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Taiwan
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
54
Citations
8271
World Ranking
4115
National Ranking
1557

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Lie-Yauw Oey is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their scholarly work focuses extensively on atmospheric and oceanographic processes related to tropical and extratropical cyclones.

The scientist's recent publications include:

  • The Influence of Environments on the Intensity Change of Typhoon Soudelor, 2021, Atmosphere
  • Can a Warm Ocean Feature Cause a Typhoon to Intensify Rapidly?, 2021, Atmosphere
  • A Simple Model of Sea-Surface Cooling under a Tropical Cyclone, 2023, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
  • The Increased Likelihood in the 21st Century for a Tropical Cyclone to Rapidly Intensify When Crossing a Warm Ocean Feature-A Simple Model's Prediction, 2021, Atmosphere

Their work covers several main research topics, including:

  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Climate variability and models
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing

Oey's research intersects multiple subfields, particularly:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography

Frequent publication venues for Oey's work include:

  • Atmosphere
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Collaborations have been recorded with co-authors such as Yuchen Lin and Shih-Ming Huang, reflecting a network of scientific partnerships in relevant climate and oceanographic studies.

Best Publications

  • The Pressure Gradient Conundrum of Sigma Coordinate Ocean Models

    George L. Mellor;Tal Ezer;Lie-Yauw Oey

  • The fate of river discharge on the continental shelf: 1. Modeling the river plume and the inner shelf coastal current

    Vassiliki H. Kourafalou;Vassiliki H. Kourafalou;Lie Yauw Oey;John D. Wang;Thomas N. Lee

  • Loop Current, Rings and Related Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: A Review of Numerical Models and Future Challenges

    L.-Y. Oey;T. Ezer;H.-C. Lee

  • Sigma Coordinate Pressure Gradient Errors and the Seamount Problem

    George L. Mellor;Lie-Yauw Oey;Tal Ezer

  • A three-dimensional simulation of the Hudson-Raritan Estuary. Part I: description of the model and model simulations.

    Lie-Yauw Oey;George L. Mellor;Ricard I. Hires

  • Simulation of Barotropic and Baroclinic Tides off Northern British Columbia

    Patrick F. Cummins;Lie-Yauw Oey

  • Loop Current warming by Hurricane Wilma

    Lie-Yauw Oey;Tal Ezer;Dong-Ping Wang;S. J. Fan

  • A nested-grid ocean model: With application to the simulation of meanders and eddies in the Norwegian Coastal Current

    Lie-Yauw Oey;Ping Chen

  • Effects of winds and Caribbean eddies on the frequency of Loop Current eddy shedding: A numerical model study

    L.‐Y. Oey;H.‐C. Lee;William J. Schmitz

  • Subtidal variability of estuarine outflow, plume, and coastal current: a model study

    Lie-Yauw Oey;G. L. Mellor

  • A model simulation of circulation in the northeast Atlantic shelves and seas

    Lie-Yauw Oey;Ping Chen

  • Loop Current and Deep Eddies

    L. Y. Oey

  • The fate of river discharge on the continental shelf 2. Transport of coastal low-salinity waters under realistic wind and tidal forcing

    Vassiliki H. Kourafalou;Vassiliki H. Kourafalou;Thomas N. Lee;Lie Yauw Oey;John D. Wang

  • Deep Eddy Energy and Topographic Rossby Waves in the Gulf of Mexico

    L. Y. Oey;H. C. Lee

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

    Tzu Ling Chiang;Chau Ron Wu;Lie Yauw Oey

  • A wetting and drying scheme for POM

    Lie Yauw Oey

  • Simulation of Mesoscale Variability in the Gulf of Mexico: Sensitivity Studies, Comparison with Observations, and Trapped Wave Propagation

    Lie Yauw Oey

  • Blocking and Westward Passage of Eddies in the Luzon Strait

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

  • The variability of currents in the Yucatan Channel: Analysis of results from a numerical ocean model

    Tal Ezer;Lie Yauw Oey;Hyun Chul Lee;Wilton Sturges

  • Eddy‐ and wind‐forced shelf circulation

    Lie-Yauw Oey

  • A Three-Dimensional Simulation of the Hudson–Raritan Estuary. Part II: Comparison with Observation

    Lie-Yauw Oey;George L. Mellor;Richard I. Hires

Frequent Co-Authors

Tal Ezer
Tal Ezer Old Dominion University
George L. Mellor
George L. Mellor Princeton University
Chau Ron Wu
Chau Ron Wu National Chung Hsing University
Huijie Xue
Huijie Xue University of Maine
Nadia Pinardi
Nadia Pinardi University of Bologna
Franklin B. Schwing
Franklin B. Schwing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Thomas N. Lee
Thomas N. Lee University of Miami
Don P. Chambers
Don P. Chambers University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Peter G. Brewer
Peter G. Brewer Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Robert D. Hetland
Robert D. Hetland Texas A&M University

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