| Significant sink of ocean-eddy energy near western boundaries X Zhai, HL Johnson, DP Marshall Nature Geoscience 3 (9), 608-612, 2010 | 220 | 2010 |
| On the wind power input to the ocean general circulation X Zhai, HL Johnson, DP Marshall, C Wunsch Journal of Physical Oceanography 42 (8), 1357-1365, 2012 | 130 | 2012 |
| Enhanced vertical propagation of storm‐induced near‐inertial energy in an eddying ocean channel model X Zhai, RJ Greatbatch, J Zhao Geophysical research letters 32 (18), 2005 | 130 | 2005 |
| On the loss of wind-induced near-inertial energy to turbulent mixing in the upper ocean X Zhai, RJ Greatbatch, C Eden, T Hibiya Journal of Physical Oceanography 39 (11), 3040-3045, 2009 | 120 | 2009 |
| Wind work in a model of the northwest Atlantic Ocean X Zhai, RJ Greatbatch Geophysical research letters 34 (4), 2007 | 114 | 2007 |
| On the seasonal variability of eddy kinetic energy in the Gulf Stream region X Zhai, RJ Greatbatch, JD Kohlmann Geophysical Research Letters 35 (24), 2008 | 78 | 2008 |
| Work done by atmospheric winds on mesoscale ocean eddies C Xu, X Zhai, XD Shang Geophysical Research Letters 43 (23), 12,174-12,180, 2016 | 74 | 2016 |
| Spreading of near‐inertial energy in a 1/12 model of the North Atlantic Ocean X Zhai, RJ Greatbatch, C Eden Geophysical research letters 34 (10), 2007 | 72 | 2007 |
| Numerical study of the storm-induced circulation on the Scotian Shelf during Hurricane Juan using a nested-grid ocean model J Sheng, X Zhai, RJ Greatbatch Progress in Oceanography 70 (2-4), 233-254, 2006 | 64 | 2006 |
| Vertical eddy energy fluxes in the North Atlantic subtropical and subpolar gyres X Zhai, DP Marshall Journal of Physical Oceanography 43 (1), 95-103, 2013 | 56 | 2013 |
| The combined effect of tidally and eddy-driven diapycnal mixing on the large-scale ocean circulation OA Saenko, X Zhai, WJ Merryfield, WG Lee Journal of physical oceanography 42 (4), 526-538, 2012 | 51 | 2012 |
| Mean, variability, and trend of Southern Ocean wind stress: Role of wind fluctuations X Lin, X Zhai, Z Wang, DR Munday Journal of Climate 31 (9), 3557-3573, 2018 | 49 | 2018 |
| The semi-prognostic method RJ Greatbatch, J Sheng, C Eden, L Tang, X Zhai, J Zhao Continental Shelf Research 24 (18), 2149-2165, 2004 | 49 | 2004 |
| Transport driven by eddy momentum fluxes in the Gulf Stream Extension region RJ Greatbatch, X Zhai, M Claus, L Czeschel, W Rath Geophysical Research Letters 37 (24), 2010 | 46 | 2010 |
| A new two-way nesting technique for ocean modeling based on the smoothed semi-prognostic method J Sheng, RJ Greatbatch, X Zhai, L Tang Ocean Dynamics 55, 162-177, 2005 | 46 | 2005 |
| Random movement of mesoscale eddies in the global ocean Q Ni, X Zhai, G Wang, DP Marshall Journal of Physical Oceanography 50 (8), 2341-2357, 2020 | 40 | 2020 |
| Widespread mesoscale dipoles in the global ocean Q Ni, X Zhai, G Wang, CW Hughes Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 125 (10), e2020JC016479, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
| Impact of synoptic atmospheric forcing on the mean ocean circulation Y Wu, X Zhai, Z Wang Journal of Climate 29 (16), 5709-5724, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
| Ocean eddy momentum fluxes at the latitudes of the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio extensions as revealed by satellite data RJ Greatbatch, X Zhai, JD Kohlmann, L Czeschel Ocean Dynamics 60, 617-628, 2010 | 34 | 2010 |
| Abundant cold anticyclonic eddies and warm cyclonic eddies in the global ocean Q Ni, X Zhai, X Jiang, D Chen Journal of Physical Oceanography 51 (9), 2793-2806, 2021 | 33 | 2021 |
