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