Jia Yue
National Center for Atmospheric Research/High Altitude Observatory
P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Phone: 303-497-2186
jyue@ucar.edu
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 JiaoTong University, Shanghai, China
1998-2002
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Advanced Study Program Postdoctor
September 2009 – August 2011
High Altitude Observatory/National Center for Atmospheric Research
Graduate Research Assistant
August 2004 – August 2009
Physics Department, Colorado State University
Graduate Research Assistant
December 2002 – August 2004
Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant
September 2002 – December 2002
Electrical Engineering, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Tutoring undergraduate electronics circuit lab.
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
[16] J. Yue, H.-L. Liu, L. C. Chang (2011), Quasi-two-day waves in the equatorial lower
thermosphere, to be submitted to J. Geophys. Res.
[15] C.-Y. She, 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, in press.
[14] Acott P., C.-Y. She, D. A. Krueger, Z.-A. Yan, T. Yuan, J. Yue, S. Harrell (2011), Observed
noturnal gravity wave variances and zonal momentum flux in midlatitude mesopause region over
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, JASTP, 73, 449-456.
[13] Yue J. and H.-L. Liu (2010), Fast meridional transport in the lower thermosphere by
planetary-scale waves, JASTP, 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] J. Yue, 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., 115, A10307,
doi:10.1029/2009JA014864.
[10] X. Dou, 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, JASTP,
doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2010.01.002.
[9] J. Yue, 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),
JASTP 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] J. Yue, 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., 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., 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.,
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 IN PREPARATION
SELECTED PROCEEDINGS, CONFERENCES PRESENATIONS
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)
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, 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, 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, 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, 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 INVITED TALKS
HAO Colloquium Series, “Fast Transport of Columbia Space shuttle engine plume driven by
planetary-scale waves”, NCAR, Nov. 17, 2010.
State Key Lab of Space Weather, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, “Convective-generated
gravity waves and mesospheric bore in middle atmosphere”, Apr. 26, 2010.
RESEARCH SUPPORT
Co-I, NSF grant, “The Southern Andes – ANtarctic GRavity wave InitiAtive (SAANGRIA)”,
2010 - , $600,000 (Dave Fritts, PI).
HONORS AND AWARDS
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
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
1. Frequent reviewer – JGR, Adv. Space Res., Ann. Geophys.
2. Judge for AGU fall meeting student papers.
3. Mentored NCAR SOARS undergrad student.
4. Organized NCAR ASP and TLS seminars.
2009