I'm a postdoctor working with Prof. Yongmin Tang. I received my PhD degree from Imperial College London in 2018 and moved to Hohai University in 2020. I'm now focusing on tropical cyclone prediction with strongly coupled data assimilation. The effects on typhoon intensity forecast have been demonstrated using an idealised case. I have also worked on the physical balance issue of ocean ensemble data assimilation, as well as global climate prediction. I have published over ten papers, including one selected as editors' highlights by AGU.
EDUCATION
PhD. Physics 2014-2018
Imperial College London
Thesis: Applications of regional ocean Ensemble Kalman Filter data assimilation
Supervisor: Ralf Toumi
M.S. Physical Oceanography 2009-2012
Second Institute of Oceanography, SOA, China
Thesis: Study on air-sea CO2 flux in East China Sea and North Western Paci c
Supervisor: Dake Chen
B.S. Environmental Science 2005-2009
Ocean University of China
Thesis: Efficiency Assessment of Wavelet Analysis for Detection of Climate Regime Shifts
Thesis advisor: Zhe Liu
Selected Publications:
1. Yi LI* and Ralf TOUMI, Improved tropical cyclone forecast by assimilating coastal surface
currents in an idealized study, Geophysical Research Letters , 45 (2018).
2. Yi LI* and Ralf TOUMI, A balanced Kalman Filter ocean data assimilation system with
application to the South Australian Sea, Ocean Modelling , 116 (2017).
3. Yi LI, Xingrong CHEN*, Jing TAN, Yongyong HUANG and Yi CAI, An ENSO hindcast
experiment using CESM (in Chinese), Acta Oceanologica Sinica 9, 37 (2015).
4. Yi LI, Xingrong CHEN*, Jing TAN, Yongyong HUANG and Yi CAI, A Data Assimilation
Experiment Based on CESM (in Chinese), Marine Forecasts 3, 32 (2015)..
5. Hailun HE, Yi LI* and Dake CHEN, Effect of wind-wave on the air-sea CO2
ux in the North Paci c (in Chinese), Acta Oceanologica Sinica 4, 35 (2013).
