Douglas S. Luther - Selected Publications

Reprints are available for most - send an email message to dluther@hawaii.edu to request copies.

Chave, A.D., D.S. Luther, and C.S. Meinen, 2004: Correction of motional electric field measurements for galvanic distortion. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 21(2), 317-330.

Meinen, C.S., D.S. Luther, D.R. Watts, A.D. Chave, and K.L. Tracey, 2003: Mean stream coordinates structure of the Subantarctic Front: Temperature, salinity, and absolute velocity. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C8) , 3263, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001545.

Rudnick, D. L. and 18 co-authors in alphabetical order, including D. S. Luther, 2003: From tides to mixing along the Hawaiian Ridge. Science, 301 (5631), 355-357.

Meinen, C. S., and D. S. Luther, 2003: Comparison of methods of estimating mean synoptic current structure in "stream coordinates" reference frames: Impact on structure, transport and dynamical inferences with an example from the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Deep-Sea-Res, Part I, 50, 201-220.

Merrifield, M.A., L. Yang and D. S. Luther, 2003: Numerical simulations of a storm generated island-trapped wave event at the Hawaiian Islands, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (C10), 3169, doi: 10.1029/2001JC001134.

Meinen, C.S., D. S. Luther, D. R. Watts, K. L. Tracey, A. D. Chave, and J. R. Richman, 2002: Combining Inverted Echo Sounder and Horizontal Electric Field Recorder measurements to obtain absolute velocity profiles, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 19, 1653-1664.

Finnigan, T.D., D.S. Luther & R. Lukas, 2002: Observations of enhanced diapycnal mixing near the Hawaiian Ridge, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 2988-3002.

Luther, D.S. and the HOME PIs, 1999: The Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment: Is the abyssal stratification maintained by tidalgenic mixing?, Proc., 11th `Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop, Univ. of Hawaii, January 19-22, l999, pp. 57-62.

Luther, D.S., S.R. Sweet, R. Whitmire, B.J. Kilonsky, and H. Dail, 1998: Archive of Rapidly-Sampled Hawaiian Sea Level (ARSHSL). JIMAR Technical Report 98-315, 19 pp.

Chave, A.D., D.S. Luther and J.H. Filloux, 1997: Observations of the boundary current system at 26.5N in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 1827-1848.

Luther, D. S, and the SAFDE PI's, 1997: The Sub-Antarctic Flux and Dynamics Experiment (SAFDE). WOCE Notes, 9(2), 8-12; and, International Woce Newsletter, #29, 32-35.

Luther, D.S., 1995: Waves trapped to discrete topography: existence and implications, Proc., 8th `Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop on the Interaction of Flow with Topography, Univ. of Hawaii, January 17-20, l995, pp. 43-56.

Johnson, E.S. and D.S. Luther, 1994: Mean Zonal Momentum Balance in the Upper Equatorial Pacific Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 7689-7705.

Miller, A.J., D.S. Luther and M.C. Hendershott, 1993: The fortnightly and monthly tides: Resonant Rossby waves or nearly equilibrium gravity waves? J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 879-897.

Luther, D.S. and A.D. Chave, 1993: Observing integrating variables in the ocean, Proc. 7th 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop on Statistical Methods in Physical Oceanography, Univ. of Hawaii, January 12-15, 1993, pp. 103-129.

Boyd, T.J., D.S. Luther, R.A. Knox and M.C. Hendershott, 1993: High frequency internal waves in the strongly sheared currents of the upper equatorial Pacific: Observations and a simple spectral model, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 18,089-18,107.

Luther, D.S., A.D. Chave and J.H. Filloux, 1993: Measuring North Atlantic Current volume and heat transports from the seafloor, In: The North Atlantic Current System: A Scientific Report (Workshop Proceedings), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 19-20 April, 1993, pp. 23-33.

Chave, A.D., D.S. Luther and J.H. Filloux, 1992: The barotropic electromagnetic and pressure experiment. 1. Barotropic current response to atmospheric forcing, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 9565-9593.

Poulain, P.-M., D.S. Luther and W.C. Patzert, 1992: Deriving inertial wave characteristics from surface drifter velocities: Frequency variability in the tropical Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 17947-17959.

Chave, A.D., D.S. Luther, L.J. Lanzerotti and L.V. Medford, 1992: Geoelectric field measurements on a planetary scale: Oceanic and geophysical applications, Geophys. Res. Lett., 19, 1411-1414.

Luther, D.S., J.H. Filloux and A.D. Chave, 1991: Low-frequency, motionally induced electromagnetic fields in the ocean; 2. Electric field and Eulerian current comparison, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 12797-12814.

Chave, A.D., D.S. Luther and J.H. Filloux, 1991: Variability of the wind stress curl over the North Pacific; Implications for the oceanic response, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 18361-18379.

Luther, D.S., A.D. Chave, J.H. Filloux and P.F. Spain, 1990: Evidence for local and nonlocal barotropic responses to atmospheric forcing during BEMPEX, Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 949-952.

Chave, A.D. and D.S. Luther, 1990: Low frequency, motionally-induced electro- magnetic fields in the ocean., Part 1: Theory, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 7185-7200.

Luther, D.S. and E.S. Johnson, 1990: Eddy energetics in the upper equatorial Pacific during the Hawaii-to-Tahiti shuttle experiment, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 913-944.

Harrison, D.E. and D.S. Luther, 1990: Surface winds from tropical Pacific islands - climatological statistics, J. Climate, 3, 251-271.

McNally, G.J., D.S. Luther and W.B. White, 1989: Sub-inertial frequency response of wind-driven currents in the mixed layer measured by drifting buoys in the midlatitude North Pacific, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 19, 290-300.

Halpern, D., R.A. Knox and D.S. Luther, 1988: Observations of 20-day period meridional current oscillations in the upper ocean along the Pacific equator, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 1514-1534.

Luther, D.S., A.D. Chave and J.H. Filloux, 1987: BEMPEX: A study of barotropic ocean currents and lithospheric electrical conductivity, EOS, 68, 618-619, 628-629.

Luther, D.S., 1985: Trapped waves around the Hawaiian Islands, Proc., `Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop on the Hawaiian Ocean Experiment, Univ. of Hawaii, January 21-24, l985, pp. 261-301.

Luther, D.S. and D.E. Harrison, 1984: Observing long-period fluctuations of surface winds in the tropical Pacific: Initial results from island data, Monthly Weather Review, 112, 285-302.

Luther, D.S., D.E. Harrison and R.A. Knox, 1983: Zonal winds in the central equatorial Pacific and El Nino, Science, 222, 327-330.

Luther, D.S., 1983: Why haven't you seen an ocean mode lately?, Ocean Modelling, 50, 1-6.

Luther, D.S., 1982: Evidence of a 4-6 day barotropic, planetary oscillation of the Pacific Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 12, 644-657.


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