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Ryo Furue

Assistant Researcher
Affiliate Researcher, Oceanography
[Past Staff]

International Pacific Research Center
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Email:
Webpage: http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/users/furue/

Education

1999 - Ph.D. (Geophysics), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1992 - M.S. (Geophysics), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
1990 - B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Research Subjects

Vertical mixing in the ocean interior

Nonlinear energy transfers within the oceanic internal wave spectrum
Buoyancy flux due to wave braking and turbulence
Dynamics of the thermohaline circulation

OGCMs for idealized ocean basins and realistic world ocean
Dynamics and modelling of equatorial subsurface currents

Using a OGCM

Professional Experience

Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, March 2008 – April 2014
Visiting Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, March 2006 – March 2008
Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, October 2003 – February 2006
Assistant Professor, Center for Climate System Research, University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan,
October 1995 – September 2003

Refereed Publications

Iskandar, M.R., Y. Jia, H. Sasaki, R. Furue, S. Kida, T. Suga, and K.J. Richards, 2023: Effects of high-frequency flow variability on the pathways of the Indonesian Throughflow. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 128 (5), e2022JC019610, doi:10.1029/2022JC019610. IPRC-1598.
Furue, R., K. Takatama, H. Sasaki, N. Schneider, M. Nonaka, and B. Taguchi, 2018: Impacts of sea-surface salinity in an eddy-resolving semi-global OGCM. Ocean Modelling, 122, 36-56, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.11.004. IPRC-1296.
Furue, R., K. Guerreiro, H.E. Phillips, J.P. McCreary, and N.L. Bindoff, 2017: On the Leeuwin Current System and its linkage to zonal flows in the South Indian Ocean as inferred from a gridded hydrography. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 47 (3), 583-602, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-16-0170.1. IPRC-1230.
McCreary, J.P., R. Furue, F. Schloesser, T.W. Burkhardt, and M. Nonaka, 2016: Dynamics of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and Southern Ocean in an ocean model of intermediate complexity. Progress in Oceanography, 143, 46-81, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2016.01.001. IPRC-1166.
Furue, R., Y. Jia, J.P. McCreary, N. Schneider, K.J. Richards, P. Müller, B.D. Cornuelle, N. Martinez Avellaneda, D. Stammer, C. Liu, and A. Köhl, 2015: Impacts of regional mixing on the temperature structure of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Part 1: vertically uniform vertical diffusion. Ocean Modelling, 91, 91-111, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2014.10.002. IPRC-1081.
Jia, Y., R. Furue, and J.P. McCreary, 2015: Impacts of regional mixing on the temperature structure of the equatorial Pacific Ocean Part 2: depth-dependent vertical diffusion. Ocean Modelling, 91, 112-127, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.02.007. IPRC-1101.
Benthuysen, J., R. Furue, J.P. McCreary, N.L. Bindoff, and H.E. Phillips, 2014: Dynamics of the Leeuwin Current: Part 2. Impacts of mixing, friction, and advection on a buoyancy-driven eastern boundary current over a shelf. Dyn. of Atmos. and Oceans, 65, 39-63, doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.10.004. IPRC-1024.
Schloesser, F., R. Furue, J.P. McCreary, and A. Timmermann, 2014: Dynamics of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Part 2: Forcing by winds and buoyancy. Progress in Oceanography, 120, 154-176, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2013.08.007. IPRC-1007.
Belmadani, A., N.A. Maximenko, J.P. McCreary, R. Furue, O.V. Melnichenko, N. Schneider, and E. Di Lorenzo, 2013: Linear wind-forced beta-plumes with application to the Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 43 (10), 2071-2094, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-12-0194.1. IPRC-990.
Furue, R., J.P. McCreary, J. Benthuysen, H.E. Phillips, and N.L. Bindoff, 2013: Dynamics of the Leeuwin Current: Part 1. Coastal flows in an inviscid,variable-density, layer model. Dyn. of Atmos. and Oceans, 63, 24-59, doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.03.003. IPRC-952.
McCreary, J.P., Z. Yu, R.R. Hood, P.N. Vinayachandran, R. Furue, A. Ishida, and K.J. Richards, 2013: Dynamics of the Indian-Ocean oxygen minimum zones. Prog. Oceanogr., 112-113, 15-37, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2013.03.002. IPRC-969.
Furue, R., J.P. McCreary, and Z. Yu, 2009: Dynamics of the northern Tsuchiya Jet. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39 (9), 2024-2051.
Yaremchuk, M., J. McCreary, Z. Yu, and R. Furue, 2009: The South China Sea throughflow retrieved from climatological data. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39 (3), 753-767.
Nakano, H., H. Tsujino, and R. Furue, 2008: The Kuroshio Current System as a jet and twin "relative" recirculation gyres embedded in the Sverdrup circulation. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 45, 135-164.
Yu, Z. , J.P. McCreary, M. Yaremchuk, and R. Furue, 2008: Subsurface salinity balance in the South China Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38 (2), 527-539.
Furue, R., J.P. McCreary, Z. Yu, and D. Wang, 2007: Dynamics of the Southern Tsuchiya Jet. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37 (3), 531-553.
McCreary, J.P., T. Miyama, R. Furue, T. Jensen, H.-W. Kang, B. Bang, and T. Qu, 2007: Interactions between the Indonesian Throughflow and circulations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Progr. in Oceanography, 75 (1), 70-114.
Yu, Z., S. Shen, J.P. McCreary, M. Yaremchuk, and R. Furue, 2007: South China Sea Throughflow as Evidenced by Satellite Images and Numerical Experiments. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L01601, doi:10.1029/2006GL028103.
Furue, R., and M. Endoh, 2005: Effects of the Pacific diapycnal mixing and wind stress on the global and Pacific meridional overturning circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35 (10), 1876-1890.
Furue, R., 2003: Energy transfer within the small-scale oceanic internal wave spectrum. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33, 267-282.
Furue, R., and M. Endoh, 2003: The Indian and Pacific Oceans controlling the great ocean conveyor. Submitted. [Download the manuscript: PDF, A4 paper (1.3MB)]
Furue, R., and N. Suginohara, 2002: Roles of the Southern Ocean in controlling the global abyssal circulation. Submitted. [Download the manuscript: PDF, A4 paper (1.3MB)]
Furue, R., 2001: An equatorial diffusive boundary layer and the equatorial stacked jets in thermally-driven OGCMs. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 2737-2748.
Yamanaka, Y., R. Furue, H. Hasumi, and N. Suginohara, 2000: Comparison of two classical advection schemes in a general circulation model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 2439-2451.
Nakano, H., R. Furue, and N. Suginohara, 1999: Effect of seasonal forcing on global circulation in a world ocean general circulation model. Climate Dynamics, 15, 491-502.
Furue, R., 1998: Importance of local interactions within the small-scale oceanic internal wave spectrum for transferring energy to dissipation scales: A three-dimensional numerical study, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Tokyo, Tokyo.
Ishikawa, I., S. Aoki, R. Furue, and N. Suginohara, 1996: Convection induced by cooling at one side wall in two-dimensional non-rotating fluid: Applicability to the deep Pacific circulation. J. Oceanogr., 52, 617-632.
Obata, A., R. Furue, S. Aoki, and N. Suginohara, 1996: Modeling layered structure in deep Pacific circulation. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 3663-3674.
Furue, R., K. Nakajima, and I. Ishikawa, 1995: Modal decomposition of deep ocean circulation models: Comparison with reduced-gravity models. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 10567-10588.