Claire Yung
PhD Candidate
email claire.yung@anu.edu.au

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I'm a PhD student studying ice-ocean interactions near Antarctica. In my research, I primarily use ocean models in both idealised and high-resolution realistic configurations. I have also contributed to the development of ocean model code and configurations with ice shelf cavities.

I completed a Bachelor of Philosophy at the ANU in 2021, where my Honours project investigated topographic hotspots of upwelling in the Southern Ocean and their physical mechanisms. I then spent time at the University of Sydney researching eddy contributions to global ocean heat transport. I started my PhD in August 2022.

For more on my story, I was honoured to be interviewed in this blog post, which highlights women at the Lindau Nobel Laureate meetings.

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submitted:

Yung, C.K., Hallberg, R.W.,  Adcroft, A. and Morrison, A.K. (2025) Assessment of a finite volume discretization of the horizontal pressure gradient force beneath sloping ice shelves. ESS Open Archive [preprint, submitted]. 
doi: 10.22541/essoar.176487287.73766620/v1

Yung, C. K., Asay-Davis, X. S., Adcroft, A., Bull, C. Y. S., De Rydt, J., Dinniman, M. S., Galton-Fenzi, B. K., Goldberg, D., Gwyther, D. E., Hallberg, R., Harrison, M., Hattermann, T., Holland, D. M., Holland, D., Holland, P. R., Jordan, J. R., Jourdain, N. C., Kusahara, K., Marques, G., Mathiot, P., Menemenlis, D., Morrison, A. K., Nakayama, Y., Sergienko, O., Smith, R. S., Stern, A., Timmermann, R., and Zhou, Q. (2025) Results of the second Ice Shelf – Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (ISOMIP+), EGUsphere [preprint, in review], doi: 10.5194/egusphere-2025-1942

published:

Yung, C. K., Rosevear, M. G., Morrison, A. K., Hogg, A. McC., and Nakayama, Y. (2025) Stratified suppression of turbulence in an ice shelf basal melt parameterisation, The Cryosphere, 19, 5827–5861, doi: 10.5194/tc-19-5827-2025

Yung C.K. and Holmes R.M. (2023) On the contribution of transient diabatic processes to ocean heat transport and temperature variability. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53 (12), 2933-2951. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-23-0046.1

Pudig M.P., Yung C.K., Zika J.D. and Holmes R.M. (2023) Rectified Ocean Heat Uptake from Oscillatory Surface Forcing Journal of Climate. 36 (8), 2663-2680. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0267.1 

Yung C.K., Morrison A.K. and Hogg A.McC. (2022) Topographic Hotspots of Southern Ocean Eddy Upwelling. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:855785. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.855785