KOH Tieh Yong
PhD (Atmospheric Science), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001)
Adjunct Associate Professor

Email: tiehyong@alum.mit.edu

Current Research

  • Weather and climate of Southeast Asia
  • Atmospheric modelling, prediction and predictability
  • General circulation of the atmosphere
  • Mixing and transport of tracers in fluids
  • Geophysical fluid dynamics
  • General Relativity, Lie Groups and Algebras, Quantum Field Theory

Selected Publications

Articles:
  • Suematsu, T., Z. Martin, E. Barnes, C. Demott, S. Hagos, Y.-G. Ham, D. Kim, H, Kim, T. Y. Koh and E. Maloney (2024), “Incorrect computation of Madden-Julian oscillation prediction skill”, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 7, 134. DOI: 10.1038/s41612-024-00687-1.
  • Fonseca, R., T.-Y. Koh and C.-K. Teo (2019), “Multi-scale interactions in a high-resolution tropical-belt experiment and observations”, Clim. Dyn., 52(5), 3503-3532. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-018-4332-y.
  • Koh, T.Y. and F. Wan (2015), “Theory of the norm induced metric in atmospheric dynamics”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15, 2571-2594, DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-2571-2015.
  • Koseki, S., T.-Y. Koh and C.-K. Teo (2014), “Borneo vortex and meso-scale convective rainfall”, Atmos. Chem. and Phys., 14, 4539-4562, DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-4539-2014.
  • Lee, S. Y. and T. Y. Koh (2014), “Isentropic Primitive Equations for the Troposphere”, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 140(685), 2484-2490. DOI: 10.1002/qj.2312.
  • Li, X. X., T.-Y. Koh, D. Entekhabi, M. Roth, J. Panda and L. K. Norford (2013), “A multi-resolution ensemble study of a tropical urban environment and its interactions with the background regional atmosphere”, J. Geophys. Res., 118(17), 9804-9818. DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50795.
  • Koh, T. Y. and R. A. Plumb (2004), “Isentropic zonal average formalism and the near-surface circulation “, Quart. J. Roy. Meteorol. Soc., 130(600), 1631-1654. DOI: 10.1256/qj.02.219.
  • Koh, T. Y. and B. Legras (2002), “Hyperbolic lines and the stratospheric polar vortex”, Chaos,12(2), 382-394. DOI: 10.1063/1.1480442.
Book Chapters:
  • Annamalai, H., W. R. Boos, G. Martin, B. Mapes, Y. Ming, P. Mukhopadhyay, T.-Y. Koh and S. Rao (2021), “Grand Challenges in Asian Summer Monsoon Modeling — Representation of Processes and Sources of Model Error” in The Multiscale Global Monsoon System, C.-P. Chang, K.-J. Ha, R. H. Johnson, D. Kim, G. N. C. Lau and B. Wang, Eds., Vol. 11, World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, World Scientific Publishing Co, pp. 420. ISBN: 978-981-121-659-6 (hardcover), 978-981-121-661-9(e-book).
  • Robertson, A. W., V. Moron, C.-P. Chang, F. Tangang, E. Aldrian, T. Y. Koh, L. Juneng (2011), “The Maritime Continent Monsoon” in The Global Monsoon System – Research and Forecast,C.-P. Chang, Y. Ding, N.-C. Lau, R. H. Johnson, B. Wang and T. Yasunari, Eds., Vol. 5, World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, World Scientific Publishing Co, pp. 594. ISBN: 978-981-4343-40-4.

Affiliations & Links

  • Associate Professor (part-time: 2024 – present; tenured full-time: 2021 – 2023), School of Science and Technology, Singapore University of Social Sciences
  • Member (2016 – present) and Co-chair (2022 – 2025), Working Group for Asian-Australian Monsoon, CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoons Panel, World Climate Research Programme, World Meteorological Organisation
  • Provisional Member (2022 – present), Asia Pacific Institute of Experts
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