830 First Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Phone: (727) 553-3508 Email: yliu18@gmail.com

Yonggang Liu, Ph.D. Ocean Circulation Group College of Marine Science University of South Florida

My research interests include physical & satellite oceanography in coastal oceans and novel data analysis methods in meteorology and oceanography. My current work is focused on West Florida Shelf, aiming to understand its ocean circulation dynamics and processes of air-sea interaction. Past research activities include observational studies of ocean circulation in the Asian marginal seas (East & South China Seas, NW Pacific east of Ryukyu & Taiwan Islands) and numerical modeling of coastal ocean circulation in the NE Pacific (Columbia River plume).

• Publications

• CV

• Research highlights:
  • Mean circulation on the West Florida Shelf observed with long-term moorings
  • Performance of CODAR SeaSonde in mapping surface ocean currents on a low energy shelf
  • Comprehensive evaluation of the Columbia River estuary-plume-shelf circulation model
  • Rectification of the bias in the wavelet power spectrum
  • Performance evaluation and applications of the Self-Organizing Map in oceanographic data analysis
  • Coastal ocean dynamics - sea surface height estimated across the West Florida Shelf
  • Coastal ocean dynamics - momentum balance on the West Florida Shelf