Dr. Zhiqiang Liu’s main research is in the area of general circulation and dynamics of the interactive basin-slope-shelf-estuary circulations in China Seas and their multiple-scale variabilities by integrating field observations and numerical models. Dr. Liu has published 8 peer-viewed SCI journal papers, which has been cited over 70 times.

Educational Background

2013-----Ph.D. in Marine Environmental Science, Division of Environment and Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

2009-----M.Sc. in Physical Oceanography, Second Institute of Oceanography. State Oceanic Administration, Hang Zhou, PRC

2006-----B.Sc. in Marine Management, Ocean University of China, Qing Dao, PRC

Work Experience

2019-Present-Assistant Professor, Department of Ocean Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China

2017-2018-----Research Assistant Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

2015-2017-----Research Associate, Division of Environment and Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

2013-2015-----Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Environment and Sustainability, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Publications

1. Quan, Q., Z. Cai, G. Jin, Z. Liu*, 2021. Topographic Rossby Waves in the Abyssal South China Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-20-0187.1. (IF=3.318)

2. Liu, Z., J. Gan, J. Hu, H. Wu, Z. Cai, Y. Deng, 2021. Progress on circulation dynamics in the East China Sea and southern Yellow Sea: Origination, pathways, and destinations of shelf currents. Progress In Oceanography, DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102553. (IF=4.060)

3. Liu, Z., J. Gan, J. Hu, H. Wu, Z. Cai, Y. Deng, 2021. Progress of studies on circulation dynamics in the East China Sea: the Kuroshio exchanges with the shelf currents. Frontiers in Marine Science, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.620910. (IF=3.661)

4. Liu, Z., J. Gan, H. Wu, J. Hu, Z. Cai, Y. Deng, 2021. Advances on Coastal and Estuarine Circulations Around the Changjiang Estuary in the Recent Decades (2000–2020). Frontiers in Marine Science, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.615929. (IF=3.661)

5. Li, D., J. Gan, C. Hui, L. Yu, Z. Liu, Z. Lu, S. Kao, M. Dai, 2021. Spatiotemporal development and dissipation of hypoxia induced by wind-driven shelf circulation off the Pearl River Estuary: observational and modeling studies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, DOI: 10.1029/2020JC016700. (IF=3.56).

6. Lai, W., J. Gan, Y. Liu, Z. Liu, J. Xie, J. Zhu, 2020. Assimilating in situ and remote sensing observations in a highly variable estuary-shelf model, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0084.1.(IF=1.952)

7. Li, Z., Wang. X, Hu. J, Andutta FP and Z. Liu*, 2020. A Study on an Anticyclonic-Cyclonic Eddy Pair Off Fraser Island, Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.594358.(IF=3.661)

8. Liu, Z., T. Zu, J. Gan, 2020. Dynamics of cross-shelf water exchanges off Pearl River Estuary in summer, Progress in Oceanography, 102465, DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102465.(IF=4.060)

9. Zhao, H., M. Dai, J. Gan, X. Zhao, Z. Lu, L. Liang, Z. Liu, J. Su, Z. Cao, 2020. River-dominated pCO2 dynamics in the northern South China Sea during summer: a modeling study, Progress in Oceanography, DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102457.(IF=4.060)

10. Li, D., J. Gan, R. Hui, Z. Liu, L. Yu, Z. Lu, & Dai, M, 2020. Vortex and biogeochemical dynamics for the hypoxia formation within the coastal transition zone off the Pearl River Estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, DOI: 10.1029/2020jc016178. (IF=3.56)

11. Gan, J., Z. Liu, Rex. Hui, Z. Cai, 2020. The Changing Circulation of Asia-Pacific Marginal Seas in the South China Sea: A Physical View, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-4886-4_11

12. Wang, C., Z. Liu, C. K. Harris, X. Wu, Wang, 2020. The impact of winter storms on sediment transport through a narrow strait, Bohai, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, DOI: 10.1029/2020jc016069. (IF=3.56)

13. Duan, H., J. Xu, X. Wu, H. Wang, Z. Liu, & C. Wang., 2020. Periodic Oscillation of Sediment Transport Influenced by Winter Synoptic Events, Bohai Strait, China. Water, 12(4), 986. DOI :10.3390/w12040986. (IF=2.544)

14. Liu, Z., and J. Gan, 2020. A modeling study of estuarine-shelf circulation using a composite tidal and subtidal open boundary condition. Ocean Modelling, 147 (2020) 101563. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2019.101563. (IF=3.215)

15. Cai, Z., J. Gan, Z. Liu, Rex Hui, J. Li, 2019. Progress on the formation dynamics of the layered circulation in the South China Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 181 (202) 102246. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102246. (IF=4.060)

16. Duan, H., C. Wang, Z. Liu, H. Wang, W. Xiao, and J. Xu, 2019. Summer wind gusts modulate transport through a narrow strait, Bohai, China. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106526. (IF=2.33)

17. Wang, D., Q. Wang, S. Cai, X. Shang, S. Peng, Y. Shu, J. Xiao, X. Xie, Z. Zhang, Z. Liu, J. Lan, D. Chen, H. Xue, G. Wang, J. Gan, X. Xie, R. Zhang, H. Chen, and Q. Yang., 2019. Advances in research of the mid-deep South China Sea circulation. Science China Earth Science, 62, DOI: 10.1007/s11430-019-9546-3.(IF=3.242)

18. Wang, X., J. Zhang, X. Zhao, Z. Chen, Y. Ying, Z. Li, D. Xu, Z. Liu, and M. Zhou, 2019. Vertical distribution and diel migration of mesopelagic fishes on the northern slope of the South China Sea. Deep Sea Research. II, DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.05.009.(IF=2.697)

19. Liu, Z., J. Gan, and X. Wu, 2018. Coupled summer circulation and dynamics between a bay and the adjacent shelf around Hong Kong: Observational and modeling studies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 6463–6480. DOI: 10.1029/2018JC013830. (IF=3.389)

20. Liu, Z., and J. Gan, 2017. Three-dimensional pathways of water masses in the South China Sea: A modeling study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122, 6039–6054. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012511. (IF=3.389)

21. Liu, Z., and J. Gan, 2016. Open boundary conditions for tidally and subtidally forced circulation in a limited-area coastal model using the regional ocean modeling system (ROMS). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121, 6184-6203. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC011975. (IF=3.389)

22. Gan, J., Z. Liu, and L. Liang, 2016. Numerical modeling of intrinsically and extrinsically forced seasonal circulation in the China Seas: A kinematic study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121, 4697-4715. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC011800. (IF=3.389)

23. Gan, J., Z. Liu, and C. Hui, 2016. A three-layer alternating spinning circulation in the South China Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46, 2309-2315. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0044.1. (IF=3.318)

24. Liu, Z., and J. Gan, 2015. Upwelling induced by the frictional stress curl and vertical squeezing of the vortex tube over a submerged valley in the East China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120, 2571–2587. DOI: 10.1002/2015JC010715. (IF=3.389)

25. Liu, Z., and J. Gan, 2014. Modeling study of variable upwelling circulation in the East China Sea: Response to a coastal promontory. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44, 1078-1094.DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0170.1. (IF=3.318)

26. Liu, Z., and J. Gan, 2012. Variability of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea derived from satellite altimetry data. Deep Sea Research. I, 59, 25-36. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.10.008. (IF=2.606)