Cheng-Chien Liu

Position

Associate Professor

Telephone number

+886-6-275-7575 ext. 65422

+886-6-275-8293

+886-6-275-7575 ext. 65430 # 205

FAX

+886-6-2740285

E-mail

ccliu88@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Lab

Laboratory of remote sensing image processing and earth environment monitoring

Courses

 

 

Course

Year (Spring/Autumn)

Department/Class

07
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07
(A)

08
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08
(A)

Introduction to Earth Sciences (II)

Dept. E.S. /1st

V#

 

 

 

Introduction to remote sensing

Dept. E.S. /2nd, 3rd

 

V

 

V

Applications of Computer Programming in Earth Sciences

Dept. E.S. /3rd, 4th

 

 

 

 

Physical oceanography

Dept. E.S. /3rd, 4th

V

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Global change

Courses of General Education

V#

 

V#

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced topics in satellite remote sensing

Inst. S.I.E.E.

 

 

 

 

Digital image processing

Inst. S.I.E.E.

 

V

 

 

Remote sensing of ocean color

Inst. S.I.E.E.

 

V*

 

 

Analysis and applications of remote sensing imagery

Inst. S.I.E.E.

V

 

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Teach in English

# Instruct with other faculties

Educations
  • Ph.D., T.H. Huxley School of Environment, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College, University of London, UK (1996-2000)
  • M.S., Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan ROC (1990-1992)
  • B.S., Department of Naval Architecture Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan ROC (1986-1990)

Experiences
  • Associate Professor, Department of Earth Science, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan ROC (2006/8-present)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Science, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan ROC (2003/2-2006/7)
  • NRC Research Assistant, Earth Science Applications Directorate, NASA Stennis Space Center, USA (2001/10-2003/1)
  • Post-doctoral Research, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, USA (2000/7-2001/9)
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering , National Taiwan University, Taiwan ROC (1994/8-1996/8)
  • Second Lieutenant, Taiwan, ROC Army/Artillery Division (1992/7-1994/5, Military Duty)

Specialties
  • Remote sensing
  • Ocean optics

Honors
  • Kwoh-Ting Li Research Award, National Cheng Kung University, 2008
  • Research Excellence Award, National Cheng Kung University, 2007
  • Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, National Science Council, 2007
  • Outstanding Research Award, National Cheng Kung University, 2006
  • Academic Journal Paper Publication Improvement Award, National Cheng Kung University, 2006
  • Industrial Collaboration Project Improvement Award, National Cheng Kung University, 2006
  • AIST (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan) foreign guest researcher invitation program, 15 January - 7 February 2006.
  • NRC (National Research Council) Research Associateship award, 2001-2003.
  • The best student presentation award, in Ocean Optics XIV Conference, Hawaii, U.S.A., 10-13 November 1998.
  • The best oral presentation award, in Developing Space '98: Remote Sensing Society Student Conference, Oxford University, U.K., 23 April 1998.
  • ORS (Overseas Research Students) award, by the CVCP (Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom), 1996 - 1999.
  • National Student Scholarship, by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1996 - 1999.
  • National Education Ministry Research Student Scholarship, by the Ministry of Education, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1990 - 1991.

Patents
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Publication List

A. Refereed Papers

  1. Liu, C.-C.* Chang, Y.-C., Huang, S., Yen, K., Wu, F., Wu, A.-M., Kato, S. and Yamaguchi, Y. (2008) Monitoring the dynamics of ice shelf margins in Polar Regions with high-spatial- and high-temporal-resolution space-borne optical imagery. Cold Regions Science and Technology, (accepted) (SCI) (NSC-95-2625-Z-006-004-MY3), (NSC-96-2611-M-006-002), (Landmark project B-023).
  2. Liu, C.-C.* and R.L. Miller (2008) A spectrum matching method for estimating the chlorophyll-a concentration, CDOM ratio and backscatter fraction from remote sensing of ocean color. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, (accepted) (SCI) (NSC-95-2625-Z-006-004-MY3), (NSC-96-2611-M-006-002), (Landmark project B-023).
  3. Liu, C.-C.*, Chang, Y.-C., Huang, S., Wu, F., Wu, A.-M., Kato, S. and Yamaguchi, Y. (2008) First space-borne high-spatial-resolution optical imagery of the Antarctic from Formosat-2. Antarctic Science. (doi:10.1017/S0954102008001338) (SCI) (NSC-95-2625-Z-006-004-MY3), (NSC-96-2611-M-006-002), (Landmark project B-023).
  4. Liu, C.-C.*, Chang, C.-H., Wen, C.-G., Huang, C.-H., Hung, J.-J. and Liu, J. T. (2007) Using satellite observations of ocean color to categorize the dispersal patterns of river-borne substances in the Kaoping River, Shelf and Canyon System. Journal of Marine System. (accepted) (SCI) (NSC-95-2625-Z-006-004-MY3), (NSC-96-2611-M-006-002), (Landmark project B-023).
  5. Liu, C.-C.*, J.-G. Liu, C.-W. Lin, A.-M. Wu, S.-H Liu and C.-L. Shieh, (2007) Image Processing of FORMOSAT-2 data for Monitoring South Asia tsunami. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 28(13), pp. 3093-3111. (doi:10.1080/01431160601094518 ) (SCI) (NSC-95-2611-M-006-002), (NSC-95-2625-Z-006-004-MY3), (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
  6. Chang, C.-H., Liu, C.-C.* and Wen, C.-G. (2007) Integrating semianalytical and genetic algorithms to retrieve the constituents of water bodies from remote sensing of ocean color. Optics Express, 15(2), pp. 252-265. (SCI) (NSC-95-2625-Z-006-004-MY3) (NSC 95-2611-M-006-002)
  7. Liu, C.-C.* (2006) Processing of FORMOSAT-2 daily revisit imagery for site surveillance. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 44(11, part 1), pp. 3206-3214. (SCI) (NSC-95-2625-Z-006-004-MY3) (NSC 95-2611-M-006-002) (CGS 5226902000-07-95-01)
  8. Lin, C.-W.*, Liu, S.-H., Lee, S.-Y., Liu, C.-C. (2006) Impacts of the Chi-Chi earthquake on subsequent rainfall-induced landslide in Central Taiwan, Engineering Geology. 86(2-3), pp. 87-101. (SCI)
  9. Liu, C.-C.*, R.L. Miller, K.L. Carder, Z.P. Lee, E.J. D'Sa and J.E. Ivey, (2006) Estimating the underwater light field from remote sensing of ocean color. Journal of Oceanography, 62(3), pp. 235-248. (SCI) (NSC 94-2611-M-006-002)
  10. Liu, C.-C.* (2006) Fast and accurate model of underwater scalar irradiance for stratified Case 2 waters. Optics Express, 14(5), pp. 1703-1719. (SCI) (NSC 94-2611-M-006-002).
  11. Liu, C.-C.* and Woods, J. (2004) Deriving four parameters from patchy observations of ocean color for testing a plankton ecosystem model. Deep-Sea Research II. 51(10-11), pp. 1053-1062. (SCI) (NSC 92-2611-M-006-002)
  12. Liu, C.-C.* and Woods, J. (2004) Prediction of ocean colour: Monte-Carlo simulation applied to a virtual ecosystem based on the Lagrangian Ensemble method. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 25(5), pp. 921-936. (SCI) (NSC 92-2611-M-006-002)
  13. Carder, K.L.*, Liu, C.-C., Lee, Z.P., English, D.C., Patten, J., Chen, F.R., Ivey, J.E., Davis, C.O. (2003) Illumination and turbidity effects on observing faceted bottom elements with uniform Lambertian albedos, Limnology and Oceanography, 48(1, part 2), pp. 355-363. (SCI)
  14. Liu, C.-C.*, Carder, K.L., Miller, R.L. and Ivey, J.E. (2002) Fast and accurate model of underwater scalar irradiance, Applied Optics, 41(24), pp. 4962-4974. (SCI)
  15. Liu, C.-C.*, Woods, J. and Mobley, C. (1999) Optical model for use in oceanic ecosystem models. Applied Optics, 38(21), pp. 4475-4485. (SCI)
  16. Chu, C.C.*, Chang, C.C., Liu, C.-C. and Chang, R.L. (1996) Suction effect on an impulsively started circular cylinder: vortex structure and drag reduction. Physics of Fluids. 8(11), pp. 2995-3007. (SCI)
  17. Chang, C.C.*, Chu, C.C., Liu, C.-C., Chang, C.C. and Lee, S.T. (1995) Flow induced by a pair of line vortices moving against a circular cylinder. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 64(5), pp. 1557-1578. (SCI)

B. Conference papers

a. International Conference

  1. Liu, C.-C.*, Chang, Y.-C., Huang, S., Yen, K., Wu, F., Wu, A.-M., Kato, S. and Yamaguchi, Y., Monitoring the dynamics of ice shelf margins in Polar Regions with high-spatial- and high-temporal-resolution space-borne optical imagery, to be presented in The International Symposium, “Fifty Years after IGY- Modern Information Technologies and Earth and Solar Sciences”, Tsukuba, Japan, 10-13 November 2008 (invited talk)
  2. Liu, C.-C.*, Automatic Processing and Applications of Formosat-2 Remote Sensing Imagery, in The 6th Taipei International Digital Earth Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, 15-16 May 2008 (invited talk)
  3. Liu, C.-C.*, Wu, A.-M., Yen, K. and Huang, S., Rapid Locating of Fire Points from Formosat-2 High-Spatial-Resolution Imagery in the California Wildfire Event, in The 6th Taipei International Digital Earth Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, 15-16 May 2008
  4. Chuang, S.-J., Liu, C.-C.* and Shieh, C.-L., Using Monte Carlo Ray-tracing Technique to Simulate the Radiative Transfer Process in a Water Tank, in The 6th Taipei International Digital Earth Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, 15-16 May 2008
  5. Chen, P.-L., Liu, C.-C.* and Shieh, C.-L., Orthorectifying the High-Spatial-Resolution Satellite Imagery with Automatic Selected and Matched Ground Control Points, in The 6th Taipei International Digital Earth Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, 15-16 May 2008
  6. Kato, S., Liu, C.-C., Yamaguchi, Y., Sun, C.-Y. and Lin, H.-T., Surface Heat Balance Analysis in Tainan City Using ASTER and Formosat-2 Data. The 6th Taipei International Digital Earth Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan, 15 May 2008.
  7. Liu, C.-C., Chang, Y.-C., Huang, S., Wu, F. and Wu, A.-M., Processing of FORMOSAT-2 Daily Revisit Imagery for Site Surveillance, to be presented in The 4th International Symposium on Innovative Aerial/Space Flyer Systems, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 14-15 January 2008. (invited talk)
  8. Liu, C.-C., Chang, C.-H., Hsu, H.-Y. Tan, C.-C. and Wen, C.-G., Application of ISIS Hyperspectral Optical Remote Sensing Imagery on Monitoring the Water Quality of Tseng-Wen Reservoir, to be presented in International Conference on Sustainable and Natural Environment, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, 10-11 January 2008.
  9. Liu, C.-C., Chang, Y.-C., Huang, S., Wu, F. and Wu, A.-M., First high-spatial- and high-temporal-resolution optical imagery of Polar Regions from Formosat-2, in 2007 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 10-14 December 2007.
  10. Kato, S., Liu, C.-C., Yamaguchi, Y., Sun, C. and Lin, H., Surface heat balance analysis in an urban area using ASTER and FORMOSAT-2 data, in Annual Meeting of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan. Osaka, Japan. 6-7 December 2007.
  11. Liu, C.-C.* (2007) Rapid response to a disaster event using space-borne remote sensing, in The 2nd PRAGMA Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 3-7 December 2007. (invited talk)
  12. Liu, C.-C.*, Yang, C.-M., and Wang, Y.-W. (2007) Calibrating the ground reflectance from the multi-temporal- and low-spectral-resolution imagery with non-synchronous ground measurements for estimating crop yield, in 2007 International Workshop on Advanced Flux Network and Flux Evaluation, Taoyuan, Taiwan, October 19-22, 2007.
  13. Kato, S., Liu, C.-C. and Yamaguchi, Y., Surface heat balance analysis in the urban areas using satellite remote sensing data. 2007 Taiwan-Japan International Symposium on Environmental Science, Technology and Management, Tainan, Taiwan, 13 September 2007.
  14. Liu, C.-C.*, Shieh, C.-L., Wu, C.-A. and Shieh, M.-L. (2007) Monitoring the illegal quarry mining of gravel on the riverbed using daily-revisit FORMOSAT-2 imagery, in 2007 Remote Sensing Symposium across Taiwan Strait, Jhong-Li, Taiwan, 19-24 March 2007.
  15. Wang, Y.-W., Liu, C.-C.* and Yang, C.-M., (2007) Integrating FORMOSAT-2 high-temporal and high-spatial imagery with field data to monitor growth and estimate yield of rice crop, in 2007 Remote Sensing Symposium across Taiwan Strait, Jhong-Li, Taiwan, 19-24 March 2007.
  16. Lin, J.-C., Liu, C.-C.* and Liu, S.-H. (2007) Applications of FORMOSAT-2 daily-revisit imagery on monitoring the spatial and temporal variations of landslide in the catchments of Tseng-Wen reservoir, in 2007 Remote Sensing Symposium across Taiwan Strait, Jhong-Li, Taiwan, 19-24 March 2007.
  17. Chang, C.-H., Liu, C.-C. and Wen, C.-G. (2006) Combining the semianalytical and generic algorithms to retrieve the constituents of water body from remote sensing of sea surface reflectance. Ocean Optics XVIII, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 9-13 October 2006.
  18. Liu, C.-C. (2006) GeoGRID: integrated platform for applications of remote sensing, in International Symposium on Grid Computing 2006, Taipei, Taiwan, 1-4 May 2006. (NSC 94-2611-M-006-002).
  19. Liu, C.-C., C.-S. Huang, C.-H. Chang, J.-J. Hung, J.-T. Liu, C.-G. Wen and K. Fang, Temporal and spatial variation of terrestrial substances observed by FORMOSAT-2 in the KPRSC system off southern Taiwan, in the 13th Ocean Science Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 20-24 February 2006. (NSC 94-2611-M-006-002).
  20. Liu, C.-C. and W.-C Lin, Sensitivity of radiative transfer on calculating mixed layer depths in ocean circulation model, in 2005 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 5-9 December 2005. (NSC 93-2611-M-006-001), (NSC 94-2611-M-006-002).
  21. Liu, C.-C., Processing of FORMOSAT-2 imagery for site surveillance, in The 26th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Hanoi, Vietnam, 7-11 November 2005. (NSC 93-2611-M-006-001), (NSC 94-2611-M-006-002), (NSC 93-2625-Z-006-011), (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
  22. Chang, W.-S. and C.-C. Liu, Application of Hyperion hyperspectral imagery on geological mapping in Central Mountain Range of Taiwan: preliminary results, in The 26th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing, Hanoi, Vietnam, 7-11 November 2005. (NSC 93-2625-Z-006-011), (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
  23. T.T. Tsai, C.-C. Liu, C.P. Ko and Y.W. Wang, Mapping from FORMOSAT-2 stereo imagery: DEM Generation Over Itu Aba Island, in The Eleventh Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, PACON 2005, Chienku Technology University, Changhua, Taiwan, 6-9 November 2005. (NSC 93-2611-M-006-001), (NSC 94-2611-M-006-002), (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
  24. Liu, C.-C., C.-F. You, C.-T. Liu, T.-T. Tsai, and C.-P. Ko, The image processing procedure and potential of FORMOSAT-2 data in the management of Dong-Sha Atoll, in The 16th Workshop on Ocean Models and Information System for APEC Region, HCM City, Vietnam, 1-4 November 2005. (NSC 93-2611-M-006-001), (NSC 94-2611-M-006-002), (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
  25. Liu, C.-C., C.-A. Wu, M.-L. Shieh, J.-G. Liu, C.-W. Lin, and C.-L. Shieh, Monitoring the illegal quarry mining of gravel on the riverbed using daily revisit FORMOSAT-2 imagery, in IGARSS 2005, Seoul, Korea, 25-29 July 2005. (NSC 93-2611-M-006-001), (NSC 93-2625-Z-006-011), (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
  26. Liu, C.-C. and R.L. Miller, A spectrum matching method for estimating the inherent optical properties from remote sensing of ocean color, in Ocean Remote Sensing and Imaging II, edited by R.J. Frouin, G.D. Gilbert, and  D. Pan, pp. 141-152, SPIE, Bellingham, WA, San Diego, California USA, 2003b. (EI) (NSC 92-2611-M-006-002)
  27. Liu, C.-C., Miller, R., Carder, K.L. and Lee, Zhongping (2002) Estimating the underwater light field from remote sensing. Ocean Optics XVI, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, 18-22 November 2002.
  28. Liu, C.-C. and Miller, R. (2002) An optical model for estimating the underwater light field from remote sensing. the 7th International Conference, Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, Miami, Florida, USA, 20-22 May 2002.
  29. Liu, C.-C. and Woods, J. (1998a) Assessment of underwater irradiance models using BOFS data. Ocean Optics XIV Conference, 10-13 November 1998. ("The best student presentation" award)
  30. Liu, C.-C. and Woods, J. (1998b) Prediction of ocean colour: Monte-Carlo simulation applied to a virtual ecosystem based on the Lagrangian Ensemble method. Developing Space '98: Proceedings of the 1998 Remote Sensing Society Student Conference, 14-25, 23 April 1998. ("The best oral presentation" award)

b. National Conference