Dr. Feili Li
Professor of Physical Oceanography
Email: feili.li@xmu.edu.cn
▶Professor, Xiamen University（2021.02–）
▶Senior Research Scientist, Georgia Institute of Technology（2019.10–2021.01）
▶Research Scientist, Duke University（2017.02–2019.09）
▶Postdoctoral Research Associate, Duke University（2014.10–2017.01）
▶Postdoctoral Research Fellow, George Mason University（2014.05–2014.09）
▶Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography, University of Delaware（2014）
▶We are interested in understanding how and why the large-scale ocean circulation changes, and how the change affects the ocean's heat and freshwater (re)distributions and the feedback. Current research interests include:
1. Deep-water formation and transport
2. Meridional overturning circulation
3. Heat and freshwater exchanges across ocean basins
4. Ocean observing system configuration
In our research, we incorporate field and satellite observations for characterizing changes in ocean currents and properties, and utilize model output to investigate processes that occur at the time scales longer than the observational records.
▶Li, F., M.S. Lozier, S. Bacon, A. Bower, S.A. Cunningham, M.F. de Jong, B. deYoung, N. Fraser, N. Fried, G. Han, N.P. Holliday, J. Holte, L. Houpert, M.E. Inall, W.E. Johns, S. Jones, C. Johnson, J. Karstensen, I.A. LeBras, P. Lherminier, X. Lin, H. Mercier, M. Oltmanns, A. Pacini, T. Petit, R.S. Pickart, D. Rayner, F. Straneo, V. Thierry, M. Visbeck, I. Yashayaev, C. Zhou, 2021: Subpolar North Atlantic western boundary density anomalies and the Meridional Overturning Circulation, Nature Communications, 12, 3002, doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23350-2.
▶Li, F., M.S. Lozier, N.P. Holliday, W.E. Johns, I.A. Le Bras, B.I. Moat, S.A. Cunningham, F.M. de Jong, 2021: Observation-based estimates of heat and freshwater exchanges from the subtropical North Atlantic to the Arctic, Progress in Oceanography, 197, 102640, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102640.
▶Fu, Y., F. Li, J. Karstensen, C. Wang, 2020: A stable Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in a changing North Atlantic Ocean since the 1990s, Science Advances, 6(48), eabc7836, doi:10.1126/sciadv.abc7836.
▶Li, F., M.S. Lozier, G. Danabasoglu, N.P. Holliday, Y.-O. Kwon, A. Romanou, S.G. Yeager, R. Zhang, 2019: Local and downstream relationships between Labrador Sea Water volume and North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation variability, Journal of Climate, 32(13), 3883–3898, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0735.1.
▶Lozier, M.S., F. Li, S. Bacon, F. Bahr, A.S. Bower, S.A. Cunningham, M.F. de Jong, L. de Steur, B. deYoung, J. Fischer, S.F. Gary, B.J.W. Greenan, N.P. Holliday, A. Houk, L. Houpert, M.E. Inall, W.E. Johns, H.L. Johnson, C. Johnson, J. Karstensen, G. Koman, I.A. Le Bras, X. Lin, N. Mackay, D.P. Marshall, H. Mercier, M. Oltmanns, R.S. Pickart, A.L. Ramsey, D. Rayner, F. Straneo, V. Thierry, D.J. Torres, R.G. Williams, C. Wilson, J. Yang, I. Yashayaev, J. Zhao, 2019: A sea change in our view of overturning in the subpolar North Atlantic, Science, 363(6426), 516-521, doi:10.1126/science.aau6592.
▶Member, CLIVAR Atlantic Region Panel (2025-2027)
▶Co-chair, XMAS Local Organizing Committee (2023-2025)
▶Review panelist and ad-hoc reviewer for the U.S. National Science Foundation Physical Oceanography Program
▶Reviewer for Science Advances, Reviews of Geophysics, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, Ocean Sciences, Earth System Science Data, Scientific Reports
