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Matthew Alford: Complete List of Publications

M. H. Alford and M. Whitmont (2007), Seasonal and spatial variability of near-inertial kinetic energy from historical moored velocity records, J. Phys. Oceanogr., in press.

J.P. Hosegood, M.C. Gregg, and M.H. Alford (2007), Sub-mesoscale lateral density structure in the oceanic surface mixed layer, Geophys. Res. Lett., in press.

M. H. Alford and Z. Zhao (2007), Global patterns of low-mode internal-wave propagation, Part I: Energy and energy flux, J. Phys. Ocean., in press.

M. H. Alford and Z. Zhao (2007), Global patterns of low-mode internal-wave propagation, Part II: Group velocity, J. Phys. Ocean., in press.

Z. Zhao and M. H. Alford (2007), Source and Propagation of Internal Solitary Waves in the Northeastern South China Sea, J. Geophys. Res., in press.

Alford, M.H., M.C. Gregg and M. A. Merrifield (2006), Structure, propagation and mixing of energetic baroclinic tides in Mamala Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36(6):997-1018.

Alford, M.H., D.W. Gerdt and C.M. Adkins (2006), An ocean refractometer: Resolving millimeter-scale turbulent density fluctuations via the refractive index. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 23, 121-137.

Alford, M.H., M.C. Gregg and E. D'Asaro (2005), Mixing, 3-D mapping and Lagrangian evolution of a thermohaline intrusion, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 1689-1711.

Nash, J.D., M.H. Alford and E. Kunze (2005), On estimating internal-wave energy fluxes in the ocean, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 22,1551-1570.

Alford, M.H. (2005), Reply to comment by M. Watanabe et al. on Improved global maps and 54-year history of wind-work on ocean inertial motions: Time aliasing in estimating the wind-induced inertial energy. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32(8, L08604):10.1029/2005GL022630, April 2005.

Eich, M.L., M.A. Merrifield and M.H. Alford (2004), Structure and variability of semidiurnal internal tides in Mamala Bay, Hawaii, J. Geophys. Res., 109(C5):DOI10.1029/2003JC00204.

Alford, M.H. (2003), Redistribution of the energy available for ocean mixing by long-range propagation of internal waves, Nature, 423, 159-162.

Alford, M.H. (2003), Reply to comment by F. Feser et al. on "Improved global maps and 54-year history of wind-work on ocean inertial motions", Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(22):doi:10.1029/2003GL018543.

Alford, M.H. (2003), Improved global maps and 54-year history of wind-work on ocean inertial motions, Geophys. Res. Let., 30(8), 1424, doi: 10.1029/2002GLO16614.

Alford, M.H. (2003), Internal swell: Distribution and redistribution of internal-wave energy, In P. Müller and D. Henderson, editors, Dynamics of Oceanic Internal Gravity Waves, II, Proceedings, 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop, University of Hawaii at Manoa, January 13-18, 2003, pages 29-40. Hawaii Institute of Geophysics.

Alford, M.H. (2001), Fine-structure contamination: Observations and a model of a simple two-wave case, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 9, 2645-2649.

Alford, M.H. (2001), Internal swell generation: The spatial distribution of energy flux from the wind to mixed-layer near-inertial motions, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31(8), 2359-2368.

Alford, M. and M.C. Gregg (2001), Near-inertial mixing: Modulation of shear, strain and microstructure at low latitude, J. Geophys. Res., 106(C8), 16,947-16,968.

Alford, M. and R. Pinkel (2000), Observations of overturning in the thermocline: The context of ocean mixing, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 805-832.

Alford, M. and R. Pinkel (2000), Patterns of turbulent and double diffusive phenomena: observations from a rapid-profiling microconductivity probe, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 833-854

Alford, M.H., M.C. Gregg and Muhammed Ilyas (1999), Diapycnal Mixing in the Banda Sea: Results of the first microstructure measurements in the Indonesian throughflow, Geophys. Res. Let., 26(17), 2741-2744.

Alford, M. and R. Pinkel (1999), Observations of fine-scale Richardson number, strain, and effective strain rate conditions accompanying overturning events in the thermocline, 'Aha Huliko'a Winter Workshop Proceedings.


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