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Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment

Dr. Yiming Guo

Assistant Professor
Geography-Geology-Environment
Office
FSA Felmley Hall Of Science Annex 439
Office Hours
Tuesdays 2-3PM
Office Phone
(309) 438-2546office
phone
Email
yguo10@ilstu.eduemail
Website
https://scholar.google.com/citation... website
  • About
  • Education
  • Awards & Honors
  • Research

Biography

Dr. Guo is a trained oceanographer and climate scientist. He integrates cutting-edge data from satellite remote sensing, in-situ observations, reanalysis products, and high-resolution global and regional models to unravel the complexities of ocean processes across multiple scales. His research examines ocean dynamics, biogeochemistry, the influence of regional and global climate variability on the ocean, the ocean’s role in the climate system, and its potential to mitigate climate change.

Current Courses

GEO 341.001 Climatology and Climate Change

GEO 441.001 Climatology and Climate Change

GEO 211.003 Earth's Dynamic Weather

GEO 211.001 Earth's Dynamic Weather

Teaching Interests & Areas

Weather and Climate
Earth System Sciences
Introduction to Oceanography
Data Analysis in Geoscience
Climatology

Research Interests & Areas

Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
Multiscale Ocean Dynamics
Climate Variability and Predictability
Numerical Modeling
Carbon Capture and Storage

PhD Marine Science

North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC

BS Physical Oceanography

Ocean University of China
Qingdao, China

XMAS 2025 Special Reception for Early Career Scientists

Xiamen University
2025

Physical Oceanography Dissertations Symposium (PODS) XII

University of Hawai‘i (declined due to schedule conflict)
2022

Advanced Study Program Grad Fellowship

National Center for Atmospheric Research
2021

Early Career & Student Presentation Awards

International Workshop for Mid-latitude Air-sea Interaction, Sapporo, Japan
2021

Journal Article

Guo, Y., Chen, K., Subhas, A., Rheuban, J., Wang, Z., McCorkle, D., Michel, A., & Kim, H. Site selection for ocean alkalinity enhancement informed by passive tracer simulations. Nature Communications: Earth & Environment (2025)
Guo, Y., & Timmermans, M. Global Ocean pCO2 Variation Regimes: Spatial Patterns and the Emergence of a Hybrid Regime. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 129.5 (2024)
Guo, Y., & Timmermans, M. The Role of Ocean Mesoscale Variability in Air-Sea CO2 Exchange: A Global Perspective. Geophysical Research Letters 51.10 (2024)
Guo, Y., Bishop, S., Bryan, F., & Bachman, S. A Global Diagnosis of Eddy Potential Energy Budget in an Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography 52.8 (2022): 1731-1748.
Guo, Y., & Bishop, S. Surface Divergent Eddy Heat Fluxes and Their Impacts on Mixed Layer Eddy-Mean Flow Interactions. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 14.4 (2022)

Presentations

Mesoscale tracer transport in the global ocean. SMAST DEOS fall seminar series, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. (2024)
Site Selection for Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on the US Northeast Shelf: Perspectives from Passive Tracer Experiments. AGU 2024 Fall Meeting. (2024)
Surface pCO2 variation regimes in the global ocean and the role of mesoscale eddies. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. (2024)
Mesoscale eddies: the weather of the ocean. Yale EPS Postdoc Seminar. (2023)
Mesoscale air-sea interaction and the eddy potential energy budget, is it important?. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting. (2022)
Eddy heat flux and eddy potential energy budget. CGD Oceanography Seminar. National Center for Atmospheric Research. (2021)