My current research focuses on understanding decadal variability and predictability of recent rapid climate changes, such as Arctic sea ice, the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), atmospheric circulation, weather extremes, including storms, atmospheric rivers, etc., and their interactions, working with Dr. Liping Zhang.

My broader research interests lie in improving our understanding of atmosphere-ice-ocean interactions in response to global warming, from regional studies in the Arctic, North Atlantic, and North Pacific to global scale across a range of timescales, from years to decades, to provide more reliable future projections.

Before joining UCAR/GFDL, I earned my Ph.D. in Marine and Climate Sciences from the University of California, Santa Barbara. My Ph.D. research focused on the impact of large-scale atmospheric circulation on recent repaid climate changes in high northern latitudes, such as Arctic Ocean warming, the North Atlantic warming hole, AMOC, and atmospheric rivers under the guidance of Prof. Qinghua Ding.

Please reach out to collaborate 😃 Email: [zhe.li@noaa.gov] & [zheli2@ucar.edu]