Shih-Nan Chen
  • Shih-Nan Chen

    Professor

  • Tel 1: +886-2-33661616
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  • E-mail 1: schen77@ntu.edu.tw
  • E-mail 2: schen@whoi.edu
  • Website: https://sites.google.com/view/chens-group
  • Research Room: Room 124, Institute of Oceanography
  • Field: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, especially within the context of coastal ocean circulation
  • Academic Background:
    • 2020 - present Institute of Oceanography, NTU Professor
    • 2011 - present Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Adjunct Scientist
    • 2015 - 2020 Institute of Oceanography, NTU Associate Professor
    • 2011 - 2015 Institute of Oceanography, NTU Assistant Professor
    • 2008 - 2011 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Postdoctoral Scholar
    • 2002 - 2008 University of Maryland, College Park Ph.D in Physical Oceanography
    • 2000 - 2002 National Taiwan University M.S. in Physics
    • 1995 - 1999 National Taiwan University B.S. in Physics
  • Research Achievements/Publications:
    • Chen, S.N.* (2024) Application of a Simple Diffusivity Formulation to Examine Regime Transition and Jet-Eddy Energy Partitioning in Quasi-Geostrophic Turbulence. Journal Of Physical Oceanography, 54(2), 557-576.
    • Chen, S.N.* (2023) Revisiting the Baroclinic Eddy Scalings in Two-Layer, Quasigeostrophic Turbulence: Effects of Partial Barotropization. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53 (3), 891-913.
    • Chen, S.N.*, Chen, C.J., and Lerczak, J.A. (2020) On Baroclinic Instability over Continental Shelves: Testing the Utility of Eady-Type Models. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50 (1), 3-33.
    • Chen, S.N.*, and Chen, C.J. (2018) An Analytical Model With a Critical Richardson Number Closure for Sediment-Stratified Open Channel Flow. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 123 (9), 6922-6944.
    • Chen, S.Y., and Chen, S.N.* (2017) Generation of Upwelling Circulation under Downwelling-Favorable Wind within Bottom-Attached, Buoyant Coastal Currents. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47 (10), 2499-2519.
    • Chen, S.N. (2017) Bathymetric Influences on the Estuarine Equilibrium Length and Adjustment Time. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(7), 1719-1736.
    • Chen, S.N. (2015) Asymmetric estuarine responses to changes in river forcing: a consequence of nonlinear salt flux, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(11), 2836–2847.
    • Chen, S.N. (2014) Enhancement of along-shore freshwater transport in surface-advected river plumes by tides, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44, 2951-2971.
    • Hsu, R.T., Liu, J.T. , Su, C.C. , Kao, S.J., Chen, S.N. , Kuo, F.H., and Huang, J.C. (2014) On the links between a river's hyperpycnal plume and marine benthic nepheloid layer in the wake of a typhoon, Progress in Oceanography, 127, 62-73.
    • Hsu, T.J., Chen, S.N., and Ogston, A.S. (2013) The landward and seaward mechanisms of fine-sediment transport across intertidal flats in the shallow-water region-A numerical investigation, Continental Shelf Research, 60, SI, S85-S98.
    • Chen, S.N.*, Geyer, W.R., and Hsu, T.J. (2013) A numerical investigation of the dynamics and structure of hyperpycnal river plumes on sloping continental shelves. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 118(5), 2702 -2718.
    • Ganju, N.K., Hayn, M., Chen, S.N., Howarth, R.W., Dickhudt, P.J., Sherwood, C.R., Aretxabaleta, A.L., and Marino, R. (2012) Tidal and groundwater fluxes to a shallow, microtidal estuary: constraining inputs through field observations and hydrodynamic modeling, Estuaries and Coasts, 35(5), 1285-1298.
    • Chen, S.N., Geyer, W.R., Ralston, D.K., and Lerczak, J.A. (2012) Estuarine Exchange Flow Quantified with Isohaline Coordinates: Contrasting Long and Short Estuaries, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42(5), 748-763.
    • Hsu, T.J., Chen, S.N., and Ogston, A.S. (2012) The landward and seaward mechanisms of fine-sediment transport across intertidal flats in the shallow-water region—A numerical investigation, Continental Shelf Research, 60, S85-S98.
    • Chen, S.N., Geyer, W.R., Sherwood, C.R., and Ralston, D.K. (2010) Sediment transport and deposition on a river-dominated tidal flat: an idealized model study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, C10040, doi:10.1029/2010JC006248.
    • Kao, S. J., Dai, M., Selvaraj, K., Zhai, W., Cai, P., Chen, S.N., Yang, J.Y.T., Liu, J.T., Liue, C.C., and Syvitski, J.P.M. (2010) Cyclone-driven deep sea injection of freshwater and heat by hyperpycnal flow in the subtropics. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L21702.
    • Chen, S.N., Sanford L.P., and Ralston, D.K. (2009) Lateral circulation and sediment transport driven by axial winds in an idealized partially-mixed estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C12006, doi:10.1029/2008JC005014.
    • Chen, S.N. and Sanford L.P. (2009) Axial wind effects on stratification and longitudinal salt transport in an idealized, partially Mixed Estuary. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 1905-1920.
    • Smith, K.A., North, E.W., Shi, F., Chen, S.N., Hood, R.R., Newell, R.I.E., and Koch, E.W. (2009) Modeling the effects of oyster reefs and breakwaters on seagrass beds. Estuaries and Coasts, 32, 748–757.
    • Chen, S.N. and Sanford L.P. (2008) Lateral circulation driven by boundary mixing and the associated transport of sediments in idealized partially-mixed estuaries. Continental Shelf Research, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.001.
    • Chen, S.N., Sanford, L.P., Koch, E.W., Shi, F., and North, E.W. (2007) A nearshore model to investigate the effects of seagrass geometry on wave attenuation and suspended sediment transport. Estuaries and Coasts, 30(2), 296-310.
    • Koch, E. W., Sanford, L. P., Chen, S.N., Shafer, D. J., and Smith, J. M. (2006) Waves in Seagrass Systems: Review and Technical Recommendations, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, ERDC TR-06-15, Vicksburg, MS.