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Tim Li is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with extensive work in atmospheric science, global and planetary change, and oceanography. Their publications often address core issues related to climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, as well as tropical and extratropical cyclones research.

Their body of work encompasses a significant number of peer-reviewed papers published in prominent journals. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, Journal of Meteorological Research, International Journal of Climatology, and Research Square. These journals reflect the scope of their research interests and contributions to climate science and atmospheric studies.

Some of the most recent papers authored or co-authored by Tim Li are:

  • Recent frontiers of climate changes in East Asia at global warming of 1.5°C and 2°C (2022, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science)
  • Understanding the recent increase in multiyear La Niñas (2023, Nature Climate Change)
  • ENSO and Tropical Cyclones (2020, Geophysical Monograph)
  • Impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole on Evolution of the Subsequent ENSO: Relative Roles of Dynamic and Thermodynamic Processes (2021, Journal of Climate)
  • Anthropogenic fingerprints in daily precipitation revealed by deep learning (2023, Nature)

Tim Li has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Lu Wang, Yoo-Geun Ham, Ying Sun, Zhiwei Zhu, and Bin Wang. These collaborations contribute to research covering climate variability, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and related environmental phenomena.

Their research topics further illustrate the range of scientific inquiry pursued, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Tropical and extratropical cyclones research
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
  • Ocean waves and remote sensing
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Tim Li's work integrates multiple subfields of study, notably atmospheric science, global and planetary change, oceanography, and environmental engineering. This multidisciplinary perspective supports investigations into complex environmental and climatic systems.

Best Publications

  • El Niño–Southern Oscillation complexity

    Axel Timmermann;Axel Timmermann;Soon Il An;Jong Seong Kug;Fei Fei Jin

  • Interannual and Interdecadal Variations of the East Asian Summer Monsoon and Tropical Pacific SSTs. Part I: Roles of the Subtropical Ridge

    C.-P. Chang;Yongsheng Zhang;Tim Li

  • Atmosphere-Warm Ocean Interaction and Its Impacts on Asian-Australian Monsoon Variation*

    Bin Wang;Renguang Wu;Tim Li

  • Pantropical Climate Interactions

    Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Lixin Wu;Matthieu Lengaigne;Matthieu Lengaigne;Tim Li

  • Structures and Mechanisms of the Northward Propagating Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation

    Xianan Jiang;Tim Li;Bin Wang

  • Why the ITCZ Is Mostly North of the Equator

    S. G. H. Philander;D. Gu;G. Lambert;T. Li

  • Seasonally evolving dominant interannual variability modes of East Asian climate.

    Bo Wu;Tianjun Zhou;Tim Li

  • Decadal Change of the Spring Snow Depth over the Tibetan Plateau: The Associated Circulation and Influence on the East Asian Summer Monsoon*

    Yongsheng Zhang;Tim Li;Bin Wang

  • Relative Contributions of the Indian Ocean and Local SST Anomalies to the Maintenance of the Western North Pacific Anomalous Anticyclone during the El Niño Decaying Summer

    Bo Wu;Tim Li;Tianjun Zhou

  • A Theory for the Indian Ocean Dipole–Zonal Mode*

    Tim Li;Bin Wang;C.-P. Chang;Yongsheng Zhang

  • STOIC: a study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions

    M. K. Davey;M. Huddleston;K. R. Sperber;P. Braconnot

  • Interannual and Interdecadal Variations of the East Asian Summer Monsoon and Tropical Pacific SSTs. Part II: Meridional Structure of the Monsoon

    C.-P. Chang;Yongsheng Zhang;Tim Li

  • ENSIP: The El Niño simulation intercomparison project

    Mojib Latif;K. Sperber;J. Arblaster;P. Braconnot

  • Theories on formation of an anomalous anticyclone in western North Pacific during El Niño: A review

    Tim Li;Tim Li;Bin Wang;Bin Wang;Bo Wu;Tianjun Zhou

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

    R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

  • Coupling between Northward-Propagating, Intraseasonal Oscillations and Sea Surface Temperature in the Indian Ocean*

    Xiouhua Fu;Bin Wang;Tim Li;Julian P. McCreary

  • Role of the Boundary Layer Moisture Asymmetry in Causing the Eastward Propagation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation*

    Pang-chi Hsu;Tim Li

  • Quantifying Environmental Control on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change

    Eric A. Hendricks;Melinda S. Peng;Bing Fu;Tim Li

  • A new paradigm for the predominance of standing Central Pacific Warming after the late 1990s

    Baoqiang Xiang;Bin Wang;Tim Li

  • Interannual and interdecadal variability of the summertime western North Pacific subtropical high

    Chung-Hsiung Sui;Pei-Hsuan Chung;Tim Li

  • A Theory for the Tropical Tropospheric Biennial Oscillation.

    C.-P. Chang;Tim Li

  • Relative contributions of the Indian Ocean and local SST anomalies to the maintenance of the western North Pacific anomalous anticyclone during El Niño decaying summer

    Bo Wu;Tim Li;Tianjun Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Tianjun Zhou
Tianjun Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Melinda S. Peng
Melinda S. Peng United States Naval Research Laboratory
Jong-Seong Kug
Jong-Seong Kug Seoul National University
Jing-Jia Luo
Jing-Jia Luo Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Chih-Pei Chang
Chih-Pei Chang Naval Postgraduate School
Renhe Zhang
Renhe Zhang Fudan University
Hiroyuki Murakami
Hiroyuki Murakami National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Baoqiang Xiang
Baoqiang Xiang University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Lei Zhang
Lei Zhang South China University of Technology

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