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Peer-reviewed publications: Reverse Chronological

  • Scannell, H, C Cai, L Thompson, D Whitt, DJ Gagne, R Abernathey (2024), Spatiotemporal Evolution of Marine Heatwaves Globally. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech. [doi]
  • Eddebbar, Y, D Whitt, A Verdy, M Mazloff, A Subramanian, M Long (2024), Eddy-Mediated Mixing of Oxygen in the Equatorial Pacific. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. [doi]
  • Fennel et al. (2023), Modeling considerations for research on Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement (OAE). In Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Research. State of the Planet. [doi]
  • Whitt, D.B. (2023), Global warming increases interannual and multidecadal variability of Subarctic Atlantic nutrients and biological production in the CESM1-LE. Geophys. Res. Lett. [doi]
  • Brett, G. J., D.B. Whitt, M. C. Long, F.O. Bryan, K. Feloy, K. J. Richards, (2023). Submesoscale effects on changes to export production under global warming. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. [doi]
  • Whitt, D. (2022). Rain impacts on the surface atmosphere and upper ocean in the central equatorial Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr. [doi]
  • Carroll, D, et al. (2022). Attribution of space-time variability in global-ocean dissolved inorganic carbon. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. [doi]
  • Whitt, D.B., D. Cherian, R. M. Holmes, S. Bachman, R-C. Lien, W. G. Large, J. N. Moum (2022). Simulation and scaling of the turbulent vertical heat transport and deep-cycle turbulence across the equatorial Pacific cold tongue. J. Phys. Oceanogr. [doi] [pdf] [LES data zip file] [LES data link] [MITgcm data link] [ROMS data link]
  • Nicholson, S., D. Whitt, I. Fer, M. Du Plessis, A. Lebehot, S. Swart, A. Sutton, and P. Monteiro (2022). Storms drive outgassing of CO2 in the subpolar Southern Ocean. Nature Communications. [doi]
  • Eddebbar, YE, AC Subramanian, D Whitt, MC Long, A Verdy, M Mazloff, M Merrifield (2021). Seasonal modulation of dissolved oxygen in the equatorial Pacific by Tropical Instability Vortices. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. [doi]
  • Foster, D., D. J. Gagne, D. B. Whitt (2021). Probabilistic Machine Learning Estimation of Ocean Mixed Layer Depth from Dense Satellite and Sparse In-Situ Observations. JAMES. [doi]. 2000-2017 mixed layer depths by the buoyancy gradient definition from the global CORA database [doi]
  • Brett, G. J., D.B. Whitt, M. C. Long, F.O. Bryan, K. Feloy, K. J. Richards, (2021). Sensitivity of 21st-century projected ocean new production changes to idealized biogeochemical model structure. Biogeosciences. [doi]
  • Richards, K.J., D.B. Whitt, G. Brett, F.O. Bryan, K. Feloy, M.C. Long, (2021). The impact of climate change on ocean submesoscale activity. J. Geophys. Res. [doi] [pdf]
  • Cherian, D., D.B. Whitt, R. M. Holmes, R.C. Lien, S. Bachman, W. G. Large, (2021). Off-equatorial deep cycle turbulence forced by Tropical Instability Waves in the equatorial Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr. [doi] [pdf]
  • Watkins, C. and D. Whitt (2020). Large-aspect-ratio structures in simulated ocean surface boundary layer turbulence under a hurricane. J. Phys. Oceanogr. [doi] [visualizations] [pdf] [figshare data website] [netcdf statistics data file]
  • Small, R. J., A. Duvivier, D. Whitt, M. Long, I. Grooms, W. Large (2020). On the control of subantarctic stratification by the ocean circulation. Climate Dynamics. [doi] [pdf]
  • Whitt, D. and M. Jansen (2020). Slower nutrient stream suppresses Subarctic Atlantic Ocean biological productivity in global warming. PNAS. [doi] [brief explainer] [seminar youtube]
  • Whitt, D. B., M. Levy, and J. R. Taylor (2019). Submesoscales enhance storm-driven vertical mixing of nutrients: insights from a biogeochemical large eddy simulation. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. [doi] [pdf] Supplemental Material: [pdf]
    Note some confusing typos: Key point 3: "grid spacings <2km" should read "grid spacings >2km".
    At various points when the wind work (Delta KE = the integral of tau dot u) is discussed (e.g. after (4) and in Fig. 5), the tau (τ) is misprinted as a left angled bracket (⟨).
  • Whitt, D. B., S. A. Nicholson, and M. M. Carranza (2019). Global impacts of subseasonal wind variability on ocean surface stress, buoyancy flux, and mixed layer depth. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. [doi] [pdf] Supplemental Material: [pdf] Scripts and Data: [github] Argo climatology of MLD based on Large et al. 97 buoyancy gradient definition: [mat file] [netcdf file] Mixed layer depths at each individual profile [doi]
  • Whitt, D. B. (2019), On the role of the Gulf Stream in the changing Atlantic nutrient circulation during the 21st century, in "Kuroshio Current: Physical, Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Dynamics," AGU-Wiley Geophysical Monograph Series. Edited by T. Nagai, H. Saito, K. Suzuki, and M. Takahashi. [pdf] [slides] [color figures] [doi]
  • Whitt, D. B., L. N. Thomas, J. Klymak, C. M. Lee, E. A. D'Asaro (2018). Interaction of super-inertial waves with submesoscale cyclonic filaments in the North Wall of the Gulf Stream. J. Phys. Oceanogr. [doi] [pdf]
  • Kimura, S., A. Jenkins, H. Regan, P. Holland, K. Assmann, D. Whitt, M. Van Wessem, W. J. van de Berg, C. Reijmer, P. Dutrieux (2017). Oceanographic controls on the variability of ice-shelf basal melting and circulation of glacial meltwater in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans [doi] [pdf]
  • Whitt, D. B. and J. R. Taylor (2017). Energetic submesoscales maintain strong mixed layer stratification during an autumn storm. J. Phys. Oceanogr. [pdf] [doi] [video][corrigendum, pdf]
  • Whitt, D. B., J. R. Taylor,and M. Levy (2017). Synoptic-to-planetary scale wind variability enhances phytoplankton biomass at ocean fronts. J. Geophys. Res.
    [doi][matlab code][simulation output]
  • Whitt, D. B., M. Levy, and J. R. Taylor (2017). Low-frequency and high-frequency oscillatory winds synergistically enhance nutrient entrainment and phytoplankton at fronts. J. Geophys. Res.
    [doi][matlab code]
  • Whitt, D. B. and L. N. Thomas (2015). Resonant generation and energetics of wind-forced near-inertial motions in a geostrophic flow. J. Phys. Oceanogr.
    [doi] [matlab code][AGU poster pdf][slides pdf]
  • Whitt, D. B. and L. N. Thomas (2013). Near-inertial waves in strongly baroclinic currents. J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
    [doi][presentation slides]
  • Whitt, D. B., M. Z. Jacobson, J. T. Wilkerson, A. D. Naiman, and S. K. Lele (2011), Vertical mixing of commercial aviation emissions from cruise altitude to the surface, J. Geophys. Res.
    [doi]

Submitted/In revision: Reverse Chronological

  • Small, R J, I. Cerovecki, D. Whitt (2024), Thermohaline and spatial distribution of SubAntarctic mode water formation and its relationship with deep winter mixed layers.
  • Suselj et al. (2024), Quantifying regional efficiency of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) via alkalinity enhancement using the ECCO-Darwin ocean biogeochemical state estimate and an idealized vertical 1-D model.