Ocean Process Analysis Lab. (OPAL)
Publications (* corr. author)
2024
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Hsu, J.‐Y., Chang, M.‐H., Jan, S., & Yang, Y. J. (2024). Synergistic impact of diurnal warm layers and inertial wave mixing on sea surface temperature warming and upper ocean stratification. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129, e2023JC020623. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020623
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Yeh, Y.-Y., Chang, M.-H.*, Lien, R.-C., Chang, J.-X., Chen, J.-L., Jan, S., Yang, Y. J., & Vladoiu, A. (2024). Turbulence Generation via Nonlinear Lee Wave Trailing Edge Instabilities in Kuroshio-Seamount Interactions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129, e2024JC020971. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC020971
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Cheng, Y.‐H., Chang, M.‐H., Yang, Y. J., Jan, S., Ramp, S. R., Davis, K. A., & Reeder, D. B. (2024). Insights into internal solitary waves east of Dongsha Atoll from integrating geostationary satellite and mooring observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129, e2024JC021109. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021109
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Chang, M.-H.*, Huang, Y.-C., Cheng, Y.-H., Terng, C.-T., Chen, J., and Jan, J. C. (2024). Revisiting regression methods for estimating long-term trends in sea surface temperature. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 2481–2494. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2481-2024
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Yang, Y. J., Yang, C. -Y., Jan, S., Chang, M. -H., Wei, C. -L., Her, W. -H. (2024). Advanced Moored Data Buoys for Catching Typhoons in the Western North Pacific. Marine Technology Society Journal, 58, 52-62(11). https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.58.1.1
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Yang, C.-Y., Yang, Y.J., Tseng, Y.H., Jan S., Chang, M.-H., Wei, C.-L., Terng, C.-T. (2024). Observational Evidence of Overlooked Downwelling Induced by Tropical Cyclones in the Open Ocean. Sci Rep 14, 335. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-51016-0
2023
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Yang, K.-C, Jan, S., Yang, Y. J., Chang, M.-H., Wang, J., Ramp, S. R., Reeder, D. B., & Ko, D. S. (2023). Anatomy of Mode-1 Internal Solitary Waves Derived From Seaglider Observations in the Northern South China Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53(11), 2519-2536. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0039.1
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Chang, M.-H.*, Cheng, Y.-H., Yeh, Y.-Y., Hsu, J.-Y., Jan, S., Tseng, Y.-h., Sui, C.-H., Yang, YJ, and Lin, P.-H. (2023). Diurnal Sea Surface Temperature Warming along the Kuroshio off Taiwan under Easterly Wind Conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101412. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101412
2022
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Chang, M. -H.*, Cheng, Y. -H., Yeh, Y. -Y., Yang, Y. J., Jan, S., Liu, C. -L., Matsuno, T., Endoh, T., Tsutsumi, E., Chen, J. -L., and Guo, X. (2022). Internal hydraulic transition and turbulent mixing observed in the Kuroshio over the I-Lan Ridge off northeastern Taiwan. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(12), 3179-3198. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0245.1
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Sinnett, G., Ramp, S. R., Yang, Y. J., Chang, M. -H., Jan, S., and Davis, K. A. (2022). Large Amplitude Internal Wave Transformation Into Shallow Water. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 52 (10), 2539-2554. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0273.1
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Chen, J. -L., Yu, X., Chang, M. -H, Jan, S., Yang, Y. J. and Lien, R. -C. (2022). Shear Instability and Turbulent Mixing in the Stratified Shear Flow Behind a Topographic Ridge at High Reynolds Number. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:829579. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.829579
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Ramp, S. R., Yang, Y.-J., Jan, S., Chang, M.-H., Davis, K. A., Sinnett, G., et al. (2022). Solitary waves impinging on an isolated tropical reef: Arrival patterns and wave transformation under shoaling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC017781. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021JC017781
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Endoh, E., Tsutsumi, E., Hong, C. -H., Baek, G. -N., Chang, M. -H., Yang, Y. J., Matsuno, T. & Lee, J. H. (2022). Estimating propagation speed and direction, and vertical displacement of second-mode nonlinear internal waves from ADCP measurements. Continental Shelf Research, 233 (2022) 104644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104644
2021
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Acabado, C. S., Cheng, Y. -H., Chang, M. -H. & Chen, C. -C. (2021). Vertical Nitrate Flux Induced by Kelvin–Helmholtz Billows Over a Seamount in the Kuroshio. Front. Mar. Sci. 8:680729. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.680729
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Chang, M. -H., Lien, R. -C.*, Lamb, K. G., & Diamessis, P. J. (2021). Long-term observations of shoaling internal solitary waves in the northern South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC017129. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC017129
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Jan, S., M. -H. Chang, Y. J. Yang., C. -H. Sui, Y. -H. Cheng, Y. -Y. Yeh, & C. -W. Lee (2021). Mooring observed intraseasonal oscillations in the central South China Sea during summer monsoon season. Sci Rep 11, 13685. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93219-3
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Chang, M. -H.* (2021). Marginal instability within internal solitary waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092616. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092616
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Chang, M. -H.*, Y. -H. Cheng, Y. J. Yang, S. Jan, S. R. Ramp, D. B. Reeder, W. -T. Hsieh, D. S. Ko, K. A. Davis, H. -J. Shao & R. -S. Tseng (2021). Direct measurements reveal instabilities and turbulence within large amplitude internal solitary waves beneath the ocean. Commun Earth Environ 2, 15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00083-6
2020
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Cheng, Y. ‐H., M. -H. Chang*, D. S. Ko, S. Jan, M. Andres, A. Kirincich, Y. J. Yang, & J. ‐H. Tai (2020). Submesoscale Eddy and Frontal Instabilities in the Kuroshio Interacting with a Cape South of Taiwan. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124, e2020JC016123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016123
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Mensah, V., S. Jan, M. Andres, & M. -H. Chang (2020). Response of the Kuroshio east of Taiwan to mesoscale eddies and upstream variations. Journal of Oceanography, 76, 271–288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-020-00544-8
2019
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Chang, M. -H.*, S. Jan, C. -L. Liu, Y. -H. Cheng, & V. Mensah (2019). Observations of Island Wakes at High Rossby Numbers: Evolution of Submesoscale Vortices and Free Shear Layers. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49(11), 2997-3016. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0035.1
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Jan, S., S. -H. Wang, K. -C. Yang, Y. -J. Yang, & M. -H. Chang (2019). Glider observations of interleaving layers beneath the Kuroshio primary velocity core east of Taiwan and analyses of underlying dynamics. Scientific Reports, 9, 11401. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47912-z
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Yang, Y. -J., M. -H. Chang C. -Y. Hsieh, H. -I. Chang, S. Jan, & C. -L. Wei (2019). The role of enhanced velocity shears in rapid ocean cooling during Super Typhoon Nepartak 2016. Nature Communications, 10, 1627. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09574-3
2018
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Liu, C. -L., & M. -H. Chang* (2018). Numerical Studies of Submesoscale Island Wakes in the Kuroshio. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(8), 5669-5687. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JC013501
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Cheng, Y. -H., & M. -H. Chang* (2018). Exceptionally cold water days in the southern Taiwan Strait: their predictability and relation to La Nina, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18 (7), 1999-2010. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1999-2018
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Chang, M. -H.*, S. Jan, V. Mensah, M. Andres, L. Rainville, Y. J. Yang, & Y. -H. Cheng (2018). Zonal migration and transport variations of the Kuroshio east of Taiwan induced by eddy impingements. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 131, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2017.11.006
2017
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Jan, S., Mensah, V., Andres, M., Chang, M. -H., & Yang, Y. J. (2017). Eddy-Kuroshio interactions: Local and remote effects. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 122, 9744-9764. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013476
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Andres, M., V. Mensah, S. Jan, M. -H. Chang, Y. -J. Yang, C. M. Lee, B. Ma, & T. B. Sanford (2017). Downstream evolution of the Kuroshio's time-varying transport and velocity structure. Journal Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122, 3519–3542. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012519
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Jan, S., Y. -J. Yang, H. -I. Chang, M. -H. Chang, & C. -L. Wei (2017). New data buoys watch typhoons from within the storm, Earth & Space Science News, 98(7), 24-27.
https://doi.org/10.1029/2017EO069821
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Hsu, P. -C., M. -H. Chang, C. -C. Lin, S. -J. Huang, & C. -R. Ho (2017). Investigation of the island-induced ocean vortex train of the Kuroshio Current using satellite imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 193, 54-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.02.025
2016
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Chang, M. -H.*, S. Y. Jheng, & R. -C. Lien (2016). Trains of large Kelvin-Helmholtz billows observed in the Kuroshio above a seamount. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(16), 8654-8661. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069462
2015
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Yang, Y. -J., S. Jan, M. -H. Chang, J. Wang, V. Mensah, T. -H. Kuo, C. J. Tsai, C. Y. Lee, M. Andres, L. R. Centurioni, Y. H. Tseng, W. D. Liang, & J. W. Lai (2015). Mean structure and fluctuations of the Kuroshio East of Taiwan from in situ and remote observations. Oceanography, 28(4), 74–83.
https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.83
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Yang, K. C., J. Wang, C. M. Lee, B. Ma, R. -C. Lien, S. Jan, Y. J. Yang, & M. -H. Chang (2015), Two mechanisms cause dual velocity maxima in the Kuroshio east of Taiwan. Oceanography, 28(4), 64–73.
https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.82
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Lien, R. -C., B. Ma, C. M. Lee, T. B. Sanford, V. Mensah, L. R. Centurioni, B. D. Cornuelle, G. Gopalakrishnan, A. L. Gordon, M. -H. Chang, S. R. Jayne, & Y. -J. Yang (2015). The Kuroshio and Luzon Undercurrent east of Luzon Island. Oceanography, 28(4), 54–63. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2015.81
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Mensah, V., S. Jan, M. -H. Chang, & Y. -J. Yang (2015). Intraseasonal to seasonal variability of the intermediate waters along the Kuroshio path east of Taiwan. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120 (C8), 5473-5489. https://dio.org/10.1002/2015JC010768
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Jan, S., Y. -J. Yang, J. Wang, V. Mensah, T. -H. Kuo, M.-D. Chiou, C. -S. Chern, M. -H. Chang, & H. Chien (2015). Large variability of the Kuroshio at 23.75°N east of Taiwan. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(C3), 1825–1840. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010614
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Alford, M. H., T. Peacock, J. A. MacKinnon, J. D. Nash, M. C. Buijsman, L. R. Centuroni, S. Y. Chao, M. -H. Chang, D. M. Farmer, O. B. Fringer, K. H. Fu, P. C. Gallacher, H. C. Graber, K. R. Helfrich, S. M. Jachec, C. R. Jackson, J. M. Klymak, D. S. Ko, S. Jan, T. M. S. Johnston, S. Legg, I. H. Lee, R. -C. Lien, M. J. Mercier, J. N. Moum, R. Musgrave, J. H. Park, A. I. Pickering, R. Pinkel, L. Rainville, S. R. Ramp, D. L. Rudnick, S. Sarkar, A. Scotti, H. L. Simmons, L. C. St Laurent, S. K. Venayagamoorthy, Y. H. Wang, J. Wang, Y.-J. Yang, T. Paluszkiewicz, & T. Y. Tang (2015). The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea. Nature, 521(7550), 65 - U381. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14399
2014
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Lien, R -C., B. Ma, Y. H. Cheng, C. R. Ho, B. Qiu, C. M. Lee, & M. -H. Chang (2014). Modulation of Kuroshio transport by mesoscale eddies at the Luzon Strait entrance. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 119(C4), 2129-2142. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013JC009548
2013
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Lien, R. -C., T. B. Sanford, S. Jan, M. -H. Chang, & B. -B. Ma (2013). Internal Tides on the East China Sea Continental Slope. Journal of Marine Research, 71(1), 151-185(35). https://doi.org/10.1357/002224013807343461
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Chang M. -H.*, T. -Y. Tang, C. -R. Ho & S. -Y. Chao (2013). Kuroshio-induced wake in the lee of Green Island off Taiwan. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 118(C3), 1508-1519. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20151
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Liang, S. -J., C. -Y. Lin, T. -W. Hsu, C. -R. Ho, & M. -H. Chang (2013). Numerical study of vortex characteristics near Green Island, Taiwan. Journal of Coastal Research, 29, 1436 –1444. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00245.1
2012
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Lien, R. -C., E. A. D’Asaro, F. Henyey, M. -H. Chang, T. Y. Tang, & Y. J. Yang (2012). Trapped Core Formation within a Shoaling Nonlinear Internal Wave. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42, 511–525. https://doi.org/10.1175/2011JPO4578.1
2011
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Simmons, H., M. -H. Chang, Y. -T. Chang, S. -Y. Chao, O. Fringer, C.R. Jackson, & D.S. Ko (2011). Modeling and prediction of internal waves in the South China Sea. Oceanography, 24(4), 88–99. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.97
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Farmer, D. M., M. H. Alford, R. -C. Lien, Y. J. Yang, M. -H. Chang, & Q. Li (2011). From Luzon Strait to Dongsha Plateau: Stages in the life of an internal wave. Oceanography, 24(4), 64-77. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2011.95
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Chang, M. -H.*, R. -C. Lien, Y. -J. Yang, & T. -Y. Tang (2011). Nonlinear internal wave properties estimated with moored ADCP measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 28, 802-815.
https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JTECHO814.1
Before 2010
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Chang, Y. -T., T. -Y. Tang, S. -Y. Chao, M. -H. Chang, D -S. Ko, Y. -J. Yang, W. -D. Liang, & M. J. McPhaden (2010). Mooring observations and numerical modeling of thermal structures in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, C10022.
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Alford M., R. -C. Lien, H. Simmons, J. Klymak, S. Ramp, Y. -J. Yang, T. -Y. Tang & M. -H. Chang (2010). Speed and Evolution of Nonlinear Internal Waves Transiting the South China Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40, 1338-1355.
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Chang, Y. -T., W. -L. Hsu, J. -H. Tai, T. Y. Tang, M. -H. Chang, & S. -Y. Chao (2010). The cold deep water in the South China Sea. Journal of Oceanography, 66, 183-190.
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Yang, Y .J., Y. C. Fang, M. -H. Chang, S. R. Ramp, C. -C. Kao, & T. Y. Tang (2009). Observations of second baroclinic mode internal solitary waves on the continental slope of the northern South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C10003.
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Chang, M. -H., R. -C. Lien, Y.J. Yang, T. Y. Tang, & J. Wang (2008). A Composite View of Surface Signatures and Interior Properties of Nonlinear Internal Waves: Observations and Applications. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25, 218–1227.
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Chang, M. -H., R. -C. Lien, T. Y. Tang, E. A. D’Asaro, & Y.J. Yang (2006). Energy flux of nonlinear internal waves in northern South China Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L03607.
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Lien, R. -C., T. Y. Tang, M. -H. Chang, & E.A. D’Asaro (2005). Energy of nonlinear internal waves in the South China Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L05615.
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Yang, Y .J., T. Y. Tang, M. -H. Chang, A. K. Liu, M. -K. Hsu, & S. R. Ramp (2004). Solitons northeast of Tung-Sha Island during the ASIAEX pilot studies. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 29, 1182– 1199.