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Lei Zhou

Editor of JGR: Oceans

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Potential Spicity: From Abstract Theory to Practical Application

by Lei Zhou 16 November 201816 February 2023

A method for estimating potential spicity, a thermodynamic variable in oceanography, provides a new way to describe contrasts in watermass properties.

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Eddy Generation in the Central Bay of Bengal

by Lei Zhou 23 October 201811 May 2022

Eddies in the central Bay of Bengal are generated near the eastern boundary of the basin, related to equatorial wind forcing, nonlinearity, and the topographic “bump” of Myanmar.

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Dispersal of River Water by Ocean Eddies and Shallow Ekman Flow

by Lei Zhou 28 September 201826 October 2022

Low-salinity water from the Ganga-Brahmaputra river is transported by mesoscale eddies in the Bay of Bengal, but when the monsoon winds strengthen, a shallow “Ekman” flow dominates dispersal of water.

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Hurricanes and the Sea: It Takes Two to Tango

by Kristopher B. Karnauskas and Lei Zhou 10 May 201816 December 2021

A new special issue of JGR: Oceans reveals the rich relationship between the ocean and tropical cyclones.

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