2026 Tangdong Qu: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	52	3027	2762	1234	1095	109	10495

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

707
Citations
Upper-Layer Circulation in the South China Sea

Tangdong Qu

526
Citations
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

502
Citations
Intrusion of the North Pacific waters into the South China Sea

Tangdong Qu;Humio Mitsudera;Toshio Yamagata

421
Citations
Deepwater overflow through Luzon Strait

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

413
Citations
Observation of Luzon Strait transport

Jiwei Tian;Qingxuan Yang;Xinfeng Liang;Lingling Xie

354
Citations
The Bifurcation of the North Equatorial Current in the Pacific

Tangdong Qu;Roger Lukas

344
Citations
Seasonal and interannual variations of the North Equatorial Current bifurcation in a high-resolution OGCM

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

306
Citations
Climate Fluctuations of Tropical Coupled Systems—The Role of Ocean Dynamics

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

303
Citations
South China Sea throughflow: A heat and freshwater conveyor

Tangdong Qu;Yan Du;Hideharu Sasaki

261
Citations
Deep South China Sea circulation

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

253
Citations
An introduction to the South China Sea throughflow: Its dynamics, variability, and application for climate

Tangdong Qu;Y. Tony Song;Toshio Yamagata

246
Citations
Connecting the tropical Pacific with Indian Ocean through South China Sea

Tangdong Qu;Yan Du;Gary Meyers;Akio Ishida

239
Citations
On the western boundary currents in the Philippine Sea

Tangdong Qu;Humio Mitsudera;Toshio Yamagata

229
Citations
Sea Surface Temperature and its Variability in the Indonesian Region

T Qu;Y Du;J Strachan;GA Meyers

223
Citations
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

210
Citations
Seasonal Variability of the Large-Scale Currents near the Coast of the Philippines*

Max Yaremchuk;Tangdong Qu

201
Citations
A Climatology of the Circulation and Water Mass Distribution near the Philippine Coast

Tangdong Qu;Humio Mitsudera;Toshio Yamagata

191
Citations
Role of ocean dynamics in determining the mean seasonal cycle of the South China Sea surface temperature

Tangdong Qu

161
Citations
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

149
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Yamagata Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Yan Du Chinese Academy of Sciences

Gary Meyers University of Tasmania

Ichiro Fukumori California Institute of Technology

Tomoki Tozuka University of Tokyo

Rana A. Fine University of Miami

Yukio Masumoto University of Tokyo

Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego

Wenju Cai Ocean University of China

Hideharu Sasaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

External Links

Personal website of Tangdong Qu

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