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Refereed

2017

Yu, L., X. Jin, S.A. Josey, T. Lee, A. Kumar, C. Wen, and X. Yan, 2017. The global ocean water cycle in atmospheric reanalysis, satellite, and ocean salinity. Journal of Climate, doi: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0479.1

* Song, X., and L. Yu, 2017. Air-sea heat flux climatologies in the Mediterranean Sea: Surface energy balance and its consistency with ocean heat storage.  Journal of Geophysical  Research - Oceans, 112, 4068-4087, doi: 10.1002/2016JC012254.

Yu, L., X. Jin, E. W. Schulz, and S. A. Josey, 2017. Air-sea interaction regimes in the sub-Antarctic Southern Ocean and Antarctic marginal ice zone revealed by icebreaker measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi: 10.1002/2016JC012281.

Evans, D. G., J. Toole, G. Forget, J. D. Zika, A. C. Naveira Garabato, A. J. G. Nurser, and L. Yu, 2017.  Recent wind-driven changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-16-0089.1.

Wen, C., Y. Xue, A. Kumar, D. Behringer, and L. Yu, 2017. How do uncertainties in NCEP R2 and CFSR surface fluxes impact tropical ocean simulations? Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3516-6.

Yu, L., X. Jin, S. Kato, N. G. Loeb, P. W. Stackhouse, R. A. Weller, and A. C. Wilber, 2017. Global ocean heat, freshwater, and momentum fluxes. The State of Climate in 2016, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(8), S75-S81, doi:10.1175/2017BAMS StateoftheClimate.1.

2016

Boutin, J.,  Y. Chao, W.E. Asher, T. Delcroix, R. Drucker, K. Drushka, N. Kolodziejczyk, T. Lee, N. Reul, G. Reverdin, J. Schanze, A. Soloviev, L. Yu, J. Anderson, L. Brucker, E. Dinnat, A.S. Garcia, W.L. Jones, C. Maes, T. Meissner, W. Tang, N. Vinogradova, and B. Ward, 2016.  Satellite and in situ salinity: Understanding near-surface stratification and sub-footprint variability. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 97, 1391–1407, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00032.1.

Yu, L., R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, X. Jin, S. Kato, N. G. Loeb, P. W. Stackhouse, R. A. Weller, and A. C. Wilber, 2016.  Global ocean heat, freshwater, and momentum fluxes. In:  State of Climate in 2015, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(8), S74-S78, https://doi.org/10.1175/2016BAMS StateoftheClimate.1.

2015

Jin, X., L. Yu, D. L. Jackson, and G. A. Wick, 2015. An improved near-surface specific humidity and air temperature climatology for the SSM/I satellite period. Journal of  Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology,  32, 412–433, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00080.1.

Yu, L., 2015. Sea-surface salinity fronts and associated salinity-minimum zones in the tropical ocean.  Journal of Geophysical  Research - Oceans, 120, 4205–4225, doi:10.1002/2015JC010790

Yu, L., X. Jin, P. W. Stackhouse, A. C. Wilber, S. A. Josey, Y. Xue, and A. Kumar, 2015. Ocean surface heat and momentum fluxes. In:  State of the Climate in 2014.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological  Society96(7), S68-S71,  https://doi.org/10.1175/2015 BAMSStateoftheClimate.1.

Josey, S. A., J. Grist, D. Kieke, I. Yashayaev, and L. Yu, 2015.  Extraordinary ocean cooling and new dense water formation in the North Atlantic. In: State of the Climate in 2014.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological  Society96(7), S67-S68, https://doi.org/10.1175/2015BAMS StateoftheClimate.1.

Liang, X.*, and L. Yu, 2015.  Variations of the global net air-sea heat flux during the “hiatus” period (2001-2010). Journal of Climate. 29, 3647–3660, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0626.1.

2014

Yu, L., X. Jin, P.W. Stackhouse Jr., Y. Xue, and A. Kumar, 2014. [Global Oceans] Ocean surface heat and momentum fluxes.  In: State of the Climate in 2013. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95(7), S57-S60.

Yu, L., and X. Jin, 2014.  Insights on the OAFlux ocean surface vector wind analysis merged from scatterometers and passive microwave radiometers (1987 onward).  Journal of Geophysical  Research - Oceans, 119, doi:10.1002/2013JC009648.

Josey, S. A., L. Yu, S. Gulev, X. Jin, N. Tilinina, B. Barnier, and L. Brodeau, 2014. Unexpected impacts of the Tropical Pacific array on reanalysis surface meteorology and heat fluxes. Geophysical  Research  Letters, 41, 6213-6220, doi:10.1002/2014GL061302.

Yu, L., and X. Jin, 2014. Confidence and sensitivity study of the OAFlux multi-sensor synthesis of the global ocean-surface vector wind from 1987 onward. Journal of Geophysical  Research - Oceans, 119, 6842–6862, doi:10.1002/2014JC010194.

Yu, L., 2014. Coherent evidence from Aquarius and Argo for the existence of a shallow low-salinity convergence zone beneath the Pacific ITCZ. Journal of Geophysical  Research - Oceans , 119, 7625–7644, doi:10.1002/2014JC010030.

2013

Seiji, K., N. G. Loeb, F. G. Rose, D. R. Doelling, D. A. Rutan, T. E. Caldwell, L. Yu, and R. A. Weller, 2013. Surface irradiances consistent with CERES-derived top-of-atmosphere shortwave and longwave irradiances. Journal of Climate, 26, 2719–2740, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00436.1.

Song, X., and L. Yu, 2013. How much net surface heat flux should go into the Western Pacific Warm Pool? Journal of Geophysical  Research - Oceans, 118, 3569-3585, DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20246.

Jin, X., and L. Yu, 2013. Assessing high-resolution analysis of surface heat fluxes in the Gulf Stream region. Journal of Geophysical  Research - Oceans, 118, 5353-5375, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20386.

2012

Yu, L., and P. W. Stackhouse, 2012.  Global ocean heat fluxes.  In: State of the climate in 2011.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(8), S53-S57, https://doi.org/10.1175/2013BAMSStateoftheClimate.1.

Song, X., and L. Yu, 2012.  High latitude contribution to global variability of sensible heat flux at the air-sea interface.  Journal of  Climate special collection on “CLIVAR/SeaFlux High Latitude Surface Fluxes,” 25, 3515-3531, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00028.1.

Yu, L., and X. Jin, 2012.  Buoy perspective of a high-resolution global ocean vector wind analysis using passive radiometers and active scatterometers from 1987 to the present.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, C11013, doi:10.1029/2012JC008069.

Gimeno, L., A. Stohl, R. Trigo, F. Dominguez, K. Yoshimura, L. Yu, A. Drumond, A. Duran-Quesada, and R. Nieto, 2012.  Oceanic and terrestrial sources of continental precipitation.  Review of Geophysics, 50(4), doi:10/1029/2012RG000389

2011

Nof, D., S. vanGorder, and L. Yu, 2011.  Thoughts on a variable meridional overturning cell and a variable heat-flux to the atmosphere.  Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 104, doi.10.1080/03091929.2010.481383.

Yu, L., X. Jin, and R. Weller, 2011.  Global Ocean heat fluxes.  In: State of the Climate in 2010.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92(6), S1-S266, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477-92.6.S1.

Yu, L., and M. J. McPhaden, 2011.  Ocean preconditioning of Cyclone Nargis in the Bay of Bengal:  Interaction between Rossby waves, surface fresh waters, and sea surface temperatures.  Journal of Physical Oceanography., 41, 1741–1755, doi:10.1175/2011JPO4437.1.

Zhang, L-P., L-X. Wu, and L. Yu, 2011.  Oceanic origin of recent La-Ninã like warming.  Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 28(5), 1109-1117 doi:10.1007/s00376-010-0129-6.

Yu, L., 2011.   A global relationship between the ocean water cycle and near-surface salinity.  Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 116, C10025, 17 pages, doi:10.1029/2010JC006937.

2010

Yu, L., 2010.  On surface salinity skin effect under evaporation conditions and implications for remote sensing of ocean salinity.  Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40, 85-102, https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JPO4168.1.

Yu, L., and R. A. Weller, 2010.  Global ocean heat fluxes.  In:  State of the Climate in 2009.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91(7), S59-S63,

Yu, L., 2010.  Sea surface exchanges of momentum, heat, and freshwater determined by satellite remote sensing.  Elements of Physical Oceanography:  A Derivative of the Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences.  S. Thorpe (Ed). Academic Press, London, UK.  627 pp. 135-144.

Schanze, J. J., R. W. Schmitt, and L. Yu, 2010.  The global oceanic freshwater cycle:  A state-of-the-art  quantification.  Journal of Marine  Research, 68, 569-595.

2009

Joyce, T. M., Y-O. Kwon, and L. Yu, 2009.  On the relationship between Synoptic Wintertime Atmospheric Variability and path shifts in the Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension. Journal of Climate, 22(12), 3177-3192, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JCLI2690.1

Yu, L., 2009. Sea surface exchanges of momentum, heat, and freshwater determined by satellite remote sensing. In: Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (Second Edition).  Editor-in-Chief:  John H. Steele, Karl K. Turekian, and Steve A. Thorpe.  Elsevier LTD, 202-211, ISBN: 978-0-12-374473-9.

McPhaden, M. J., G. Meyers, K. Ando, Y. Masumoto, V. S. N. Murty, M. Ravichandran, F. Syamsudin, J. Vialard, L. Yu, and W. Yu, 2009.  RAMA:  The research moored array for African-Asian-Australian monsoon analysis and prediction.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 459-480, DOI:10.1175/2008BAMS2608.1.

2008

Bourles, B., R. Lumpkin, M. J. McFadden, F. Hernandez, P. Nobre, E. Campos, L. Yu, S. Planton, A. Busalacchi, A. D. Moura, J. Servain, and  J.  Trotte, 2008.  The Pirata Program:  history accomplishments, and future directions.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89, 1111-1125, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2462.1.

Levinson, D. H., J. H. Lawrimore, et al., 2008.  State of the climate in 2007.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89, S1-S179, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-89-7-StateoftheClimate

2007

Yu, L., X. Jin, and R. A. Weller, 2007.  Annual, seasonal, and interannual variability of air-sea heat fluxes in the Indian Ocean.  Journal of Climate, 20(13), 3190–3209, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI4163.1.Tziperman, E., and L. Yu, 2007.  Quantifying the dependence of westerly wind bursts on the large-scale tropical Pacific SST.  Journal of Climate, 20(12), 2760-2768, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI4138a.1.Yu, L., 2007.  Global variations in oceanic evaporation (1958-2005):  The role of the changing wind speed.  Journal of Climate, 20(21), 5376-5390, https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JCLI1714.1.

Yu, L., and R. A. Weller, 2007.  Objectively analyzed air-sea heat fluxes for the global ice-free oceans (1981-2005).  Bulletin of the  American  Meteorological  Society, 88(4), 527-539, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-88-4-527.

2006

Yu, L., and R. A. Weller, 2006.  Oceanic heat fluxes in 2005.  In: State of the Climate in 2005.  K. A. Shein, Ed. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(6), 24-25, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-87-6-shein.

Yu, L., X. Jin, and R. A. Weller, 2006.  Role of net surface heat flux in the seasonal evolution of sea surface temperature in the Atlantic Ocean.  Journal of Climate, 9(23), 6153-6169, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3970.1.

2005

Eisenman, I., L. Yu, and E. Tziperman, 2005.  Westerly wind bursts:  ENSO’s tail rather than the dog?  Journal of Climate, 18(24), 5224-5238, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI3588.1.

2004

Yu, L., R. A. Weller, and B. Sun, 2004.  Improving latent and sensible heat flux estimates for the Atlantic Ocean (1988-1999) by a synthesis approach.  Journal of Climate, 17, 373-393, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0373:ILASHF>2.0.CO;2.

Yu, L., R. A. Weller, and B. Sun, 2004.  Mean and variability of the WHOI daily latent and sensible heat fluxes at in situ flux measurement sites in the Atlantic Ocean.  Journal of Climate, 17, 2096-2118, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2096:MAVOTW>2.0.CO;2.

2003

Yu, L., 2003.  Variability of the depth of the 20°C isotherm along 6°N in the Bay of Bengal: Its response to remote and local forcing and its relation to satellite SSH variability. Deep-Sea Research II, 50, 2285-2304, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00057-2

Yu, L., R. A. Weller, and W. T. Liu, 2003.  Case analysis of a role of ENSO in regulating the generation of westerly wind bursts in the Western Equatorial Pacific.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C4), 3128, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001498.

Sun, B., L Yu, and R A. Weller, 2003.  Comparisons of surface meteorology and turbulent heat fluxes over the Atlantic: NWP model analyses versus moored buoy observations.  Journal of Climate, 16, 679-695, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0679:COSMAT>2.0.CO;2.

2002

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2001

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2000

Yu, L., and M. M. Rienecker, 2000.  The Indian Ocean warming of 1997-1998.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 105 (C7), 16,923-16,939, doi: 10.1029/2000JC900068

1999

Yu, L., and M. Rienecker, 1999.  Mechanisms for the Indian Ocean warming during the 1997-1998 El Niño.  Geophysical Research Letters, 26(6), 735-738, doi: 10.1029/1999GL900072.

1998

Yu, L., and M. Rienecker, 1998.  Evidence of extratropical atmospheric influence during the onset of the 1997-98 El Niño.  Geophysical Research Letters, 25(18), 3537-3540, doi: 10.1029/98GL02628.

Yu, L., and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, 1998.  Inverse modeling of the seasonal variations in the North Atlantic Ocean.  Journal of Physical Oceanography, 28, 902-922, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0902:IMOSVI>2.0.CO;2

Yang, J., L. Yu, C. J. Koblinsky, and D. Adamec, 1998.  Dynamics of the seasonal variation in the Indian Ocean from TOPEX/POSEIDON sea surface height and an ocean model.  Geophysical Research Letters, 25 (11), 1915-1918, doi: 10.1029/98GL01401.

1997

None

1996

Yu, L., and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, 1996.  Analysis of the North Atlantic climatologies using the combined OGCM/adjoint approach.  Journal of Marine Research, 54, 867-913, doi: https://doi.org/10.1357/ 0022240963213592

1995

Yu, L., and J. J. O'Brien, 1995.  Variational data assimilation for determining the seasonal net surface heat flux using a tropical Pacific Ocean model.  Journal of Physical Oceanography, 25, 2319-2343, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1995)025<2319:VDAFDT>2.0.CO;2.

1994

None

1993

None

1992

Yang, J., and L. Yu, 1992.  Propagation of equatorially trapped waves on a sloping thermocline. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 22, 573-582, https://doi. org/10.1175/1520-0485(1992)022<0573: POETWO>2.0.CO;2

Yu, L., and J. J. O'Brien, 1992.  On the initial condition in parameter estimation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 22, 1361-1364, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1992)022<1361: OTICIP>2.0.CO;2

1991

Yu, L., and J. J. O'Brien, 1991.  Variational estimation of the wind stress drag coefficient and the oceanic eddy viscosity profile.  Journal of Physical Oceanography, 21, 709-719. https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1991)021<0709:VEOTWS>2.0.CO;2

Yu, L., J. J. O'Brien, and J. Yang, 1991.  On the remote forcing to the circulations in the Bay of Bengal. Journal of Geophysical Research, 96, 20,449-20,454, doi: 10.1029/91JC02424.

* Visiting Scholar

Book Chapter

Josey, S.A., S. Gulev, and L. Yu, 2013. Exchanges through the ocean surface. In, Siedler, G., Griffies, S., Gould, J. and Church, J. (eds.) Ocean Circulation and Climate: A 21st Century Perspective. 2nd Ed. Oxford, GB, Academic Press, 115-140. (International Geophysics, 103).

Non-refereed

2017

Yu, L., and M.J. McPhaden, 2017. IndOOS review white paper. Chapter on “Improvement of Surface Fluxes.”

2014

Cronin, M. F., Bourassa, M., Clayson, C., Edson, J., Fairall, C., Feely, R., Kumar, K., Large, W., Mathis, J., McPhaden, M., O’Neill, L., Pinker, R., Takahashi, K., Tomita, H., Weller, R., Yu, L., and Zhang, C., 2014: Wind stress and air-sea fluxes observations: status, implementation and gaps. TPOS 2020 Collection.

2012

Fairall, C.W., M.A. Bourassa, M.F. Cronin, S.R. Smith, R.A. Weller, G. Wick, S. Woodruff, L. Yu, and H.-M. Zhang. Observations to quantify air-sea fluxes and their role in global variability and predictability. In Proceedings of the IOOS Summit, Interagency Ocean Observation. Committee (IOOC), Herndon, Virginia, 13-16 November 2012, http://www.iooc.us/summit/white-paper-submissions/community-white-paper-submissions/.

Yu, L., K. Haines, M. Bourassa, M. Cronin, S. Gulev, S. Josey, S. Kato, A. Kumar, T. Lee, and D. Roemmich. Towards achieving global closure of ocean heat and freshwater budgets: Recommendations for advancing research in air-sea fluxes through collaborative activities. In Report of the CLIVAR/GSOP/WHOI Workshop on Ocean Syntheses and Surface Flux. Evaluation, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 27-30 November 2012, WCRP Informal/Series Rep. No. 13/2013, ICPO Informal Rep. 189/13, 42 pp., 2013.

2009

Masumoto, Y., W. Yu, N. D’Adamo, L. Beal, W. P M. de Ruijter, M. Dyoulgerov, J. Hermes, T. Lee, Jr., E. Lutjeharms, J. P. McCreary, Jr., M. J. McPhaden, V. S. N. Murty, D. Obura, C. B. Pattiaratchi, M. Ravichandran, C. Reason, F. Syamsudin, G. Vecchi, J. Vialard, L. Yu, 2009.  Observing systems in the Indian Ocean.  Proceedings of the “OceanObs’09:  Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society” Conference (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, J. Hall, D. E. Harrison, and D. Stammer, Eds.

Schmitt, R. W., T. Boyer, G. Lagerloef, J. Schanze, S. Wijffels, and L. Yu, 2009.  Salinity and the global water cycle.  Proceedings of the “OceanObs’09:  Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society: Conference (Vol. 1), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, J. Hall, D. E. Harrison, and D. Stammer, Eds.

2001

Yu, L., B. Sun, and R. A. Weller, 2001. New daily air-sea flux fields for the Atlantic Ocean - Preliminary Results. Proceedings of the WCRP/SCOR Workshop on Intercomparison and Validation of Ocean-Atmosphere Flux Fields, Potomac, Maryland, May, 2001.

Yu, L., 2001. SST dynamics in the Indian warm water pool. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Ocean-Atmospheric Coupled Dynamics in the Indian Ocean, Tokyo, Japan, December 17-18, 2001.

Thesis and Technical Reports

2016

Lee, T., S. Yueh, G. Lagerloef, M. Steele, A. Thompson, M. Flexas, A. Gordon, S. Brown, Ti. Liu, E. Bayler, F. Bingham, S. Bulusu, K. Drushka, P. Durack, S. Grodsky, R. Matano, G. Manucharayan, T. Meissner, N. Vinogradova, F. Wentz, L. Yu, G. Heygster, J. Boutin, B. Rabe, A. Alvera Azcarate, C. Gommenginger, M. Portabella, N. Reul, M. Rhein, R. Sabia, M. Srokosz, and D. Stammer, 2016: Linkages of salinity with ocean circulation, water cycle, and climate variability. Response to NRC 2017-2027 Decadal Survey Request for Information #2, pp.19. Available at http://surveygizmoresponseuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/ fileuploads/15647/2604456/107-1abc9aa1a37ab7e77d91d86598954a50_LeeTong.pdf

Compo, G., J. Carton, X. Dong, A. Kumar, S. Saha, J. S. Woollen, L. Yu, and H. M. Archambault, 2016: Report from the NOAA Climate Reanalysis Task Force Technical Workshop. NOAA OAR Technical Report CPO-4, Silver Spring, MD. Available at http://cpo.noaa.gov/sites/cpo/MAPP/pdf/ClimateReanalysisTaskForceWorkshopReport.pdf. doi: 10.7289/V53J39ZZ

2013

Yu, L., and X. Jin, 2013. Technical report four-part series on the newly developed OAFlux vector wind analysis under NASA funding support: OAFlux High-Resolution Ocean-Surface Vector Wind Analysis Synergized from Satellite Scatterometers and Radiometers. OAFlux Project Technical Report No. OA-2013-01. All are available at ftp://oaflux.whoi.edu/OAFlux wind reports.

Part I. Methodology, approaches, and challenging technical issues. 81pp.
Part II. Error estimation. 57pp.
Part III. Time-mean patterns of wind and error fields. 32 pp.
Part IV. Evaluation based on buoys and independent scatterometers. 75pp

2010

Yu, L., and X. Jin, 2010.  Satellite-based global ocean vector wind analysis by the Objectively Analyzed Air-sea Fluxes (OAFlux) Project:  Establishing consistent vector wind time series from July 1987 onward through synergizing microwave radiometers and scatterometers.  WHOI OAFlux Technical Report.

2008

Yu, L., J. Xin and R. A. Weller, 2008.  Multidecade global flux datasets from the Objectively Analyzed Air-sea Fluxes (OAFlux) project:  latent and sensible heat fluxes, ocean evaporation, and related surface meteorological variables.  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, OAFlux Project Tech. Rep. OA-2008-01, 64 pp.

Whelan, S., J. Lord, C. Grados, L. Yu, L. Morales, N. Galbraith, S. P. de Szoeke, M. O’Leary, R. Weller, P. Bouchard, T. Farrar and F. Bradley, 2008.  Stratus ocean reference station (20°S, 85°W) mooring recovery and deployment cruise STRATUS 8, R/V Ronald H. Brown Cruise 07-09.  October 9, 2007 – November 6, 2007.  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report, WHOI-2008-01, 101 pp.

2002

Yu, L., B. Sun, and R. A. Weller, 2002. Developing daily latent and sensible heat fluxes for the Atlantic Ocean by synthesizing satellite retrievals and outputs of numerical weather prediction models (1988-1999). Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report, 38pp+14figs.

1998

Yu, L., and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, 1998. Inverse modeling of seasonal variations in the North Atlantic Ocean. Report No. 61, Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

1996

Yu, L., and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, 1996. Analysis of the North Atlantic climatologies using the combined OGCM/adjoint approach. Report No. 46, Center for Global Change Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

1992

Yu, L., 1992. Determining the surface heat flux distribution over the tropical Pacific Ocean by the adjoint method. Technical Report, Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction Group, Florida State University.

1990

Yu, L., 1990. Using Ocean Current Data to Determine the Wind Stress. Master's Thesis, Florida State University.