Research Interests

• Atmosphere-ocean interaction
• Coastal and estuarine physical oceanography
• Coastal marine environment modeling
• Ocean circulation and ecosystem dynamics and modeling

Recent Publications

• Gan, J., Liu, Z., Hui, C. R., Tang, Y., Cai, Z. and Li, J. (2020). The Changing Circulation of Asia-Pacific Marginal Seas in the South China Sea: a Physical View The Changing Asia-Pacific Marginal Seas, ed. by Arthur Chen and Xinyu Guo. Springer.
• Li, D., Gan, J., Hui, C. R., Liu, Z., Yu, L., Lu, Z., Dai, M. (2020). Vortex and biogeochemical dynamics for hypoxia formation in the coastal transition zone off the Pearl River Estuary. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans) 125, e2020JC016178. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016178.
• Cai, Z., and Gan, J. (2020). Dynamics of the cross‐layer exchange for the layered circulation in the South China Sea. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 124, e2020JC016131. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016131.
• Du, C., Gan, J., Hui, C. R., Lu, Z., Zhao, X., Roberts, E. and Dai, M. (2020). Dynamics of dissolved inorganic carbon in the South China Sea: a modeling study. Progress in Oceanography, 186 (2020) 102367.
• Lv, R., Cheng, P. and Gan, J. (2020). Adjustment of river plume fronts during downwelling-favorable wind events. Cont. Shelf Res., 10.1016/j.csr.2020.104143.
• Li, J., Gan, J. (2020). On the formation dynamics of the North Equatorial Undercurrent, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 50, 1399-1415. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0142.1. https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0142.1
• Lu, Z., Gan, J., Dai, M., Zhao, X., Hui, C. R. (2020). Nutrient transport and dynamics in the South China Sea: A modeling study. Progress in Oceanography, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102308 
• Liu, Z. and Gan, J. (2020). A modeling study of estuarine-shelf circulation using a composite tidal and subtidal open boundary condition. Ocean Modelling, 147 (2020) 101563. 
• Cai, Z., Gan, J., Liu, Z., Hui, C. R., Li, J. (2020). Progress on the formation dynamics of the layered circulation in the South China Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 181 (202) 102246. 
• Wang, D., Wang, Q., Cai, S., Shang, X., Peng, S., Shu, Y., Xiao, J., Xie, X., Zhang, Z., Liu, Z., Lan, J., Chen, D., Xue, H., Wang, G., Gan, J., Xie, X., Zhang, R., Chen, H., Yang, Q. (2019). Advances in Research of the Mid-deep South China Sea circulation. Science China Earth Sciences 62 (12), 1992-2004.
• Cai, Z., Gan, J. (2019). Coupled External‐Internal Dynamics of Layered Circulation in the South China Sea: A Modeling Study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 124 (7), 5039-5053.
• Lu, Z., Gan, J., Dai, M., Liu, H. and Zhao, X. (2018). Joint Effects of Extrinsic Biophysical Fluxes and Intrinsic Hydrodynamics on the Formation of Hypoxia West off the Pearl River Estuary. J. Geophys. Res.(Oceans), doi: 10.1029/2018JC014199.
• Liu, Z., Gan, J., and Wu, X. (2018). Coupled Summer Circulation and Dynamics Between a Bay and the Adjacent Shelf Around Hong Kong: Observational and Modeling Studies. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), doi:10.1029/2018JC013830.
• Qian, W., Gan, J., Liu, J., He, B., Lu, Z., Guo, X., Wang, D., Guo, L., Huang, T., Dai, M. (2018). Current status of emerging hypoxia in a eutrophic estuary: the lower reach of the Pearl River estuary, China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2018.03.004.
• Cai, Z. Y. and Gan, J. (2017). Formation and dynamics of a long-lived eddy-train in the South China Sea: a modeling study, J. Phys. Oceanogr., doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0002.1 PDF
• Liu Z, and Gan, J. (2017). Three-dimensional pathways of water masses in the South China Sea: A modeling study. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 122 (7), 6039-6054, doi: 10.1002/2016JC012511. PDF
• Zhao Y. Z., Liang, X. S. and Gan, J. (2016). Nonlinear multi-scale interactions and internal dynamics underlying a typical eddy-shedding event at Luzon Strait. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 121 (11), 8208-8229.
• Liu Z. and Gan, J. (2016). Open boundary conditions for tidally and subtidally forced circulation in a limited-area coastal model using the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS), J. Geophys. Res (Oceans), 121 (8), 6184-6203, doi:10.1002/2016JC011975. PDF
• Gan J., Liu, Z. and Liang, L. (2016). Numerical modeling of intrinsically and extrinsically forced seasonal circulation in the China Seas: A kinematic study, J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 121 (7), 4697-4715, doi: 10.1002/2016JC011800. PDF.
• Gan, J., Liu, Z. and Hui, C. (2016). A three-layer alternating spinning circulation in the South China Sea, J. Phys. Oceanogr. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-16-0044. PDF
• Lin, P., Cheng, P., Gan, J., and Hu, J. (2016). Dynamics of wind-driven upwelling off the northeastern coast of Hainan Island, J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 121, doi:10.1002/2015JC011000.PDF
• Li, Q., Wang, Y., Dong, Y. and Gan, J. (2015). Modeling long-term change of planktonic ecosystems in the Northern South China Sea and the upstream Kuroshio Current, J. Geophys. Res (Oceans)., 120, 3913-3936, doi:10.1002/2014JC010609. PDF
• Liu, Z., and Gan, J. (2015). Upwelling induced by the frictional stress curl and vertical squeezing of the vortex tube over a submerged valley in the East China Sea, J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 120 (4), 2571-2587, doi:10.1002/2015JC010715. PDF