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刘雅章（Ngar-cheung LAU），1953年7月出生于香港，地球大气科学专家，现任香港中文大学（中大）环境、能源及可持续发展研究所（IEES）所长，美国地球物理流体动力学研究所首席科学家，普林斯顿大学教授。
刘雅章教授是土生土长的香港人，1974年毕业于香港中文大学物理系。毕业后获邵逸夫奖学金负笈气象学研究重镇──美国西雅图华盛顿大学攻读大气科学博士学位。在美国研究多年，期间多次返香港中文大学讲课，刘教授始终心系香港，决定回港加入母校，为香港及中国内地贡献自己的专业。
刘雅章教授由1978年起任职于美国国家海洋大气总署地球物理流体动力学实验室，担任研究员及首席科学家，主理气候诊断项目，同期任教于普林斯顿大学，投身气象学研究几近40年。
刘教授是2007年获诺贝尔和平奖的联合国跨政府气候变化专门委员会（IPCC）的成员之一，向世界提供气候分析及预报。刘教授自委员会于1988年成立起，已参与有关的研究工作，并与全球学者共同撰写2007年及2013年发表的第四份及第五份全球气候变化研究报告。
刘教授专注研究不同地理位置的大气及海洋现象之变化，如昼夜、冷暖时节之变化、大气及海洋环流结构、厄尔尼诺现象等，尤精于以电脑模拟气候环境条件的改变。
刘教授曾在多份科学期刊发表超过100篇论文，是ISI学术资源平台中最常被引用的研究员之一。
刘教授曾任或现任香港天文台、中国科学院、中国国家气象局北京气候中心和台湾中央研究院的科学顾问、北京大学访问教授、中大杨振宁访问学人、中大伟伦访问教授、台湾大学校外评审员，以及美国气象学会、美国国家海洋大气总署、世界气象组织的科学委员会成员。
Books
Chang, C-P, Y Ding, Ngar-Cheung Lau, R H Johnson, B Wang, and T Yasunari, April 2011: The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast, 2nd Edition, Singapore: World Scientific, 594pp.
Lau, Ngar-Cheung, February 2011: Contributions of observational studies to the evaluation and diagnosis of atmospheric GCM simulations In The Development of Atmospheric General Circulation Models: Complexity, Synthesis and Computation, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 117-147.
Selected Recent Publications
Kosaka, Y, S Xie, Ngar-Cheung Lau, and Gabriel A Vecchi, May 2013: Origin of seasonal predictability for summer climate over the Northwestern Pacific. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(19), DOI:10.1073/pnas.1215582110.
Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Jeff J Ploshay, in press: Model projections of the changes in atmospheric circulation and surface climate over North America, North Atlantic and Europe in the 21st century. Journal of Climate. DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00151.1.
Li, Y, and Ngar-Cheung Lau, July 2013: Influences of ENSO on Stratospheric Variability, and the Descent of Stratospheric Perturbations into the Lower Troposphere. Journal of Climate, 26(13), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00581.1.
Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Mary Jo Nath, February 2012: A model study of the air-sea interaction associated with the climatological aspects and interannual variability of the South Asian summer monsoon development. Journal of Climate, 25(3), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00035.1.
Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Mary Jo Nath, July 2012: A Model Study of Heat Waves over North America: Meteorological Aspects and Projections for the 21st Century. Journal of Climate, 25(14), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00575.1.
Li, Y, and Ngar-Cheung Lau, January 2012: Impact of ENSO on the atmospheric variability over the North Atlantic in late winter – Role of transient eddies. Journal of Climate, 25(1), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00037.1.
Li, Y, and Ngar-Cheung Lau, July 2012: Contributions of Downstream Eddy Development to the Teleconnection between ENSO and the Atmospheric Circulation over the North Atlantic. Journal of Climate, 25(14), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00377.1.
Lau, Ngar-Cheung, April 2011: Simulation of synoptic and sub-synoptic scale phenomena associated with the East Asian Monsoon using a high-resolution GCM In The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast, 2nd Edition, Singapore, World Scientific, 493-508.
Manabe, Syukuro, Jeff J Ploshay, and Ngar-Cheung Lau, August 2011: Seasonal variation of surface temperature change during the last several decades. Journal of Climate, 24(15), DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00129.1.
Ploshay, Jeff J., and Ngar-Cheung Lau, September 2010: Simulation of the diurnal cycle in tropical rainfall and circulation during Boreal summer with a high-resolution GCM. Monthly Weather Review, 138(9), DOI:10.1175/2010MWR3291.1.
Kucharski, F, Ngar-Cheung Lau, and Mary Jo Nath, et al., October 2009: The CLIVAR C20C project: skill of simulating Indian monsoon rainfall on interannual to decadal timescales. Does GHG forcing play a role? Climate Dynamics, 33(5), DOI:10.1007/s00382-008-0462-y.
Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Mary Jo Nath, September 2009: A model investigation of the role of air-sea interaction in the climatological evolution and ENSO-related variability of the summer monsoon over the South China Sea and western North Pacific. Journal of Climate, 22(18), DOI:10.1175/2009JCLI2758.1.
Lau, Ngar-Cheung, and Jeff J Ploshay, February 2009: Simulation of synoptic- and subsynoptic-scale phenomena associated with the East Asian summer monsoon using a high-resolution GCM. Monthly Weather Review, 137(1), DOI:10.1175/2008MWR2511.1.
Review Article
Chang, C-P, Ngar-Cheung Lau, R H Johnson, and M Jiao, March 2011: Bridging Weather and Climate in Research and Forecasts of the Global Monsoon System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92(3), DOI:10.1175/2010BAMS2984.1.