Publications


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
Merrifield, M. A., & Thompson, P. R. (2018). Interdecadal sea level variations in the pacific: Distinctions between the tropics and extratropics. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(13), 6604–6610. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl077666
Stevenson, S., Powell, B., Cobb, K., Nusbaumer, J., Merrifield, M., & Noone, D. (2018). Twentieth century seawater delta O-18 dynamics and implications for coral-based climate reconstruction. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 33(6), 606–625. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017pa003304
Thompson, P. R., Piecuch, C. G., Merrifield, M. A., McCreary, J. P., & Firing, E. (2016). Forcing of recent decadal variability in the Equatorial and North Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(9), 6762–6778. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jc012132
Hamlington, B. D., Cheon, S. H., Thompson, P. R., Merrifield, M. A., Nerem, R. S., Leben, R. R., & Kim, K. Y. (2016). An ongoing shift in Pacific Ocean sea level. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(7), 5084–5097. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jc011815
Becker, J. M., Merrifield, M. A., & Yoon, H. (2016). Infragravity waves on fringing reefs in the tropical Pacific: Dynamic setup. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(5), 3010–3028. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jc011516