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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Yangxing Zheng

Florida State University

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)

2000 Levy Avenue, Bldg. A, Suite 292
P.O. Box 3062741
Tallahassee, FL 323062741

yzheng@fsu.edu

Project List:

Modeling Modification of Surface Oil Transport by Air/Sea Interactions and Tropical Storms

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact, Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Post-Doc

Automated Mapping of Surface Oil Spill: Surface Physics and Remote Sensing Associated with Movement and Identification of a Slick

Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf InstituteRole: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3
2021
Ainsworth, C. H., Chassignet, E. P., French-McCay, D., Beegle-Krause, C. J., Berenshtein, I., Englehardt, J., et al. (2021). Ten years of modeling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Modelling & Software, 142, 105070.
2020
Barker, C. H., Kourafalou, V. H., Beegle-Krause, C., Boufadel, M., Bourassa, M. A., Buschang, S. G., et al. (2020). Progress in Operational Modeling in Support of Oil Spill Response. Jmse, 8(9), 668.
2013
Zheng, Y., Bourassa, M. A., & Hughes, P. (2013). Influences of Sea Surface Temperature Gradients and Surface Roughness Changes on the Motion of Surface Oil: A Simple Idealized Study. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52(7), 1561–1575.
Conference Presentations - 6
2019
Blair, D., Zheng, Y., Bourassa, M. A., & Van Gorder, S. (2019). A Modified COAWST for Surface Oil Transport in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2020 AGU Ocean Science Meeting. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster.
Zheng, Y., Bourassa, M. A., & Van Gorder, S. (2019). An Introduction to a Modified COAWST for Surface Oil Transport in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
2014
Bourassa, M. A., Zheng, Y., & Hughes, P. J. (2014). Influences of Sea Surface Temperature Gradients and Surface Roughness Changes on the Motion of Surface Oil: A Simple Idealized Study. In 31st Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. San Diego, CA : 03/31/14-04/04/14.
2013
Zheng, Y., Bourassa, M. A., & Hughes, P. (2013). Impacts of Sea Surface Temperature Gradients and Surface Roughness Changes on the Motion of Surface Oil: A Simple Idealized Study. In International Ocean Vector Winds Science Team Meeting. Kailua-Kona, HI, May 6-8, 2013: Poster.
2012
Zheng, Y., Bourassa, M. A., & Hughes, P. (2012). How temperature and roughness changes due to a slick influence the motion of a surface oil slick. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.
Zheng, Y., Bourassa, M. A., & Hughes, P. (2012). Influence of sea surface temperature gradient and roughness changes due to a slick on the motion of surface oil. In International Ocean Vector Winds Science Team Meeting. Utrecht, Netherlands, January 12th, 2012: Poster.