Yi-leng Chen
Professor
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Hawaii at Manoa
United States of America
Biography
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1980, M.S., University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1976, B.S., National Central University, Chungli, Taiwan, 1972
Research Interest
island effects on weather and climate over the Hawaiian islands and adjacent waters from data analyses; assimilation of unconventional data in the initial conditions of regional models; and high- resolution numerical modeling including summer trade-wind weather, high-wind and heavy-rainfall events, and regional climate.
Publications
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Tam, E. K., R. Miike, S. Labrenz, E. Avol, A. J. Sutton, T. Elias, K. Tantisira, Y.-L. Chen, J. Davis, D. Dockery, 2016: Volcanic air pollution over the Island of Hawai¿i: Emissions, dispersal, composition - Association with respiratory symptoms and lung function in Hawaii Island School children. Envir. Inter. 92-93: 543-552. (DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.03.025).
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Tu, C.-C., Y.-L. Chen, S.-Y. Chen, Y.-H. Kuo and P.-L. Lin, 2017: Impacts of including rain evaporative cooling in the initial conditions on the prediction of a coastal heavy rainfall event during TiMREX. Mon. Wea. Rev.,145, 253-277
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Li, L. and Y.-L. Chen, 2017: Numerical Simulations of Two Trapped Mountain Lee Waves Downstream of Oahu. J. Appl. Meteor. and Climate,56,1305-1324
