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41
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6102
World Ranking
7756
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2761

Yonggang Liu publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yonggang Liu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 104 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Yonggang Liu D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yonggang Liu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yonggang Liu is affiliated with the University of South Florida St. Petersburg in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with a particular focus on Oceanography and Atmospheric Science as key subfields.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics within oceanographic and atmospheric processes as well as marine and coastal ecosystems. Other principal research themes include tropical and extratropical cyclones, marine and fisheries research, marine biology and ecology, climate variability and models, and ocean waves and remote sensing.

Yonggang Liu has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Instabilities and Multiscale Interactions Underlying the Loop Current Eddy Shedding in the Gulf of Mexico (2020), published in Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Eddies Connect the Tropical Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico (2021), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of the Submesoscale Energetics in the Gulf of Mexico (2020), published in Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Initial estuarine response to inorganic nutrient inputs from a legacy mining facility adjacent to Tampa Bay, Florida (2022), published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Transport Processes in the Gulf of Mexico Along the River-Estuary-Shelf-Ocean Continuum: a Review of Research from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (2021), published in Estuaries and Coasts

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Yonggang Liu include:

  • Robert H. Weisberg
  • Chuanmin Hu
  • Vassiliki H. Kourafalou
  • Jing Chen
  • Lianyuan Zheng

The scientist often publishes in venues such as Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Virology, and Geophysical Research Letters.

Best Publications

  • Rectification of the Bias in the Wavelet Power Spectrum

    Yonggang Liu;X. San Liang;Robert H. Weisberg

  • Performance evaluation of the self‐organizing map for feature extraction

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg;Christopher N. K. Mooers

  • Patterns of ocean current variability on the West Florida Shelf using the self-organizing map

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg

  • A Review of Self-Organizing Map Applications in Meteorology and Oceanography

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg

  • Evaluation of trajectory modeling in different dynamic regions using normalized cumulative Lagrangian separation

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg

  • A model study of tide- and wind-induced mixing in the Columbia River Estuary and plume

    Parker MacCready;Neil S. Banas;Barbara M. Hickey;Edward P. Dever

  • Tracking the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Modeling Perspective

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg;Chuanmin Hu;Lianyuan Zheng

  • Did the northeastern Gulf of Mexico become greener after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Chuanmin Hu;Robert H. Weisberg;Yonggang Liu;Lianyuan Zheng

  • Evaluation of a coastal ocean circulation model for the Columbia River plume in summer 2004

    Yonggang Liu;Yonggang Liu;Parker MacCready;Barbara M. Hickey;Edward P. Dever

  • Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise

    Yonggang Liu;Amy Macfadyen;Zhen-Gang Ji;Robert H. Weisberg

  • Assessment of CODAR SeaSonde and WERA HF Radars in Mapping Surface Currents on the West Florida Shelf

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg;Clifford R. Merz

  • Sea Surface Temperature Patterns on the West Florida Shelf Using Growing Hierarchical Self-Organizing Maps

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg;Ruoying He

  • Trajectory Forecast as a Rapid Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

    Yonggang Y. Liu;Robert H. R. H. Weisberg;Chuanmin C. Hu;Lianyuan L. Zheng

  • Evaluation of altimetry-derived surface current products using Lagrangian drifter trajectories in the eastern Gulf of Mexico

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg;Stefano Vignudelli;Gary T. Mitchum

  • The Coastal Ocean Circulation Influence on the 2018 West Florida Shelf K. brevis Red Tide Bloom

    Robert H. Weisberg;Yonggang Liu;Chad Lembke;Chuanmin Hu

  • Ocean Currents and Sea Surface Heights Estimated Across the West Florida Shelf

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg

  • Seasonal Variability on the West Florida Shelf

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg

  • Patterns of the loop current system and regions of sea surface height variability in the eastern Gulf of Mexico revealed by the self-organizing maps

    Yonggang Liu;Robert H. Weisberg;Stefano Vignudelli;Gary T. Mitchum

  • Evolution of the Loop Current System During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Event as Observed With Drifters and Satellites

    Yonggang Y. Liu;Robert H. R. H. Weisberg;Chuanmin C. Hu;Charles C. Kovach

  • Columbia River plume patterns in summer 2004 as revealed by a hindcast coastal ocean circulation model

    Yonggang Liu;Parker MacCready;Barbara M. Hickey

  • West Florida Shelf Circulation on Synoptic, Seasonal, and Interannual Time Scales

    Robert H. Weisberg;Ruoying He;Yonggang Liu;Jyotika I. Virmani

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert H. Weisberg
Robert H. Weisberg University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Chuanmin Hu
Chuanmin Hu University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Ruoying He
Ruoying He North Carolina State University
Claire B. Paris
Claire B. Paris University of Miami
Parker MacCready
Parker MacCready University of Washington
Barbara M. Hickey
Barbara M. Hickey University of Washington
Raúl Medina
Raúl Medina University of Cantabria
James C. McWilliams
James C. McWilliams University of California, Los Angeles
Eric P. Chassignet
Eric P. Chassignet Florida State University
Dubravko Justic
Dubravko Justic Louisiana State University

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