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

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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. (2026) Results of the second Ice Shelf–Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (ISOMIP+), The Cryosphere, 20, 2053–2088, doi: 10.5194/tc-20-2053-2026

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