Dr. Feng Li
Senior Research Scientist · Non-Tenure Track
Goddard Earth Sci & Tech Center
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About
Dr. Feng Li received a BS and a MS in atmospheric sciences from Nanjing University, China in 1993 and 1996, respectively, and his Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005. His PhD thesis studied gravity waves in the mesopause using lidar and airglow imager measurements. Dr. Li worked at Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher for two years. He then worked at GEST/UMBC and GESTAR/USRA. Now he is a senior research scientist at GESTARII/UMBC. Dr. Li is affiliated with the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory at NASA GSFC.
Research interests
Dr. Li's research focuses on chemistry-climate interactions. He investigates how stratospheric composition and processes affect climate in the atmosphere and ocean, and how atmosphere-ocean coupling affects stratosphere. Dr. Li's research includes the impact of stratospheric ozone depletion/recover on Southern Hemisphere surface and Southern Ocean, stratospheric water vapor feedback on global warming, and the influence of stratospheric polar vortex on seasonal-to-subseaonal forecasts.
Education
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Ph D, Atmospheric Sciences
— University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005) A Dynamical Study of Gravity Waves and Instabilities in the Mesopause Region at Maui, Hawaii
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MS, Atmospheric Sciences
— Nanjing University (1996) Effects of Moisture Transport Schemes on PSU/NCAR MM4 Predictions of Precipitation and Mesoscale System Structure
- BS, Atmospheric Sciences — Nanjing University (1993)
Publications
- Hunga effects on stratospheric temperatures and circulation 2025
- Transient and seasonal response of Southern Ocean sea surface temperature and Antarctic sea ice to stratospheric ozone recovery 2025
- Impacts of Stratospheric Ozone Recovery on Southern Ocean Temperature and Heat Budget 2023
- Prescribing stratospheric chemistry overestimates southern hemisphere climate change during austral spring in response to quadrupled CO2 2022
Presentations
- Stratospheric Water Vapor under Global Warming: Climate Feedback and Impact on Temperature and Circulation 2022
- Stratospheric Ozone Impacts Southern Hemisphere and Southern Ocean Response to Quadrupled CO2 2022
Grants and Contracts
- Impact of Stratospheric Polar Vortex and Interactive Ozone on Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Forecasts and Atmospheric and Oceanic Variability 2021
- Understanding Antarctic Sea Ice Change in a Warming Climate 2017