地球科學系(含 海洋環境科技研究所)

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本系設立的宗旨,首在養成學生具備地球科學五大學術領域–地質學、大氣科學、海洋科學、天文學和地球物理–充分之本職學能;本系的教育目標,則首重致力培養有志從事地球科學之專精人才,以培育優秀之地球科學研究人才和實務工作的專業人才為主軸,並以培養優良的中學地球科學師資為輔。特別是在國內各地球科學相關系所中,本系是唯一同時涵蓋五大地球科學研究領域,並擁有師範大學在科學教育專業基礎的高等學術機構,此為本系之特色。若志在從事中等學校地科教學,本系亦可提供地科教學知能和教育專業知識,充分培育健全之地球科學師資。

在課程上,為營造更優質的學習與研究環境,本系已適度調整原以師資培育目標為主的舊有課程架構,整合各地球科學次領域之基礎課程,降低本系必、選修課程之比例,大幅減少各次領域之必修課程學分,以增加學生在各次領域課程選修之自由度及彈性,進而充分落實各次領域之專業進階課程。此外本系並積極鼓勵學生,實際參與實驗、撰寫論文、從事專題計畫研究等,以豐富其研究經驗,訓練學生使其具備獨立研究之精神與能力。經由選修本系提供之更多進階專業課程,進而厚植學生之理論基礎、充實其專業背景,並強化其選定目標次領域之學術養成和專業訓練;連同充足的研究經驗,本系學生的未來發展,將更具時代性與面對挑戰時的競爭力,進一步達到「博而精、廣而深」的終極目標。近來本系更積極增聘優秀外籍專任師資,以全英語教學方式授課,期能增加學生之國際觀與國際競爭力。

本系在碩、博士班研究所的教育上,採一系多所之架構,除地球科學研究所外,還包括海洋環境科技研究所。本系研究所的研究重點與發展方向,首在地球科學各領域之深耕與研究發展,並加強各次領域間之跨學門合作,以進一步提升本系之學術研究及國際化,並為本系學生的訓練和學習,提供全面全方位的考量,以訓練學生從容面對多變的世界,因應未來的挑戰。

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    Estimation of upper-ocean thermal structure in the North West Pacific Ocean by satellite remote sensing and its application to typhoon intensity change
    (2005) 潘任飛; PUN, IAM-FEI
    Lack of the information on upper-ocean thermal structure is one of the identified major reasons causing unsatisfactory typhoon intensity forecast. Therefore it is critical to study the relationship between upper-ocean thermal structure typhoon intensity change. This study uses a two-layer reduced gravity ocean model (TLM_NWPO), TOPEX/Poseidon and JASON-1 sea surface height anomaly data, TRMM/TMI sea surface temperature data and climatological ocean data estimate upper-ocean thermal structure in the Northwest Pacific Ocean. The estimated profiles were validated by 2258 co-located and near co-incident in situ profiles from the Global Temperature and Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP) and the ARGO floats. It is found that the two-layer reduced gravity model is not always applicable in the entire NWPO; depends on location and month. The ‘safe zones’ where the TLM_NWPO can accurately use are defined. It is encouraging to find that most category-4 and 5 typhoons intensify in the ‘safe zones’, thus we can apply the estimated profiles to study its association with typhoon intensity change. All 33 intense and super typhoons (category-4 and 5) occur during the typhoon season (May-October) in the past 6 years (1999-2004) are studied. The sensitivity of four possible parameters (pre-typhoon SST, inner-core SST cooling, pre-typhoon Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential and inner-core Tropical Cyclone Heat Potential) are assessed. It is found that the inner-core SST cooling is the most sensitive parameter and typhoon stops intensification when the inner-core SST cooling exceeds 2.5℃. In contrast, the often emphasized pre-typhoon TCHP is found to be insensitive. It is found that TCHP is over-supplying parameter and the available TCHP is always at least an order higher than typhoons can extract, suggesting that TCHP should not be a limiting factor controlling typhoon intensification.