Spray Glider Operations at WHOI

Publications

  1. Todd, R.E., A.S. Ren (2023), Warming and lateral shift of the Gulf Stream from in situ observations since 2001, Nature Climate Change, doi: 10.1038/s41558-023-01835-w
  2. Mao, S., R. He, J. Bane, G. Gawarkiewicz, R.E. Todd (2023), A data-assimilative modeling investigation of Gulf Stream variability, Deep-Sea Res. Part II, 211, 105319, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105319
  3. Jakoboski, J., R. E. Todd, W. B. Owens, K. B. Karnauskas, and D. L. Rudnick (2022), Potential vorticity and instability in the equatorial undercurrent west of the Galápagos Archipelago. Journal of Physical Oceanography; doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-21-0124.1
  4. Seim, H.E., D. Savidge, M. Andres, J. Bane, C. Edwards, G. Gawarkiewicz, R. He, R.E. Todd, M. Muglia, J. Zambon, L. Han, and S. Mao. 2022. Overview of the Processes driving Exchange At Cape Hatteras program. Oceanography; doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2022.205
  5. Han, L., H. Seim, J. Bane, R.E. Todd, M. Muglia (2021), A shelf water cascading event near Cape Hatteras, J. Phys. Oceanogr.; doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-20-0156.1
  6. Rudnick, D. L., W. B. Owens, T. M. S. Johnston, K. B. Karnauskas, J. Jakoboski, and R. E. Todd, 2021: The equatorial current system west of the Galápagos Islands during the 2014-2016 El Niño as observed by underwater gliders. Journal of Physical Oceanography; doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-20-0064.1
  7. Todd, R.E. (2021), Gulf Stream mean and eddy kinetic energy: Three-dimensional estimates from underwater glider observations, Geophys. Res. Lett.., 48(6), e2020GL090281; doi: 10.1029/2020GL090281
  8. Heiderich, J., R.E. Todd (2020), Along-stream evolution of Gulf Stream volume transport, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50(8), 2251-2270; doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0303.1
  9. Jakoboski, J., R.E. Todd, W.B. Owens, K.B. Karnauskas, D.L. Rudnick (2020), Bifurcation and upwelling of the Equatorial Undercurrent west of the Galápagos Archipelago, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50, 887-905; doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0110.1
  10. Karnauskas, K. B., J. Jakoboski, T. M. S. Johnston, W. B. Owens, D. L. Rudnick, and R. E. Todd, 2020: The Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent in Three Generations of Global Climate Models and Glider Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans; doi: 10.1029/2020JC016609
  11. Todd, R.E. (2020), Equatorial circulation in the western Indian Ocean during onset of the 2018 summer monsoon and links to the Bay of Bengal, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2020GL087215; doi: 10.1029/2020GL087215
  12. Todd, R.E. (2020), Export of Middle Atlantic Bight shelf waters near Cape Hatteras from two years of underwater glider observations, J. Geophys. Res., 125, e2019JC016006; doi: 10.1029/2019JC016006
  13. Gula, J., T.M. Blacic, R.E. Todd (2019), Submesoscale coherent vortices in the Gulf Stream, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 2704-2714; doi: 10.1029/2019GL081919
  14. Testor, P., et al. (2019), OceanGliders: a component of the integrated GOOS, Front. Mar. Sci., 6:42; doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00422
  15. Todd, R.E., et al. (2019), Global perspectives on observing ocean boundary current systems, Front. Mar. Sci., 6:423; doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00423.
  16. Todd, R. E., Asher, T. G., Heiderich, J., Bane, J. M., & Luettich, R. A. (2018). Transient response of the Gulf Stream to multiple hurricanes in 2017. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 10,509–10,519; doi: 10.1029/2018GL079180
  17. Centurioni, L., V. Hormann, L.D. Talley, I. Arzeno, L. Beal, M. Caruso, P. Conry, R. Echols, H.J.S. Fernando, S.N. Giddings, A. Gordon, H. Graber, R. Harcourt, S.R. Jayne, T.G. Jensen, C.M. Lee, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, P. L’hegaret, A.J. Lucas, A. Mahadevan, J. McClean, G. Pawlak, L. Rainville, S. Riser, H. Seo, A. Shcherbina, E. Skyllingstad, J. Sprintall, B. Subrahmanyam, E. Terrill, R.E. Todd, C. Trott, H.N. Ulloa, H. Wang (2017), Northern Arabian Sea Circulation—autonomous research (NASCar): A research initiative based on autonomous sensors, Oceanography, 30(2), 74-87; doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.224
  18. Rudnick, D. L., K. D. Zaba, R. E. Todd, and R. E. Davis, 2017: A climatology of the California Current System from a network of underwater gliders. Progress in Oceanography, 154, 64-106; doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2017.03.002
  19. Todd, R.E. (2017), High-frequency internal waves and thick bottom mixed layers observed by gliders in the Gulf Stream, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44(12), 6316-6325; doi: 10.1002/2017GL072580
  20. Todd, R.E. and L. Locke-Wynn (2017), Underwater glider observations and the representation of western boundary currents in numerical models, Oceanography, 30(2), 88-89; doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2017.225
  21. Todd, R. E., Rudnick, D. L., Sherman, J. T., Owens, W. B., & George, L. (2017). Absolute velocity estimates from autonomous underwater gliders equipped with Doppler current profilers. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34(2), 309-333; doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0156.1
  22. Todd, R. E., Owens, W. B., & Rudnick, D. L. (2016). Potential vorticity structure in the North Atlantic western boundary current from underwater glider observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(1), 327-348; doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0112.1
  23. Cenedese, C., Todd, R. E., Gawarkiewicz, G. G., Owens, W. B., & Shcherbina, A. Y. (2013). Offshore transport of shelf waters through interaction of vortices with a shelfbreak current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(5), 905-919; doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0150.1
  24. Todd, R. E., Gawarkiewicz, G. G., & Owens, W. B. (2013). Horizontal scales of variability over the Middle Atlantic Bight shelf break and continental rise from finescale observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(1), 222-230; doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-099.1
  25. Todd, R. E., Rudnick, D. L., Mazloff, M. R., Cornuelle, B. D., & Davis, R. E. (2012). Thermohaline structure in the California Current System: Observations and modeling of spice variance. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 117(C2); doi: 10.1029/2011JC007589
  26. Todd, R. E., D. L. Rudnick, M. R. Mazloff, R. E. Davis, and B. D. Cornuelle, 2011: Poleward flows in the southern California Current System: Glider observations and numerical simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, C02026; doi: 10.1029/2010JC006536
  27. Todd, R. E., Rudnick, D. L., Davis, R. E., & Ohman, M. D. (2011). Underwater gliders reveal rapid arrival of El Niño effects off California’s coast. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(3); doi: 10.1029/2010GL046376
  28. Todd, R. E., Rudnick, D. L., & Davis, R. E. (2009). Monitoring the greater San Pedro Bay region using autonomous underwater gliders during fall of 2006. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 114(C6); doi: 10.1029/2008JC005086
  29. Sherman, J., Davis, R. E., Owens, W. B., & Valdes, J. (2001). The autonomous underwater glider” Spray”. IEEE Journal of oceanic Engineering, 26(4), 437-446; doi: 10.1109/48.972076