Tong Bo

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering / Ph.D. candidate

Tong Bo


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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Fluid mechanics, ocean engineering, coastal ocean and estuaries, salinity transport, sediment transport
129

Scholar Citations

7

Scholar h-index

7

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Buoyant Particle Retention by Estuarine Surface Fronts
    T Bo, DK Ralston, WR Geyer, JC McWilliams
    2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting , 2026
    2026
  • Comparing the life cycles of a turbulent front and dense filament in the oceanic surface boundary layer
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, M Chamecki
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1026, A25 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Topographically induced dispersion in a salt marsh estuary
    AMP Garcia, T Bo, WR Geyer, DK Ralston
    Journal of Physical Oceanography 55 (11), 2209-2227 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Oceanic mixing and waves in the presence of a suspended canopy
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, M Chamecki
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1007, A35 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Turbulence and nutrient transport in suspended macroalgal farms
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, C Frieder, KA Davis, M Chamecki
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024, OS54A-05 , 2024
    2024
  • On the role of small estuaries in retaining buoyant particles
    T Bo, DK Ralston, WR Geyer, JC McWilliams
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (35), e2401498121 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 15
  • Nutrient replenishment by turbulent mixing in suspended macroalgal farms
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, CA Frieder, KA Davis, M Chamecki
    Geophysical Research Letters 51 (14), e2024GL109128 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • Langmuir turbulence in suspended kelp farms
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, C Yan, M Chamecki
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 985, A11 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Tidal intrusion fronts, surface convergence, and mixing in an estuary with complex topography
    T Bo, DK Ralston, AMP Garcia, WR Geyer
    Journal of Physical Oceanography 54 (3), 653-677 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 11
  • Generation of Langmuir turbulence by various suspended macroalgal farm configurations
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, M Chamecki
    American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, PS34B-2108 , 2024
    2024
  • Sources of drag in estuarine meanders: Momentum redistribution, bottom stress enhancement, and bend-scale form drag
    T Bo, DK Ralston, WR Geyer
    Journal of Physical Oceanography 53 (7), 1629-1650 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • Impacts of channel curvature on drag, mixing, and stratification in estuaries
    T Bo
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Increased Momentum Loss by Secondary Circulation and Flow Separation in Estuarine Meanders
    T Bo, DK Ralston
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2022, OS53B-02 , 2022
    2022
  • Frontogenesis, mixing, and stratification in estuarine channels with curvature
    T Bo, DK Ralston
    Journal of Physical Oceanography 52 (7), 1333-1350 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 17
  • High and Variable Drag in a Sinuous Estuary With Intermittent Stratification
    T Bo, DK Ralston, WM Kranenburg, WR Geyer, PA Traykovski
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 126 (10), e2020JC016267 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 10
  • High Drag and Flow Separation in Curved Estuarine Channels
    T Bo, DK Ralston
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2020, H033-0009 , 2020
    2020
  • Flow separation and increased drag coefficient in estuarine channels with curvature
    T Bo, DK Ralston
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 125 (10), e2020JC016267 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 31
  • The melting column as a filter of mantle trace‐element heterogeneity
    T Bo, RF Katz, O Shorttle, JF Rudge
    Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19 (12), 4694-4721 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 18
  • Mantle Heterogeneity in Mid-Ocean Ridge Lavas: The Melting Column as a Filter
    T Bo, R Katz, O Shorttle, J Rudge
    Twenty-eighth Annual Goldschmidt Conference, 214 , 2018
    2018

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Flow separation and increased drag coefficient in estuarine channels with curvature
    T Bo, DK Ralston
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 125 (10), e2020JC016267 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 31
  • The melting column as a filter of mantle trace‐element heterogeneity
    T Bo, RF Katz, O Shorttle, JF Rudge
    Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 19 (12), 4694-4721 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 18
  • Frontogenesis, mixing, and stratification in estuarine channels with curvature
    T Bo, DK Ralston
    Journal of Physical Oceanography 52 (7), 1333-1350 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 17
  • On the role of small estuaries in retaining buoyant particles
    T Bo, DK Ralston, WR Geyer, JC McWilliams
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (35), e2401498121 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 15
  • Tidal intrusion fronts, surface convergence, and mixing in an estuary with complex topography
    T Bo, DK Ralston, AMP Garcia, WR Geyer
    Journal of Physical Oceanography 54 (3), 653-677 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 11
  • Nutrient replenishment by turbulent mixing in suspended macroalgal farms
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, CA Frieder, KA Davis, M Chamecki
    Geophysical Research Letters 51 (14), e2024GL109128 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 10
  • High and Variable Drag in a Sinuous Estuary With Intermittent Stratification
    T Bo, DK Ralston, WM Kranenburg, WR Geyer, PA Traykovski
    Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 126 (10), e2020JC016267 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 10
  • Langmuir turbulence in suspended kelp farms
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, C Yan, M Chamecki
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 985, A11 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Sources of drag in estuarine meanders: Momentum redistribution, bottom stress enhancement, and bend-scale form drag
    T Bo, DK Ralston, WR Geyer
    Journal of Physical Oceanography 53 (7), 1629-1650 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 5
  • Topographically induced dispersion in a salt marsh estuary
    AMP Garcia, T Bo, WR Geyer, DK Ralston
    Journal of Physical Oceanography 55 (11), 2209-2227 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Oceanic mixing and waves in the presence of a suspended canopy
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, M Chamecki
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1007, A35 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Comparing the life cycles of a turbulent front and dense filament in the oceanic surface boundary layer
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, M Chamecki
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1026, A25 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Impacts of channel curvature on drag, mixing, and stratification in estuaries
    T Bo
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • Buoyant Particle Retention by Estuarine Surface Fronts
    T Bo, DK Ralston, WR Geyer, JC McWilliams
    2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting , 2026
    2026
  • Turbulence and nutrient transport in suspended macroalgal farms
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, C Frieder, KA Davis, M Chamecki
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2024, OS54A-05 , 2024
    2024
  • Generation of Langmuir turbulence by various suspended macroalgal farm configurations
    T Bo, JC McWilliams, M Chamecki
    American Geophysical Union, Ocean Sciences Meeting, PS34B-2108 , 2024
    2024
  • Increased Momentum Loss by Secondary Circulation and Flow Separation in Estuarine Meanders
    T Bo, DK Ralston
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2022, OS53B-02 , 2022
    2022
  • High Drag and Flow Separation in Curved Estuarine Channels
    T Bo, DK Ralston
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts 2020, H033-0009 , 2020
    2020
  • Mantle Heterogeneity in Mid-Ocean Ridge Lavas: The Melting Column as a Filter
    T Bo, R Katz, O Shorttle, J Rudge
    Twenty-eighth Annual Goldschmidt Conference, 214 , 2018
    2018