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Overview

Chau Ron Wu is affiliated with the National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan and has a research focus predominantly within Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

They have addressed a wide range of topics, with significant emphasis on climate variability and models, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and tropical and extratropical cyclones research. Additionally, their studies extend to marine and coastal ecosystems, ocean waves and remote sensing, marine and fisheries research, and atmospheric ozone and climate.

The scientist's recent research outputs include several papers published in reputable journals:

  • The Footprint of the 11-Year Solar Cycle in Northeastern Pacific SSTs and Its Influence on the Central Pacific El Niño, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Rapid Surface Warming of the Pacific Asian Marginal Seas Since the Late 1990s, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Phytoplankton and Bacterial Responses to Monsoon-Driven Water Masses Mixing in the Kuroshio Off the East Coast of Taiwan, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Intrusion of Kuroshio Helps to Diminish Coastal Hypoxia in the Coast of Northern South China Sea, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • An Examination of Circulation Characteristics in the Luzon Strait and the South China Sea Using High-Resolution Regional Atmosphere-Ocean Coupled Models, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

The publication venues where this scientist frequently contributes include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Geophysical Research Letters

In collaboration, the scientist often works with several coauthors, including Youlin Wang, Yong-Fu Lin, Jin-Yi Yu, Yu-Chia Chang, and Yi-Chia Hsin, reflecting a network of engagement in environmental and oceanographic sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Interaction of Supertyphoon Maemi (2003) with a Warm Ocean Eddy

    I. I. Lin;Chun Chieh Wu;Kerry A. Emanuel;I. Huan Lee

  • A unique seasonal pattern in phytoplankton biomass in low‐latitude waters in the South China Sea

    Chun Mao Tseng;George T.F. Wong;I. I. Lin;C. R. Wu

  • Mesoscale eddies in the northern South China Sea

    Chau Ron Wu;Tzu Ling Chiang

  • Interannual modulation of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) on the low-latitude western North Pacific

    Chau Ron Wu

  • Seasonal and interannual variations in the velocity field of the South China Sea

    Chau Ron Wu;Ping Tung Shaw;Shenn Yu Chao

  • Typhoon Kai-Tak: An Ocean’s Perfect Storm

    Tzu Ling Chiang;Chau Ron Wu;Lie Yauw Oey

  • Seasonal to interannual variations in the intensity and central position of the surface Kuroshio east of Taiwan

    Yi Chia Hsin;Bo Qiu;Tzu Ling Chiang;Chau Ron Wu

  • Spatial and temporal variations of the Kuroshio east of Taiwan, 1982–2005: A numerical study

    Yi Chia Hsin;Chau Ron Wu;Ping Tung Shaw

  • Blocking and Westward Passage of Eddies in the Luzon Strait

    Woei Jen Sheu;Chau Ron Wu;Chau Ron Wu;Lie Yauw Oey

  • Transient, Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the Taiwan Strait Current

    Chau Ron Wu;Shenn Yu Chao;Chun Hsu

  • TOPEX/Poseidon observations of mesoscale eddies over the Subtropical Countercurrent: Kinematic characteristics of an anticyclonic eddy and a cyclonic eddy

    Cheinway Hwang;Chau Ron Wu;Ricky Kao

  • Overview of KAGRA: Calibration, detector characterization, physical environmental monitors, and the geophysics interferometer

    T. Akutsu;M. Ando;M. Ando;K. Arai;Y. Arai

  • Air-sea interaction between tropical cyclone Nari and Kuroshio

    Chau Ron Wu;Chau Ron Wu;Yu Lin Chang;Lie Yauw Oey;C. W.June Chang

  • An updated examination of the Luzon Strait transport

    Yi Chia Hsin;Chau Ron Wu;Shenn Yu Chao

  • A numerical study on the formation of upwelling off northeast Taiwan

    Chau Ron Wu;Hung Fu Lu;Shenn Yu Chao

  • Why does the Kuroshio northeast of Taiwan shift shelfward in winter

    Lie Yauw Oey;Yi Chia Hsin;Chau Ron Wu

  • Interannual variability of the South China Sea in a data assimilation model

    Chau Ron Wu;C. W.June Chang

  • Intrusion of the Kuroshio into the South and East China Seas

    Chau Ron Wu;You Lin Wang;Yong Fu Lin;Shenn Yu Chao

  • The forcing mechanism leading to the Kuroshio intrusion into the South China Sea

    Chau Ron Wu;Yi Chia Hsin

  • Assimilating altimetric data into a South China Sea model

    Chau Ron Wu;Chau Ron Wu;Ping Tung Shaw;Shenn Yu Chao

  • Interannual mode of sea level in the South China Sea and the roles of El Niño and El Niño Modoki

    C. W.June Chang;Huang Hsiung Hsu;Chau Ron Wu;Woei Jen Sheu

  • Volume Transport through the Taiwan Strait: A Numerical Study

    Chau Ron Wu;Yi Chia Hsin

Frequent Co-Authors

Chen-Tung Arthur Chen
Chen-Tung Arthur Chen National Sun Yat-sen University
Lie-Yauw Oey
Lie-Yauw Oey Princeton University
R. Flaminio
R. Flaminio National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Shuh-Ji Kao
Shuh-Ji Kao Hainan University
I-I Lin
I-I Lin National Taiwan University
Haruki Kitazawa
Haruki Kitazawa Tohoku University
Takaaki Kajita
Takaaki Kajita University of Tokyo
Jun'ichi Yokoyama
Jun'ichi Yokoyama University of Tokyo
Kunihito Ioka
Kunihito Ioka Kyoto University
Ping Huang
Ping Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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