Research Interests and Experience

My research interests are in understanding thermodynamic, dynamics, and microphysics interactions in TC intensity change and extreme precipitation and improving radar research tools. I have been collaborating with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to develop the LROSE radar tools and am involved in the Airborne Phased Array Radar (APAR) project.

I had involved in the Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) field campaign in 2015, Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical OscillatioNs (PISTON) field campaign in 2018, and will participate the Prediction of Rainfall Extremes Campaign In the Pacific (PRECIP) field campaign over Taiwan region in the upcoming 2022 summer. I plan to use PRECIP observational dataset to understand the key mechanisms related to heavy precipitation.


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Photo was taken in the PECAN field campaign in 2015. From left to right, Ting-Yu Cha, Jim Wilson, and Shiou-Rong Chu.



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Education

2018 - now Colorado State University Ph.D.
2016 - 2018 Colorado State University M.S.
2012 - 2016 National Taiwan University Bachelor

Publications

Cha, T-Y., M. M., & DesRosiers, A. J., 2021: Doppler Radar Analysis of the Eyewall Replacement Cycle of Hurricane Matthew (2016) in Vertical Wind Shear. Monthly Weather Review, 149(9), 2927-2943, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0289.1.

Cha, T-Y., M. M. Bell, 2021: Comparison of Single Doppler and Multiple Doppler Wind Retrievals in Hurricane Matthew (2016). Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14, 3523–3539, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3523-2021.

Cha, T-Y., M. M. Bell, W.-C. Lee, A. J. DesRosiers, 2020: Polygonal Eyewall Asymmetries during the rapid intensification of Hurricane Michael (2018). Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087919, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087919. *Selected as an Editors’ Highlight.

Awards

August 2021 Received third place in Wagner Memorial Award competition.

June 2020 Awarded 2020 Taiwan Ministry of Education graduate fellowship

October 2017 Awarded Student Poster Award at 2017 ICMCS-XII conference

Skills

Julia, Python, Matlab, HTML, Jekyll, Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model, GitHub, LaTex, C++, Shell script, Fortran

Applications

Data analysis, data visualization, statistical analysis

Conferences and presentations

Oral presentation

  • Cha, T.-Y., M. M. Bell, W.-C. Lee, A. J. DesRosiers, 2019: Polygonal Eyewall Asymmetries during the rapid intensification of Hurricane Michael (2018). 39th AMS Radar Conference, Nara, Japan. https://cscenter.co.jp/icrm2019/program/data/ICRMprogram.html

  • Cha, T.-Y., M. M. Bell, A. J. DesRosiers, 2018: Eyewall Replacement Cycle of Hurricane Matthew (2016) Observed by Doppler Radar. 33rd AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra, Florida. https://ams.confex.com/ams/33HURRICANE/webprogram/Paper339873.html

  • Cha, T.-Y., M. M. Bell, 2017: Eyewall Replacement Cycle of Hurricane Matthew (2016) Observed by Doppler Radar. 38th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology, Chicago, Illinoi. https://ams.confex.com/ams/38RADAR/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/320997

  • Cha, T.-Y., M. M. Bell, 2017: Eyewall Replacement Cycle of Hurricane Matthew (2016) Observed by Doppler Radar. 17th AMS Conference on Mesoscale Processes, San Diego, California. https://ams.confex.com/ams/17MESO/webprogram/Paper320215.html

    • Poster presentation

  • Cha, T.-Y., M. M. Bell, 2018: Comparison of Single Doppler and Multiple Doppler Wind Retrievals in Hurricane Matthew (2016). Colorado State University Graduate Student Showcase, Fort Collins, Colorado.

  • Cha, T.-Y., M. M. Bell, 2017: Eyewall Replacement Cycle of Hurricane Matthew (2016) Observed by Doppler Radar. Colorado State University Graduate Student Showcase, Fort Collins, Colorado.

  • Cha, T.-Y., M. M. Bell, 2017: Eyewall Replacement Cycle of Hurricane Matthew (2016) Observed by Doppler Radar. Colorado State University Graduate Student Showcase, Fort Collins, Colorado.

  • Cha, T.-Y., M. M. Bell, 2017: Eyewall Replacement Cycle of Hurricane Matthew (2016) Observed by Doppler Radar. 12th International Conference on Mesoscale Convective System and High Impact Weather (ICMCS-XII), Taipei, Taiwan.

  • Cha, T.-Y., S.-R. Chu, J.-D. Jou, 2016: Rainbands Characteristics and Polarimetric Analysis of Typhoon Soudelor (2015). 11th International Conference on Mesoscale Convective System and High Impact Weather (ICMCS-XI), Busan, South Korea.