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Yanli Jia

Ocean Modeling Specialist

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

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Education

1989 - Ph.D. (Physical Oceanography), University of Southampton, U.K.
1983 - B.Sc. (Meteorology), Shangdong College of Oceanography (now Ocean University of China), Qingdao, China

Research Interests

Ocean circulation
Ocean processes: eddy dynamics, mixing, overflows, ventilation

Scientific Work Experience

Ocean Modeling Specialist, IPRC, SOEST, University of Hawaii, 2008 – present
Visiting Associate Researcher, IPRC, SOEST, University of Hawaii, 2004 – 2008
Senior Scientific Officer, Southampton Oceanography Centre, 1996 – 2004
Higher Scientific Officer, Southampton Oceanography Centre, 1990 – 1996
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of Southampton, 1988 – 1990

Refereed Publications

Iskandar, M.R., Y. Jia, H. Sasaki, R. Furue, S. Kida, T. Suga, and K.J. Richards, 2023: Effects of high-frequency flow variability on the pathways of the Indonesian Throughflow. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 128 (5), e2022JC019610, doi:10.1029/2022JC019610. IPRC-1598.
Jia, Y., K. J. Richards, and H. Annamalai, 2021: The impact of vertical resolution in reducing biases in sea surface temperature in a tropical Pacific Ocean model. Ocean Modelling, 157, 101722, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2020.101722. IPRC-1487.
Lindo-Atichati, D., Y. Jia, J. L. K. Wren, A. Antoniades, and D. R. Kobayashi, 2020: Eddies in the Hawaiian Archipelago Region: Formation, Characterization, and Potential Implications on Larval Retention of Reef Fish. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 125 (5), e2019JC015348, doi:10.1029/2019JC015348. IPRC-1468.
Jia, Y., G. C. Nihous, and K. Rajagopalan, 2018: An Evaluation of the Large-Scale Implementation of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Using an Ocean General Circulation Model with Low-Complexity Atmospheric Feedback Effects. J. Mar. Sci. Eng., 6 (1), 12, doi:10.3390/jmse6010012. IPRC-1378.
Wren, J. L. K., D. R. Kobayashi, Y. Jia, and R. J. Toonen, 2016: Modeled population connectivity across the Hawaiian Archipelago. PLoS ONE, 11 (12), e0167626, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167626. IPRC-1379.
Abecassis, M.A., J. Polovina, R.W. Baird, A. Copeland, J.C. Drazen, R. Domokos, E. Oleson, Y. Jia, G.S. Schorr, D.L. Webster, and R.D. Andrews, 2015: Characterizing a foraging hotspot for short-finned pilot whales and blainville’s beaked whales located off the west side of Hawai‘i Island by using tagging and oceanographic Data. PLoS ONE, 10 (11), e0142628, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0142628. IPRC-1380.
Furue, R., Y. Jia, J.P. McCreary, N. Schneider, K.J. Richards, P. Müller, B.D. Cornuelle, N. Martinez Avellaneda, D. Stammer, C. Liu, and A. Köhl, 2015: Impacts of regional mixing on the temperature structure of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Part 1: vertically uniform vertical diffusion. Ocean Modelling, 91, 91-111, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.10.002. IPRC-1081.
Jia, Y., R. Furue, and J.P. McCreary, 2015: Impacts of regional mixing on the temperature structure of the equatorial Pacific Ocean Part 2: depth-dependent vertical diffusion. Ocean Modelling, 91, 112-127, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.02.007. IPRC-1101.
Vaz, A., K.J. Richards, Y. Jia, and C. Paris, 2013: Mesoscale flow variability and its impact on connectivity for the island of Hawai'i. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40 (2), 332-337, doi:10.1029/2012GL054519. IPRC-965.
Jia, Y., P.H.R. Calil, E.P. Chassignet, E.J. Metzger, J.T. Potemra, K.J. Richards, and A.J. Wallcraft, 2011: Generation of mesoscale eddies in the lee of the Hawaiian Islands. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 116 (11), C11009, doi:10.1029/2011JC007305.
Christie, M.R., B.N. Tissot, M.A. Albins, J.P. Beets, Y. Jia, et al, 2010: Larval Connectivity in an Effective Network of Marine Protected Areas. PLoS ONE, 5 (12): e15715, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015715.
Calil, P.H.R., K.J. Richards, Y. Jia, and R.R. Bidigare, 2008: Eddy activity in the lee of the Hawaiian Islands. Deep-Sea Research II, 55, 1179-1194.
Jia, Y., A.C. Coward, B.A. de Cuevas, D.J. Webb, and S.S. Drijfhout, 2007: A model analysis of the behavior of the Mediterranean Water in the North Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 764-786.
Endoh, T., Y. Jia, and K.J. Richards, 2006: Sensitivity of the Ventilation Process in the North Pacific to the Eddy-Induced Tracer Transport. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 1895-1911.
Bacon, S., W.J. Gould, and Y. Jia, 2003: Open-ocean convection in the Irminger Sea. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, doi: 10.1029/2002GL016271.
Haine, T.W.N., K.J. Richards, and Y. Jia, 2003: Chlorofluorocarbon constraints on North Atlantic ventilation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33, 1798-1814.
Jia, Y., 2003: Ocean heat transport and its relationship to ocean circulation in the CMIP coupled models. Climate Dynamics, 20, 153-174.
Barnier, B., T. Reynaud, A. Beckmann, C. Boning, J.-M. Molines, S. Barnard, and Y. Jia, 2001: On the seasonal variability and eddies in the North Brazil Current: insights from model intercomparison experiments. Progress in Oceanography, 48, 195-230.
Boning, C.W., C. Dieterich, B. Barnier, and Y. Jia, 2001: Seasonal cycle of meridional heat transport in the subtropical North Atlantic: a model intercomparison in relation to observations near 25°N. Progress in Oceanography, 48, 231-254.
New, A.L., Y. Jia, M. Coulibaly, and J. Dengg, 2001: On the role of the Azores Current in the ventilation of the North Atlantic Ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 48, 163-194.
Willebrand, J., B. Barnier, C. Boning, C. Dieterich, P.D. Killworth, C. Le Provost, Y. Jia, J.-M. Molines, and A.L. New, 2001: Circulation characteristics in three eddy-permitting models of the North Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography, 48, 123-162.
Jia, Y., 2000: Formation of an Azores Current due to Mediterranean overflow in a modeling study of the North Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 2342-2358.
Jia, Y., and K.J. Richards, 1996: Tritium distributions in an isopycnic model of the North Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 11883-11901.
New, A.L., R. Bleck, Y. Jia, R. Marsh, M. Huddleston, and S. Barnard, 1995: An isopycnic model study of the North Atlantic. Part 1: model experiment. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 2667-2699.
Richards, K.J., Y. Jia, and C.F. Rogers, 1995: Dispersion of tracers by ocean gyres. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 873-887.