Research Interests

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

Representative Publications

1. 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, doi:10.1002/2015JC010715.
2. Gan, J.*, Z. Lu, Anson Cheung, M. Dai, L. Liang, P. J. Harrison, and X. Zhao, 2014. Assessing ecosystem response to phosphorus and nitrogen limitation in the Pearl River plume using the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS), J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 119, doi: 10.1002/2014JC009951.
3. Gan, J.*, H. Ho and L. Liang, 2012. Dynamics of intensified downwelling circulation over a widened shelf in the northeastern South China Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr., v. 43, No. 1, 80-94, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-02.1
4. Gan, J.*, A. Cheung, X. Guo, and L. Li, 2009. Intensied upwelling over a widened shelf in the northeastern South China Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C09019,  doi:10.1029/2007JC004660.
5. Gan, J.*, L. Li, D. Wang and X. Guo 2009. Interaction of river plume with coastal upwelling circulation in the northeastern South China Sea. Cont. Shelf Res., 29, 728-740,  doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.12.002.
6. Gan, J.* and T. Qu. 2008. Coastal jet separation and associated flow variability in the southwest South China Sea, Deep-Sea Res. I, 55, 1-19, 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.10.007.
7. Gan, J.*, H. Li, E. N. Curchitser and D. B. Haidvogel, 2006. Modeling South China Sea circulation: Response to seasonal forcing regimes. J. Geo-phys. Res., 111, C06034,  doi:10.1029/2005JC003298.
8. Gan, J.* and J. S. Allen, 2004. On open boundary conditions for a limited-area coastal model off Oregon. Part 1: Response to idealized wind forcing, Oean Modelling, 8/1-12 pp 115-133,
   doi: 0.1016/j.ocemod2003.12.006.
9. Gan, J.* and J. S. Allen, 2002. A modeling study of shelf circulation off northern California in the region of the Coastal Ocean Dynamics Experiment, Response to relaxation of upwelling.
   J. Geophys. Res. , 107(C11), 3184, doi:10.1029/ 2001JC001190.
10. Gan, J*., L. Mysak and D. Straub, 1998. Simulation of the South Atlantic Ocean circulation and its seasonal variability. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 10,241-10,251.
11. Gan, J.*, R. Ingram and R. Greatbatch, 1997. On the unsteady separa-tion/intrusion of Gaspe Current and variability in Baie des Chaleurs, Modeling Studies, J. Geophys. Res., 102,15,567-15,581.
12. Gan, J.* and G. Ingram, 1992. Internal hydraulics, solitons and associated mixing in a stratied sound. J. Geophys. Res., 97,9669-9688