Refereed Publications (reverse chronological order)

Liao, S., H. Luo, J. Wang, Q. Shi, J. Zhang, and Q. Yang, An evaluation of Antarctic sea ice thickness from the Global Ice-Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System based on in-situ and satellite observations, The Cryosphere, 16, 1807-1819, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-1807-2022, 2022.

Nakanowatari, T., J. Inoue, J. Zhang, E. Watanabe, and H. Kuroda, A New Norm for Seasonal Sea Ice Advance Predictability in the Chukchi Sea: Rising Influence of Ocean Heat Advection, J. Climate, 35(9),  https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0425.1, 2723-2740, 2022.

Zhong, W., Cole, S. T., Zhang, J., Lei, R., and Steele, M., Increasing Winter Ocean-to-Ice Heat Flux in the Beaufort Gyre Region, Arctic Ocean Over 2006-2018, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2021GL096216. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096216, 2022.

Zhang, J., Recent slowdown in the decline of Arctic sea ice volume under increasingly warm atmospheric and oceanic conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL094780. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094780, 2021b.

Ashjian, C.J., R.S. Pickart, R. G. Campbell, Z. Feng, C. Gelfman, P. Alatalo, and J. Zhang, Springtime renewal of zooplankton populations in the Chukchi Sea, Progress in Oceanography, 197, 102635, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102635, 2021

Stafford, K.M., J.J. Citta, S.R. Okkonen, and J. Zhang, Bowhead and beluga whale acoustic detections in the western Beaufort Sea 2008-2018. PLoS ONE 16(6): e0253929. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253929, 2021.

Schweiger, A.J., M. Steele, J. Zhang, G.W.K. Moore, and K.L. Laidre, Accelerated sea ice loss in the Wandel Sea points to a change in the Arctic's Last Ice Area. Commun. Earth & Environ. 2, 122, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00197-5, 2021.

Ricker, R., F. Kauker, A. Schweiger, S. Hendricks, J. Zhang, and S. Paul, Evidence for an increasing role of ocean heat in Arctic winter sea ice growth, J. Climate, 34, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0848.1, 5215-5227, 2021.

Zhang, J., Sea ice properties in high-resolution sea ice models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016686. https://doi. org/10.1029/2020JC016686, 2021.

Feng Z., R. Ji, C. Ashjian, J. Zhang, R. Campbell, and J. Grebmeier, Benthic hotspots on the northern Bering and Chukchi continental shelf: Spatial variability in production regimes and environmental drivers. J. Prog. Oceanogr., 191, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102497, 2021.

Hunke, E., R. Allard, P. Blaine, E. Blockley, D. Feltham, T. Fichefet, G. Garric, R. Grumbine, J.-F. Lemieux, T. Rasmussen, M. Ribergaard, A. Roberts, A. Schweiger, S. Tietsche, B. Tremblay, M. Vancoppenolle, and J. Zhang, Should sea ice modeling tools designed for climate research be used for short-term forecasting, Current Climate Change Reports, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-020-00162-y, 2020.

Pendleton, D. E., E. E. Holmes, J. Redfern, and J. Zhang, Using modeled prey to predict the distribution of a highly mobile marine mammal, Diversity and Distributions 2020;00:1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13149, 2020.

Zhang, J., Y.H. Spitz, M. Steele, C. Ashjian, R. Campbell, and A. Schweiger, Biophysical consequences of a relaxing Beaufort gyre. Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2019GL085990, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085990, 2020.

Moore, G.W.K., A. Schweiger, J. Zhang, and M. Steele, Spatiotemporal Variability of Sea Ice in the Arctic's Last Ice Area, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 11,237-11,243, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083722, 2019.

Zhong, W., J. Zhang, M. Steele, J. Zhao, and T. Wang, Episodic extrema of surface stress energy input to the western Arctic Ocean contributed to step changes of freshwater content in the Beaufort Gyre, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084652, 2019.

Watanabe, E., M. Jin, H. Hayashida, J. Zhang, and N. Steiner, Multi-model intercomparison of the pan-Arctic ice-algal productivity on seasonal, interannual, and decadal timescales, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC01, 2019.

Qu, M., X. Pang, X. Zhao, J. Zhang, Q. Ji, and P. Fan, Estimation of turbulent heat flux over leads using satellite thermal images, The Cryosphere, 13, 1565-1582, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1565-2019, 2019.

Schweiger, A., K.R. Wood, and J. Zhang, Arctic sea ice volume variability over 1901-2010: A model-based reconstruction, J. Climate, 32, 4731-4752, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0008.1, 2019.

Yang, Q., L. Mu, X. Wu, J. Liu, F. Zheng, J. Zhang, and C. Li, Improving Arctic sea ice seasonal outlook by ensemble prediction using an ice-ocean model, Atm. Res. 227, 14-23, 2019.

Zhong, W., M. Steele, J. Zhang, and S.T. Cole, Circulation of Pacific winter water in the western Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys Res., 124, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014604, 2019.

Moore, G.W.K., A. Schweiger, J. Zhang, and M. Steele, What caused the remarkable February 2018 North Greenland Polynya? Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080902, 2018.

Kvile, K., C. Ashjian, Z. Feng, J. Zhang, and R. Ji, Pushing the limit: Resilience of an Arctic copepod to environmental fluctuations. Glob Change Biol. 2018; 24:5426-5439. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14419.

Zhang, J., A. Schweiger, M. Webster, B. Light, M. Steele, C. Ashjian, R. Campbell, and Y. Spitz, Melt pond conditions on declining Arctic sea ice over 1979-2016: Model development, validation, and results, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 123, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014298, 2018.

Bi, H., J. Zhang, Y. Wang, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhang, M. Fu, H. Huang, and X. Xu, Arctic Sea Ice Volume Changes in Terms of Age as Revealed From Satellite Observations, IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing Society, DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2823735, 2018.

Stern, H., A. Schweiger, M. Stark, J. Zhang, M. Steele, and B. Hwang, Seasonal evolution of the sea-ice floe size distribution in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Elementa, 6: 48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.305, 2018.

Stern, H., A. Schweiger, J. Zhang, and M. Steele, On reconciling disparate studies of the sea-ice floe size distribution, Elementa, 6: 49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.304, 2018.

Moore, G.W.K., A. Schweiger, J. Zhang, and M. Steele, Collapse of the 2017 winter Beaufort High: A response to thinning sea ice? Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076446, 2018.

Eicken, H., A. Mahoney, J. Jones, T. Heinrichs, D. Broderson, H. Statscewich, T. Weingartner, M. Stuefer, T. Ravens, M. Ivey, A. Merten, and J. Zhang, Sustained observations of changing Arctic coastal and marine environments and their potential contribution to Arctic maritime domain awareness: A case study in northern Alaska, Arctic, 71, 1-15., http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4622, 2018.

Zhong, W., M. Steele, J. Zhang, and J. Zhao, Greater role of geostrophic currents on Ekman dynamics in the western Arctic Ocean as a mechanism for Beaufort Gyre stabilization, J. Geophys Res., 123, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC013282, 2018.

Gascard, J.-C., K. Riemann-Campe, R. Gerdes, H. Schyberg, R.Randriamampianina, M. Karcher, J. Zhang, and M. Rafizadeh, Future sea ice conditions and weather forecasts in the Arctic: Implications for Arctic shipping, Ambio, 1-13, doi: 10.1007/s13280-017-0951-5, 2017.

Feng Z., R. Ji, C. Ashjian, R. Campbell, and J. Zhang, Biogeographic responses of the copepod Calanus glacialis to a changing Arctic marine environment. Glob Change Biol. 2017; 00:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13890.

Alkire, M.B., J. Morison, A. Schweiger, J. Zhang, M. Steele, C. Peralta-Ferriz, and S. Dickinson, A meteoric water budget of the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys Res., 122, 10,020-10,041. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012807, 2017.

Francis, O., M. Yaremchuk, G. Panteleev, J. Zhang, and M. Kulakov, Anomalous circulation in the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean in July-December 2008, Ocean Modeling, 117, 12-27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.06.006,  2017.

Bhatt, U.S., D. A. Walker, M. K. Raynolds, P.A. Bieniek, H. E. Epstein, J. C. Comiso, J. E. Pinzon, C. J. Tucker, M. Steele, W. Ermold, and J. Zhang, Changing seasonality of panarctic tundra vegetation in relationship to climatic variables, Environ. Res. Lett. 12, 055003, doi: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa6b0b, 2017.

Dewey, S. R., J. H. Morison, and J. Zhang, An edge-referenced surface fresh layer in the Beaufort Sea seasonal ice zone, J. Physical Ocean., 47, 1125-1144, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0158, 2017.

Panteleev, G., M. Yaremchuk, O. Francis, P.J. Stabeno, T. Weingartner, and J. Zhang, An inverse modeling study of circulation in the Eastern Bering Sea during 2007-2010, J. Geophys Res., 121, 3970-3989, doi:10.1002/2015JC011287, 2016.

Durski, S., A. Kurapov, J. Zhang, and G.G. Panteleev, Circulation in the Eastern Bering Sea: Inferences from a 2-kilometer-resolution model, Deep Sea Research II, 134, 48-64, doi:10.1002/j.dsr2.2015.02.002, 2016.

Lee, Y. J., P. A. Matrai, M. A. M. Friedrichs, V. S. Saba, O. Aumont, M. Babin, E. T. Buitenhuis, M. Chevallier, L. de Mora, M. Dessert, J. P. Dunne, I. H. Ellingsen, D. Feldman, R. Frouin, M. Gehlen, T. Gorgues, T. Ilyina, M. Jin, J. G. John, J. Lawrence, M. Manizza, C. E. Menkes, C. Perruche, V. L. Fouest, E. E. Popova, A. Romanou, A. Samuelsen, J. Schwinger, R. Seferian, C. A. Stock, J. Tjiputra, L. B. Tremblay, K. Ueyoshi, M. Vichi, A. Yool, and J. Zhang, Net primary productivity estimates and environmental variables in the Arctic Ocean: An assessment of coupled physical-biogeochemical models, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JC011993, 2016.

Zhang, J., M. Steele, K. Runciman, S. Dewey, J. Morison, C. Lee, L. Rainville, S. Cole, R. Krishfield, M.-L. Timmermans, and J. Toole, The Beaufort Gyre intensification and stabilization: A model-observation synthesis, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JC01219, 2016.

Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, E., A. Barthelemy, M. Chevallier, R. Cullather4, N. Fuckar, F. Massonnet, P. Posey, W. Wang, J. Zhang, C. Ardilouze, C. M. Bitz, G. Vernieres, A. Wallcraft, and M. Wang, Multi-model seasonal forecast of Arctic sea-ice: forecast uncertainty at pan-Arctic and regional scales, Clim Dyn. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3388-9, 2016.

Collow, T.W., W. Wang, A. Kumar, and J. Zhang, How well can the observed Arctic sea ice summer retreat and winter advance be represented in the NCEP Climate Forecast System version 2? Clim Dyn. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3417-8, 2016.

Wang, X.; J. Key, R. Kwok, and J. Zhang, Comparison of Arctic sea ice thickness from satellites, aircraft, and PIOMAS data. Remote Sens. 2016, 8(9), 713; doi:10.3390/rs8090713, 2016.

Zhang, J., H. Stern, B. Hwang, A. Schweiger, M. Steele, M. Stark, and H.C. Graber, Modeling the seasonal evolution of the Arctic sea ice floe size distribution, Elementa, 4:000126, doi:10.12952/journal.elementa.000126, 2016.

Feng, Z., R. Ji, R. G. Campbell, C. J. Ashjian, and J. Zhang, Early ice retreat and ocean warming may induce copepod biogeographic boundary shifts in the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JC011784, 2016.

Banas, N. S., J. Zhang, R. G. Campbell, R. N. Sambrotto, M. W. Lomas, E. Sherr, B. Sherr, C. Ashjian, D. Stoecker, and E. J. Lessard, Spring plankton dynamics in the Eastern Bering Sea, 1971-2050: Mechanisms of interannual variability diagnosed with a numerical model, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JC011449, 2016.

Jin, M., E. E. Popova, J. Zhang,_, R. Ji, D. Pendleton,_, O. Varpe, A. Yool, and Y.J. Lee, Ecosystem model intercomparison of under-ice and total primary production in the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 934-948, doi:10.1002/2015JC010770, 2016.

Bieniek, P. A., U. S. Bhatt, D. A. Walker, M. K. Raynolds, J. C. Comiso, H. E. Epstein, J. E. Pinzon, C. J. Tucker, R. L. Thoman, H. Tran, N. Molders, M. Steele, J. Zhang, and W. Ermold, Climate drivers linked to changing seasonality of Alaska coastal tundra vegetation productivity. Earth Interactions, 19, No. 19, 2015.

Schweiger, A., and J. Zhang, Accuracy of short-term sea ice drift forecasts using a coupled ice-ocean model, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JC011237, 2015.

Nazarenko, L. and others including J. Zhang, Future climate change under RCP emission scenarios with GISS ModelE2. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 7, 244-267, doi:10.1002/2014MS000403, 2015.

Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, E., R. I. Cullather, W. Wang, J. Zhang, and C. M. Bitz, Model forecast skill and sensitivity to initial conditions in the seasonal Sea Ice Outlook, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 8042-8048, doi:10.1002/2015GL0658, 2015.

Collow, T.W., W. Wang, A. Kumar, and J. Zhang, Improving Arctic sea ice prediction using PIOMAS initial sea ice thickness in a coupled ocean-atmosphere model, Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 4618-4630, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0097.1, 2015.

Zhang, J., C. Ashjian, R. Campbell, Y.H. Spitz, M. Steele, and V. Hill, The influence of sea ice and snow cover and nutrient availability on the formation of massive under-ice phytoplankton blooms in the Chukchi Sea, Deep-Sea Res. II, 118, 122-135, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.008, 2015.

Zhang, J., A. Schweiger, M. Steele, and H. Stern, Sea ice floe size distribution in the marginal ice zone: Theory and numerical experiments, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JC010770, 2015.

Steele, M., S. Dickinson, J. Zhang, and R.W. Lindsay, Seasonal ice loss in the Beaufort Sea: Toward synchrony and prediction, J. Geophy. Res., 120, 1118-1132, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010247, 2015.

Schmidt, G.A. and others including J. Zhang, Configuration and assessment of the GISS ModelE2 contributions to the CMIP5 archive, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 6, no. 2, 141-184, doi:10.1002/2013MS000265, 2014.

Miller, R.L. and others including J. Zhang, CMIP5 historical simulations (1850-2012) with GISS ModelE2, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 6, no. 2, 441-477, doi:10.1002/2013MS000266, 2014.

Clement Kinney, J., W. Maslowski, Y. Aksenov, B. de Cuevas, J. Jakacki, A. Nguyen, R. Osinski, M. Steele, R.A. Woodgate, and J. Zhang,  On the flow through Bering Strait: A synthesis of model results and observations, Chapter 7, in The Pacific Arctic Region: Ecosystem Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing Environment, J. M. Grebmeier and W. Maslowski (eds.), doi 10.1007/978-94-017-8863-2_4, 2014.

Wang, J., H. Eicken, Y. Yu, X. Bai, J. Zhang, H. Hu, D-R. Wang, M. Ikeda, K. Mizobata, and J. Overland,  Abrupt climate changes and emerging ice-ocean processes in the Pacific Arctic region and the Bering Sea, Chapter 4, in The Pacific Arctic Region: Ecosystem Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing Environment, J. M. Grebmeier and W. Maslowski (eds.), doi 10.1007/978-94-017-8863-2_4, 2014.

Lindsay, R., M. Wensnahan, A. Schweiger, and J. Zhang, Evaluation of seven different atmospheric reanalysis products in the Arctic, J. Climate, 27, 2588-2606, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00014.s1, 2014.

Martin, T., M. Steele, and J. Zhang, Seasonality and long-term trend of Arctic Ocean surface stress in a model, J. Geophy. Res., 119, 1723-1738, doi:10.1002/2013JC009425, 2014.

Peralta‐Ferriz, C., J.H. Morison, J.M. Wallace, J.A. Bonin, and J. Zhang, Arctic Ocean circulation patterns revealed by GRACE, J. Climate, 27, 1445-1468, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00013.1, 2014.

Zhang, J., C. Ashjian, R. Campbell, V. Hill, Y.H. Spitz, and M. Steele, The great 2012 Arctic Ocean summer cyclone enhanced biological productivity on the shelves, J. Geophy. Res., 119, 1-16, doi:10.1002/2013JC009301, 2014.

Zhang, J., Modeling the impact of wind intensification on Antarctic sea ice volume, J. Climate, 27, 202-214, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00139.1, 2014.

Huntington, H.P.,  G. Noongwook, N.A. Bond, B. Benter, J.A. Snyder, and J. Zhang, The influence of wind and ice on spring walrus hunting success on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, Deep-Sea Res. II, 94, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.03.016, 312-322, 2013.

Laxon, W.S,  K. A. Giles, A. L. Ridout, D. J. Wingham, R. W., R.Cullen, R. Kwok, A. Schweiger, J. Zhang, C. Haas, S. Hendricks, R. Krishfield, N.Kurtz, S Farrell, M Davidson, CryoSat-2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/grl.5019, 2013.

Zhang, J., R. Lindsay, A. Schweiger, and M. Steele, The impact of an intense summer cyclone on 2012 Arctic sea ice retreat, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, doi:10.1002/grl.50190, 2013.

Zhang, J., R. Lindsay, A. Schweiger, and I. Rigor,  Recent changes in the dynamic properties of declining Arctic sea ice: A model study, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L20503, doi:10.1029/2012GL053545, 2012.

Lindsay, R., C. Haas, S. Hendricks, P. Hunkeler, N. Kurtz, J. Paden, B. Panzer, J. Sonntag, J. Yungel, and J. Zhang, Seasonal forecasts of Arctic sea ice initialized with observations of ice thickness, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L21502, doi:10.1029/2010GL053576, 2012.

Danielson, S., T. Weingartner, K. Aagaard, J. Zhang, and R. Woodgate, Circulation on the central Bering Sea shelf, July 2008 to July 2010, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C10003, doi:10.1029/2012JC008303, 2012.

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, Towards seasonal prediction of the distribution and extent of cold bottom waters on the Bering Sea shelf, Deep-Sea Res. II, 65-70, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.02.023, 58-71, 2012.

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.

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., 22, 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., 113, 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.

Hakkinen, S., F. Dupont, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, D. Worthen, and J. Zhang, Model simulation of Greenland Sea upper-ocean variability, J. Geophys. Res., 112, 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, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 23, 742-749, 2006.

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 Arctic Ocean, Ocean Modeling, 6, 265-284, 2004.

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. Hakkinen, 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. Hakkinen, 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, Dartmouth College, 229 pp., 1993.

Zhang, J. and W.D. Hibler III: On the role of ocean circulation in seasonal and interannual ice-edge variations in the Bering Sea, 15, Annals of Glaciology, 1991.