Pengfei Xue

Pengfei Xue

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Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Biography

Dr. Xue's research is focused on the development and application of numerical models to problems in the coastal ocean and the Great Lakes. His modeling-based research interests include estuarine and coastal ocean dynamics, observing system simulation experiments for optimal data sampling strategies, water quality and NPZD modeling, and ocean-atmosphere interaction and its impact on the climate change. Research projects he is currently involved in include ocean-atmosphere coupling dynamics over Maritime Continent and Persian Gulf, and the development of an integrated Water-Ice-Atmosphere-Biological modeling system for the Great Lakes.

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Research Interests

  • Hydrodynamic Modeling
  • Coupled physical-biological numerical modeling
  • Dynamics of Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Models
  • Ocean Data Assimilation
  • Estuary and Coastal ocean circulation, oceanic frontal processes

Recent Publications

  • Xue P., E. Eltahir, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, J. Wei, 2013. A coupled Ocean-atmosphere Model over the Maritime Continent: Analysis of Coupling Frequency and Feedback Mechanisms. J. Climate, under revision.
  • Xue, P., C. Chen, J. Qi, R.C. Beardsley, R. Tian, L. Zhao 2013. Mechanism studies of seasonal variability of dissolved oxygen in Massachusetts Bay: a multi-scale FVCOM/UG-RCA application, J. Marine Syst., under revision
  • Wei, J., P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, E. Eltahir, P. Xue, D. Zhang 2013. Coupling of a regional atmospheric model (RegCM3) and a regional oceanic model (FVCOM) over the Maritime Continent, Clim. Dyn., under revision.
  • Xue, P., C. Chen, R.C. Beardsley, 2012. Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) of dissolved oxygen monitoring in Massachusetts Bay, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C05014, doi:10.1029/2011JC007843.
  • Xue, P., C. Chen, R. C. Beardsley , R. Limeburner, 2011. Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) with Ensemble Kalman Filters in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, J. Geophys. Res., .doi: 10.1029/2010JC006428
  • Xue, P., C. Chen, P. Ding, R.C. Beardsley, H. Lin, J. Ge, and Y. Kong, 2009. Saltwater intrusion into the Changjiang River: A model-guided mechanism study. J. Geophys. Res, 114, C02006, doi:10.1029/2008JC004831.
  • Chen, C. P. Xue, P. Ding, R. C. Beardsley, Q.Xu, X. Mao, G. Gao, J. Qi, C. Li, H. Lin, G. Cowles and M. Shi, 2008. Physical mechanisms for the offshore detachment of the Chanjiang diluted water in the East China Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C02002, doi: 10.1029/2006JC003994.
  • Chen C, R. Limeburner, and members of FVCOM group, G. Gao, Q. Xu, J. Qi, P. Xue, Z. Lai, H. Lin and members of the WHOI Field Measurement Group, R. Beardsley, B. Owens & B. Carlson. 2012, FVCOM model estimate of the location of Air France 447 Topical Collection on Advances in Search and Rescue at Sea, Ocean Dyn., Online First™.
  • Chen C., P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, J. Wei, R. C. Beardsley, Z. Lai, P. Xue, S. Lyu, Q. Xu, J. Qi, and G. W. Cowles, 2009. Application and comparison of Kalman filters for coastal ocean problems: An experiment with FVCOM, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C05011, doi:10.1029/2007JC004548.