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W Timothy Liu

Education

B.S., Summa Cum Laude, in Physics, Ohio University, Athens (1971)
M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Washington,Seattle (1974)
PH. D. in Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. of Washington, Seattle (1978)

Available Post-Doc Position

Large-Scale Ocean-Atmospheric-Land Interaction
Postdoctoral research positions are now available at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, for studies in large-scale ocean-atmospheric-land interaction, by applying satellite data. Synergistic uses of spacebased observations, groundbased measurements, and numerical models are encouraged. Priority will be given to studies that apply data from QuikSCAT, TRMM, AMSR, CERES, ISCCP, MODIS and SeaWifs to characterize and understand the water and carbon cycles.

Professional Experience

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1979-present)

Science leader and spokesman, SeaWinds Project (1998-Present)
Science leader and spokesman, Quikscat Project (1997-Present)
Senior Research Scientist/Principal Scientist (1993-Present)
Project Scientist of NASA Scatterometer Project (1992-Present)
Team Leader of Air-sea Interaction and Climate Team (1989-Present)
Principal investigator, Study ocean-atmosphere interaction and satellite oceanography.since (1979-Present)

University of Washington (1971-1979)

Research Associate, Modeling planetary boundary layer and study turbulence flux measurements from aircraft. (1978-1979)
Research Assistant, Studying the transfer processes across the air-sea interface and in the atmospheric boundary layer leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees (1971-1978)
Teaching Assistant, Assisting teaching of an introductory course in meteorology and a field experiment course in air-sea transfer processes.

Selected Awards

Space Systems Award, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, (2006)
Distinguished Science Award, Pan Oceanic Remote Sensing Conference Assoc. (2002)
NASA Group Achievement Award, Satellite Ocean Atlas (2001)
Fellow of American Meteorological Society (2000)
NASA Group Achievement Award, Quikscat Mission Team (2000)
NASA Group Achievement Award, NSCAT Science Team (1998)
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, Leadership in NSCAT Sciences Research (1998)
NASA Group Achievement Award, NSCAT Management and Outreach (1997)
Honorary Guest Professorship at China Ocean University (1996)
NASA Group Achievement Award, Topex Verification (1994)
NASA Group Achievement Award, Topex Mission Design (1993)
NASA Certificates of Recognition, Hydrologic Balance and Greenhouse Warming (1993)
NASA Certificates of Recognition, Remote Sensing of Turbulent Flux (1991)
NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement, Air-sea Interaction Processes (1990)
NATO Fellowship to Advanced Study Institute on Air-Sea Interaction (1978)
Sigma Xi (1975)
Phi Beta Kappa (1971)
Ohio University Trustee Scholarship (1967-1971)
Dean's List (1969-1970)
Sigma Pi Sigma (1970)

Selected Publications

W. Timothy Liu has 268 publications (not including abstracts) at the end of 2008, of which 145 are refereed journal articles or reviewed book chapters.

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