PAUL C. LIU

Position:

Scientist Emeritus

 

Affiliation and Contact Information:

Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

2205 Commonwealth Blvd.

Ann Arbor, MI 48108-9719

Phone: (734) 741-2294

Fax : (734) 741-2055

email: paul.c.liu@noaa.gov

 

Fields of Specialization and Research Interests:

Main research interests are centered on exploring and developing detailed understandings of the processes of the generation and growth of wind-generated waves in the Oceans and Great Lakes, from the open and deep waters leading to the rapid changing environment of coastal and nearshore areas. Making effective use of the emerging technological advancements to pursue conventional as well as novel quests and ventures. Current research topics include:

 

Education:

Ph.D.,  University of Michigan, 1977, Oceanic Science

M.S.,   Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1961, Civil Engineering

B.S.,    National Taiwan University, 1956, Civil engineering

 

Professional Experience:

(Sept., 2007 – Present) Scientist Emeritus.

(1974 – Aug., 2007) Research Physical Oceanographer, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory

(1971-1974) Research Physical Scientist, NOAA Lake Survey Center

(1965-1971) Research Physical Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Survey District

 

Professional Affiliations:

American Geophysical Union

American Meteorological Society

American Society of Civil Engineers

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

The Mathematical Association of America

The Oceanography Society

Phi Kappa Phi

Sigma Xi

 

Recent Publications:

 

LIU, P. C., H. S. Chen, D.-J. Doong, C. C. Kao, and Y.-J. G. Hsu, 2008. Freaque waves during Typhoon Krosa.   (Submitted to  Annales Geophysicae. )

 

LIU, P. C., H. S. Chen, D.-J. Doong, C. C. Kao, and Y.-J. G. Hsu, 2008. Monstrous ocean waves during Typhoon Krosa.   Annales Geophysicae.  (In press.)

 

LIU, P. C., D. J. Schwab, C. H. Wu, and K. R. MacHutchon, 2008.  Wave heights in a 4D ocean wave field.  Proceedings, 27th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Estoril, Portugal, June 15-20, 2008. ASME.

 

Ge, Z., and P.C. LIU,  2008.  Long-term wave growth and its linear and nonlinear interactions with wind fluctuations.  Annales Geophysicae 26: 747-758.  (2008).   http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080012.pdf

 

LIU, P. C., and K. R. MacHutchon,  2008.  Are there different kinds of rogue waves?  Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.  May 2008: 130 (2), 021007 .

 

LIU, P. C., 2007.  A chronology of freaque wave encounters.  Geofizika.  24: 57-70.  http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070019.pdf

 

Ge, Z. and P. C. LIU, 2007.  A time-localized response of wave growth process under turbulent winds.  Annales Geophysicae.   25: 1253-1262.  http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070018.pdf

 

MacHutchon, K. R. and P. C. LIU, 2007.  Measurement and analysis of ocean wave fields in four dimensions.  Proceedings, 26th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, San Diego, U.S.A., June 10-15, 2007. ASME, 6 pp. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070017.pdf

 

LIU, P.C., C. H. Tsai, and H. S. Chen, 2007.  On the growth of ocean waves.  Ocean Engineering. 34: 1472-1480.

 

LIU, P. C., and K. R. MacHutchon, 2006.  Are there different kinds of rogue waves?  Proceedings, 25th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, Hamburg, Germany, June 4-9, 2006. ASME, 6 pp. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060014.pdf

 

LIU, P. C., K. R. MacHuchon, and C. H. Wu, 2004.  Exploring rogue waves from observations in South Indian Ocean. In Rogue Waves 2004. M. Olagnon and M. Prevosto (Eds.). Ifremer, Brest, France, pp. 1-10. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040037.pdf

 

Lin, E.-B., and P. C. LIU, 2004. A discrete wavelet analysis of freak waves in the ocean. Journal of Applied Mathematics 2004:5:379-394. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040032.pdf

 

LIU, P. C., and B. V. Babanin, 2004.  Using wavelet spectrum analysis to resolve breaking events in the wind wave time series. Annales Geophysicae 22:3335-3345. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040024.pdf

 

Pinho, U. F., P. C. LIU, and C. E. P. Ribeiro, 2004. Freak waves at Campos Basin, Brazil. Geofizika 21:53-67.

http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040029.pdf

 

LIU, P. C. and U. F. Pinho, 2004.  Freak waves – more frequent than rare!   Annales Geophysicae 22, 1839-1842. 

http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040008.pdf

 

Lin, A. B. and P. C. LIU, 2004.   Wavelet based comparison of infrared and water vapor images. Far East Journal of Applied Mathematics. 17(3), 309-326.

 

LIU, P.C., D.J. Schwab, and J.R. Bennett. 2004.  Some perspectives of the GLERL/Donelan wave model, in Donelan Wave Symposium, University of Miami monograph. (In press)

LIU, P. C., and N. Hawley. 2002.  Wave grouping characteristics in nearshore Great Lakes II. Ocean Engineering 29:1415-1425 (2002). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2002/20020021.pdf

Mori, N., P.C. LIU, and T. Yasuda. 2002. Analysis of freak wave measurements in the Sea of Japan, Ocean Engineering, 29, 1399-1414.

Fritz, H.M. and P. C. LIU. 2002. An application of wavelet transform analysis to landlside-generated impulse waves,  Proceedings, The 4th International Symposium on Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis, ASCE, 1477-1486.

LIU,  P.C. and N. Mori. 2001.  Characterizing freak waves with wavelet transform analysis, Proceedings, Rogue Waves 2000 Workshop, IFREMER, 151-156.

LIU, P.C., D.J. Schwab, and R.E. Jensen. 2001.  Has wind wave modeling reached its limit?  Ocean Engineering, 29, 81-98.

Breaker, L. C., P.C. LIU, and  C. Torrence. 2001.  Intraseasonal Oscillations in Sea Surface Temperature, Wind Stress,  and Sea Level off the Central California Coast.  Continental Shelf Research, 21, 727-750.

LIU, P.C. 2000.  Wavelet transform and new perspective on coastal and oceanic engineering data analysis, in  Advances in Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Vol. 6, Phillip L.F. Liu, Ed., World Scientific. 57-101.

LIU, P.C. 2000.  Wave grouping characteristics in nearshore Great Lakes.  Ocean Engineering, 27, 1221-1230.

LIU, P.C. 2000.  Is the Wind Wave Frequency Spectrum Outdated? Ocean Engineering, 27, 577-588.

LIU,  P.C. and N. Mori. 2000.   Wavelet spectrum of freak waves in the ocean. Proceedings, 27th International conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE, 1092-1098.

Teng, C.C. and P.C. LIU. 2000.  Estimating wave height distributions from wind speed distributions. Proceedings, 27th International conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE,     310-319.

LIU, P.C., editor, 1997.   Nearshore Hydrodynamics studies in Western Lake Michigan. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL-GLERL 103, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, (NTIS#PB97-211031INZ) 40 pp.  ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-103/tm-103.pdf

LIU,  P.C. 1996.  Fifty years of wave growth curves. Proceedings, 25th International conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE,     457-464.

LIU, P.C. and G.S. Miller. 1996. Wavelet transforms and ocean current data analysis.  J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 13, 1090-1099. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/1996/19960003.pdf

LIU, P.C. 1994.  Wavelet spectrum analysis and ocean wind waves.  in Wavelets in Geophysics, E. Foufoula-Georgiou and  P. Kumar, Eds., Academic Press, 151-166.

LIU, P.C. 1993.  Estimating breaking wave statistics from wind wave time series data, Annales Geophysicae, 4, 970-972.

Donelan, M., M. Skafel, H. Graber, P. LIU, D. Schwab, and S. Venkatech. 1992.  On the growth rate of wind-generated waves, Atmosphere-Ocean, 30, 457-478.

LIU, P.C. 1991.  Extract dynamics from ocean waves time series data, in Mechanics of Computing in 1990's and Beyond, Adeli and Sierakowski, Eds., American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 348-352.


Last updated March  30, 2008