Publications of Yonggang Liu

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Yonggang Liu, Ph.D.

Ocean Circulation Group

College of Marine Science

University of South Florida

Special Issue:

Liu, Y.

2024

Special Issue of Physical Oceanography and Applications in Honor of Distinguished University Professor Robert H. Weisberg

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Books:

Liu, Y., Kerkering, H., Weisberg, R.H. (Editors) (2015), Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, 461 PP., ISBN 978-0-12-802022-7, Elsevier (Academic Press), London, UK.

Liu, Y., A. MacFadyen, Z.-G. Ji, Weisberg, R.H. (Editors) (2011), Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophysical Monograph Series, Vol. 195, 271 PP., ISSN: 0065-8448, ISBN 978-0-87590-485-6, AGU/geopress, Washington, D.C., USA, doi:10.1029/GM195.

Refereed publications:

Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Sorinas, L., Law, J.A., Nickerson, A.K. (2025), Rapid intensification of Hurricane Ian in relation to anomalously warm subsurface water on the wide continental shelf, Geophysical Research Letters,https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113192
Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y. (2025), Coordinated observing and modeling for the West Florida Shelf with harmful algal bloom application, Oceanography, in press.
Zhang, Y., Hu, C., McGillicuddy, D.J., Liu, Y., Barnes, B.B., Kourafalou, V.H. (2024), Mesoscale eddies in the Gulf of Mexico: A three-dimensional characterization based on global HYCOM, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 105380, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2024.105380
Zhang, Y., Hu, C., McGillicuddy, D.J., Barnes, B.B., Liu, Y., Kourafalou, V.H., Zhang, S., Hernandez, F.J. (2024), Pelagic Sargassum in the Gulf of Mexico driven by ocean currents and eddies, Harmful Algae, 132, 102556, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2023.102566
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., Sun, Y., Chen, J., Law, J.A., Hu, C., Cannizzaro, J.P., Frazer, T.K. (2024), A tracer model nowcast/forecast study of the Tampa Bay, Piney Point effluent plume: Rapid response to an environmental hazard, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 198, 115840, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115840
Law, J., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Mayer, D.A., Donovan, J.C. (2024), Mean circulation and its seasonal cycle on the West Florida Shelf as evidenced by multi-decadal time series, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 213, 105346, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105346
Nguyen, B.V.V., Liu, Y., Stallings, C.D., Breitbart, M., Murawski, S.A., Weisberg, R.H., Kerr, M., Bonnelycke, E.-M. S., Peebles, E.B. (2024), Retention and export of planktonic fish eggs in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, Fisheries Oceanography, 33:e12655, https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12655
Chen, J., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Murawski, S.A., Gilbert, S., Naar, D.F., Zheng, L., Hommeyer, M., Dietrick, C., Luther, M.E., Hapke, C., Myers, E., Moghimi, S., Allen, C., Tang, L., Khazaei, B., Peeri, S., Wang, P. (2023), Hydrodynamic response to bathymetric changes in Tampa Bay, Florida, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 212, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105344
Sorinas, L., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Law, J. (2023), Ocean-atmosphere heat exchange seasonal cycle on the West Florida Shelf derived from long term moored data, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 212, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105341
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., Hubbard, K.A., Muhlbach, E.G., Garrett, M.J., Hu, C., Cannizzaro, J.P., Xie, Y., Chen, J., John, S., Liu, L.Y. (2023), Short-term forecast of Karenia brevis trajectory on the West Florida Shelf, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 212, 105335, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105335
Vasbinder, K., Ainsworth, C.H., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H. (2023), Gulf of Mexico larval dispersal: Combining concurrent sampling, behavioral, and hydrodynamic data to inform end-to-end modeling efforts through a Lagrangian dispersal model, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 211, 105323, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105323
Chen, J., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Zheng, L., Law, J., Gilbert, S., Murawski, S.A. (2023), A Tampa Bay coastal ocean model (TBCOM) nowcast/forecast system, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 211, 105322, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105322
Nickerson, A.K., Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y. (2023), Sea surface temperature trends for Tampa Bay, West Florida Shelf and the deep Gulf of Mexico, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 211, 105321, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105321
Yang, Y., Fu, G., Liang, X.S., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y. (2023), Causal relations between the Loop Current penetration and the inflow/outflow conditions inferred with a rigorous quantitative causality analysis, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 209, 105298, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105298
Dimarco, S.F., Glenn, S.M., Jaimes de la Cruz, B., Jimenez, R.M., Knap, A.H., Liu, Y., Magnell, B., Mahmud, S., Miles, T.N., Pallas-Sanz, E., Ramos, R., Salas de Leon, D.A., Shay, L.K., Smith, M., Tenreiro, M., Weisberg, R.H.(2023), Applications Of Adaptive Sampling Strategies Of Autonomous Vehicles, Drifters, Floats, And Hf-radar, To Improve Loop Current System Dynamics Forecasts In The Deepwater Gulf Of Mexico, Paper presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, May 2023. Paper Number: OTC-32459-MS, https://doi.org/10.4043/32459-MS
Zang, Z., Ji, R., Hart, D.R., Jin, D., Chen, C., Liu, Y., Davis, C.S. (2023), Effects of warming and fishing on Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) size structure in the Mid-Atlantic rotationally closed areas, ICES Journal of Marine Science, fsad063, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsad063
Zhang, Y., Hu, C., Barnes, B.B., Liu, Y., Kourafalou, V.H., McGillicuddy, Jr., D.J., Cannizzaro, J.P., English, D.C., Lembke, C. (2023), Bio-optical, physical, and chemical properties of a Loop Current eddy in the Gulf of Mexico, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 128, e2022JC018726, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018726
Chen, J., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Zheng, L. (2023), Hillsborough Bay inflow modification study: An application of the Tampa Bay Coastal Ocean Model, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 108213, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108213
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., Heil, C.A., Hubbard, K.A. (2022), Termination of the 2018 Florida red tide event: A tracer model perspective, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 272, 107901, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107901
Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y. (2022), Local and deep-ocean forcing effects on the West Florida Shelf circulation and ecology, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 863227, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.863227
Nickerson, A.K., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y. (2022), On the evolution of the Gulf of Mexico Loop Current through its penetrative, ring shedding and retracted states, Advances in Space Research, 69(11), 4058-4077, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.03.039
Beck, M., Altieri, A., Angelini, C., Burke, M.C., Chen, J., Chin, D.W., Gardiner, J., Hu, C., Hubbard, K.A., Liu, Y., Lopez, C., Medina, M., Morrison, E., Philips, E.J., Raulerson, G.E., Scolaro, S., Sherwood., E.T., Tomasko, D., Weisberg, R.H., Whalen, J. (2022), Initial estuarine response to inorganic nutrient inputs from a legacy mining facility adjacent to Tampa Bay, Florida, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 178, 113598, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113598
Zhang, Y., Hu, C., Kourafalou, V.H., Liu, Y., McGillicuddy, D.J. Jr., Barnes, B.B., Hummon, J.M. (2022), Physical characteristics and evolution of a long-lasting mesoscale cyclonic eddy in the Straits of Florida, Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 779450, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.779450
Zang, Z., Ji, R., Liu, Y., Chen, C., Li, Y., Li, S., Davis, C.S. (2022), Remote silicate supply regulates spring phytoplankton bloom magnitude in the Gulf of Maine, Limnology and Oceanography Letters, https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10245
Justic, D., Kourafalou, V., Mariotti, G., He, S., Weisberg, R.H., Androulidakis, Y., Barker, C., Bracco, A., Dzwonkowski, B., Hu, C., Huang, H., Jacobs, G., Le Henaff, M., Liu, Y., Morey, S., Nittrouer, J., Overton, E., Paris, C.B., Roberts, B.J., Rose, K., Valle-Levinson, A., Wiggert, J. (2022), Transport processes in the Gulf of Mexico along the river-estuary-shelf-ocean continuum: A review of research from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, Estuaries and Coasts, 45, 621-657, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-021-01005-1
Liu, Y., Merz, C.R., Weisberg, R.H., Shay, L.K., Glenn, S., Smith, M. (2021), An initial evaluation of High-Frequency Radar radial currents in the Straits of Florida in comparison with altimetry and model products, Ocean Remote Sensing Technologies: HF, Marine and GNSS-Based Radar, IET, edited by Huang, W. and Gill, E., 117-144, https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA537E_ch5
Merz, C.R., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H. (2021), Sea surface current mapping with HF radar: A premier, Ocean Remote Sensing Technologies: HF, Marine and GNSS-Based Radar, IET, edited by Huang, W. and Gill, E., 95-116, https://doi.org/10.1049/SBRA537E_ch4
Solo-Gabriele, H., Fiddaman, T., Mauritzen, C., Ainsworth, C., Abramson, D.M., Berenshtein, I., Chassignet, E.G., Chen, S.S., Conmy, R.N., Court, C.D., Dewar, W.K., Farrington, J.W., Feldmann, M.G., Fergusono, A.C., Fetherston-Resch, E., French-McCay, D., Hale, C., He, R., Kourafalou, V.H., Lee, K., Liu, Y., Masi, M., Maung-Douglass, E.S., Morey, S.L., Murawski, S.A., Paris, C.B., Perlin, N., Pulster, E.L., Quigg, A., Reed, D.J., Ruzicka, J.J., Sandifer, P.A., Shepherd, J.G., Singer, B.H., Stukel, M.R., Sutton, T.T., Weisberg, R.H., Wiesenburg, D., Wilson, C.A., Wilson, M., Wowk, K.M, Yanoff, C., Yoskowitz, D. (2021), Towards integrated modeling of the Long-term impacts of oil spills, Marine Policy, 131, 104554, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104554
Anisworth, C.H, Chassignet, E.P., French-McCay, D., Beegle-Krause, C.J., Berenshtein, I., Englehardt, J., Fiddaman, T., Huang, H., Huettel, M., Justic, D., Kourafalou, V.H., Liu, Y., Mauritzen, C., Murawski, S., Morey, S., Ozgokmen, T., Paris, C.B., Ruzicka, J., Saul, S., Shepherd, J., Socolofsky, S., Solo-Gabriele, H., Sutton, T., Weisberg, R.H., Wilson, C., Zheng, Y., Zheng, Y. (2021), Ten years of modeling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Environmental Modelling and Software, 142, 105070, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105070
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, e2020GL091277, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091277
Yang, Y., McWilliams, J.C., Liang, X.S., Zhang, H., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Menemenlis, D. (2021), Spatial and temporal characteristics of the submesoscale energetics in the Gulf of Mexico, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(2), 475-489, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0247.1
Yang, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Liang, X.S.(2020), Instabilities and multiscale interactions underlying the Loop Current eddy shedding in the Gulf of Mexico, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(5), 1289-1317, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0202.1
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, 1194-1216, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-019-00647-6
Zhang, Y., Hu, C., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Kourafalou, V. (2019), Submesoscale and mesoscale eddies in the Florida Straits: Observations from satellite ocean color measurements, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 13262-13270, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083999
Chen, J., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Zheng, L. (2019), On the momentum balance of Tampa Bay, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 124, 4492-4510, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014890
Meza-Padilla, R., Enriquez, C., Liu, Y., Appendini, C. (2019), Ocean circulation in the western Gulf of Mexico using self-organizing maps, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 124, 4152-4167, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014377
Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Lembke, C., Hu, C., Hubbard, K., Garrett, M. (2019), The coastal ocean circulation influence on the 2018 West Florida Shelf K. brevis red tide bloom, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 124, 2501-2512, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014887
Chiri, H., Abascal, A.J., Castanedo, S., Antonio, J., 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, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.02.010
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, MTS Journal, 52(3), 43-50, https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.52.3.7
Chen, J., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Zheng, L. (2018), The Tampa Bay Coastal Ocean Model performance for Hurricane Irma, MTS Journal, 52(3), 33-42, https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.52.3.6
Liu, Y., Merz, C., Weisberg, R.H., O'Loughlin, B.K., Subramanian, V. (2018), Data return aspects of CODAR and WERA high frequency radars in mapping currents, in Observing the Oceans in Real Time, edited by Venkatesan et al., Springer, 227-241, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66493-4_11
Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y. (2017), On the Loop Current penetration into the Gulf of Mexico, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 122, 9679-9694, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013330
Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y. (2017), On the movement of Deepwater Horizon Oil to northern Gulf beaches, Ocean Modelling, 111, 81-97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.02.002
Mayer, D.A., Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y. (2017), Winds on the West Florida Shelf: Regional comparisons between observations and model estimates, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 122, 834-846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012112
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Lenes, J.M., Zheng, L., Hubbard, K., Walsh, J.J. (2016), Offshore forcing on the "pressure point" of the West Florida Shelf: Anomalous upwelling and its influence on harmful algal blooms, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121, 5501-5515, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016JC011938
Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y. (2016), West Florida Shelf upwelling: Origins and pathways, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121, 5672-5681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JC011384
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Vignudelli, S., Mitchum, G.T. (2016), Patterns of the Loop Current system and regions of sea surface height variability in the eastern Gulf of Mexico revealed by the Self-Organizing Maps, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121, 2347-2366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015JC011493
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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2016.03.011
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, II, 129, 259-272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.02.002
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Lembke, C. (2015), Glider salinity correction for unpumped CTD sensors across a sharp thermocline, in Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, 305-325, Elsevier (Academic Press), London, UK, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802022-7.00017-1
Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y. (2015), Basic tenets for coastal ocean ecosystems monitoring: A West Florida perspective, in Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, 40-57, Elsevier (Academic Press), London, UK, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802022-7.00004-3
Merz, C.R., Liu, Y., Gurgel, K.-W., Peterson, L., Weisberg, R.H. (2015), Effect of radio frequency interference (RFI) noise energy on WERA performance using the "listen before talk" adaptive noise procedure, in Coastal Ocean Observing Systems , 229-247, Elsevier (Academic Press), London, UK, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802022-7.00013-4
Pan, C., Zheng, L., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Lembke, C. (2014), Comparisons of different ensemble schemes for glider data assimilation on West Florida Shelf, Ocean Modelling, 81, 13-24, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.06.005
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Vignudelli, S., G.T. Mitchum (2014), Evaluation of altimetry-derived surface current products using Lagrangian drifter trajectories in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 2827-2842, doi:10.1002/2013JC009710
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Merz, C.R. (2014), Assessment of CODAR and WERA HF radars in mapping currents on the West Florida Shelf, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 31, 1363-1382, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00107.1
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, 119-136, doi:10.1016/j.hal.2014.04.010
Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Merz, C.R., Virmani, J.I., Zheng, L. (2012), A critique of alternative power generation for Florida by mechanical and solar means, Marine Technology Society Journal, 46(5), 12-23, doi:10.4031/MTSJ.46.5.1
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H. (2012), Seasonal variability on the West Florida Shelf, Progress in Oceanography, 104, 80-98, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2012.06.001
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Vignudelli, S., Roblou, L., Merz, C.R. (2012), Comparison of the X-TRACK altimetry estimated currents with moored ADCP and HF radar observations on the West Florida Shelf, Advances in Space Research, 50, 1085-1098, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2011.09.012
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Hu, C., Zheng, L. (2011), Trajectory forecast as a rapid response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophysical Monograph Series, 195, 153-165, doi:10.1029/2011GM001121
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Hu, C., C. Kovach, and R. RiethmÃ¼ller (2011), Evolution of the Loop Current system during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill event as observed with drifters and satellites, in Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophysical Monograph Series, 195, 91-101, doi:10.1029/2011GM001127
Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y. (2011), Tracking subsurface oil in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon well blowout, in Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophysical Monograph Series, 195, 205-215, doi:10.1029/2011GM001131
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H. (2011), Evaluation of trajectory modeling in different dynamic regions using normalized cumulative Lagrangian separation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C09013, doi:10.1029/2010JC006837
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, L09601, doi:10.1029/2011GL047184
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, doi:10.1029/2011EO060001
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Merz, C.R., Lichtenwalner, S., Kirkpatrick, G.J. (2010), HF radar performance in a low energy environment: CODAR SeaSonde experience on the West Florida Shelf, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 27(10), 1689-1710, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2010JTECHO720.1
Jin, B., G. Wang, Liu, Y., Zhang, R. (2010), Interaction between the East China Sea Kuroshio and the Ryukyu Current as revealed by the self-organizing map, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, C12047, doi:10.1029/2010JC006437
Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Mayer, D.A. (2009), Mean circulation on the west Florida continental shelf observed with long-term moorings, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L19610, doi:10.1029/2009GL040028
Liu, Y., MacCready, P., Hickey, B.M. (2009), Columbia River plume patterns in summer 2004 as revealed by a hindcast coastal ocean circulation model, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L02601, doi:10.1029/2008GL036447
Liu, Y., MacCready, P., Hickey, B.M., Dever, E.P., Kosro, P.M., Banas, N.S. (2009), Evaluation of a coastal ocean circulation model for the Columbia River plume in 2004. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C00B4, doi:10.1029/2008JC004929
MacCready, P., Banas, N.S., B.H. Hickey, B.H., Dever, E.P., Liu, Y. (2009), A model study of tide- and wind-induced mixing in the Columbia River estuary and plume, Continental Shelf Research, 29, 278-291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.015
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Yuan, Y. (2008), Patterns of upper layer circulation variability in the South China Sea from satellite altimetry using the self-organizing map. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 27(Supp.), 129-144
Liu, Y., X.S. Liang, Weisberg, R.H.(2007), Rectification of the bias in the wavelet power spectrum, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 24(12), 2093-2102, https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JTECHO511.1
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H. (2007), Ocean currents and sea surface heights estimated across the West Florida Shelf, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37(6), 1697-1713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO3083.1
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Shay, L.K. (2007), Current patterns on the West Florida Shelf from joint self-organizing map analyses of HF radar and ADCP data, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 24(4), 702-712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1999.1.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Mooers, C.N.K.(2006), Performance evaluation of the self-organizing map for feature extraction. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, C05018, doi:10.1029/2005jc003117
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., He, R. (2006), Sea surface temperature patterns on the West Florida Shelf using growing hierarchical self-organizing maps, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23(2), 325-338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1848.1
Hong, Y., Chiang, Y.-M., Liu, Y., Hsu, K.-L., Soroohian, S. (2006), Satellite-based precipitation estimation using watershed segmentation and growing hierarchical self-organizing map, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(23), 5165-5184, doi:10.1080/01431160600763428
Liu, Y.,& Weisberg, R.H. (2005), Momentum balance diagnoses for the West Florida Shelf, Continental Shelf Research, 25, 2054-2074
Liu, Y., & Weisberg, R.H. (2005), Patterns of ocean current variability on the West Florida Shelf using the self-organizing map, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, C06003, doi:10.1029/2004JC002786
Weisberg, R.H., He, R., Liu, Y., Virmani, J.I. (2005), West Florida Shelf circulation on synoptic, seasonal, and inter-annual time scales, in Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Models, Geophysical Monograph Series, 161, 325-347. Wilton Sturges and Alexis Lugo-Fernandez, Editors. AGU, Washington D.C.
He, R., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H. (2004), Coastal ocean wind fields gauged against the performance of an ocean circulation model, Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L14303, doi:10.1029/2003GL019261

Non-refereed publications:

Helber, R.W., Liu, Y., He, R., Wang, C. (2024), Physical oceanography and its applications: A tribute to Distinguished University Professor Dr. Robert H. Weisberg, Deep-Sea Research Part II, 218, 105414, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2024.105414
DiMarco, S.F., Glenn, S.M., Jaimes de la Cruz, B., Jimenez, R.M., Knap, A.H., Liu, Y., Magnell, B., Mahmud, S., Miles, T.N., Pallas-Sanz, N., Ramos, R., Salas de Leon, D.A., Shay, L.K., Smith, M., Tenreiro, M., Weisberg, R.H. (2023), Applications of adaptive sampling strategies of autonomous vehicles, drifters, floats, and HF-Radar, to improve Loop Current system dynamics forecasts in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Paper presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, USA, May 2023. Paper Number: OTC-32459-MS. https://doi.org/10.4043/32459-MS
Heil, C.A., Amin, S.A., Gilbert, P.M., Hubbard, K.A., Li, M., Matinez, J.M., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., Sun, Y. (2022), Termination patterns of Karenia brevis blooms in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, In: Band-Schmidt, C.J. and Rodríguez-Gómez, C.F. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Harmful Algae, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico, International Society for the Study of Harmful Algal Blooms. 365 pp. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7034923
Smith, M.J., Glenn, S., Merz, C., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Shay, L.K., Howden, S., Knap, A.(2022), A unified approach to HF Radar radial quality control for Understanding Gulf Ocean System (UGOS), OCEANS 2021: San Diego - Porto, 2021, pp. 1-5, doi:10.23919/OCEANS44145.2021.9705910.
Weisberg, R.H., Chen, J., Liu, Y. (2020), Hillsborough Bay Inflow Modification Study, Project Report to City of Tampa as part of the Tampa Augmentation Project, 23 pp.
Liu, Y., Kerkering, H., Weisberg, R.H. (2015), Preface, In Coastal Ocean Observing Systems , Elsevier (Academic Press), London, UK, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802022-7.05001-X.
Liu, Y., Kerkering, H., Weisberg, R.H. (2015), Introduction to coastal ocean observing systems, in Coastal Ocean Observing Systems, 1-10, Elsevier (Academic Press), London, UK, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-802022-7.00001-8.
Abascal, A.J., Castanedo, S., Minguez, R., Medina, R. Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H. (2015), Stochastic Lagrangian trajectory modeling of surface drifters deployed during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Proceedings of the 38th AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, PP. 71-99.
Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., Liu, Y., (2015), A West Florida Coastal Ocean Model, in Proceedings of the 6th Tampa Bay Area Scientific Information Symposium (BASIS 6), St. Petersburg, Florida, PP. 19-26.
Gomez, R., Helzel, T., Petersen, L., Kniephoff, M., Merz, C.R., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H. (2014), Real-time quality control of current velocity data on individual grid cells in WERA HF radar, in Proceedings of MTS/IEEE 2014, Taipei.
Dzvonkovskaya, A., Merz, C.R., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Helzel, T., Petersen, L. (2014), Initial surface current measurements on the West Florida Shelf using WERA HF ocean radar with multiple input multiple output (MIMO) synthetic aperture, in Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS 2014, doi:10.1109/OCEANS.2014.7003235.
Dzvonkovskaya, A., T. Helzel, L. Petersen, C. R. Merz, Y. Liu, and R.H. Weisberg (2014), Initial results of ship detection and tracking using WERA HF ocean radar with MIMO configuration, in Proc. Int. Radar Symposium 2014, pp. 1-3, https://doi.org/10.1109/IRS.2014.6869265
Gomez, R., Helzel, T., Petersen, L., Kniephoff, M., Merz, C.R., Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H. (2014), Real-time quality control of current velocity data on individual grid cells in WERA HF radar, in Proceedings of MTS/IEEE Oceans 2014, Taipei, doi:10.1109/OCEANS-TAIPEI.2014.6964502.
Merz, C.R., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., 2012: Evolution of the USF/CMS CODAR and WERA HF Radar Network, IEEE Oceans 2012, doi:10.1109/OCEANS.2012.6404947.
Liu, Y. (2011), Interactive comment on â€œA comparative study of biological production in eastern boundary upwelling systems using an artificial neural networkâ€ by Z. Lachkar and N. Gruber, Biogeosciences Discuss., 8, C4254-C4257.
Liu, Y., MacFadyen, A., Ji, Z.-G., Weisberg, R.H. (2011), Preface, in Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophysical Monograph Series, 195, doi:10.1029/2011GM001146.
Liu, Y., MacFadyen, A., Ji, Z.-G., Weisberg, R.H. (2011), Introduction to monitoring and modeling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, in Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophysical Monograph Series, 195, 1-7, doi:10.1029/2011GM001147.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Hu, C., Zheng, L. (2011), Combining numerical ocean circulation models with satellite observations in a trajectory forecast system: A rapid response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Proceedings of SPIE Conference 8030, 80300K. doi:10.1117/12.887983.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Hu, C., Zheng, L. (2011), Satellites, models combine to track Deepwater Horizon oil spill. SPIE Newsroom, doi:10.1117/2.1201104.003575.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H. (2011), A review of self-organizing map applications in meteorology and oceanography, in Self-Organizing Maps - Applications and Novel Algorithm Design, Edited by J. I. Mwasiagi, InTech, Rijeka, Croatia, ISBN 978-953-307-546-4, pp.253-272. https://doi.org/10.5772/13146.
Liu, Y. (2010), Interactive comment on "Temporal energy partitions of Florida extreme sea level events as a function of Atlantic multidecadal oscillation" by J. Park et al., Ocean Sci. Discuss., 7, C203-C204.
Liu, Y. (2010), Interactive comment on "Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler observations in the southern Caspian Sea: shelf currents and flow field off Freidoonkenar Bay, Iran" by P. Ghaffari and V. Chegini., Ocean Sci. Discuss., 6, C1137-C1139.
Liu, Y. (2009), Comment on "Estimating the monthly pCO2 distribution in the North Atlantic using a self-organizing neural network" by M. Telszewski et al., Biogeosciences Discuss., 6, C1-C4.

Recent conference presentations:

Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg, C.R. Merz, J. Law, L. Zheng, and J. Chen: West Florida Shelf response to hurricane Irma, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland Oregon, Feb 2018 (talk).
Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg, J.M. Lenes, L. Zheng, K. Hubbard, and J.J. Walsh, An altimetry-derived index of the offshore forcing on the "pressure point" of the West Florida Shelf: Anomalous upwelling and its influence on harmful algal blooms, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Dec 2017 (invited talk).
Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg, A skill score of trajectory model evaluation using reinitialized series of normalized cumulative Lagrangian separation, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Dec 2017 (talk).
Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg, J. Chen, C.R. Merz, J. Law, and L. Zheng, West Florida Shelf response to hurricane Irma, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Dec 2017 (poster).
Weisberg, R.H., Y. Liu, and J. Chen: West Florida Shelf and Tampa Bay responses to Hurricane Irma. First Annual Florida Marine Science Symposium, FWRI/FIO, Oct 25, 2017 (invited plenary talk).
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Lenes, J.M.: Gulf of Mexico Loop Current interactions with teh West Florida Shelf and its influence on harmful algae blooms, 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Febuary 24, 2016.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., S. Vignudelli, Patterns of the Loop Current System and Regions of Sea Surface Height Variability in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Revealed by self-organizing maps, The 9th Coastal Altimetry Workshop, Reston, Virginia, USA, 18-19 October 2015.
Liu, Y. et al., Accomplishments SECOORA IOOS Award 2010-2015: In situ observations - buoys, shore stations, SECOORA Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL., May 2015
Weisberg, R.H., Merz, C.R., Y. Liu, Zheng, L., A Coordinated Coastal Ocean Observing and Modeling System on the West Florida Shelf, SECOORA Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, May 2015.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., and Merz, C.R.: Assessment of CODAR and WERA HF radars in mapping currents on the West Florida Shelf, 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, Febuary 25, 2014.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., and S. Vignudelli:Â Evaluation of altimetry-derived surface current products using Lagrangian drifter trajectories in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, The 7th Coastal Altimetry Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, October 7-8, 2013.
Liu, Y., & Weisberg, R.H.:, Seasonal variation of currents and sea level on the West Florida Shelf as revealed by long-term moorings, 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Febuary 23, 2012.
Lembke, C., Weisberg, R.H., Liu, Y., and D. English: Glider and other observations of anomalous upwelling on the West Florid Shelf in spring/summer 2010, 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, Febuary 22, 2012.
Merz, C.R., Weisberg, R.H., Y. Liu: Evolution of the USF/CMS CODAR and WERA HF Radar Network, Oceansâ€™12 MTS/IEEE, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 14-19 Oct. 2012.
Koch, A.O., R.W. Helber, J.G. Richman, C.N. Barron, Liu, Y., C. Lembke, R.H. Weisberg: Horizontal density compensation in the Gulf of Mexico, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA., Dec. 2012.
(Invited) Weisberg, R.H., and Y. Liu: Response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill by the USFÂ Ocean Circulation Group: A review, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Principal Investigator Conference, Sponsored by the NSTC Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology, St. Petersburg, FL, October 25-26, 2011.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., S. Vignudelli, L. Roblou, and C. Merz: Altimetry on the West Florida Shelf, The 5th Coastal Altimetry Workshop, San Diego, California, October 16-18, 2011.
(Invited) Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Hu, C., Zheng, L.: Combining numerical ocean circulation models with satellite observations in a trajectory forecast system: a rapid response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, SPIE Conference 8030 - Ocean Sensing and Monitoring, Orlando, Florida, April 25-29, 2011.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Hu, C., Zheng, L.: Trajectory forecasts based on numerical ocean circulation models and satellite observations: A rapid response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 13-17, 2010.
(Invited) Weisberg, R.H., Y. Liu, Zheng, L., Hu, C., and C. Lembke: Rapid response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill from University of South Florida: Numerical models, remote sensing, and in-situ observations, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 13-17, 2010.
(Keynote) Weisberg, R.H., Y. Liu, Lianyuan Zheng, and Chuanmin Hu: The Oil Trajectory: How it behaved in the Gulf of Mexico and why, and where might residual oil be heading? CSDMS Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, USA, October 14-17, 2010.
(Invited) Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H.: Lessons learned from an integrated coastal ocean observing system on the West Florida Shelf. 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Bremen, Germany, July 18-25, 2010.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Hu, C., Zheng, L.: Tracking/predicting the oil spill trajectory in the Gulf of Mexico using numerical models and satellite imagery. USF/CMS Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Staff Summer Colloquium, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, June 18, 2010.
(Keynote) Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., Lianyuan Zheng, and Chuanmin Hu: Tracking Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill with Numerical Models and Satellite Imagery. Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) 2010 Annual Board & Membership Meeting, Savanna, Georgia, USA, April 12-13, 2010.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., and D.A. Mayer: Climatology of West Florida Shelf Circulation Observed with long-Term Moorings. The 15^th Ocean Sciences Meeting, Portland, Oregon, February 22-26, 2010.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., S. Vignudelli, and L. Roblou: Validation of X-TRACK Coastal Altimetry on the West Florida Shelf. The 3rd Coastal Altimetry Workshop, Frascati, Italy, September 17-18, 2009.
Weisberg, R.H., Y. Liu, and D.A. Mayer: West Florida Shelf mean circulation observed with long-term moorings, MABPOM-SECOM Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, August 17-18, 2009.
Weisberg, R.H., Zheng, L., and Y. Liu: Why the red tide over the West Florida Shelf in 2008 is mild? A view from ocean circluation. NOAA ECOHAB PI Meeting, VIMS, Virginia, USA, May 21-22, 2009.
Liu, Y., Merz, C.R., Weisberg, R.H.: HF radar performance on a low energy enviroment as found using CODAR SeaSonde on the West Florida Shelf, 2008 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2008.
Liu, Y., P. MacCready, and B.M. Hickey: Columbia River plume influence on shelf circulation as revealed by a coastal ocean circulation hindcast. The 14th Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA, March 2-7, 2008.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H.: Ocean current structures and sea surface height estimates across the West Florida Shelf. The 14th Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, Feb 20-24, 2006.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H.: Across-shelf structure of the ocean circulation on the West Florida Shelf. Gordon Research Conferences - Coastal Ocean Circulation. New London, New Hampshire, USA, June 5-10, 2005.
Liu, Y., R.H. Weisberg and R. He: Sea surface temperature patterns on the West Florida Shelf using Growing Hierarchical self-organizing maps. The 85th AMS Annual meeting - Fourth Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science. San Diego, California>, USA, January 2005.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H.: On the optimal wind direction in changing the coastal sea level along the West Florida Shelf. The 85th AMS Annual meeting - The Sixth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes. San Diego, California, USA, January 2005.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H.: Ocean current spatial patterns from West Florida Shelf velocity time series using the self-organizing map. 2004 AGU Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California, USA, December 2004.
Liu, Y., Weisberg, R.H., and R. He: Momentum balances on the West Florida Shelf. The 12th Ocean Sciences Meeting. Portland, Oregon, USA, January 2004.
Weisberg, R.H., R. He, J. Virmani, and Y. Liu: Improving coastal ocean modeling using in-situ data. The 84th AMS Annual meeting - Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface. Seattle, Washington, USA, January 2004.

Dissertation:

Liu, Y. (2006), Patterns and Dynamics of Ocean Circulation Variability on the West Florida Shelf, Ph.D. Dissertation, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida.

Selected early papers:

Yuan, Y., Liu, Y., Su, J. (2001), Variability of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea during El Nino through La Nina phynomenon of 1997 and 1998.Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 44(2), 196-207. [Chinese version: 44(2), 199-210]
Liu, Y., & Yuan, Y. (2000), Variation of the currents east of the Ryukyu Islands in 1998, La Mer, 38(4), 179-184.
Liu, Y., Yuan, Y., Su, J., Jiang, J. (2000), Circulation in the South China Sea in summer of 1998. Chinese Science Bulletin, 45(18), 1648-1655, doi:10.1007/BF02898979. [Chinese version: 45(12), 1252-1259]
Liu, Y., Yuan, Y. (1999), Variability of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea in 1992. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 18(1), 1-15.
Yuan, Y., Kaneko, A., Su, J., Zhu, X., Liu, Y.,, Gohda, N., Chen, C. (1998), The Kuroshio east of Taiwan and in the East China Sea and the currents east of Ryukyu Islands during early summer of 1996. Journal of Oceanography, 54(3), 217-226.
Liu, Y., Yuan, Y., Nakano, T., Amino, M. (1998), Variability of the currents east of the Ryukyu Islands during 1995-1996. In Proceedings of Japan-China Joint Symposium of Cooperative Study on Subtropical Circulation System. Seikai National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Agency of Japan, Nagasaki. P.221-232.

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