Jinyu Sheng

Department of Oceanography
Dalhousie University
1355 Oxford Street
PO BOX 15000
Halifax NS  B3H 4R2

Room 5676 LSC

Phone: (902) 494-2718
   Fax: (902) 494-3877
Email: jinyu.sheng@Dal.Ca
Webpage: http://www.phys.ocean.dal.ca/people/po/Sheng/test4.html

Education Background

• BSc - Coastal Hydrology, East China Technical University
• MSc - Physical Oceanography, Memorial University
• PhD - Physical Oceanography, Memorial University

Research Interests

• Ocean modeling and prediction
• Shelf circulation

4220.03/5220.03: Numerical Modelling of Atmospheres and Oceans
4222.03/5222.03: Estuary, Coast and Shelf Dynamics

Titus, L., Sheng, J., Greatbatch, R. - 2012 - Improving statistical downscaling of general circulation models. - Atmosphere-Ocean, In Press

Oliver, E., Sheng, J., Thompson, K., and Urrego Blanco, J. - 2012 - Extreme surface and Near Bottom Currents in the northwest Atlantic. - Natural Hazards, In press.

Shan, S., and Sheng, J. - 2012 - Examination of circulation, flushing time and dispersion in Halifax Harbour of Nova Scotia, Canada. - Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, In Press

Tang, L., Sheng, J., and Cai, Y. - 2012 - Storm-Induced circulation in the Pearl River Estuary of China during super typhoon Koryn. - Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, In press.

Urrego Blanco, J., Sheng, J. - 2012 - Numerical investigation of interannual variability of circulation and hydrography over the eastern Canadian Shelf. - Atmosphere-Ocean, 50, 277-300.

Zhao, J., Rao, R., and Sheng, J. - 2012 - Numerical study of dispersion and hydrodynamic connectivity of near-surface waters in Lake Huron. - Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, In press

Sheng, J., J. Zhao, and L. Zhai - 2009 - Examination of circulation, dispersion and connectivity in Lunenburg Bay of Nova Scotia using a nested-grid circulation model - Journal of Marine Systems, 77, 350-365, doi:10.1016/j.marsys.2008.01.013

Zhai, L., J. Sheng, and R. J. Greatbatch - 2008 - Baroclinic dynamics of wind-driven circulation in a stratified bay: A numerical study using models of varying complexity - Continental Shelf Research, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.05.005

Zhai, L. and J. Sheng - 2008 - Assimilating hydrographic observations into a nested-grid circulation model in Lunenburg Bay of Nova Scotia - Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, 274-290

Zhai, L., J. Sheng, and R. J. Greatbatch - 2008 - Application of a nested-grid ocean circulation model to Lunenburg Bay of Nova Scotia: Verification against observations - Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 113, C02024, doi:10.1029/2007JC004230

Zhai, L. and J. Sheng - 2008 - Improve the utility of a coastal circulation model by assimilating hydrographic observations into the model momentum equation - Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L24603, doi:10.1029/2008GL035640

Zhai, L., J. Sheng, and R. J. Greatbatch - 2007 - Observations of the dynamical response of a coastal embayment to wind, tide, and buoyancy forcing - Continental Shelf Research, 27, 2534-2555

Sheng, J., Zhai, X., and Greatbatch, R.J. - 2006 - Numerical study of the storm-induced circulation on the Scotian Shelf during Hurricane Juan using a nested-grid ocean model. - Progress in Oceanography, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2005.07.007.

Zhai, X., Greatbatch, R.J., and Sheng, J. - 2005 - Doppler-shifted inertial oscillations on a beta-plane. - J. Phys. Ocean., 35, 1480-1488.

Sheng, J., Greatbatch, R.J., Zhai, X., and Tang, L. - 2005 - A new two-way nesting technique based on the smoothed semi-prognostic method. - Ocean Dynamics, 55, 162-177, doi:10.1007/s10236-005-00005-6.

Zhang, S., Sheng, J., and Greatbatch, R.J. - 2004 - A coupled ice-ocean modelling study of the northwest Atlantic Ocean. - J. Geophys. Res., 109, C04009, 10.1029/2003JC001924.

Greatbatch, R.J., Sheng, J., Eden, C., Tang, L., Zhai, X., and Zhao, J. - 2004 - The semi-prognostic method. - Continental Shelf Research, 24/18, 2149-2165.

Zhai, X., Sheng, J., and Greatbatch, R.J. - 2004 - A new two-way nested-grid ocean modelling technique applied to the Scotian Shelf and Slope. - Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, 342-357.

Zhao, J., Greatbatch, R.J., Sheng, J., Eden, C., and Azetsu-Scott, K. - 2004 - Impact of an adiabatic correction technique on the simulation of CFC-12 in a model of the North Atlantic Ocean. - Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L12309, 10.1029/2004GL020206.

Zhai, X., Greatbatch, R.J., and Sheng, J. - 2004 - Advective spreading of storm-induced inertial oscillations in a model of the northwest Atlantic. - Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, 10.1029/2004GL020084.

Zhao, J., Sheng, J., Greatbatch, R.J., Azetsu-Scott, K., and Jones, E.P. - 2004 - Estimation of inventory and spreading of CFC-11 and CFC-12 in the North Atlantic Ocean using a three-dimensional ocean circulation model with the modified semi-prognostic method. - Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, C06027, doi:10.1029/2004JC002814.

Zhai, X., Greatbatch, R.J., and Sheng, J. - 2004 - Diagnosing the role of eddies in driving the circulation of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. - Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L23304, doi:10.1029/2004GL021146.

Thompson, K.R., Sheng, J., Smith, P.C., Cong, L - 2003 - Prediction of Surface Currents and Drifter Trajectories on the Inner Scotian Shelf. - J. Geophys. Res., 108, No. C9, 3287.

Zakardjian, B., Sheng, J., Runge, J., McLaren, I., Plourde, S., Thompson, K.R., and Gratton, Y. - 2003 - Effects of Temperature and Circulation on the Population Dynamics of Calanus Finmarchicus in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Scotian Shelf:  Study with a Coupled, Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic, Stage-Based Life History Model. - J. Geophys. Res., 108, No. C11, 8016.

Sheng, J., and Tang, L. - 2003 - A numerical study of circulation in the western Caribbean Sea. - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, 2049-2069.

Mercer, D., Sheng, J., Greatbatch, R.J. and Bobanovic, J. - 2002 - Barotropic waves generated by storms moving rapidly over shallow water. - J. Geophys. Res., 107(C10), 10.1029/2001JC001140.

Greatbatch, R.J., Bobanovic, J., Sheng and Thompson, K. - 2002 - Oceanography. - Encyclopedia of Envirometrics, P.C. Chatwin and P. Sullivan, Editors, John Wiley and Sons.

Sheng, J., Greatbatch, R.J., and Wright, D.G. - 2001 - Improving the utility of ocean circulation models through adjustment of the momentum balance. - J. Geophys. Res., 106, 16,711-16,728.

Sheng, J., Thompson, K.R., Cong, L., Smith, P., and Lawrence, D. - 2001 - Effect of Wind and Local Density on the Subtidal Circulation on the Inner Scotian Shelf. - Continental Shelf Res., 21(1), 1-19.

Sheng, J., Wright, D.G., Greatbatch, R.J., and Dietrich, D.E. - 1998 - CANDIE: A new version of the DieCAST ocean circulation model. - Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology,15, 1414-1432.

Sheng, J. and Hay, A.E. - 1995 - Sediment Eddy Diffusivity Profiles in the Nearshore Zone from Multifrequency Acoustic Backscatter. - Continental Shelf Res., 15, 129-147.