Research Interests
- Multiple-scale circulation and dynamics in South China Sea
- Cross-slope/shelf exchanges
- Numerical simulation
- Coastal marine environment
Publication
- Gan J.P., Kung H., Cai Z.Y., Liu Z., Hui C.W., Li J.L. (2022) Hotspots of the stokes rotating circulation in a
large marginal sea, Nature Communication - Li Z.B., Cai Z.Y., Liu Z.Q., Wang X.H., Hu J.Y. (2022) A novel identification method for unrevealed mesoscale eddies with transient and weak features-Capricorn Eddies as an example. Remote Sensing of Environment
- Cai, Z.Y., Liu G.L., Liu Z.Q., Gan, J.P. (2021) Spatiotemporal variability of water exchanges in the Pearl River Estuary by interactive multiscale currents. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
- Q. Quan, Z. Liu, S. Sun, Z. Cai, Y. Yang, G. Jin, Z. Li, and X. San Liang (2021), Influence of the Kuroshio Intrusion on Deep Flow Intraseasonal Variability in the Northern South China Sea, Journal of Geophysical Research
- Cai, Z.Y., Gan J.P. (2021) Dynamics of the layered circulation inferred from kinetic energy pathway in the South China Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr.
- Quan, Q., Cai, Z.Y., JIN, G., & LIU, Z. (2021). Topographic Rossby Waves in the Abyssal South China Sea, Journal of Physical Oceanography, . Retrieved Apr 22, 2021, from https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/phoc/aop/JPO-D-20-0187.1/JPO-D-20-0187.1.xml
- Luo, C., Lin, L., Shi, J. Liu Z. Cai, Z.Y., Guo X., Gao H. Seasonal variations in the water residence time in the Bohai Sea using 3D hydrodynamic model study and the adjoint method. Ocean Dynamics (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-020-01438-5
- Liu Z.Q., Gan J.P., Hu J.Y., Wu H., Cai, Z.Y., Deng Y.F.i (2021), Progress of studies on circulation dynamics in the East China Sea: the Kuroshio exchanges with the shelf currents. Frontiers in Marine Science, section Physical Oceanography. (accepted)
- Cai, Z.Y., Gan J.P. (2020) Dynamics of the cross-layer exchange for the layered circulation in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016131
- Gan J.P., Liu Z.Q., Hui C.W., Tang Y., Cai Z.Y., Li J.L., (2020). The Changing Circulation of Asia Pacific Marginal Seas in the South China Sea: a Physical View. Springer Book: Changing Asia-Pacific Marginal Seas, 10.1007/978-981-15-4886-4
- Cai, Z.Y., Gan J.P., Liu Z.Q., Hui R., Li J. (2019) Progress on the formation dynamics of the layered circulation in the South China Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 181(202), 102246.
- Cai, Z.Y., Gan J.P. (2019) Coupled external-internal dynamics of layered circulation in the South China Sea: A modeling study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC014962
- Cai, Z.Y., Gan J. P. (2017) Formation and dynamics of a long-lived eddy-train in the South China Sea: a modeling study, Journal of Physical Oceanography,doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0002.1
- Lei L., Liu, Z., Xie L., Gao H., Cai Z.Y., Chen Z., Zhao J. (2015) Dynamics governing the response of tidal current along the mouth of Jiaozhou Bay to land reclamation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans,120,2958–2972, doi:10.1002/2014JC010434.
- Cai, Z.Y., Liu Z., Guo X., Gao H., Wang Q. (2014), Influences of intratidal variations in density field on the subtidal currents: Implication from a synchronized observation by multiships and a diagnostic calculation, J Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119,2017–2033, doi:10.1002/2013JC009262.