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52
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10495
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3027
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1234

Tangdong Qu publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tangdong Qu sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 109 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Tangdong Qu D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tangdong Qu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tangdong Qu is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science as key subfields. The work integrates topics such as oceanographic and atmospheric processes, climate variability and models, and marine and coastal ecosystems.

The scientist has contributed significantly to studies covering:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Frequent collaborators of Tangdong Qu include Jifeng Qi, Yan Du, Baoshu Yin, Dunxin Hu, and Fan Wang. These partnerships reflect a collaborative approach in advancing understanding in their fields.

Publication venues where they have contributed multiple works include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Tangdong Qu are:

  • "Variability of the Sub-Antarctic Mode Water Subduction Rate During the Argo Period," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Review on observational studies of western tropical Pacific Ocean circulation and climate," 2020, Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
  • "Variability of the Subantarctic Mode Water Volume in the South Indian Ocean During 2004-2018," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Water-Mass Properties and Circulation in the Deep and Abyssal Philippine Sea," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "Seasonal Variability of Subthermocline Eddy Kinetic Energy East of the Philippines," 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography

Best Publications

  • Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate

    Dunxin Hu;Lixin Wu;Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Upper-Layer Circulation in the South China Sea

    Tangdong Qu

  • Can Luzon Strait Transport Play a Role in Conveying the Impact of ENSO to the South China Sea

    Tangdong Qu;Yoo Yin Kim;Max Yaremchuk;Tomoki Tozuka

  • Intrusion of the North Pacific waters into the South China Sea

    Tangdong Qu;Humio Mitsudera;Toshio Yamagata

  • Deepwater overflow through Luzon Strait

    Tangdong Qu;James B. Girton;John A. Whitehead

  • Observation of Luzon Strait transport

    Jiwei Tian;Qingxuan Yang;Xinfeng Liang;Lingling Xie

  • The Bifurcation of the North Equatorial Current in the Pacific

    Tangdong Qu;Roger Lukas

  • Seasonal and interannual variations of the North Equatorial Current bifurcation in a high-resolution OGCM

    Yoo Yin Kim;Tangdong Qu;Tommy Jensen;Toru Miyama

  • Climate Fluctuations of Tropical Coupled Systems—The Role of Ocean Dynamics

    P. Chang;T. Yamagata;P. Schopf;S. K. Behera

  • South China Sea throughflow: A heat and freshwater conveyor

    Tangdong Qu;Yan Du;Hideharu Sasaki

  • Deep South China Sea circulation

    Guihua Wang;Shang Ping Xie;Shang Ping Xie;Tangdong Qu;Rui Xin Huang

  • An introduction to the South China Sea throughflow: Its dynamics, variability, and application for climate

    Tangdong Qu;Y. Tony Song;Toshio Yamagata

  • Connecting the tropical Pacific with Indian Ocean through South China Sea

    Tangdong Qu;Yan Du;Gary Meyers;Akio Ishida

  • On the western boundary currents in the Philippine Sea

    Tangdong Qu;Humio Mitsudera;Toshio Yamagata

  • Sea Surface Temperature and its Variability in the Indonesian Region

    T Qu;Y Du;J Strachan;GA Meyers

  • Interannual variability of the South China Sea throughflow inferred from wind data and an ocean data assimilation product

    Dong Xiao Wang;Qinyan Liu;Rui Xin Huang;Yan Du

  • Seasonal Variability of the Large-Scale Currents near the Coast of the Philippines*

    Max Yaremchuk;Tangdong Qu

  • A Climatology of the Circulation and Water Mass Distribution near the Philippine Coast

    Tangdong Qu;Humio Mitsudera;Toshio Yamagata

  • Role of ocean dynamics in determining the mean seasonal cycle of the South China Sea surface temperature

    Tangdong Qu

  • Seasonal heat budget in the mixed layer of the southeastern tropical Indian Ocean in a high-resolution ocean general circulation model

    Yan Du;Tangdong Qu;Gary Meyers;Yukio Masumoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Yamagata
Toshio Yamagata Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Yan Du
Yan Du Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gary Meyers
Gary Meyers University of Tasmania
Ichiro Fukumori
Ichiro Fukumori California Institute of Technology
Tomoki Tozuka
Tomoki Tozuka University of Tokyo
Rana A. Fine
Rana A. Fine University of Miami
Yukio Masumoto
Yukio Masumoto University of Tokyo
Shang-Ping Xie
Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego
Wenju Cai
Wenju Cai Ocean University of China
Hideharu Sasaki
Hideharu Sasaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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