Yan Liu
Assistant Professor
Email: yliu90@nju.edu.cn
Office: C202
Education
| 2019 | Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences - Nanjing University
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| 2017 | Visiting Student - Florida State University
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| 2013 | B.Sc. Atmospheric Sciences - Nanjing University
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Employment
| 2023- | Assistant Professor, Nanjing University
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| 2022 - 2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanjing University
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| 2019 - 2022 | Assistant Researcher, Nanjing University
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Research Interests
tropical dynamics
intraseasonal oscillation
tropical cyclones
Contracts and Grants
| 1. | Liu, Y. (Jan 2022–Dec 2024). The evolution of convective systems under convective heating-moisture convergence interaction and its influence on the eastward propagation of MJO. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Total award ¥300,000.
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| 2. | Liu, Y. (Jun 2023–Oct 2023). Design of a Shallow Convection Closure Scheme Based on Non-instantaneous Convection-Convergence Feedback and Its Application in MJO Simulation. Funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. Total award ¥80,000.
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| 3. | Liu, Y. (Jun 2023–Oct 2023). The Impact of Non-instantaneous Convection-Convergence Feedback on Convective Self-organization in the MJO. Funded by Department of Human Resources and Social Security of Jiangsu Province. Total award ¥300,000.
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| 4. | Guo, Y., and Y. Liu, (Jan 2021–Dec 2024). The influence of human activity and natural variability on the long-term trend of synoptic scale characteristics of typhoon in the northwest Pacific Ocean and its mechanism. Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Total award ¥590,000.
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Presentations
| Invited talks: |
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| 2022 | Non-instantaneous Convection-convergence Feedback (NiCCF): the Time Scale and Role in MJO Propagation. International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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| 2022 | Non-instantaneous Convection-Convergence Feedback (NiCCF): the Time Scale and Role in MJO Propagation. Institute for Climate and Application Research, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.
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| 2021 | Noninstantaneous Feedback between Convective Heating and Low-Level Moisture Convergence in the Tropics: The Mechanism and Application in Cumulus Parameterization. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan.
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| Conference talks: |
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| 2023 | “Relay-race” Propagation of Super Clusters in a Cloud-permitting Simulation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. AOGS 20th Annual Meeting (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society), Singapore.
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| 2022 | Convective Response in a Cloud-permitting Simulation of the MJO: Time Scales and Processes. AOGS 19th Annual Meeting (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society), Virtual.
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| 2021 | Noninstantaneous Wave-CISK for the Interaction between Convective Heating and Low-level Moisture Convergence in the Tropics. AMS 34th Conference of Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (American Meteorology Society), Virtual.
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| 2021 | Noninstantaneous Feedback: The Mechanism and Application in MJO Simulation. The Youth Scientist Forum (Chinese Meteorology Society), virtual.
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| 2019 | Noninstantaneous Wave-CISK for the Interaction between Convective Heating and Low-level Moisture Convergence in the Tropics. The 6th Youth Geoscience Forum, Xining, China.
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| 2019 | Slow Feedback to Convective Heating and the Implication to Convectively Coupled Kelvin Wave. Cross-strait Seminar on Typhoon, Torrential Rain, and Short-term Climate, Taipei, China.
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| 2018 | Elevated Heat Source and the Eastward Propagation of the Low-level Response. AMS 33rd Conference of Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology (American Meteorology Society), Ponte Vedra, Florida.
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Selected Publications
| 1. | Liu, Y., Z. Tan, and Z. Wu, 2024: On the Eastward Propagation of Super Cloud Cluster within the MJO Envelope. J. Atmos. Sci., under review.
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| 2. | Peng, K., J.-J. Luo, and Y. Liu, 2023: Prediction of Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity in the NUIST-CFS1.0 Forecast System, Adv. Atmos. Sci., 40, 1309-1325. |
| 3. | Liu, Y., Z. Tan, and Z. Wu, 2022: Convective Response in a Cloud-permitting Simulation of the MJO: Time Scales and Processes. J. Atmos. Sci., 79, 1473-1490.
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| 4. | Liu, Y., Z. Tan, and Z. Wu, 2022: Enhanced Feedback between Shallow Convection and Low-Level Moisture Convergence Leads to Improved Simulation of MJO Eastward Propagation. J. Climate, 35, 591–615.
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| 5. | Liu, Y., Z. Tan, and Z. Wu, 2019: Noninstantaneous Wave-CISK for the Interaction between Convective Heating and Low-Level Moisture Convergence in the Tropics. J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 2083–2101.
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Service
| 2023 | Convener of session, The 8th Youth Geoscience Forum, Wuhan, China.
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| 2022 - | Editor, Torrential Rain and Disasters (in Chinese).
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| 2022 | Guest editor, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
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Teaching
| 2024 | Introduction to Tropical Cyclones, Nanjing University.
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| Courses as a TA: |
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| 2018-2019 | Dynamic Meteorology, Nanjing University.
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| 2014-2015 | Dynamic Meteorology, Nanjing University.
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