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Wheeler, D. C., Giddings, S. N., Merrifield, M., & Pawlak, G. (2025). Infragravity frequency wave-driven bottom boundary layer turbulence in shallow estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130, e2024JC021284. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021284

Kim, L. N., Meusel, C., Barker, R., Lockwood, B., Strudley, M., Behrens, D., Orescanin, M., Merrifield, M., Giddings, S. N., & Levy, M. C. (2025). Dynamics of saltwater intrusion into coastal freshwater in the California Central Coast. Water Resources Research, 61, e2024WR037141. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR037141

Kim, L. N., Meusel, C., Barker, R., Lockwood, B., Strudley, M., Behrens, D., Orescanin, M. M., Merrifield, M., Giddings, S. N., & Levy, M. C. (2025). Dynamics of Saltwater Intrusion Into Coastal Freshwaters in the California Central Coast. Water Resources Research, 61(3), e2024WR037141. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR037141

Matsumoto, H., Dickson, M. E., Stephenson, W. J., Thompson, C. F., & Young, A. P. (2024). Modeling future cliff-front waves during sea level rise and implications for coastal cliff retreat rates. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 7810. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57923-0

Matsumoto, H., Dickson, M. E., Stephenson, W. J., Thompson, C. F., & Young, A. P. (2024). Modeling future cliff-front waves during sea level rise and implications for coastal cliff retreat rates. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 7810. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57923-0

Warrick, J. A., Buscombe, D., Vos, K., Bryan, K. R., Castelle, B., Cooper, J. A. G., Harley, M. D., Jackson, D. W. T., Ludka, B. C., Masselink, G., Palmsten, M. L., Ruiz De Alegria-Arzaburu, A., Sénéchal, N., Sherwood, C. R., Short, A. D., Sogut, E., Splinter, K. D., Stephenson, W. J., Syvitski, J., & Young, A. P. (2024). Coastal shoreline change assessments at global scales. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2316. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46608-x

Siegelman, M. N., McCarthy, R. A., Young, A. P., O’Reilly, W., Matsumoto, H., Johnson, M., Mack, C., & Guza, R. T. (2024). Subaerial Profiles at Two Beaches: Equilibrium and Machine Learning. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(10), e2023JF007524. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007524

Lange, A. M. Z., Fiedler, J. W., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2024). Free Infragravity Waves on the Inner Shelf: Observations and Parameterizations at Two Southern California Beaches. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(8), e2023JC020378. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020378

Adusumilli, S., Cirrito, N., Engeman, L., Fiedler, J. W., Guza, R. T., Lange, A. M. Z., Merrifield, M. A., O’Reilly, W., & Young, A. P. (2024). Predicting Shoreline Changes Along the California Coast Using Deep Learning Applied to Satellite Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation, 1(3), e2024JH000172. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JH000172

Barnes, A. T., Becker, J. M., Tagarino, K. A., O’Reilly, W. C., Siegelman, M., Thompson, P. R., & Merrifield, M. A. (2024). Rising sea levels and the increase of shoreline wave energy at American Samoa. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 5163. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55636-y

Hale, M. L., Merrifield, M. A., Clemesha, R. E. S., Gershunov, A., Guirguis, K., Benmarhnia, T., Dorman, C., & Iacobellis, S. F. (2024). Mean Summer Land Temperatures in the Southern California Coastal Zone: Connections With Ocean Processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(14), e2023JD040188. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040188

Azouri, A., Roeber, V., Guiles, M. D., Merrifield, M., Becker, J., & Luther, D. S. (2024). Computations of energetic nearshore waves: Are weakly dispersive phase-resolving models telling the same story? Coastal Engineering, 194, 104625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104625

Lange, A. M. Z., Fiedler, J. W., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2023). UAV video-based estimates of nearshore bathymetry. Coastal Engineering, 185, 104375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104375

Feddersen, F., Fincham, A. M., Brodie, K. L., Young, A. P., Spydell, M. S., Grimes, D. J., Pieszka, M., & Hanson, K. (2023). Cross-shore wind-induced changes to field-scale overturning wave shape. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 958, A4. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.40

Stevenson, S., Cobb, K. M., Merrifield, M., Powell, B., Sanchez, S., Nusbaumer, J., O’Connor, G., & Atwood, A. (2023). Contrasting Central Equatorial Pacific Oxygen Isotopic Signatures of the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 El Niño Events. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(21), e2023GL104454. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104454

Ludka, B. C., Young, A. P., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., & Merrifield, M. A. (2023). Alongshore variability of a southern California beach, before and after nourishment. Coastal Engineering, 179, 104223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104223

Sangsefidi, Y., Bagheri, K., Davani, H., & Merrifield, M. (2023). Data analysis and integrated modeling of compound flooding impacts on coastal drainage infrastructure under a changing climate. Journal of Hydrology, 616, 128823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128823

Matsumoto, H., & Young, A. P. (2023). Development of an automated mobile grain size mapping of a mixed sediment beach. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, esp.5655. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5655

Sangsefidi, Y., Barnes, A., Merrifield, M., & Davani, H. (2023). Data-driven analysis and integrated modeling of climate change impacts on coastal groundwater and sanitary sewer infrastructure. Sustainable Cities and Society, 99, 104914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104914

Siegelman, M. N., Firing, E., Merrifield, M. A., Becker, J. M., & Musgrave, R. C. (2023). Near-Inertial Surface Currents around Islands. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53(2), 433–455. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0310.1

Young, A. P., Matsumoto, H., Spydell, M. S., & Dickson, M. E. (2023). Cobble Tracking Observations at Torrey Pines State Beach, CA, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(9), e2023JF007199. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007199

Kim, L. N., Brodie, K. L., Cohn, N. T., Giddings, S. N., & Merrifield, M. (2023). Observations of beach change and runup, and the performance of empirical runup parameterizations during large storm events. Coastal Engineering, 184, 104357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104357

Dickson, M. E., Matsumoto, H., Stephenson, W. J., Swirad, Z. M., Thompson, C. F., & Young, A. P. (2023). Sea-level rise may not uniformly accelerate cliff erosion rates. Nature Communications, 14(1), 8485. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44149-3

Byrne, S. M., Merrifield, M. A., Carter, M. L., Cayan, D. R., Flick, R. E., Gershunov, A., & Giddings, S. N. (2023). Southern California winter precipitation variability reflected in 100-year ocean salinity record. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00803-8

University of North Carolina Wilmington, Bresnahan, P., Briggs, E., Davis, B., Rodriguez, A., Edwards, L., Peach, C., Renner, N., Helling, H., & Merrifield, M. (2023). A Low-Cost, DIY Ultrasonic Water Level Sensor for Education, Citizen Science, and Research. Oceanography, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.101

Clow, T., Willenbring, J. K., Young, A. P., Matsumoto, H., Hidy, A. J., & Shadrick, J. R. (2023). Late Holocene Cliff Retreat in Del Mar, CA, Revealed From Shore Platform ¹⁰ Be Concentrations and Numerical Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(4), e2022JF006855. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006855

Ray, R. D., Merrifield, M. A., & Woodworth, P. L. (2022). Wave setup at the Minamitorishima tide gauge. Journal of Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-022-00659-0

Henderson, C. S., Fiedler, J. W., Merrifield, M. A., Guza, R. T., & Young, A. P. (2022). Phase resolving runup and overtopping field validation of SWASH. Coastal Engineering, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104128

Thompson, C. F., Dickson, M. E., & Young, A. P. (2022). Seismic signatures of individual wave impacts on a coastal cliff. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, esp.5426. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5426

Blenkinsopp, C. E., Bayle, P. M., Martins, K., Foss, O. W., Almeida, L. P., Kaminsky, G. M., Schimmels, S., & Matsumoto, H. (2022). Wave runup on composite beaches and dynamic cobble berm revetments. Coastal Engineering, 176, 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104148

Matsumoto, H., Young, A. P., & Carilli, J. E. (2022). Modeling the relative influence of environmental controls on marine terrace widths. Geomorphology, 396, 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107986

Matsumoto, H., & Young, A. P. (2022). Quantitative regional observations of gravel and bedrock influence on beach morphologies. Geomorphology, 419, 108491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108491

Swirad, Z. M., & Young, A. P. (2022). CliffDelineaTool v1.2.0: an algorithm for identifying coastal cliff base and top positions. Geoscientific Model Development, 15(4), 1499–1512. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1499-2022

Dickson, M. E., Omidiji, J., Litchfield, N. J., Norton, K. P., Matsumoto, H., Krier‐Mariani, R. L., Horton, S. L., Acharya‐Chowdhury, L., McLean, A. D., Hurst, M. D., & Stephenson, W. J. (2022). Observations of the incipient and penultimate stages of Holocene marine terrace development. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(13), 3019–3032. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5440

Rijnsdorp, D. P., Smit, P. B., & Guza, R. T. (2022). A nonlinear, non-dispersive energy balance for surfzone waves: infragravity wave dynamics on a sloping beach. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 944, A45. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.512

Lange, A. M. Z., Fiedler, J. W., Becker, J. M., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2022). Estimating runup with limited bathymetry. Coastal Engineering, 172, 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2021.104055

Swirad, Z. M., & Young, A. P. (2022). Spatial and temporal trends in California coastal cliff retreat. Geomorphology, 412, 108318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108318

Matsumoto, H., Dickson, M. E., & Kench, P. S. (2021). Preservation and destruction of Holocene marine terraces: The effects of episodic versus gradual relative sea level change. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(19), 8. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gl094543

Thompson, P. R., Widlansky, M. J., Hamlington, B. D., Merrifield, M. A., Marra, J. J., Mitchum, G. T., & Sweet, W. (2021). Rapid increases and extreme months in projections of United States high-tide flooding. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01077-8

Anderson, D. L., Ruggiero, P., Mendez, F. J., Barnard, P. L., Erikson, L. H., O’Neill, A. C., Merrifield, M., Rueda, A., Cagigal, L., & Marra, J. (2021). Projecting climate dependent coastal flood risk with a hybrid statistical dynamical model. Earths Future, 9(12), 24. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021ef002285

Eddebbar, Y. A., Subramanian, A. C., Whitt, D. B., Long, M. C., Verdy, A., Mazloff, M. R., & Merrifield, M. A. (2021). Seasonal modulation of dissolved oxygen in the equatorial Pacific by tropical instability vortices. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(11), e2021JC017567. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017567

Swirad, Z. M., & Young, A. P. (2021). Automating coastal cliff erosion measurements from large-area LiDAR datasets in California, USA. Geomorphology, 389, 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107799

Merrifield, M. A., Johnson, M., Guza, R. T., Fiedler, J. W., Young, A. P., Henderson, C. S., Lange, A. M. Z., O’Reilly, W. C., Ludka, B. C., Okihiro, M., Gallien, T., Pappas, K., Engeman, L., Behrens, J., & Terrill, E. (2021). An early warning system for wave-driven coastal flooding at Imperial Beach, CA. Natural Hazards, 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04790-x

Long, X. Y., Widlansky, M. J., Spillman, C. M., Kumar, A., Balmaseda, M., Thompson, P. R., Chikamoto, Y., Smith, G. A., Huang, B. H., Shin, C. S., Merrifield, M. A., Sweet, W. V., Leuliette, E., Annamalai, H. S., Marra, J. J., & Mitchum, G. (2021). Seasonal forecasting skill of sea-level anomalies in a multi-model prediction framework. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 126(6). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc017060

Fiedler, J. W., Kim, L., Grenzeback, R. L., Young, A. P., & Merrifield, M. A. (2021). Enhanced surf zone and wave runup observations with hovering drone-mounted lidar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38(11), 1967–1978. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-21-0027.1

Young, A. P., Guza, R. T., Matsumoto, H., Merrifield, M. A., O’Reilly, W. C., & Swirad, Z. M. (2021). Three years of weekly observations of coastal cliff erosion by waves and rainfall. Geomorphology, 375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107545

Cagigal, L., Rueda, A., Anderson, D., Ruggiero, P., Merrifield, M. A., Montano, J., Coco, G., & Mendez, F. J. (2020). A multivariate, stochastic, climate-based wave emulator for shoreline change modelling. Ocean Modelling, 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2020.101695

Jacox, M. G., Alexander, M. A., Siedlecki, S., Chen, K., Kwon, Y. O., Brodie, S., Ortiz, I., Tommasi, D., Widlansky, M. J., Barrie, D., Capotondi, A., Cheng, W., Di Lorenzo, E., Edwards, C., Fiechter, J., Fratantoni, P., Hazen, E. L., Hermann, A. J., Kumar, A., … Rykaczewski, R. (2020). Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of North American coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments. Progress in Oceanography, 183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102307

Clark, S. J., Becker, J. M., Merrifield, M. A., & Behrens, J. (2020). The Influence of A Cross-Reef Channel On the Wave-Driven Setup and Circulation at Ipan, Guam. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 125(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015722

Fiedler, J. W., Young, A. P., Ludka, B. C., O’Reilly, W. C., Henderson, C., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2020). Predicting site-specific storm wave run-up. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04178-3

Yao, Y., Zhang, Q. M., Becker, J. M., & Merrifield, M. A. (2020). Boussinesq modeling of wave processes in field fringing reef environments. Applied Ocean Research, 95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2019.102025

Lundesgaard, O., Winsor, P., Truffer, M., Merrifield, M., Powell, B., Statscewich, H., Eidam, E., & Smith, C. R. (2020). Hydrography and energetics of a cold subpolar fjord: Andvord Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula. Progress in Oceanography, 181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102224

Kalligeris, N., Smit, P. B., Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., & Gallien, T. W. (2020). Calibration and assessment of process-based numerical models for beach profile evolution in southern California. Coastal Engineering, 158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103650

Matsumoto, H., Young, A. P., & Guza, R. T. (2020). Cusp and mega cusp observations on a mixed sediment beach. Earth and Space Science, 7(10). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020ea001366

Long, X. Y., Widlansky, M. J., Schloesser, F., Thompson, P. R., Annamalai, H., Merrifield, M. A., & Yoon, H. (2020). Higher sea levels at Hawaii caused by strong El Nino and weak trade winds. Journal of Climate, 33(8), 3037–3059. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-19-0221.1

Amador, A., Arzeno, I. B., Giddings, S. N., Merrifield, M. A., & Pawlak, G. (2020). Cross-shore structure of tidally-driven alongshore flow over rough bathymetry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, n/a(n/a), e2020JC016264. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc016264

Matsumoto, H., Young, A. P., & Guza, R. T. (2020). Observations of surface cobbles at two southern California beaches. Marine Geology, 419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.106049

Hamlington, B. D., Gardner, A. S., Ivins, E., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Reager, J. T., Trossman, D. S., Zaron, E. D., Adhikari, S., Arendt, A., Aschwanden, A., Beckley, B. D., Bekaert, D. P. S., Blewitt, G., Caron, L., Chambers, D. P., Chandanpurkar, H. A., Christianson, K., Csatho, B., Cullather, R. I., … Willis, M. J. (2020). Understanding of contemporary regional sea-level change and the implications for the future. Reviews of Geophysics, 58(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019rg000672

Ray, R. D., & Merrifield, M. A. (2019). The semiannual and 4.4-year modulations of extreme high tides. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(8), 5907–5922. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015061

Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., Merrifield, M. A., Flick, R. E., Bak, A. S., Hesser, T., Bucciarelli, R., Olfe, C., Woodward, B., Boyd, W., Smith, K., Okihiro, M., Grenzeback, R., Parry, L., & Boyd, G. (2019). Sixteen years of bathymetry and waves at San Diego beaches. Scientific Data, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0167-6

Vittori, G., Blondeaux, P., Coco, G., & Guza, R. T. (2019). Subharmonic edge wave excitation by narrow-band, random incident waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 868. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.214

Thompson, P. R., Widlansky, M. J., Merrifield, M. A., Becker, J. M., & Marra, J. J. (2019). A statistical model for frequency of coastal flooding in Honolulu, Hawaii, during the 21st century. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(4), 2787–2802. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014741

Cazenave, A., Hamlington, B., Horwath, M., Barletta, V. R., Benveniste, J., Chambers, D., Doll, P., Hogg, A. E., Legeais, J. F., Merrifield, M., Meyssignac, B., Mitchum, G., Nerem, S., Pail, R., Palanisamy, H., Paul, F., von Schuckmann, K., & Thompson, P. (2019). Observational requirements for long-term monitoring of the global mean sea level and its components over the altimetry era. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00582

Capotondi, A., Jacox, M., Bowler, C., Kavanaugh, M., Lehodey, P., Barrie, D., Brodie, S., Chaffron, S., Cheng, W., Dias, D. F., Eveillard, D., Guidi, L., Iudicone, D., Lovenduski, N. S., Nye, J. A., Ortiz, I., Pirhalla, D., Buil, M. P., Saba, V., … Pesant, S. (2019). Observational needs supporting marine ecosystems modeling and forecasting: From the global ocean to regional and coastal systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00623

Andres, M., Siegelman, M., Hormann, V., Musgrave, R. C., Merrifield, S. T., Rudnick, D. L., Merrifield, M. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., Wijesekera, H. W., MacKinnon, J. A., Centurioni, L., Nash, J. D., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Eddies, topography, and the abyssal flow by the Kyushu-Palau Ridge near Velasco Reef. Oceanography, 32(4), 46–55. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.410

Siegelman, M., Merrifield, M. A., Firing, E., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., Wijesekera, H. W., Schramek, T. A., Zeiden, K. L., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Observations of near-inertial surface currents at Palau. Oceanography, 32(4), 74–83. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.413

Young, A. P., & Carilli, J. E. (2019). Global distribution of coastal cliffs. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(6), 1309–1316. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4574

Schramek, T. A., Cornuelle, B. D., Gopalakrishnan, G., Colin, P. L., Rowley, S. J., Merrifield, M. A., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Tropical western Pacific thermal structure and its relationship to ocean surface variables: A numerical state estimate and forereef temperature records. Oceanography, 32(4), 156–163. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.421

Gove, J. M., Whitney, J. L., McManus, M. A., Lecky, J., Carvalho, F. C., Lynch, J. M., Li, J. W., Neubauer, P., Smith, K. A., Phipps, J. E., Kobayashi, D. R., Balagso, K. B., Contreras, E. A., Manuel, M. E., Merrifield, M. A., Polovina, J. J., Asner, G. P., Maynard, J. A., & Williams, G. J. (2019). Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(48), 24143–24149. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907496116

Fiedler, J. W., Smit, P. B., Brodie, K. L., McNinch, J., & Guza, R. T. (2019). The offshore boundary condition in surf zone modeling. Coastal Engineering, 143, 12–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2018.10.014

Lundesgaard, O., Powell, B., Merrifield, M., Hahn-Woernle, L., & Winsor, P. (2019). Response of an Antarctic Peninsula fjord to summer katabatic wind events. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49(6), 1485–1502. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-18-0119.1

Thompson, C. F., Young, A. P., & Dickson, M. E. (2019). Wave impacts on coastal cliffs: Do bigger waves drive greater ground motion? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4712

Crosby, S. C., Kumar, N., O’Reilly, W. C., & Guza, R. T. (2019). Regional swell transformation by backward ray tracing and SWAN. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 36(2), 217–229. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-18-0123.1

Ponte, R. M., Carson, M., Cirano, M., Domingues, C. M., Jevrejeva, S., Marcos, M., Mitchum, G., van de Wal, R. S. W., Woodworth, P. L., Ablain, M., Ardhuin, F., Ballu, V., Becker, M., Benveniste, J., Birol, F., Bradshaw, E., Cazenave, A., De Mey-Fremaux, P., Durand, F., … Zhang, X. B. (2019). Towards comprehensive observing and modeling systems for monitoring and predicting regional to coastal sea level. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00437

Johnston, T. M. S., MacKinnon, J. A., Colin, P. L., Haley, P. J., Lermusiaux, P. F. J., Lucas, A. J., Merrifield, M. A., Merrifield, S. T., Mirabito, C., Nash, J. D., Ou, C. Y., Siegeiman, M., Terrill, E. J., & Waterhouse, A. F. (2019). Energy and momentum lost to wake eddies and lee waves generated by the north equatorial current and tidal flows at Peleliu, Palau. Oceanography, 32(4), 110–125. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.417

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MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., Zeiden, K., Johnston, T. M. S., Siegelman, M., Merrifield, S., & Merrifield, M. (2019). Eddy wake generation from broadband currents near Palau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc014945

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