| Climate process team on internal wave–driven ocean mixing JA MacKinnon, Z Zhao, CB Whalen, AF Waterhouse, DS Trossman, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 98 (11), 2429-2454, 2017 | 335 | 2017 |
| Remote sensing evidence for baroclinic tide origin of internal solitary waves in the northeastern South China Sea Z Zhao, V Klemas, Q Zheng, XH Yan Geophysical Research Letters 31 (6), 2004 | 327 | 2004 |
| Global Observations of Open-Ocean Mode-1 M 2 Internal Tides Z Zhao, MH Alford, JB Girton, L Rainville, HL Simmons Journal of Physical Oceanography 46 (6), 1657-1684, 2016 | 232 | 2016 |
| Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress S Abdalla, AA Kolahchi, M Ablain, S Adusumilli, SA Bhowmick, ... Advances in Space Research 68 (2), 319-363, 2021 | 205 | 2021 |
| Measuring global ocean heat content to estimate the earth energy imbalance B Meyssignac, T Boyer, Z Zhao, MZ Hakuba, FW Landerer, D Stammer, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 432, 2019 | 201 | 2019 |
| Long-range propagation of the semidiurnal internal tide from the Hawaiian Ridge Z Zhao, MH Alford, JA MacKinnon, R Pinkel Journal of Physical Oceanography 40 (4), 713-736, 2010 | 197 | 2010 |
| Internal tide radiation from the Luzon Strait Z Zhao Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 119 (8), 5434-5448, 2014 | 179 | 2014 |
| Source and propagation of internal solitary waves in the northeastern South China Sea Z Zhao, MH Alford Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 111 (C11), 2006 | 179 | 2006 |
| Internal waves across the Pacific MH Alford, JA MacKinnon, Z Zhao, R Pinkel, J Klymak, T Peacock Geophysical Research Letters 34 (24), 2007 | 177 | 2007 |
| Deep-ocean mixing driven by small-scale internal tides C Vic, AC Naveira Garabato, JAM Green, AF Waterhouse, Z Zhao, A Melet, ... Nature communications 10 (1), 2099, 2019 | 169 | 2019 |
| Parametric subharmonic instability of the internal tide at 29N JA MacKinnon, MH Alford, O Sun, R Pinkel, Z Zhao, J Klymak Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2012 | 136 | 2012 |
| Global patterns of low-mode internal-wave propagation. Part I: Energy and energy flux MH Alford, Z Zhao Journal of Physical Oceanography 37 (7), 1829-1848, 2007 | 125 | 2007 |
| Internal solitary waves in the northwestern South China Sea inferred from satellite images X Li, Z Zhao, WG Pichel Geophysical Research Letters 35 (13), 2008 | 122 | 2008 |
| A primer on global internal tide and internal gravity wave continuum modeling in HYCOM and MITgcm BK Arbic, MH Alford, JK Ansong, MC Buijsman, RB Ciotti, JT Farrar, ... New frontiers in operational oceanography, 307, 2018 | 117 | 2018 |
| Long‐range propagation and associated variability of internal tides in the S outh C hina S ea Z Xu, K Liu, B Yin, Z Zhao, Y Wang, Q Li Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 121 (11), 8268-8286, 2016 | 117 | 2016 |
| Estimating parameters of a two-layer stratified ocean from polarity conversion of internal solitary waves observed in satellite SAR images Z Zhao, V Klemas, Q Zheng, X Li, XH Yan Remote sensing of environment 92 (2), 276-287, 2004 | 113 | 2004 |
| New Altimetric Estimates of Mode-1 M 2 Internal Tides in the Central North Pacific Ocean Z Zhao, MH Alford Journal of Physical Oceanography 39 (7), 1669-1684, 2009 | 110 | 2009 |
| Impact of parameterized internal wave drag on the semidiurnal energy balance in a global ocean circulation model MC Buijsman, JK Ansong, BK Arbic, JG Richman, JF Shriver, PG Timko, ... Journal of Physical Oceanography 46 (5), 1399-1419, 2016 | 89 | 2016 |
| Satellite observation of internal solitary waves converting polarity Z Zhao, VV Klemas, Q Zheng, XH Yan Geophysical Research Letters 30 (19), 2003 | 87 | 2003 |
| Internal solitary waves in the China seas observed using satellite remote-sensing techniques: a review and perspectives Z Zhao, B Liu, X Li International Journal of Remote Sensing 35 (11-12), 3926-3946, 2014 | 78 | 2014 |
Matthew H AlfordScripps Institution of OceanographyVerified email at ucsd.edu