Research Focus and Directions - Three Research Groups:
1. Climate Science:
(1) Development of a climate model suite
(2) Climate change and climate variability
(3) Projection of future climate
(4) Environmental impacts of climate change
2. Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry
(1) Physico-chemical interaction between urban air pollution and low cloud
(2) Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategy Formulation for Heat Stress and Air Pollutants in Taiwan Society
(3) Long-term observation of atmospheric composition in East Asia with implications for regional climate changes
3. Hydrospheric Science
(1) Coral Reef Ecosystems Oceanography Survey (CREOS) and South East Asia Time-series Study (SEATS) in the South China Sea
(2) Taiwan Watershed Ecology and Biogeochemistry Study (T-WEBS)
(3) Trace metal marine biogeochemistry and Taiwan GEOTRACES study
(4) Trace metal-Marine phytoplankton interaction: Ecological niche and community structure
(5) Ocean Circulation and Hydrographic Distribution in the North Pacific Ocean and East Asian Marginal Seas: Variations, Dynamics, and Influences