Long S. Chiu

 


Associate Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences
Rm 326, Research Hall, MSN 6A2

George Mason University
Fairfax Virginia 22030-4444
Phone: 703-993-1984  Email lchiu@gmu.edu

 

COURSES:

George Mason University

Phys 244 and Phys 246 lab

CSI-757: Techniques and Algorithms in Remotes Sensing and Earth Observations
CSI-656/EVPP-652/GEOG-570: Hydrosphere
EOS-757 Techniques and Algorithm in Remote Sensing and Earth Observations

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Satellite Remote Sensing of oceanic precipitation, evaporation, sea ice and snow, analyzing climate variability and trends, forecasting typhoon intensification and dissemination of scientific data and information  (http://gpcp-pspdc.gmu.edu/research.shtml)

 

Visit the GPCP-Polar Satellite Precipitation Data Center  http://gpcp-pspdc.gmu.edu/ to check out oceanic rainfall products

EDUCATION:

Sc. D., Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1980.
B. S. (Summa Cum Laude), Physics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1974.

PROFESSIONAL and HONOR SOCIETIES:

 

RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (out of 48 referred Journal articles and 27 book chapters)

Gao, Si, and Long S. Chiu, 2012: Development of statistical typhoon intensity prediction: application to satellite observed rain rate and surface evaporation (STIPER) , Wea. Forecasting, 27, 240-250.

Chiu, Long S., and Raymond K.-C. Lok, 2011: Variations of Respirable Suspended Particulates in Hong Kong , Annals of GIS, 17(2), 113-124.

Chiu, Long S., R. Chokngamwong, and Thomas T. Wilheit, 2010: Modified Monthly Oceanic Rain-Rate Algorithm to Account for TRMM Boost , IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 48, 3081-3086.

Chiu, Long S., and R. Chokngamwong, 2010: Microwave Emission Brightness Temperature Histograms (METH) rain rates for climate studies: SSM/I V6 results , J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 49(1), 115-123.

Gao, Si, and Long S. Chiu, 2010: Surface latent heat flux and rainfall associated with rapidly intensifying tropical cyclone , International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31(17-18), 4699-4710.

Shin, D.-B., K. P. Bowman, J.-M. Yoo and L. S. Chiu, 2009: Variability of Passive Microwave Radiometric Signatures at Different Spatial Resolutions and Its Implication for Rainfall Estimation , IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47(6), 1575-1584.

Liu, Zhong, H. Rui, W. Teng, L. S. Chiu, G. Leptoukh, and S. Kempler, 2009: Developing an online information system prototype for global satellite precipitation algorithm validation and inter-comparison , J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 48(12), 2581-2589.

Shie, C.-L., Long S. Chiu, R. Adler, E. Nelkin, I.-I. Lin, P. Xie, F.-C. Wang, R. Chokngamwong, W. Olson, and D. A. Chu, 2009: A Note on Reviving the Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF) Dataset , Adv. Atmo. Sci., 26(6), 1071-1080.

Foster, James, Dorothy Hall, J. Kelly, Long Chiu, 2009: Seasonal Snow Extent and Snow Mass in South America Using SMMR and SSM/I Passive Microwave Data (1979-2006) , Remote Sensing of Environment, 113, 291-305.

Chokngamwong, R., and Long Chiu, 2009: Development of the Microwave calibrated Infrared Split-window Technique (MIST) for rainfall estimation , International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(12), 3115-3131.

Chiu, Long S., R. Chokngamwong, Y. Xing, R. Yang, C.-L. Shie, 2008: Trends and Variations of Global Oceanic Evaporation Datasets from Remote Sensing , Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 27(3), 124-135.

Song, Kaishan, Yuanzhi Zhang, Cui Jin, Su Yan, and Long Chiu, 2008: Seasonal snow monitoring from space-borne data in Northeast China , Annals of GIS, 14(2), 113-119.

Shin, D.-B., and Long Chiu, 2008: The effect of TRMM boost on oceanic rainfall estimates based on Microwave Emission Brightness Temperature Histogram (METH) , J. Atmo. Ocean Tech., 25, 1888-1893.

Shin, D.-B., L. Chiu, and P. Clemente-Colon, 2008: Effects of atmospheric water and surface wind on passive microwave retrievals of sea ice concentration: a simulation study , International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(19), 5717-5731.

Chokngamwong, R., and L.S. Chiu, 2008: Comparison of TRMM and Thailand daily gauge data , J. Hydrometeorology, 9, 256-266.

Lu, George Y., Long S. Chiu, and David W. Wong, 2007: Vulnerablity assessment of rainfall-induced deris flows in Taiwan , Nat. Hazards, 43, 223-244.

Book Chapters

Chiu, L. S., S. Gao, and C.-L. Shie, 2012: Satellite-based Oceanic Surface Turbulent Fluxes , in Satellite-based Applications to Climate Change, J. Qu, A. Powell and M. Sivakumar (Editors), Springer. (accepted)

Chiu, L. S., S. Gao, and D.-B. Shin, 2012: Climate-Scale Oceanic Rainfall from Microwave Radiometry, in Satellite-based Applications to Climate Change, J. Qu, A. Powell and M. Sivakumar (Editors), Springer. (accepted)

Chiu, L. S., S. Gao, and C.-L. Shie, 2012: Oceanic Evaporation: Trends and Variabilities, in Remote Sensing - Applications, Boris Escalante-Ramirez (Editor), ISBN 978-953-51-0651-7, InTech. (Available online at: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/oceanic-evaporation-trend-and-variability )

Chiu, L., 2012: Aerosol-Climate Interactions: Examples from Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Region, in Environmental Pollution and its Relation to Climate Change, Ahmed El Nemr (Editor), 125-138, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 692pp.

Chiu, L., 2011: Earth Observations, in Advanced Geoinformation Science, C. Yang, Q. Miao, D. Wong and R. Yang (Editors) CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 4865pp.

Chiu, L., Meixia Deng, Liping Di, Steven Kempler, Zhong Liu, Qianjun Miao, Lenard Milich, Qisheng Pan, Hualan Rui, Jiqiang Tan, Yanli Tang, William Teng, Chaowei (Phil) Yang, Ruixin Yang, Hong, Wei Yu, and Ming Zhang, 2011: Other applications, in Advanced Geoinformation Science, C. Yang, Q. Miao, D. Wong and R. Yang. (Editors); CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 4865pp.

Liu, Z., H. Rui,, W. Teng, L. S. Chiu, G. Leptoukh and G. Vicente, 2007: Online visualization and analysis: A new avenue to use satellite data for weather, climate and interdisciplinary research and applications, in Measuring Precipitation from Space: EURAINSAT and the future, Levizzani, V., P. Bauer, J. Turk (Editors), Series in Advances in Global Change Research , Vol. 28, 549-558, Springer (ISBN: 978-1-4020-5834-9)

Chiu, L., Z. Liu, H. Rui and W.L. Teng, 2006: TRMM Data and Access, in Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing, Vol II, Qu, J., et al., (Editors), Springer-Tsinghua University Press, 202-218.

Chiu, L., D.-B. Shin and J. Kwaitkowski, 2006: Surface Rainfall from Satellite Algorithms, in Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing, Vol I, Qu, J., et al. (Editors), Springer-Tsinghua University Press, 317-336.

Acker, J., L. Chiu, et al., 2001: Remote Sensing of Earth from Satellites, in Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Academic Press.

(For full publication list see http://gpcp-pspdc.gmu.edu/publications.shtml )