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Yonggang Liu

University of South Florida

College of Marine Science

140 7th Ave South
St. Petersburg , FL  33701  

yliu@mail.usf.edu

Project List:

Effects of Mesoscale Eddies on Three-Dimensional Oil Dispersion: Data Integration, Interpretation and Implications for Oil Spill Models

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact, Program Manager / Technical Coordinator, Outreach Point of Contact, Co-Principal Investigator

Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Scientist

A Coordinated Modeling Approach in Support of Oil Spill Tracking

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Research Staff

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 18

2021

Ainsworth, C., Chassignet, E., French-McCay, D., Beegle-Krause, C., Berenshtein, I., Englehardt, J., Fiddaman, T., Huang, H., Huettel, M., Justic, D., Kourafalou, V., Liu, Y., Mauritzen, C., Murawski, S., Morey, S., Özgökmen, T., Paris, C., Ruzicka, J., Saul, S., . . . Zheng, Y. (2021). Ten years of modeling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Modelling & Software, 142, 105070.
Huang, M., Liang, X., Zhu, Y., Liu, Y., & Weisberg, R. H. (2021). Eddies Connect the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(4).
Solo-Gabriele, H. M., Fiddaman, T., Mauritzen, C., Ainsworth, C., Abramson, D. M., Berenshtein, I., Chassignet, E. P., Chen, S. S., Conmy, R. N., Court, C. D., Dewar, W. K., Farrington, J. W., Feldman, M. G., Ferguson, A. C., Fetherston-Resch, E., French-McCay, D., Hale, C., He, R., Kourafalou, V. H., . . . Yoskowitz, D. (2021). Towards integrated modeling of the long-term impacts of oil spills. Marine Policy, 131, 104554.

2020

Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., & Zheng, L. (2020). Impacts of Hurricane Irma on the Circulation and Transport in Florida Bay and the Charlotte Harbor Estuary. Estuaries and Coasts, 43(5), 1194-1216.
Yang, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Liu, Y., & San Liang, X. (2020). Instabilities and Multiscale Interactions Underlying the Loop Current Eddy Shedding in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(5), 1289-1317.

2019

Chiri, H., Abascal, A. J., Castanedo, S., Antolínez, J. A. A., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., & Medina, R. (2019). Statistical simulation of ocean current patterns using autoregressive logistic regression models: A case study in the Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Modelling, 136, 1-12.
Meza‐Padilla, R., Enriquez, C., Liu, Y., & Appendini, C. M. (2019). Ocean Circulation in the Western Gulf of Mexico Using Self‐Organizing Maps. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124(6), 4152-4167.
Zhang, Y., Hu, C., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., & Kourafalou, V. H. (2019). Submesoscale and Mesoscale Eddies in the Florida Straits: Observations from Satellite Ocean Color Measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(22), 13262-13270.

2018

Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Law, J., & Huang, B. (2018). Evaluation of Satellite-Derived SST Products in Identifying the Rapid Temperature Drop on the West Florida Shelf Associated With Hurricane Irma. Marine Technology Society Journal, 52(3), 43-50.

2016

Weisberg, R. H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y., Corcoran, A. A., Lembke, C., Hu, C., Lenes, J. M., & Walsh, J. J. (2016). Karenia brevis blooms on the West Florida Shelf: A comparative study of the robust 2012 bloom and the nearly null 2013 event. Continental Shelf Research, 120, 106-121.
Weisberg, R. H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y., Murawski, S., Hu, C., & Paul, J. (2016). Did Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbons transit to the west Florida continental shelf?. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 129, 259-272.

2014

Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Vignudelli, S., & Mitchum, G. T. (2014). Evaluation of altimetry-derived surface current products using Lagrangian drifter trajectories in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(5), 2827-2842.
Pan, C., Zheng, L., Weisberg, R. H., Liu, Y., & Lembke, C. E. (2014). Comparisons of different ensemble schemes for glider data assimilation on West Florida Shelf. Ocean Modelling, 81, 13-24.

2013

Weisberg, R. H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y., Lembke, C., Lenes, J. M., & Walsh, J. J. (2014). Why no red tide was observed on the West Florida Continental Shelf in 2010. Harmful Algae, 38, 119-126.

2011

Hu, C., Weisberg, R. H., Liu, Y., Zheng, L., Daly, K. L., English, D. C., Zhao, J., & Vargo, G. A. (2011). Did the northeastern Gulf of Mexico become greener after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill?. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(9).
Liu, Y., & Weisberg, R. H. (2011). Evaluation of trajectory modeling in different dynamic regions using normalized cumulative Lagrangian separation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(C9).
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Hu, C., & Zheng, L. (2011). Tracking the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Modeling Perspective. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 92(6), 45-46.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Hu, C., & Zheng, L. (2011). Satellites, models combine to track Deepwater Horizon oil spill. SPIE Newsroom.

Book Whole - 1

2011

Liu, Y., MacFadyen, A., Ji, Z., & Weisberg, R. H. (Eds.) (2011). Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise. American Geophysical Union.

Book Chapters - 7

2015

Liu, Y., Kerkering, H., & Weisberg, R. H. (2015). Introduction to Coastal Ocean Observing Systems. In Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (pp. 1-10) Elsevier.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., & Lembke, C. (2015). Glider Salinity Correction for Unpumped CTD Sensors across a Sharp Thermocline. In Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (pp. 305-325) Elsevier.
Weisberg, R. H., Zheng, L., & Liu, Y. (2015). Basic Tenets for Coastal Ocean Ecosystems Monitoring. In Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (pp. 40-57) Elsevier.

2011

Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Hu, C., Kovach, C., & Riethmüller, R. (2011). Evolution of the Loop Current System During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Event as Observed With Drifters and Satellites. In Geophysical Monograph Series (pp. 91-101) American Geophysical Union.
Liu, Y., MacFadyen, A., Ji, Z., & Weisberg, R. H. (2011). Preface. In Geophysical Monograph Series (pp. vii-null) American Geophysical Union.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R. H., Hu, C., & Zheng, L. (2011). Trajectory Forecast as a Rapid Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In Geophysical Monograph Series (pp. 153-165) American Geophysical Union.
Weisberg, R. H., Zheng, L., & Liu, Y. (2011). Tracking Subsurface Oil in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Well Blowout. In Geophysical Monograph Series (pp. 205-215) American Geophysical Union.

Conference Presentations - 19

2020

Liu, Y. W., & R.H (2020). Deep Ocean Interactions with the West Florida Shelf: the Role of the "Pressure Point" on Both Across Shelf Transport and the Penetration of the Loop Current into the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020
Weisberg, R. L., & Y (2020). The West Florida Shelf pressure point control on shelf ecology and Loop Current penetration into the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020
Yang, Y. W., R.H.; Liu, Y. L., & X.S (2020). Instabilities and multiscale interactions underlying the Loop Current eddy shedding in the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020
Yang, Y. W., R.H.; Liu, Y. L., & X.S (2020). Instabilities and multiscale interactions underlying the Loop Current eddy shedding in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020

2019

Liu, Y. W., R.H.; Hubbard, K. G., M.; Chen, J. Z., & L (2019). Short-Term and Seasonal Forecast of Harmful Algal Blooms on the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Coast. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019

2018

Chen, J. W., R.H.; Liu, Y. Z., & L (2018). The Tampa Bay Coastal Ocean Model (TBCOM) performance for Hurricane Irma. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting
Liu, Y. W., R.H.; Hubbard, K. G., M.; Chen, J. Z., & L (2018). Short-Term and Seasonal Forecasts of Harmful Algal Blooms on the West Florida Shelf. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting
Liu, Y. W., R.H.; Vignudelli, S. M., & G.T (2018). Dual Self-Organizing Map (SOM) and joint SOM-wavelet analyses: An application in the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current system. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting
Liu, Y. W., & R.H.; Zheng, L. (2018). Northeastern Gulf of Mexico coastal ocean response to Hurricane Michael. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting
Weisberg, R. Z., & L.; Liu, Y. (2018). On the Movement of Deepwater Horizon Oil to Northern Gulf Beaches. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018

2014

Weisberg, R. Z., L.; Liu, Y. M., S.; Hu, C. P., & J.; Hollander, D. (2014). Did Deepwater Horizon Hydrocarbons Transit to the West Florida Continental Shelf?. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Weisberg, R. Z., L.; Liu, Y. M., S.; Hu, C. P., & J.; Hollander, D. (2014). Did Deepwater Horizon hydrocarbons transit to the West Florida continental Shelf?. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014

2012

Lembke, C. W., R.; Liu, Y. E., & D (2012). Glider and Other Observations of Anomalous Upwelling on the West Florida Shelf in Spring/Summer 2010. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012
Lembke, C. W., R.H.; Liu, Y. E., & D (2012). Glider and other observations of anomalous upwelling on the West Florid Shelf in spring/summer 2010. In Ocean Sciences Meeting
Liu, Y. W., & R.H (2012). Seasonal Variation of Currents and Sea Level on the West Florida Shelf as Revealed by Long Term Moorings. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012

2011

Liu, Y. W., & R.H (2011). Combining numerical ocean circulation models with satellite observations in a trajectory forecast system: a rapid response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In SPIE Conference

2010

Liu, Y. W., R.H.; Zheng, L. H., & C (2010). Trajectory Forecasts Based on Numerical Ocean Circulation Models and Satellite Observations: A Rapid Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In AGU Fall Meeting
Weisberg, R. L., Y.; Zheng, L. H., & C (2010). The Oil Trajectory: How it behaved in the Gulf of Mexico and why, and where might residual oil be heading?. In Community Surface Dynamic Modeling System Meeting 2010 - Invited Keynote Talk
Weisberg, R. L., Y.; Zheng, L. H., & C.; Lembke, C. (2010). Rapid Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill from University of South Florida: Numerical Models, Remote Sensing, and In-situ Observations. In AGU Annual Meeting