Liu Yan (scientist)

Liu received her B.Sc., as an outstanding graduate, in photogrammetry and remote sensing from Wuhan University in 2003, her M.Sc. in cartography and geographical information system from the Institute of Remote Sensing Application, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2006,{{Cite web|url=http://d.wanfangdata.com.cn/Thesis/J008409|title=半干旱草地NPP遥感模型和环境响应研究|date=2006|website=d.wanfangdata.com.cn|trans-title=Environmental Response NPP model and remote sensing semi-arid grasslands|access-date=2016-06-13}} and her Ph.D. in global environmental change from Beijing Normal University in 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcess.cn/yjspy/dsjj/61559.html|title=北京师范大学全球变化与地球系统科学研究院|date=2013-10-29|website=gcess.cn|publisher=Beijing Normal University|trans-title=Liu Yan Faculty Profile|access-date=2016-06-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825204050/http://www.gcess.cn/yjspy/dsjj/61559.html|archive-date=2016-08-25|url-status=dead}} She carried out post-doctoral research work at the GCESS between 2013 and 2015 and took charge of NSFC project: Mass balance and its change of Antarctic ice shelves in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://isisn.nsfc.gov.cn/egrantindex/funcindex/prjsearch-list|title=科学基金网络信息系统 - 项目检索|website=isisn.nsfc.gov.cn|access-date=2016-06-13}}

Liu began her Antarctic research in 2009 after working as a technical manager in the field of remote sensing applications for three years. Her research focuses on ice shelves in Antarctica and their responses to climate change.{{Cite journal|last1=Liu|first1=Yan|last2=Moore|first2=John C.|last3=Cheng|first3=Xiao|last4=Gladstone|first4=Rupert M.|last5=Bassis|first5=Jeremy N.|last6=Liu|first6=Hongxing|last7=Wen|first7=Jiahong|last8=Hui|first8=Fengming|date=2015-03-17|title=Ocean-driven thinning enhances iceberg calving and retreat of Antarctic ice shelves|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|language=en|volume=112|issue=11|pages=3263–3268|doi=10.1073/pnas.1415137112|issn=0027-8424|pmc=4371949|pmid=25733856|bibcode=2015PNAS..112.3263L|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Åström|first1=J. A.|last2=Vallot|first2=D.|last3=Schäfer|first3=M.|last4=Welty|first4=E. Z.|last5=O’Neel|first5=S.|last6=Bartholomaus|first6=T. C.|last7=Liu|first7=Yan|last8=Riikilä|first8=T. I.|last9=Zwinger|first9=T.|date=2014-12-01|title=Termini of calving glaciers as self-organized critical systems|journal=Nature Geoscience|language=en|volume=7|issue=12|pages=874–878|doi=10.1038/ngeo2290|issn=1752-0894|bibcode=2014NatGe...7..874A}}{{Cite journal|last1=Liu|first1=Yan|last2=Cheng|first2=Xiao|last3=Hui|first3=FengMing|last4=Wang|first4=XianWei|last5=Wang|first5=Fang|last6=Cheng|first6=Cheng|date=2014-02-20|title=Detection of crevasses over polar ice shelves using Satellite Laser Altimeter|journal=Science China Earth Sciences|language=en|volume=57|issue=6|pages=1267–1277|doi=10.1007/s11430-013-4796-x|s2cid=129921101|issn=1674-7313}}{{Cite journal|last1=Sun|first1=S.|last2=Cornford|first2=S. L.|last3=Liu|first3=Y.|last4=Moore|first4=J. C.|date=2014-08-21|title=Dynamic response of Antarctic ice shelves to bedrock uncertainty|journal=The Cryosphere|volume=8|issue=4|pages=1561–1576|doi=10.5194/tc-8-1561-2014|issn=1994-0424|bibcode=2014TCry....8.1561S|doi-access=free|hdl=1983/0f8e5b9b-6665-4e0a-ba01-c36776a7fb63|hdl-access=free}} She uses a combination of satellite radar and altimetry and other remote sensed data to understand ice shelf dynamic processes. She is known for high impact research into Antarctic ice shelf mass loss, especially iceberg calving and basal melting. She published the dataset of Antarctic iceberg calving in Chinese National Arctic and Antarctic Data Center.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinare.org.cn/en/difDetailPublic/?id=7507|title=Data-sharing Platform of Polar Science|website=www.chinare.org.cn|access-date=2016-06-13}}

Liu is one of core members of Xiao Cheng's polar remote sensing research group at Beijing Normal University. This group has used remote sensed data to contribution extensively to Antarctic land cover mapping{{Cite journal|last1=Hui|first1=Fengming|last2=Ci|first2=Tianyu|last3=Cheng|first3=Xiao|last4=Scambos|first4=Ted A.|last5=Liu|first5=Yan|last6=Zhang|first6=Yanmei|last7=Chi|first7=Zhaohui|last8=Huang|first8=Huabing|last9=Wang|first9=Xianwei|date=2014-05-01|title=Mapping blue-ice areas in Antarctica using ETM+ and MODIS data|journal=Annals of Glaciology|volume=55|issue=66|pages=129–137|doi=10.3189/2014AoG66A069|bibcode=2014AnGla..55..129H|doi-access=free|hdl=1969.1/180875|hdl-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Hui|first1=FengMing|last2=Cheng|first2=Xiao|last3=Liu|first3=Yan|last4=Zhang|first4=YanMei|last5=Ye|first5=YuFang|last6=Wang|first6=XianWei|last7=Li|first7=Zhan|last8=Wang|first8=Kun|last9=Zhan|first9=ZhiFei|date=2012-08-06|title=An improved Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica|journal=Science China Earth Sciences|language=en|volume=56|issue=1|pages=1–12|doi=10.1007/s11430-012-4481-5|s2cid=130764186|issn=1674-7313}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2012-12/01/c_124031735.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515194801/http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2012-12/01/c_124031735.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2013|title=世界首张全南极洲地表覆盖图来到南极 - 新华科技 - 新华网|date=2012-12-01|website=news.xinhuanet.com|publisher=Xinhua News|trans-title=The world's first full-coverage map of Antarctica to the South Pole Surface|access-date=2016-06-13}} and to provide the monitoring and supporting for navigation of {{ship||Xue Long}} icebreaker in the Chinese Antarctic expeditions since 2011.{{Cite journal|last1=Zhai|first1=Mengxi|last2=Li|first2=Xinqing|last3=Hui|first3=Fengming|last4=Cheng|first4=Xiao|last5=Heil|first5=Petra|last6=Zhao|first6=Tiancheng|last7=Jiang|first7=Tianyu|last8=Cheng|first8=Cheng|last9=Ci|first9=Tianyu|date=2015-10-01|title=Sea-ice conditions in the Adélie Depression, Antarctica, during besetment of the icebreaker RV Xuelong|journal=Annals of Glaciology|volume=56|issue=69|pages=160–166|doi=10.3189/2015AoG69A007|bibcode=2015AnGla..56..160Z|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=Xianwei|last2=Cheng|first2=Xiao|last3=Hui|first3=Fengming|last4=Cheng|first4=Cheng|last5=Fok|first5=H.S.|last6=Liu|first6=Yan|date=2014-01-01|title=Xuelong Navigation in Fast Ice Near the Zhongshan Station, Antarctica|journal=Marine Technology Society Journal|volume=48|issue=1|pages=84–91|doi=10.4031/MTSJ.48.1.5|doi-access=free}}{{Cite web|url=http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2014/2/288339.shtm|title=程晓：为"雪龙"带路—新闻—科学网|last=Min|first=Ren|date=2014-02-11|website=news.sciencenet.cn|publisher=ScienceNet|trans-title=The "Snow Dragon" lead the way|access-date=2016-06-13}} They provided the efficient data for XUELONG icebreaker successfully getting out of the trouble after Antarctica rescue in January 2014.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gdbnu.com/article.asp?id=460|title=我校科研人员助力"雪龙"号南极成功脱困|date=2014-01-09|website=gdbnu.com|publisher=Beijing Normal University|trans-title=University researchers help "Snow Dragon" successfully turning around the Antarctic|access-date=2016-06-13|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160825170648/http://www.gdbnu.com/article.asp?id=460|archive-date=2016-08-25|url-status=dead}}

Liu's work on iceberg calving and ice shelf retreat in Antarctica used satellite images to measure all icebergs larger than 1 km² calving from the entire Antarctic coastline, and the state of health of all the ice shelves. Some large ice shelves are growing while many smaller ice shelves are shrinking. They found high rates of iceberg calving from Antarctic ice shelves that are undergoing basal melt-induced thinning, which suggests the fate of ice shelves may be more sensitive to ocean forcing than was previously thought.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/science-research/article/1754095/antarctica-losing-enough-ice-every-year-fill|title=Antarctica losing enough ice every year to fill the Three Gorges reservoir 19 times|date=2015-04-06|website=|publisher=South China Morning Post|access-date=2016-06-13}}

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