Dr. Xiao-Hai Yan
Mary A.S. Lighthipe Chair
Professor and Director of CRS
Center for Remote Sensing

University of Delaware
College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
209 Robinson Hall
Phone: (302) 831-3694
Fax: (302) 831-1199
E-mail: xiaohai@udel.edu

Yan, X.-H. and X. Luo.  1984.  Relationship between the concentration of suspended solids in sea water and the marine spectral characteristics in East China Sea,  Journal of Infrared Research, 3:49-53.

Yan, X.-H., J.R. Schubel, and D.W. Pritchard. 1991. Oceanic upper mixed layer depth determination from a satellite model. Remote Sensing of Environment , 32(1):55-74.

Yan, X.-H., A. Okubo, J.R. Shubel, and D.W. Pritchard. 1991. An analytical mixed layer remote sensing model. Deep Sea Research , 38(3):267-287.

Yan, X.-H., P.P. Niiler and R.H. Stewart. 1991. Construction and accuracy analysis of images of the daily-mean mixed layer depth. International Journal of Remote Sensing , 12(12):2573-2584.

Yan, X.-H., C.-R. Ho, Q. Zheng and V. Klemas. 1992. Temperature and size variabilities of the western Pacific warm pool, Science , 258(5088):1643- 1645.

Yan, X.-H. and A. Okubo. 1992. Three-dimensional analytical model for the mixed layer depth, Journal of Geophysical Research , 97(C12):20,201-20,226

Yan, X.-H., V. Klemas and D. Chen. 1992. The western Pacific warm pool observed from space, EOS Transactions , 73:4, 41-44.

Yan, X.-H. 1992. Satellite observed hot spot in the Pacific Ocean, IEE Power Eng. Review, 12(10):4-5.

Yan, X.-H. and James Holland. 1992. Ocean thermal feature recognition, discrimination and tracking using infrared satellite imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 30(5):1046-1053.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan and V. Klemas, 1993. Derivation of Delaware Bay tidal parameters from space shuttle photography.  Ohio Journal of Science, 93(3):51-59.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan and V. Klemas. 1993. Methods to derive tidal parameters of Delaware Bay from the space shuttle photographs, Remote Sensing of the Environment , 45(1):51-59.

Yan, X.-H., C. Ho, Q. Zheng and V. Klemas. 1993. Using satellite IR in studies of the variabilities of the western Pacific warm pool, Science, 262:440-441

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan and V. Klemas. 1993. Statistical and dynamical analysis of internal waves on the continental shelf of the Mid-Atlantic Bight from space shuttle photographs, Journal of Geophysical Research , 98(C5): 8495-8504.

Yan, X.-H. and L. Breaker. 1993. Surface circulation estimation off the east coast of the U.S. using image processing and computer vision methods applied to sequential satellite-imagery, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing , 59(3):407-413.

Yan, X.-H., Q. Zheng, C.-R. Ho, C.-K, Tai and R. Cheney. 1994. Development of the pattern recognition and spatial integration filtering methods for analyzing satellite altimeter data, Remote Sensing of Environment , 48:147-158.

Kuo, N.-J. and X.-H. Yan. 1994. Using the shape-matching method to compute sea surface velocities from AVHRR satellite images, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 32:3, 724-728.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan, C.-H. Ho and C.-K. Tai. 1994. The effects of shear flow on propagation of Rossby waves in the equatorial oceans, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 24:7, 1680-1686.

Breaker, L., K. Krasnopsky, D.B. Rao and X.-H. Yan. 1994. Estimating surface currents in coastal areas using satellite feature-tracking, Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., 75(11):2085-2095.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan, C.-R. Ho, V. Klemas, B. Cheney, and C.-K. Tai. 1994. Correlation of sea level anomaly amplitude modulation with the El Nino events in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, EOS Transaction , 75:295-299.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan, N. Huang, V. Klemas. 1995. Laboratory measurements of the effects of viscosity on short water wave spectra and implication for radar remote sensing of the ocean surface, Chin. J. Oceanol. Limnol., 13(3):193-205.

Breaker, L., K. Krasnopsky, D.B. Rao and X.-H. Yan. 1995. Reply to comment on feasibility of estimating surface currents in coastal areas using satellite feature-tracking, Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc. , 76(10):1816-1817 & 76(12):2487.

Zheng, Q., V. Klemas and X.-H. Yan. 1995. Dynamic interpretation of space shuttle photographs: deepwater internal waves in the western equatorial Indian Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research , 100(C2): 2579-2589.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan, C.-H. Ho and C.-K. Tai. 1995. Observation of equatorially trapped waves in the Pacific using Geosat altimeter data, Deep Sea Research I, 42:5, 797-817.

Ho, C.-R., X.-H. Yan and Q. Zheng. 1995. Satellite observations of upper-level variabilities in the western Pacific warm pool, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 76:5, 669-679.

Yan, X.-H., P. Niiler, S. Nadiga, R. Stewart, and D. Cayan. 1995. Heat storage in the North Pacific: 1976-1989, Journal of Geophysical Research , in, 100(C4):6270-6292.

Liu, Y. and X.-H. Yan. 1995. The wind-induced wave growth and the spectrum of the gravity-capillary waves, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 25:12, 3196-3218.

Chen, H.-T., X.-H. Yan, P.-T. Shaw and Q. Zheng. 1996. A numerical simulation of wind stress and topographic effects on the kuroshio current path near Taiwan, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26:9, 1769-1802.

Zheng, Q., V. Klemas , and X.-H. Yan. 1996. Digital orthorectification of space shuttle coastal ocean photographs, Int. J. Remote Sensing, 18(1):197-211.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan, N. Huang, V. Klemas and J. Pan. 1997. The effects of water temperature on radar scattering from the water surface: An X-band laboratory study, The Global Atmospheric and Ocean System , 5:273-294

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan, T. Liu, W. Tang, D. Kurz. 1997. Seasonal and interannual variability of atmospheric convergence zones in the tropical Pacific observed with ERS-1 scatterometer, Geophysical Research Lett., 24(3):261-263.

Yan, X.-H., Q. Zheng, Y. He, C. Ho and W.T. Liu. 1997. Centroid rotation of the western Pacific warm pool for the recent three El Nino events, J. Physical Oceanogr., 27(5):837-846.

Liu, Y., X.-H. Yan, and T. Liu. 1997. The probability density function of ocean surface slopes and its effects on radar backscatter, J. Physical Oceanogr., 27(5):782-797.

Keiner, L. and X.-H. Yan. 1997. An examination of empirical orthogonal function analysis and sea surface temperature patterns in Delaware Bay, IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 35(5):1299-1306.

Yan, X.-H., Pablo Clemente-Colon and William Pichel. 1997. The Maximum Similarity Shape Matching (MSSM) feature tracking method applied to an oil spill observed in SAR imagery. J. of Marine Technology Society. 31(2):8-14.

He, Yun, X.-H. Yan, W.T. Liu. 1997. Satellite and mooring data assimilation in an inverse mixed layer matter: Ocean surface heat fluxs in the western equatorial Pacific, J. Physical Oceanogr., 27(11):2477-2488.

Q. Zheng, X.-H. Yan, V. Klemas, Z. Wang, C.R. Ho, N.J. Kuo, 1997. Solitary coastal lee waves observed from space. Ocean Optics, XIII (8):898-903.

J.R. McAuliffe, T.R. Van Devender, L.E. Keiner, X.-H. Yan, 1998. A Neural Network Model for Estimating Sea Surface Chlorophyll and Sediments from Thematic Mapper Imagery-application for wind retrieval from spaceborne scatterometer data, Remote Sensing of Environment 66 (2):153-165.

Susanto, R.D., Q. Zheng, and X.-H. Yan. 1998. Complex singular value decomposition analysis of equatorial waves in the Pacific observed by TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter, J. of Ocean and Atmospheric Technology, 15(3):764-774.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan, C. Ho and V. Klemas. 1998. ERS-1 SAR image interpretation of solitary lee waves, J. of Geophys. Research, 103(C4):7979-7994.

Keiner, L. and X.-H. Yan. 1998. A neural network model for estimating sea surface chlorophyll and sediments from Thematic Mapper Imagery, Remote Sensing of Environment, 66(2):153-165.

Q. Zheng, X.-H. Yan, V. Klemas, C.R. Ho, N.J. Kuo, Z. Wang, 1998. Coastal lee waves on ERS-1 SAR images (Paper 97JC02176), Independent Energy, 28(4):7979-7994.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan, W. T. Liu, V. Klemas and D. Greger. 1999. A solitary wave packet in the atmosphere observed from space, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25:3559-3562.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan and R. Susanto. 1999. Observation of equatorial Kelvin solitary wave in the Pacific using TOPEX / Poseidon altimeter data, Nonlinear Processing in Geophysics, 5:153-165.

Clemente-Colon, P. and X.-H. Yan. 1999. Observations of east coast upwelling conditions in synthetic aperture radar imagery, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37(5):2239-2248.

Clemente-Colon, P. and X.-H. Yan. 2000. Low-backscatter ocean features in synthetic aperture radar imagery, John Hopkins APL Tech Digest, 21(1):116-121.

Liu, Y., M. Su, X.-H. Yan and W. Liu. 2000. The mean-square slope of ocean surface wave and its effects on radar backscatter, J. Atmospheric and Ocean Tech., 17(8):1092-1105.

Yan, X.-H., Y. He, D. Susanto and T. Liu. 2000. Multi-sensor studies on El Nino-Southern Oscillation and variability in Equatorial Pacific, J. of Adv. Marine Science and Tech. Society, 4(2):289-301.

Li, X., Q. Zheng, W. Pichel, X.-H. Yan, W. Liu, and P. Clemente-Colon. 2001. Analysis of coastal lee waves along the coast of Texas observed on AVHRR images, J. Geophys. Res., 106(C4):7017-7025.

Zheng, Q., X.-H.Yan, V. Klemas and J. Pan. 2001. Nonlinear Evolution of Ocean Internal Solitons Propagating along an Inhomogeneous Thermocline, J. Geophy. Res. (Ocean), 106(C7):14,083-14,094.

Pan, J., X.-H.Yan, Q. Zheng and W. T. Liu. 2001. Vector Empirical Orthogonal Modes of the Ocean Surface Winds Variability Derived from Scatterometer Data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(20), 3951-3954.

Pan, J., X.-H.Yan, Q. Zheng and W.T. Liu. 2001. Scattermeters Observe the Variation of the Walaker Circulationl, EOS Trans, 82(6): 536-537.

Zheng, Q., X.-H. Yan, W. T. Liu and V. Klemas. 2001. Space shuttle observations of open ocean oil slicks, Rem. Sens. Environ., 76(1):49-57.

Klemas, V., Q. Zheng, Yan, X.-H. 2001. Ocean Internal Wave Observation Using Space Shuttle and Satellite Imagery, J. of Geocarto International, 16(2): 51-55.

Yan, X.-H. and J. Pan. 2001. Developing Satellite Oceanography, Science and Technology Publisher, 230 pp.

Zheng, Q. V.Klemas, X-H.Yan, 2002. Advance in studies of ocean internal waves observed from space, in recent research developments in geophysics, Research Signpost , 4, 143-15

Zheng, Q., Y. Yuan, V. Klemas and X.-H. Yan. 2002. Theorectical Expresion for an Ocean Internal Soliton SAR Image and Determination of the Soliton Characteristic Half Width, J. Geophys. Res., 106(C12):31,415-31,423.

W.T. Liu and X-H. Yan, 2002. Multi-sensor study of the Mediterranean outflow and meddies at 1000-meter depth. Ocean Science 2, 11-15.

Kabbara, N., X.-H. Yan, V. Klemas and J. Pan. 2002. Temporal and spatial variability of the surface temperature anomaly in the Levantine Basin of the Eastern Mediterranean, Int. J. Remote Sensing, 23(18):3745-3761.

Jo, Young, X.-H. Yan, J. Pan, M.-X. He and W. T. Liu.. 2002 Calculation of the Bowen Ratio in the tropical Pacific using satellite sea surface data, J. Geophys. Res. , 107(C9): 17 ,1-16.

Yan, X.-H., Y. Zhou, J. Pan, D. Zheng, M. Fang, X. Liao, M.-X. He, W. Liu, and X. Ding. 2002. Pacific Warm Pool Excitation, Earth Rotation and El Nino Southern Oscillations, Geophysical Research Lett., 19(21):15,685-15,690.

Pan, J., X.-H. Yan, Q. Zheng, and W. Liu. 2002. Observation of Western Boundary Current Atmospheric Convergence Zones using Scatterometer Winds, Geophysical Research Lett., 29:1832-1853.

Pan, J., X.-H. Yan, Q. Zheng, W. Liu, and V. Klemas. 2002. Interpretation of Scatterometer Ocean Surface Wind Vector EOFs Over the Northern Pacific, Rem. Sens. Environ., 84(2002):53-68.

Liu, Y., and X.-H. Yan. 2003. Directional Spectrum of Wind Waves: Part I-Model and Derivation. J. of Oceanic and Coastal Sea Research , Vol. 2, No, 1, pp. 1-12.

Liu, Y., and X.-H. Yan. 2003. Directional Spectrum of Wind Waves: Part II-Comparison and Confirmation. J. of Oceanic and Coastal Sea Research , Vol. 2, No, 1, pp. 13-23.

Zhao, Z., V. Klemas, Q. Zheng and X-H. Yan. 2003. Satellite Observations of Internal Solitary Waves Converting Polarity, Geophys. Res. Lett , 30, doi:10.1029/2003GL018286.

Jo, Y.-H., X-H. Yan, J. Pan, W.T.Liu and M-X. He. 2004. Sensible and Latent Heat Flux in the Tropical Pacific from Satellite Multi-Sensor Data. Remote Sensing of Environment , 90(2):166-177.

Yan, X-H., Y.H. Jo, W.T. Liu and M.X. He. 2004. Can We Observe and Study the Mediterranean Outflow and Meddies from Satellite Remote Sensing? Proceeding of SPIE 2003 Conference, Remote Sensing 5233(35:158-168.

Quanan Zheng, Samuel Shen, Yeli Yuan, Norden Huang, V Klemas, Xiao-Hai Yan, Fengyan Shi, Xuebin Zhang, Zhongxiang Zhao, Xiaofeng Li, P Clemente-Colon, 2004. Technical note: Evidence of the coexistence of upstream and downstream solitary wavetrains in the real atmosphere, Taylor & Francis Group 25 (21), 4433-4440.

Zheng, Q., P. Clemente-Colon, X-H. Yan and W.T. Liu. 2004. Satellite SAR Detection of Delaware Bay Plumes: Jet-Like Feature Analysis, J. Geophys Res , Vol 109(C3):C03031 10.1029/2003JC002100.

Pan, J. X-H. Yan, Jo,Y., Q. Zheng, and W.T. Liu. 2004. A New Method for Estimation of the Sensible Heat Flux under Unstable Conditions using Satellite Vector Winds, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34:968-977.

Zhao, Z., V. Klemas, Q. Zheng and X.-H. Yan. 2004. Remote sensing evidence for baroclinic tide origin of internal solitary waves in the northeastern South China Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett. , Vol. 31, L06302, doi:10.10.1029/2003GL019077, 2004.

Zhan, J. and X-H. Yan. 2004. A Large Eddy Simulation Turbulence Model and A Local Filtering Assimilation Method for Ocean Circulation Problems, J. of Oceanography , 26(3):8-15.

Zhao, Z., V. Klemas, Q. Zheng, X. Li and X.-H. Yan. 2004. Estimating parameters of a two-layer stratified ocean from polarity conversion of intenal solitary waves observed in satellite SAR images, Remote Sensing of Environment , Vol. 92, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2004.05.014.

Davis, A. and X.-H. Yan. 2004. The effect of hurricanes on chlorophyll-a concentrations off the east coast of the United States, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 31, L17304, doi:10.1029/2004GL020668.

Zhou, Y. X-H. Yan, X. Ding, X. Liao, D. Zheng, W.T. Liu, J. Pan, M. Fang, and M.He. 2004. Excitation of non-atmospheric polar motion by the migration of the Pacific warm pool. J. of Geodesy , 78, 109-113.

Ivanov, A., W. Alpers, K. Litovchenko, M.-X. He, Q. Feng, M. Fang and X.-H. Yan. 2004. An Atmospheric Front over the East China Sea Studied by Multi-Sensor Satellite and In-Situ Data, J. Geophys. Res.
(JGR-Ocean) Vol. 109, No. C12, doi 10.1029/2004JC002432.

Yan, X.-H., J. Pan, Y.-H. Jo, M.-X. He, W. Liu and L. Jiang. 2004. The Role of Winds on Estimation of Ocean Heat Storage Anomaly using Satellite Data, J. Geophys. Res. Vol 109(C3):C03041 10.1029/2003JC002202

Zheng, Q., Samuel Shen, Yeli Yuan, Norden Huang, V. Klemas, Xiao-Hai Yan, Fengyan Shi, Xuebin Zhang, Zhongxiang Zhao. 2005. International Journal of Remote Sensing:  Research results published on the journal cover of the issue Vol. 25, No. 21 (Cover).

Zheng, Q., Samuel Shen, Yeli Yuan, Norden Huang, V. Klemas, Xiao-Hai Yan, Fengyan Shi, Xuebin Zhang, Zhongxiang Zhao. 2005. Evidence of the Coexistence of Upstream and Downstream Solitary Wavetrains in the Real Atmosphere, International Journal of Remote Sensing , Vol. 25, No. 21, pp. 4433-4440(8).

Dzwonkowski, B. and X-H. Yan. 2005. Development and Application of a Neural Network based Ocean Color Algorithm in Coastal Water, International Journal of Remote Sensing , 26(6): 1175-1200.

Jo, Y.-H. Yan, B. Dzwonkowski, W. T. Liu. 2005. A Study of the Freshwater Discharge from the Amazon River to the Tropical Atlantic Using Multi-Sensor Data, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, No. 2, L02605, Paper No. 10.1029/2004GL021840.

Dzwonkowski, B. and X.-H. Yan. 2005. Tracking of a Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Outflow Plume with Satellite-based Ocean Color Data. Continental Shelf Res., 25(2005)1942-1958.

Yan, X-H., Y. Jo, B. Dzwonkowski and L. Jiang. 2005. Applications of the HHT in Ocean-Atmosphere Remote Sensing Research. Book Chapter, p. 59-81 in "Hilbert-Huang Transform in Engineering Applications", Taylor & Francis Publisher , 313 pp.

Yan, X.-H. and T. Du, 2006. Global Warming and the Importance of the Circular Economy, International Journal of Business and Technology, 65(4): 35-44.

Yan, X.-H. and L. Jiang, 2006. The Concept of Coastal Ocean Observing System and Digital Ocean, International Journal of Business and Technology , 66(5): 24-26.

Yan, X.-H., Y. Jo, W. T. Liu, and M. He. 2006. A new study of the Mediterranean outflow, air-sea interactions, and Meddies using multisensor data, J. Physical Oceanogr ., Vol. 36, No. 4, pages 691-710.

Jiao, N., Zhang, Y., Zeng, Y., Gardner, W. D., Mishonov, A. V., Richardson, M. J., Hong, N., Pan, D., Yan, X.-H., Jo, Y.-H., Chen, C.-T. A., Wang, P., Chen, Y., Hong, H., Bai, Y., Chen, X., Huang, B., Deng, H., Shi, Y., and Yang, D. 2007. Ecological Anomalies in the East China Sea: Impacts of the Three Gorges Dam. Water Research 41 (2007) 1287-1293.

Yan, X-H. Y. Jo, L. Jiang, Z. Wan, W. T. Liu, Y. Li, J. Zhan and T. Du, (2008). Impact of the Three Gorge Dam Water Storage on the Yangtze River Outflow into the East China Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, LO5610, doi:10.1029/2007GL032908.

Du, T., Y. Tseng, and X-H. Yan (2008), Impacts of tidal currents and Kuroshio intrusion on the generation of nonlinear internal waves in Luzon Strait, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C08015, doi:10.1029/2007JC004294.

Zhang, W.-Z., H.-S. Hong, S.-P. Shang, X.-H. Yan, and F. Chai. 2009. Strong southward transport events due to 17 typhoons in the Taiwan Strait, J. Geophys. Res., 114, doi:10.1029/2009JC005372.

Dzwonkowski, B., J. T. Kohut, and X. Yan. 2009. Seasonal differences in wind-driven across-shelf forcing and response relationships in the shelf surface layer of the central Mid-Atlantic Bight, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C08018, doi:10.1029/2008JC004888.

Dzwonkowski, B., J. T. Kohut, and X. Yan. 2009. Sub-inertial characteristics of the surface flow field over the shelf of the central Mid-Atlantic Bight, Continental Shelf Research, 29, 1873-1886, DOI information: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.07.005.

Jiang, L., X.-H. Yan, and V. Klemas. 2009. Remote sensing for the identification of coastal plumes: case studies of Delaware Bay, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30:8,2033-2048.

Yan, X-H, Y-H Jo, W. T. Liu and Minhan Dai. 2010. Salinity Variations in Water Column due to Outflows Estimated by Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing, Advances In Geosciences, 18, 109-133.

Dzwonkowski, B., B.L. Lipphardt, J.T. Kohut, X.-H. Yan, and R.W. Garvine. 2010. Synoptic measurements of episodic flow events in central Mid-Atlantic Bight, Continental Shelf Research, 30, 1373-1386. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2010.05.004.

Jiang, L., L.C. Breaker, and X.-H. Yan. 2010. A model for Estimating Cross-Shore Surface Transport, J. Geophys. Res., 225, C04017. doi:101029/2009JC0005998.

Jo, Y.-H., X.-H. Yan, and F. Li. 2010. Potential Applications of Geostationary Ocean Color Imagery for Physical-Biological Interactions, (EI Cited), SPIE Asia Pacific Remote Sensing, 7861, 78610C-1-6.

Du, T., X.-H. Yan, and T. Duda. 2011. A numerical study on the generation of a distinct type of nonlinear internal wave packet in the South China Sea, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 28:3, 658-666. doi:10.1007/s00343-010-9095-1.

Yan, X.-H. 2011. Observing the Ocean's Interior from Space. Book Chapter, in "The 10000 Most Important and Challenging Scientific Research Topics", Science Press publisher, p. 903-904.

Jiang, L., X.H. Yan, Y.H. Tseng, and L.C. Breaker, 2011: A numerical study on the role of wind forcing, bottom topography, and nonhydrostacy in coastal upwelling, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 95(1), 99-109, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.019.

Jiang, L. X.-H. Yan and L.C.Breaker, 2011: Upwelling Age - An Indicator of Local Tendency for Coastal Upwelling, Journal of Oceanography, 67: DOI: 10.1007/s10872-011-0096-2.

Yong Q. Kang, Young-Heon Jo and Xiao-Hai Yan, Geometric Registration of Images by Similarity Transformation Using Two Reference Points, US Patent No. US8078004B2, Date of Patent Issued: Dec. 13, 2011.

Kang, Y. Q., Jo, Y.-H. and Yan, X.-H. 2012 (US Patent) Estimation of Subsurface Thermal Structure Using Sea Surface Height and Sea Surface Temperature, US Patent No. US8152366, Date of Patent Issued: April 10, 2012.

Li, F., Y.-H. Jo, W. T. Liu, and X.-H. Yan. 2012. A dipole pattern of the sea surface height anomaly in the North Atlantic: 1990s - 2000s, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2012GL052556.

Chen, Zhaoyun, Xiao-Hai Yan, Young-Heon Jo, Lide Jiang, Yuwu Jiang. 2012.  A study of Benguela upwelling system using different upwelling indices derived from remotely sensed data, Continental Shelf Research, 45, 27-33.

Jo, Young-Heon, M. Dai, W. Zhai, X.-H. Yan, and S. Shang, 2012. On the Variations of Sea Surface pCO2 in the Northern South China Sea - A Remote Sensing Based Neural Network Approach. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2011JC007745.

Wu, Xiangbai, Xiao-Hai Yan, Young-Heon Jo, and W. Timothy Liu. 2012.  Estimation of Subsurface Temperature Anomaly in the North Atlantic using a Self-Organizing Map Neural Network, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology,doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00013.1.

Enhui Liao, Yuwu Jiang, Li Li, Huasheng Hong, Xiao-Hai Yan, 2013. The cause of the 2008 cold disaster in the Taiwan Strait, Ocean Modeling, 62 (2013), 1–10.

Wen-Zhou Zhang, Hua-Sheng Hong, Xiao-Hai Yan, 2013, Typhoons enhancing northward transport through the Taiwan Strait, Continental Shelf Research, 56 (2013) 13-25.