CV

Education

• B.S. in Ocean University of China, 2013
• M.S. in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
• Ph.D in University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
• Ph.D Certificate in Computational Science and Engineering in University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign, 2018

Professional appointments

• 2020-present: Project Scientist I
  • Climate & Global Dynamics Lab, National Center for Atmospheric Research
• 2018-2020: Postdoctoral Associate
  • Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
• 2013-2018: Research Assistant
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Publications

Modeled sensitivity of the N orthwestern P acific upper‐ocean response to tropical cyclones in a fully coupled climate model with varying ocean grid resolution

Li, H., Sriver, R., Goes, M. (2015). "Modeled sensitivity of the N orthwestern P acific upper‐ocean response to tropical cyclones in a fully coupled climate model with varying ocean grid resolution." Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans.121(11), 8305-8319.

Effects of ocean grid resolution on tropical cyclone‐induced upper ocean responses using a global ocean general circulation model

Li, H., & Sriver, R. (2016). "Effects of ocean grid resolution on tropical cyclone‐induced upper ocean responses using a global ocean general circulation model." Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans.121(11), 8305-8319.

Regional variations in the ocean response to tropical cyclones: Ocean mixing versus low cloud suppression

Huang, A., Li, H., Sriver, R. L., Fedorov, A. V., & Brierley, C. M. (2017). "Regional variations in the ocean response to tropical cyclones: Ocean mixing versus low cloud suppression." Geophysical Research Letters. 44(4), 1947-1955.

Tropical cyclone activity in the high‐resolution community earth system model and the impact of ocean coupling

Li, H., & Sriver, R. (2018). " Tropical cyclone activity in the high‐resolution community earth system model and the impact of ocean coupling." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 10,(2018): 165-186.

Impact of tropical cyclones on the global ocean: Results from multidecadal global ocean simulations isolating tropical cyclone forcing

Li, H., & Sriver, R. (2018). " Impact of tropical cyclones on the global ocean: Results from multidecadal global ocean simulations isolating tropical cyclone forcing." Journal of Climate. 31(21), 8761-8784.

Impact of air–sea coupling on the simulated global tropical cyclone activity in the high-resolution Community Earth System Model (CESM)

Li, H., & Sriver, R. (2019). "Impact of air–sea coupling on the simulated global tropical cyclone activity in the high-resolution Community Earth System Model (CESM)." Climate Dynamics. (53),3731–3750

AMOC Stability and Diverging Response to Arctic Sea Ice Decline in Two Climate Models

Li, H., Fedorov, A., & Liu, W. (2021). " AMOC Stability and Diverging Response to Arctic Sea Ice Decline in Two Climate Models. " Journal of Climate. 34(13), 5443-5460.

Persistent freshening of the Arctic Ocean and changes in the North Atlantic salinity caused by Arctic sea ice decline

Li, H., & Fedorov, A. (2021). "Persistent freshening of the Arctic Ocean and changes in the North Atlantic salinity caused by Arctic sea ice decline" Climate Dynamics. 1-19

Talks

• Li, H. (2021): Can Tropical Cyclones Affect the Climate? Invited seminar at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.
• Li, H., Fedorov, A. V.(2020): Arctic Ocean Freshening Caused by Intensification of Sea Ice Seasonal Cycle, Ocean Sciences Meeting, AGU 2020
• Li, H.,(2020): Can Hurricanes affect the Climate? Climate and Global Dynamics seminar series, National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Li, H.,(2020): AMOC stability and response to Arctic sea ice decline: contrasting two models, Scientific Report, National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Li, H., Fedorov, A. V.(2019): Arctic Ocean Freshening Caused by Intensification of Sea Ice Seasonal Cycle, 15th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
• Li, H. (2018): Investigating Tropical Cyclone-Climate Interactions Using the High-resolution Community Earth System Model (CESM), Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics Seminar Series at Yale
• Li, H., Sriver, R. (2018): Sensitivity of global TC activity to ocean-atmosphere coupling and atmospheric CO2 using the high-resolution Community Earth System Model, 2018 AGU Fall Meeting (CESM)
• Li, H., Sriver, R. (2018): Interactions Between Tropical Cyclones and The Global Ocean on Seasonal to Interannual Timescales Using the High Resolution Community Earth System Model, 2018 Ocean Science Meeting
• Li, H., Sriver, R. (2017): Impact of Ocean Coupling on the Simulated Tropical Cyclone Activity in the High-resolution Community Earth System Model, 2017 Aegean Conference – The 6th International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change
• Li, H., Sriver, R. (2017): Simulating Tropical Cyclones Using the High-resolution Earth System Model, Invited talk to Vrije Univerteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)
• Bock, D., Li, H., Sriver, R. (2017): Simulation and Visual Representation of Tropical Cyclone- Ocean Interactions, The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Network- ing, Storage and Analysis (SC17)
• Sriver, R., Li, H. (2017): Simulating and Visualizing Hurricane-Ocean Interactions using High- Resolution CESM, NCSA Faculty Fellow Brown Bag
• Li, H., Sriver, R. (2016): Analyzing tropical cyclone-climate interactions using the high resolu- tion Community Earth System Model, 2016 Blue Waters Annual Symposium
• Li, H., Sriver, R. (2015): Effect of tropical cyclones on the upper ocean – the role of horizontal ocean grid resolution, 2015 AGU Fall Meeing
• Li, H., Sriver, R., Goes, M. (2015): Analyzing the sensitivity of the northwestern Pacific upper ocean’s response to tropical cyclones in a fully-coupled climate model, The 5th International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change