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Gen Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

International Pacific Research Center
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Phone: (808) 956-7114
Fax: (808) 956-9425
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Education

2012 - Ph.D. (Atmospheric Science), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
2007 - B.S. (Atmospheric Science), University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

Research Interests

Large-scale atmosphere-ocean interaction
ENSO
Surface heat flux variability

Scientific Work Experience

Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, August 2012 – present
Visiting Ph.D, Student, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, October 2011 – March 2012
Research Assistant, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, September 2007- September 2011

Refereed Publications

Li, G., and B. Ren, 2012: Evidence for Strengthening of the tropical Pacific Ocean surfacewind speed during 1979-2001. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 107 (59-72), doi:10.1007/s00704-011-0463-3.
Li, G., and S.-P. Xie, 2012: Origins of tropical-wide SST biases in CMIP multi-model ensembles. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L22703, doi:10.1029/2012GL053777. IPRC-929.
Li, G., B. Ren, J. Zheng, and C. Yang, 2011: Trend Singular Value Decomposition Analysis and Its Application to the Global Ocean Surface Latent Heat Flux and SST Anomalies. J. Climate, 24, 2931-2948.
Li, G., B. Ren, C. Yang, and J. Zheng, 2011: Revisiting the trend of the tropical and subtropical Pacific surface latent heat flux during 1977-2006. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D10115, doi:10.1029/2010JD015444.
Li, G., B. Ren, J. Zheng, and C. Yang, 2011: Net air-sea surface heat flux during 1984-2004 over the North Pacific and North Atlantic oceans (10°N-50°N): Annual mean climatology and trend. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 104, 387-4401.
Li, G., B. Ren, C. Yang, and J. Zheng, 2010: Indices of El Niño and El Niño o Modoki: An improved El Niño Modoki index. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 27(5), 1210-1220.
Li, G., B. Ren, C. Yang, and J. Zheng, 2010: Traditional El Niño and El Niño Modoki revisited: Is El Niño Modoki linearly independent of traditional El Niño? Atmos. Oceanic Sci. Lett., 3, 70-74.
Li, G., B. Ren, J. Zheng, and J. Wang, 2009: Characteristics of low-frequency oscillation intensity of air-sea turbulent heat fluxes over the northwest Pacific. Sci. China Ser. D-Earth Sci., 52(8), 1137-1151.
Zheng, J., B. Ren, and G. Li, 2009: Interannual variability of air-sea turbulent heat fluxes over the North Pacific. Chinese J. Atmos. Sci., 33(5), 1111-1121. (in Chinese with English abstract)