Shih-Nan Chen

 Education

1999 B.A. (Physics) National Taiwan University (NTU)

2002 M.S. (Physics) National Taiwan University

2008 Ph.D (Physical Oceanography) University of Maryland, College Park

Employment

2020–                      Professor, Institute of Oceanography, NTU

2015–2020          Associate Professor, Institute of Oceanography, NTU

2011–2018          Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

2011–2015          Assistant Professor, Institute of Oceanography, NTU

2008–2011          Postdoctoral Scholar, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Selected Publications

Chen, S. N., 2023: Application of a simple diffusivity formulation to examine regime transition and jet-eddy energy partitioning in quasi-geostrophic turbulence. Journal of Physical Oceanography, in press.

Chen, S. N., 2023: Revisiting the baroclinic eddy scalings in two-layer, quasigestrophic turbulence: Effects of partial barotropization. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53, 891-913.

Chen, S. N., C. J. Chen, and J. A. Lerczak, 2020: On baroclinic instability over continental shelves: Testing the utilities of Eady-type model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50, 3-33.

Chen, S. N. and C. J. Chen, 2018: An analytical model with a critical Richardson number closure for sediment stratified open channel flow. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi: 10.1029/2017JC013634

Chen, S. Y. and S. N. Chen, 2017: Generation of upwelling circulation under downwelling-favorable wind within bottom-attached, buoyant coastal currents. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48, 2499-2519.

Chen, S. N., 2017: Bathymetric influences on the estuarine equilibrium length and adjustment time. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(7), 1719-1736

Chen, S. N., 2015. Asymmetric Estuarine Responses to Changes in River Forcing: A Consequence of Nonlinear Salt Flux. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(11), 2836–2847

Chen, S. N., 2014: Enhancement of along-shore freshwater transport in surface-advected river plumes by tides, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44, 2951-2971.

Chen, S. N., W. R. Geyer, and T. J. Hsu, 2013: A numerical investigation of the dynamics of hyperpycnal river plumes on sloping shelves, Journal of Geophysical Research, 118, 2702-2718, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20209.

Chen, S. N., W. R. Geyer, D. K. Ralston, and J. A. Lerczak, 2012: Estuarine exchange flow quantified with isohaline coordinates: contrasting long and short estuaries, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42, 748-763.

Honors and Awards

2016                    Ta-You Wu Memorial Award

2014, 2020      NTU Outstanding Teaching Award

2013                    Donald W. Pritchard Award (with Ganju, Hayn, Howarth, Dickhudt, Aretxabaleta)

2008                    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Postdoctoral Scholarship

2008                    Outstanding Student Presentation Award, AGU