Chung-Lin Shie, Associate Research Scientist GEST Research Group: Cloud Modeling GSFC Code: 912 Mailing Address: Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch NASA GSFC, Code 912 Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA Phone: 301 614 6312 Fax: 301 614 5492 Email: shie@agnes.gsfc.nasa.gov URL: http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/912/code912/personnel/ Dr.Chung-Lin.Shie/resume.html Research Interests: Dr. Chung-Lin Shie has currently worked on a research project involving numerical simulations using 2- and 3-dimensional Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) models, and scientific analysis to study radiative-convective systems and their interactions with large-scale environment. During his early career, he mainly worked on the development and improvement of an EOF (Empirical Orthogonal Functions) model for surface humidity retrieval (and then producing surface fluxes) over the global oceans using the SSM/I (Special Sensor Microwave Imager) precipitable water data. Biography: Dr. Chung-Lin Shie received a B.S. in atmospheric sciences from National Taiwan University in 1977. He received a M.S. in meteorology from Pennsylvania State University in 1985 after pursuing his interests in snowy weather. He received his Ph.D. in meteorology from Florida State University in 1995. He then became a research meteorologist at GSFC, working at SSAI until March 2001. He became an associate research scientist at GEST in April 2001. Early in his career, from February 1993 to March 1997, he worked mainly on developing and improving an empirical orthogonal function) model for surface humidity retrieval over the global oceans using Special Sensor Microwave Imager precipitable water data. He later produced a global daily air-sea surface flux product for July 1987 to December 1994, which was archived and distributed by the GSFC Distributed Active Archive Center. In April 1997, Dr. Shie joined a new research project involving numerical simulations using two- and three-dimensional GSFC Cumulus Ensemble models, and scientific analysis to study radiative-convective systems and their interactions with large-scale environment. In 2000, he won an Annual Outstanding Performance Awards from the Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch at GSFC. Although he works as a full-time researcher in science, Dr. Shie considers himself to be 50 percent a research meteorologist (cloud modeling, air-sea interaction, remote sensing, and atmospheric dynamics), 20 percent arts lover, 20 percent philosophy seeker, and 10 percent math hobbyist. He has been moonlighting as an amateur Chinese calligraphy teacher in his leisure time on weekends since 1995.