Publications

Mudd, K. C., Ho, A., Amador, A., Lodise, J., Behrens, J., & Merrifield, S. T. (2024). Wind velocity estimates from wave observing platforms. Coastal Engineering Journal, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/21664250.2024.2321660
Lodise, J., Merrifield, S., Collins, C., Behrens, J., & Terrill, E. (2024). Performance of ERA5 wind speed and significant wave height within Extratropical cyclones using collocated satellite radar altimeter measurements. Coastal Engineering Journal, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/21664250.2023.2301181
Behrens, J., Olfe, C., Cameron, G., Bucciarelli, R., Timmerman, R., Wright, D., Lodise, J., Merrifield, S., & Terrill, E. (2024). Coastal Data Information Program: advances in measuring and modeling wave activity, climate, and extremes. Coastal Engineering Journal, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/21664250.2024.2308021
Collins, C. O., Dickhudt, P., Thomson, J., de Paolo, T., Otero, M., Merrifield, S., Terrill, E., Schonau, M., Braasch, L., Paluszkiewicz, T., & Centurioni, L. (2024). Performance of moored GPS wave buoys. Coastal Engineering Journal, 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/21664250.2023.2295105
Young, R., Merrifield, S., Anderson, M., Mazloff, M., & Terrill, E. (2024). A Greedy Depth-Seeking Behavior for Energy-Efficient Transits by an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2024.3429610
Cook, T. M., Terrill, E. J., Garcia-Moreno, C., & Merrifield, S. T. (2023). Observations of Ionospheric Clutter at Near Equatorial High Frequency Radar Stations. Remote Sensing, 15(3), 603. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15030603
Yan, J., Cook, T., Ho, A., Otero, M., Rogowski, P. A., Siegelman, M., Terrill, E., & Merrifield, S. (2023). PyPlume: A toolkit for rapid ocean surface transport assessments. Environmental Modelling & Software, 168, 105783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105783
Skyllingstad, E. D., Samelson, R. M., Simmons, H., Laurent, L. S., Merrifield, S., Klenz, T., & Centuroni, L. (2023). Boundary Layer Energetics of Rapid Wind and Wave Forced Mixing Events. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53(8), 1887–1900. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0150.1
Ho, A., Merrifield, S., & Pizzo, N. (2023). Wave–Tide Interaction for a Strongly Modulated Wave Field. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53(3), 915–927. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0166.1
Amador, A., Merrifield, S. T., & Terrill, E. J. (2023). Assessment of Atmospheric and Oceanographic Measurements from an Autonomous Surface Vehicle. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 40(3), 305–326. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0060.1
McCarthy, R. A., Merrifield, S. T., Sarkar, J., & Terrill, E. J. (2023). Reduced-Order Machine-Learning Model for Transmission Loss Prediction in Underwater Acoustics. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1109/JOE.2023.3291004
Ferris, L., Gong, D. L., Clayson, C. A., Merrifield, S., Shroyer, E. L., Smith, M., & St Laurent, L. (2022). Shear Turbulence in the High-Wind Southern Ocean Using Direct Measurements. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(10), 2325–2341. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-21-0015.1
Ferris, L., Gong, D. L., Merrifield, S., & St Laurent, L. (2022). Contamination of Finescale Strain Estimates of Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation by Frontal Physics. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39(5), 619–640. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-21-0088.1
Lodise, J., Merrifield, S., Collins, C., Rogowski, P., Behrens, J., & Terrill, E. (2022). Global Climatology of Extratropical Cyclones From a New Tracking Approach and Associated Wave Heights From Satellite Radar Altimeter. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018925
Rogowski, P., Merrifield, S., Collins, C., Hesser, T., Ho, A., Bucciarelli, R., Behrens, J., & Terrill, E. (2021). Performance assessments of hurricane wave hindcasts. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9070690
Behrens, J., Timmerman, R., Terrill, E., Merrifield, S., & Jensen, R. (2021). CDIP observations of recent extreme wave conditions on U.S. coasts. Shore & Beach, 41–45. https://doi.org/10.34237/1008925
Kumar, N., Lerczak, J. A., Xu, T. T., Waterhouse, A. F., Thomson, J., Terrill, E. J., Swann, C., Suanda, S. H., Spydell, M. S., Smit, P. B., Simpson, A., Romeiser, R., Pierce, S. D., de Paolo, T., Paloczy, A., O’Dea, A., Nyman, L., Moum, J. N., Moulton, M., … Ahn, S. (2021). The Inner-Shelf Dynamics Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(5), E1033–E1063. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-19-0281.1
Celona, S., Merrifield, S. T., de Paolo, T., Kaslan, N., Cook, T., Terrill, E. J., & Colosi, J. A. (2021). Automated detection, classification, and tracking of internal wave signatures using X-band radar in the inner shelf. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38(4), 789–803. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-20-0129.1
Collins, C., Hesser, T., Rogowski, P., & Merrifield, S. (2021). Altimeter observations of tropical cyclone-generated sea states: Spatial analysis and operational hindcast evaluation. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9020216
Ardhuin, F., Otero, M., Merrifield, S., Grouazel, A., & Terrill, E. (2020). Ice breakup controls dissipation of wind waves across Southern Ocean sea ice. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(13). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl087699
Simmons, H. L., Powell, B. S., Merrifield, S. T., Zedler, S. E., & Colin, P. L. (2019). Dynamical downscaling of equatorial flow response to Palau. Oceanography, 32(4), 84–91. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.414
St Laurent, L., Ijichi, T., Merrifield, S. T., Shapiro, J., & Simmons, H. L. (2019). Turbulence and vorticity in the wake of Palau. Oceanography, 32(4), 102–109. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.416
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
Merrifield, S. T., Schramek, T. A., Celona, S., Boas, A. B. V., Colin, P. L., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Typhoon-forced waves around a western Pacific island nation. Oceanography, 32(4), 56–65. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.411
Merrifield, S. T., Colin, P. L., Cook, T., Garcia-Moreno, C., MacKinnon, J. A., Otero, M., Schrnmek, T. A., Siegeman, M., Simmons, H. L., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Island wakes observed from high-frequency current mapping radar. Oceanography, 32(4), 92–101. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.415
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
Rogowski, P., Merrifield, S., Ding, L., Terrill, E., & Gesiriech, G. (2019). Robotic mapping of mixing and dispersion of augmented surface water in a drought frequent reservoir. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods. https://doi.org/10.1002/lom3.10326
Boas, A. B. V., Ardhuin, F., Ayet, A., Bourassa, M. A., Brandt, P., Chapron, B., Cornuelle, B. D., Farrar, J. T., Fewings, M. R., Fox-Kemper, B., Gille, S. T., Gommenginger, C., Heimbach, P., Hell, M. C., Li, Q., Mazloff, M. R., Merrifield, S. T., Mouche, A., Rio, M. H., … van Sebille, E. (2019). Integrated observations of global surface winds, currents, and waves: Requirements and challenges for the next decade. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00425
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
Cimino, M. A., Anderson, M., Schramek, T., Merrifield, S., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Towards a fishing pressure prediction system for a Western Pacific EEZ. Scientific Reports, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36915-x
Merrifield, S., Otero, M., & Terrill, E. (2018). Observations of Shelf Exchange and High-Frequency Variability in an Alaskan Fjord. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 123(7), 4720–4734. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc013931
St Laurent, L., & Merrifield, S. (2017). Measurements of Near-Surface Turbulence and Mixing from Autonomous Ocean Gliders. Oceanography, 30(2), 116–125. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.231
Mashayek, A., Ferrari, R., Merrifield, S., Ledwell, J. R., St Laurent, L., & Garabato, A. N. (2017). Topographic enhancement of vertical turbulent mixing in the Southern Ocean. Nature Communications, 8(1), 14197. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14197
Merrifield, S. T., Laurent, L. St., Owens, B., Thurnherr, A. M., & Toole, J. M. (2016). Enhanced Diapycnal Diffusivity in Intrusive Regions of the Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(4), 1309–1321. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0068.1
Ferrari, R., Merrifield, S. T., & Taylor, J. R. (2015). Shutdown of convection triggers increase of surface chlorophyll. Journal of Marine Systems, 147, 116–122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.02.009
Klocker, A., Ferrari, R., Lacasce, J. H., & Merrifield, S. T. (2012). Reconciling float-based and tracer-based estimates of lateral diffusivities. Journal of Marine Research, 70(4), 569–602. https://doi.org/10.1357/002224012805262743
Merrifield, S. T., Kelley, D. H., & Ouellette, N. T. (2010). Scale-Dependent Statistical Geometry in Two-Dimensional Flow. Physical Review Letters, 104(25), 254501. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.254501
Merrifield, M. A., Merrifield, S. T., & Mitchum, G. T. (2009). An Anomalous Recent Acceleration of Global Sea Level Rise. Journal of Climate, 22(21), 5772–5781. https://doi.org/10.1175/2009jcli2985.1