Zhengyu Liu's Publications

Liu Z. 1989: Orographically forced oscillation in a barotropic atmosphere. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 13, 166-177.

Liu Z. 1990: On the influence of the continental slope on the inertial western boundary current--the enhanced transport and recirculation. J. Mar. Res., 48, 254-284

Zhu B.Z., F.F. Jin and Z. Liu. 1990: An introduction to the nonlinear dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean. (in Chinese). China Ocean Press. 328pp

Liu, Z., 1993: Thermocline forced by varying wind. I: spin-up and spin-down. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2505-2522,

Liu, Z., 1993: Thermocline forced by varying wind. II: annual and decadal Ekman pumping. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2523-2541,

Liu, Z., 1993: Interannual positive feedbacks in a simple extratropical air-sea coupling system. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3022-3028.

Liu, Z., 1993: Interannual planetary wave breaking in the presence of mean Ekman pumping and flow. J. Fluid Mechanics, 253, 45-65

Liu Z., 1993: Penetration of interannual planetary waves across a gyre boundary. Dyn. Atmos. Ocean. 17, 169-186.

Liu, Z., J. Pedlosky, D. Marshall, T. Warnocke, 1993: On the feedback of the Rhines-Young pool on the ventilated thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 1592-1596,

Liu, Z., 1993: A note on intergyre mass exchange due to a migrating wind. Dyn. Atmos. Ocean, 17, 157-167

Liu,Z. and J. Pedlosky, 1994: Thermocline forced by annual and decadal surface temperature variation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 587-608,

Liu, Z. and S.P. Xie, 1994: Equatorward propagation of coupled air-sea disturbances with application to the annual cycle of the eastern tropical Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 3807-3822.

Liu, Z. and H. Yang, 1994: Intergyre chaotic transport, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 1768-1782,

Yang, H. and Z. Liu, 1994: Chaotic transport in ocean gyres. Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 545-548.

Liu, Z. , 1994: A simple model of the mass exchange between the subtropical and tropical ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 1153-1165.

Liu, Z., S.G.H.Philander and R. Pacanowski, 1994: A GCM study of tropical -subtropical upper ocean mass exchange. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 2606-2623.

Liu, Z. and S.G.H. Philander, 1995: How different wind patterns affect the tropical-subtropical thermocline circulation in the upper ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 449-462.

Liu, Z., 1996: On the destruction of inertial recirculation by annual wind migration. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 242-256.

Liu, Z., 1996: Thermocline variability in different dynamic regions. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 1633-1645.

Sun, D. and Z. Liu, 1996: Dynamic ocean-atmosphere coupling: a thermostat for the tropics. Science, 272, 1148-1150.

Liu, Z., 1996: Modeling the equatorial annual cycle with a linear coupled model. J. Climate, 9, 2376-2385.

Kutzbach, J., P.Bartlein, J. Foley, S. Harrison, S. Hostetler, Z. Liu, E.C. Prentice and T. Webb, 1996: The potential role of vegetation feedback in the climate sensitivity of high-latitude regions: a case study at 6000 years before present. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 10, 727-736

Liu, Z. and B. Huang, 1997: A coupled theory of tropical climatology: Warm pool, cold tongue and Walker Circulation. J. Climate, 10, 1662-1679.

Liu, Z., 1997: Oceanic regulation of the atmospheric Walker circulation. Bulletin of American Meteological Society, 78, 407-412.

Yang, H. and Z. Liu, 1997: Three-dimensional chaotic ocean transport: the Great Ocean Barrier. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 1258-1273.

Kutzbach J. and Z. Liu, 1997: Oceanic feedback on the western African monsoon at 6000 BP. Science, 278, 440-443.

Liu, Z., 1997: On the role of stratification in inertial recirculation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 17, 926-940

Liu, Z., 1998: On the role of ocean in the transient response of tropical climatology to global warming. J. Climate. 11, 864-875.

Liu, Z. and B. Huang , 1998: Why is there a tritium maximum in the central equatorial Pacific thermocline ? J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 1527-1533.

Liu, Z. and R.H. Zhang, 1998: Propagation and mechanism of decadal upper ocean variability in the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 739-742

Liu, Z. and S. Shin, 1999: On thermocline ventilation of active and passive tracers. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 357-360.

Liu, Z., 1999: Planetary wave modes in thermocline circulation: Non-Doppler-shift mode, advective mode and Green mode. Quat. J. Royal Meteor. Soc., 125, 1315-1339

Liu, Z., 1999: Forced planetary wave response in a thermocline circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 1036-1055

Huang, B. and Z. Liu, 1999: Pacific subtropical-tropical thermocline water exchange in the National Centers for Environmental Prediction ocean model. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 11,065-11,076

Wu, L, Z. Liu and H. Hurlbert, 1999: The effect of continental slope on buoyancy-driven circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 1881-1891

Liu, Z., L. Wu and E. Bayler, 1999: Rossby wave -- coastal Kelvin wave interaction in the extratropics. I: low frequency adjustment in a closed basin. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 2383-2404

Liu, Z., L. Wu and H. Hurlburt, 1999: Rossby wave- Coastal Kelvin wave interaction in the extratropics: II: formation of island circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr, 29, 2405-2418

Liu, Z., R. Gallimore, J. Kutzbach, W. Xu, Y. Golubev, P. Behling and R. Siegle, 1999: Modeling long term climate change with the Equilibrium Asynchronous Coupling scheme. Climate Dyn., 15, 325-340

Zhang R. H and Z. Liu, 1999: Decadal thermocline variability in the North Pacific: Two pathways around the subtropical gyre. J. Climate, 12, 3273-3296

Wu, L., Z. Liu, and H. Hurlburt, 1999: The effect of north-south gyre width on the inertial recirculation. Geophys. & Astrophys. Fluid dynamics, 91, 45-63

Liu, Z., R. Jacobs, J. Kutzbach, S. Harrison and J. Anderson, 1999: Asian monsoon impact on El Nino in the early Holocene. PAGES Newsletter, Vol. 7, No. 2, 16-17

Liu, Z., S. Shin, P. Behling, W. Prell, M. Trend, S. Harrison and J. Kutzbach, 2000: Dynamic and observational constraints of sea surface temperature in the tropical Pacific at the Last Glacial Maximum. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 105-108.

Liu Z. and B. Huang, 2000: Causes of the warming trend of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, No. 13, 1935-.

Wu, L.; Z. Liu, and Hurlburt, H. E. 2000: Kelvin wave and Rossby wave interaction in the extratropical-tropical Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27 , No. 9 , 1259-

Liu Z. and L. Wu, 2000: Tropical Atlantic Oscillation in a coupled GCM. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 1, 26-36 (invited paper)

Wang, D. X. and Z. Liu, 2000: The pathway of interdecadal variability in the Pacific Ocean. Chinese Science Bulletin, 45, 1555-1561

Liu, Z., J. Kutzbach and L. Wu, 2000: Modeling climatic shift of El Nino variability in the Holocene. Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2265-2268.

Shin S. and Z. Liu, 2000: Response of equatorial thermocline to extratropical buoyancy forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 2883-2905

Vavrus, S., R. Gallimore and Z. Liu, 2000: A mixed-flux equilibrium asynchronous coupling scheme for accelerating convergence in ocean-atmosphere models. Clim. Dyn., 16. 821-831

Yang, H., Q. Liu and Z. Liu, 2000: Sverdrup dynamics in the South China Sea. Prog. Natrual Sci., 10, 1035-1039

Liu, Q, H. Yang and Z. Liu, 2000: Seasonal features of Sverdrup circulation in the South China Sea. Prog. Natural Sci., 11, 202-206

Liu, Z. and G. Philander, 2001: Tropical-extratropical oceanic exchange pathways. In Ocean Circulation and Climate: Observing and Modeling the Global Ocean. ed. G. Siedler et al., 247-254 (invited paper)

Liu, Z., H. Yang and Q. Liu, 2001: Regional dynamics of seasonal variability of sea surface height in the South China Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 272-284

Delire C., P. Behling, M. T. Coe, J.A. Foley, R. Jacob, J. Kutzbach, Z. Liu and S. Vavrus, 2001: Response of coupled ocean-atmosphere system to deforestation in the Indonesian Archipelago. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2081-2084

Stephens M., Z. Liu and H. Yang, 2001: On the evolution of subduction planetary waves with application to Pacific decadal thermocline variability. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 1733-1746

Stephens M. Y. and Z. Liu, 2001: The response of the upper ocean to surface buoyancy forcing: a characteristic solution to wave propagation. Contemporary Mathematics, 275, 117-127

Huang, B. and Z. Liu, 2001: On the upper ocean trend of the Pacific Ocean in the last 40 years. J. Clim., 14, 3738-3750.

Huang, B. and Z. Liu, 2000: Temperature trends in the upper tropical Indian Ocean: 1955-1993. Dynamics of Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations and Climate, Memorial Volume for Prof. Zhu Baozhen, China Ocean Meteorological. 413-433

Zhou W., M. John, Z. An, P.D. Deckker, Z. Liu, X. Liu, X. Lu, A. J. T. Jull, D. Donahue, 2001: Terrestrial evidence for a spatial structure of tropical-polar interconnections during the Younger Dryas Episode. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 191, 231-239

Wu, L., Z. Liu and R. Gallimore, 2001: Pacific interdecadal variability in a coupled model. Dynamics of Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations and Climate, ed. B. Wang, China Meteological Press, 486-507

Liu Q.Y., Haijun Yang, Shaoxia Wang, Z. Liu, 2001: Dynamic features of long Rossby wave in the North Pacific subtropical countercurrent. Chinese Journal of Geophysics., 44, 27-37

Inui T. and Z. Liu, 2002: An interpretation of Pacific thermocline variability. The effect of wind forcing on subduction. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 1094-1105.
Liu, Z., 2002: A simple model study of the forced response of ENSO to an external periodic forcing. J. Clim., 15, 1088-1098.

Vavrus, S., and Z. Liu, 2002: Understanding the response of the tropical atmosphere-ocean system to increased CO2 using Equilibrium Asynchronous Coupling. Climate Dyn, 19, 355-369.

Huang, B. and Z. Liu, 2002: An OGCM Simulation of seasonal and interannual variability in the surface layer Pacific of the equatorial band. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 19, 219-235.

Wu L. and Z. Liu, 2002: Dynamic control of Pacific oceanic variability on the western boundary and marginal seas. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 96, 201-222.

Liu, Z., W. Wu, R. Gallimore and R. Jacob, 2002: Search for the origins of Pacific decadal climate variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 , 10.1029/2001GL013735

Liu, Z., S. Shin, B. Otto-Bliesner, J. Kutzbach and E. Brady, 2002: Tropical Cooling at the Last Glacial Maximum and Extratropical Ocean Ventilation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29 , 10.1029/2001GL013938

Yang H., Q. Liu, Z. Liu, D, Wang and X. Liu, 2002: A GCM study of the dynamics of the upper ocean circulation of the South China Sea. J. Geophys. Res.., 107, 10.1029/2001JC001084, 22-1-14

Liu, Q.Y., Y. Jia, H. Yang and Z. Liu, 2002: Seasonal variation mechanism of sea surface height in the north of the SCS. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 24, 134-141

Wu L. and Z. Liu, 2002: Is tropical Atlantic variability driven by the North Atlantic Oscillation? Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2002GL014939

Wu, L., Q. Zhang and Z. Liu, 2002: Searching for the role of ENSO in the tropical Atlantic variability. Clivar Exchanges, No.25, Vol.7 3/4

Liu, Z., 2002: How long is the memory of tropical ocean dynamics. J. Clim., 15, 3518-3522

Shin S., Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, E. Brady, J. Kutzbach, S. Harrison, 2002: A NCAR CCSM simulation of the climate at the Last Glacial Maximum. Clim. Dyn, 20, 127-151

Shin S., Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, E. Brady, J. Kutzbach, 2002: Southern Ocean sea-ice control of the glacial North Atlantic thermohaline circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, DOI:10.1029/2002GL015513

Liu, Z., 2003: Tropical ocean decadal variability and the resonance of planetary wave basin modes: I: Theory. J. Clim., 16, 1539-1550

Wu. L, Z. Liu, R. Gallimore, R. Jacob, D. Lee, and Y. Zhong, 2003: A coupled modeling study of Pacific decadal variability: The Tropical Mode and The North Pacific Mode. J. Climate, 16, 1101-1120

Wang, D. , J. Wang, L. Wu, Z. Liu. 2003. Relative importance of wind and buoyancy forcing for interdecadal regime shifts in the Pacific. Science in China, 46 (5) : 417-427

Wang, D. J. Wang, L. Wu, and Z. Liu, 2003: Regime shifts in the North Pacific simulated by a COADS-driven isopycnal model. Advances in Atmospheric sciences, 20, 743-754.

Harrison, S., J. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, P. Bartlein, B. Otto-Bliesner, D. Muhs, I. Prentice and R. Thompson, 2003: Mid-Holocene climates of the Americas: a dynamical response to changes seasonality. Clim. Dyn., 20, 663-688

Liu, Z. and H. Yang, 2003: Extratropical control on tropical climate: atmospheric bridge and oceanic tunnel. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 10.1029/2002GL016492

Liu, Z., B. Otto-Bliesner, J. Kutzbach, L. Li, C. Shields, 2003: Coupled climate simulations of the evolution of global monsoons in the Holocene. J. Clim., 16, 2472-2490

Liu, Z., E. Brady and J. Lynch-Steiglitz, 2003: Global ocean response to orbital forcing in the Holocene. Paleoceanography, 18 (2), 1041, doi:10.1029/2002PA000819.

Miller, A. J., M.A. Alexander, G.J. Boer, F. Chai, K. Denman, D. J. Erickson, r. Frouin, A.J. Gabric, E.A. Laws, M.R. Lewis, Z. Liu, R. Murtugudde, S. Nakamoto, D.J. Nelson, J.R. Norris, J. C. Ohlmann, R. I. Perry, N. Schneider, K. M. Shell and A. Timmermann, 2003: Potential feedbacks between Pacific ocean ecosystems and interdecadal climate variations. Bull. Ame. Meteor. Soc., 84 (5), 617-633

Yang H. and Z. Liu, 2003: On basin modes in a tropical-extratropical ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 13, 2751-2763

Wu, L. and Z. Liu, 2003: Decadal variability in the North Pacific: the Eastern North Pacific Mode. J. Clim., 16, 3111-3131

Wu, L., and Z. Liu, 2003: On the dynamics of North Atlantic decadal variability, Clivar Exchange, No.28.

Liu, X., J. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, Z. An, Li L., 2003: The amplification of Tibetan Plateau on the effect of orbital forcing on the East Asian monsoon. GRL, 30 (16), 1839, doi:10.1029/2003GL017510,2003

Otto-Bliesner, B., E. Brady, S. Shin, Z. Liu, C. Shields, 2003: Modeling El Nino and its tropical teleconnection s during the glacial-interglacial cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, No.23, 2198, doi:10.1029/2003GL08553

Loubere P., M. Richaud, Z. Liu and F. Mekik, 2003: Oceanic conditions in the eastern equatorial Pacific during the onset of ENSO in the Holocene. Quaternary Research, 60, 142-148

Liu, Z., Q. Zhang and L. Wu, 2004: The remote impact on tropical Atlantic climate variability: the dynamic assessment and statistical assessment. J. Clim., 17, 1529-1549

Yang H. and Z. Liu, 2004: Influence of extratropical thermal and wind forcings on equatorial thermocline in an ocean GCM. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 174-187

Liu, Z. and L. Wu, 2004: Atmospheric response to North Pacific SST: The role of ocean-atmosphere coupling. J. Clim., 17, 1859-1882

Yang H., Z. Liu and Q. Zhang, 2004: Tropical ocean decadal variability and the resonance of planetary wave basin modes: II: Numerical Study. J. Clim., 17, 1711-1721

Liu, Z., S. Harrison, J. Kutzbach, B. Otto-Bliesner: 2004: Global monsoons in the mid-Holocene and oceanic feedback: Clim. Dyn.., 22, 157-182.

Liu, Z., W. Lewis and A. Ganopolski, 2004: A Coordinated Acceleration Scheme for the Simulation of Long Term Climate Evolution. Climate Dyn., 22, 771-781

Wu, L., Q. Zhang, and Z. Liu, 2004: Understanding the tropical Atlantic variability using coupled modeling surgery. In AGU Monograph: Ocean-atmosphere interaction and climate variability, in press

Branconnot, P., S.P. Harrison, S. Joussaume, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, J.E. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, J. Syktus, and N. Weber, 2004: Evaluation of PMIP Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Simulations of the Mid-Holocene. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research. In press

Pan A., Q. Liu and Z. Liu, 2004: Periodic forcing and ENSO suppression in the Cane-Zebiak model. J. Oceanography, In press

Wu L. and Z. Liu, 2005: North Atlantic decadal variability: Air-Sea Coupling, Oceanic Memory and Potential Northern Hemisphere Resonance. J. Clim., 18(2), pp. 331-349, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-3264.1.

Yang H., Q. Zhang, Y. Zhong, S. Vavrus, Z. Liu, 2005: How does extratropical warming affects ENSO? Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 L01702, doi: 10.1029/GL021624.

Zhao, Y., P. Braconnot, O. Marti, S.P. Harrison, C. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, Z. Liu, U. Mikolajewicz, B. Otto-Bliesner and S. L. Weber, 2004: A multi-model analysis of ocean feedback on the African and Indian monsoon during the mid-Holocene. Clim. Dyn., in press

Liu, Z., S. Shin, R. Webb, W. Lewis and B. Otto-Bliesner, 2005: Atmospheric CO2 forcing on glacial thermohaline and climate. Geophys. Re. Lett, 32 L02706, doi: 10.1029/20004GL021929.

Notaro, M., Z. Liu, R. Gallimore, S. Vavrus, J. Kutzbach, C. Prentice and R. Jacob, 2004: Simulated and observed pre-industrial to modern vegetation and climate changes. J. Clim, accepted

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, CCR #866. Preprint: PDF

Wu, L. and Z. Liu (2005). Possible Causes of Recent Tropical Pacific Decadal Climate Changes. Journal of Climate, CCR #890. Preprint: PDF


Submitted and in preparation

H. Yang and Z. Liu, 2003: Tropical-extratropical and interhemisphere climate interaction: atmospheric bridge and oceanic tunnel. J. Clim., submitted

Liu, Q,, Z. Liu and Pan A., 2003: A simple model study of ENSO and QBO interaction. J. Clim., submitted

Bayler E. and Z. Liu, 2003: On the formation of the Vietnam coastal recirculation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., submitted

Pan A., Q. Liu and Z. Liu, 2004: On the variability of the central Pacific mode water. J. Geophys. Res., submitted.

An Soon-Il, Axel Timmermann, Luis Bejarano, Fei-Fei Jin, Z. Liu, Sandy Tudhope, 2004: Modeling evidence for enhanced ENSO variability during the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleoceagnoraphy, submitted

Vavrus S., M. Notaro and Z. Liu, 2004: A mechanism for abrupt climate change associated with tropical Pacific SSTs. J. Clim., submitted.

Lee D. and Z. Liu, 2004: Assess seasonal ocean-atmosphere interaction in the North Pacific. Clim. Dyn., submitted

Minobe, S. N. Schneider, Z. Liu, C. Deser, H. Nakamura, M. Nonoka, 2004: Pacific decadal variability: a review. J. Clim. Submitted

Liu, Z., M. Notaro, J. Kutzbach and N. Liu, 2004a: An observational assessment of global climate-vegetation feedback. J. Clim., submitted.

Liu, Z., S. Vavrus and F. He, 2004b: The enhanced equatorial warming: a robust SST response to global warming. J. Clim., submitted