Yu has 10 years of experience using pioneering high-resolution climate models to study the ocean and its role in the climate system. Coming from Taiwan, he is a big fan of all weather phenomena and the latest technology. With an atmospheric science background, he is passionate about combining his experiences in climate modeling, software engineering and data science to solve more challenging problems.
Fun facts: Yu loves all sports with racquets. He plays in local tennis leagues school badminton clubs and has been stringing racquets for friends for many years. One of his dearest memories from Miami was serving as a ballperson at Miami Open and handing towels to Rafael Nadal.
PhD in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, 2018
University of Miami
BSc in Atmospheric Sciences, 2010
National Taiwan University
We noticed that Agulhas leakage is indeed higher in the year 2000 CO2 level control runs, but no significant increasing trend in the climate change simulation. It might be due to the equilibrium timescale of westerlies to changing CO2, or an internal bias of our high-res CCSM.
The interannual variability of Agulhas leakage is accessed in an ocean eddy resolving coupled simulation to test the hypothesis that, on such timescales large-scale forcing dominates leakage variability, regardless of eddy structures.
The senstivity of leakage estimates to the model output velocity frequency needs to be addressed before we can apply it to investigate its link to climate variability.