劉雅章

劉雅章教授(4張)

劉雅章教授是土生土長的香港人，1974年畢業於香港中文大學物理系。畢業後獲邵逸夫獎學金負笈氣象學研究重鎮──美國西雅圖華盛頓大學攻讀大氣科學博士學位。在美國研究多年，期間多次返香港中文大學講課，劉教授始終心繫香港，決定回港加入母校，為香港及中國內地貢獻自己的專業。 ^[2] 

劉雅章教授由1978年起任職於美國國家海洋大氣總署地球物理流體動力學實驗室，擔任研究員及首席科學家，主理氣候診斷項目，同期任教於普林斯頓大學，投身氣象學研究幾近40年。 ^[2] 

劉教授是2007年獲諾貝爾和平獎的聯合國跨政府氣候變化專門委員會（IPCC）的成員之一，向世界提供氣候分析及預報。劉教授自委員會於1988年成立起，已參與有關的研究工作，並與全球學者共同撰寫2007年及2013年發表的第四份及第五份全球氣候變化研究報告。 ^[2] 

劉教授專注研究不同地理位置的大氣及海洋現象之變化，如晝夜、冷暖時節之變化、大氣及海洋環流結構、厄爾尼諾現象等，尤精於以電腦模擬氣候環境條件的改變。

劉教授曾在多份科學期刊發表超過100篇論文，是ISI學術資源平台中最常被引用的研究員之一。 ^[2] 

劉教授曾任或現任香港天文台、中國科學院、中國國家氣象局北京氣候中心和台灣中央研究院的科學顧問、北京大學訪問教授、中大楊振寧訪問學人、中大偉倫訪問教授、台灣大學校外評審員，以及美國氣象學會、美國國家海洋大氣總署、世界氣象組織的科學委員會成員。 ^[2] 

Chang, C-P, Y Ding, Ngar-Cheung Lau, R H Johnson, B Wang, and T Yasunari, April 2011: The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast, 2nd Edition, Singapore: World Scientific, 594pp.

Lau, Ngar-Cheung, February 2011: Contributions of observational studies to the evaluation and diagnosis of atmospheric GCM simulations In The Development of Atmospheric General Circulation Models: Complexity, Synthesis and Computation, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 117-147. ^[5] 

Kosaka, Y, S Xie, Ngar-Cheung Lau, and Gabriel A Vecchi, May 2013: Origin of seasonal predictability for summer climate over the Northwestern Pacific. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(19), DOI:10.1073/pnas.1215582110.

Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Jeff J Ploshay, in press: Model projections of the changes in atmospheric circulation and surface climate over North America, North Atlantic and Europe in the 21st century. Journal of Climate. DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00151.1.

Li, Y, and Ngar-Cheung Lau, July 2013: Influences of ENSO on Stratospheric Variability, and the Descent of Stratospheric Perturbations into the Lower Troposphere. Journal of Climate, 26(13), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00581.1.

Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Mary Jo Nath, February 2012: A model study of the air-sea interaction associated with the climatological aspects and interannual variability of the South Asian summer monsoon development. Journal of Climate, 25(3), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00035.1.

Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Mary Jo Nath, July 2012: A Model Study of Heat Waves over North America: Meteorological Aspects and Projections for the 21st Century. Journal of Climate, 25(14), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00575.1.

Li, Y, and Ngar-Cheung Lau, January 2012: Impact of ENSO on the atmospheric variability over the North Atlantic in late winter – Role of transient eddies. Journal of Climate, 25(1), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00037.1.

Li, Y, and Ngar-Cheung Lau, July 2012: Contributions of Downstream Eddy Development to the Teleconnection between ENSO and the Atmospheric Circulation over the North Atlantic. Journal of Climate, 25(14), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00377.1.

Lau, Ngar-Cheung, April 2011: Simulation of synoptic and sub-synoptic scale phenomena associated with the East Asian Monsoon using a high-resolution GCM In The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast, 2nd Edition, Singapore, World Scientific, 493-508.

Manabe, Syukuro, Jeff J Ploshay, and Ngar-Cheung Lau, August 2011: Seasonal variation of surface temperature change during the last several decades. Journal of Climate, 24(15), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00129.1.

Ploshay, Jeff J., and Ngar-Cheung Lau, September 2010: Simulation of the diurnal cycle in tropical rainfall and circulation during Boreal summer with a high-resolution GCM. Monthly Weather Review, 138(9), DOI:10.1175/2010MWR3291.1.

Kucharski, F, Ngar-Cheung Lau, and Mary Jo Nath, et al., October 2009: The CLIVAR C20C project: skill of simulating Indian monsoon rainfall on interannual to decadal timescales. Does GHG forcing play a role? Climate Dynamics, 33(5), DOI:10.1007/s00382-008-0462-y.

Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Mary Jo Nath, September 2009: A model investigation of the role of air-sea interaction in the climatological evolution and ENSO-related variability of the summer monsoon over the South China Sea and western North Pacific. Journal of Climate, 22(18), DOI:10.1175/2009JCLI2758.1.

Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Jeff J Ploshay, February 2009: Simulation of synoptic- and subsynoptic-scale phenomena associated with the East Asian summer monsoon using a high-resolution GCM. Monthly Weather Review, 137(1), DOI:10.1175/2008MWR2511.1. ^[5] 

Chang, C-P, Ngar-Cheung Lau, R H Johnson, and M Jiao, March 2011: Bridging Weather and Climate in Research and Forecasts of the Global Monsoon System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92(3), DOI:10.1175/2010BAMS2984.1. ^[5]