1. Ocean circulation dynamics

Multi-scale variability, dynamics, heat/freshwater transport and climate effect of tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean circulation. 

2. Oceanic salinity processes

General feature, spatiotemporal varianility and physical mechanisms of salinity processes in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, and the influence of salinity on ocean circulation and climate.

3. Regional and global climate change

Multi-scale variability of Indo-Pacific and global climate, with a focus on the intraseasonal to decadal variability in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, changes in regional and global ocean in response to global warming and their influecne on human society.

• Ph.D., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing & Qingdao

           Physical Oceanography | 2008.09 - 2013.07, Supervisor: Professor Dunxin Hu

• B.S., Northeast Normal University, Changchun

            Physics | 2004.09 - 2008.07

• Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

           Professor | 2019 - present

           Specially-appointed Professor | 2018 - present

           Associate Professor | 2016-2018

           Research Associate | 2013-2015

• CLIVAR TPDV Working Group, member, 2021-

• Frontiers in Marine Science

           Review Editor | 2019 -

• CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Perth

           Visiting Scientist | July 2018 -August 2018

           Host | Dr. Ming Feng

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

           Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar | April 2015 -March 2016, Supervisor: Dr. Janet Sprintall

           Visiting Scholar | April 2019, Host: Dr. Janet Sprintall

• NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

           Visitor | October 2015 - December 2015

           Sponsor: Drs. William S. Kessler and Gregory C. Johnson  

• Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration

           Visiting Ocean-Star Scholar | January 2017 - December 2018

           Sponsor: Dr. Fei Chai

1. Hu, S.*, J. Sprintall, C. Guan, M. J. McPhaden, F. Wang*, D. Hu, and W. Cai (2020), Deep-reaching acceleration of global mean ocean circulation over the past two decades. Science Advances, 6, eaax7727, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax7727.
2. Hu, S.*, S. Li, Y. Zhang, C. Guan, Y. Du, M. Feng, K. Ando, F. Wang, A. Schiller, and D. Hu (2021), Observed strong subsurface marine heatwaves in the tropical western Pacific Ocean, Environmental Research Letters, 16(10),104024, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac26f2.
3. Hu, S.*, X. Lu, S. Li, F. Wang, C. Guan, D. Hu, L. Xin, J. Ma (2020), Multi-decadal trends in the tropical Pacific western boundary currents retrieved from historical hydrological observations. Science China Earth Sciences, 64(4), 600-610, doi:10.1360/SSTe-2020-0148.
4. Hu, S.*, J. Sprintall, C. Guan, D. Hu, F. Wang, X. Lu, and S. Li (2020), Observed triple mode of salinity variability in the thermocline of tropical Pacific Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2020JC016210, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016210.
5. Hu, S., et al. (2020), Dynamic features of near-inertial oscillations in the Northwest Pacific derived from mooring observations from 2015 to 2018, Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 38(4): 1092-1107, doi:10.1007/s00343-020-9332-1.
6. Hu, S., Y. Zhang, M. Feng*, Y. Du, J. Sprintall, F. Wang, D. Hu, Q. Xie, and F. Chai (2019), Interannual to Decadal Variability of Upper Ocean Salinity in the Indian Ocean and the Role of Indonesian Throughflow, Journal of Climate, 32(19), 6403-6421, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0056.1.
7. Hu, S.*, J. Sprintall, C. Guan, B. Sun, F. Wang, G. Yang, F. Jia, J. Wang, D. Hu, and F. Chai (2018), Spatio-temporal Features of Intra-seasonal Oceanic Variability in the Philippine Sea from Mooring Observations and Numerical Simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 4874-4887, doi: 10.1029/2017JC013653.
8. Hu, S.*, and J. Sprintall (2017), Observed Strengthening of Interbasin Exchange via the Indonesian Seas Due to Rainfall Intensification, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 1448-1456, doi: 10.1002/2016GL072494.
9. Hu, S.*, D. Hu, C. Guan, N. Xing, J. Li, and J. Feng (2017), Variability of SST structure in the western Pacific warm pool and its relationship to El Niño, Climate Dynamics, 49, 2431-2449, doi: 10.1007/s00382-00016-03459-y.
10. Hu, S.*, and J. Sprintall (2016), Interannual Variability of the Indonesian Throughflow: the Salinity Effect, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121, 2596-2615, doi:10.1002/2015JC011495.
11. Hu, S.*, D. Hu, C. Guan, F. Wang, L. Zhang, F. Wang, and Q. Wang (2016), Interannual variability of the Mindanao Current/Undercurrent in direct observations and numerical simulations, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(2), 483-499, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-15-0092.1.
12. Hu, S., and D. Hu (2012), Heat center of the western Pacific warm pool, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 30(1), 169 - 176, doi:10.1007/s00343-012-1193-9.
13. Hu, S.*, and D. Hu (2014), Variability of the Pacific North Equatorial Current from repeated shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler measurements, Journal of Oceanography, 70(6), 559-571, doi:10.1007/s10872-014-0253-5.

• Xi Lu, graduate student
• Shihan Li, graduate student
• Linchao Xin, graduate student
• Wanli Shi, graduate student
• Qiming Sun, graduate student
• ​Jie Ma, Postdoctor with Prof. Dunxin Hu

1. Wiley Top Downloaded Paper 2018-2019, 2020

2. Xie Yibing Youth Meteorological Science and Technology Award |  2019

3. Huiquan Young Scholar | 2018

4. Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS | 2018
   

5. The CAS Outstanding Achievement Prize in Science and Technology | 2017
   

6. CLIVAR Early Career Scientists Poster Award, 2016
   

7. Outstanding Young Talents of Sciences & Technology Award, Shenyang Branch of CAS | 2016