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Publications

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2023

Todd, R.E., A.S. Ren (2023), Warming and lateral shift of the Gulf Stream from in situ observations since 2001, Nature Climate Change, doi: 10.1038/s41558-023-01835-w.

Mao, S., R. He, J. Bane, G. Gawarkiewicz, R.E. Todd (2023), A data-assimilative modeling investigation of Gulf Stream variability, Deep-Sea Res. Part II, 211, 105319, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105319.



2022

Jakoboski, J.*, R.E. Todd, W.B. Owens, K.B. Karnauskas, D.L. Rudnick (2022), Potential vorticity and instability in the equatorial undercurrent west of the Galápagos Archipelago, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 52(8), 1927-1943, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-21-0124.1. [link to article]

Seim, H., et al. (2022), Overview of the Processes driving Exchange At Cape Hatteras (PEACH) project, Oceanography, 35(2), 6-17, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2022.205. [link to article]



2021

Miles, T.N., et al. (2021), Uncrewed ocean gliders and saildrones support hurricane forecasting and research. Pp. 78–81 in Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Documenting Ecosystems, Understanding Environmental Changes, Forecasting Hazards. E.S. Kappel, S.K. Juniper, S. Seeyave, E. Smith, and M. Visbeck, eds, A Supplement to Oceanography 34(4), doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.02-28. [link to article]

Shroyer, E., et al. (2021), Bay of Bengal intraseasonal oscillations and the 2018 monsoon onset, Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., 102(10), E1936-E1951, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0113.1. [link to article]

Han, L., H. Seim, J. Bane, R.E. Todd, M. Muglia (2021), A shelf water cascading event near Cape Hatteras, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51(6), 2021-2033, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-20-0156.1. [link to article]

Todd, R.E. (2021), Gulf Stream mean and eddy kinetic energy: Three-dimensional estimates from underwater glider observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48(6), e2020GL090281, doi: 10.1029/2020GL090281. [link to article]

Rudnick, D.L., W.B. Owens, T.M.S. Johnston, K.B. Karnauskas, J. Jakoboski, R.E. Todd (2021), The equatorial current system west of the Galápagos Islands during the 2014-2016 El Niño as observed by underwater gliders, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51(1), 3-17, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-20-0064.1. [link to article]



2020

Karnauskas, K.B., J. Jakoboski, T.M.S. Johnston, W.B. Owens, D.L. Rudnick, R.E. Todd (2020), The Pacific equatorial undercurrent in three generations of global climate models and glider observations, J. Geophys. Res., 125, e2020JC016609, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016609. [link to article]

Heiderich, J.*, R.E. Todd (2020), Along-stream evolution of Gulf Stream volume transport, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50(8), 2251-2270, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0303.1. [link to article]

Todd, R.E. (2020), Export of Middle Atlantic Bight shelf waters near Cape Hatteras from two years of underwater glider observations, J. Geophys. Res., 125, e2019JC016006, doi: 10.1029/2019JC016006. [link to article]

Todd, R.E. (2020), Equatorial circulation in the western Indian Ocean during onset of the 2018 summer monsoon and links to the Bay of Bengal, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL087215, doi: 10.1029/2020GL087215. [link to article]

Jakoboski, J.*, R.E. Todd, W.B. Owens, K.B. Karnauskas, D.L. Rudnick (2020), Bifurcation and upwelling of the Equatorial Undercurrent west of the Galápagos Archipelago, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50, 887-905, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0110.1. [link to article]



2019

Goni, G.J., et al. (2019), More than 50 years of successful continuous temperature section measurements by the Global Expendable Bathythermograph Network, its integrability, societal benefits, and future, Front. Mar. Sci., 6:452, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00452. [link to article]

Domingues, R., et al. (2019), Ocean observations in support of studies and forecasts of tropical and extratropical cyclones, Front. Mar. Sci., 6:446, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00446. [link to article]

Subramanian, A., et al. (2019), Ocean observations to improve our understanding, modeling, and forecasting of subseasonal-to-seasonal variability, Front. Mar. Sci., 6:427, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00427. [link to article]

Todd, R.E., et al. (2019), Global perspectives on observing ocean boundary current systems, Front. Mar. Sci., 6:423, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00423. [link to article]

Testor, P., et al. (2019), OceanGliders: a component of the integrated GOOS, Front. Mar. Sci., 6:422, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00422. [link to article]

Szuts, Z.B., et al. (2019), The scientific and societal uses of global measurements of subsurface velocity, Front. Mar. Sci., 6:358, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00358. [link to article]

Gula, J., T.M. Blacic, R.E. Todd (2019), Submesoscale coherent vortices in the Gulf Stream, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 2704-2714, doi: 10.1029/2019GL081919. [link to article]



2018

Todd, R.E., T.G. Asher, J. Heiderich*, J.M. Bane, R.A. Luettich (2018), Transient response of the Gulf Stream to multiple hurricanes in 2017, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45(19), 10,509-10,519, doi: 10.1029/2018GL079180. [link to article]

Gawarkiewicz, G., R.E. Todd, W. Zhang, J. Partida, A. Gangopadhyay, M.-U.-H. Monim, P. Fratantoni, A.M. Mercer, M. Dent (2018), The changing nature of shelfbreak exchange revealed by the OOI Pioneer Array, Oceanography, 31(1), 60-70, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2018.110. [link to article]



2017

Goni, G.J, et al. (2017), Autonomous and Lagrangian ocean observations for Atlantic tropical cyclone studies and forecasts, Oceanography, 30(2), 92-103, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.227. [link to article]

Todd, R.E. and L. Locke-Wynn (2017), Underwater glider observations and the representation of western boundary currents in numerical models, Oceanography, 30(2), 88-89, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.225. [link to article]

Centurioni, L., et al. (2017), Northern Arabian Sea Circulation—autonomous research (NASCar): A research initiative based on autonomous sensors, Oceanography, 30(2), 74-87, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.224. [link to article]

Todd, R.E. (2017), High-frequency internal waves and thick bottom mixed layers observed by gliders in the Gulf Stream, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44(12), 6316-6325, doi: 10.1002/2017GL072580. [link to article]

Rudnick, D. L., K. D. Zaba, R. E. Todd, R. E. Davis (2017), A climatology of the California Current System from a network of underwater gliders, Prog. Oceanogr., 154, 64-106, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2017.03.002. [link to article]

Todd, R.E., D.L. Rudnick, J.T. Sherman, W.B. Owens, L. George (2017), Absolute velocity estimates from autonomous underwater gliders equipped with Doppler current profilers, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 34(2), 309-333, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0156.1. [link to article]



2016

Todd, R.E., W.B. Owens, D.L. Rudnick (2016), Potential vorticity structure in the North Atlantic western boundary current from underwater glider observations, J. Phys. Oceanog., 46(1), 327-348, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0112.1. [link to article]



2013

Cenedese, C., R.E. Todd, G.G. Gawarkiewicz, W.B. Owens, A.Y. Shcherbina (2013), Offshore transport of shelf waters through interaction of vortices with a shelfbreak current, J. Phys. Oceanog., 43(5), 905-919, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0150.1. [link to article]

Todd, R.E., G.G. Gawarkiewicz, W.B. Owens (2013), Horizontal scales of variability over the Middle Atlantic Bight shelf break and continental rise from finescale observations, J. Phys. Oceanog., 43(1), 222-230, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-099.1. [link to article]



2012

Gawarkiewicz, G.G., R.E. Todd, A.J. Plueddemann, M. Andres, J.P. Manning (2012), Direct interaction between the Gulf Stream and the shelfbreak south of New England, Sci. Rep., 2, 553, doi: 10.1038/srep00553. [link to article]

Todd, R.E., D.L. Rudnick, M.R. Mazloff, B.D. Cornuelle, R.E. Davis (2012), Thermohaline structure in the California Current System: observations and modeling of spice variance, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C02008, doi: 10.1029/2011JC007589. [link to article]



2011

Johnston, T.M.S., D.L. Rudnick, G.S. Carter, R.E. Todd, S.T. Cole (2011), Internal tidal beams and mixing near Monterey Bay, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C03017, doi: 10.1029/2010JC006592. [link to article]

Todd, R.E., D.L. Rudnick, M.R. Mazloff, R.E. Davis, B.D. Cornuelle (2011), Poleward flows in the southern California Current System: Glider observations and numerical simulation, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C02026, doi: 10.1029/2010JC006536. [link to article]

Todd, R.E., D.L. Rudnick, R.E. Davis, M.D. Ohman (2011), Underwater gliders reveal rapid arrival of El Niño effects off California’s coast, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L03609, doi: 10.1029/2010GL046376. [link to article]



2009

Todd, R.E., D.L. Rudnick, R.E. Davis (2009), Monitoring the greater San Pedro Bay region using autonomous underwater gliders during fall of 2006, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C06001, doi: 10.1029/2008JC005086. [link to article]