Sep 07,2020

A Triple mode of thermocline salinity variability in the tropical Pacific is revealed

Variability of oceanic salinity, as an important indicator of the global hydrological cycle, plays a vital role in ocean circulation, global water cycle and climate variability such as the El Niño–So...

Sep 01,2020

Strengthening of the Kuroshio current by intensifying tropical cyclones

Yu Zhang, Zhengguang Zhang, Dake Chen, Bo Qiu, Wei WangPublished in Science 29 May 2020A positive feedback mechanism between tropical cyclones (TCs) and climate warming can be seen by examining TC-induced energy and pote...

Aug 28,2020

Integrated ocean management for a sustainable ocean economy

Jan-Gunnar Winther, Minhan Dai, Therese Rist, Alf Håkon Hoel, Yangfan Li, Amy Trice, Karyn Morrissey, Marie Antonette Juinio-Meñez, Leanne Fernandes, Sebastian Unger, Fabio Rubio Scarano, Patrick Hal...

Jul 31,2020

Interannual to Decadal Response of the Indonesian Throughflow Vertical Profile to Indo‐Pacific Forcing

Mingting Li, Arnold L. Gordon, Laura K. Gruenburg, Jun Wei, Song YangPublished in Geophysical Research Letter, April 2020The Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) inflow through the Sulawesi, Maluku, and Halmahera Seas and the IT...

Jul 24,2020

Indian Ocean Dipole in CMIP5 and CMIP6: characteristics, biases, and links to ENSO

Published in Scientific Reports, 13 July 2020Accurately representing the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is crucial for reliable climate predictions and future projections. However, El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENS...

Jul 23,2020

Structure and dynamics of the Pacific North Equatorial Subsurface Current

Published in Scientific Reports, July 16 2020The North Equatorial Subsurface Current (NESC) has recently been found to flow westward below the North Equatorial Countercurrent in the subsurface layer across the Pacific Oc...

Jul 07,2020

Variability of the Mindanao Current Induced by El Niño Events

Published in JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, JUNE 2020Historical observations have documented prominent changes of the Mindanao Current (MC) during El Niño events, yet a systematic understanding of how the E...

Jun 10,2020

Projected Future Changes of Meridional Heat Transport and Heat Balance of the Indian Ocean

Jie Ma, Ming Feng, Jian Lan, Dunxin HuPublished in Geophysical Research Letters, February 2020 An ocean downscaling model product, forced under the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 future climate change scenario,...