See below for a list of recent publications. For a more complete publication list, please visit Google Scholar page.

Schulz K, Meire L, Fer I, Fahrner D, Zhao KX, Maier S, Ponsoni L, Boone W. 2025. “Early summer vertical nutrient fluxes in a glaciated fjord in Northwest Greenland.” Geophysical Research Letters (in review).

Cohen NF, Wengrove ME, Nash JD, Sutherland DA, Zhao KX, et al. 2025. “Characterizing submarine ice roughness at icebergs from a temperate tidewater glacier.” Journal of Glaciology (in review).

Ovall B, Jackson RH, Nash JD, Zhao KX, Abib N, Cusack JM, et al. 2025. “Velocity Observations in an Upwelling Subglacial Discharge Plume Reveal Links Between Entrainment and Ice Morphology.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC022902

Weiss KJ, Nash JD, Wengrove ME, Osman N, Cohen NF, Jackson RH, Zhao KX, et al. 2025. “Direct measurement of glacier ice melt: Boundary layer details are critical for submarine melt prediction at near‐vertical ice faces.” Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL114952

Kosty JA, Zhao KX, Stewart AL, McCoy DE, Bianchi D, Manucharyan GE. 2025. “Marine mammal‐based observations of subsurface‐intensified eddies in the seasonally sea ice‐covered Southern Ocean.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021781

Nash JD, Weiss KJ, Wengrove ME, Osman N, Pettit EC, Zhao KX, et al. 2024. “Turbulent dynamics of buoyant melt plumes adjacent near-vertical glacier ice.” Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL108790

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

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.