Wen-Yih Sun

Professor Emeritus

wysun@purdue.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Associated website(s):
Group home page , Atmospheric Science

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Education
Ph.D. - University of Chicago.

Research Interests
Geofluid dynamics, numerical modeling of mesoscale meteorology and regional climate boundary layer meteorology, air pollution.

Selected Publications

• Sun, W. Y., and O. M. Sun: 2015: Bernoulli Equation and Flow over a Mountain. Geoscience Letters (2015) 2:7. DOI 10.1186/s40562-015-0024-1.
• Min, K.-H., and W. Y. Sun, 2015: Atmosphere-Cryosphere Coupled Model Development and Its Application for Regional Climate Studies, Advances in Meteorology, 2015, ID 764970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/764970.
• Sun, W. Y., 2013: Numerical Study of Severe Downslope Storm. Weather and Climate Extremes: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2013.10.002.
• Sun, W. Y., K. J.-S. Yang, and N.-H. Lin: 2013: Numerical Simulations of Asian Dust-Aerosols and Regional Impacts on Weather and Climate- Part II: PRCM-Dust Model Simulation. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 13: 1641–1654. doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2013.06.0208.
• Sun, W. Y., K. J.-S. Yang, and N.-H. Lin: 2013: Numerical Simulations of Asian Dust-Aerosols and Regional Impacts on Weather and Climate- Part I: Control Case-PRCM Simulation without Dust-Aerosols. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 13: 1630–1640: doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2013.06.0207.
• Sun, W. Y, O. M. Sun, and K. Tsuboki, 2013: A Modified Atmospheric Nonhydrostatic Model on Low Aspect Ratio Grids-Part II. Tellus A 2013, 65, 19681, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19681.
• Sun W. Y, O. M. T. Sun, 2013: Numerical Simulation of Rossby Wave in Shallow Water. Computers & Fluids, 76, 116-127.
• Sun, W. Y, O. M. T. Sun, and K. Tsuboki, 2012: A Modified Atmospheric Nonhydrostatic Model on Low Aspect Ratio Grids, Tellus A 2012, 64, 17516, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.17516.
• Sun W-Y, O. M. T. Sun, 2011: A modified leapfrog scheme for shallow water equations. Computers & Fluids 52 (2011) 69–72.
• Sun, W. Y., 2011: Instability in Leapfrog and Forward-Backward Schemes: Part II: Numerical Simulation of Dam Break. J. Computers and Fluids, 45, 70-76.
• Chen, S.-H., J.-Y. Chen, W.-Y. Chang, P.-L. Lin, P.-H. Lin, and W. Y. Sun (2011), Observing System Simulation Experiment: Development of the system and preliminary results, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D13202, doi:10.1029/2010JD015103.
• Sun, W. Y., K. H. Min, and J-D. Chern, 2011: Numerical study of 1998 flooding in East Asia. Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., DOI: 10.1007/s13143-011-0003-1.
• Sun, W. Y., and O. M. Sun: 2015: Bernoulli Equation and Flow over a Mountain. Geoscience Letters (2015) 2:7. DOI 10.1186/s40562-015-0024-1.
• Min, K.-H., and W. Y. Sun, 2015: Atmosphere-Cryosphere Coupled Model Development and Its Application for Regional Climate Studies, Advances in Meteorology, 2015, ID 764970, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/764970.
• Sun, W. Y., 2013: Numerical Study of Severe Downslope Storm. Weather and Climate Extremes: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2013.10.002.
• Sun, W. Y., K. J.-S. Yang, and N.-H. Lin: 2013: Numerical Simulations of Asian Dust-Aerosols and Regional Impacts on Weather and Climate- Part II: PRCM-Dust Model Simulation. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 13: 1641–1654. doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2013.06.0208.
• Sun, W. Y., K. J.-S. Yang, and N.-H. Lin: 2013: Numerical Simulations of Asian Dust-Aerosols and Regional Impacts on Weather and Climate- Part I: Control Case-PRCM Simulation without Dust-Aerosols. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 13: 1630–1640: doi: 10.4209/aaqr.2013.06.0207.
• Sun, W. Y, O. M. Sun, and K. Tsuboki, 2013: A Modified Atmospheric Nonhydrostatic Model on Low Aspect Ratio Grids-Part II. Tellus A 2013, 65, 19681, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19681.
• Sun W. Y, O. M. T. Sun, 2013: Numerical Simulation of Rossby Wave in Shallow Water. Computers & Fluids, 76, 116-127.
• Sun, W. Y, O. M. T. Sun, and K. Tsuboki, 2012: A Modified Atmospheric Nonhydrostatic Model on Low Aspect Ratio Grids, Tellus A 2012, 64, 17516, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v64i0.17516.
• Sun W-Y, O. M. T. Sun, 2011: A modified leapfrog scheme for shallow water equations. Computers & Fluids 52 (2011) 69–72.
• Sun, W. Y., 2011: Instability in Leapfrog and Forward-Backward Schemes: Part II: Numerical Simulation of Dam Break. J. Computers and Fluids, 45, 70-76.
• Chen, S.-H., J.-Y. Chen, W.-Y. Chang, P.-L. Lin, P.-H. Lin, and W. Y. Sun (2011), Observing System Simulation Experiment: Development of the system and preliminary results, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D13202, doi:10.1029/2010JD015103.
• Sun, W. Y., K. H. Min, and J-D. Chern, 2011: Numerical study of 1998 flooding in East Asia. Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., DOI: 10.1007/s13143-011-0003-1.