LIEW Soo Chin
PhD, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA (1989)
Principal Research Scientist

Email: scliew@nus.edu.sg or scliew@nus.edu.sg
Office: S17-01 (CRISP)
Tel: +65 6516 5069

Current Research

  • Remote sensing of the aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric environment using optical, thermal and synthetic aperture radar data
  • Ocean optics, optical properties of suspended particles in water, derivation of water quality parameters from remote sensing data
  • Radiative transfer in atmosphere and water, characterization of aerosol optical properties
  • Hyperspectral data analysis and applications

Selected Publications

  • D. S. van Maren, S. C. Liew, and G. M. J. Hasan, “The role of terrestrial sediment on turbidity near Singapore’s coral reefs”, Continental Shelf Research 76, 75-88 (2014).
  • B. N. Chew, J. R. Campbell, S. V. Salinas, C. W. Chang, J. S. Reid, E. J. Welton, B. N. Holben, and S. C. Liew, “Aerosol particle vertical distributions and optical properties over Singapore”, Atmospheric Environment 79, 599-613 (2013).
  • J. Miettinen, E. Hyer, A. S. Chia, L. K. Kwoh, and S. C. Liew, “Detection of vegetation fires and burnt areas by remote sensing in insular Southeast Asian conditions: current status of knowledge and future challenges”, International Journal of Remote Sensing 34(12), 4344-4366 (2013).
  • S.C. Liew, and J. He, “Uplift of a coral island in the Andaman Sea due to the 2004 Sumatra earthquake measured using remote sensing reflectance of water”, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett. 5, 701 (2008).
  • S.V. Salinas, C.W. Chang, and S.C. Liew, “Multiparameter retrieval of water optical properties from above-water remote-sensing reflectance using the simulated annealing algorithm”, Appl. Opt. 46, 2727 (2007).
  • S. C. Liew, A. Lim, and L. K. Kwoh, “A Stochastic Model for Active Fire Detection Using the Thermal Bands of MODIS Data”, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 2(3), 337-341 (2005).

Affiliations & Links

  • Head of Research, Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP)
  • Personal Webpage