Publications

Note: Authors in italics are students supervised by C.L.P. Wolfe.

REFEREED

  1. Zhang, W., and C.L.P. Wolfe, 2024: Inferring tracer diffusivity from coherent mesoscale eddies. J. Adv. Model. Earth Sys., 16 (4), e2023MS004 004, doi:10.1029/2023ms004004. (pdf)
  2. Zhang, W., S.M. Griffies, R.W. Hallberg, Y.-H. Kuo, and C.L.P. Wolfe, 2024: The role of surface potential vorticity in the vertical structure of mesoscale eddies in wind-driven ocean circulations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., doi:10.1175/jpo-d-23-0203.1.
  3. Chang, E. K., C.L.P. Wolfe, A.L. Stewart, and J.C. McWilliams, 2023: Comments on “Horizontal gravity disturbance vector in atmospheric dynamics” by Peter C. Chu. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 103, 101 382, doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2023.101382. (pdf)
  4. Chi, L., C.L.P. Wolfe, and S. Hameed, 2023: Reconsidering the relationship between Gulf Stream transport and dynamic sea level at U.S. East Coast. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50 (9), e2022GL102 018, doi:10.1029/2022GL102018. (pdf, supplement)
  5. Chang, E.K.M., and C.L.P. Wolfe, 2022: The “horizontal” components of real gravity are not relevant to ocean dynamics. Sci. Rep., 12, 6027, doi:10.1038/s41598-022-09967-3. (pdf, supplement)
  6. Zhang, W., and C.L.P. Wolfe, 2022: On the vertical structure of oceanic mesoscale tracer diffusivities. J. Adv. Model. Earth. Sys., 14, e2021MS002891, doi:10.1029/2021MS002891. (pdf)
  7. Wu, X., K.A. Reed, C.L.P. Wolfe, G.M. Marques, S.D. Bachman, and F.O. Bryan, 2021: The dependence of tropical modes of variability on zonal asymmetry. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48 (17), e2021GL093 966, doi:10.1029/2021GL093966. (pdf, supplement)
  8. Hameed, S., C.L.P. Wolfe, and L. Chi, 2021: Icelandic Low and Azores High migrations impact Florida Current transport in winter. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51 (10), 3135–3147, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0108.1. (pdf, supplement, animation 1, animation 2)
  9. Chi, L., C.L.P. Wolfe, and S. Hameed, 2021: Has the Gulf Stream slowed or shifted in the altimetry era?. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48 (14), e2021GL093113, doi:10.1029/2021GL093113. (pdf, supplement)
  10. Wu, X., K.A. Reed, C.L.P. Wolfe, G.M. Marques, S.D. Bachman, and F.O. Bryan, 2021: Coupled Aqua and Ridge plants in the Community Earth System Model, J. Adv. Model. Earth Sci., 13 (4), e2020MS002418, doi:10.1029/2020MS002418. (pdf)
  11. Bire, S., and C.L.P. Wolfe, 2021: The role of eddies in the zonal and meridional overturning circulations of buoyancy-forced basins. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51 (2), 575–590, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0025.1. (pdf)
  12. Adamczak, S.K., W.A. McLellan, A.J. Read, C.L.P. Wolfe, and L. H. Thorne, 2020: The impact of temperature at depth on estimates of thermal habitat of short-finned pilot whales. Marine Mammal Science, 37 (1), 193–206, doi:10.1111/mms.12737.
  13. Huang, Y., C.L.P. Wolfe, J. Zhang, and J.-Q. Zhong, 2020: Streaming controlled by meniscus shape. J. Fluid Mech., 895, A1, doi:10.1017/jfm.2020.281.
  14. Zhang, W., C.L.P. Wolfe, and R, Abernathey, 2020: Role of surface-layer coherent eddies in potential vorticity transport in quasigeostrophic turbulence driven by eastward shear. Fluids, 5, 2, doi:10.3390/fluids5010002.
  15. Chi, L., S. Hameed, and C.L.P. Wolfe, 2019: Comments on “Reconstruction of the Gulf Stream from 1940 to the Present and Correlation with the North Atlantic Oscillation”, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 49 (10), 2731–2734, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-19-0096.1.
  16. Chi, L., C.L.P. Wolfe, and S. Hameed, 2019: The distinction between the Gulf Stream and its North Wall, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, doi:10.1029/2019GL083775.
  17. Pinardi, N., P. Cessi, F. Borile, and C.L.P. Wolfe, 2019: The Mediterranean Sea overturning circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 49 (7), 1699–1721. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-18-0254.1.
  18. C.L.P. Wolfe, S. Hameed, and L. Chi, 2019: On the drivers of decadal variability of the Gulf Stream North Wall.  J. Climate, 32 (4), 1235–1249. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0212.1.
  19. Bire, S., and C.L.P. Wolfe, 2018: The role of eddies in buoyancy-driven eastern boundary currents. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 48 (12), 2829–2850. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-18-0040.1.
  20. Hameed, S., C.L.P. Wolfe, and L. Chi, 2018: Impact of the Atlantic Meridional Mode on Gulf Stream North Wall position. J. Climate, 31 (21), 8875–8894. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0098.1.
  21. Chi, L., C.L.P. Wolfe, and S. Hameed, 2018: Intercomparison of the Gulf Stream in ocean reanalyses: 1993–2010. Ocean Modell., 125, 1–21, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2018.02.008.
  22. Wolfe, C.L., P. Cessi, and B.D. Cornuelle, 2017: An intrinsic mode of interannual variability in the Indian Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 47 (3), 701–719, doi:10.1175/jpo-d-16-0177.1.
  23. Wolfe, C.L., and P. Cessi, 2015: Multiple regimes and low-frequency variability in the quasi-adiabatic overturning circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45 (6), 1690–1708, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-14-0095.1.
  24. Wolfe, C.L., 2014: Approximations to the ocean’s residual circulation in arbitrary tracer coordinates. Ocean Modell., 75, 20–35, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.12.004.
  25. Wolfe, C.L., and P. Cessi, 2014: Salt feedback in the adiabatic overturning circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 44 (4), 1175–1194, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-13-0154.1.
  26. Young, W.R., and C.L. Wolfe, 2014: Generation of ripples by shear-flow instability. J. Fluid Mech., 739, 276–307, doi:10.1017/jfm.2013.617.
  27. Cessi, P., and C.L. Wolfe, 2013: Adiabatic eastern boundary currents. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 43 (6), 1127–1149, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-12-0211.1.
  28. Norwood, A., E. Kalnay, K. Ide, S.-C. Yang, and C. Wolfe, 2013: Lyapunov, singular and bred vectors in a multi-scale system: an empirical exploration of vectors related to instabilities. J. Phys. A: Math. Theor., 46 (25), 254 021, doi:10.1088/1751-8113/46/25/254021.
  29. Wolfe, C.L., and P. Cessi, 2011: The adiabatic pole-to-pole overturning circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41 (9), 1795–1810, doi:10.1175/2011JPO4570.1.
  30. Cessi, P., C.L. Wolfe, and B. C. Ludka, 2010: Eastern-boundary contribution to the residual and meridional overturning circulations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40 (9), 2075–2090, doi:10.1175/2010JPO4426.1.
  31. Wolfe, C.L., and P. Cessi, 2010: What sets the strength of the mid-depth stratification and overturning circulation in eddying ocean models? J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40 (7), 1520–1538, doi:10.1175/2010JPO4393.1.
  32. Cessi, P., and C.L. Wolfe, 2009: Eddy-driven buoyancy gradients on eastern boundaries and their role in the thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39 (7), 1595–1614, doi:10.1175/2009JPO4063.1.
  33. Wolfe, C.L., and P. Cessi, 2009: Overturning in an eddy-resolving model: The effect of the pole-to-pole temperature gradient. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39 (1), 125–142, doi:10.1175/2008JPO3991.1.
  34. Wolfe, C.L., P. Cessi, J. L. McClean, and M. E. Maltrud, 2008: Vertical heat flux in eddying ocean models. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L23 605, doi:10.1029/2008GL036138.
  35. Wolfe, C.L., and R.M. Samelson, 2008: Singular vectors and time-dependent normal modes of a baroclinic wave-mean oscillations. J. Atmos. Sci., 65 (3), 875–894, doi:10.1175/2007JAS2364.1.
  36. Wolfe, C.L., and R.M. Samelson, 2007: An efficient method for recovering Lyapunov vectors from singular vectors. Tellus, 59A (3), 355–366, doi:10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00234.x.
  37. Wolfe, C.L., and C. Cenedese, 2006: Laboratory experiments on eddy generation by a buoyant coastal current flowing over variable bathymetry. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36 (3), 395–411, doi:10.1175/JPO2857.1.
  38. Wolfe, C.L., and R.M. Samelson, 2006: Normal-mode analysis of a baroclinic wave-mean oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 63 (11), 2795–2812, doi:10.1175/JAS3788.1.
  39. Samelson, R.M., and C.L. Wolfe, 2003: A nonlinear baroclinic wave-mean oscillation with multiple normal-mode instabilities. J. Atmos. Sci., 60 (9), 1186–1199, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2003)060<1186:ANBWOW>2.0.CO;2.