Zhengyu Liu

Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Environmental Studies.
Director of the Center for Climatic Research. Joined the faculty in 1993.

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991 (Physical Oceanography).


Research Interests

Modeling of global climate system; Ocean-atmosphere-land interaction; Climate change and climate variability in the past, present, and future; Modeling and dynamics of general oceanic circulation; Dynamics of geophysical fluid.

See also: Climate and climate change, Large Scale Dynamics and Oceanography.

All Publications

Selected Publications

Liu, Z., Y. Liu, L. Wu, and R. Jacob (2006). Seasonal and Long Term Atmospheric Responses to Reemerging North Pacific Ocean Variability: A Combined Dynamical and Statistical Assessment. Accepted by Journal of Climate. CCR #897. Preprint: PDF

Liu, Q., N. Wen, and Z. Liu (2006). An observational study of the impact of the North Pacific SST on the atmosphere. Accepted by Geophysical Research Letters. Preprint: PDF

Liu, Z. (2006). Glacial Thermohaline Circulation and Climate: Forcing from the North or South? Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 23(2), pp. 199-206. CCR #876. PDF

Liu, Z., M. Notaro, J. Kutzbach, and N. Liu (2006). Assessing Global Vegetation – Climate Feedbacks from Observation. Journal of Climate 19(5), p. 787-814, doi: 10.1175/JCLI3658.1. CCR #874: PDF

Notaro, M., Z. Liu, and J. Williams (2006). Observed Vegetation-Climate Feedbacks in the United States. Journal of Climate, 19(5), p. 763-786, doi: 10.1175/JCLI3657.1. CCR #896: PDF

Vavrus, S., M. Notaro, and Z. Liu (2006). A Mechanism for Abrupt Change Associated with Tropical Pacific SSTs. Journal of Climate 19, 242-256. CCR #857.

Wen, N., Z. Liu, Q. Liu, and C. Fankignoul (2005). Observations of SST, heat flux, and North Atlantic Ocean-atmosphere interaction. Geophysical Research Letters 32, L24619, doi: 10.1029/2005GL024871. CCR #894: PDF

Wu, L., Z. Liu, Y. Liu, Q. Liu, and X. Liu (2005). Potential global climatic impacts of the North Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters 32, L24710, DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024812. CCR #901.

Liu, Z., S. Shin, R. Webb, W. Lewis, and B. Otto-Bliesner (2005a). Atmospheric CO2 Forcing on Glacial Thermohaline Circulation and climate. Geophysical Research Letters 32 L02706, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021929. CCR #873.

Liu, Z., S. Vavrus, F. He, N. Wen, and Y. Zhong (2005b). Rethinking Tropical Ocean Response to Global Warming: The Enhanced Equatorial Warming. J. Climate 18(22), 4684-4700, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3579.1. CCR #875: PDF

Notaro, M., Z. Liu, R. Gallimore, S. Vavrus, J. Kutzbach, I.C. Prentice, and R. Jacob (2005). Simulated and Observed Pre-Industrial to Modern Vegetation and Climate Changes. Journal of Climate, 18, pp. 3650-3671. CCR #854: PDF

Wu, L., D. Lee, and Z. Liu (2005). The 1976/77 North Pacific Climate Regime Shift: The Role of Subtropical Ocean Adjustment and Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Feedbacks. Journal of Climate, 18(23), 5125-5140, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3583.1. CCR #866: PDF