Mailing and Contact Information: 331 Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex Coastal Studies Institute Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences School of the Coast and Environment Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA -70803 Tel:225-578-3619 Fax:225-578-2520 E-mail: cli@lsu.edu	Chunyan Li Assistant Professor

Education:

Ph. D. University of Connecticut, Oceanography, 1996
M. S. Institute of Oceanography, Academy of Science, PRC, Physical Oceanography, 1985
B. S. University of Science and Technology of China, Atmospheric Physics, 1982

Grants:

• 2008-2009 National Science Foundation – Mississippi river flood of 2008: flood- pulsed experiments of coastal ecosystem dynamics (PI J.R. White; Co-PI S. Bargu, R. Fulweiler, S. Green, and C. Li).


• 2006-2009 LUMCON - NGOMEX 2006: integrated observational studies of hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico (PI R.E. Turner, Co-PIs C. Li and G.W. Stone).


• 2006-2009 Louisiana Board of Regents - Determining the relative contributions of Ekman transport and other meteorologically-driven flows and astronomical tides (PI R.F. Shaw, Co-PIs N. Walker and C. Li).


• 2005-2009 Office of Naval Research - Analysis of fine structures of flow, hydrography, and fronts in Taiwan Strait (PI C. Li).


• 2006-2009 Mineral Management Service - Analysis of the real-time MMS ADCPs from oil platforms and the effects of the LOOP Current and LOOP current eddies (PI C. Li, Co-PI L. Rouse).


• 2004-2006 University of Georgia - Development of a management model system for Georgia’s estuaries (PI C. Li).


• 2005-2006 National Science Foundation - Impact of Hurricane Katrina on Lake Pontchartrain ecosystem: geochemistry, microbiology, and potential human health effects (PI A. Hou, Co-PIs E.J. D’Sa, C. Li, N.D. Walker, and E. Laws).

Recent Publications:

1. 2008 Li, C., C. Chen, D. Guadagnoli, and I. Y. Georgiou, Geometry-induced residual eddies in estuaries with curved channels: Observations and modeling studies, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 113, C01005, doi:10.1029/2006JC004031.


2. 2007 Valle-Levinson, A., K. Holderied, C. Li, and R. Chant, Subtidal flow structure at the turning region of a wide outflow plume, JGR-Oceans, Vol. 112, C04004, doi:10.1029/2006JC003746.


3. 2006 Li, C., Modeling of Bathymetry Locked Residual Eddies in Well-mixed Tidal Channels with Arbitrary Depth Variations, Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 36: 1974-1993.


4. 2005 Li, C. and J. O’Donnell, The effect of channel length on the residual circulation in tidally dominated channels, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 35: 1826-1840.


5. 2004 Li, C., J.O. Blanton, and C. Chen, Mapping of tide and tidal flows using vessel towed ADCP, J. Geophys. Res., 109, C04002, doi:10.1029/2003JC001992.


6. 2003 Li, C., J. Nelson, and J. Koziana, Cross-shelf passage of coastal water transport at the South Atlantic Bight observed with MODIS Ocean Color/SST, Geophysical Research Letters, VOL. 30, NO. 5, 1257, doi:10.1029/2002GL016496.


7. 2002 Li, C., Axial convergence fronts in a barotropic tidal inlet - Sand Shoal Inlet, VA, Continental Shelf Research, 22: 2633-2653.


8. 2001 Li, C., 3D analytic model for testing numerical tidal models, J. of Hydraulic Engineering, vol. 127, 709-717.


9. 2000 Li, C., A. Valle-Levinson, L. Atkinson, and T.C. Royer, Inference of tidal elevation in shallow water using a vessel-towed ADCP, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 105, 26,225-26,236.


10. 1999 Li, C. and A. Valle-Levinson, A two-dimensional analytic tidal model for a narrow estuary of arbitrary lateral depth variation: The intratidal motion, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 104, 23,525-23,543.