Yonggang Liu, Associate Research Professor, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida
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Abstract
The Ocean Circulation Lab at University of South Florida College of Marine Science maintains a coordinated coastal ocean observing and modeling program on the West Florida Shelf (WFS), the broad, coastal ocean region between the shoreline and the deep Gulf of Mexico, where the circulation provides the connectivity, which is of fundamental importance to all aspects of ecology. Both the observations and nowcast/forecast modeling systems have been utilized in studying the marine environmental issues of societal importance, such as tracking the effluent plume of the emergency discharge of the Piney Point wastewater in Tampa Bay in 2021, forecast of the storm surges on the WFS coast during the extreme event of Category 4 Hurricane Ian (2022), and tracking and predicting the Karenia brevis red tide on the WFS. The long-term moored observations and the high-resolution fully three-dimensional coastal ocean models on the WFS provide opportunities of multi-disciplinary research in Florida coastal region in the future.
Bio
Dr. Yonggang Liu is an Associate Research Professor at University of South Florida (USF) College of Marine Science. Currently, he serves as the Director of the Ocean Circulation Lab at USF. He worked as a Research Associate in this lab from 2008 to 2022 after his postdoc training in University of Washington (2006 – 2008). He received his PhD from USF in 2006. He is a physical oceanographer aiming to better understand the ocean circulation on the West Florida Shelf, including the interactions/exchanges of water properties between the estuaries, the shelf, and the offshore system (Loop Current) of the Gulf of Mexico. He uses both in situ observations and numerical models in coastal ocean research, and he is interested in applying physical oceanography to marine environmental issues, such as storm surge & wastewater plume modeling, oil spill tracking, and red tide predictions. He also develops and applies novel data analysis methods in meteorology and oceanography.
Dr. Liu has more than 100 publications. Currently, he serves as an Associate Editor for AMS Journal Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, and a Guest Editor for Elsevier Journal Deep-Sea Research II. He previously served as an Oversight Editor of AGU Geophysical Monograph Series and he was on AGU Book Board Committee. He is presently on SECOORA Science and SOCAN Committees.
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