Bellerjeau, C., Alford, M. H., Le Boyer, A., Dematteis, G., Naveira Garabato, A., Voet, G., Couto, N., & Wynne‐Cattanach, B. L. (2025). Pathways to Turbulent Dissipation in a Submarine Canyon. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(7), e2024GL113526. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113526

Alford, M. H., Le Boyer, A., Ren, A. S., Voet, G., Bellerjeau, C., Whalen, C. B., Hall, B., & Couto, N. (2025). Observations of Turbulence Generated by a Near‐Inertial Wave Propagating Downward in an Anticyclonic Eddy. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(6), e2024GL114070. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL114070

Alford, M. H., Thode, A., Voet, G., Laferriere, A. B., Le Boyer, A., Couto, N., Souhrada, K., Bevans, D., Berkenpas, E., & Freeman, L. (2025). A 90-m-Tall Neutrally Buoyant Instrument Chain for Measuring Ocean Fine Structure in a Quasi-Lagrangian Reference Frame. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 42(4), 425–434. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-24-0111.1

Alford, M. H., Wynne-Cattanach, B., Le Boyer, A., Couto, N., Voet, G., Spingys, C. P., Fernandez Castro, B., Forryan, A., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Van Haren, H. (2025). Buoyancy Flux and Mixing Efficiency from Direct, Near-Bottom Turbulence Measurements in a Submarine Canyon. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 55(2), 97–118. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-24-0005.1

Mousadik, S. E., Ouillon, R., Muñoz-Royo, C., Slade, W., Pottsmith, C., Leeuw, T., Alford, M. H., Mikkelsen, O. A., & Peacock, T. (2024). In situ optical measurement of particles in sediment plumes generated by a pre-prototype polymetallic nodule collector. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 23894. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72991-y

Dematteis, G., Le Boyer, A., Pollmann, F., Polzin, K. L., Alford, M. H., Whalen, C. B., & Lvov, Y. V. (2024). Interacting internal waves explain global patterns of interior ocean mixing. Nature Communications, 15(1), 7468. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51503-6

Wynne-Cattanach, B. L., Couto, N., Drake, H. F., Ferrari, R., Le Boyer, A., Mercier, H., Messias, M.-J., Ruan, X., Spingys, C. P., Van Haren, H., Voet, G., Polzin, K., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Alford, M. H. (2024). Observations of diapycnal upwelling within a sloping submarine canyon. Nature, 630(8018), 884–890. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07411-2

Andriatis, A., Lenain, L., Alford, M. H., Winstead, N., & Geiman, J. (2024). Observations and Numerical Simulations of the Onset and Growth of Langmuir Circulations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 54(8), 1737–1763. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-24-0004.1

Burchard, H., Alford, M., Chouksey, M., Dematteis, G., Eden, C., Giddy, I., Klingbeil, K., Le Boyer, A., Olbers, D., Pietrzak, J., Pollmann, F., Polzin, K., Roquet, F., Saez, P. S., Swart, S., Umlauf, L., Voet, G., & Wynne-Cattanach, B. (2024). Linking Ocean Mixing and Overturning Circulation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(7), E1265–E1274. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0082.1

Ansong, J. K., Arbic, B. K., Nelson, A. D., Alford, M. H., Kunze, E., Menemenlis, D., Savage, A. C., Shriver, J. F., Wallcraft, A. J., & Buijsman, M. C. (2024). Surface and Sub‐Surface Kinetic Energy Wavenumber‐Frequency Spectra in Global Ocean Models and Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(6), e2023JC020480. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020480

Kontoyiannis, H., Pratt, L. J., Zervakis, V., Alford, M. H., Sofianos, S., & Theocharis, A. (2024). Current and density observations on a flow through a contraction and over a bottom elevation at the southern edge of the Cycladic Plateau in the Aegean Sea – East Mediterranean. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 106, 101460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2024.101460

Momeni, K., Ma, Y., Peltier, W. R., Menemenlis, D., Thakur, R., Pan, Y., Arbic, B. K., Skitka, J., & Alford, M. H. (2024). Breaking Internal Waves and Ocean Diapycnal Diffusivity in a High‐Resolution Regional Ocean Model: Evidence of a Wave‐Turbulence Cascade. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(6), e2023JC020509. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020509

Van Haren, H., Voet, G., Alford, M. H., Fernández-Castro, B., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Wynne-Cattanach, B. L., Mercier, H., & Messias, M.-J. (2024). Near-slope turbulence in a Rockall canyon. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 206, 104277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104277

Marques, O. B., Alford, M. H., Pinkel, R., MacKinnon, J. A., Voet, G., Klymak, J. M., & Nash, J. D. (2024). Observations of Tidally Driven Turbulence over Steep, Small-Scale Topography Embedded in the Tasman Slope. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 54(2), 601–615. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0038.1

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Voet, G., Waterhouse, A., Savage, A., Kunze, E., MacKinnon, J., Alford, M., Colosi, J., Simmons, H., Klenz, T., Kelly, S., Moum, J., Whalen, C., Lien, R.-C., & Girton, J. (2024). Near-Inertial Energy Variability in a Strong Mesoscale Eddy Field in the Iceland Basin. Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2024.302

Le Boyer, A., Couto, N., Alford, M. H., Drake, H. F., Bluteau, C. E., Hughes, K. G., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Moulin, A. J., Peacock, T., Fine, E. C., Mashayek, A., Cimoli, L., Meredith, M. P., Melet, A., Fer, I., Dengler, M., & Stevens, C. L. (2023). Turbulent diapycnal fluxes as a pilot Essential Ocean Variable. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1241023. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1241023

DeFilippis, J. P., Cornuelle, B. D., Lucas, A. J., Hodgkiss, W. S., Lenain, L., Kuperman, W. A., & Alford, M. H. (2023). Observations and simulations of caustic formation due to oceanographic fine structure. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154(3), 1372–1388. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020830

Gutiérrez Brizuela, N., Alford, M. H., Xie, S.-P., Sprintall, J., Voet, G., Warner, S. J., Hughes, K., & Moum, J. N. (2023). Prolonged thermocline warming by near-inertial internal waves in the wakes of tropical cyclones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(26), e2301664120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301664120

Masunaga, E., Alford, M. H., Lucas, A. J., & Freudmann, A. R.-M. (2023). Numerical Simulations of Internal Tide Dynamics in a Steep Submarine Canyon. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53(11), 2669–2686. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0040.1

Voet, G., Alford, M. H., Cusack, J. M., Pratt, L. J., Girton, J. B., Carter, G. S., Klymak, J. M., Tan, S., & Thurnherr, A. M. (2023). Energy and Momentum of a Density-Driven Overflow in the Samoan Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53(6), 1429–1452. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0220.1

Brizuela, N. G., Johnston, T. M. S., Alford, M. H., Asselin, O., Rudnick, D. L., Moum, J. N., Thompson, E. J., Wang, S., & Lee, C. (2023). A Vorticity‐Divergence View of Internal Wave Generation by a Fast‐Moving Tropical Cyclone: Insights From Super Typhoon Mangkhut. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128(5), e2022JC019400. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019400

Cimoli, L., Mashayek, A., Johnson, H. L., Marshall, D. P., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Whalen, C. B., Vic, C., de Lavergne, C., Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J. A., & Talley, L. D. (2023). Significance of Diapycnal Mixing Within the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. AGU Advances, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022AV000800

Alford, M. H., Nash, J. D., & Buijsman, M. (2023). Tidally Forced Turbulent Dissipation on a Three-Dimensional Fan in Luzon Strait. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53(1), 177–193. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0117.1

Zilberman, N. V., Thierry, V., King, B., Alford, M., Andre, X., Balem, K., Briggs, N., Chen, Z., Cabanes, C., Coppola, L., Dall’Olmo, G., Desbruyeres, D., Fernandez, D., Foppert, A., Gardner, W., Gasparin, F., Hally, B., Hosoda, S., Johnson, G. C., … van Wijk, E. M. (2023). Observing the full ocean volume using Deep Argo floats. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1287867

Arbic, B. K., Elipot, S., Brasch, J. M., Menemenlis, D., Ponte, A. L., Shriver, J. F., Yu, X. L., Zaron, E. D., Alford, M. H., Buijsman, M. C., Abernathey, R., Garcia, D., Guan, L. X., Martin, P. E., & Nelson, A. D. (2022). Near-Surface Oceanic Kinetic Energy Distributions From Drifter Observations and Numerical Models. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 127(10), 30. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jc018551

Muñoz-Royo, C., Ouillon, R., El Mousadik, S., Alford, M. H., & Peacock, T. (2022). An in situ study of abyssal turbidity-current sediment plumes generated by a deep seabed polymetallic nodule mining preprototype collector vehicle. Science Advances, 8(38), eabn1219. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abn1219

Thakur, R., Arbic, B. K., Menemenlis, D., Momeni, K., Pan, Y., Peltier, W. R., Skitka, J., Alford, M. H., & Ma, Y. (2022). Impact of Vertical Mixing Parameterizations on Internal Gravity Wave Spectra in Regional Ocean Models. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(16). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099614

Waterhouse, A. F., Hennon, T., Kunze, E., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Pinkel, R., Simmons, H., Whalen, C. B., Fine, E. C., Klymak, J., & Hummon, J. M. (2022). Global Observations of Rotary-With-Depth Shear Spectra. Journal of Physical Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0015.1

Tan, S., Pratt, L. J., Voet, G., Cusack, J. M., Helfrich, K. R., Alford, M. H., Girton, J. B., & Carter, G. S. (2022). Hydraulic control of flow in a multi-passage system connecting two basins. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 940, 32. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.212

Fine, E. C., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Middleton, L., Taylor, J., Mickett, J. B., Cole, S. T., Couto, N., Le Boyer, A., & Peacock, T. (2022). Double Diffusion, Shear Instabilities, and Heat Impacts of a Pacific Summer Water Intrusion in the Beaufort Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(2), 189–203. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-21-0074.1

Boury, S., Supekar, R., Fine, E. C., Musgrave, R., Mickett, J. B., Voet, G., Odier, P., Peacock, T., MacKinnon, J. A., & Alford, M. H. (2022). Observations of Double Diffusive Staircase Edges in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018906

Wynne‐Cattanach, B. L., Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J. A., & Voet, G. (2022). Measurements of Turbulence Generated by Wake Eddies Near a Steep Headland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC018674

van Haren, H., Voet, G., Alford, M. H., & Torres, D. J. (2022). Internal wave breaking near the foot of a steep East-Pacific continental slope. Progress in Oceanography, 205, 102817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102817

Ouillon, R., Muñoz-Royo, C., Alford, M. H., & Peacock, T. (2022). Advection–diffusion settling of deep-sea mining sediment plumes. Part 2. Collector plumes. Flow, 2, E23. https://doi.org/10.1017/flo.2022.19

Ouillon, R., Muñoz-Royo, C., Alford, M. H., & Peacock, T. (2022). Advection-diffusion-settling of deep-sea mining sediment plumes. Part 1: Midwater plumes. Flow, 2, E22. https://doi.org/10.1017/flo.2022.20

Mashayek, A., Cael, B. B., Cimoli, L., Alford, M. H., & Caulfield, C. P. (2022). A physical–statistical recipe for representation of small-scale oceanic turbulent mixing in climate models. Flow, 2, E24. https://doi.org/10.1017/flo.2022.16

Franks, P. J. S., Inman, B. G., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., & Waterhouse, A. F. (2021). Oceanic turbulence from a planktonic perspective. Limnology and Oceanography, 16. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11996

Couchman, M. M. P., Wynne-Cattanach, B., Alford, M. H., Caulfield, C. C. P., Kerswell, R. R., MacKinnon, J. A., & Voet, G. (2021). Data-driven identification of turbulent oceanic mixing from observational microstructure data. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(23), 10. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gl094978

Mashayek, A., Caulfield, C. P., & Alford, M. H. (2021). Goldilocks mixing in oceanic shear-induced turbulent overturns. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 928, 32. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.740

Le Boyer, A., & Alford, M. H. (2021). Variability and sources of the internal wave continuum examined from global moored velocity records. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(9), 2807–2823. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-20-0155.1

Middleton, L., Fine, E. C., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., & Taylor, J. R. (2021). Estimating dissipation rates associated with double diffusion. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(15), 13. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gl092779

Munoz-Royo, C., Peacock, T., Alford, M. H., Smith, J. A., Le Boyer, A., Kulkarni, C. S., Lermusiaux, P. F. J., Haley, P. J., Mirabito, C., Wang, D., Adams, E. E., Ouillon, R., Breugem, A., Decrop, B., Lanckriet, T., Supekar, R. B., Rzeznik, A. J., Gartman, A., & Ju, S.-J. (2021). Extent of impact of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes is influenced by sediment loading, turbulence and thresholds. Nature: Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00213-8

Wang, D. Y., Adams, E. E., Munoz-Royo, C., Peacock, T., & Alford, M. H. (2021). Effect of crossflow on trapping depths of particle plumes: laboratory experiments and application to the PLUMEX field experiment. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 21(4), 741–757. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-021-09795-5

Sanford, T. B., Ma, B. B., & Alford, M. H. (2021). Stalling and dissipation of a near-inertial wave (NIW) in an anticyclonic ocean eddy: Direct determination of group velocity and comparison with theory. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 126(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc016742

MacKinnon, J. A., Simmons, H. L., Hargrove, J., Thomson, J., Peacock, T., Alford, M. H., Barton, B. I., Boury, S., Brenner, S. D., Couto, N., Danielson, S. L., Fine, E. C., Graber, H. C., Guthrie, J., Hopkins, J. E., Jayne, S. R., Jeon, C., Klenz, T., Lee, C. M., … Wood, K. R. (2021). A warm jet in a cold ocean. Nature Communications, 12(1), 2418. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22505-5

Zeiden, K. L., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Rudnick, D. L., Voet, G., & Wijesekera, H. (2021). Broadband submesoscale vorticity generated by flow around an island. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(4), 1301–1317. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-20-0161.1

Hamann, M. M., Alford, M. H., Lucas, A. J., Waterhouse, A. F., & Voet, G. (2021). Turbulence driven by reflected internal tides in a supercritical submarine canyon. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(2), 591–609. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-20-0123.1

Marques, O. B., Alford, M. H., Pinkel, R., MacKinnon, J. A., Klymak, J. M., Nash, J. D., Waterhouse, A. F., Kelly, S. M., Simmons, H. L., & Braznikov, D. (2021). Internal tide structure and temporal variability on the reflective continental slope of southeastern Tasmania. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(2), 611–631. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-20-0044.1

Fine, E. C., Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J. A., & Mickett, J. B. (2021). Microstructure mixing observations and finescale parameterizations in the Beaufort Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(1), 19–35. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-19-0233.1

Le Boyer, A., Alford, M. H., Couto, N., Goldin, M., Lastuka, S., Goheen, S., Nguyen, S., Lucas, A. J., & Hennon, T. D. (2021). Modular, Flexible, Low-Cost Microstructure Measurements: The Epsilometer. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38(3), 657–668. https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0116.1