Publications from DIMES

• Gille, S. T., K. Speer, J. R. Ledwell, and A. C. Naveira Garabato (2007), Mixing and stirring in the Southern Ocean, Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 88(39), 382-383, doi:10.1029/2007EO390002.

  Here's the longer version that we originally submitted:

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• Thompson, A. F. (2008), The atmospheric ocean: eddies and jets in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 366(1885), 4529-4541, doi:10.1098/rsta.2008.0196.
• Griesel, A., S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, J. L. McClean, and M. E. Maltrud (2009), Assessing eddy heat flux and its parameterization: A wavenumber perspective from a 1/10° ocean simulation, Ocean Modelling, 29(4), 248-260, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.05.004.
• Abernathey, R., J. Marshall, M. Mazloff, and E. Shuckburgh (2010), Enhancement of Mesoscale Eddy Stirring at Steering Levels in the Southern Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40(1), 170-184, doi:10.1175/2009jpo4201.1.
• Ferrari, R., and M. Nikurashin (2010), Suppression of Eddy Diffusivity across Jets in the Southern Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40(7), 1501-1519, doi:10.1175/2010jpo4278.1.
• Griesel, A., S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, J. L. McClean, J. H. LaCasce, and M. E. Maltrud (2010), Isopycnal diffusivities in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current inferred from Lagrangian floats in an eddying model, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 115(C6), 1-18, doi:10.1029/2009JC005821.
• LaCasce, J. H., and P. E. Isachsen (2010), The linear models of the ACC, Progress in Oceanography, 84(3–4), 139-157, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2009.11.002.
• Lu, J., and K. Speer (2010), Topography, jets, and eddy mixing in the Southern Ocean, Journal of Marine Research, 68(3-1), 479-502, doi:10.1357/002224010794657227.
• Thompson, A. F., P. H. Haynes, C. Wilson, and K. J. Richards (2010), Rapid Southern Ocean front transitions in an eddy-resolving ocean GCM, Geophysical Research Letters, 37(23), 1-5, doi:10.1029/2010GL045386.
• Abernathey, R., J. Marshall, and D. Ferreira (2011), The Dependence of Southern Ocean Meridional Overturning on Wind Stress, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41(12), 2261-2278, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-11-023.1.
• Ledwell, J. R., L. C. S. Laurent, J. B. Girton, and J. M. Toole (2011), Diapycnal Mixing in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41(1), 241-246, doi:10.1175/2010jpo4557.1.
• Meredith, M. P., et al. (2011), Sustained monitoring of the Southern Ocean at Drake Passage: past achievements and future priorities, Reviews of Geophysics, 49(4), 1-36, doi:10.1029/2010RG000348.
• Naveira Garabato, A. C., R. Ferrari, and K. L. Polzin (2011), Eddy stirring in the Southern Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 116(C9), 1-29, doi:10.1029/2010JC006818.
• Shuckburgh, E., G. Maze, D. Ferreira, J. Marshall, H. Jones, and C. Hill (2011), Mixed Layer Lateral Eddy Fluxes Mediated by Air–Sea Interaction, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41(1), 130-144, doi:10.1175/2010jpo4429.1.
• Gille, S. T., J. Ledwell, A. Naveira-Garabato, K. Speer, D. Balwada, A. Brearley, J. B. Girton, A. Griesel, R. Ferrari, A. Klocker, J. LaCasce, P. Lazarevich, N. Mackay, M. P. Meredith, M.-J. Messias, B. Owens, J.-B. Sallée, K. Sheen, E. Shuckburgh, D. A. Smeed, L. C. St. Laurent, J. M. Toole, A. J. Watson, N. Wienders, and U. Zajaczkovski (2012), The Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment: A First Assessment, CLIVAR Exchanges, 17(1), 46-48.
• Klocker, A., R. Ferrari, J. H. LaCasce, and S. T. Merrifield (2012), Reconciling float-based and tracer-based estimates of lateral diffusivities, Journal of Marine Research, 70(4), 569-602, doi:10.1357/002224012805262743.
• Laurent, L. S., A. C. N. Garabato, J. R. Ledwell, A. M. Thurnherr, J. M. Toole, and A. J. Watson (2012), Turbulence and Diapycnal Mixing in Drake Passage, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42(12), 2143-2152, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-12-027.1.
• Meredith, M. P., A. C. N. Garabato, A. M. Hogg, and R. Farneti (2012), Sensitivity of the Overturning Circulation in the Southern Ocean to Decadal Changes in Wind Forcing, Journal of Climate, 25(1), 99-110, doi:10.1175/2011jcli4204.1.
• Brearley, J. A., K. L. Sheen, A. C. N. Garabato, D. A. Smeed, and S. Waterman (2013), Eddy-Induced Modulation of Turbulent Dissipation over Rough Topography in the Southern Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(11), 2288-2308, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-12-0222.1.
• Frants, M., G. M. Damerell, S. T. Gille, K. J. Heywood, J. MacKinnon, and J. Sprintall (2013), An Assessment of Density-Based Finescale Methods for Estimating Diapycnal Diffusivity in the Southern Ocean, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(11), 2647-2661, doi:10.1175/jtech-d-12-00241.1.
• Mazloff, M. R., R. Ferrari, and T. Schneider (2013), The Force Balance of the Southern Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(6), 1193-1208, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-12-069.1.
• Meredith, M. P., P. J. Brown, A. C. Naveira Garabato, L. Jullion, H. J. Venables, and M.-J. Messias (2013), Dense bottom layers in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean: Creation, lifespan, and destruction, Geophysical Research Letters, 40(5), 933-936, doi:10.1002/grl.50260.
• Watson, A. J., J. R. Ledwell, M.-J. Messias, B. A. King, N. Mackay, M. P. Meredith, B. Mills, and A. C. Naveira Garabato (2013), Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid-depths in the Drake Passage measured by tracer release, Nature, 501(7467), 408-411, doi:10.1038/nature12432.
• Bates, M., R. Tulloch, J. Marshall, and R. Ferrari (2014), Rationalizing the Spatial Distribution of Mesoscale Eddy Diffusivity in Terms of Mixing Length Theory, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(6), 1523-1540, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-13-0130.1.
• Chen, R., J. L. McClean, S. T. Gille, and A. Griesel (2014), Isopycnal Eddy Diffusivities and Critical Layers in the Kuroshio Extension from an Eddying Ocean Model, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(8), 2191-2211, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-13-0258.1.
• Ferrari, R. (2014), Oceanography: What goes down must come up, Nature, 513(7517), 179-180, doi:10.1038/513179a.
• Gille, S. T., M. M. Carranza, R. Cambra, and R. Morrow (2014), Wind-induced upwelling in the Kerguelen Plateau region, Biogeosciences, 11(22), 6389-6400, doi:10.5194/bg-11-6389-2014.
• Griesel, A., J. L. McClean, S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, and C. Eden (2014), Eulerian and Lagrangian Isopycnal Eddy Diffusivities in the Southern Ocean of an Eddying Model, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(2), 644-661, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-13-039.1.
• LaCasce, J. H., R. Ferrari, J. Marshall, R. Tulloch, D. Balwada, and K. Speer (2014), Float-Derived Isopycnal Diffusivities in the DIMES Experiment, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(2), 764-780, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-13-0175.1.
• Nikurashin, M., R. Ferrari, N. Grisouard, and K. Polzin (2014), The Impact of Finite-Amplitude Bottom Topography on Internal Wave Generation in the Southern Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(11), 2938-2950, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-13-0201.1.
• Stewart, A. L., R. Ferrari, and A. F. Thompson (2014), On the Importance of Surface Forcing in Conceptual Models of the Deep Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(3), 891-899, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-13-0206.1.
• Tulloch, R., R. Ferrari, O. Jahn, A. Klocker, J. LaCasce, J. R. Ledwell, J. Marshall, M.-J. Messias, K. Speer, and A. Watson (2014), Direct Estimate of Lateral Eddy Diffusivity Upstream of Drake Passage, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(10), 2593-2616, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-13-0120.1.
• Wang, J., M. R. Mazloff, and S. T. Gille (2014), Pathways of the Agulhas waters poleward of 29°S, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(7), 4234-4250, doi:10.1002/2014JC010049.
• Chen, R., S. T. Gille, J. L. McClean, G. R. Flierl, and A. Griesel (2015), A Multiwavenumber Theory for Eddy Diffusivities and Its Application to the Southeast Pacific (DIMES) Region, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(7), 1877-1896, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-14-0229.1.
• Kilbourne, B. F., and J. B. Girton (2015), Quantifying High-Frequency Wind Energy Flux into Near-Inertial Motions in the Southeast Pacific, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(2), 369-386, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-14-0076.1.
• Mashayek, A., R. Ferrari, M. Nikurashin, and W. R. Peltier (2015), Influence of Enhanced Abyssal Diapycnal Mixing on Stratification and the Ocean Overturning Circulation, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(10), 2580-2597, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-15-0039.1.
• Nadeau, L.-P., and R. Ferrari (2015), The Role of Closed Gyres in Setting the Zonal Transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(6), 1491-1509, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-14-0173.1.
• Balwada, D., K. G. Speer, J. H. LaCasce, W. B. Owens, J. Marshall, and R. Ferrari (2016), Circulation and Stirring in the Southeast Pacific Ocean and the Scotia Sea Sectors of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(7), 2005-2027, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-15-0207.1.
• Ferrari, R., A. Mashayek, T. J. McDougall, M. Nikurashin, and J.-M. Campin (2016), Turning Ocean Mixing Upside Down, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(7), 2239-2261, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-15-0244.1.
• Garabato, A. C. N., K. L. Polzin, R. Ferrari, J. D. Zika, and A. Forryan (2016), A Microscale View of Mixing and Overturning across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(1), 233-254, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-15-0025.1.
• Jones, J. M., et al. (2016), Assessing recent trends in high-latitude Southern Hemisphere surface climate, Nature Clim. Change, 6(10), 917-926, doi:10.1038/nclimate3103.
• Li, X., S.-P. Xie, S. T. Gille, and C. Yoo (2016), Atlantic-induced pan-tropical climate change over the past three decades, Nature Clim. Change, 6(3), 275-279, doi:10.1038/nclimate2840.
• Rodriguez, A. R., M. R. Mazloff, and S. T. Gille (2016), An oceanic heat transport pathway to the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(5), 3337-3349, doi:10.1002/2015JC011402.
• Wang, J., M. R. Mazloff, and S. T. Gille (2016), The Effect of the Kerguelen Plateau on the Ocean Circulation, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(11), 3385-3396, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-15-0216.1.
• McDougall, T. J., and R. Ferrari (2017), Abyssal Upwelling and Downwelling Driven by Near-Boundary Mixing, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(2), 261-283, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-16-0082.1.
• van Sebille, E., S. M. Griffies, R. Abernathey, T. P. Adams, P. Berloff, A. Biastoch, B. Blanke, E. P. Chassignet, Y. Cheng, C. J. Cotter, E. Deleersnijder, K. Döös, H. Drake, S. Drijfhout, S. F. Gary, A. W. Heemink, J. Kjellsson, I. M. Koszalka, M. Lange, C. Lique, G. A. MacGilchrist, R. Marsh, C. Gabriela Mayorga Adame, R. McAdam, F. Nencioli, C. B. Paris, M. D. Piggott, J. A. Polton, S. Rühs, S. H. A. M. Shah, M. D. Thomas, J. Wang, P. J. Wolfram, L. Zanna, J. D. Zika (2017), Lagrangian ocean analysis: fundamentals and practices, Ocean Modeling, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2017.11.008

A few studies involving DIMES investigators:

• Naveira Garabato, A. C., D. P. Stevens, A. J. Watson and W. Roether (2007), Short-circuiting of the overturning circulation in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Nature 447, 194-197.
• Thompson, A. F., S. T. Gille, J. A. MacKinnon, and J. Sprintall (2007), Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Small-Scale Mixing in Drake Passage, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 572-592. ( reprint, 1855 kbytes)
• Chinn, B. S. and S. T. Gille (2006), Estimating Eddy Heat Flux from Float Data in the North Atlantic: The Impact of Temporal Sampling Interval, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 24, 923-934. ( reprint, 1.27 Mbytes)