Yonggang Liu, Ph.D. Ocean Circulation Group College of Marine Science University of South Florida 830 First Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33701 Phone: (727) 755-1898 Email: yliu18@gmail.com

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

• Publication list

New publications:

• Weisberg, R.H., Y. Liu, C.R. Merz, J.I. Virmani, and L. Zheng, 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., R.H. Weisberg, S. Vignudelli, L. Roblou, and C.R. Merz, 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.

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