Dr. Zhang is interested in quantifying and understanding climate change in the Polar Regions. He investigates the properties of polar ice-ocean systems by developing large-scale sea ice and ocean models such as the Pan-arctic Ice-Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (PIOMAS), the Global Ice-Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (GIOMAS), and the Marginal Ice Zone Modeling and Assimilation System (MIZMAS). He also studies the impact of changes in sea ice on marine planktonic ecosystems by developing biophysical models such as the coupled Biology-Ice-Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (BIOMAS). He has developed efficient sea ice dynamics models that are particularly useful for stable, high-resolution modeling. He is interested in developing next-generation sea ice models which capture anisotropic nature of ice dynamics/mechanics and explicitly simulate both ice thickness distribution and floe size distribution jointly. His research results have been published in the Journal of Physical Oceanography, the Journal of Geophysical Research, the Journal of Climate, Monthly Weather Review, Geophysical Research Letters, Ocean Modeling, Deep Sea Research, and other scientific journals. Dr. Zhang joined the Laboratory in 1994.
About Jinlun Zhang
Selected Publications
Zhang, J., R. Lindsay, A. Schweiger, and I. Rigor, 2012: Recent changes in the dynamic properties of declining Arctic sea ice: A model study. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, 20, doi:10.1029/2012GL053545.
Lindsay, R., C. Haas, S. Hendricks, P. Hunkeler, N. Kurtz, J. Paden, B. Panzer, J. Sonntag, J. Yungel, and J. Zhang, 2012: Seasonal forecasts of Arctic sea ice initialized with observations of ice thickness, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L21502, doi:10.1029/2012GL053576.
Popova, E. E., A. Yool, A. C. Coward, F. Dupont, C. Deal, S. Elliott, E. Hunke, M. Jin, M. Steele, J. Zhang, What controls primary production in the Arctic Ocean? Results from an ecosystem model intercomparison, J. Geophys. Res., 117, doi:10.1029/2011JC007112, 2012.
A. Jahn, Y. Aksenov, B. A. de Cuevas, S. Häkkinen, E. Hansen, C. Herbaut, M. N. Houssais, M. Karcher, C. Lique, A. Nguyen, P. Pemberton, L. de Steur, D. Worthen, J. Zhang, 2012: Arctic freshwater: How robust are model simulations?, JGR-Ocean, 117, C00D16, doi:10.1029/2012JC007907
Schweiger, A., R. Lindsay, J. Zhang, M. Steele, H. Stern, R. Kwok, Uncertainty in modeled arctic sea ice volume, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C00D06, doi:10.1029/2011JC007084, 2011.
Peralta-Ferriz, C., J. H. Morison, J. M. Wallace and J. Zhang, (2011), A basin-coherent mode of sub-monthly variability in Arctic Ocean bottom pressure, Geophys. Res. Lett, 38, L14606, doi:10.1029/2011GL048142.
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. Geophys. Res., 116, C11015, doi:10.1029/2010JC006803, 2011.
Steele, M., J. Zhang, and W. Ermold, Mechanisms of summertime upper Arctic Ocean warming and the effect on sea ice melt, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C11004, doi:10.1029/2009JC005849, 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. Geophys. Res., 115, C10015, doi:10.1029/2009JC005387, 2010.
Zhang, J., R Woodgate, and R.Moritz, 2010, Sea Ice response to Atmospheric and Oceanic Forcing in the Bering Sea, J.Phys.Oceanogr., 40(8), 1729-1747.
Panteleev, G., D.A.Nechaev, A.Proshutinsky, R.Woodgate, and J.Zhang, 2010, Reconstruction and analysis of the Chukchi Sea circulation in 1990-1991, J.Geophys.Res., 115, C08023
Zhang, J.L., 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.
Rawlins, M.A., M. Steele, M.C. Serreze, C.J. , W. Ermold, R.B. Lammers, K.C. McDonald, T.M. Pavelsky, A. , and J. Zhang, Tracing freshwater anomalies through the air‐land‐ocean system: A case study from the Mackenzie river basin and the Beaufort Gyre, Atmos. 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. Climate, 22, 165-176, doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2521.1, 2009.
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, doi:10.1029/2008GL036706, 2009.
Schweiger, A.J., 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, 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.
Zhang J., M. Steele, R. Lindsay, A. Schweiger, J. Morison, Ensemble 1-Year predictions of Arctic sea ice for the spring and summer of 2008, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08502, doi:10.1029/2008GL033244.
Zhang, J., R. 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.
, , and , Arctic Ocean surface warming trends over the past 100 years, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02614, doi:10.1029/2007GL031651, 2008.
Lindsay, R.W., J. Zhang, A. Schweiger, and M.A. Steele, Seasonal predictions of ice extent in the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C02023, doi:10.1029/2007JC004259, 2008.
Zhang, J., and M. Steele, Effect of vertical mixing on the Atlantic Water layer circulation in the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C04S04, doi:10.1029/2006JC003732, 2007.
Zhang, J., Increasing Antarctic sea ice under warming atmospheric and oceanic conditions, J. Climate, 20, 2515–2529, 2007.
, , , , , and , The large-scale energy budget of the Arctic, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D11122, doi:10.1029/2006JD008230, 2007.
Proshutinsky, A., I. Ashik, S. Hakkinen, E. Hunke, R. Krishfield, M. Maltrud, W. Maslowski, and 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.
Holloway, G., F. Dupont, E. Goloubeva, G. Platov, S. Hakkinen, D. Worthen, E. Hunke, M. Maltrud, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, M. Maqueda, D. Stark, M. Steele, and J. Zhang, Water properties and circulation in Arctic Ocean models, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C04S03, doi:10.1029/2006JC003642, 2007.
, , and , Origins of the SHEBA freshwater anomaly in the Mackenzie River delta, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L09601, doi:10.1029/2005GL024813, 2006.
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.
Proshutinsky, A., J. Yang, R. Krishfield, R. Gerdes, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, C. Koeberle, S. Hakkinen, W. Hibler, D. Holland, M. Maqueda, G. Holloway, E. Hunke, W. Maslowski, M. Steele, and J. Zhang, Arctic ocean study: Synthesis of model results and observations, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(40), 368–371, doi:10.1029/2005EO400003, 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.
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.
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, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2004.11.003, 2006.
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.
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.
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.
Lindsay, R. W. and J. Zhang, 2005: The dramatic thinning of arctic sea ice, 1988-2003: have we passed a tipping point?. J. Climate, 18, 4879-4894.
, , , and , Increasing exchanges at Greenland-Scotland Ridge and their links with the North Atlantic Oscillation and Arctic Sea Ice, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L09307, doi:10.1029/2003GL019304, 2004.
Steiner, N., G. Holloway, R. Gerdes, S. Hakkinen, D. Holland, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, W. Maslowski, A. Proshutinsky, M. Steele, and J. Zhang, Comparing modeled streamfunction, heat and freshwater content in the Arctic Ocean, Ocean Modelling, 6, 265-284, doi:10.1016/S1463-5003(03)00013-1, 2004.
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, 2935-2938, doi:10.1029/2001GL012845, 2001.
Proshutinsky, A., M. Steele., J. Zhang, G. Holloway, N. Steiner, S. Häkkinen, D. Holland, R. Gerdes, C. Koeberle, M. Karcher, M. Johnson, W. Maslowski, Y. Zhang, W. Hibler, and J. Wang, Multinational effort studies differences among arctic ocean models, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(51), 637–644, doi:10.1029/01EO00365, 2001.
, , , , , , , and , Researchers explore Arctic freshwater’s role in ocean circulation, Eos Trans. AGU, 81(16), 169–174, doi:10.1029/00EO00114, 2000.
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, doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0191:AIOMWA>2.0.CO;2., 1998.
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(C9), 21061–21079, doi:10.1029/97JC01454, 1997.