On the global decrease in the deep and abyssal density stratification along the spreading pathways of Antarctic Bottom Water since the 1990s

Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), A. M. Thurnherr
June 2023
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On the global decrease in the deep and abyssal density stratification along the spreading pathways of Antarctic Bottom Water since the 1990s
The density stratification in the ocean is directly related to the diapycnal mixing, which drives the abyssal cell of the Meridional …
Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), A. M. Thurnherr
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Energy and Momentum of a Density-Driven Overflow in the Samoan Passage
The energy and momentum balance of an abyssal overflow across a major sill in the Samoan Passage is estimated from two highly resolved …
G. Voet, M. H. Alford, J. M. Cusack, L. J. Pratt, J. B. Girton, G. S. Carter, J. M. Klymak, Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), A. M. Thurnherr
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A Maluku Sea intermediate western boundary current connecting Pacific Ocean circulation to the Indonesian Throughflow
The Indonesian Throughflow plays an important role in the global ocean circulation and climate. Existing studies of the Indonesian …
D. Yuan, X. Yin, X. Li, C. Corvianawatie, Z. Wang, Y. Li, Y. Yang, X. Hu, J. Wang, Shuwen Tan (谭舒文)
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Hydraulic control of flow in a multi-passage system connecting two basins
When a fluid stream in a conduit splits in order to pass around an obstruction, it is possible that one branch will be critically …
Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), L. J. Pratt, G. Voet, J. M. Cusack, K. R. Helfrich, M. H. Alford, J. B. Girton, G. S. Carter
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Hydraulic control of flow in a multi-passage system connecting two basins
Rotating hydraulic theory for flow in a multi-passage system
Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), L. J. Pratt, G. Voet, J. M. Cusack, K. Helfrich, M. H. Alford, J. B. Girton, G. S. Carter
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The observed North Equatorial Counter Current in the far western Pacific Ocean during the 2014-2016 El Niño
The structure and variations of the North Equatorial Countercurrent (NECC) in the far western Pacific Ocean during 2014–16 are …
H. Zhou, H. Liu, Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), W. Yang, Y. Li, X. Liu, Q. Ren, W. K. Dewar
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Hydraulics and Mixing of the Deep Overflow in the Lifamatola Passage of the Indonesian Seas
Hydrographic measurements recently acquired along the thalweg of the Lifamatola Passage combined with historical moored velocity …
Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), L. J. Pratt, D. Yuan, C. Corvianawatie, D. Surinati, A. S. Budiman, A. Bayhaqi
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Intermediate Intraseasonal Variability in the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean: Meridional Distribution of Equatorial Rossby Waves Influenced by a Tilted Boundary
Intermediate-depth intraseasonal variability (ISV) at a 20–90-day period, as detected in velocity measurements from seven subsurface …
Z. Zhang, L. J. Pratt, J. Wang, F. Wang, Shuwen Tan (谭舒文)
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Flow-Topography Interactions in the Samoan Passage
Mixing in the Samoan Passage has implications for the abyssal water properties of the entire North Pacific—nearly 20% of the global …
J. B. Girton, J. B. Mickett, Z. Zhao, M. H. Alford, G. Voet, J. M. Cusack, G. S. Carter, K. A. Pearson-Potts, L. J. Pratt, Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), J. M. Klymak
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A Spatial Geography of Abyssal Turbulent Mixing in the Samoan Passage
High levels of turbulent mixing have long been suspected in the Samoan Passage, an important topographic constriction in the deep limb …
G. S. Carter, G. Voet, M. H. Alford, J. B. Girton, J. B. Mickett, J. M. Klymak, L. J. Pratt, K. A. Pearson-Potts, J. M. Cusack, Shuwen Tan (谭舒文)
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Persistent Turbulence in the Samoan Passage
Abyssal waters forming the lower limb of the global overturning circulation flow through the Samoan Passage and are modified by intense …
J. M. Cusack, G. Voet, M. H. Alford, J. B. Girton, G. S. Carter, L. J. Pratt, K. A. Pearson-Potts, Shuwen Tan (谭舒文)
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Pacific Abyssal Transport and Mixing: Through the Samoan Passage versus around the Manihiki Plateau
The main source feeding the abyssal circulation of the North Pacific is the deep, northward flow of 5–6 Sverdrups (Sv; 1 Sv ≡ 106 m3 …
L. J. Pratt, G. Voet, A. Pacini, Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), M. H. Alford, G. S. Carter, J. B. Girton, D. Menemenlis
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The Observed Impacts of the Two Types of El Niño on the North Equatorial Countercurrent in the Pacific Ocean
This study investigates the interannual variations in the North Equatorial Counter Current (NECC) associated with the eastern Pacific …
Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), H. Zhou
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Observed Transport Variations in the Maluku Channel of the Indonesian Seas Associated with Western Boundary Current Changes
The Maluku Channel is a major opening of the eastern Indonesian Seas to the western Pacific Ocean, the upper-ocean currents of which …
D. Yuan, X. Li, Z. Wang, Y. Li, J. Wang, Y. Yang, X. Hu, Shuwen Tan (谭舒文), H. Zhou, A. K. Wardana, D. Surinati, A. Purwandana, M. F. A. Ismail, P. Avianto, D. Dirhamsyah, Z. Arifin, J. von Storch
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