Chia-bo
Chang
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D. in Meteorology
Florida State University
M.S. in Meteorology
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
B.S. in Atmospheric Science
National Taiwan University
Research
Interests
Regional numerical weather
prediction and mesoscale four dimensional data assimilations, eigen
mode analysis of hydrodynamic instability, and theoretical and
observational study of planetary boundary layer disturbances over arid
lands and their role in the development of local rainstorms.
Ongoing Research
Modeling of diffusion and
dispersion of hazardous substances in the urban atmospheric boundary
layer.
Four-dimensional data assimilations using the West Texas Mesonet and
commercial aircraft data.
Research
Support
Use of WRF model winds and
commercial aircraft soundings for surface-layer atmospheric diffusion
computation, RDECOM, U.S. Army, 2006 (pending).
MM5 assimilation of ACARS for nowcasting, ARL, White Sands Missile
Range, 2005.
Modeling of airborne transport
hazards using advances atmospheric monitoring and numerical techniques,
SBCCOM, U.S. Army, 2000-2005.
Recent Publications
Chang,
C.-B., and T. Gill, 2005: MM5 and HPAC
experiments. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 90, 127-138.
Kasheta, T. E., and C.-B. Chang, 2002:
Development of a hurricane boundary-layer
wind model. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 79, 259-273.
Chang, C.-B., 1998: A
case study of excessive rainfall
forecasting. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 66, 215-227.
Chang, C.-B., and D. J. Perkey, 1995:
Numerical simulations of mesoscale flood
environment. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 55, 17-32.
Chang, C.-B., 1993: Impact
of desert environment on the genesis
of African wave disturbances. Journal of the Atmospheric Science, 50,
2137-2145.
Contact
Information
Atmospheric Science Group
Department of Geosciences
Texas Tech University
Box 42101
Lubbock, TX 79409
Ph: (806) 742 3143
Fax: (806) 742 1738
Email: chia-bo.chang@ttu.edu
Last updated: January 13. 2005