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Education
Ph.D. in Applied
Mathematics (1987), University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
M.A. in Applied Mathematics (1985), University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
B.Sc. in Mechanics (1982), Nanjing University of Science and Technology,
China
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Research interest
I am an applied mathematician
with research interests in statistical climatology and nonlinear waves. My
group is working on a variety of research projects, including statistical
optimal averaging and interpolation of climate parameters, error estimation
in climate data analysis, development of agroclimate
datasets and drought monitoring, optimal blending of satellite remote
sensing data with in situ observations, weather risk analysis and
statistical decision theory, Hilbert-Huang signal analysis for nonlinear
and non-stationary processes, climate informatics, internal and surface
waves in water flows over a topography, and nonlinear evolution equations
and solitons. Together with Gerald North and
K.-Y. Kim, we established a spectral theory to estimate the sampling errors
in the average of an inhomogeneous field. The United Nations'
Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) adopted our theory to
estimate the uncertainties in global warming assessment from 1861 to 2000
(IPCC Report 2001, Figures 2.7 and 2.8).
My research projects have been
supported by many agencies, including US National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US
Department of Energy, US National Research Council, Canadian Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Environment Canada, Alberta
Agriculture, Alberta Innovation and Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, University
of Alberta, and San Diego State University.
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Teaching interest
I often teach
Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Elementary Statistics,
and Topics in Applied Mathematics and Statistics. Please visit my personal
website for details of my course offering.
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Selected publications
I have published
over 70 refereed papers, 4 books, and many governmental technical reports.
Selected publications are below. For the complete publication list, please
visit my personal homepage.
Monographs
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1.
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Huang, N.E. and S.S.P. Shen (ed.), 2005: Hilbert-Huang Transform and
Its Applications, World
Scientific, 360pp.
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Chetner, S., and the Agroclimatic Atlas Working Group, 2003: Agroclimatic Atlas of Alberta,
1971 to 2000. Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development,
Agdex071-1, Edmonton,
Alberta, 89pp. (S.S.P. Shen is a lead scientist in the Working Group.)
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3.
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Shen, S.S.P., 1995: Climate
Sampling Errors, Lecture Notes at University of Tokyo,
74pp.
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4.
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Shen, S.S.P., 1993: A Course on
Nonlinear Waves, Kluwer Academic Publishers,
327pp.
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Journal Papers
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Field, R.D., G.R. van der
Werf, and S.S.P. Shen,
2009: Human amplification of drought-induced biomass burning in Indonesia
since 1960, Nature (Geoscience), doi:
10:1038/ngeo443.
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Field, R. D., and S. S. P. Shen, 2008: Predictability of carbon emissions from
biomass burning in Indonesia
from 1997 to 2006, J. Geophys. Res. 113, G04024, doi:10.1029/2008JG000694.
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Shen, S.S.P., H. Yin, and T.M.
Smith, 2007: An estimate of the sampling error variance of the gridded
GHCN monthly surface air temperature data, J. Climate 20,
2321-2331.
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Lau, K.M., S.S.P. Shen, K.-M. Kim, and H. Wang, 2006: A multi-model
study of the 20th century simulations of Sahel
drought from the 1970s to 1990s, J. Geophys.
Res. 111, D07111, doi:10.1029/2005JD006281
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Shen, S.S.P., P. Dzikowski, G. Li, and D. Griffith, 2001:
Interpolation of 1961-1997 daily climate data onto Alberta
polygons of ecodistrict and soil landscape of Canada,
J. Applied Meteo.
40, 2162-2177
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Folland, C.K., N.A. Rayner,
S.J. Brown, T.M. Smith, S.S.P. Shen, D.E. Parker,
I. Macadam, P.D. Jones, R.N. Jones, N. Nicholls, and D.M.H. Sexton, 2001:
Global temperature change and its uncertainties since 1861, Geophys. Res. Lett.
28, 2621-2624.
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Shen, S.S.P., T.M. Smith, C.F. Ropelewski,
and R.E. Livezey, 1998: An optimal regional
averaging method with error estimates and a test using tropical Pacific
SST data, J. Climate 11,
2340-2350.
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North, G.R., K.Y. Kim, S.S.P. Shen, and J.W. Hardin, 1995: Detection of forced
climate signals, Part I: theory, J.
Climate 8, 401-408.
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Shen, S.S.P., G.R. North, and K.Y. Kim, 1994:
Spectral approach to optimal estimation of the global average
temperature, J. Climate 7,
1999-2007.
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Shen, S.S.P., 1992: Forced solitary waves and
hydraulic falls in two-layer flows, J. Fluid Mech. 234, 583-612.
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Last update October 23, 2009.
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