Polar Science Center, Applied Physics
Laboratory, University of Washington
1013 NE 40th St., Seattle, WA 98105, 206-543-5569, zhang@apl.washington.edu
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them out! Retrospective Investigation and Future Projection of Arctic Ice-Ocean Climate Change (with Data Sets) Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystem Study Arctic Physical and Biological Synthesis and Modeling Variability and Trends in Antarctic Sea Ice Seasonal Ensemble Forecasts of Arctic Sea Ice Ecosystem Response to Changing Sea Ice and Upper Ocean Physics in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas |
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Refereed Publications (reverse chronological
order)
Jahn, A., Y. Aksenov, B. A.
de Cuevas, L. de Steur, S. Hakkine, E. Hansen, C. Herbaut,
M.-N. Houssais, M. Karcher, M. Karcher, C. Lique, A.
Nguyen, P. Pemberton, D. Worthen, and J. Zhang, Arctic
Ocean
freshwater: How robust are model simulations? J.
Geophy. Res., 117, C00D16, doi:
10.1029/2012JC007907, 2012. Popova, E.E., A. Yool, A. C. Coward, F. Dupont, C. Deal, S. Elliott, E. Hunke, M. Jin, M. Steele, and J. Zhang, What controls primary production in the Arctic Ocean? Results from an ecosystem model intercomparison, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C00D12, doi:10.1029/2011JC007112, 2012. Zhang, J., R. Woodgate, and
S. Mangiameli, Ravens, T. M., B.M. Jones, J. Zhang, C.D. Arp, and J. A. Schmutz, Process-Based Coastal Erosion Modeling for Drew Point, North Slope, Alaska, J. Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 138(2), 122-130, 2012. Johnson, M., A. Proshutinsky, Y. Aksenov, A.T. Nguyen, R. Lindsay, C. Haas, J. Zhang, N. Diansky, R. Kwok, W. Maslowski, S. Hakkine, I. Ashik, and Beverly de Cuevas, Evaluation of Arctic sea ice thickness simulated by Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project models, J. Geophy. Res., 117, C00D13, doi: 10.1029/2011JC007257, 2012. Steele, M., W. Ermold, and J. Zhang, Modeling the formation and fate of the near-surface temperature maximum in the Canadian Basin of the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophy. Res., 116, C11015, doi: 10.1029/2010JC006803, 2011. Peralta‐Ferriz, C., J.H. Morison, J.M. Wallace, and J. Zhang, A basin-coherent mode of sub-monthly variability in Arctic Ocean bottom pressure, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L14606, doi:10.1029/2011GL048142, 2011. Schweiger, A., R.W. Lindsay, J. Zhang, M. Steele, H. Stern, and R. Kwok, Uncertainty in modeled Arctic sea ice volume, J. Geophy. Res., 116, C00D06, doi: 10.1029/2011JC007084, 2011. Steele, M., J. Zhang, and W. Ermold, Mechanisms of summertime upper Arctic Ocean warming and the effect on sea ice melt, J. Geophy. Res., 115, C11004, doi: 10.1029/2009JC005849, 2010. Zhang, J., M. Steele, and A. Schweiger, Arctic sea ice response to atmospheric forcings with varying levels of anthropogenic warming and climate variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L20505, doi:10.1029/2010GL044988, 2010. Wang, J., H. Eicken, Y. Yu, X. Bai, J. Zhang, H. Hu, M. Ikeda, K. Mizobata, and J. Overland, Model-data fusion studies of Pacific Arctic climate and ice-ocean processes, submitted to Springer PAR Synthesis Book Chapter 6, 2010. Zhang, J., Y.H. Spitz, M. Steele, C. Ashjian, R. Campbell, L. Berline, and P. Matrai, Modeling the impact of declining sea ice on the Arctic marine planktonic ecosystem, J. Geophy. Res., 115, C10015, doi: 10.1029/2009JC005387, 2010. Panteleev, G., D. A. Nechaev,
A. Proshutinsky, R. Woodgate, and J. Zhang, Reconstruction
and
analysis
of
the
Chukchi
Sea
circulation
in
1990-1991, J. Geophys Res., 115, C08023, doi:
10.1029/2009JC005453, 2010. Zhang, J., R. Woodgate, and
R. Moritz, Sea
ice response to atmospheric and oceanic forcing in the
Bering Sea, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40, 1729-1747,
doi:10.1175/2010JPO4323.1, 2010. Wang, J., J. Zhang, E. Watanabe, M. Ikeda, K. Mizobata, J. E. Walsh, X. Bai, and B. Wu, Is the Dipole Anomaly a major driver to record lows in Arctic summer sea ice extent?, Geophys. Res Lett., 36, L05706, doi:10.1029/2008GL036706, 2009. Rawlins, M.A., M. Steele, M.C. Serreze, C.J. Vorosmarty, W. Ermold, R.B. Lammers, K.C. McDonald, T.M.Pavelsky, A. Shiklomanov, and J. Zhang, Tracing freshwater anomalies through the air-land-ocean system: A case study from the Mackenzie River basin and the Beaufort Gyre, Atmosphere-Ocean 47(1), 79-97, doi:10.3137/OC301.2009, 2009. Lindsay, R. W., J. Zhang, A. Schweiger, M. Steele, and H. Stern, Arctic sea ice retreat in 2007 follows thinning trend. J. Clim., 165-176, doi:10.1175/2008JCL12521, 2009. Zhang, J., M. Steele, and R. Woodgate, The role of Pacific water in the dramatic retreat of arctic sea ice during summer 2007, J. Polar Science, 19(2), 93–107, 2008. Kwok, R., E. C. Hunke, W. Maslowski, D. Menemenlis, and J. Zhang, Variability of sea ice simulations assessed with RGPS kinematics, J. Geophys Res., 113, C11012, doi: 10.1029/2008JC004783, 2008. Zhang, J., R.W. Lindsay, M. Steele, and A. Schweiger, What drove the dramatic retreat of Arctic sea ice during summer 2007? Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L11505, doi:10.1029/2008GL034005, 2008. Schweiger, A., J. Zhang, R.W. Lindsay, and M. Steele, Did unusually sunny skies help drive the record sea ice minimum of 2007? Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L10503, doi:10.1029/2008GL033463, 2008. Zhang, J., M. Steele, R.W. Lindsay, A. Schweiger, and J. Morison, Ensemble one-year predictions of arctic sea ice for the spring and summer of 2008. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08502, doi:10.1029/2008GL033244, 2008. Steele, M., W. Ermold, and J. Zhang, Arctic Ocean surface warming trends over the past 100 years, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02614, 2008. Lindsay, R. W., J. Zhang, A. Schweiger, and M. Steele, Seasonal predictions of ice extent in the Arctic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., C02023, doi:10.1029/2007JC004259, 2008. Zhang, J., Increasing Antarctic sea ice under warming atmospheric and oceanic conditions, J. Climate, 20, 2515–2529, 2007. Serreze, M. C., A. P. Barrett, A. G. Slater, M. Steele, J. Zhang, and K. E. Trenberth, The large-scale energy budget of the Arctic, J. Geophys Res., 112, D11122, doi: 10.1029/2006JD008230, 2007. Proshutinsky, A. et al. including J. Zhang, Sea level variability in the Arctic Ocean from AOMIP models, J. Geophys. Res.,112, C04S08, doi:10.1029/2006JC003916, 2007. Karcher, M., F. Kauker, R. Gerdes, E. Hunke, and J. Zhang, On the dynamics of Atlantic Water circulation in the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res.,112, C04S02, doi:10.1029/2006JC003630, 2007. , Model simulation of Greenland Sea upper-ocean variability, J. Geophys. Res., C06S90, doi:10.1029/2006JC003687, 2007. Zhang, J., and M. Steele, The effect of vertical mixing on the Atlantic water layer circulation in the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res.,112, C04S04, doi:10.1029/2006JC003732, 2007. Holloway G., F. Dupont, E. Golubeva, S. Hakkinen, E. Hunke, M. Jin, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, M. Maltrud, M. A. Morales Maqueda, W. Maslowski, G. Platov, D. Stark, M. Steele, T. Suzuki, J. Wang, and J. Zhang, Water properties and circulation in Arctic Ocean models, J. Geophys Res., 112, C04S03, doi:10.1029/2006JC003642, 2007. Lindsay,
R. W. and J. Zhang, Assimilation
of ice concentration in an ice-ocean model, Lindsay, R. W. and J. Zhang, Arctic Ocean ice thickness: modes of variability and the best locations from which to monitor them, J. Physical Ocean., 36, 496–506, 2006. Steele, M., A. Porcelli, and J. Zhang, Origins of the SHEBA freshwater anomaly in the Mackenzie River, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L09601, doi:10.1029/2005GL024813, 2006. Proshutinsky, A. et al. including J. Zhang, Arctic Ocean study: Synthesis of model results and observations, EOS, 40(4), 2005. Zhang, J., Warming of the arctic ice-ocean system is faster than the global average since the 1960s. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L19602, doi:10.1029/2005GL024216, 2005. Lindsay, R. W. and J. Zhang, The thinning of arctic sea ice, 1988–2003: have we passed a tipping point? J. Climate, 18, 4879–4894, 2005. Menemenis, D., C. Hill, A. Adcroft, J.-M. Campin, B. Cheng, B. Ciotti, I. Fukumori, P. Heimbach, C. Henze, A. Kohl, T. Lee, D. Stammer, J. Taft, and J. Zhang, NASA supercomputer improves prospects for ocean climate research, EOS, 86(9), 2005. Zhang, J., and D.A. Rothrock, The effect of sea-ice rheology in numerical investigations of climate, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C08014, doi:10.1029/2004JC002599, 2005. Rothrock, D.A., and J. Zhang: Arctic Ocean sea ice volume: What explains its recent depletion? J. Geophys. Res., 110, C01002, doi:10.1029/2004JC002282, 2005. Zhang, J., M. Steele, D.A. Rothrock, and R.W. Lindsay, Increasing exchanges at Greenland-Scotland Ridge and their links with the North Atlantic Oscillation and Arctic sea ice, Geophys. Res. Letters, 31, L09307, doi:10.1029/2003GL019304, 2004. Uotila, P., D.M. Holland, M.A. Morales Maqueda, S. Hakkinen, G. Holloway, M. Karcher, M. Steele, N. Yakovlev, J. Zhang, A. Proshutinsky: An energy-diagnostics intercomparison of coupled ice-ocean Arctic models, Ocean Modeling, 11, 1–27, 2005. Steiner, N., G. Holloway, S.
Hakkinen, D.M. Holland, M. Karcher, W. Maslowski, M.
Steele, and J. Zhang: Comparing
modeled
streamfunction,
heat
and
freshwater
content
in
the
Zhang, J., and D.A. Rothrock: Modeling global sea ice with a thickness and enthalpy distribution model in generalized curvilinear coordinates, Mon. Wea. Rev., 131(5), 681–697, 2003. Lindsay, R.W., J. Zhang, and D.A. Rothrock: Sea ice deformation rates from measurements and in a model, Atmos-ocean, 41(1), 35–47, 2003. Rothrock, D.A., J. Zhang, and Y. Yu: The Arctic ice thickness anomaly of the 1990s: A consistent view from models and observations, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C3), doi:10.1029/2001JC001208, 2003. Zhang, J., D. Thomas, D. A. Rothrock, R. Lindsay, Y. Yu, and R. Kwok: Assimilation of ice motion observations and comparisons with submarine ice thickness data, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C6), 3170, doi:10.1029/2001JC001041, 2003. Zhang, J., and D.A. Rothrock: A thickness and enthalpy distribution sea-ice model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 2986–3001, 2001. Steele, M., W. Ermold, S. Häkkinen, D. Holland, G. Holloway, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, W. Maslowski, N. Steiner, and J. Zhang, Adrift in the Beaufort gyre: A model intercomparison, Geophys. Res. Lett, 28(15), 2935–2938, 2001. Yu, Y., D.A. Rothrock, and J. Zhang: Thin ice impacts on surface salt flux and ice strength: Inferences from advanced very high resolution radiometer, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 13,975–13,988, 2001. Proshutinsky, A., M. Steele, J. Zhang, G. Holloway, N. Steiner, S. Häkkinen, D.M. Holland, R. Gerdes, C. Koeberle, M. Karcher, M. Johnson, W. Maslowski, W. Walczowski, W. Hibler, and J. Wang: Multinational effort studies differences among Arctic Ocean models. EOS, 82(51), 637–644, 2001. Zhang, J., D.A. Rothrock, and M. Steele: Recent changes in Arctic Sea ice: The interplay between ice dynamics and thermodynamics, J. Climate, 13, 3099–3114, 2000. Zhang, J. and D.A. Rothrock: Modeling Arctic Sea ice with an efficient plastic solution, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 3325–3338, 2000. Forman, S.L., W. Maslowski, J.T. Andrews, D. Lubinski, M. Steele, J. Zhang, R. Lammers and B. Peterson: Researchers Explore Arctic Freshwater’s Role in Ocean Circulation, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81(16), pages 169, 174, 2000. Zhang, J., D.A. Rothrock, and M. Steele: Warming of the Arctic Ocean by a strengthened Atlantic inflow: Model results, Geophys. Res. Letters, 25, 1745–1748, 1998. Zhang, J., W.D. Hibler, M. Steele, and D.A. Rothrock: Arctic ice-ocean modeling with and without climate restoring, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 191–217, 1998. Zhang, J. and W.D. Hibler: On an efficient numerical method for modeling sea ice dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 8691–8702, 1997. Steele, M., J. Zhang, D.A. Rothrock, and H. Stern: The force balance of sea ice in a numerical model of the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 21061–21079, 1997. Rothrock, D.A. and J. Zhang: Surface downwelling radiative fluxes: ice model sensitivities and data accuracies, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, D(VT)200, 119–121, 1997. Hibler, W. D. III and J. Zhang: On the effect of ice-dynamics on oceanic thermohaline circulation. Ann. of Glaciol., 21, 361–368, 1995. Hibler, W.D. III and J. Zhang: On the effect of ocean circulation on Arctic ice-margin variations, in The Polar Oceans and Their Role in Shaping the Global Environment, Geophysical Monograph 85, 383–397, 1994. Hibler, W.D. III and J. Zhang: Interannual and climate characteristics of an ice ocean circulation model, in Ice in the Climate System (W.R. Peltier, editor), Springer Verlag, 633–652, 1993. Zhang, J.: A high resolution
ice-ocean model with imbedded mixed layer. Ph.D. thesis, Zhang,
J. and W.D. Hibler III: On
the
role of ocean circulation in seasonal and
interannual ice-edge variations in the |