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Cheng-Chien Liu

Associate Professor

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 Associate, 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)

Specialized Field\ Remote sensing, Ocean optics
Laboratory\ Laboratory of remote sensing image processing and earth environment monitoring

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.

REFEREED PAPERS\

CONFERENCE PAPERS\

a. International Conference

  1. Liu, C.-C., Chang, Y.-C., Yan, S.-Y. and Wu, A.-M., Four important features in the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf revealed from the high-temporal- and high-spatial-resolution images taken by Formosat-2 in Summer 2008, in 2008 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 15-19 December 2008.
  2. Chang, C.-H., Liu, C.-C.* and Wen, C.-G., Correlations between remotely-sensed particle backscattering coefficients and terrestrial sediment discharge at the Kaoping River shelf and canyon system, in 2008 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 15-19 December 2008.
  3. Hsu, H.-Y. and Liu, C.-C.*, Investigate the relationship between the precipitation and the dispersion of terrestrial substances using shipborne hyper-spectral reflectance – the case of Gaoping River, Shelf and Canyon System, in 2008 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, 15-19 December 2008.
  4. Kato. S, Liu, C.-C., Sun, C.-Y., Tsai, H.-Y. and Yamaguchi, Y., Comparison of surface heat balances in Taiwanese cities using ASTER and Formosat-2 data, The 45th Autumn Conference of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Ebetsu, Japan, 3-4 December 2008.
  5. 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).
  6. 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).
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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)
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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)
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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).
  23. 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).
  24. 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).
  25. 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)
  26. 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)
  27. 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)
  28. 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)
  29. 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)
  30. 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)
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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)
  34. 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

    1. Liu, C.-C., Chang, C.-H., Wen, C.-G., Huang, C.-H., Hung, J.-J. and Liu, J. T. (2007) Categorizing the dispersal patterns of river-born substances in the Kaoping River, Shelf and Canyon system from remotely sensed ocean color data, in 2007 Taiwan Geosciences Assembly, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 15-18 May. (NSC-95-2611-M-006-002)
    2. Liu, C.-C. (2006) Temporal and spatial variation of terrestrial substances observed from space in the KPRSC system under typhoon conditions, in 2006 NSC Ocean Science Annual Meeting, Tainan, Taiwan, 20-22 March. (NSC 94-2611-M-006-002)
    3. Liu, C.-C., W.-S. Chang, C.-M. Yang, J.-G. Liu, H.-W. Chen and S.-F. Chang (2005) In situ measurement, interpretation and application of the hyperspectral reflectance of laterite in Linkuo plateau, in 2005 Annual Meeting of Geological Society Located in Taipei, National Central University, Taiwan, 19-21 May 2005. (NSC 93-2625-Z-006-011), (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
    4. Liu, J.-G., C.-W. Lin, C.-C. Liu, H.-W. Chen and M.-M. Chen (2005) Vegetation suppression process and geological interpretation of ASTER images, an example from northern Taiwan, in 2005 Annual Meeting of Geological Society Located in Taipei, National Central University, Taiwan, 19-21 May 2005. (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
    5. Lin, C.-W., C.-C. Liu, S.-H Liu, T.-C. Yi and C.-C. Chi (2005) Emergent hazard assessment by using FORMOSAT2 images: examples from Typhoon Mindulie, Typhoon Aere, and Southern Asia tsunami, in 2005 Annual Meeting of Geological Society Located in Taipei, National Central University, Taiwan, 19-21 May 2005. (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
    6. Lin, C.-C., K.-S. Shea, H.-W. Chen, M.-M. Chen, S.-F. Chang, C.-W. Lin, C.-C. Liu and C.-L. Shieh (2005) A dynamic system for monitoring the geologic environment and geohazard in Taiwan by using FORMOSAT-2 images, in 2005 Annual Meeting of Geological Society Located in Taipei, National Central University, Taiwan, 19-21 May 2005. (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
    7. W.-S. Chang and C.-C. Liu (2005) Investigating the technology of mixed-pixel analysis on the hyperspectral imagery of high-vegetation and low-outcrop area, in 2005 Annual Meeting of Geological Society Located in Taipei, National Central University, Taiwan, 19-21 May 2005. (NSC 93-2625-Z-006-011), (CGS 5226902000-07-94-01)
    8. Liu, C.-C. (2005) Optical properties of terrestrial substances in coastal waters, in 2005 NSC Ocean Science Annual Meeting, Chi-Tou, Taiwan, 28-30 March. (NSC 93-2611-M-006-001)
    9. Lin, C.-W., C.-C. Liu, S.-Y. Lee, Y.-C. Tsang, S.-H. Liu, Y.-C. Chiu, A.-M. Wu, F.-F. Wu and H. Chen (2004) Assessment of the typhoon Mindulle induced hazard using ROCSAT-2 imagery – Chenyulan River and Tachia River watershed。第23屆測量學術及應用研討會，pp. 367-378, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, 9-10 September 2004. (NSC-93-2625-Z-006-011)



Before 2007
1. 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.
2. 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).
3. Liu, C.-C. , C.-S. Huang, C.-H. Chang, J.-J. Hung, J.-T. Liu, C.-G. Wen and K. Fang (2006) Temporal and spatial variation of terrestrial substances observed by FORMOSAT -2 in the KPRSC system off southern Taiwan, in the 13 th Ocean Science Meeting , Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 20-24 February 2006. (NSC 94-2611-M-006-002).
4. Liu, C.-C. and W.-C Lin (2005) 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).
5. Liu, C.-C. (2005) 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)
6. Chang, W.-S. and C.-C. Liu (2005) 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)
7. T.T. Tsai, C.-C. Liu , C.P. Ko and Y.W. Wang (2005) 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)
8. Liu, C.-C. , C.-F. You, C.-T. Liu, T.-T. Tsai, and C.-P. Ko (2005) 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)
9. Liu, C.-C. , C.-A. Wu, M.-L. Shieh, J.-G. Liu, C.-W. Lin, and C.-L. Shieh (2005) 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)
10. Liu, C.-C. and R.L. Miller (2003) 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. (EI) (NSC 92-2611-M-006-002)
11. Liu, C.-C. , Miller, R., Carder, K.L. and Lee, Z.P. (2002) Estimating the underwater light field from remote sensing. Ocean Optics XVI , Santa Fe , New Mexico , USA , 18-22 November 2002.
12. Liu, C.-C. and Miller, R. (2002) An optical model for estimating the underwater light field from remote sensing. the 7 th International Conference, Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments , Miami , Florida , USA , 20-22 May 2002.
13. Liu, C.-C. and Woods, J. (1998) Assessment of underwater irradiance models using BOFS data. Ocean Optics XIV Conference , 10-13 November 1998. ("The best student presentation" award)
14. Liu, C.-C. and Woods, J. (1998) 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.
Liu, C.-C., Chang, C.-H., Wen, C.-G., Huang, C.-H., Hung, J.-J. and Liu, J. T. (2007) Categorizing the dispersal patterns of river-born substances in the Kaoping River, Shelf and Canyon system from remotely sensed ocean color data, in 2007 Taiwan Geosciences Assembly, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 15-18 May. (NSC-95-2611-M-006-002)

Other publications\

  1. Liu, C.-C. (2008) Automatic processing and applications of Formosat-2 remote sensing imagery. Natural Sciences Newsletter, NSC, 20(1), pp. 4-13. (in Chinese)
  2. Liu, C.-C., Chang, C.-H., Hsu, H.-Y., Tam, C.-K. and Wen, C.-G.. (2007) Application of ISIS hyperspectral optical remote sensing imagery on monitoring the water quality of Tsengwen Reservoir. Instruments Today, 29, pp. 29-42. (in Chinese)
  3. Liu, C.-C. (2007) Global Earth Observation Grid – an innovative platform for integration and application of remote sensing data. Science Monthly, 446, pp. 109-112. (in Chinese)
  4. Liu, C.-C. (2000) Using SeaWiFS ocean colour data to test a plankton ecosystem model. T.H. Huxley School of Environment, Earth Sciences and Engineering, Imperial College, University of London, PhD thesis, London.
  5. Liu, C.-C. and Woods, J. (1997) Prediction of ocean colour: Monte-Carlo simulation applied to a virtual ecosystem based on the Lagrangian Ensemble method. Oceanography Laboratory, Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Imperial College, London.
  6. Liu, C.-C. (1992) Numerical simulation and analysis of the flow induced by a pair of line vortices moving against a circular cylinder . Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University, Master thesis, Taiwan ROC.

 

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