Ken X. Zhao


See below for a list of recent publications. For a more complete publication list you can also visit my Google Scholar page.

Selected publications

Nash JD, Weiss K, Wengrove ME, Osman N, Pettit EC, Zhao KX, Jackson RH, Nahorniak J, Jensen K, Tindal E, Skyllingstad ED, Cohen N, Sutherland D. 2024. “Turbulent Dynamics of Buoyant Melt Plumes Adjacent Near-Vertical Glacier Ice.” Under Review.

Zhao KX, Chor TG, Skyllingstad ED, Nash JD, Rosevear MG, McConnochie C. 2024. “Improved Parameterizations of Vertical Ice-Ocean Interfaces.” Under Review.

Wild CT, Zhao KX, Alley KE, Dotto TS, Collao-Barrios G, Price D, Muto A, Hall RA, Nicholls KW, Padman L, Truffer M, Scambos T, Heywood KJ, Pettit EC. 2023. “Variability in Antarctic Ice Shelf Basal Melting Due to Finescale Topography, Tides, and Meltwater Plume Regulation.” Under Review for Science Advances.

Zhao KX, Skyllingstad ED, Nash JD. 2024. “Improved Parameterizations of Vertical Ice-Ocean Boundary Layers and Melt Rates.” Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105862.

Zhao KX, Stewart AL, McWilliams JC, Fenty, IG, Rignot E. 2023. “Standing Eddies in Glacial Fjords and their Role in Fjord Circulation and Melt.” Journal of Physical Oceanography. https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/phoc/aop/JPO-D-22-0085.1/JPO-D-22-0085.1.xml.

Zhao KX, Stewart AL, McWilliams JC. 2022. “Linking Overturning, Recirculation, and Melt in Glacial Fjords.” Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095706.

Zhao KX. 2021. “Dynamics of Ocean Circulation in Glacial Fjords and Ice-Shelf Cavities.” UCLA Thesis. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3pk160xb.

Cohanim K, Zhao KX, Stewart AL. 2021. “Dynamics of Eddies Generated by Sea Ice Leads.” Journal of Physical Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0169.1.

Zhao KX, Stewart AL, McWilliams JC. 2021. “Geometric Constraints on Glacial Fjord-Shelf Exchange.” Journal of Physical Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0091.1.

Zhao KX, Stewart AL, McWilliams JC. 2019. “Sill-Influenced Exchange Flows in Ice Shelf Cavities.” Journal of Physical Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-18-0076.1.