Chen Shengli

2014, Xiamen University, Physical Oceanography, PhD

12/2011–11/2013, National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool, UK), Joint PhD program. 

2008, Xiamen University, Physical Oceanography, Bachelor

9/2020-present, Assistant Professor, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University

11/2018-9/2020, Research Assistant, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University.

01/2015-10/2018, Postdoc, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University.

Maritime Practices

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Hydrology and Dynamic Environment in China Adjacent Seas

Numerical Simulation in Ocean and Atmosphere

Introduction to Oceanography

My research of interest is mainly physical oceanography and its application in ocean engineering, utilizing mathematical equations, observational data, and numerical simulations to carry out research work. In terms of offshore dynamics in Shenzhen, the dynamic process of the Pearl River Estuary fresh water, storm surge in Shenzhen offshore, and the impact of dynamic process on the migration of sea surface garbage and ecological process are studied. For dynamics in the northern South China Sea, a series of studies have been conducted on the basic characteristics, generation mechanisms, and interactions with other processes of near inertial motion, also including internal waves and mesoscale eddies in the northern South China Sea. On the offshore wind farms, research is conducted on the wake characteristics of wind turbines under atmospheric and oceanic environments, and the impact of wind farms on mesoscale oceanic and atmospheric environments such as typhoons and continental circulation. Improve ocean numerical models from the perspective of underlying algorithms and artificial intelligence, and develop high-resolution forecasting models for small region. More than 30 papers related have been published in international journals.

Shenzhen Major Program (Sustainable Development Project), Ecological restoration technology for marine fish farm and its application demonstration, 12/2024-12/2027, CNY4,350k，PI.

National Key R&D Program of China, Marine dynamic disaster monitoring and early warning technology and equipment for marine energy facilities in the South China Sea and its application demonstration, 01/2025-12/2027, CNY10,000k, Subproject PI.

Shenzhen Key Project, Study on the influence of the wind farm in the sea on the local atmospheric and oceanic processes and possibly the monsoon, 01/2021-12/2023, CNY3,000k, Subproject PI.

Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Team Joint Project, Development of digital twin and numerical simulation technology in ocean-meteorological disaster and its demonstration application, 01/2023-12/2026, CNY2,000k, Subproject PI.

National Key R&D Program of China, Underwater measurement network on the offshore oil and gas engineering environmental protection and its demonstration application, 07/2017-06/2021, CNY13,550k, Core Participant.

Shenzhen Peacock Innovation Plan, Study on the mechanism of storm surge in coastal seas of Shenzhen, Shenzhen Government, 02/2018-02/2021, CNY800k, Core Participant.

General Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Influence of topography on the near-inertial motion, 06/2016-10/2018, CNY50k, PI.

National Basic Research Program of China (973, sub-project), The life cycle of submeso-scale process and associated vertical mixing around islands, 01/2014-08/2018, CNY3,600k, Core Participant. 

1. Jintao Gu, Yu Zhang, Yi Sui, Shengli Chen*, Lagrangian study of floating debris transport around the Pearl River Estuary in summer. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2025, 211, 117494

2. Shaokun Deng, Shengli Chen*, Yi Sui, Zhen-zhong Hu, Intensification of an autumn tropical cyclone by offshore wind farms in the northern South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2024, 129, e2024JD041489.

3. Jintao Gu, Yu Zhang, Shengli Chen*, Yi Sui, and Lei Li, Influence of freshwater on the vertical structure of tidal currents: A case study of the Pearl River Estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2024, 307, 108919.

4. Xuefeng Yang, Peining Yu, Yi Sui, Shengli Chen*, Jiuxing Xing, Lei Li, A numerical study of rainfall effects on wind turbine wakes, Renewable Energy, 2024, 230,120801

5. Shaokun Deng, Shengmu Yang, Shengli Chen*, Daoyi Chen, Xuefeng Yang, and Shanshan Cui, A parameterization scheme for the floating wind farm in a coupled atmosphere-wave model (COAWST v3.7), Geoscientific Model Development, 2024, 17, 4891-4909.

6. Jintao Gu, Yu Zhang, Pengfei Tuo, Zhiyuan Hu, Shengli Chen*, Jianyu Hu. Surface floating objects moving from the Pearl River Estuary to Hainan Island: An observational and model study, Journal of Marine Systems, 2024, 241, 103917.

7. Shaokun Deng, Pengfei Tuo, Daoyi Chen, Peining Yu, Shengli Chen*, Impact of offshore wind farms on a tropical depression through the amplification effect by the downstream mountainous terrain, Atmospheric Research, 2023, 296, 107047.

8. Pengfei Tuo, Zhiyuan Hu, Shengli Chen*, Jianyu Hu, and Peining Yu. Asymmetric drifter trajectories in an anticyclonic mesoscale eddy. Remote Sensing， 2023, 15(15), 3806. 

9. 张哲然, 胡俊洋, 周凯, 张鹏晖, 邢久星, 陈胜利*，不同类型台风气象场对深圳近海海域风暴潮模拟的比较研究—以台风“山竹”为例，热带海洋学报，2023,42(6),1-14.

10. 邓国通，刘敏聪，邢久星，申锦瑜，周凯，陈胜利*，深圳近海风暴潮影响因素分析，热带海洋学报，2022, 41（3）：91-100.

11. Shengli Chen, Daoyi Chen, Jiuxing Xing*, Jianyu Hu, and Zhenyu Sun, Features of internal tides observed near the shelf break in the northern South China Sea, Ocean Dynamics, 2019, 69: 353-365.

12. Shengli Chen, Daoyi Chen, and Jiuxing Xing*, A study on some basic features of inertial oscillations and near-inertial internal waves, Ocean Science, 2017, 13: 829-836.

13. Jiuxing Xing and Shengli Chen*, A process study of the interaction of tidal currents, tidal mixing and density gradients in a region of freshwater influence, Journal of Marine Systems, 2017, 172: 51-63.

14. Shengli Chen, Jeff Polton, Jianyu Hu*, and Jiuxing Xing, Local inertial oscillations in the surface ocean generated by time-varying winds, Ocean Dynamics, 2015, 65: 1633-1641.

15. Shengli Chen, Jianyu Hu*, and Jeff Polton, Features of near-inertial motions observed on the northern South China Sea shelf during the passage of two typhoons, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34: 38-43.

In books:

1.   Shengli Chen*, Xiaohui Xie, and Jiuxing Xing (2020), Near-inertial Motions in the South China Sea, Chapter 6 in: Regional Oceanography of the South China Sea, WSPC.

2.    Shengli Chen, and Jianyu Hu (2012), The circulation in the Beibu Gulf, Section 17.5 in: Regional Oceanography of China Seas: Physical Oceanography Section, Ocean Press, Beijing, 341-350 (in Chinese).

3.      Shengli Chen, Jianyu Hu*, Zhenyu Sun, Zhaozhang Chen, and Jia Zhu (2009), Water mass analysis in the eastern Beibu Gulf in winter 2006. In: Li Y, Hu J (eds) A collection of research papers on marine science in the Beibu Gulf, vol 2. Ocean Press, Beijing, 88-97 (in Chinese).

4.     Shengli Chen, Jianyu Hu*, Jia Zhu, Zhenyu Sun, and Zhaozhang Chen (2008), Water mass analysis in the Beibu Gulf in summer of 2006, In: Hu J, Yang S (eds) A collection of research papers on marine science in the Beibu Gulf, vol 1. Ocean Press, Beijing, 120-126 (in Chinese).