14. Ruan, X., & R. Ferrari, 2022. Diapycnal upwelling driven by tidally-induced mixing over steep topography. in prep

13. Drake, H., X. Ruan & R. Ferrari, 2022. Diapycnal motion, diffusion, and stretching of tracers in the ocean. in revision

12. Drake, H., X. Ruan, J. Callies, K. Ogden, A. Thurnherr & R. Ferrari, 2022. Dynamics of eddying abyssal mixing layers over rough topography. in revision

11. Ruan, X., 2022. Note on the bulk estimate of the energy dissipation rate in the oceanic bottom boundary layer. Fluids, 7, 82 [online]

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. [online]

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. [online]

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. [online]

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. [online]

6. Ruan, X., & R. Ferrari, 2021. Diagnosing diapycnal mixing from passive tracers. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51, 757–767. [online]

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. [online]

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. [online]

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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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. [online]