Lie-Yauw Oey
Physical Oceanographer
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my qualifications .
Education:
BSc, 1st Class, 1974,
Thesis: Laboratory experiment of
turbulence behind bluff bodies
Ph.D, 1978,
Thesis: Numerical simulation of shock
wave-turbulent boundary layer interaction
Contact:
Program in Atmospheric & Oceanic
Sciences
Sayre Hall,
Research
Activities
(Recent
Highlights):
I develop and
apply models to attempt to understand and explain fluid dynamics of the ocean,
particularly phenomena in regional and coastal oceans. Observations and
model results are analyzed to understand physics, and also to guide
developments of methodologies for ocean hindcasts and forecasts.
My interests include
studying mesoscale eddies and currents both near the surface (upper 500 m) and
in the deep, ocean response to hurricanes, fluid dynamics of the shelves and
slopes, and near-coast & estuarine processes including dynamics of moving
land-sea boundaries – i.e. inundations. Presently I focus on processes
that occur in the Gulf of Mexico and the
The following links
outline some basic concepts of ocean and regional ocean modeling.