1. Asian monsoon regional climate monitoring and diagnosis
2. Short-term climate prediction
3. Extreme climate events research

2021 Young Meteorological Talents Award, CMA
2012 CMA Award for Excellent Forecasters

2006-2009, Ph.D. in Meteorology, Chinese Academy of Science
2003-2006, M.S. in Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science &Technology
1999-2003, B.S. in Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University of Information Science &Technology

2009-2013, Climate Prediction Division, BCC/CMA
2013, Visiting Scientist, Climate Prediction Center, NCEP/NOAA, US
2014-2017, Division of Operation, Science and Technology, BCC/CMA
2018-Present, Climate Prediction Division, BCC/CMA

1.National Natural Science Foundations of China (Grant No. 42175056)
2.Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research (Grant No. 2020B0301030004)

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2.Gong, Z., Liu, Y*., Hu, Z.-Z. et al. 2022. Tropical Cyclone Activities Over the Western North Pacific in Summer 2020: Transition From Silence in July to Unusually Active in August. Front. Earth Sci., 10: 843990. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.843990
3.Liu, Y., Wu R., Ding, Y. 2021. Distinct East Asian precipitation variability and predictability in coupled and uncoupled El Nino events. Environ. Res. Lett.，16: 094014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac19de
4.Liu, Y.*, Wang, S. J., Liu, J. et al. 2021. Evaluation of FY-3/VIRR sea surface temperature data for climate applications. J. Meteor. Res., 35(6), 952–963, doi: 10.1007/s13351-021-1055-5.
5.Liu, Y.*, Hu, Z.-Z., Wu, R. et al. 2021. Subseasonal prediction and predictability of summer rainfall over eastern China in BCC_AGCM2.2. Clim. Dyn., 56: 2057-2069. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05574-y
6.Ding, Y., Liu, Y.*, Hu, Z.-Z. 2021. The record-breaking mei-yu in 2020 and associated atmospheric circulation and tropical SST anomalies. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 38(12), 1980−1993, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-0361-2.
7.Liu, Y.*, Hu, Z.-Z., Wu, R., et al. 2020. Cooperative effects of tropical Pacific and Atlantic SST forcing in southern China winter precipitation variability. Clim. Dyn., 55: 2903-2919.
8.Liu, Y.*, Hu, Z.-Z., Wu, R. 2020. Was the extremely wet winter of 2018/2019 in the lower reach of the Yangtze River driven by El Niño–Southern Oscillation? Int. J. Climatol., 6441-6457. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6591
9.Liu, Y.*, Li, Y., Ding, Y. 2020. East Asian summer rainfall projection and uncertainty under a global warming scenario. Int. J. Climatol., 40: 4828–4842. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6491
10.Liu, Y.*, Ke Z, Ding Y. 2019. Predictability of East Asian summer monsoon in seasonal climate forecast models. Int. J. Climatol., 39: 5688–5701. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6180
11.Liu, Y.*, Hu, Z.-Z., Kumar, A. et al. 2015. Tropospheric biennial oscillation of summer monsoon rainfall over East Asia and its association with ENSO. Clim Dyn., 45: 1747-1759.
12.Liu, Y.*, Li, W, Zuo, J, et al. 2014. Simulation and projection of the western Pacific subtropical high in CMIP5 models. J. Meteor. Res., 28: 327–340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13351- 014-3151-2.
13.Liu, Y.*, Ding, Y., Gao, H., et al. 2013. Tropospheric biennial oscillation of the western Pacific subtropical high and its relationship with the tropical SST and atmospheric circulation anomalies. Chinese Science Bulletin, 58, 3664-3672. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-013-5854-7