IN PRESS AND SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS

(1) Scott, R.B., B.K. Arbic, E.P. Chassignet, A.C. Coward, M. Maltrud, A. Srinivasan, and A. Varghese, 2009: Total kinetic energy in four global eddying ocean circulation models and over 5000 current meter records, in review for Ocean Modelling.
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(2) Arbic, B.K., A.J. Wallcraft, and E.J. Metzger, 2009: Concurrent simulation of the eddying general circulation and tides in a global ocean model, in review for a special issue of Ocean Modelling in memory of Peter Killworth
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Accompanying movie for Arbic, Wallcraft, Metzger manuscript (Steric and non-steric sea surface height near Hawaii)
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Accompanying movie for Arbic, Wallcraft, Metzger manuscript (Steric sea surface height for Pacific and Indian oceans)
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(3) Goff, J.A. and B.K. Arbic, 2009: Global prediction of abyssal hill roughness statistics for use in ocean models from digital maps of paleo-spreading rate, paleo-ridge orientation, and sediment thickness, in press for a special issue of Ocean Modelling in memory of Peter Killworth
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(4) Arbic, B.K. and C. Garrett, 2009: A coupled oscillator model of shelf and ocean tides, in press for a special "Tides in Marginal Seas" issue of Continental Shelf Research in memory of Alexei Nekrasov
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(5) Arbic, B.K., R.H. Karsten, and C. Garrett, 2009: On tidal resonance in the global ocean and the back-effect of coastal tides upon open-ocean tides, in press for a special issue of Atmosphere-Ocean in honor of Chris Garrett
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Figures for Atmosphere-Ocean paper by Arbic, Karsten, and Garrett
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(6) Cummins, P.F., R.H. Karsten, and B.K. Arbic, 2009: The semi-diurnal tide in Hudson Strait: A resonant channel oscillation, in review for a special issue of Atmosphere-Ocean in honor of Chris Garrett
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PUBLICATIONS BY SUBJECT AREA

TSUNAMIS

Smith, W.H.F., R. Scharroo, V.V. Titov, D. Arcas, and B.K. Arbic, 2005: Satellite altimeters measure tsunami: Early model estimates confirmed. Oceanography 18, 11-13.[pdf]

PALEOTIDES

Arbic, B.K., J.X. Mitrovica, D.R. MacAyeal, and G.A. Milne, 2008: On the factors behind large Labrador Sea tides during the last glacial cycle and the potential implications for Heinrich events. Paleoceanography 23, PA3211, doi:10.1029/2007PA001573. [pdf]

Arbic, B.K., D.R. MacAyeal, J.X. Mitrovica, and G.A. Milne, 2004: Ocean tides and Heinrich events. Nature 432, 460.[Link to article][Link to supplementary information]

FORWARD MODELING OF GLOBAL BAROTROPIC AND BAROCLINIC TIDES

Arbic, B.K., P. St-Laurent, G. Sutherland, and C. Garrett, 2007: On the resonance and influence of the tides in Ungava Bay and Hudson Strait. Geophysical Research Letters 34, L17606, doi:10.1029/2007GL030845. [pdf][Supplemental figure][Link to Nature Geoscience research highlight on this article]

Arbic, B.K., 2005: Atmospheric forcing of the oceanic semidiurnal tide. Geophysical Research Letters 32, L02610, doi:10.1029/2004GL021668. [pdf]

Arbic, B.K., S.T. Garner, R.W. Hallberg, and H.L. Simmons, 2004: The accuracy of surface elevations in forward global barotropic and baroclinic tide models. Deep-Sea Research II 51, 3069-3101. [pdf]

Simmons, H.L., R.W. Hallberg, and B.K. Arbic, 2004: Internal wave generation in a global baroclinic tide model. Deep-Sea Research II 51, 3043-3068. [pdf]

GEOSTROPHIC TURBULENCE AND OCEANIC MESOSCALE EDDIES

Arbic, B.K., J.F. Shriver, P.J. Hogan, H.E. Hurlburt, J.L. McClean, E.J. Metzger, R.B. Scott, A. Sen, O.M. Smedstad, and A.J. Wallcraft, 2009: Estimates of bottom flows and bottom boundary layer dissipation of the oceanic general circulation from global high-resolution models. Journal of Geophysical Research 114, C02024, doi:10.1029/2008JC005072. [pdf]

Scott, R.B., B.K. Arbic, C.L. Holland, A. Sen, and B. Qiu, 2008: Zonal versus meridional velocity variance in satellite observations and realistic and idealized ocean circulation models. Ocean Modelling 23, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.04.009, 102-112. [pdf]

Sen, A., R.B. Scott, and B.K. Arbic, 2008: Global energy dissipation rate of deep-ocean low-frequency flows by quadratic bottom boundary layer drag: Computations from current-meter data. Geophysical Research Letters 35, L09606, doi:10.1029/2008GL033407. [pdf]

Arbic, B.K., and R.B. Scott, 2008: On quadratic bottom drag, geostrophic turbulence, and oceanic mesoscale eddies. Journal of Physical Oceanography 38, 84-103. [pdf]

Arbic, B.K., G.R. Flierl, and R.B. Scott, 2007: Cascade inequalities for forced-dissipated geostrophic turbulence. Journal of Physical Oceanography 37, 1470-1487. [pdf] [pdf of corrigendum, which fixes printing error by publisher on line 27, left-hand column, page 1475 of original article: both "KE" subscripts should instead be "BC".]

Scott, R.B., and B.K. Arbic, 2007: Spectral energy fluxes in geostrophic turbulence: Implications for ocean energetics. Journal of Physical Oceanography 37, 673-688. [pdf]

Arbic, B.K., and G.R. Flierl, 2004: Baroclinically unstable geostrophic turbulence in the limits of strong and weak bottom Ekman friction: Application to mid-ocean eddies. Journal of Physical Oceanography 34, 2257-2273. [pdf]

Arbic, B.K., and G.R. Flierl, 2004: Effects of mean flow direction on energy, isotropy, and coherence of baroclinically unstable beta-plane geostrophic turbulence. Journal of Physical Oceanography 34, 77-93. [pdf]

Arbic, B.K., and G.R. Flierl, 2003: Coherent vortices and kinetic energy ribbons in asymptotic, quasi two-dimensional f-plane turbulence. Physics of Fluids 15, 2177-2189. [pdf]

CLIMATIC CHANGE IN THE OCEAN

Arbic, B.K., and W.B. Owens, 2001: Climatic warming of Atlantic intermediate waters. Journal of Climate 14, 4091-4108. [pdf]

Dickson, B., J. Hurrell, N. Bindoff, A. Wong, B. Arbic, W.B. Owens, S. Imakawi, and I. Yashayaev, 2001: The world during WOCE, in: Ocean Circulation and Climate, edited by G. Siedler, J. Church, and J. Gould, Academic Press, London, pp. 557-583.

UNDERGRADUATE THESIS PROJECT (PHYSICS)

Arbic, B.K., S. Hatamian, M. Skalsey, J. Van House, and W. Zheng, 1988: Angular correlation test of CPT in polarized positronium. Physical Review A 37, 3189-3194. [pdf]

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