SIL Stable Isotope Laboratory for Earth and Planetary Systems Academia Sinica

Publications

Publications

First-author, corresponding-author, and selected co-authored journal papers, organized for discovery by scientific theme, year, and author role.

Scope and verification. This page is compiled from PI-provided publication information. Author-role filters describe Mao-Chang Liang’s role: “corresponding author” follows supplied asterisk notation, “first author” follows author order, and “co-author” is used when neither condition is indicated.

2026 Earth & geochemistry Co-author

Elevation-Dependent Groundwater Control on Baseflow in a Himalayan Catchment: An Integrated Isotopic–Hydrological Assessment

Siddharth Arora, Prosenjit Ghosh, Anil V. Kulkarni, and Mao-Chang Liang

Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-49483-2 Open publication →
2026 Atmospheric oxidation Co-author

Multi-site non-methane hydrocarbon source apportionment and ozone insights in Southern Taiwan using positive matrix factorization

Duy-Hieu Nguyen, Hsin-Cheng Hsieh, Mao-Chang Liang, Neng-Huei Lin, Chieh-Heng Wang, and Jia-Lin Wang*

Atmos. Chem. Phys. 26, 2831–2852

DOI: 10.5194/acp-26-2831-2026 Open publication →
2026 Earth & geochemistry Corresponding author

Fumarolic CO₂ Dynamics: A Case Study from the Tatun Volcano Group, Taiwan

ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.5c00335 Open publication →
2025 Atmospheric oxidation Corresponding author

Geographical effects on ambient air pollution and clinical visits for respiratory diseases: a case study with three exposure scenarios

Atmospheric Pollution Research

DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2025.102720 Open publication →
2025 Atmospheric oxidation First & corresponding author

Novel triple-oxygen isotope study indicates unprecedented ozone–particulate interaction pathways in atmospheric pollution chemistry

ACS Omega

DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c06957 Open publication →
2025 Atmospheric oxidation Corresponding author

Transition metals and chemical compositions determine the oxidation capacity of atmospheric particulate matters

Environmental Research

DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121661 Open publication →
2025 Earth & geochemistry Corresponding author

Triple oxygen isotopic fractionation in the CO₂–CaCO₃–H₂O system during CO₂–H₂O exchange, carbonate precipitation, and acid digestion

Chemical Geology

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122634 Open publication →
2024 Atmospheric oxidation Corresponding author

Association of Asian dust storms and PM₂.₅ with clinical visits for respiratory diseases in children

Atmospheric Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120631 Open publication →
2023 Earth & geochemistry Corresponding author

Clumped isotopes and blocking temperatures of marbles from the Backbone Range of Taiwan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2023.105975 Open publication →
2023 Carbon cycle First & corresponding author

New constraints of terrestrial and oceanic global gross primary productions from the triple oxygen isotopic composition of atmospheric CO₂ and O₂

Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29389-z Open publication →
2022 Atmospheric dynamics Corresponding author

Enhanced stratospheric intrusion at Lulin Mountain, Taiwan inferred from beryllium-7 activity

Atmospheric Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118824 Open publication →
2022 Atmospheric oxidation Corresponding author

Isotopic assessment of soil N₂O emission from a subtropical agricultural soil under varying N inputs

Science of the Total Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154311 Open publication →
2022 Earth & geochemistry Corresponding author

New constraints on biological production and mixing processes in the South China Sea from triple isotope composition of dissolved oxygen

Biogeosciences

DOI: 10.5194/bg-19-2043-2022 Open publication →
2022 Earth & geochemistry Corresponding author

Vapor isotope probing of typhoons invading the Taiwan region in 2016

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

DOI: 10.1029/2022JD036578 Open publication →
2021 Atmospheric oxidation First & corresponding author

Atmospheric effects on the isotopic composition of ozone

Atmosphere

DOI: 10.3390/atmos12121673 Open publication →
2021 Carbon cycle Corresponding author

East Asian CO₂ level change caused by Pacific Decadal Oscillation

Remote Sensing of Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112624 Open publication →
2021 Atmospheric oxidation Corresponding author

Role of vehicular catalytic converter temperature in emission of pollutants: an assessment based on isotopic analysis of CO₂ and N₂O

Environmental Science & Technology

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07430 Open publication →
2021 Earth & geochemistry Corresponding author

Utilization of Δ¹⁷O for nitrate dynamics in a well-preserved subtropical reservoir

Science of the Total Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141836 Open publication →
2020 Atmospheric oxidation Corresponding author

A new perspective of probing the level of pollution in the megacity Delhi affected by crop residue burning using the triple oxygen isotope technique in atmospheric CO₂

Environmental Pollution

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114542 Open publication →
2020 Atmospheric dynamics Corresponding author

Stratospheric incursion as a source of enhancement of the isotopic ratios of atmospheric N₂O at the western Pacific

Earth and Space Science

DOI: 10.1029/2020EA001102 Open publication →
2020 Earth & geochemistry Corresponding author

Variable thermoregulation of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs inferred by the clumped isotope compositions of fossilized eggshell carbonates

Heliyon

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05265 Open publication →
2019 Atmospheric oxidation Corresponding author

Isotopic fractionation in photolysis of ozone in the Hartley and Chappuis bands

Earth and Space Science

DOI: 10.1029/2018EA000517 Open publication →
2019 Atmospheric oxidation Corresponding author

Sulfur isotope analysis for representative regional background atmospheric aerosols collected at Mt. Lulin, Taiwan

Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56048-z Open publication →
2019 Carbon cycle Corresponding author

Triple oxygen and clumped isotope compositions of CO₂ in the middle troposphere

Earth and Space Science

DOI: 10.1029/2019EA000573 Open publication →
2018 Carbon cycle Corresponding author

Distribution of CO₂ in the western Pacific, studied using isotope data made in Taiwan, OCO-2 satellite retrievals, and CarbonTracker products

Earth and Space Science

DOI: 10.1029/2018EA000415 Open publication →
2018 Atmospheric dynamics Corresponding author

The 11-year solar-cycle response of the equatorial ionization anomaly observed by GPS radio occultation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

DOI: 10.1002/2017JA024634 Open publication →
2017 Earth & geochemistry Corresponding author

An insight into the western Pacific wintertime moisture sources using dual water-vapor isotopes

Journal of Hydrology

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.01.047 Open publication →
2017 Atmospheric oxidation Corresponding author

Isotopic ratios of nitrate in aerosol samples from Mt. Lulin, a high-altitude station in central Taiwan

Atmospheric Environment

DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.01.036 Open publication →
2017 Atmospheric dynamics Corresponding author

Meteotsunamis produced by high-frequency atmospheric pressure forcing

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2017.03.20.01 Open publication →
2017 Carbon cycle First & corresponding author

Oxygen isotope anomaly in tropospheric CO₂ and implications for CO₂ residence time in the atmosphere and gross primary productivity

Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12774-w Open publication →
2017 Carbon cycle First & corresponding author

Spatiotemporal variability of oxygen isotope anomaly in near-surface air CO₂ over urban, semi-urban, and ocean areas in and around Taiwan

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2016.04.0171 Open publication →
2016 Isotope methods Corresponding author

An improved method of high-precision determination of Δ¹⁷O of CO₂ by catalyzed exchange with O₂ using hot platinum

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7423 Open publication →
2016 Carbon cycle Corresponding author

Clumped isotopes in near-surface atmospheric CO₂ over land, coast, and ocean in Taiwan and its vicinity

Biogeosciences

DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-5297-2016 Open publication →
2016 Carbon cycle Corresponding author

Identification of anthropogenic CO₂ using triple oxygen and clumped isotopes

Environmental Science & Technology

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02989 Open publication →
2016 Carbon cycle Corresponding author

Triple oxygen isotope composition of near-surface CO₂

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2015.09.16.01(A) Open publication →
2016 Earth & geochemistry Corresponding author

Variations in triple-isotope composition of dissolved oxygen and primary production in a subtropical reservoir

Biogeosciences

DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-6683-2016 Open publication →
2015 Carbon cycle First & corresponding author

Oxygen anomaly in near-surface carbon dioxide reveals deep stratospheric intrusion

Scientific Reports

DOI: 10.1038/srep11352 Open publication →
2014 Earth & geochemistry Corresponding author

Stable isotopic composition of near-surface atmospheric water vapor and rain–vapor interaction in Taipei, Taiwan

Journal of Hydrology

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.012 Open publication →
2013 Atmospheric dynamics First author

Impact of climate drift on twenty-first-century projection in a coupled atmospheric–ocean general circulation model

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-0291.1 Open publication →
2013 Isotope methods Corresponding author

Oxygen isotope exchange between O₂ and CO₂ over hot platinum: an innovative technique for measuring Δ¹⁷O in CO₂

Analytical Chemistry

DOI: 10.1021/ac4011777 Open publication →
2013 Atmospheric dynamics First author

Transient climate response in coupled atmospheric–ocean general circulation models

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-12-014.1 Open publication →
2012 Isotope methods Corresponding author

An improved CeO₂ method for high-precision measurements of ¹⁷O/¹⁶O ratios for atmospheric carbon dioxide

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6296 Open publication →
2009 Planetary atmospheres First & corresponding author

Modeling the distribution of H₂O and HDO in the upper atmosphere of Venus

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003095 Open publication →
2008 Carbon cycle First author

Seasonal cycle of C¹⁶O¹⁶O, C¹⁶O¹⁷O, and C¹⁶O¹⁸O in the middle atmosphere: implications for mesospheric dynamics and biogeochemical sources and sinks of CO₂

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009659 Open publication →
2008 Atmospheric dynamics First author

Short-period solar-cycle signals in the ionosphere observed by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC

Geophysical Research Letters

DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034433 Open publication →
2008 Atmospheric dynamics First & corresponding author

Signature of stratospheric air at the Tibetan Plateau

Geophysical Research Letters

DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035246 Open publication →
2007 Planetary atmospheres First & corresponding author

Isotopic fractionation of nitrogen in ammonia in the troposphere of Jupiter

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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2007 Carbon cycle First & corresponding author

Oxygen isotopic composition of carbon dioxide in the middle atmosphere

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0610009104 Open publication →
2007 Planetary atmospheres First & corresponding author

Photolytically generated aerosols in the mesosphere and thermosphere of Titan

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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2007 Planetary atmospheres First author

Source of nitrogen isotope anomaly in HCN in the atmosphere of Titan

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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2007 Atmospheric oxidation First & corresponding author

Sources of the oxygen isotopic anomaly in atmospheric N₂O

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007876 Open publication →
2006 Atmospheric oxidation First & corresponding author

Isotopic composition of stratospheric ozone

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006342 Open publication →
2006 Planetary atmospheres First & corresponding author

Production of hydrogen peroxide in the atmosphere of a Snowball Earth and the origin of oxygenic photosynthesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608839103 Open publication →
2005 Planetary atmospheres First author

Atmosphere of Callisto

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

DOI: 10.1029/2004JE002322 Open publication →
2005 Planetary atmospheres First & corresponding author

Meridional transport in the stratosphere of Jupiter

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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2004 Isotope methods First & corresponding author

A semi-analytic model for photo-induced isotopic fractionation in simple molecules

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

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2004 Planetary atmospheres First & corresponding author

On the insignificance of photochemical hydrocarbon aerosols in the atmospheres of close-in extrasolar giant planets

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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2003 Planetary atmospheres First & corresponding author

Source of atomic hydrogen in the atmosphere of HD 209458b

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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2001 Planetary atmospheres First & corresponding author

Infrared line emission in the interacting region of Arp 244 (the Antennae): colliding molecular cloud complexes?

The Astrophysical Journal Letters

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