Jinlun Zhang
Senior Principal Oceanographer
zhang@apl.washington.edu
Phone
206-543-5569
Biosketch
Dr. Zhang is interested in understanding how air-ice-ocean interaction in polar oceans affects polar and global climate. He investigates properties of polar air-ice-ocean systems using large- scale sea ice and ocean models. His recent work has focused on examining the evolution of the sea ice cover and the upper ocean in the Arctic in response to a significant climate change recently observed in the northern polar ocean.
He has developed a coupled global ice-ocean model to study the responses of sea ice to different conditions of surface heat fluxes and the effects of sea ice growth/decay on oceanic thermohaline circulation. He is also interested in developing next-generation sea ice models which capture anisotropic nature of ice dynamics. Dr. Zhang joined the Laboratory in 1994
Education
B.S. Shipbuilding & Ocean Engineering, Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute, China, 1982
M.S. Ship Fluid Dynamics & Ocean Engineering, China Ship Scientific Research Center, 1984
Ph.D. Ice and Ocean Dynamics, Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, 1993
Projects
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Changing Sea Ice and the Bering Sea Ecosystem |
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The Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP): Synthesis and Integration |
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The Impact of Changes in Arctic Sea Ice on the Marine Planktonic Ecosystem- Synthesis and Modeling of Retrospective and Future Conditions |
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Publications |
2000-present and while at APL-UW |
Evidence of an increasing role of ocean heat in Arctic winter sea ice growth |
24 Mar 2021 |
Benthic hotspots on the northern Bering and Chukchi continental shelf: Spatial variability in production regimes and environmental drivers |
1 Feb 2021 |
Sea ice properties in high-resolution sea ice models |
13 Jan 2021 |
In The News
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February's big patch of open water off Greenland? Not global warming, says new analysis UW News, Hannah Hickey |
18 Dec 2018
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Arctic sea ice volume, now tracking record low, stars in data visualization UW News and Information, Hannah Hickey |
7 Jul 2016
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UW researchers attend sea ice conference above the Arctic Circle UW News and Information, Hannah Hickey |
1 Jun 2016
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