Dr. Jia Yue Curriculum Vitae

Jia Yue
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
Hampton University, 23 E. Tyler Street
Hampton, VA, 23668
Phone: 757-728-6219(office)/970-213-5715(cell)
Fax: 757-727-5090
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
2004-2009
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Advisor: Chiao-Yao She
Dissertation: EFFECTS OF BACKGROUND WINDS AND TEMPERATURE ON BORES,
STRONG WIND SHEARS AND CONCENTRIC GRAVITY WAVES IN THE MESOPAUSE
REGION
M.S. Electrical Engineering
2002-2004
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
Advisor: Richard Collins
Thesis: Design and Implementation of Photodiode-based receiver systems for a 1574 nm Eyesafe lidar
B.S. Electrical Engineering
Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, Shanghai, China
1998-2002
WORK EXPERIENCE
Affiliate Professor
October 2013 – now
Space Weather Group, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Research Assistant Professor
September 2012- now
Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, USA
Consultant/Visiting Scientist
June 2012 – August 2012
Arecibo Observatory/Universidad Metropolitana, Puerto Rico
HAO Postdoctoral Scholar
January 2012 – June 2012
High Altitude Observatory/National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Adjunct Professor
September 2011 – December 2011
Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, USA
Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Scholar
September 2009–December 2011
High Altitude Observatory/National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Graduate Research Assistant
August 2004 – August 2009
Physics Department, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA
Graduate Research Assistant
December 2002 – August 2004
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor
September 2011-December 2011
Atmospheric and Planetary Science Department, Hampton University
Teaching graduate level course, Atmospheric Measurement
Graduate Teaching Assistant
September 2002 – December 2002
Electrical Engineering, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Tutoring undergraduate electronics circuit lab.
EXTERNAL FUNDING
“Using lidar measurement to study phytoplankton budget”, Sep. 2013-July 2014, subcontract
from NIA and NASA LaRC, PI, $47K.
SAANGRIA Airborne lidars (Co-I)
PI: David Fritts, funded by NSF, 2011-2014, $620K
“Investigation of the causes of the intra-annual and decadal-scale variations in the thermospheric
composition”, NASA Heliophysics Guest Investigator, 2014-2016, co-I, $360K, PI: Yongliang
Zhang (JHU/APL).
“Mesosphere and Thermosphere/Ionosphere Coupling Through the Quasi-Two-Day Planetary
Wave Under Various Solar and Geomagnetic Conditions”, NASA Heliophysics Supporting
Research, 2014-2016, PI, $390K.
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
[40] Liu X., J. Xu, J. Yue, H.-L. Liu, W. Yuan, Large winds and wind shears caused by the
interaction between gravity waves and tides in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, J.
Geophys. Res. Space Physics, accepted.
[39] Yue, J., S. Miller, L. Hoffmann, and W. Straka III (2014), Stratospheric and mesospheric
gravity waves over Tropical Cyclone Mahasen: joint AIRS and VIIRS satellite observations, J.
Atmos. Solar Terra. Physics, 119, 83-90.
[38] Liu, X., J. Yue, J. Xu, L. Wang, W. Yuan, J. M. Russell III, and M. E. Hervig (2014),
Gravity wave variations in the polar stratosphere and mesosphere from SOFIE/AIM temperature
observations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, doi:10.1002/2013JD021439.
[37] Chang, L. C., J. Yue, W. Wang, Q. Wu, R. R. Meier, Quasi-two day wave related variability
in the background dynamics and composition of the mesosphere/thermosphere, and the
ionosphere (2014), J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 119, doi:10.1002/2014JA019936.
[36] Jiang, G., W. Wang, J. Xu, J. Yue, A. G. Burns, J. Lei, M. Mlynczak, J.M. Russell III,
Responses of the lower thermospheric temperature to the 9-day and 13.5-day oscillations of
recurrent geomagnetic activity (2014), J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 119,
doi:10.1002/2013JA019406.
[35] Liu, X., J. Xu, H. Liu, J. Yue and W. Yuan, Simulations of large winds and wind shears
induced by gravity wave breaking in the MLT region (2014), Ann. Geophys., 32, 543-552,
doi:10.5194/angeo-32-543-2014.
[34] Yue, J., B. Thurairajah, L. Hoffmann, M. J. Alexander, A. Chandran, M. Taylor, J. M.
Russell III, C. Randall, S. M. Bailey, Concentric gravity waves in polar mesosphere clouds from
the Cloud Imaging and Particle Size (CIPS) experiment (2014), J. Geophys. Res. Atmosphere,
119, doi:10.1002/2013JD021385.
[33] Lei, J., J. Thayer, W. Wang, J. Yue, X. Dou (2014), Nonmigrating tidal modulation of the
equatorial thermosphere and ionosphere anomaly, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 119,
doi:10.1002/2013JA019749.
[32] Yue J., W. Wang (2014), Changes of thermospheric composition and ionospheric density
caused by quasi-two-day wave dissipation, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 119,
doi:10.1002/2013JA019725.
[31] Xu J., A.K. Smith, W. Wang, G. Jiang, W. Yuan, H. Gao, J. Yue, B. Funke, M. LopezPuertas, J. Russell (2013), An observational and theoretical study of the longitudinal variation in
neutral temperature induced by aurora heating in the lower thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Space
Physics, 118, 1–16, doi:10.1002/2013JA019144.
[30] Yue J., J. Xu, L. Chang, Q. Wu, H.-L. Liu, X. Lu, J. Russell (2013), Global structure and
seasonal variability of the migrating terdiurnal tide in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, J.
Atmos. Solar Terra. Physics, 105-106, 191-198, 10.1016/j.jastp.2013.10.010.
[29] Chang, L., L., C.H. Lin, J. Yue, J.T. Lin, J.-Y. Liu (2013), Stationary planetary wave and
nonmigrating tidal signatures in ionospheric wave-3& wave-4 variations in 2007-2011
FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC observations, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 118, doi:
10.1002/jgra.50583.
[28] Li, T., N. Calvo, J. Yue, X. Dou, J. Russell, M. Mlynczak, C.Y. She, X. Xue (2013),
Influence of El Nino-Southern Oscillation in the mesosphere, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40,
doi:10.1002/grl.50598.
[27] Chang, L., C.H. Lin, J.-Y. Liu, N. Balan, J. Yue, J.T. Lin (2013), Seasonal and local time
variation of ionospheric migrating tides in 2007-2011 FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC and TIE-GCM
Total Electron Content, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 118, 1-20, DOI: 10.1002/jgra.50268.
[26] Yue J., W. Wang, A. Richmond, H.-L. Liu and L. Chang (2013), Wavenumber broadening
of the quasi-two-day planetary wave in the ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 118, DOI:
10.1002/jgra.50307.
[25] Yue J., L. Hoffmann, M.J. Alexander (2013), Simultaneous observations of convective
gravity waves from a ground-based airglow imager and the AIRS satellite experiment, J.
Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50341.
[24] Q. Li, J. Xu, J. Yue, X. Liu, W. Yuan, B. Ning, and S. Guan (2013), Investigation of a
mesospheric bore event over Xinglong, in Northern China, Ann. Geophys., 31, 409-418.
[23] Yue J., H.-L. Liu, R.R. Meier, L. Chang, S.-Y. Gu, J. Russell (2013), On the fast zonal
transport of the STS-121 space shuttle exhaust plume in the lower thermosphere, J. Atmos. Solar
Terra. Physics, 19-27, doi: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.12.017.
[22] Chandran A., R. L. Collins, R. R. Garcia, D. R. Marsh, V. L. Harvey, J. Yue, L. De La Torre
(2013), A climatology of elevated stratopause events in the Whole Atmosphere Community
Climate Model, J. Geophys. Res. Atmosphere, 118, 1-13, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50123.
[21] Liu X., J. Xu, J. Yue and S. Vadas (2013), Numerical simulation study of small amplitude
gravity waves momentum deposition in the thermosphere, Ann. Geophys, 31, 1-14.
[20] Yue J., W. Wang, A. Richmond and H.-L. Liu (2012), Quasi-two-day wave coupling of the
mesosphere and lower thermosphere-ionosphere in the TIME-GCM: Two-day oscillations in the
ionosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 117, A07305, doi:10.1029/2012JA017815.
[19] Lu X., H.-L. Liu, A. Z. Liu, J. Yue, J. McInerney, Z. H. Li (2012), Momentum budget of the
migrating diurnal tide in the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model, J. Geophys. Res.
Atmosphere, 117, D07112, doi:10.1029/2011JD017089.
[18] Vadas S., Yue J., T. Nakamura (2012), Mesospheric concentric gravity waves generated by
multiple convection storms over the North America Great Plain, J. Geophys. Res. Atmosphere,
117, D07113, doi:10.1029/2011JD017025.
[17] Yue J., H.-L. Liu, L. C. Chang (2012), Numerical investigation of quasi-two-day waves in
the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, J. Geophys. Res. Atmosphere, 117, D05111,
doi:10.1029/2011JD016574.
[16] Li Q., J. Xu, J. Yue, W. Yuan, X. Liu (2011), Statistical characteristics of gravity wave
activities observed by an OH airglow imager at Xinglong, in northern China, Ann. Geophys, 29,
1401–1410.
[15] She C.-Y., M. Abo, J. Yue, B. Williams, C. Nagasawa, and T. Nakamura (2011), On
mesopause region temperature and wind measurements with pseudorandom modulation
continuous-wave (PMCW) lidar at 589 nm, Applied Optics, 50, 2916-2926.
[14] Acott P., C.-Y. She, D. A. Krueger, Z.-A. Yan, T. Yuan, J. Yue, S. Harrell (2011), Observed
nocturnal gravity wave variances and zonal momentum flux in midlatitude mesopause region
over Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, J. Atmos. Solar Terra. Physics, 73, 449-456.
[13] Yue J. and H.-L. Liu (2010), Fast meridional transport in the lower thermosphere by
planetary-scale
waves,
J.
Atmos.
Solar
Terra.
Physics,
1372-1378,
doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2010.10.001.
[12] Yue J., T. Nakamura, CY. She, M. Weber, W. Lyons and T. Li (2010), Seasonal and local
time variability of ripples from airglow imager observations in US and Japan, Ann. Geophys.,
ANGEO-2010-71.
[11] Yue J., C.-Y. She and H.-L. Liu, Large wind shears and stabilities in the mesopause region
observed by Na lidar at midlatitude (2010), J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 115, A10307,
doi:10.1029/2009JA014864.
[10] Dou X., T. Li, Y. Tang, J. Yue, T. Nakamura, X. Xue, B. P. Williams, and C.-Y. She (2010),
Variability of gravity wave occurrence frequency and propagation direction in the upper
mesosphere observed by the OH imager in Northern Colorado, J. Atmos. Solar Terra. Physics,
doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2010.01.002.
[9] Yue J., C.-Y. She, T. Nakamura, S. Harrell and T. Yuan, Mesospheric bore formation from
long wave perturbations observed by collocated all-sky OH imager and sodium lidar (2010), J.
Atmos. Solar Terra. Physics, 72, pp. 7-18, DOI information: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.10.002.
[8] Yuan T., J. Yue, C.-Y. She, J. Sherman, M. White, S. Harrell, P. Acott, D. A. Krueger (2009),
A novel wind-bias correction scheme for narrowband sodium Doppler lidars using Iodine
absorption spectroscopy, Applied Optics, 48(20),3988–3993.
[7] Huang, W., X. Chu, J. Wiig, B. Tan, C. Yamashita, T. Yuan, J. Yue, S. D. Harrell, C.-Y. She,
B. P. Williams, J. S. Friedman, and R. M. Hardesty (2009), First Field demonstration of
simultaneous wind and temperature measurements from 5 to 50 km with a Na double-edge
magneto-optic filter in a multi-frequency Doppler LIDAR, Optics Letters, 34(10).
[6] Yue J., C.-Y. She, B. P. Williams, J. D. Vance, P. E. Acott, and T. D. Kawahara (2009),
Continuous-wave sodium D2 resonance radiation generated in single-pass sum-frequency
generation with periodically poled lithium niobate, Opt. Lett. 34, 1093-1095.
[5] Yue J., S. Vadas , C.-Y. She , T. Nakamura , S. Reising ,H. Liu , P. Stamus, D. Krueger, W.
Lyons, T. Li (2009), Concentric gravity waves in the mesosphere generated by deep convective
plumes in the lower atmosphere near Fort Collins, Colorado, J. Geophys. Res. Atmosphere, 114,
D06104, doi:10.1029/2008JD011244.
[4] Vadas S., J. Yue, C.-Y. She, P. Stamus and A. Z. Liu, A model study of the effects of winds
on concentric rings of gravity waves from a convective plume near Fort Collins on 11 May 2004
(2009), J. Geophys. Res. Atmosphere, doi:10.1029/2008JD010753.
[3] Li T., C. -Y. She, HL Liu, J. Yue, T. Nakamura, D. A. Krueger, Q. Wu, X. Dou, and S. Wang
(2009), Observation of local tidal variability and instability, along with dissipation of diurnal 2
tidal harmonics in the mesopause region over Fort Collins, CO (41N, 105W), J. Geophys. Res.
Atmosphere, doi:10.1029/2008JD011089.
[2] She, C.-Y., J. Yue, Z.-A. Yan, J. W. Hair, J.-J. Guo, S.-H. Wu, and Z.-S. Liu, (2007). Directdetection Doppler wind measurements with a Cabanne-Mie lidar: A. Comparison between iodine
vapor filter and Fabry-Perot interferometer methods, Appl. Optics, Vol. 46, Issue 20, pp. 44344443.
[1] She, C.-Y., J. Yue, Z.-A. Yan, J. W. Hair, J.-J. Guo, S.-H. Wu, and Z.-S. Liu, (2007). Directdetection Doppler wind measurements with a Cabanne-Mie lidar: B. Impacts of aerosol variation
on iodine vapor filter methods, Appl. Optics Vol. 46, Issue 20, pp. 4444-4454.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW OR SUBMITTED
Rezac, L., A. Kutepov, J. M. Russell III, A. G. Feofilov, J. Yue, R. A. Goldberg, Simultaneous
retrieval of T(p) and CO2 VMR from non-LTE limb radiances measured by the SABER/TIMED
instrument, submitted to JASTP.
SELECTED PROCEEDINGS, CONFERENCES PRESENATIONS
Jia Yue, Wenbin Wang, “Dramatic changes of the thermosphere and ionosphere caused by the
quasi-two-day wave forcing”, poster, AGU fall meeting, Dec. 2013.
“Changes of the ionosphere and thermosphere during a strong quasi-two-day planetary wave
event: a numerical modeling study”, CEDAR workshop, Boulder, CO, June 2013.
Yue et al., “Joint observations of convective gravity waves using ground-based airglow imagers,
AIRS/Aqua, CIPS/AIM and VIIRS/Suomi NPP measurements”, 1st ANGWIN workshop, Tokyo,
Japan, March, 2013.
Yue J. et al., “Impact of the quasi-two-day travelling planetary wave (QTDW) coupling on the
ionosphere”, oral, 2012 AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Yue and Liu, “Fast transport of space shuttle plume in the upper atmosphere”, CAWSES
workshop, Boulder, CO, May 2012.
CEDAR Science Highlight Talk, “Concentric gravity waves generated by deep convection on
the Great Plains”, Santa Fe, NM, June 2012.
Yue et al., Concentric gravity waves generated by deep convections on the Great Plains and
observed by all-sky airglow imager in the mesopause, March, 2011, Honolulu, HI, USA
Yue J., T. Nakamura and C. Y. She, Seasonal and local time variability of ripples from airglow
imager observations in US and Japan, 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, July 2010, Bremen,
Germany.
Chiao-Yao She and Jia Yue, Review of Na, K, and Fe lidar technology and examples of the
enabled science in the Arctic, (Invited talk), The 33rd Symposium on Space and Upper
Atmospheric Sciences in the Polar Regions, Tokyo, November 2009.
Jia Yue, C. -Y. She, and T. Nakamura, Science achieved by Airglow imager/Lidar observations
in Colorado, USA and its implication for the polar research (Invited talk)
National Institute of Polar Research, The 33rd Symposium on Space and Upper Atmospheric
Sciences in the Polar Regions, Tokyo, November 2009.
Yue J., T. Nakamura, C.-Y. She, S. Vadas, T. Li, H.-L. Liu, K. Shiokawa, Concentric gravity
waves and instabilities in the mesosphere lower thermosphere with all-sky imagers over US and
Japan, JPGU, Japan, May 2009.
Yue J., She C., S. Vadas, T. Nakamura, H. Liu and S. Reising, A study of OH imager observed
concentric gravity waves near Fort Collins on 11 May 2004, American Geophysical Union, Fall
Meeting 2008, San Francisco, CA, abstract # A13A-0218.
T. Yuan, J. Yue, C.-Y. She, S. Harrell, P. Acott, M. A. White, J. P. Sherman, D. A. Krueger, S.
Reising, Real time wind bias monitor for narrowband Na lidar, 24th International Laser Radar
Conference, Boulder, CO, 2008.
J. Yue, C.-Y. She, J. Hair, J.-J. Guo, S.-H. Wu, Z. Yan and Z.-S. Liu, A comparative study on
Fabry-Perot interferometer and iodine vapor filter for direct detection Doppler wind
measurements with a Cabanne-Mie lidar, 23rd International Laser Radar Conference, Nara, Japan,
2006.
J. Fochesatto, R. L. Collins, J. Yue, C. F. Cahill, and K. Sassen, Compact eye-safe backscatter
lidar for aerosol studies in urban polar environment, in Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental
Monitoring VI, Upendra N. Singh, Editor, Proc. SPIE, 5887, 12 September 2005.
Selected SEMINARS
“Coupling between the lower and upper atmosphere via the convectively generated gravity waves:
from severe weather to space weather”, University of Louisville, KY, February 2014.
“Coupling between the lower and upper atmosphere via the convectively generated gravity waves:
from severe weather to space weather”, Millersville University, PA, September 2013.
“Impact of the quasi-two-day travelling planetary wave (QTDW) coupling on the ionosphere”,
Kunming, China, December 2012.
“Quasi-two-day planetary wave and its roles in the fast transport of Columbia Space Shuttle
exhaust plume and day-to-day ionospheric variations”, George Mason University, VA, March,
2012.
“Laser spectroscopy in the sky”, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL,
March, 2012.
“Quasi-two-day planetary waves in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere and its roles in the
fast transport of the Space Shuttle exhaust plume and thermosphere/ionosphere couplings”,
Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, August 2011.
“Quasi-two-day planetary waves (QTDW) in the equatorial lower thermosphere: preliminary
results”, HAO, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, February, 2011.
“Fast meridional transport of space shuttle engine plume”, Chinese Science Academy, Beijing;
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei; Wuhan University, April 2011.
“Investigations of convection-generated gravity waves and mesospheric bores in the middle
atmosphere”, Chinese Science Academy, Beijing, April 2010.
HONORS AND AWARDS
SCOSTEP (Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics) Distinguished Young Scientist
Award
2014
NCAR Diversity Awards ($39K)
2011
Advanced Study Program (ASP) Postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center for Atmospheric
Research (NCAR)
2009-2011
AGU Fall Meeting Outstanding Student Paper Award winner
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Geophysical Union, Member
2009
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ADVICED
Kyle Elliott (Millersville University)
POSTDOCTORAL SUPERVISED
Yongxiao Jian (Hampton U)
RECENT COLLABORATORS
Lars Hoffmann (Julich Supercomputing Center, Germany), Takuji Nakamura (National
Institute of Polar Research, Japan), Loren Chang (National Central University, Taiwan),
Sharon Vadas, Joan Alexander (Northwest Research Asso., Boulder), Hanli Liu, Wenbin
Wang, Art Richmond, Qian Wu (NCAR, Boulder), Bifford Williams (GATS, Boulder),
Walter Lyons (FMA, Fort Collins), Dong Wu, Jie Gong (NASA, Goddard), Robert Meier
(George Mason University), Mike Stevens (NRL), Irfan Azeem (ASTRA, Boulder),
Steve Miller (CIRA, Colorado State University), Amal Chandran (University of Alaska),
John Mathews (Penn State)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
1. Journal Reviewer – GRL, JGR, Adv. Space Res., Ann. Geophys., JASTP, Optical Engineering,
JAOT
2. Panel reviewer for NASA proposals
3. Judge for AGU fall meeting student papers.
4. Mentored NCAR SOARS undergrad student.
5. Organized NCAR ASP and TLS seminars.

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