Publications

Soloviev, A., and R. Lukas, 2006: The Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean. Springer, 572 pp.

Kessler, W.S., R.E. Davis, K. Takeuchi and R. Lukas, 2001: The Pacific Basin Extended Climate Study. In: Observing the Ocean for the 21st Century, C.J. Koblinsky and N.R. Smith (eds), Melbourne, Australia: Uniprint Pty. Ltd.

Send, U., R. Weller, S. Cunningham, C. Eriksen, T. Dickey, M. Kawabe, R. Lukas, M. McCartney and S. Osterhus, 2001: Oceanographic Timeseries Observatories. In: Observing the Ocean for the 21st century. C. Koblinsky and N. Smith, eds., Melbourne, Australia: Uniprint Pty. Ltd.

Lukas, R., 2001: Pacific Equatorial Currents. In: Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, J.H. Steele, S.A. Thorpe, and K.A. Turekian, eds., Academic Press, London.

Winn, C.D., R. Lukas, D. Hevel, C. Carrillo, R. Letelier and D.M. Karl, 1993: The Hawaii Ocean Time-series program: Resolving variability in the North Pacific. In: Recent Advances in marine Science and Technology. N. Saxena, ed., 139-150.

Lindstrom, E., J. Butt, R. Lukas and S. Godfrey, 1990: The flow through Vitiaz Strait and St. George's Channel, Papua New Guinea. in The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 171-189.

Lukas, R., 1990: Freshwater Input to the Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean and Air-Sea Interaction. Air-Sea Interaction in Tropical Western Pacific: Proceedings of US-PRC International TOGA Symposium, 1988 Beijing. C. Jiping and J.A. Young, eds., China Ocean Press, China, 305–327.

Bradley, F. and R. Lukas, 1999: COARE'98: Proceedings of a conference on the TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE). WCRP-107, WMO/TD-No. 940. World Climate Research Programme/World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 416 pp.

Lukas, R., T. Yamagata, and J. McCreary, guest eds., 1996: Pacific Low-Latitude Western Boundary Currents. Special section of J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), Vol. 101, No. C5.

Lukas, R., P. Webster and J. Picaut, guest eds., 1991: Oceanography and Meteorology of the Western Pacific Warm Pool: Papers from the Western Pacific International Meeting and Workshop on TOGA/COARE. J. Geophys. Res., 96, Supplement to JGR-Atmospheres and -Oceans, 313 pp.

Picaut, J., R. Lukas and T. Delcroix, eds., 1989: Proceedings of the Western Pacific International Meeting and Workshop on TOGA COARE, Noumea, New Caledonia, 24–30 May, ORSTOM/Nouméa, New Caledonia, 833 pp.

Lukas, R. and P. Webster, eds., 1988: Proceedings of the U.S. TOGA Western Pacific Air-Sea Interaction Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii 16–18 September 1987. U.S. TOGA Rept. USTOGA-8, U. Corp. Atmos. Res., 207 pp.

Stammer, D., S. Park, A. Kohl, R. Lukas and F. Santiago-Mandujano, 2006: Large-Scale Hydrographic Changes at the Hawaii Ocean Time-series Station. J. Phys. Oceanogr., submitted.

Mehta, V., Y. Kushnir, J. Lean, D. Legler, R. Lukas, A Proshutinsky, H. von Storch, P. Schopf and W. White, 2006: The CRCES Workshop on decadal climate variability. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 87, 1223-1225.

Corno, G., D.M. Karl, M.J. Church, R.M. Letelier, R. Lukas, R.R. Bidigare and M.R. Abbott, 2006: The impact of climate forcing on ecosystem processes in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. J. Geophys. Res., in press.

Feng, M., R. Lukas, P. Hacker, A. Pluedemann, and R. Weller, 2004: Upper ocean momentum balances in the western equatorial Pacific on the intraseasonal time scale. Deep-Sea Res. I, 52, 749-765.

Han, W., P.J. Webster, R.B. Lukas, P.W. Hacker, and A. Hu, 2004: Impact of atmospheric intraseasonal variability in the equatorial Indian Ocean: low-frequency rectification in equatorial surface current and transport. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1350--1372.

Weller, R.A., F. Bradley and R. Lukas, 2004: The interface or air-sea flux component of the TOGA Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment and its impact on subsequent air-sea interaction studies. J. Oceanic Atmos. Tech., 21, 223-257.

Dore, J.E., R. Lukas, D.W. Sadler, and D.M. Karl, 2003: Climate-driven changes to the atmospheric CO2 sink in the subtropical North Pacific Ocean. Nature, 424, 754 - 757 (14 August 2003); doi:10.1038/nature01885.

Lagerloef, G., R. Lukas, F. Bonjean, J. Gunn, G. Mitchum, M. Bourassa, A.J. Busalacchi, 2003: El Niño Tropical Pacific Ocean surface current and temperature evolution in 2002 and outlook for early 2003. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1514, doi:10.1029/2003GL017096.

Ioualalen, M., R. Lukas, G. Eldin, and Y. Gouriou, 2003: Some aspects of the southern Pacific subtropical overturning cell (STC) during WESPALIS-1 cruise in Oct./Nov. 1999, Geophy. Res. Lett., 30, 1400, doi:10.1029/2002GL016683, pp. 53-1 – 53-4.

Soloviev, A. and R. Lukas, 2003: Observation of wave-enhanced turbulence in the near-surface layer of the ocean during TOGA COARE. Deep-Sea Res I., 50, 371-395. doi:10.1016/S0967-0637(03)00004-9.

Qu, T. and R. Lukas, 2003: The bifurcation of the North Equatorial Current in the Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33, 5-18.

Lomas, M.W., N.R. Bates, A.H. Knap, D.M. Karl, R. Lukas, M.R. Landry, R.R. Bidigare and D.K. Steinberg, 2002: Modernization of Our Understanding of Oceanic Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Functioning. Eos, 83, 559; 566-567.

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

Soloviev, A., R. Lukas and H. Matsuura, 2002: Sharp frontal interfaces in the near-surface layer of the tropical ocean. J. Marine Systems (Special Issue on Oceanic Fronts), 37(1-3), 47-68.

P.J. Webster, E.F. Bradley, C.W. Fairall, J.S. Godfrey, P. Hacker, R.A. Houze Jr., R. Lukas, Y. Serra, J.M. Hummon, T.D.M. Lawrence, C.A. Russell, M.N. Ryan, K. Sahami, and P. Zuidema, 2002: JASMINE: The Field Phase. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 83, 1603-1630.

Karl, D.M., J.E. Dore, R. Lukas, A.F. Michaels, N.R. Bates and A. Knap, 2001: Building the long-term picture: The U.S. JGOFS time-series programs. Oceanography, 14, 6-17.

Wang, B., R. Wu, R. Lukas, and S.I. An, 2001: A possible mechanism for ENSO turnabout. In "Dynamics of Atmospheric General Circulation and Climate", Ed. IAP/ Academia Sinica, China Meteor. Press. pp. 552-578.

Lukas, R., 2001: Freshening of the Upper Thermocline in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre Associated With Decadal Changes of Rainfall. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3485-3488.

Lukas, R. and F. Santiago-Mandujano, 2001: Extreme Water Mass Anomaly Observed in the Hawaii Ocean Time-series. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2931-2934.

Meehl, G.A., R. Lukas, G.N. Kiladis, K.M. Weickmann, A.J. Mathews and M. Wheeler, 2001: A conceptual framework for time and space scale interactions in the climate system. Climate Dynamics, 17, 753-775.

Soloviev, A., R. Lukas and P. Hacker, 2001: An approach to parameterization of the oceanic turbulent boundary layer in the western Pacific warm pool. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 4421-4435.

Feng, M., R. Lukas and P. Hacker, 2001: Spin-up of a sub-mesoscale eddy in the TOGA COARE Intensive Flux Array during the spin-down of an intense eastward jet. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 711-724.

Lukas, R., F. Santiago-Mandujano, F. Bingham and A. Mantyla, 2001: Cold bottom water events observed in the Hawaii Ocean time-series: Implications for vertical mixing. Deep-Sea Res. I, 48 (4), 995-1021.

Letelier, R.M, D.M. Karl, M.R. Abbott, P. Flament, M. Freilich, R. Lukas and T. Strub, 2000: Role of late winter mesoscale events in the biogeochemical variability of the upper water column of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 105, No. C12, p. 28,723-28,740.

Feng, M., P. Hacker, R. Lukas, R. Weller and S.P. Anderson, 2000: Upper ocean heat and salt balances in the western equatorial Pacific in response to the intraseasonal oscillation during TOGA COARE. J. Climate, 13, 2409-2427.

Wang, B., R. Wu and R. Lukas, 2000: Annual adjustment of the thermocline in the tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Climate, 13, 596-616.

Soloviev, A., R. Lukas, and P. Hacker, 2000: Horizontal structure of the upper ocean velocity and density fields in the western equatorial Pacific warm pool. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 416-432.

Potemra, J.T., and R. Lukas, 1999: Seasonal to interannual modes of sea level variability in the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 365-368.

Wang, B., R. Wu and R. Lukas, 1999: Roles of the western North Pacific wind variation in thermocline adjustment and ENSO phase transition. J. Met. Soc. Japan, 77, 1-16.

Lagerloef, G.S.E., G.T. Mitchum, R. Lukas, P.P. Niiler, 1998: Tropical Pacific Near Surface Currents Estimated From Altimeter, Wind and Drifter Data. J. Geophys. Res., 104 (C10), 23, 313-23, 326.

Soloviev, A., R. Lukas, P. Hacker, H. Schoeberlein, M. Baker, and A. Arjannikov, 1998: A near-surface microstructure sensor system used during TOGA COARE. Part II: Turbulence measurements. J. Atmos. Oceanic. Tech.,16, 1598-1618.

Feng, M., P. Hacker and R. Lukas, 1998: Upper ocean heat and salt balances in response to a westerly wind burst in the western equatorial Pacific during TOGA COARE. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 10,289-10,311.

Feng, M., M.A. Merrifield, R. Pinkel, P. Hacker, A.J. Plueddemann, E. Firing, R. Lukas and C. Eriksen, 1998: Semidiurnal tides observed in the western equatorial Pacific during the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 10,253-10,272.

Lagerloef, G.S.E., R. Lukas, R.A. Weller, and S.P. Anderson, 1998: Pacific warm pool sea surface temperature regulation as indicated by a stochastic model and TOGA COARE measurements. J. Climate, 11, 2297-2309.

Godfrey, J.S., R.A. Houze, Jr., R.H. Johnson, R. Lukas, J.-L. Redelsperger, A. Sumi and R. Weller, 1998: Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE): An interim report. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 14,395-14,450.

Soloviev, A., R. Lukas, S. DeCarlo, J. Snyder, A. Arjannikov, V. Turenko, M. Baker and D. Khlebnikov, 1998: A near-surface microstructure sensor system used during TOGA COARE. Part I: Bow measurements. J. Atm. Ocean. Tech., 15(2), 563-578.

Potemra, J.T., R. Lukas and G. Mitchum, 1997: Large-scale estimation of transport from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 27,795-27,812.

Huyer, A.J., P.M. Kosro, P. Hacker, and R. Lukas, 1997: Upper ocean thermohaline fields near 2°S, 156°E, during the Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment, November 1992 to February 1993. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 12,749–12,784.

Soloviev, A. and R. Lukas, 1997: Observation of large diurnal warming events in the near-surface layer of the western equatorial Pacific warm pool. Deep-Sea Res. I, 44, 1055–1076.

Soloviev, A. and R. Lukas, 1997: Sharp frontal interfaces in the near-surface layer of the ocean in the western equatorial Pacific warm pool. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 999–1017.

Soloviev, A. and R. Lukas, 1996: Observation of spatial variability of diurnal thermocline and rain-formed halocline in the western Pacific warm pool. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2529-2538.

Anderson, S.P., R.A. Weller, and R. Lukas, 1996: Surface buoyancy forcing and the mixed layer of the western Pacific warm pool: Observations and 1-D model results. J. Climate, 9, 3056-3085.

Lukas, R., T. Yamagata, and J. McCreary, 1996: Pacific Low-Latitude Western Boundary Currents. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 12,209–12,216.

Qiu, B. and R. Lukas, 1996: Seasonal and interannual variability of the North Equatorial Current, the Mindanao Current and the Kuroshio along the Pacific Western Boundary. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 12,315-12,330.

Lukas, R. and F. Santiago-Mandujano, 1996: Interannual variability of Pacific Deep and Bottom Waters observed in the Hawaii Ocean Time-series. Deep-Sea Res. II, 43, 243-255.

Kennan, S.C. and R. Lukas, 1996: Saline intrusions in the intermediate waters north of Oahu, Hawaii. Deep-Sea Res. II, 43, 215-241.

Karl, D.M. and R. Lukas, 1996: The Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT) Program: Background, rationale and field implementation. Deep-Sea Res. II, 43, 129-156.

Bingham, F.M. and R. Lukas, 1996: Seasonal cycles of temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen observed in the Hawaii Ocean Time-series. Deep-Sea Res. II, 43, 199-213.

Bingham, F.M. and R. Lukas, 1995: The distribution of intermediate water in the western equatorial Pacific during January-February, 1986. Deep-Sea Res. II, 42, 1545-1573.

Lukas, R., P.J. Webster, M. Ji, and A. Leetmaa, 1995: The large-scale context for the TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 56, 3-16.

Shinoda, T. and R. Lukas, 1995: Lagrangian mixed layer modeling of the western equatorial Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 2523-2541.

Fine, R.A., R. Lukas, F.M. Bingham, M.J. Warner, and R.H. Gammon, 1994: The western equatorial Pacific is a water mass crossroads. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 25063-25080.

Bingham, F. and R. Lukas, 1994: The Southward Intrusion of North Pacific Intermediate Water along the Mindanao Coast. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 24, 141-154.

Donohue, K.A., M. Wimbush, X. Zhu, S.M. Chiswell, R. Lukas, L. Miller, and H.E. Hurlburt, 1994: Five years’ central Pacific sea level from in situ array, satellite altimeter and numerical model. Atmos.-Ocean, 32, 495-506.

Webster, P. J. and R. Lukas, 1992: TOGA COARE: The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 73, 1377-1416.

Lukas, R., P. Webster and J. Picaut, 1991: Papers from the Western Pacific international Meeting and Workshop on TOGA/COARE. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3123–3124.

Lukas, R., E. Firing, P. Hacker, P.L. Richardson, C.A. Collins, R. Fine, and R. Gammon, 1991: Observations of the Mindanao Current During the Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study (WEPOCS). J Geophys. Res., 96, 7089–7104.

Lukas, R. and E. Lindstrom, 1991: The Mixed Layer of the Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 96(suppl.), 3343–3357.

Mitchum, G.T. and R. Lukas, 1990: Westward Propagation of Annual Sea Level and Wind Signals in the Western Pacific Ocean. J. Climate, 3(10), 1102-1110.

Chiswell, S.M. and R. Lukas, 1990: Reply to Comment on Rossby-Gravity Waves in the Central Equatorial Pacific Ocean During the NORPAX Hawaii-to-Tahiti Shuttle Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 95(C1), 807.

Wimbush, M., S.M. Chiswell, R. Lukas and K.A. Donohue, 1990: Stability of Inverted Echo Sounder Sensitivity to Dynamic Height Through ENSO and Anti-ENSO Conditions in the Central Equatorial Pacific. IEEE J. of Ocean. Tech., 15, 380–383.

Tsuchiya, M., R. Lukas, R.A. Fine, E. Firing and E. Lindstrom, 1989: Source Waters of the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent. Prog. Oceanogr., 23, 101–147.

Joyce, T.M., R. Lukas and E. Firing, 1989: On the Hydrostatic Balance and Equatorial Geostrophy, Deep-Sea Res., 35, 1255–1257.

Chiswell, S.M. and R. Lukas, 1989: Rossby-gravity waves in the Central Equatorial Pacific Ocean during the NORPAX Hawaii-to-Tahiti Shuttle Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 2091–2098.

Chiswell, S.M. and R. Lukas, 1989: The low-frequency drift of Paroscientific pressure transducers. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 6(3), 389–395.

Chiswell, S. M. and R. Lukas, 1989: Rossby-gravity waves in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean during the NORPAX Hawaii-to-Tahiti Shuttle Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 94, 2091–2098.

Lukas, R., 1988: Interannual fluctuations of the Mindanao Current inferred from sea level. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 6744–6748.

Chiswell, S.M., M. Wimbush and R. Lukas, 1988: Comparison of dynamic height measurements from an inverted echo sounder and an island tide gauge in the central Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 2277–2283.

Lindstrom, E., R. Lukas, R. Fine, E. Firing, S. Godfrey, G. Meyers, and M. Tsuchiya, 1987: The Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study. Nature, 330, 533–537.

Mitchum, G. and R. Lukas, 1987: The latitude-frequency structure of Pacific sea level variance. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 17, 2362–2365.

Lukas, R., 1987: Horizontal Reynolds stresses in the central equatorial Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 92, 9453–9463.

McCreary, J.P. and R. Lukas, 1986: The Response of the Equatorial Ocean to a Moving Wind Field. J. Geophys. Res., 91, 11,691–11,705.

Lukas, R., 1986: The termination of the Equatorial Undercurrent in the eastern Pacific. Prog. Oceanogr., 16, 63–90.

Firing, E. and R. Lukas, 1985: Sampling and aliasing during the NORPAX Tahiti Shuttle Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 90(C6), 11,709–11,718.

Lukas, R. and E. Firing, 1985: The annual Rossby wave in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15, 55–67.

Lukas, R., S. P. Hayes, and K. Wyrtki, 1984: Equatorial sea level response during the 1982–83 El Niño. J. Geophys. Res., 89, 10,425–10,430.

Lukas, R. and E. Firing, 1984: The geostrophic balance of the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent, Deep-Sea Res., 31, 61–66.

Firing, E., R. Lukas, J. C. Sadler, and K. Wyrtki, 1983: Equatorial Undercurrent disappears during 1982–83 El Niño. Science, 222, 1121–1123.

Woodcock, A. and R. Lukas, 1983: Comments concerning "Convection Patterns in a Pond". Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 64, 274–279.

National Research Council, 2006: A Review of the Draft Ocean Research Priorities Plan: Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 64 pp.(committee member and contributing author)

National Research Council, 2000: Illuminating the Hidden Planet: The Future of Seafloor Observatory Science. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 135 pp. (committee member and contributing author)

National Research Council, 1999: Global Ocean Science: Toward an Integrated Approach. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 165 pp. (committee member and contributing author)

CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group, 1998: CLIVAR Initial Implementation Plan. ICPO #14, WMO/TD #869, WCRP #103, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 314 pp. (panel member and contributing author)

National Research Council, 1998: A Scientific Strategy for U.S. Participation in the GOALS (Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System) Component of the CLIVAR (Climate Variability and Predictability) Programme. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 69 pp. (panel member and contributing author)

National Research Council, 1996: Learning to Predict Climate Variations Associated with El Niño and the Southern Oscillation: Accomplishments and Legacies of the TOGA Program. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 171 pp., (panel member and contributing author)

National Research Council, 1995: A Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program and NASA's Mission to Planet Earth/Earth Observing System. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 96 pp. (Contributing author)

National Research Council, 1994: Review of US Planning for the Global Ocean Observing System. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 25 pp. (Committee member, editorial contributions)

National Research Council, 1994: Ocean-Atmosphere Observations Supporting Short-Term Climate Predictions. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 51 pp. (Panel member and contributing author)

National Research Council, 1994: GOALS: Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System for Predicting Seasonal-to-Interannual Climate. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 103 pp. (Panel member and contributing author)

National Research Council, 1990: TOGA: A Review of Progress and Future Opportunities. National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 66 pp. (Panel member and contributing author)