Hale, M. L., Merrifield, M. A., Clemesha, R. E. S., Gershunov, A., Guirguis, K., Benmarhnia, T., Dorman, C., & Iacobellis, S. F. (2024). Mean Summer Land Temperatures in the Southern California Coastal Zone: Connections With Ocean Processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(14), e2023JD040188. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040188

Barnes, A. T., Becker, J. M., Tagarino, K. A., O’Reilly, W. C., Siegelman, M., Thompson, P. R., & Merrifield, M. A. (2024). Rising sea levels and the increase of shoreline wave energy at American Samoa. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 5163. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55636-y

Azouri, A., Roeber, V., Guiles, M. D., Merrifield, M., Becker, J., & Luther, D. S. (2024). Computations of energetic nearshore waves: Are weakly dispersive phase-resolving models telling the same story? Coastal Engineering, 194, 104625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104625

Adusumilli, S., Cirrito, N., Engeman, L., Fiedler, J. W., Guza, R. T., Lange, A. M. Z., Merrifield, M. A., O’Reilly, W., & Young, A. P. (2024). Predicting Shoreline Changes Along the California Coast Using Deep Learning Applied to Satellite Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation, 1(3), e2024JH000172. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JH000172

Lange, A. M. Z., Fiedler, J. W., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2024). Free Infragravity Waves on the Inner Shelf: Observations and Parameterizations at Two Southern California Beaches. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(8), e2023JC020378. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020378

Stevenson, S., Cobb, K. M., Merrifield, M., Powell, B., Sanchez, S., Nusbaumer, J., O’Connor, G., & Atwood, A. (2023). Contrasting Central Equatorial Pacific Oxygen Isotopic Signatures of the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 El Niño Events. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(21), e2023GL104454. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104454

Byrne, S. M., Merrifield, M. A., Carter, M. L., Cayan, D. R., Flick, R. E., Gershunov, A., & Giddings, S. N. (2023). Southern California winter precipitation variability reflected in 100-year ocean salinity record. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00803-8

Sangsefidi, Y., Barnes, A., Merrifield, M., & Davani, H. (2023). Data-driven analysis and integrated modeling of climate change impacts on coastal groundwater and sanitary sewer infrastructure. Sustainable Cities and Society, 99, 104914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104914

Lange, A. M. Z., Fiedler, J. W., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2023). UAV video-based estimates of nearshore bathymetry. Coastal Engineering, 185, 104375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104375

Kim, L. N., Brodie, K. L., Cohn, N. T., Giddings, S. N., & Merrifield, M. (2023). Observations of beach change and runup, and the performance of empirical runup parameterizations during large storm events. Coastal Engineering, 184, 104357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104357

Siegelman, M. N., Firing, E., Merrifield, M. A., Becker, J. M., & Musgrave, R. C. (2023). Near-Inertial Surface Currents around Islands. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53(2), 433–455. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0310.1

Sangsefidi, Y., Bagheri, K., Davani, H., & Merrifield, M. (2023). Data analysis and integrated modeling of compound flooding impacts on coastal drainage infrastructure under a changing climate. Journal of Hydrology, 616, 128823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128823

Ludka, B. C., Young, A. P., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., & Merrifield, M. A. (2023). Alongshore variability of a southern California beach, before and after nourishment. Coastal Engineering, 179, 104223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104223

University of North Carolina Wilmington, Bresnahan, P., Briggs, E., Davis, B., Rodriguez, A., Edwards, L., Peach, C., Renner, N., Helling, H., & Merrifield, M. (2023). A Low-Cost, DIY Ultrasonic Water Level Sensor for Education, Citizen Science, and Research. Oceanography, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.101

Ray, R. D., Merrifield, M. A., & Woodworth, P. L. (2022). Wave setup at the Minamitorishima tide gauge. Journal of Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-022-00659-0

Henderson, C. S., Fiedler, J. W., Merrifield, M. A., Guza, R. T., & Young, A. P. (2022). Phase resolving runup and overtopping field validation of SWASH. Coastal Engineering, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104128

Lange, A. M. Z., Fiedler, J. W., Becker, J. M., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2022). Estimating runup with limited bathymetry. Coastal Engineering, 172, 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2021.104055

Anderson, D. L., Ruggiero, P., Mendez, F. J., Barnard, P. L., Erikson, L. H., O’Neill, A. C., Merrifield, M., Rueda, A., Cagigal, L., & Marra, J. (2021). Projecting climate dependent coastal flood risk with a hybrid statistical dynamical model. Earths Future, 9(12), 24. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021ef002285

Eddebbar, Y. A., Subramanian, A. C., Whitt, D. B., Long, M. C., Verdy, A., Mazloff, M. R., & Merrifield, M. A. (2021). Seasonal modulation of dissolved oxygen in the equatorial Pacific by tropical instability vortices. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(11), e2021JC017567. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017567

Merrifield, M. A., Johnson, M., Guza, R. T., Fiedler, J. W., Young, A. P., Henderson, C. S., Lange, A. M. Z., O’Reilly, W. C., Ludka, B. C., Okihiro, M., Gallien, T., Pappas, K., Engeman, L., Behrens, J., & Terrill, E. (2021). An early warning system for wave-driven coastal flooding at Imperial Beach, CA. Natural Hazards, 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04790-x

Long, X. Y., Widlansky, M. J., Spillman, C. M., Kumar, A., Balmaseda, M., Thompson, P. R., Chikamoto, Y., Smith, G. A., Huang, B. H., Shin, C. S., Merrifield, M. A., Sweet, W. V., Leuliette, E., Annamalai, H. S., Marra, J. J., & Mitchum, G. (2021). Seasonal forecasting skill of sea-level anomalies in a multi-model prediction framework. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 126(6). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc017060

Thompson, P. R., Widlansky, M. J., Hamlington, B. D., Merrifield, M. A., Marra, J. J., Mitchum, G. T., & Sweet, W. (2021). Rapid increases and extreme months in projections of United States high-tide flooding. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01077-8

Young, A. P., Guza, R. T., Matsumoto, H., Merrifield, M. A., O’Reilly, W. C., & Swirad, Z. M. (2021). Three years of weekly observations of coastal cliff erosion by waves and rainfall. Geomorphology, 375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107545

Cagigal, L., Rueda, A., Anderson, D., Ruggiero, P., Merrifield, M. A., Montano, J., Coco, G., & Mendez, F. J. (2020). A multivariate, stochastic, climate-based wave emulator for shoreline change modelling. Ocean Modelling, 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2020.101695

Hamlington, B. D., Gardner, A. S., Ivins, E., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Reager, J. T., Trossman, D. S., Zaron, E. D., Adhikari, S., Arendt, A., Aschwanden, A., Beckley, B. D., Bekaert, D. P. S., Blewitt, G., Caron, L., Chambers, D. P., Chandanpurkar, H. A., Christianson, K., Csatho, B., Cullather, R. I., … Willis, M. J. (2020). Understanding of contemporary regional sea-level change and the implications for the future. Reviews of Geophysics, 58(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019rg000672

Fiedler, J. W., Young, A. P., Ludka, B. C., O’Reilly, W. C., Henderson, C., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2020). Predicting site-specific storm wave run-up. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04178-3

Clark, S. J., Becker, J. M., Merrifield, M. A., & Behrens, J. (2020). The Influence of A Cross-Reef Channel On the Wave-Driven Setup and Circulation at Ipan, Guam. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 125(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015722

Amador, A., Arzeno, I. B., Giddings, S. N., Merrifield, M. A., & Pawlak, G. (2020). Cross-shore structure of tidally-driven alongshore flow over rough bathymetry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, n/a(n/a), e2020JC016264. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc016264

Jacox, M. G., Alexander, M. A., Siedlecki, S., Chen, K., Kwon, Y. O., Brodie, S., Ortiz, I., Tommasi, D., Widlansky, M. J., Barrie, D., Capotondi, A., Cheng, W., Di Lorenzo, E., Edwards, C., Fiechter, J., Fratantoni, P., Hazen, E. L., Hermann, A. J., Kumar, A., … Rykaczewski, R. (2020). Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of North American coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments. Progress in Oceanography, 183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102307

Long, X. Y., Widlansky, M. J., Schloesser, F., Thompson, P. R., Annamalai, H., Merrifield, M. A., & Yoon, H. (2020). Higher sea levels at Hawaii caused by strong El Nino and weak trade winds. Journal of Climate, 33(8), 3037–3059. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-19-0221.1

Yao, Y., Zhang, Q. M., Becker, J. M., & Merrifield, M. A. (2020). Boussinesq modeling of wave processes in field fringing reef environments. Applied Ocean Research, 95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2019.102025

Lundesgaard, O., Winsor, P., Truffer, M., Merrifield, M., Powell, B., Statscewich, H., Eidam, E., & Smith, C. R. (2020). Hydrography and energetics of a cold subpolar fjord: Andvord Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula. Progress in Oceanography, 181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102224

Andres, M., Siegelman, M., Hormann, V., Musgrave, R. C., Merrifield, S. T., Rudnick, D. L., Merrifield, M. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., Wijesekera, H. W., MacKinnon, J. A., Centurioni, L., Nash, J. D., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Eddies, topography, and the abyssal flow by the Kyushu-Palau Ridge near Velasco Reef. Oceanography, 32(4), 46–55. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.410

Johnston, T. M. S., MacKinnon, J. A., Colin, P. L., Haley, P. J., Lermusiaux, P. F. J., Lucas, A. J., Merrifield, M. A., Merrifield, S. T., Mirabito, C., Nash, J. D., Ou, C. Y., Siegeiman, M., Terrill, E. J., & Waterhouse, A. F. (2019). Energy and momentum lost to wake eddies and lee waves generated by the north equatorial current and tidal flows at Peleliu, Palau. Oceanography, 32(4), 110–125. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.417

Siegelman, M., Merrifield, M. A., Firing, E., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., Wijesekera, H. W., Schramek, T. A., Zeiden, K. L., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Observations of near-inertial surface currents at Palau. Oceanography, 32(4), 74–83. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.413

Schramek, T. A., Cornuelle, B. D., Gopalakrishnan, G., Colin, P. L., Rowley, S. J., Merrifield, M. A., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Tropical western Pacific thermal structure and its relationship to ocean surface variables: A numerical state estimate and forereef temperature records. Oceanography, 32(4), 156–163. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.421

Gove, J. M., Whitney, J. L., McManus, M. A., Lecky, J., Carvalho, F. C., Lynch, J. M., Li, J. W., Neubauer, P., Smith, K. A., Phipps, J. E., Kobayashi, D. R., Balagso, K. B., Contreras, E. A., Manuel, M. E., Merrifield, M. A., Polovina, J. J., Asner, G. P., Maynard, J. A., & Williams, G. J. (2019). Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(48), 24143–24149. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907496116

Woodworth, P. L., Melet, A., Marcos, M., Ray, R. D., Woppelmann, G., Sasaki, Y. N., Cirano, M., Hibbert, A., Huthnance, J. M., Monserrat, S., & Merrifield, M. A. (2019). Forcing factors affecting sea level changes at the coast. Surveys in Geophysics, 40(6), 1351–1397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-019-09531-1

Capotondi, A., Jacox, M., Bowler, C., Kavanaugh, M., Lehodey, P., Barrie, D., Brodie, S., Chaffron, S., Cheng, W., Dias, D. F., Eveillard, D., Guidi, L., Iudicone, D., Lovenduski, N. S., Nye, J. A., Ortiz, I., Pirhalla, D., Buil, M. P., Saba, V., … Pesant, S. (2019). Observational needs supporting marine ecosystems modeling and forecasting: From the global ocean to regional and coastal systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00623

Piecuch, C. G., Thompson, P. R., Ponte, R. M., Merrifield, M. A., & Hamlington, B. D. (2019). What caused recent shifts in tropical Pacific decadal sea-level trends? Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015339

Cazenave, A., Hamlington, B., Horwath, M., Barletta, V. R., Benveniste, J., Chambers, D., Doll, P., Hogg, A. E., Legeais, J. F., Merrifield, M., Meyssignac, B., Mitchum, G., Nerem, S., Pail, R., Palanisamy, H., Paul, F., von Schuckmann, K., & Thompson, P. (2019). Observational requirements for long-term monitoring of the global mean sea level and its components over the altimetry era. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00582

Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., Merrifield, M. A., Flick, R. E., Bak, A. S., Hesser, T., Bucciarelli, R., Olfe, C., Woodward, B., Boyd, W., Smith, K., Okihiro, M., Grenzeback, R., Parry, L., & Boyd, G. (2019). Sixteen years of bathymetry and waves at San Diego beaches. Scientific Data, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0167-6

Ray, R. D., & Merrifield, M. A. (2019). The semiannual and 4.4-year modulations of extreme high tides. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(8), 5907–5922. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015061

Ponte, R. M., Carson, M., Cirano, M., Domingues, C. M., Jevrejeva, S., Marcos, M., Mitchum, G., van de Wal, R. S. W., Woodworth, P. L., Ablain, M., Ardhuin, F., Ballu, V., Becker, M., Benveniste, J., Birol, F., Bradshaw, E., Cazenave, A., De Mey-Fremaux, P., Durand, F., … Zhang, X. B. (2019). Towards comprehensive observing and modeling systems for monitoring and predicting regional to coastal sea level. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00437

MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., Zeiden, K., Johnston, T. M. S., Siegelman, M., Merrifield, S., & Merrifield, M. (2019). Eddy wake generation from broadband currents near Palau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc014945

Lundesgaard, O., Powell, B., Merrifield, M., Hahn-Woernle, L., & Winsor, P. (2019). Response of an Antarctic Peninsula fjord to summer katabatic wind events. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49(6), 1485–1502. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-18-0119.1

Thompson, P. R., Widlansky, M. J., Merrifield, M. A., Becker, J. M., & Marra, J. J. (2019). A statistical model for frequency of coastal flooding in Honolulu, Hawaii, during the 21st century. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(4), 2787–2802. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014741

Arzeno, I. B., Collignon, A., Merrifield, M., Giddings, S. N., & Pawlak, G. (2018). An alongshore momentum budget over a fringing tropical fore-reef. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 123(11), 7839–7855. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014238

Schramek, T. A., Colin, P. L., Merrifield, M. A., & Terrill, E. J. (2018). Depth-dependent thermal stress around corals in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(18), 9739–9747. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl078782

Cazenave, A., Meyssignac, B., Ablain, M., Balmaseda, M., Bamber, J., Barletta, V., Beckley, B., Benveniste, J., Berthier, E., Blazquez, A., Boyer, T., Caceres, D., Chambers, D., Champollion, N., Chao, B., Chen, J. L., Cheng, L. J., Church, J. A., Chuter, S., … Wcrp Global Sea Level Budget Grp. (2018). Global sea-level budget 1993-present. Earth System Science Data, 10(3), 1551–1590. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1551-2018