CURRICULUM VITAE
KIEU QUOC CHANH
ADDRESS
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Mesoscale dynamics, numerical weather prediction, fluid dynamics, data assimilation, and nonlinear systems.
EDUCATION
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Ph.D. (2008): University of Maryland, College Park
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M.S. (2005): University of Maryland, College Park
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B.S. (2003): Vietnam National University, Hanoi
EMPLOYMENT
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2010 - now: Lecturer, Hanoi College of Science, Vietnam National University, VN
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2009 - 2010: Postdoctoral Associate, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA
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2008 - 2009: Research Associate, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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2004 - 2008: Research Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
COURSES TAUGHT
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Spring 2010: Tropical cyclone dynamics
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Fall 2010: Atmospheric dynamics II
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Fall 2010: Objective analysis and data assimilation
PUBLITCATIONS
1. Zhang, D.-L., and C. Q. Kieu, 2005: Shear-forced Vertical Circulations in Tropical Cyclones. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L13822, doi:10.1029/2005GL023146.
2. Zhang, D.-L., and C. Q. Kieu, 2006: How Tropical Cyclones Resist to Destruction from Vertical Shear. Conference Notebook, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 22-23.
3. Zhang, D.-L., and C. Q. Kieu, 2006: Potential Vorticity Diagnosis of a Simulated Hurricane. Part II: Quasi-Balanced Contributions to Forced Secondary Circulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 2898-2914.
4. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2008: Genesis of Tropical Storm Eugene (2005) Associated with the ITCZ Breakdowns. Part I: Observational and Modeling Analyses, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 3419-3433.
5. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2009: Genesis of Tropical Storm Eugene (2005) Associated with the ITCZ Breakdowns. Part II: Roles of vortex merger and ambient potential vorticity. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 1980-1996.
6. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang., 2009: An analytical model for the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones. Q. J. R. Meteor. Soc., 135, 1336-1349.
7. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2010: Genesis of Tropical Storm Eugene (2005) Associated with the ITCZ Breakdowns. Part III: Sensitivity to different initial conditions J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 1745-1758.
8. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang., 2010: A piecewise potential vorticity inversion algorithm and its application to hurricane inner-core anomalies. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 1745–1758
9. Kieu, C. Q., H. Chen, and D.-L. Zhang., 2010: An Examination of the Pressure-Wind Relationship for Intense Tropical Cyclones, Wea. and Forecasting, 25, 895-907.
10. Kieu, C. Q., and Zhang, D.-L., 2010: On the consistency between the dynamical and thermodynamical equations with prescribed vertical motion in an analytical tropical cyclone model. Q. J. R. Meteor. Soc. (in press)
11. Kieu, C. Q., 2010: Adaptive estimation of model error in Kalman filter by perturbed forcing. VNU Journal of Science, 3S, 310-316 (in Vietnamese).
12. Kieu, C. Q ., 2011: An investigation into the contraction of the hurricane radius of maximum wind. Meteorol Atmos Phys. DOI 10.1007/s00703-011-0171-7
13. Tien, T.T., C. Thanh, H.T. Van, and C. Q. Kieu, 2012: Two-dimensional Retrieval of Typhoon Tracks from an Ensemble of Multi-Model Outputs.Wea. Forecasting. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-11-00068.1
14. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2012: Is the isentropic surface always impermeable to the potential vorticity substance? Adv. Atmos. Sci., 29, doi: 10.1007/s00376-011-0227-0.
15. Kieu, C. Q, 2012: Development of a real-time regional ensemble assimilation weather prediction system for Vietnam.VNU Journal of Science, 1S, 17-28 (in Vietnamese).
16. Kieu, C., M.T. Nguyen, T.M. Hoang, T. Ngo-Duc, 2012: Sensitivity of the Track and Intensity Forecasts of Typhoon Megi (2010) to Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors with the Ensemble Kalman Filter, JTECH. journals.ametsoc.org/doi/abs/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00020.1.
17. Kieu, C. Q., M.T. Pham, M.T. Hoang, 2013: Application of the Multi-physics Ensemble Kalman Filter to Typhoon Forecast. Pure and Applied Geophysics. (in press) doi: 10.1007/s00024-013-0681-y
18. Du, T. D., T. Ngo-Duc, M. T. Hoang, and C. Q. Kieu, 2013: A Study of Connection between Tropical Cyclone Track and Intensity Errors in the WRF Model. Meteo. Atmos. Phys., 122, 55-64
19. Tallapragada, V., C. Q. Kieu, Y. Kwon, Q. Liu, S. Trahan, Z. Zhang, 2013: Structural Evaluation of the HWRF model during 2011 model implementation. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press.
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
1. Zhang, D.-L., and C. Q. Kieu, 2005: The vertical shear induced secondary circulation of tropical cyclones. Abstract (CD, 6M.3). 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Albuquerque.
2. Zhang, D.-L., and C. Q. Kieu, 2006: How tropical cyclones resist destruction from vertical shear. Proceedings, the 4th Joint Korea-US Workshop on Mesoscale Observation, Data Assimilation & Modeling for Severe Weather, Seoul, Korea, 49-53
3. Zhang, D.-L., and C. Q. Kieu 2006: Shear-Induced Vertical Circulations in Tropical Cyclones. 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (P4.15), American Meteorological Society, Monterey, CA
4. Kieu C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2006: A Cloud-resolving Simulation of the Lifecycle of Tropical Storm Eugene (2005) using the WRF Model. TCSP workshop, Alabama
5. Zhang, D.-L., and C. Q. Kieu, 2006: A cloud-resolving study of the life cycle of Tropical Storm Eugene (2005). Extended Abstracts, International Tropical Cyclone Workshop. July 27-29, Shanghai Typhoon Institute.
6. Kieu C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2007: Genesis of Tropical Storm Eugene from Mesovortex Merging within the ITCZ. Poster, TCSP/NAMA NASA workshop, Baltimore, MD.
7. Zhang, D.-L., and C. Q. Kieu, 2007: Tropical cyclogenesis from the ITCZ breakdowns. Abstracts, Fourth International Ocean-Atmosphere Conference (COAA2007), Qindao, July 4 – 6.
8. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2008: Genesis of Tropical Storm Eugene (2005) Associated with the ITCZ Breakdowns. 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Orlando, FL.
9. Kieu, C. Q., and D.-L. Zhang, 2008: The effects of deep convection on tropical cyclone development. The 14th Cyclone Workshop, Quebec, Canada.
10. Kieu, C. Q., F. Zhang, J. S. Gall, and W. Frank, 2010: On the Tropical Cyclone Formation from Tropical Waves. 29th AMS conference on hurricanes and tropical meteorology, Tucson, Arizona.
11. Tallapragada V.; Y. Kwon, Q. Liu, S. Trahan, Z. Zhang, E. Aligo, C. Kieu, W. Wang, J. Oconnor, R. E. Tuleya, S. Gopalakrishnan, X. Zhang, B. Lapenta, F. D. Marks Jr., and R. L. Gall, 2012: Operational Implementation of High-Resolution Triple-Nested HWRF at NCEP/EMC - A Major Step Towards Addressing Intensity Forecast Problem. AMS 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. Florida, USA
VISIT/INVITED TALKS
1. Tropical cyclogenesis from merging vortices associated with ITCZ breakdowns. (March 2009), NCAR, Boulder, Colorado.
2. Tropical Cyclone Development (May 2009): Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, California.
3. On estimation of model errors by perturbed forcing for the Kalman filter (April 2009), McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
4. On the Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones (May 2009): Burgers Program/ Johns Hopkins CEAFM Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland
