Ching-Ling Wei

Ching-Ling Wei

Professor
Tel 1： +886-2-33661377
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E-mail 1： weic@ntu.edu.tw
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Research Room： Room 326, Institute of Oceanography

Field： Marine radiochemistry Chemical oceanography
Academic Background：
- B.S., 1979, Provincial College of Marine Sciences and Technologies (Oceanography)
- M.S., 1985, School of Oceanography, Oregon State University (Chemical Oceanography)
- Ph.D., 1990, School of Oceanography, University of Washington (Chemical Oceanography)
- 1990-1994 Associate Professor, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
- 2013-2017 President, Oceanographic Society of the Republic of China
- 2014-2017 Director, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
- 1994-Present Professor, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University

Research Achievements/Publications：
- Yang, Y.-J., M.-H. Chang C.-Y. Hsieh, H.-I. Chang, S. Jan and C.-L. Wei (2019) The role of enhanced velocity shears in rapid ocean cooling during Super Typhoon Nepartak 2016. Nature Communications, 10, 1627. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09574-3
- Jan, S., Y.-J. Yang, H.-I. Chang , M.-H. Chang, and C.-L. Wei* (2017) New data buoys watch typhoons from within the storm. Eos, 98, 24-27, [Link]
- Wei, C.-L.*, C.-Y. Chia, W.-C. Chou, and W.-H. Lee (2017) Sinking fluxes of ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po in the deep basin of the northern South China Sea. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 174: 45-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.05.026
- Pai, S.-C., C.-L. Wei, S. Lin, L.-S.Wen, and C.-M., Tseng (2016) Observation of internal tide-induced nutrient upwelling in Hungtsai Trough, a submarine canyon in the northern South China Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 120, 59-67.
- Wei, C.-L.*, P.-R. Chen, S.-Y. Lin, D. D. Sheu, L.-S. Wen, and W.-C. Chou (2015) Distributions of ²¹⁰Pb and ²¹⁰Po in surface waters surrounding Taiwan: A synoptic observation. Deep-Sea Res II, 117, 155-166. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.04.010
- Wei, C.-L.*, M.-C. Yi, S.-Y. Lin, L.-S. Wen, and W.-H. Lee (2014) Seasonal distributions and fluxes of²¹⁰Po and ²¹⁰Pb in the Northern South China Sea, Biogeosciences, 11, 6813-6826, doi:10.5194/bg-11-6813-2014.
- Jiann, K.-T. , L.-S.Wen, and C.-L.Wei (2014) Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Trace Metals (Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in Coastal Waters off the West Coast of Taiwan, Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 25(1), 121-135. doi:10.3319/TAO.2013.09.13.01(Oc).
- Lee, C.-S., C.-L.Wei*, L.-S.Wen, D. D. Sheu, and W.-H.Lee (2013) Distribution and removal of silver and lead in the nearshore waters of western Taiwan,Estuaries and Coasts, 36(4), 854-865. 10.1007/s12237-013-9588-1.
- Wei, C.-L.*, K.-T. Jiann, L.-S. Wen, and D. D. Sheu (2012) Distributions and removal fluxes of trace metals in the water column of the Hung-Tsai Trough off southwestern Taiwan, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 64, 1122-1128, doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.03.032.
- Wei, C.-L.*, S.-Y.Lin, L.-S. Wen, and D. D. Sheu (2012) Geochemical behavior of 210Pb and 210Po in the nearshore waters off western Taiwan, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 64, 214-220. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.11.031.
- Wei, C. L.*, S.-Y. Lin, D. D. Sheu, W.-C.Chou, M.-C.Yi, P. H. Santschi, and L.-S. Wen (2011), Particle-reactive radionuclides (234Th, 210Pb, 210Po) as tracers for the estimation of export production in the South China Sea, Biogeosciences, 8, 3793-3808, doi: 10.5194/bg-8-1-2011.
- Wei, C.-L.*, K.-T. Jiann, L.-S. Wen, J.-R. Tsai, and D. D. Sheu (2011) Removal fluxes of Mn and Fe from the nearshore waters along the west coast of Taiwan. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62, 1081-1087. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.01.039.
- Xu, C., Santschi, P. H., Hung, C.-C., Zhang, S., Schwehr, K,A., Roberts, K.A., Guo, L.D., Gong, G.-C., Quigg, A., Long, R.A., Pinckney, J., Duan, S.W., Amon, R., and C.-L. Wei (2011) Controls of Th-234 removal from the oligotrophic ocean by polyuronic acids and modification by microbial activity. Marine Chemistry, 123, 111-126.
- Sheu, D.-D., W.-C. Chou, C.-L. Wei, W.-P. Hou, C.-W. Hsu, and G. T.-F. Wong (2010) Influence of El Nino on the sea-to-air CO2 flux at the SEATS time-series site, northern South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research. 115(C10021), doi: 10.1029/2009JC006013.
- Ho, T.-Y., W.-C. Chou, C.-L. Wei, H.-L. Lin, and G. T.-F. Wong (2010) Trace metal cycling in the surface water of the South China Sea: Vertical fluxes and sources. Limnology and Oceanography, 55, 1807-1820.
- Hung, C.-C., X. Chen, P. H. Santschi, S. Zhang, K.A. Schwehr, A. Quigg, J. Pinckney, R. Long, L. Guo, G.-C. Gong, and C.-L. Wei (2010) Comparative evaluation of sediment-trap and 234Th-derived POC fluxes from the upper oligotrophic ocean in the Gulf of Mexico and the East China Sea. Marine Chemistry, 121, 132-144.
- Wei, C.-L.*, J.-R. Tsai, Y.-R. Hou, L.-S. Wen, D.-D. Sheu, and W.-C. Chou (2010) Scavenging phenomenon elucidated from 234Th/238U disequilibrium in the surface water of the Taiwan Strait. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 21, 713-726.
- Sheu, D. D., W.-C. Chou, C. T. A. Chen, C.-L. Wei, H.-L. Hsieh, W.-P. Hou, and M. Dai (2009) Riding over the Kuroshio from the South to the East China Sea: Mixing and transport of DIC. Geophysical Research Letter, 36, L07603, doi:10.1029/2008GL037017
- Wei, C.-L.*, J.-R. Tsai, L.-S. Wen, S.-C. Pai, and J.-H. Tai (2009) Nearshore scavenging phenomenon elucidated from 234Th/238U disequilibrium in the coastal waters off western Taiwan. Journal of Oceanography, 65, 137-150.
- Wei, C.-L.*, L.-H. Chou, J.-R. Tsai, L.-S. Wen, and S.-C. Pai (2009) Comparative geochemistry of 234Th, 210Pb, and 210Po: A case study in the Hung-Tsai Trough off southwestern Taiwan. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 20, 411-423.
- Chou, W.C., Sheu, D.D., Chen, C.T.A., Wen, L.S., Yang, Y., Wei, C.L. (2007) Transport of the South China Sea subsurface water outflow and its influence on carbon chemistry of Kuroshio waters off southeastern Taiwan. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 112. Doi: 10.1029/2007jc004087.
- Wei, C.-L.*, G. T.-F. Wong, S.-J. Sun and G.-C. Gong (2001) Total extractable manganese in the Southern East China Sea and the Okinawa Trough. Oceanologica Acta, 24, 99-111.
- Wei, C.-L. and C.-C. Hung (1998) Particle scavenging in the upper water column off Mindoro Island, Philippine: 234Th/238U disequilibria. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 46, 351-358.
- Huh, C.-A., K.-S. Chu, C.-L. Wei and P.-M. Liew (1996) Pb-210 and plutonium fallout in Taiwan as recorded at a subalpine lake. Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences, 14, 373-376.
- Sheu, D.D., W.Y. Lee, C.H. Wang, C.L. Wei, C. Cherng, M.H. Huang, and C.T.A Chen (1996) Depth distribution of 13C of dissolved CO2 in seawater off eastern Taiwan: Effects of the Kuroshio current and its associated upwelling phenomenon. Continental Shelf Research, 16, 1609-1619.
- Huh, C.-A. and C.-L. Wei (1995) Thorium isotopes as tracers of chemical scavenging and particle dynamics in the ocean: Review and perspective, Acta Oceanographica Taiwanica. 34, 17-30.
- Hung, C.-C., C.-L. Wei, and M.-P. Chen (1994) Scavenging phenomenon in the surface water of Kuroshio Edge Exchange Processes (KEEP) area elucidated by 234Th/238U disequilibria. Acta Oceanographica Taiwanica. 33, 81-96. (in Chinese).
- Wei, C.-L., K.-L. Jen, and K. Chu (1994) Sediment trap experiments in the water column off southwestern Taiwan: 234Th fluxes. Journal of Oceanography, 50, 403-414.
- Wei, C.-L. and J. W. Murray (1994) The behavior of scavenging isotopes in marine anoxic environments: Lead-210 and polonium-210 in the water column of the Black Sea. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 58, 1795-1811.
- Huh, C.A., J. M. Kelley, J. W. Murray, and C.-L. Wei (1994) Water column distribution of 230Th and 232Th in the Black Sea. Deep-Sea Research, 41, 101-112.
- Tseng, C.-M., C.-L. Wei, and P.-C. Mao (1993) Heavy metals in oysters from Shangshan (Taiwan) in relation to environmental levels. Acta Ocanographica Taiwanica, 31, 101-116. (in Chinese)
- Wei, C.-L. and George T.-F. Wong (1993) Assessing radioactive contamination of the marine environment of Taiwan by the operation of nuclear power plants: A framework for action. Nuclear Science Journal, 30, 259-283.
- Wei, C.-L. and C.-C. Hung (1993) The effect of isotopic equilibration time on the determination of 234Th in seawater. Journal Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Letters, 175, 155-159.
- Hung, C.-C. and C.-L. Wei (1992) Th-234 scavenging in the water column off southwestern Taiwan. TAO, 3, 183-197.
- Liu, K.-K., G.-C. Gong, S. Lin, C.-Y. Yang, C.-L. Wei, S.-C. Pai, and C.-K. Wu (1992) The year-round upwelling at the shelf break near the northern tip of Taiwan as evidenced by chemical hydrography. TAO, 3, 243-276.
- Wei, C.-L. and J. W. Murray (1992) Temporal variation of 234Th activity in the water column of Dabob Bay: Particle scavenging. Limnology and Oceanography, 37, 296-314
- Liu, K.-K., G.-C. Gong, C.-Z. Shyu, C.-L. Wei, and S.-C. Pai (1992) Response of Kuroshio upwelling to the onset of northeast monssoon in the sea north of Taiwan: Observations and numerical simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 12511-12526.
- Wei, C.-L. and C.-C. Hung (1992) Spatial variation of 234Th scavenging in the surface water of the Bashi Channel and the Luzon Strait. Journal of Oceanography, 48, 427-437.
- Wei, C.-L. and J. W. Murray (1991) 234Th/238U disequilibria in the Black Sea. Deep-Sea Research, 38, s855-s873.
- Wei, C.-L. (1991) Studies of scavenging phenomenon in the upper water column off Northeast Taiwan - Application of 234Th/238U disequilibrium. Acta Oceanographica Taiwanica, 26, 13-19.
- Wei, C.-L., S.-J. Sun, and C.-S. Huang (1991) Manganese distribution in the water column off Northeast Taiwan - A preliminary investigation. Acta Oceanographica Taiwanica. 26, 85-93. (in Chinese).
- Murray, J. W., J. Downs, S. Strom, C.-L. Wei, and H. W. Jannasch (1989) Nutrient assimilation, export production and 234Th scavenging in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research, 36, 1471-1489.
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Institute of Oceanography, Nation Taiwan University

Ching-Ling Wei

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