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Boston University: Boston, Massachusetts, US

2022-07-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Earth and Environment)
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Xiaozhou Ruan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MA, US

2019-03-15 to 2022-06-30 | Postdoctoral associate (The Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences)
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Xiaozhou Ruan

California Institute of Technology: Pasadena, CA, US

2013-09-10 to 2019-02-26 | Research/Teaching assistant (Environmental Science and Engineering )
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Xiaozhou Ruan

Education and qualifications (1)

California Institute of Technology: Pasadena, CA, US

2013-09-10 to 2019-02-26 | Ph.D. (Environmental Science and Engineering)
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Xiaozhou Ruan

Works (18)

The Importance of Eddy Stirring in Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling

Journal of Physical Oceanography
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Dou Li; Huaiyu Wei; Xiaozhou Ruan
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Submesoscale Vertical Heat Transport at the Kuroshio Extension: Characteristics and Mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2024-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2169-9275
Part of ISSN: 2169-9291
Contributors: Yang Chen; Ru Chen; Guihua Wang; Xiaozhou Ruan; Wei Li; Qianqian Geng; Junyi Wang
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Observations of diapycnal upwelling within a sloping submarine canyon

Nature
2024-06-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Bethan L. Wynne-Cattanach; Nicole Couto; Henri F. Drake; Raffaele Ferrari; Arnaud Le Boyer; Herlé Mercier; Marie-José Messias; Xiaozhou Ruan; Carl P. Spingys; Hans van Haren et al.
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Convective turbulent mixing drives rapid upwelling along the ocean’s bottom boundary

2024-05-03 | Preprint
Contributors: Alberto Naveira Garabato; Carl Spingys; Bieito Fernández Castro; Nicole Couto; Henri Drake; Alexander Forryan; Yuchen Ma; Herle Mercier; Marie-Jose Messias; Xiaozhou Ruan et al.
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On the Pathways of Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling: Nonlinear Momentum Flux and Baroclinic Instability

Journal of Physical Oceanography
2024-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-3670
Part of ISSN: 1520-0485
Contributors: Dou Li; Xiaozhou Ruan
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Diapycnal displacement, diffusion, and distortion of tracers in the ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography
2022-08-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-3670
Part of ISSN: 1520-0485
Contributors: Henri F. Drake; Xiaozhou Ruan; Raffaele Ferrari
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Dynamics of eddying abyssal mixing layers over sloping rough topography

Journal of Physical Oceanography
2022-07-15 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-3670
Part of ISSN: 1520-0485
Contributors: Henri F. Drake; Xiaozhou Ruan; Jörn Callies; Kelly Ogden; Andreas M. Thurnherr; Raffaele Ferrari
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Note on the Bulk Estimate of the Energy Dissipation Rate in the Oceanic Bottom Boundary Layer

Fluids
2022-02-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaozhou Ruan
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Slippery Bottom Boundary Layers: The Loss of Energy From the General Circulation by Bottom Drag

Geophysical Research Letters
2021-10-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaozhou Ruan; Jacob O. Wenegrat; Jonathan Gula
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Ice‐Shelf Meltwater Overturning in the Bellingshausen Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaozhou Ruan; Kevin G. Speer; Andrew F. Thompson; Lena M. Schulze Chretien; Deborah R. Shoosmith
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The Shelf Circulation of the Bellingshausen Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: L. M. Schulze Chretien; A. F. Thompson; M. M. Flexas; K. Speer; N. Swaim; R. Oelerich; X. Ruan; R. Schubert; C. LoBuglio
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The Evolution and Arrest of a Turbulent Stratified Oceanic Bottom Boundary Layer over a Slope: Upslope Regime and PV Dynamics

Journal of Physical Oceanography
2021-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-3670
Part of ISSN: 1520-0485
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Xiaozhou Ruan

Diagnosing Diapycnal Mixing from Passive Tracers

Journal of Physical Oceanography
2021-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-3670
Part of ISSN: 1520-0485
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Xiaozhou Ruan

Mixing-Driven Mean Flows and Submesoscale Eddies over Mid-Ocean Ridge Flanks and Fracture Zone Canyons

Journal of Physical Oceanography
2020-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Xiaozhou Ruan; Jörn Callies
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The evolution and arrest of a turbulent stratified oceanic bottom boundary layer over a slope: Downslope regime

Journal of Physical Oceanography
2018 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-3670
Contributors: Xiaozhou Ruan; Andrew F. Thompson; John R. Taylor
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A simple physics-based improvement to the positive degree day model

Journal of Glaciology
2018-07-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-1430
Contributors: VICTOR C. TSAI; XIAOZHOU RUAN
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Contribution of topographically generated submesoscale turbulence to Southern Ocean overturning

Nature Geoscience
2017-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1752-0894
Contributors: Xiaozhou Ruan; Andrew F. Thompson; Mar M. Flexas; Janet Sprintall
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Bottom Boundary Potential Vorticity Injection from an Oscillating Flow: A PV Pump

Journal of Physical Oceanography
2016-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0022-3670
Contributors: Xiaozhou Ruan; Andrew F. Thompson
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Peer review (27 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Communications earth & environment. (1)
Review activity for Fluids. (1)
Review activity for Geophysical research letters. (7)
Review activity for Journal of geophysical research. (10)
Review activity for Journal of physical oceanography. (8)