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Research Highlights
- Synthesis of surface heat fluxes using satellite observations, in situ measurements, numerical weather
prediction model outputs.
- Modeling ocean circulation with data constraints included.
- Inversion of surface air-sea heat and freshwater fluxes from an OGCM model and observations.
- Model initialization.
- Parameter Estimation: ocean eddy viscosity profile and wind stress drag coefficient derived from buoy data.
Related Publications
Publications in refereed journals
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Yu, L.,
2003: Variability of the depth of the 20°C isotherm along 6°N in the
Bay of Bengal: Its response to remote and local forcing and its relation
to satellite SSH variability. Deep Sea. Res. II., 50,
2285-2304.
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Yu, L.,
R. A. Weller, and W. T. Liu, 2003: Case analysis of a role of ENSO
in regulating the generation of westerly wind bursts in the western
equatorial Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 108(4),
3128, doi:10.1029/2002JC001498.
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Yu, L.,
and M. M. Rienecker, 2000: The Indian Ocean warming of 1997-1998.
J. Geophys. Res., 105(C7), 16,923-16,939.
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Yu, L.,
and M.M. Rienecker, 1999: Mechanisms for the Indian Ocean warming
during 1997-98 El Niņo. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(6),
735-738.
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Yang, J., L. Yu,
C. Koblinsky, D. Adamec, 1998: Dynamics of the seasonal variations
in the Indian Ocean from TOPEX/POSEIDON sea surface height and an
ocean model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25(11),
1915-1918.
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Yu, L.,
J.J. O'Brien and J.Yang, 1991: On the remote forcing to the circulations
in the Bay of Bengal. J. Geophys. Res., 96,
20,449-20,454.
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Contact
For questions regarding the project research, please contact:
Dr. Lisan Yu
Email: lyu@whoi.edu
Phone: 508 289 2504 Fax: 508 457 2181
Mailing address:
Drs. Lisan Yu
Department of Physical Oceanography
Mail Stop 21
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Useful Links
NASA Scatteromoter missions
WINDSAT
ERS
SSM/I - Bob Atlas's SSM/I wind velocity analysis
Satellite data from Remote Sensing System
Seaflux from space - Tim Liu's website
JPL PODAAC
GFSC DAAC
The Madden-Julian Oscillation Life cycle
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