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23. Li, D., X. Ruan, A. Pham, P. Damien & D. Bianchi, 2025. Role of eddies in primary production in the California Current System. submitted
22. †Kong, T., †X. Ruan, J. Farmer, H. Ren, T. Lee, T. Lin, D. Sigman, Y. Ming & X. Wang, 2025. Ocean iron fertilization by sea-level enhanced mid-ocean ridge volcanism. submitted. (†=co-first authors)
21. Hu, S., X. Lu, J. Sprintall, C. Guan, X. Ruan & F. Wang, 2025. Imminent rapid decline of the Indonesian Throughflow after reaching a turning point of CO2 concentration. submitted
20. Liu, Y., H. Wang, X. Wu, S. Cong, X. Ruan, Z. Rong, N. Bi & Z. Yang, 2025. Tropical cyclone catalyzes seasonal transition of marginal sea: premature dissipation of cold pool. submitted
19. Naveira Garabato, A.C., C.P. Spingys, B. Fernández-Castro, N. Couto, H.F. Drake, A. Forryan, Y. Ma, H. Mercier, M. Messias, X. Ruan, H. Van Haren, G. Voet, B.L. Wynne-Cattanach, R. Ferrari, M.H. Alford & K. Polzin, 2025. Convective turbulent mixing drives rapid upwelling along the ocean’s bottom boundary. submitted
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18. Ruan, X., Y. Si & R. Ferrari, 2025. Diapycnal upwelling driven by tidally-induced mixing over steep topography. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 55, 229-241.
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17. Li, D., H. Wei & X. Ruan, 2025. The importance of eddy stirring in wind-driven coastal upwelling. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 55, 29-42. [online]
16. Chen, Y., R. Chen, G. Wang, X. Ruan, W. Li, Q. Geng & J. Wang, 2024. Submesoscale vertical heat transport at the Kuroshio Extension: Characteristics and mechanisms. J. Geophys. Res., 129, e2023JC020612. [online]
15. Wynne-Cattanach, B.L., N. Couto, H.F. Drake, R. Ferrari, A. Le Boyer, H. Mercier, M. Messias, X. Ruan, C.P. Spingys, H. Van Haren, G. Voet, K. Polzin, A.C. Naveira Garabato & M.H. Alford, 2024. Observational evidence of diapycnal upwelling within a sloping submarine canyon. Nature, 630, 884-890. [online]
14. Li, D. & X. Ruan, 2024. On the pathways of wind-driven coastal upwelling: nonlinear momentum flux and baroclinic instability. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 54, 63-79.
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13. Drake, H.F., X. Ruan & R. Ferrari, 2022. Diapycnal displacement, diffusion, and distortion of tracers in the ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 52, 3221-3240.
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12. Drake, H.F., X. Ruan, J. Callies, K. Ogden, A. Thurnherr & R. Ferrari, 2022. Dynamics of eddying abyssal mixing layers over sloping rough topography. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 52, 3199-3219.
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11. Ruan, X., 2022. Note on the bulk estimate of the energy dissipation rate in the oceanic bottom boundary layer. Fluids, 7(2), 82.
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10. Ruan, X., J. Wenegrat & J. Gula, 2021. Slippery bottom boundary layers: the loss of energy from the general circulation by bottom drag. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL094434.
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9. L.M. Schulze Chretien, A. F. Thompson, M. M. Flexas, K. Speer, N. Swaim, R. Oelerich, X. Ruan, R. Schubert, C. LoBuglio, 2021. The shelf circulation of the Bellingshausen Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2020JC016871.
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8. Ruan, X., K. Speer, A.F. Thompson, L.M. Schulze Chretien, D. Shoosmith, 2021. Ice-shelf meltwater overturning in the Bellingshausen Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 126, e2020JC016957.
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7. Ruan, X., A.F. Thompson & J.R. Taylor, 2021. The evolution and arrest of a turbulent stratified oceanic bottom boundary layer over a slope: Upslope regime and PV dynamics. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51, 1077–1089.
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6. Ruan, X. & R. Ferrari, 2021. Diagnosing diapycnal mixing from passive tracers. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51, 757–767.
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5. Ruan, X. & J. Callies, 2020. Mixing-driven mean flows and submesoscale eddies over mid-ocean ridge flanks and fracture zone canyons. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50, 175–195.
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4. Ruan, X., A.F. Thompson & J.R. Taylor, 2019. The evolution and arrest of a turbulent stratified oceanic bottom boundary layer over a slope: Downslope regime. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 49, 469-487.
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3. Tsai, V.C. & X. Ruan, 2018. A simple physics-based improvement to the positive degree day model. J. Glaciol., 64, 661-668. [online]
2. Ruan, X., A.F. Thompson, M.M. Flexas & J. Sprintall, 2017. Contribution of topographically generated submesoscale turbulence to Southern Ocean overturning. Nat. Geosci., 10, 840-845.
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[Caltech Press Release]
1. Ruan, X. & A.F. Thompson, 2016. Bottom boundary potential vorticity injection from an oscillating flow: a PV pump. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 46, 3509-3526.
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