Jin Yu

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Chemistry

NSF-Simons Center of Multiscale Cell Fate (CMCF) Research

Biography

Jin Yu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, a position she has held since July 2019. She is also associated with the NSF-Simons Center of Multiscale Cell Fate Research and the Department of Chemistry at UCI starting from March 2020. Yu obtained her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007, where she also earned a Master’s degree in Finance. Prior to that, she completed her undergraduate and master's education in Physics at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China.

Yu's research primarily focuses on the computational modeling of molecular machines and biophysics. She has contributed significantly to the understanding of transcription machinery, DNA repair processes, and the dynamics of biomolecular systems. Yu has published extensively, with over 50 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as the Biophysical Journal, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and Nucleic Acids Research. Her research has been funded by multiple grants, including those from the National Science Foundation and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Yu has also received the UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship for her research contributions.

At UC Irvine, Yu teaches courses in Biological Physics and Molecular Machine, Statistical Mechanics, and Computational Methods at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She has supervised several doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, contributing to their academic and professional development. Yu actively participates in academic service, including organizing conferences and focus sessions for professional societies such as the American Physical Society. She also serves as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals, providing expertise in his field to advance scholarly research.

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Degrees

PhD in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
MS in Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
MS in Physics, Tsinghua University, 2001
BS in Physics, Tsinghua University, 1998

Distinctions

UC Office of the President Cancer Research CRCC (PI): Developing computational assay for oncogenic MYC/MAX dimerization and search, Award C23CR5636, 2022
National Science Foundation (NSF) (PI) RAPID: Impact of inhibitors on SARS-CoV-2 polymerase and fidelity control of RNA synthesis, Award # MCB-2028935, 2020
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (co-PI) Thermal dissipation and long-time dynamics in the active matter systems, Grant #11635002, 2017
NSFC (PI) Signal detection and information recognition on DNA by protein factors and machines, Grant # 11775016, 2018
NSFC (PI) Dissecting non-equilibrium dynamics of single molecule gene transcription and replication, Grant # 11275022, 2013
Young Talent Scholarship from Global Recruitment Program of China, 2012
UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, and Clare Boothe Luce Fellowship, 2007
Excellent Graduate Advisor Award, CSRC, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, 2019
Keystone Symposia Future of Science Fund Scholarship; Biophysical Society Annual Meeting CPOW Travel Award, 2010
Guanghua Scholarship of Tsinghua University, 2000

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Areas of Expertise

Biophysics and Molecular Machines
DNA/RNA Polymerase Dynamics
Virus Replication Mechanisms
Protein-DNA Interactions
Computational Modeling and Simulations
Transcription Fidelity Control
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Gene Transcription and Regulation
Biomolecular Kinetics
SARS-CoV-2 Research

Recent Publications

K. Ji, J.Y. Yu, J. Li, Z.Z. Hu, Y.H. Tseng, J. Shi, Y. Zhao, C. Sun, R. Ding, “Enhanced North Pacific Victoria mode in a warming climate”, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 7, 2024.
X. Li, J.Y. Yu, R. Ding, “El Niño-La Niña Asymmetries in the Changes of ENSO Complexities and Dynamics Since 1990”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 51, 2024.
Y.F. Lin, J.Y. Yu, “The Role of the Indian Ocean in Controlling the Formation of Multiyear El Niños through Subtropical ENSO Dynamics”, Journal of Climate, vol. 37, pp. 385-401, 2024.
X. Li, R. Ding, Y.H. Tseng, J.Y. Yu, X. Xu, “Mutual influences between ENSO and its two precursor modes in the extratropical South Pacific”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 62, pp. 3109-3121, 2024.
T.W. Cao, F. Zheng, J.Y. Yu, X.H. Fang, W.X. Zhong, “The Unique Role of the Intraseasonal Zonal Wind in March Over the Equatorial Western Pacific Contributes to Shaping the Subsequent ENSO Development”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 51, 2024.
M. Chen, M. Collins, J.Y. Yu, X. Wang, L. Zhang, C.Y. Tam, “Emerging influence of the Australian Monsoon on Indian Ocean interannual variability in a warming climate”, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 7, 2024.
K.X. Li, F. Zheng, J. Zhu, J.Y. Yu, N. Keenlyside, “Advancing annual global mean surface temperature prediction to 2 months lead using physics based strategy”, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 7, 2024.
J. Wang, L.L. Liu, Y.F. Lin, J.Y. Yu, F. Wang, “A See-Saw of Subduction Rate in the North Pacific Western and Eastern Subtropical Mode Water Formation Areas Induced by the Aleutian Low”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 51, 2024.
P. Li, F. Zheng, X. Fang, J.Y. Yu, “The advance of El Niño phase locking from period 1982-2000 to 2001-2022”, Environmental Research Communications, vol. 6, 2024.
X. Li, J.Y. Yu, R. Ding, J. Hu, P.F. Tuo, “Asymmetric Efficacies Between Warm and Cold Pacific Meridional Modes in Inducing ENSO”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 51, 2024.
H.M. Xiao, H.H. Hsu, T.H. Lee, B.T. Jong, J.Y. Yu, Y.C. Liang, M.H. Lo, “The Remote Response in the Northern Pacific Climate During Winter to Deforestation in the Maritime Continent”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 129, 2024.
Chunhong Long, Chuanbo Zheng, Hongqiong Liang, Liqiang Dai, Jin Yu, “Dissecting the CRISPR Cas1-Cas2 Protospacer Binding and Selection Mechanism by Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, J. Phys. Chem. B, vol. 128, no. 15, pp. 3563–3574, 2024.
Jianfang Chen, Yuanpeng Song, Luhan Ma, Yizhou Jin, Jin Yu, Yanzhi Guo, Yan Huang, Xuemei Pu, “Computational insights into diverse binding modes of the allosteric modulator and their regulation on dopamine D1 receptor”, Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 173, pp. 108283, 2024.
Moises E Romero, Shannon J McElhenney, Jin Yu, “Trapping non-cognate nucleotide upon initial binding for replication fidelity control in SARS-CoV-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 26, pp. 1792-1808, 2024.
R. Ding, H.C. Nnamchi, J.Y. Yu, T. Li, C. Sun, J. Li, Y.H. Tseng, X. Li, F. Xie, J. Feng, K. Ji, X. Li, “North Atlantic oscillation controls multidecadal changes in the North Tropical Atlantic−Pacific connection”, Nature Communications, vol. 14, 2023.
J.W. Kim, J.Y. Yu, B. Tian, “Overemphasized role of preceding strong El Niño in generating multi-year La Niña events”, Nature Communications, vol. 14, 2023.
Y. Zhao, J.Y. Yu, “Two Marine Heatwave (MHW) Variants under a Basinwide MHW Conditioning Mode in the North Pacific and Their Atlantic Associations”, Journal of Climate, vol. 36, pp. 8657-8674, 2023.
Y.F. Lin, C.T. Terng, C.R. Wu, J.Y. Yu, “Seasonally-reversed trends in the subtropical Northwestern Pacific linked to asymmetric AMO influences”, Scientific Reports, vol. 13, 2023.
T.H. Lee, J.Y. Yu, Y.F. Lin, M.H. Lo, H.M. Xiao, “The Potential Influence of Maritime Continent Deforestation on El Niño-Southern Oscillation: Insights From Idealized Modeling Experiments”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 50, 2023.
J.W. Kim, T.H. Chang, C.T. Lee, J.Y. Yu, “Evaluating ENSO's Spatiotemporal Complexity in the CWB CFS 1-Tiered Model Hindcasts”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 128, 2023.
C.R. Wu, Y.F. Lin, I.I. Lin, J.Y. Yu, “Unleashing the power of the Sun: the increasing impact of the solar cycle on off-season super typhoons since the 1990s”, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 6, 2023.
W.J. Song, J.Y. Yu, T. Lian, “The efficacy of tropical and extratropical predictors for long-lead El Niño-Southern Oscillation prediction: A study using a machine learning algorithm”, International Journal of Climatology, vol. 43, pp. 6887-6899, 2023.
Carmen Al Masri, Biao Wan, Jin Yu, “Non-specific vs specific DNA binding free energetics of a transcription factor domain protein for target search and recognition”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 122, pp. 4476-4487, 2023.
Jin Yu, “Commentary: On the common pathways of deformation: RNA vs DNA under interrogation”, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, vol. 120, no. 23, pp. e2306453120, 2023.
Chunhong Long, Moises Ernesto Romero, Liqiang Dai, Jin Yu, “Energetic vs entropic stabilization between Remdesivir analogue and cognate ATP upon binding and insertion into active site of SARS-CoV-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., vol. 25, pp. 13508, 2023.
R. Ding, Y.‐. Tseng, E. Di Lorenzo, L. Shi, J. Li, J.Y. Yu, C. Wang, C. Sun, J.J. Luo, K.J. Ha, Z.Z. Hu, F. Li, “Multi-year El Niño events tied to the North Pacific Oscillation”, Nature Communications, vol. 13, 2022.
J.W. Kim, J.Y. Yu, “Single- and multi-year ENSO events controlled by pantropical climate interactions”, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 5, 2022.
N. Chen, X. Fang, J.Y. Yu, “A multiscale model for El Niño complexity”, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 5, 2022.
H.M. Xiao, M.H. Lo, J.Y. Yu, “The increased frequency of combined El Niño and positive IOD events since 1965s and its impacts on maritime continent hydroclimates”, Scientific Reports, vol. 12, 2022.
H.M. Hu, V. Trouet, C. Spötl, H.C. Tsai, W.Y. Chien, W.H. Sung, V. Michel, J.Y. Yu, P. Valensi, X. Jiang, F. Duan, Y. Wang, H.S. Mii, Y.M. Chou, M.A. Lone, C.C. Wu, E. Starnini, M. Zunino, T.K. Watanabe, T. Watanabe, H.H. Hsu, G.W.K. Moore, G. Zanchetta, C. Pérez-Mejías, S.Y. Lee, C.C. Shen, “Tracking westerly wind directions over Europe since the middle Holocene”, Nature Communications, vol. 13, 2022.
J. Chen, J.Y. Yu, S. Chen, X. Wang, Z. Xiao, S.W. Fang, “Tropical and Subtropical Pacific Sources of the Asymmetric El Niño-La Niña Decay and Their Future Changes”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 49, 2022.
T. Zhu, J.Y. Yu, “A Shifting Tripolar Pattern of Antarctic Sea Ice Concentration Anomalies During Multi-Year La Niña Events”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 49, 2022.
Lingyan Wang, Kaiyuan Song, Jin Yu, Lin-Tai Da, “Computational investigations on target-site searching and recognition mechanisms by thymine DNA glycosylase during DNA repair process”, Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica, vol. 54, pp. 796-806, 2022.
Chuan Li, Jin Yu, Qiaolin Gou, Yanzhi Guo, Xuemei Pu, “An Interpretable Convolutional Neural Network Framework for Analyzing Molecular Dynamics Trajectories: a Case Study on Functional States for G-Protein-Coupled Receptors”, J. Chem. Inf. Model., vol. 62, no. 6, pp. 1399–1410, 2022.
Chao E, Liqiang Dai, Jiaqi Tian, Lin-Tai Da, Jin Yu, “Structure-Based Simulation and Sampling of Transcription Factor Protein Movements along DNA from Atomic-Scale Stepping to Coarse-Grained Diffusion”, J. Vis. Exp., vol. (181), pp. e63406, 2022.
Chao E, Liqiang Dai, Jin Yu, “Switching Promotor Recognition of Phage RNA Polymerase in Silico Following Path along Lab Directed Evolution”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 121, pp. 582-595, 2022.
Biao Wan, Jin Yu, “Two-Phase Dynamics of DNA Supercoiling based on DNA Polymer Physics”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 121, pp. 658-669, 2022.
Jianbing Ma, Jin Yu, Xuguang Xi, Ying Lu, Ming Li, “RQC helical hairpin in Bloom’s syndrome helicase regulates DNA unwinding by dynamically intercepting nascent nucleotides”, iScience, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 103606, 2022.
A. Mamalakis, J.T. Randerson, J.Y. Yu, M.S. Pritchard, G. Magnusdottir, P. Smyth, P.A. Levine, S. Yu, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, “Zonally contrasting shifts of the tropical rain belt in response to climate change”, Nature Climate Change, vol. 11, pp. 143-151, 2021.
I.I. Lin, R.F. Rogers, H.C. Huang, Y.C. Liao, D. Herndon, J.Y. Yu, Y.T. Chang, J.A. Zhang, C.M. Patricola, I.F. Pun, C.C. Lien, “A tale of two rapidly intensifying supertyphoons: Hagibis (2019) and haiyan (2013)”, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 102, pp. E1645-E1664, 2021.
Y.F. Lin, J.Y. Yu, C.R. Wu, F. Zheng, “The Footprint of the 11-Year Solar Cycle in Northeastern Pacific SSTs and Its Influence on the Central Pacific El Niño”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 48, 2021.
M. Chen, J.Y. Yu, X. Wang, S. Chen, “Distinct Onset Mechanisms of Two Subtypes of CP El Niño and Their Changes in Future Warming”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 48, 2021.
J.W. Kim, J.Y. Yu, “Evolution of Subtropical Pacific-Onset El Niño: How Its Onset Location Controls Its Decay Evolution”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 48, 2021.
J.W. Kim, T.H. Chang, C.T. Lee, J.Y. Yu, “On the varying responses of east asian winter monsoon to three types of El Niño: Observations and model hindcasts”, Journal of Climate, vol. 34, pp. 4089-4101, 2021.
M. Chen, T.H. Chang, C.T. Lee, S.W. Fang, J.Y. Yu, “A study of climate model responses of the western Pacific subtropical high to El Niño diversity”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 56, pp. 581-595, 2021.
W. Qian, Y. Ai, J.Y. Yu, J. Du, “Opposite anomalous synoptic patterns for potential California large wildfire spread and extinguishing in 2018 cases”, Atmospheric Research, vol. 262, 2021.
Moises E Romero, Chunhong Long, Daniel La Rocco, Anusha M Keerthi, Dajun Xu, Jin Yu, “Probing remdesivir nucleotide analogue insertion to SARS-CoV-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase in viral replication”, Molecular Systems Design & Engineering, vol. 6, pp. 888-902, 2021.
Chunhong Long, Liqiang Dai, Chao E, Lin-Tai Da, Jin Yu, “Allosteric regulation in CRISPR/Cas1-Cas2 protospacer acquisition mediated by DNA in association with Cas2”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 120, pp. 3126-3137, 2021.
Chunhong Long, Moises Ernesto Romero, Daniel La Rocco, Jin Yu, “Min-review: Dissecting nucleotide selectivity in viral RNA polymerases”, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, vol. 19, pp. 3339-3348, 2021.
Liqiang Dai, Yongping Xu, Zhenwei Du, Xiao-dong Su, Jin Yu, “Revealing Atomic-scale Molecular Diffusion of a Plant Transcription Factor WRKY domain protein along DNA”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, vol. 118, no. 23, pp. e2102621118, 2021.
Z.Z. Hu, A. Kumar, B. Huang, J. Zhu, M. L'Heureux, M.J. McPhaden, J.Y. Yu, “The interdecadal shift of ENSO properties in 1999/2000: A review”, Journal of Climate, vol. 33, pp. 4441-4462, 2020.
S.W. Fang, J.Y. Yu, “A Control of ENSO Transition Complexity by Tropical Pacific Mean SSTs Through Tropical-Subtropical Interaction”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, 2020.
L.Y. Zhang, Y. Du, W. Cai, Z. Chen, T. Tozuka, J.Y. Yu, “Triggering the Indian Ocean Dipole From the Southern Hemisphere”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, 2020.
S.W. Fang, J.Y. Yu, “Contrasting Transition Complexity Between El Niño and La Niña: Observations and CMIP5/6 Models”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, 2020.
J.W. Kim, J.Y. Yu, “Understanding Reintensified Multiyear El Niño Events”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, 2020.
S. He, J.Y. Yu, S. Yang, S.W. Fang, “ENSO’s impacts on the tropical Indian and Atlantic Oceans via tropical atmospheric processes: observations versus CMIP5 simulations”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 54, pp. 4627-4640, 2020.
J. Chen, J.Y. Yu, X. Wang, T. Lian, “Different influences of southeastern Indian Ocean and western Indian Ocean SST anomalies on eastern China rainfall during the decaying summer of the 2015/16 extreme El Niño”, Journal of Climate, vol. 33, pp. 5427-5443, 2020.
Z.Z. Hu, M.J. McPhaden, A. Kumar, J.Y. Yu, N.C. Johnson, “Uncoupled El Niño Warming”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, 2020.
J.K. Wang, J.Y. Yu, K.R. Johnson, “Pacific and Atlantic controls of the relationship between Mainland Southeast Asia and East China interannual precipitation variability”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 54, pp. 4279-4292, 2020.
J.S. Kug, J. Vialard, Y.G. Ham, J.Y. Yu, M. Lengaigne, “ENSO Remote Forcing: Influence of Climate Variability Outside the Tropical Pacific”, Geophysical Monograph Series, vol. 253, pp. 249-265, 2020.
S. He, J.Y. Yu, S. Yang, S.W. Fang, “Why Does the CP El Niño less Frequently Evolve Into La Niña than the EP El Niño?”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, 2020.
Liqiang Dai, Jin Yu, “Inchworm sepping of Myc-Max heterodimer protein diffusion along DNA”, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, vol. 533, pp. 97-103, 2020.
M. Chen, J.Y. Yu, X. Wang, W. Jiang, “The Changing Impact Mechanisms of a Diverse El Niño on the Western Pacific Subtropical High”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 46, pp. 953-962, 2019.
H. Paek, J.Y. Yu, F. Zheng, M.M. Lu, “Impacts of ENSO diversity on the western Pacific and North Pacific subtropical highs during boreal summer”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 52, pp. 7153-7172, 2019.
C.C. Chen, M.H. Lo, E.S. Im, J.Y. Yu, Y.C. Liang, W.T. Chen, I. Tang, C.W. Lan, R.J. Wu, R.Y. Chien, “Thermodynamic and dynamic responses to deforestation in the Maritime Continent: A modeling study”, Journal of Climate, vol. 32, pp. 3505-3527, 2019.
C.R. Wu, Y.F. Lin, Y.L. Wang, N. Keenlyside, J.Y. Yu, “An Atlantic-driven rapid circulation change in the North Pacific Ocean during the late 1990s”, Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 2019.
P. Tuo, J.Y. Yu, J. Hu, “The changing influences of ENSO and the Pacific meridional mode on mesoscale eddies in the South China Sea”, Journal of Climate, vol. 32, pp. 685-700, 2019.
A. Mamalakis, J.Y. Yu, J.T. Randerson, A. AghaKouchak, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, “Reply to: A critical examination of a newly proposed interhemispheric teleconnection to Southwestern US winter precipitation”, Nature Communications, vol. 10, 2019.
W.J. Song, J.Y. Yu, “Identifying the complex types of atmosphere-ocean interactions in El Ni&ntilde;o”, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 14, 2019.
L. Xu, J.Y. Yu, “An ENSO-induced aerosol dipole in the west-central Pacific and its potential feedback to ENSO evolution”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 52, pp. 5115-5125, 2019.
Chenggong Ji, Shuo Du, Peng Li, Qinyu Zhu, Xiaoke Yang, Chunhong Long, Jin Yu, Feng Shao, Junyu Xiao, “Structural mechanism for guanylate-binding proteins (GBPs) targeting by the Shigella E3 ligase IpaH9.8”, PLOS Pathogens, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. e1007876, 2019.
Chunhong Long, Chao E, Lin-Tai Da, Jin Yu, “Mini Review: A viral T7 RNA polymerase ratcheting along DNA with fidelity control”, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, vol. 17, pp. 638-644, 2019.
Chunhong Long, Chao E, Lin-Tai Da, Jin Yu, “Determining selection free energetics from nucleotide pre-insertion to insertion in viral T7 RNA polymerase transcription fidelity control”, Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 4721-4735, 2019.
Liqiang Dai, Bo Zhang, Shuxun Cui, Jin Yu, “Inspecting fluctuation and coordination around chromophore inside green fluorescent protein from water to nonpolar solvent”, Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, vol. 87, pp. 531-540, 2019.
S. Yang, Z. Li, J.Y. Yu, X. Hu, W. Dong, S. He, “El Niño-Southern Oscillation and its impact in the changing climate”, National Science Review, vol. 5, pp. 840-857, 2018.
J.Y. Yu, S.W. Fang, “The Distinct Contributions of the Seasonal Footprinting and Charged-Discharged Mechanisms to ENSO Complexity”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 45, pp. 6611-6618, 2018.
A. Mamalakis, J.Y. Yu, J.T. Randerson, A. Aghakouchak, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, “A new interhemispheric teleconnection increases predictability of winter precipitation in southwestern US”, Nature Communications, vol. 9, 2018.
L. Wang, J.Y. Yu, “A recent shift in the monsoon centers associated with the tropospheric biennial oscillation”, Journal of Climate, vol. 31, pp. 325-340, 2018.
Y.C. Liang, M.R. Mazloff, I. Rosso, S.W. Fang, J.Y. Yu, “A multivariate empirical orthogonal function method to construct nitrate maps in the Southern Ocean”, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol. 35, pp. 1505-1519, 2018.
Min-jing Deng, Jianli Tao, Chao E, Zhao-yang Ye, Zhengfan Jiang, Jin Yu, Xiao-dong Su, “Novel Mechanism for Cyclic di-Nucleotide Degradation Revealed by Structural Studies of Vibrio Phosphodiesterase V-cGAP3”, Journal of Molecular Biology, vol. 430, no. 24, pp. 5080-5093, 2018.
Xiaobo Jing, Pavel Loskot, Jin Yu, “How does supercoiling regulation on a battery of RNA polymerases impact on bacterial transcription bursting?”, Physical Biology, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 066007, 2018.
Lin-Tai Da, Jin Yu, “Base-Flipping Dynamics from an Intrahelical to an Extrahelical State Exerted by Thymine DNA Glycosylase During DNA Repair Process”, Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 5410-5424, 2018.
Chunhong Long, Jin Yu, “Balancing Non-Equilibrium Driving with Nucleotide Selectivity at Kinetic Checkpoints in Polymerase Fidelity Control”, Entropy, vol. 20, pp. 306, 2018.
Ilona Christy Unarta, Lizhe Zhu, Camen Ka Man Tse, Peter Pak-Hang Cheung, Jin Yu, Xuhui Huang, “Molecular mechanism of RNA polymerase II transcription elongation elucidated by kinetic network models”, Current Opinion in Structural Biology, vol. 49, pp. 54-62, 2018.
H. Paek, J.Y. Yu, C. Qian, “Why were the 2015/2016 and 1997/1998 extreme El Niños different?”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, pp. 1848-1856, 2017.
L. Wang, J.Y. Yu, H. Paek, “Enhanced biennial variability in the Pacific due to Atlantic capacitor effect”, Nature Communications, vol. 8, 2017.
T. Gao, J.y. Yu, H. Paek, “Impacts of four northern-hemisphere teleconnection patterns on atmospheric circulations over Eurasia and the Pacific”, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, vol. 129, pp. 815-831, 2017.
F. Zheng, J.Y. Yu, “Contrasting the skills and biases of deterministic predictions for the two types of El Niño”, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 34, pp. 1395-1403, 2017.
K. Lyu, J.Y. Yu, H. Paek, “The influences of the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation on the mean strength of the North Pacific subtropical high during boreal winter”, Journal of Climate, vol. 30, pp. 411-426, 2017.
Y.C. Liang, J.Y. Yu, E.S. Saltzman, F. Wang, “Linking the tropical Northern Hemisphere pattern to the pacific warm blob and Atlantic cold blob”, Journal of Climate, vol. 30, pp. 9041-9057, 2017.
K. Lyu, J.Y. Yu, “Climate impacts of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation simulated in the CMIP5 models: A re-evaluation based on a revised index”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, pp. 3867-3876, 2017.
J.Y. Yu, X. Wang, S. Yang, H. Paek, M. Chen, “The Changing El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Associated Climate Extremes”, Geophysical Monograph Series, vol. 226, pp. 1-38, 2017.
K. Lyu, X. Zhang, J.A. Church, J. Hu, J.Y. Yu, “Distinguishing the Quasi-decadal and multidecadal sea level and climate variations in the pacific: Implications for the ENSO-like low-frequency variability”, Journal of Climate, vol. 30, pp. 5097-5117, 2017.
L. Xu, J.Y. Yu, J.L. Schnell, M.J. Prather, “The seasonality and geographic dependence of ENSO impacts on U.S. surface ozone variability”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, pp. 3420-3428, 2017.
J.Y. Yu, X. Wang, S. Yang, H. Paek, M. Chen, “The Changing El Niño–Southern Oscillation and Associated Climate Extremes”, Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanisms, pp. 1-38, 2017.
Lin-Tai Da, Yi Shi, Guodong Ning, Jin Yu, “Dynamics of the excised base release in thymine DNA glycosylase during DNA repair process”, Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 569, 2017.
Liqiang Dai, Holger Flechsig, Jin Yu, “Deciphering intrinsic inter-subunit couplings that lead to sequential hydrolysis of F1-ATPase ring”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 113, no. 7, pp. 1440-1453, 2017.
Lin-Tai Da, Chao E, Yao Shuai, Shaogui Wu, Xiao-Dong Su, Jin Yu, “T7 RNA polymerase translocation is facilitated by helix opening on the fingers domain that may also prevent backtracking”, Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 45, no. 13, pp. 7909-7921, 2017.
Chuanbiao Zhang, Jin Yu, Xin Zhou, “Imaging Metastable States and Transitions in Proteins by Trajectory Map”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 121, no. 18, pp. 4678-4686, 2017.
Chao E, Baogen Duan, Jin Yu, “Nucleotide Selectivity at a Preinsertion Checkpoint of T7 RNA Polymerase Transcription Elongation”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, vol. 121, no. 15, pp. 3777-3786, 2017.
S.K. Pani, S.H. Wang, N.H. Lin, S.C. Tsay, S. Lolli, M.T. Chuang, C.T. Lee, S. Chantara, J.Y. Yu, “Assessment of aerosol optical property and radiative effect for the layer decoupling cases over the northern South China sea during the 7-SEAS/dongsha experiment”, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 121, pp. 4894-4906, 2016.
F. Zheng, X.H. Fang, J. Zhu, J.Y. Yu, X.C. Li, “Modulation of Bjerknes feedback on the decadal variations in ENSO predictability”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 43, pp. 12,560-12,568, 2016.
C.C. Chen, H.W. Lin, J.Y. Yu, M.H. Lo, “The 2015 Borneo fires: What have we learned from the 1997 and 2006 El Niños?”, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 11, 2016.
S. McCabe-Glynn, K.R. Johnson, C. Strong, Y. Zou, J.Y. Yu, S. Sellars, J.M. Welker, “Isotopic signature of extreme precipitation events in the western U.S. and associated phases of Arctic and tropical climate modes”, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 121, pp. 8913-8924, 2016.
A.K. Li, H. Paek, J.Y. Yu, “The changing influences of the AMO and PDO on the decadal variation of the Santa Ana winds”, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 11, 2016.
Y.C. Liang, C.C. Chou, J.Y. Yu, M.H. Lo, “Mapping the locations of asymmetric and symmetric discharge responses in global rivers to the two types of El Niño”, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 11, 2016.
Jin Yu, “Computational investigations on polymerase actions in gene transcription and replication: Combining physical modeling and atomistic simulations”, Chinese Physics B, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 018706, 2016.
J.Y. Yu, P.K. Kao, H. Paek, H.H. Hsu, C.W. Hung, M.M. Lu, S.I. An, “Linking emergence of the central Pacific El Niño to the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation”, Journal of Climate, vol. 28, pp. 651-662, 2015.
J.Y. Yu, H. Paek, E.S. Saltzman, T. Lee, “The early 1990s change in ENSO-PSA-SAM relationships and its impact on Southern Hemisphere climate”, Journal of Climate, vol. 28, pp. 9393-9408, 2015.
H.W. Wey, M.H. Lo, S.Y. Lee, J.Y. Yu, H.H. Hsu, “Potential impacts of wintertime soil moisture anomalies from agricultural irrigation at low latitudes on regional and global climates”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 42, pp. 8605-8614, 2015.
B. Yu, X. Zhang, H. Lin, J.Y. Yu, “Comparison of Wintertime North American Climate Impacts Associated with Multiple ENSO Indices”, Atmosphere - Ocean, vol. 53, pp. 426-445, 2015.
Y.C. Liang, J.Y. Yu, M.H. Lo, C. Wang, “The changing influence of El Niño on the Great Plains low-level jet”, Atmospheric Science Letters, vol. 16, pp. 512-517, 2015.
H. Paek, J.Y. Yu, J.W. Hwu, M.M. Lu, T. Gao, “A source of AGCM bias in simulating the western Pacific subtropical high: Different sensitivities to the two types of ENSO”, Monthly Weather Review, vol. 143, pp. 2348-2362, 2015.
F. Zheng, W. Zhang, J. Yu, Q. Chen, “A possible bias of simulating the post-2000 changing ENSO”, Science Bulletin, vol. 60, pp. 1850-1857, 2015.
D.L. González, M.P. Angus, I.K. Tetteh, G.A. Bello, K. Padmanabhan, S.V. Pendse, S. Srinivas, J. Yu, F. Semazzi, V. Kumar, N.F. Samatova, “On the data-driven inference of modulatory networks in climate science: An application to West African rainfall”, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, vol. 22, pp. 33-46, 2015.
Lin-Tai Da, Chao E, Baogen Duan, Chuanbiao Zhang, Xin Zhou, Jin Yu, “A jump-from-cavity pyrophosphate ion release assisted by a key lysine residue in T7 RNA polymerase transcription elongation”, PLOS Computational Biology, vol. 11, no. 11, pp. e1004624, 2015.
Jianhua Xing, Jin Yu, Hang Zhang, Xiaojun Tian, “Computational modeling to elucidate molecular mechanisms of epigenetic memory”, Epigenetic Technological Applications In TRANSLATIONAL EPIGENETICS, Elsevier, pp. 245-264, 2015.
Bo Cheng, Shaogui Wu, Shixin Liu, Piere Rodriguez, Jin Yu, Shuxun Cui, “Protein denaturation at single-molecule level: the effect of nonpolar environments and its implications to the unfolding mechanism by proteases”, Nanoscale, vol. 7, pp. 2970, 2015.
Jin Yu, Lin-Tai Da, Xuhui Huang, “Constructing kinetic models to elucidate structural dynamics of a complete RNA polymerase II elongation cycle”, Physical Biology, vol. 102, pp. 016004, 2015.
S.T. Kim, W. Cai, F.F. Jin, J.Y. Yu, “ENSO stability in coupled climate models and its association with mean state”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 42, pp. 3313-3321, 2014.
C. Qian, J.Y. Yu, G. Chen, “Decadal summer drought frequency in China: The increasing influence of the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation”, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 9, 2014.
F. Zheng, X.H. Fang, J.Y. Yu, J. Zhu, “Asymmetry of the Bjerknes positive feedback between the two types of El Niño”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 41, pp. 7651-7657, 2014.
T. Qu, J.Y. Yu, “ENSO indices from sea surface salinity observed by Aquarius and Argo”, Journal of Oceanography, vol. 70, pp. 367-375, 2014.
J. Ma, J.Y. Yu, “Paradox in South Asian summer monsoon circulation change: Lower tropospheric strengthening and upper tropospheric weakening”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 41, pp. 2934-2940, 2014.
Y. Zou, J.Y. Yu, T. Lee, M.M. Lu, S.T. Kim, “CMIP5 model simulations of the impacts of the two types of El niño on the U.S. winter temperature”, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 119, pp. 3076-3092, 2014.
Y.C. Liang, M.H. Lo, J.Y. Yu, “Asymmetric responses of land hydroclimatology to two types of El Niño in the Mississippi River Basin”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 41, pp. 582-588, 2014.
J. Ma, J.Y. Yu, “Linking centennial surface warming patterns in the equatorial pacific to the relative strengths of the Walker and Hadley circulations”, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 71, pp. 3454-3464, 2014.
Jin Yu, “Efficient fidelity control by stepwise nucleotide selection in polymerase elongation”, Molecular Based Mathematical Biology, vol. 2, pp. 141-160, 2014.
Baogen Duan, Shaogui Wu, Lin-Tai Da, Jin Yu, “A critical residue selectively recruits nucleotides for T7 RNA polymerase transcription fidelity control”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 107, pp. 2130-2140, 2014.
Jin Yu, “Coordination and control inside simple biomolecular machines”, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology In Protein Conformation Dynamics, Springer, pp. 353-384, 2014.
J.Y. Yu, S.T. Kim, “Identifying the types of major El Niño events since 1870”, International Journal of Climatology, vol. 33, pp. 2105-2112, 2013.
J. Sheffield, S.J. Camargo, R. Fu, Q. Hu, X. Jiang, N. Johnson, K.B. Karnauskas, S.T. Kim, J. Kinter, S. Kumar, B. Langenbrunner, E. Maloney, A. Mariotti, J.E. Meyerson, J.D. Neelin, S. Nigam, Z. Pan, A. Ruiz-Barradas, R. Seager, Y.L. Serra, D.Z. Sun, C. Wang, S.P. Xie, J.Y. Yu, T. Zhang, M. Zhao, “North American climate in CMIP5 experiments. Part II: Evaluation of historical simulations of intraseasonal to decadal variability”, Journal of Climate, vol. 26, pp. 9247-9290, 2013.
J.Y. Yu, Y. Zou, “The enhanced drying effect of Central-Pacific El Niño on US winter”, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 8, 2013.
C. De Linage, H. Kim, J.S. Famiglietti, J.Y. Yu, “Impact of Pacific and Atlantic sea surface temperatures on interannual and decadal variations of GRACE land water storage in tropical South America”, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, vol. 118, pp. 10,811-10,829, 2013.
J. Choi, S.I. An Prof., S.W. Yeh, J.Y. Yu, “ENSO-like and ENSO-induced tropical pacific decadal variability in CGCMs”, Journal of Climate, vol. 26, pp. 1485-1501, 2013.
S.T. Kim, J.Y. Yu, “The two types of ENSO in CMIP5 models”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 39, 2012.
J.Y. Yu, M.M. Lu, S.T. Kim, “A change in the relationship between tropical central Pacific SST variability and the extratropical atmosphere around 1990”, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 7, 2012.
S.T. Kim, J.Y. Yu, A. Kumar, H. Wang, “Examination of the two types of ENSO in the NCEP CFS model and its extratropical associations”, Monthly Weather Review, vol. 140, pp. 1908-1923, 2012.
S.T. Kim, J.Y. Yu, M.M. Lu, “The distinct behaviors of Pacific and Indian Ocean warm pool properties on seasonal and interannual time scales”, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, vol. 117, 2012.
Jin Yu, George Oster, “A small post-translocation energy bias aids nucleotide selection in T7 RNA polymerase transcription”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 102, pp. 532-541, 2012.
J.Y. Yu, H.Y. Kao, T. Lee, S.T. Kim, “Subsurface ocean temperature indices for Central-Pacific and Eastern-Pacific types of El Niño and La Niña events”, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, vol. 103, pp. 337-344, 2011.
J.Y. Yu, S.T. Kim, “Reversed spatial asymmetries between El Niño and La Niña and their linkage to decadal ENSO modulation in CMIP3 models”, Journal of Climate, vol. 24, pp. 5423-5434, 2011.
J.Y. Yu, S.T. Kim, “Three evolution patterns of Central-Pacific El Niño”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 37, 2010.
J.Y. Yu, S.T. Kim, “Identification of Central-Pacific and Eastern-Pacific types of ENSO in CMIP3 models”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 37, 2010.
S.P. Weng, J.Y. Yu, “A CGCM study on the northward propagation of tropical intraseasonal oscillation over the asian summer monsoon regions”, Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, vol. 21, pp. 299-312, 2010.
S.P. Weng, J.Y. Yu, “Impacts of pacific and indian ocean coupling on wintertime tropical intraseasonal oscillation: A basin-coupling CGCM study”, International Journal of Climatology, vol. 30, pp. 359-371, 2010.
Jin Yu, Wei Cheng, Carlos Bustamante, George Oster, “Coupling translocation with nucleic acid unwinding by NS3 helicase”, Journal of Molecular Biology, vol. 404, pp. 439-455, 2010.
Jeehae Park, Sua Myong, Anita Niedziela-Majka, Kyung Suk Lee, Jin Yu, Timothy M. Lohman, Taekjip Ha, “PcrA helicase dismantles RecA filaments by reeling in DNA in uniform steps”, Cell, vol. 142, pp. 544-555, 2010.
Jin Yu, Jeff Moffitt, Craig Hetherington, Carlos Bustamante, George Oster, “Mechanochemistry of a viral DNA packaging motor”, Journal of Molecular Biology, vol. 400, pp. 186-203, 2010.
F. Sun, J.Y. Yu, “A 10-15-Yr modulation cycle of ENSO intensity”, Journal of Climate, vol. 22, pp. 1718-1735, 2009.
J.Y. Yu, F. Sun, H.Y. Kao, “Contributions of Indian Ocean and monsoon biases to the excessive biennial ENSO in CCSM3”, Journal of Climate, vol. 22, pp. 1850-1858, 2009.
J.Y. Yu, “Understanding the El Ni~no–Southern oscillation and its interactions with the Indian ocean and monsoon”, Recent Progress in Atmospheric Sciences: Applications to the Asia-Pacific Region, pp. 3-22, 2008.
J.Y. Yu, M.A. Janiga, “Changes in the in-phase relationship between the Indian and subsequent Australian summer monsoons during the past five decades”, Annales Geophysicae, vol. 25, pp. 1929-1933, 2007.
Shuxun Cui, Jin Yu, Ferdinand Kühner, Klaus Schulten, Hermann E. Gaub, “Double stranded DNA dissociates into single strands when dragged into a poor solvent”, Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 129, pp. 14710-14716, 2007.
Sungchul Hohng, Ruobo Zhou, Michelle K. Nahas, Jin Yu, Klaus Schulten, David M. J. Lilley, Taekjip Ha, “Mapping the two-dimensional reaction landscape of Holliday junction via dynamic fluorescence-force spectroscopy”, Science, vol. 318, pp. 279-283, 2007.
Jin Yu, Taekjip Ha, Klaus Schulten, “How directional translocation is regulated in a DNA helicase motor”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 93, pp. 3783-3797, 2007.
F. Sun, J.Y. Yu, “Impacts of Central America gap winds on the SST annual cycle in the eastern Pacific warm pool”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, 2006.
Markus Dittrich, Jin Yu, Klaus Schulten, “PcrA helicase, a molecular motor studied from the electronic to the function level”, Atomistic Approaches in Modern Biology. Topics in Current Chemistry, Springer, vol. 268, pp. 319-347, 2006.
Jin Yu, Taekjip Ha, Klaus Schulten, “Structure-based model of the stepping motor of PcrA helicase”, Biophysical Journal, vol. 91, pp. 2097-2114, 2006.
Jin Yu, Andrea J. Yool, Klaus Schulten, Emad Tajkhorshid, “Mechanism of gating and ion conductivity of a tetrameric pore in Aquaporin-1”, Structure, vol. 14, pp. 1411-1423, 2006.
J.Y. Yu, K.M. Lau, “Contrasting Indian Ocean SST variability with and without ENSO influence: A coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM study”, Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, vol. 90, pp. 179-191, 2005.
J.Y. Yu, “Enhancement of ENSO's persistence barrier by biennial variability in a coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 32, pp. 1-4, 2005.
Jin Yu, Taekjip Ha, Klaus Schulten, “Conformational model of the Holliday junction transition deduced from molecular dynamics simulations”, Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 32, pp. 6683-6695, 2004.
J.Y. Yu, W.T. Liu, “A linear relationship between ENSO intensity and tropical instability wave activity in the eastern Pacific Ocean”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30, 2003.
J.Y. Yu, S.P. Weng, J.D. Farrara, “Ocean roles in the TBO transitions of the Indian-Australian monsoon system”, Journal of Climate, vol. 16, pp. 3072-3080, 2003.
C.R. Mechoso, J.D. Neelin, J.Y. Yu, “Testing simple models of ENSO”, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 60, pp. 305-318, 2003.
J.D. Farrara, J.Y. Yu, “Interannual variations in the Southwest U.S. Monsoon and sea surface temperature anomalies: A general circulation model study”, Journal of Climate, vol. 16, pp. 1703-1720, 2003.
J.Y. Yu, C.R. Mechoso, J.C. McWilliams, A. Arakawa, “Impacts of the Indian Ocean on the ENSO cycle”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 29, 2002.
J.D. Farrara, J.Y. Yu, “Understanding and predicting seasonal-to-interannual fluctuations in California precipitation using an atmospheric general circulation model”, Report - University of California Water Resources Center, pp. 27-28, 2002.
J.Y. Yu, C.R. Mechoso, “A coupled atmosphere-ocean GCM study of the ENSO cycle”, Journal of Climate, vol. 14, pp. 2329-2350, 2001.
Jin Yu, Guozhen Wu, “The Lyapunov analysis of the highly excited bend motion of acetylene”, Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 343, pp. 375-382, 2001.
C.R. Mechoso, J.Y. Yu, A. Arakawa, “Chapter 18 A coupled GCM pilgrimage: From climate catastrophe to ENSO simulations”, International Geophysics, vol. 70, pp. 539-575, 2000.
J.Y. Yu, W.T. Liu, C.R. Mechoso, “An SST anomaly dipole in the northern subtropical Pacific and its relationships with ENSO”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 27, pp. 1931-1934, 2000.
C.R. Mechoso, J.D. Farrara, L.A. Drummond, J. Spahr, J.Y. Yu, “An atmosphere-ocean model: Code optimization and application to EI Niño”, Environmental Studies, vol. 4, pp. 261-270, 2000.
J.Y. Yu, “A general circulation model of the atmosphere using the full-Galerkin method”, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, vol. 52, pp. 427-443, 2000.
Jin Yu, Guozhen Wu, “Classical characters of highly bend dynamics of acetylene in two coupled SU(2) coset spaces”, Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 113, pp. 647-652, 2000.
J.Y. Yu, C.R. Mechoso, “Links between annual variations of Peruvian stratocumulus clouds and of SST in the eastern equatorial Pacific”, Journal of Climate, vol. 12, pp. 3305-3318, 1999.
J.Y. Yu, C.R. Mechoso, “A discussion on the errors in the surface heat fluxes simulated by a coupled GCM”, Journal of Climate, vol. 12, pp. 416-426, 1999.
Jin Yu, Songtao Li, Guozhen Wu, “Multifractal analysis for the eigencoefficients of the eigenstates of highly excited vibration”, Chemical Physics Letters, vol. 301, pp. 217-222, 1999.

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Most Cited Publications

H.Y. Kao, J.Y. Yu, “Contrasting Eastern-Pacific and Central-Pacific types of ENSO”, Journal of Climate, vol. 22, pp. 615-632, 2009.
A. Capotondi, A.T. Wittenberg, M. Newman, E. Di Lorenzo, J.Y. Yu, P. Braconnot, J. Cole, B. Dewitte, B. Giese, E. Guilyardi, F.F. Jin, K. Karnauskas, B. Kirtman, T. Lee, N. Schneider, Y. Xue, S.W. Yeh, “Understanding enso diversity”, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 96, pp. 921-938, 2015.
W. Cai, L. Wu, M. Lengaigne, T. Li, S. McGregor, J.S. Kug, J.Y. Yu, M.F. Stuecker, A. Santoso, X. Li, Y.G. Ham, Y. Chikamoto, B. Ng, M.J. McPhaden, Y. Du, D. Dommenget, F. Jia, J.B. Kajtar, N. Keenlyside, X. Lin, J.J. Luo, M. Martín-Rey, Y. Ruprich-Robert, G. Wang, S.P. Xie, Y. Yang, S.M. Kang, J.Y. Choi, B. Gan, G.I. Kim, C.E. Kim, S. Kim, J.H. Kim, P. Chang, “Pantropical climate interactions”, Science, vol. 363, 2019.
J.Y. Yu, H.Y. Kao, “Decadal changes of ENSO persistence barrier in SST and ocean heat content indices: 1958-2001”, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, vol. 112, 2007.
M. Davey, M. Huddleston, K. Sperber, P. Braconnot, F. Bryan, D. Chen, R. Colman, C. Cooper, U. Cubasch, P. Delecluse, D. DeWitt, L. Fairhead, G. Flato, C. Gordon, T. Hogan, M. Ji, M. Kimoto, A. Kitoh, T. Knutson, M. Latif, H. Le Treut, T. Li, S. Manabe, C. Mechoso, G. Meehl, S. Power, E. Roeckner, L. Terray, A. Vintzileos, R. Voss, B. Wang, W. Washington, I. Yoshikawa, J. Yu, S. Yukimoto, S. Zebiak, “STOIC: A study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 18, pp. 403-420, 2002.
J.Y. Yu, S.T. Kim, “Relationships between extratropical sea level pressure variations and the central Pacific and eastern Pacific types of ENSO”, Journal of Climate, vol. 24, pp. 708-720, 2011.
C. Wang, C. Deser, J.Y. Yu, P. DiNezio, A. Clement, “El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO): A Review”, Coral Reefs of the World, vol. 8, pp. 85-106, 2017.
J.Y. Yu, H.Y. Kao, T. Lee, “Subtropics-related interannual sea surface temperature variability in the central equatorial pacific”, Journal of Climate, vol. 23, pp. 2869-2884, 2010.
J.Y. Yu, Y. Zou, S.T. Kim, T. Lee, “The changing impact of El Nio on US winter temperatures”, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 39, 2012.
M. Latif, K. Sperber, J. Arblaster, P. Braconnot, D. Chen, A. Colman, U. Cubasch, C. Cooper, P. Delecluse, D. Dewitt, L. Fairhead, G. Flato, T. Hogan, M. Ji, M. Kimoto, A. Kitoh, T. Knutson, H. Le Treut, T. Li, S. Manabe, O. Marti, C. Mechoso, G. Meehl, S. Power, E. Roeckner, J. Sirven, L. Terray, A. Vintzileos, R. Voß, B. Wang, W. Washington, I. Yoshikawa, J. Yu, S. Zebiak, “ENSIP: The El Niño simulation intercomparison project”, Climate Dynamics, vol. 18, pp. 255-276, 2001.

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Address: University of California, Irvine

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