Publications
In Preparation
[A scale-dependent vertical structure for mesoscale energy backscatter parameterizations]
Wenda Zhang, A. Adcroft, E. Yankovsky, S.M. Griffies, R.W. Hallberg, 2024:
In preparation for Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Peer Reviewed
The role of surface potential vorticity in the vertical structure of mesoscale eddies in wind-driven ocean circulations Wenda Zhang, Stephen M. Griffies, Robert W. Hallberg, Yi-Hung Kuo and Christopher L. P. Wolfe Journal of Physical Oceanography (2024)
Inferring tracer diffusivity from coherent mesoscale eddies Wenda Zhang and Christopher L. P. Wolfe Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (2024)
On the Vertical Structure of Oceanic Mesoscale Tracer Diffusivities Wenda Zhang and Christopher L. P. Wolfe Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (2022)
Role of surface-layer coherent eddies in potential vorticity transport in quasigeostrophic turbulence driven by eastward shear Wenda Zhang, Christopher L. P. Wolfe, and Ryan Abernathey Fluids (2020)