Resume      Lie-Yauw Oey (lyo@princeton.edu)

                   Program in Atmos & Oceanic Sci, Sayre Hall, Princeton Univ., Princeton NJ 08544; 1-609-258-5971; -2850 (fax)

 

Education

 

1978                Princeton University, Ph.D.

                        Thesis: Numerical simulation of shock wave-turbulent boundary layer interaction

1974                London University, B.Sc. 1st Class Hon.

                        Thesis: A laboratory experimental study of turbulence behind bluff bodies

 

Appointments

           

1978-1980       Scientist, Sci.App.Inc., LaJolla,; Research - Internal Wave

1980-1984       Scientist, GFDL, Princeton; Research -Estuarine Circ.

1984-1988       Assoc. Professor, Skidaway Inst. & ODU; Research - Gulf Stream

1988-1991       Assoc. Professor, Stev. Inst; Research - Kuroshio/GS/Shelf/Slope Circ.

1991-present    Scientist, Princeton Univ.; Research- Shelf/Slope Circ, Semi-encl. Seas

 

Professional Awards & Activities

 

London U. 1974 Draper Award

IEEE Ocean Engnr.Soc. 1984 Outstanding Engnr Award

IEEE Centennial Key to the Future Award, 1985

J.Geophys.Res. 1995 Excellence in Review Award

Assoc. Editor, J.Geophys.Res., 1986-1990

Member - AGU, AMS and AMA

Member, 96/98 - Japan Frontier Program Committee

Member, 96/98 – International Pacific Research Center Selection Committee

NSF Panel, 2001

Co-Editor (w/Alan Davies), Continental Shelf Research Special Volumes on coastal ocean modeling, 2005-2007

Review papers for: CSR, DAO, DSR, GRL, JCompP, JGR, JMS, JNumM, JPO, JTECH, OD, OM, others.

Review proposals for: DEP, DOE, NOAA, NASA, NSF and international agencies.

Consult to industry and government

 

Research Interests:

 

Estuarine, coastal and regional ocean and geophysical fluid dynamics modeling; ocean physics (processes) and observational data analyses; ocean hindcasts and forecasts; waves; numerical data-assimilation analyses and algorithms; see http://aos.princeton.edu/WWWPUBLIC/ PROFS/; also more recently: geostrophic turbulence, air-sea interaction, ocean response to hurricanes, mixed-layer physics;

 

Courses Taught:

 

Computational Fluid Dynamics; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Introduction to Physical Oceanography; Estuarine and Coastal Dynamics; Engineering Hydraulics; Finite-Element methods; Water waves;  Appl. Engineering mathematics;

 

Work in Progress:

 

Manuscripts:

 

1.                  Oey: Loop Current and deep eddies, JPO.

2.                  Wang & Oey: Hurricane Katrina: Waves and Currents, BAMS.

3.                  Mellor, Donelan & Oey: A Surface Wave Model for Coupling with Numerical Ocean Circulation Models.  JAOT.

4.                  Oey et al.: Near-inertial internal waves in eddies.  In prep.

 

Selected Publications [web-links may not work]:

 

1.      Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, D.-P. Wang, X.-Q. Yin and S.-J. Fan, 2007:  Hurricane-induced motions and interaction with ocean currents, Cont. Shelf Res., doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007. 01.008. PDF

2.      Yin, X.-Q. and L.-Y. Oey, 2007: Bred-ensemble ocean forecast of Loop Current and rings, Ocean Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.02.005. PDF

3.      Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, Hu and F. Muller-Karger, 2007: Modeling and satellite observations of baroclinic tidal flows and inundation processes in Cook Inlet, Alaska, Ocean Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s10236-007-0103-8. PDF

4.      Hsu, H.-M., L.-Y. Oey, W. Johnson, R. Hodur & C. Dorman, 2007: Model wind over the central and southern California coastal ocean. Mon. Wea. Rev., Vol. 135, No. 5, pages 1931–1944. PDF

5.      Lin, X.-H., L.-Y. Oey & D.-P. Wang, 2007: Altimetry and drifter assimilations of Loop Current and eddies. J. Geophys. Res., in press. PDF

  1. Oey, L-Y., 2006: An OGCM with movable land-sea boundaries. Ocean Modelling, 13(2), 176-195. Abstract / PDF
  2. Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer, D.-P. Wang, S.-J. Fan, and X.-Q. Yin, 2006: Loop current warming by Hurricane Wilma. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L08613, doi:10.1029/2006GL025873.     Abstract / PDF
  3. Dong, C. and L-Y. Oey, 2005: Sensitivity of coastal currents near Point Conception to forcing by three different winds: ECMWF, COAMPS, and Blended SSM/I-ECMWF-Buoy Winds. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35(7), 1229-1244. Abstract / PDF
  4. Oey, L-Y., 2005: A wetting and drying scheme for POM.  Ocean Modelling, 9(2), 133-150. Abstract / PDF
  5. Oey, L-Y., T. Ezer, G. Forristall, C. Cooper, S. DiMarco, and S. Fan, 2005: An exercise in forecasting loop current and eddy frontal positions in the Gulf of Mexico. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L12611, doi:10.1029/2005GL023253. Abstract / PDF
  6. Oey, L.-Y., T. Ezer and H.-C. Lee,  2005:  Loop Current, rings and related circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: A review of numerical models and future challenges.  In, Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Models, W. Sturges and A. Lugo-Fernandez (Eds.), Geophys. Monograph Ser., Vol. 161, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 31-56. Abstract / PDF
  7. Schmitz, Jr. W. J., D. C. Biggs, A. Lugo-Fernandez, L-Y. Oey, and W. Sturges, 2005: A synopsis of the circulation in the Gulf of Mexico and on its Continental margins. In, Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico- Observations and models, W. Sturges and A. Lugo-Fernandez, (Eds.), Geophys. Monograph Ser., Vol. 161, Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union;  11-29. Abstract
  8. Fan, S., L-Y. Oey, and P. Hamilton, 2004: Assimilation of drifter and satellite data in a model of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Continental Shelf Research, 24(9), 1001-1013. Abstract / PDF
  9. Oey, L-Y., 2004: Vorticity flux through the Yucatan Channel and Loop Current variability in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C10004, doi:10.1029/2004JC002400. Abstract / PDF
  10. Oey, L-Y., T. Ezer, and W. Sturges, 2004: Modeled and observed empirical orthogonal functions of currents in the Yucatan Channel, Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(C08011), doi: 10.1029/2004JC002345. Abstract / PDF
  11. Oey, L-Y., C. Winant, E. Dever, W. R. Johnson, D-P. Wang, 2004: A model of the near-surface circulation of the Santa Barbara Channel: Comparison with observations and dynamical interpretations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34(1), 23-43. Abstract / PDF
  12. Oey, L.-Y., and H. C. Zhang, 2004: The generation of subsurface cyclones and jets through eddy-slope interaction. Continental Shelf Research, 24(18), 2109-2131 Abstract / PDF
  13. Ezer, T., L-Y. Oey, and H-C. Lee, and W. Sturges, 2003: The variability of currents in the Yucatan Channel: Analysis of results from a numerical ocean model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C1), 3012, 10.1029/2002JC001509. Abstract / PDF
  14. Oey, L-Y., H-C. Lee, and W. J. Schmitz, Jr., 2003: Effects of winds and Caribbean eddies on the frequency of Loop Current eddy shedding: A numerical model study.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C10), 3324, doi:10.1029/2002JC001698. Abstract / PDF
  15. Wang, D-P., L-Y. Oey, T. Ezer, and P. Hamilton, 2003: Near-surface currents in DeSoto Canyon (1997–99): Comparison of current meters, satellite observation, and model simulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33(1), 313-326. Abstract / PDF
  16. Ezer, T., L.-Y. Oey, and H.-C. Lee, 2002: Simulation of velocities in the Yucatan Channel. In, Oceans, MIS/IEEE Publ., Marine Techn. Soc., Columbia, MD., 1467-1471. Abstract / PDF.  (not refereed????)
  17. Oey, L.-Y., and H. C. Lee, 2002: Deep eddy energy and topographic Rossby waves in the Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32(12), 3499-3527. Abstract / PDF
  18. Oey, L-Y., D-P. Wang, T. Hayward, C. Winant, and M. Hendershott, 2001: "Upwelling" and "cyclonic" regimes of the near-surface circulation in the Santa Barbara Channel.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(C5), 9213-9222. Abstract / PDF
  19. Miller, A. J., J. C. McWilliams, N. Schneider, J. S. Allen, J. A. Barth, R. C. Beardsley, F. P. Chavez, T. K. Chereskin, C. A. Edwards, R. L. Haney, K. A. Kelly, J. C. Kindle, L. N. Ly, J. R. Moisan, M. A. Noble, P. P. Niiler, L. Y. Oey, F. B. Schwing, R. K. Shearman, and M. S. Swenson, 1999: Observing and modeling the California Current System. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 80, 533-539.
  20. Oey, L-Y., 1999: A forcing mechanism for the poleward flow off the southern California coast. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104(C6), 13,529-13,539. Abstract / PDF
  21. Oey, L.-Y., 1998: Eddy energetics in the Faroe-Shetland Channel: a model resolution study, Cont. Shelf Res., 17: 1,929-1,944.
  22. Mellor, G. L., L.-Y. Oey, and T. Ezer, 1998: Sigma coordinate pressure gradient errors and the seamount problem. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 15(5), 1122-1131. Abstract  / PDF
  23. Oey, L-Y., 1998: Subtidal energetics in the Faroe-Shetland Channel: Coarse-grid model experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research, 103(C6), 12,689-12,708. Abstract / PDF
  24. Cummins, P. F., and L-Y. Oey, 1997: Simulation of barotropic and baroclinic tides off northern British Columbia. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27(5), 762-781. Abstract / PDF
  25. Kourafalou, V. H., L-Y. Oey, J. D. Wang, and T. N. Lee, 1996: The fate of river discharge on the continental shelf. 1. Modeling the river plume and the innershelf coastal current. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(C2), 3415-3434. Abstract / PDF
  26. Kourafalou, V. H., T. N. Lee, L-Y. Oey, and J. D. Wang, 1996: The fate of river discharge on the continental shelf. 2. Transport of coastal low-salinity waters under realistic wind and tidal forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(C2), 3435-3455. Abstract / PDF
  27. Oey, L-Y., 1996: Flow around a coastal bend: A model of the Santa Barbara Channel eddy. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(C7), 16,667-16,682. Abstract / PDF
  28. Oey, L-Y., 1996: Simulation of mesoscale variability in the Gulf of Mexico: Sensitivity studies, comparison with observations, and trapped wave propagation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26(2), 145-175. Abstract / PDF
  29. Oey, L-Y., 1995: Eddy- and wind-forced shelf circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 100(C5), 8621-8637. Abstract / PDF
  30. Oey, L.-Y., Manning, J., Jo, H. T., and You, K. W., 1995: "A plume and wind driven circulation of the New York Bight." In Quantitative skill assessment for coastal ocean model. Coastal and estuarine studies: Volume 47. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 329–347.
  31. Ahsan, A. K. M. Q., M. S. Bruno, L-Y. Oey, and R. I. Hires, 1994: Wind-driven dispersion in New Jersey coastal waters. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 120(11), 1264-1273.
  32. Manning, J. P., L-Y. Oey, D. Packer, J. Vitaliano, T. W. Finneran, K. W. You, and S. Fromm, 1994: Observations of bottom currents and estimates of resuspended sediment transport at the New York Bight 12-mile dumpsite. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99(C5), 10,221-10,239. Abstract / PDF
  33. Mellor, G. L., T. Ezer, and L-Y. Oey, 1994: The pressure gradient conundrum of sigma coordinate ocean models. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 11(4), 1126-1134. Abstract   / PDF
  34. Oey, L-Y., and G. L. Mellor, 1993: Subtidal variability of estuarine outflow, plume, and coastal current: A model study. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23(1), 164-171. Abstract  / PDF
  35. Oey, L-Y., and P. Chen, 1992: A model simulation of circulation in the Northeast Atlantic shelves and seas. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97(C12), 20,087-20,115.
    Abstract
  36. Oey, L-Y., and P. Chen, 1992: A nested-grid ocean model: with application to the simulation of meanders and eddies in the Norwegian Coastal Current. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97(C12), 20,063-20,086. Abstract
  37. Oey, L-Y., T. Ezer, G. L. Mellor, and P. Chen, 1992: A model study of "bump" induced western boundary current variabilities. Journal of Marine Systems, 3, 321-342. Abstract
  38. Oey, L-Y., Y-H. Zhang, and P. Chen, 1992: Simulation of the Norwegian coastal current in the vicinity of the Halten Bank: comparison with observations and process study of bank-induced meanders. Journal of Marine Systems, 3, 391-416.
    Abstract
  39. You, K.W., L.-Y. Oey, Y.H. Zhang, P. Chen et al. 1991: A 3-d simulation of buoyancy and wind-induced circulation and mixing in the New York Bight. Estuarine & Coastal Modeling, vol.2, ASCE Publ. (June, 1992; 786 pp); 453-465.
  40. Oey, L-Y., and P. Chen, 1991: Frontal waves upstream of a diabathic blocking: A model study. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 21(11), 1643-1163. Abstract / PDF
  41. Chen, P., Y.H. Zhang, K.W. You and L.-Y. Oey, 1991: A coastal-ocean hindcast and forecast model. Estuarine & Coastal Modeling, vol.2, ASCE Publ. (June, 1992; 786 pp); 175-187.
  42. Blanton, J.O., L. Y. Oey, J. Amft and T.N. Lee, 1989: Advection of momentum and buoyancy in a coastal frontal zone. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 19: 98-115.
  43. Schwing, F.B.; Oey, L-Y; Blanton, J.O. 1988: Evidence for nonlocal forcing along the southeastern United States during a transitional wind. regime. Geophysical Research, 93, C7, 8221-8228. 
  44. Oey, L.-Y., 1988: A model of Gulf Stream frontal instabilities, meanders and eddies along the continental slope. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 18: 211-229.
  45. Yoder, J.A., McClain, C.R., Blanton, J.O. and Oey, L.-Y., 1987: Spatial scales in CZCS-chlorophyll imagery of the southeastern U.S. continental shelf. Limnol. Oceanogr., 32: 929-941.
  46. Oey, L-Y., L. P. Atkinson, and J. O. Blanton, 1987: Wind induced intrusion of upper Gulf Stream water onto the U.S. southeastern continental shelf. J. Phys. Oceanog., 17: 2318-2333.
  47. Oey, L.-Y., 1986: The formation and maintenance of density fronts on U.S. southeastern continental shelf during winter. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 16, 1121–1135.
  48. Schwing, F.B., L.-Y. Oey and J.O. Blanton, 1985: Frictional response of continental shelf water to local wind forcing. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 15, 1733-1746.
  49. Blumberg, A., and L-Y. Oey, 1985: Modeling circulation and mixing in estuaries and coastal oceans. Advances in Geophysics, 28A , 525-547.
  50. Mellor, G. L., L-Y. Oey, R. I. Hires, and B. Galperin, 1985: Three-dimensional numerical models for hindcasting or forecasting estuarine tides, currents and salinities. In Applications of Real-time Oceanographic Circulation Modeling: Symposium Proceedings, Washington, DC: Marine Technology Society, 211-225.
  51. Oey, L-Y., G. L Mellor, and R. I. Hires, 1985: A three-dimensional simulation of the Hudson-Raritan estuary. Part I: Description of the model and model simulations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 15 (12), 1676-1692. Abstract / PDF
  52. Oey, L-Y., G. L Mellor, and R. I. Hires, 1985: A three-dimensional simulation of the Hudson-Raritan estuary. Part II: Comparison with observation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 15(12), 1693-1709. Abstract / PDF
  53. Oey, L-Y., G. L Mellor, and R. I. Hires, 1985: A three-dimensional simulation of the Hudson-Raritan estuary. Part III: Salt flux analyses. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 15(12), 1711-1720. Abstract / PDF
  54. Oey, L-Y., G. L Mellor, and R. I. Hires, 1985: Tidal modeling of the Hudson-Raritan Estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 20, 511-527. Abstract
  55. Oey, L-Y., 1984: On steady salinity distribution and circulation in partially mixed and well mixed estuaries. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 14(3), 629-645. Abstract / PDF
  56. Hires, R.I., L.-Y. Oey and G.L. Mellor, 1984: Numerical model study of the tidal hydraulics in Raritan bay. Bull. NJ Academy Sci., 29(2), 59-68.
  57. Hires, R.I., L.-Y. Oey and G.L. Mellor, 1983: Prediction of oil spill trajectories in New York Harbor. Civil Engr. Practic. Design Engr., 2, 585-625.
  58. Oey, L-Y., 1982: Implicit schemes for differential equations. Journal of Computational Physics, 45, 443-468. Abstract

Recent Reports etc.:

 

1.      Oey, L.-Y., 2007: Lagrangian Data Assimilation in Ocean Model Calculations.  Final Report to U.S. DOI Minerals Management Service, Herndon, Virginia, Contract# 1435-01-04-CT-35279, by Princeton University, AOS Program, Sayre Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. 79pp, 38 figures.

 

2.      Oey, L.-Y., 2006: Near-Bottom Current Statistics in the Santa Barbara Channel and Santa Maria Basin (SBC-SMB). Final Report to U.S. DOI Minerals Management Service, Herndon, Virginia, Contract# 1435-01-03-CA-72097, by Princeton University, AOS Program, Sayre Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544. 54pp, 31 figures.

 

3.      Oey, L.-Y., 2004: A Circulation Model of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, Part I: Development of the Princeton Regional Ocean Forecast (& Hindcast) System - PROFS, and Hindcast Experiment for 1992-1999.  Final Report to U.S. DOI Minerals Management Service, Herndon, Virginia, Contract# 1435-01-00-CT-31076, by Princeton University, AOS Program, Sayre Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, Dec/2003. 167pp, 51 figures.

 

4.      Oey, L.-Y., 2003: USERS GUIDE for The Princeton Regional Ocean Forecast (& Hindcast) System - PROFS: for the Gulf of Mexico & Northwest Atlantic Ocean, Including the Gulf Stream & the Caribbean Sea. Report submitted to U.S. DOI Minerals Management Service, Herndon, Virginia, Contract# 1435-01-00-CT-31076, by Princeton University, AOS Program, Sayre Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544, Oct/2003, 22 pp., 3 illustrations.

 

5.      Oey, L.-Y., P. Hamilton, and H.-C. Lee, 2003: “Modeling and Data-Analyses of Circulation Processes in the Gulf of Mexico.”  Final Report to the Minerals Management Service, Contract#1435-01-99-CT-31028; 116 pp, 56 figures.  Available from Science Applications International Corporation, 615 Oberlin Rd., Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27605.