Mesoscale and Storm-scale Convective Cloud Processes
Wind Energy Resource Modeling
Interaction between Atmospheric Flow and Complex Terrain
Education
Ph.D., 2017, Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan
M.S., 2010, Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan
B.S., 2008, Atmospheric Sciences, National Central University, Taiwan
Awards and Recognitions
PNNL EBSD 2024 Outstanding Performance Award
Publications
2025
Tai S., B.J. Gaudet, S. Feng, R. Krishnamurthy, L.K. Berg, and J.D. Fast. 2025. "Characterizing Model Uncertainties in Simulated Coast-to-offshore Wind over the Northeast U.S. Using Multi-platform Measurements from the TCAP Field Campaign." Renewable Energy 239, no. _:Art. No. 122022. PNNL-SA-202963. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2024.122022
2024
Liu Y., B.J. Gaudet, R. Krishnamurthy, S. Tai, L.K. Berg, N. Bodini, and A. Rybchuk, et al. 2024. "Identifying meteorological drivers for errors in modeled winds along the Northern California Coast." Monthly Weather Review 152, no. 2:455-469. PNNL-SA-181692. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-23-0030.1
Tai S., Z. Feng, J.N. Marquis, and J.D. Fast. 2024. "Characterizing Wet Season Precipitation in the Central Amazon Using a Mesoscale Convective System Tracking Algorithm." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 129, no. 19:e2024JD041004. PNNL-SA-195122. doi:10.1029/2024JD041004
2023
Cornwell G.C., C. Mccluskey, T.C. Hill, E. Levin, N. Rothfuss, S. Tai, and M.D. Petters, et al. 2023. "Bioaerosols are the dominant source of warm-temperature immersion-mode INPs and drive uncertainties in INP predictability." Science Advances 9, no. 37:Art. No. eadg3715. PNNL-SA-179510. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adg3715
Hagos S.M., Z. Feng, S. Tai, and J. Chen. 2023. "Regional variability in the environmental controls of precipitation regimes in the tropics." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 128, no. 18:Art. No. e2023JD038927. PNNL-SA-177978. doi:10.1029/2023JD038927
Tai S., L.K. Berg, R. Krishnamurthy, R.K. Newsom, and A. Kirincich. 2023. "Validation of Turbulence Intensity as Simulated by the Weather Research and Forecasting Model off the U.S. Northeast Coast." Wind Energy Science 8, no. 3:433-448. PNNL-SA-177603. doi:10.5194/wes-8-433-2023
Yang Z., A.C. Varble, L.K. Berg, Y. Qian, S. Tai, J. Chen, and W.I. Gustafson, et al. 2023. "Sensitivity of Precipitation Displacement of a Simulated MCS to Changes in Land Surface Conditions." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 128, no. 10:Art. No. e2022JD037642. PNNL-SA-176807. doi:10.1029/2022JD037642
2022
Chand D., L.K. Berg, J.D. Tagestad, B. Putzenlechner, Z. Yang, S. Tai, and J.D. Fast. 2022. "Fine Scale Variability in Green Vegetation Fraction Over the Southern Great Plains Using Sentinel-2 Satellite: A Case Study." Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment 27. PNNL-SA-164656. doi:10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100799
Ma P., B.E. Harrop, V.E. Larson, R. Neale, R. Neale, A. Gettelman, and H. Morrison, et al. 2022. "Better calibration of cloud parameterizations and subgrid effects increases the fidelity of E3SM Atmosphere Model version 1." Geoscientific Model Development 15, no. 7:2881-2916. PNNL-SA-166161. doi:10.5194/gmd-15-2881-2022
Sakaguchi K., L.K. Berg, J. Chen, J.D. Fast, R.K. Newsom, S. Tai, and Z. Yang, et al. 2022. "Determining Spatial Scales of Soil Moisture - Cloud Coupling Pathways using Semi-Idealized Simulations." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 127, no. 2:Art. No. e2021JD035282. PNNL-SA-162397. doi:10.1029/2021JD035282
Tai S., Z. Feng, P. Ma, C. Schumacher, and J.D. Fast. 2021. "Representations of Precipitation Diurnal Cycle in the Amazon as Simulated by Observationally Constrained Cloud-System Resolving and Global Climate Models." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 13, no. 11:Art. No. e2021MS002586. PNNL-SA-160953. doi:10.1029/2021MS002586
Yang Z., M. Huang, L.K. Berg, Y. Qian, W.I. Gustafson, Y. Fang, and Y. Liu, et al. 2021. "Impact of Lateral Flow on Surface Water and Energy Budgets over the Southern Great Plains - A Modeling Study." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 126, no. 12:e2020JD033659. PNNL-SA-157977. doi:10.1029/2020JD033659
2020
Berg L.K., C.N. Long, E.I. Kassianov, D. Chand, S. Tai, Z. Yang, and L.D. Riihimaki, et al. 2020. "Fine-Scale Variability of Observed and Simulated Surface Albedo Over the Southern Great Plains." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125, no. 7:Article No. e2019JD030559. PNNL-SA-141429. doi:10.1029/2019JD030559
Tai S., J.D. Fast, W.I. Gustafson, D. Chand, B.J. Gaudet, Z. Feng, and R.K. Newsom. 2020. "Simulation of Continental Shallow Cumulus Populations using an Observation-Constrained Cloud-System Resolving Model." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 12, no. 9:e2020MS002091. PNNL-SA-151559. doi:10.1029/2020MS002091
Tai S., Y. Liou, S. Chang, and J. Sun. 2020. "The Heavy Rainfall Mechanism Revealed by a Terrain-Resolving 4DVar Data Assimilation System - A Case Study." Monthly Weather Review 148, no. 6:2307-2330. PNNL-SA-152383. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-19-0244.1
Yang Z., Y. Qian, Y. Liu, L.K. Berg, W.I. Gustafson, Z. Feng, and K. Sakaguchi, et al. 2020. "Understanding Irrigation Impacts on Low-Level Jets over the Great Plains." Climate Dynamics 55, no. 3-4:925-943. PNNL-SA-146743. doi:10.1007/s00382-020-05301-7