-T. Kuo, E. Maloney, C. R. Mechoso, Y. Ming, K. A. Schiro, C. J. Seman, C.-M. Wu, M. Zhao (2020), Convective transition statistics over tropical oceans for climate model diagnostics: GCM evaluation, J. Atmos. Sci, 75(5), 1553-1570, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-19-0132.1

• Lin, C. A., Y.-C. Chen*, C.-Y. Liu, W.-T. Chen, J. H. Seinfeld, and C. C. K. Chou (2019). Satellite-Derived Correlation of SO2, NO2, and Aerosol Optical Depth with Meteorological Conditions over East Asia from 2005 to 2015, Remote Sensing, 11(15), 1738, 11(15), 1738, 21pp, doi:10.3390/rs11151738.

• Chen, W.-T.*, C.-M. Wu, W.-M. Tsai, P.-J. Chen, and P.-Y. Chen (2019), Role of coastal convection to moisture buildup during the South China Sea summer monsoon onset, J. Meteo. Soc. Japan, 97(6), 1155−1171, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2019-065

• Chen, W.-T., S.-P. Hsu, Y.-H. Tsai, and C.-H. Sui* (2019), The Influences of Scale-Interactions Involving Convectively-Coupled Kelvin Waves on Rainfall Variability over South China Sea and Maritime Continent in December 2016, J. Climate, 32(20), 6977–6993, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0471.1

• Jung, C.-R., W.-T. Chen, Y.-H. Tang, B.-F. Hwang* (2019), Fine particulate matter exposure during pregnancy and infancy and incident asthma, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 143(6), 2254-2262.e5, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2019.03.024.

• Chen, W.-T.*, C.-M. Wu, and H.-Y. Ma (2019), Evaluating the bias of South China Sea summer monsoon precipitation associated with fast physical processes using climate model hindcast approach, J. Climate, 32, 4491–4507, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0660.1

• Chen, C.-C., M.-H. Lo*, E.-S. Im, J.-Y. Yu, Y.-C. Liang, W.-T. Chen, I. Tang, C.-W. Lan; R.-J. Wu and R.-Y. Chien (2019), Thermodynamic and dynamic responses to deforestation in the Maritime Continent: A modeling study, J. Climate, 32(12), 3505-3527, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0310.1

• Jung, C.-R., W.-T. Chung, W.-T. Chen, R.-Y. Lee, and B.-F. Hwang* (2019), Long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution and systemic lupus erythematosus in Taiwan: A cohort study, Sci. Total Environ., 668, 342-349, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.018

• Su, C.-Y., C.-M. Wu*, W.-T. Chen, and J.-H. Chen (2019), Object-Based Precipitation System Bias in Grey Zone Simulation: the 2016 South China Sea Summer Monsoon Onset, Climate Dynamics, 53, 617–630, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-04607-x

• Chen, W.-T.*, K.-Z. Huang, M.-H. Lo, L. H. Linho (2018), Post-Monsoon Season Precipitation Reduction over South Asia: Impacts of Anthropogenic Aerosols and Irrigation, Atmosphere, 9(8), 311, doi:10.3390/atmos9080311

• Jung, C.-R., B.-F. Hwang, W.-T. Chen*, (2017), Incorporating long-term satellite-based aerosol optical depth, localized land use data, and meteorological variables to estimate ground-level PM2.5 concentrations in Taiwan from 2005 to 2015, Environ. Pollution, 237, 1000-1010, doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.11.016

• Jung, C.-R., W.-T. Chen, Y.-T. Lin, B.-F. Hwang (2016), Ambient air pollutant exposures and hospitalization for Kawasaki disease in Taiwan: a case-crossover study (2000–2010), Environ. Health Perspect., 125(4), 670-676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP137

• Wu, C.-M., M.-H. Lo, W.-T. Chen and C.T. Lu (2015), The impacts of Heterogeneous Land Surface Fluxes on the Diurnal Cycle Precipitation – A Framework for Improving the GCM Representation of Land-Atmosphere Interactions, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 3714–3727. doi:10.1002/2014JD023030.

• Li, J.-L. F., D. E. Waliser, W.-T. Chen, B. Guan, T. L. Kubar, G. L. Stephens, H.-Y. Ma, D. Min, L. J. Donner, C. J. Seman, and L. W. Horowitz (2012), An observationally-based evaluation of cloud ice water in CMIP3 and CMIP5 GCMs and contemporary reanalyses using contemporary satellite data, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., D16105, doi:10.1029/2012JD017640

• Leibensperger, E. M., L. J. Mickley, D. J. Jacob, W.-T. Chen, J. H. Seinfeld, A. Nenes, P. J. Adams, D. G. Streets, N. Kumar, and D. Rind (2012), Climatic effects of 1950–2050 changes in US anthropogenic aerosols – Part 2: Climate response, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 3349-3362.

• Leibensperger, E. M., L. J. Mickley, D. J. Jacob, W.-T. Chen, J. H. Seinfeld, A. Nenes, P. J. Adams, D. G. Streets, N. Kumar, and D. Rind (2012), Climatic effects of 1950–2050 changes in US anthropogenic aerosols – Part 1: Aerosol trends and radiative forcing, Atmos. Chem. Phys. 12, 3333-3348

• Chen, W.-T.*, C. P. Woods, J.-L. Li, D. E. Waliser, J. Chern, W. K. Tao, J. Jiang, A. Tompkins (2011), Partitioning CloudSat ice water content for comparison with upper-tropospheric ice in global atmospheric models, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D19206, doi:10.1029/2010JD015179

• Waliser, D. E., J.-L. Li, T. L'Ecuyer, and W.-T. Chen (2011), The impact of precipitating ice and snow on the radiation balance in global climate models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L06802, doi:10.1029/2010GL046478

• Chen, W.-T., Y. H. Lee, P. J. Adams, A. Nenes, and J. H. Seinfeld (2010), Will black carbon mitigation dampen aerosol indirect forcing?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L09801, doi:10.1029/2010GL042886

• Chen, W.-T., A. Nenes, H. Liao, P. J. Adams, J.-L. F. Li, and J. H. Seinfeld (2010), Global climate response to anthropogenic aerosol indirect effects: Present day and year 2100, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D12207, doi:10.1029/2008JD011619

• Raes, F., H. Liao, W.-T. Chen, and J. H. Seinfeld (2010), Atmospheric chemistry-climate feedbacks, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D12121, doi:10.1029/2009JD013300.

• Liao, H., Y. Zhang, W.-T. Chen, and J. H. Seinfeld (2009), Effect of chemistry-aerosol-climate coupling on predictions of future climate and future levels of tropospheric ozone and aerosols, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D10306, doi:10.1029/2008JD010984

• Chen, W.-T., R. A. Kahn, D. Nelson, K. Yau, and J. H. Seinfeld (2008), Sensitivity of multiangle imaging to the optical and microphysical properties of biomass burning aerosols, J. Geophy. Res., 113, D10203, doi:10.1029/2007JD009414

• Chen, W.-T., H. Liao, and J. H. Seinfeld (2007), Future climate impacts of direct radiative forcing of anthropogenic aerosols, tropospheric ozone, and long-lived greenhouse gases, J. Geophy. Res., 112, D14209, doi:10.1029/2006JD008051

• Liao, H., W.-T. Chen, and J. H. Seinfeld (2006), Roles of climate change in global predictions of future tropospheric ozone and aerosols, J. Geophy. Res., 111, D12304, doi:10.1029/2005JD006852