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Zhao, Z. and M. H. Alford (2009), New altimetric estimates of mode-one M2 internal tides in the Central North Pacific Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39:1669-1684.
Zhao, Z., M. H. Alford, J. A. MacKinnon, and R. Pinkel (2010), Long-range
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M.H. Alford and M. Whitmont (2007), Seasonal and spatial variability of near-inertial kinetic energy from historical moored velocity records. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37(8), 2022-2037.
Martini, K.I., M.H. Alford, J.D. Nash, E. Kunze, and M.A. Merrifield (2007), Diagnosing a partly standing internal wave in Mamala Bay, Oahu. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, doi:10.1029/2007GL029749.
J.D. Nash, M.H. Alford, E. Kunze, K. Martini, and S. Kelly (2007), Hotspots of deep ocean mixing on the Oregon continental slope. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, doi:10.1029/2006GLO28170.
M.H. Alford and Z. Zhao (2007), Global patterns of low-mode internal-wave propagation, Part I: Energy and energy flux. J. Phys. Ocean., 37, 1829-1848.
M.H. Alford and Z. Zhao (2007), Global patterns of low-mode internal-wave propagation, Part II: Group velocity. J. Phys. Ocean., 37, 1849-1858.
J.P. Hosegood, M.C. Gregg and M.H. Alford (2006), Sub-mesoscale lateral density structure in the oceanic surface mixed layer. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33 (L22604) doi: 10.1029/2006GL026797.
Z. Zhao and M.H. Alford (2006), Source and propagation of internal solitary waves in the northeastern South China Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 111(C11012), doi: 10.1029/2006JC003644.
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.
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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
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