Publication list for Rick Lumpkin, NOAA/AOML

Last updated 4 September 2012

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

2012

Submitted

Hormann, V., R. Lumpkin and R. C. Perez, 2012: A generalized method for estimating the structure of the equatorial Atlantic cold tongue: application to drifter observations. J. Atmos. Oceanic Techn., submitted August 2012.

Letscher, R. T., D. A. Hansell, C. A. Carlson and R. Lumpkin, 2012: Distribution and fate of dissolved organic nitrogen in the global surface ocean. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, submitted July 2012.

Lumpkin, R., S. Grodsky, M.-H. Rio, L. Centurioni, J. Carton and D. Lee, 2012: Removing spurious low-frequency variability in surface drifter velocities. J. Atmos. Oceanic Techn., submitted July 2012.

Fox-Kemper, B., R. Lumpkin and F. Bryan, 2012: Lateral Transport in the Ocean. Chapter 3.5 of "Ocean Circulation and Climate (Second edition)", ed. G. Siedler, J. Church, J. Gould and S. Griffies, Academic Press (Elsevier).

Maximenko, N., R. Lumpkin and L. Centurioni, 2012: Ocean Surface Circulation. Chapter 4.2 of "Ocean Circulation and Climate (Second edition)", ed. G. Siedler, J. Church, J. Gould and S. Griffies, Academic Press (Elsevier).

Published

Foltz, G. R., M. J. McPhaden and R. Lumpkin, 2012: A strong Atlantic Meridional Mode event in 2009: the role of mixed layer dynamics. J. Climate, 25, 363—380, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00150.1.

Hormann, V., R. Lumpkin and G. Foltz, 2012: Interannual North Equatorial Countercurrent Variability and its Relation to Tropical Atlantic Climate Modes. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C04035, doi:10.1029/2011JC007697.

Lumpkin R., G. Goni and K. Dohan, 2012: State of the Ocean in 2011: Surface Currents. In "State of the Climate in 2011", M. Gregg and J. Levy (eds), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 93 (7), S75-S78.

Lumpkin, R., N. Maximenko and M. Pazos, 2012: Evaluating where and why drifters die. J. Atmos. Ocean. Techn., 29 (2), 300—308, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00100.1.

Perez, R. C., R. Lumpkin, W. E. Johns, G. R. Foltz and V. Hormann, 2012: Interannual variations of Atlantic tropical instability waves. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C03011, doi: 10.1029/2011JC007584.

2011

Dong, C., Y. Liu, R. Lumpkin, M. Lankhorst, D. Chen, J. McWilliams and Y. Guan, 2011: A Scheme to Identify Loops from Trajectories of Oceanic Surface Drifters: Application to the Kuroshio Extension Region. J. Atmos. Ocean. Techn., 28, 1167–1176, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-10-05028.1.

Nalli, N. R., E. Joseph, V. Morris, C. Barnet, W. Wolf, D. Wolfe, P. J. Minnett, M. Szczodrak, M. Izaguirre, R. Lumpkin, H. Xie, A. Smirnov and J. Wei, 2011: Multi-year observations of the tropical Atlantic atmosphere: Multidisciplinary applications of the NOAA Aerosols and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92, 765–789, doi: 10.1175/2011BAMS2997.1.

Grodsky, S., R. Lumpkin and J. Carton, 2011: Spurious trends in global surface drifter currents. Geophys. Res. Letters, 38, L10606, doi:10.1029/2011GL047393.

Lumpkin R., G. Goni and K. Dohan, 2011: State of the Ocean in 2010: Surface Currents. In "State of the Climate in 2010", J. Blunden, D. S. Arndt and M. O. Baringer (eds), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92, S92-S95.

Lumpkin, R. and S. L. Garzoli, 2011: Interannual to Decadal Variability in the Southwestern Atlantic’s Surface Circulation. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 116, C01014, doi:10.1029/2010JC006285.

2010

Lumpkin, R. and S. Elipot, 2010: Surface Drifter Pair Spreading in the North Atlantic. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 115, C12017, doi:10.1029/2010JC006338.

Brassington, G. B., N. Summons and R. Lumpkin, 2010: Observed and simulated Lagrangian and eddy characteristics of the East Australian Sea and Tasman Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II, 58, 559—573, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.10.001.

Elipot, S., R. Lumpkin and G. Prieto, 2010: Modification of inertial oscillations by the mesoscale eddy field. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 115, C09010, 20 pp, doi:10.1029/2009JC005679.

Lumpkin R., G. Goni and K. Dohan, 2010: State of the Ocean in 2009: Surface Currents. In "State of the Climate in 2009", D. S. Arndt, M. O. Baringer and M. R. Johnson (eds), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 91, S65—S66.

Brandt, P., V. Hormann, A. Körtzinger, M. Visbeck, G. Krahmann, L. Stramma, R. Lumpkin and C. Schmid, 2010: Changes in the ventilation of the oxygen minimum zone of the tropical North Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40 (8), 1784—1801.

2009

McPhaden, M. J., K. Ando, B. Bourlès, H. P. Freitag, R. Lumpkin, Y. Masumoto, V. S. N. Murty, P. Nobre, M. Ravichandran, J. Vialard, D. Vousden, and W. Yu, 2009: The Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array. OceanObs’09 CWP-2A-10.

Dohan, K., Lagerloef, G, Bonjean, F., Centurioni, L., Cronin, M., Lee, D., Lumpkin, R., Maximenko, N, and Uchida, H, 2009: Measuring the global ocean surface circulation with satellite and in situ observations. OceanObs’09 CWP-2B-06.

Goni, G., DeMaria, M., Knaff, J., Sampson, C., Price, J., Mehra, A., Ginis, I., Lin, I-I., Sandery, P., Ramos-Buarque, S., Ali, M.M., Kang, K.R., Lumpkin, R., Halliwell, G., Lauer, C., Bringas, F., and Mavume, A., 2009: The ocean observing system for tropical cyclone intensification forecasts and studies. OceanObs’09 CWP-3C-01.

Roemmich D., L. Boehme, H. Claustre, H. Freeland, M. Fukasawa, G. J. Goni, W.J. Gould, N. Gruber, M. Hood, E. Kent, R. Lumpkin, S. Smith and P. Testor, 2010: Intergrating the Ocean Observing System: Mobile Platforms. OceanObs`09 CWP.

Talley, L., R. Fine, R. Lumpkin, N. Maximenko and R. Marrow, 2009: Surface circulation and ventilation. OceanObs`09 CWP.

Lumpkin R., G. Goni, and K. Dohan, 2009: State of the Ocean in 2008: Surface Currents. In "State of the Climate in 2008", T. Peterson and M. Baringer (eds), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90, S12-S15.

Marshall, J., W. Dewar, J. Edson, R. Ferrari, D. Fratantoni, M. Gregg, T. Joyce, K. Kelly, R. Lumpkin, R. Samelson, E. Skyllingstad, F. Straneo, L. Talley, J. Toole and R. Weller, 2009: The CLIMODE Field Campaign: Observing the Cycle of Convection and Restratification over the Gulf Stream. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Sept 2009, 1—14, doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2706.1.

Casal, T., L. Beal, R. Lumpkin and W. Johns, 2009: Structure and downstream evolution of the Agulhas Current system during a quasi-synoptic survey in February-March 2003. J. Geophysical Res., 114(C3):C03001, doi:10.1029/2008JC004954.

Zhang, H.-M., R.W. Reynolds, R. Lumpkin, R. Molinari, K. Arzayus, M. Johnson, and T.M. Smith, 2009: An Integrated Global Ocean Observing System for Sea Surface Temperature Using Satellites and In situ Data: Research-to-Operations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(1), 31-38.

2008

Sallée, J-B., K. Speer, R. Morrow and R. Lumpkin, 2008: An estimate of Lagrangian eddy statistics and diffusion in the mixed layer of the Southern Ocean. J. Marine Res., 66(4), 441-463.

Bourlès, B., R. Lumpkin, M. J. McPhaden, F. Hernandez, P. Nobre, E. Campos, L. Yu, S. Planton, A. J. Busalacchi, A. D. Moura, J. Servain and J. Trotte, 2008: The PIRATA Program: History, Accomplishments, and Future Directions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89(8), doi: 10.1175/2008BAMS2462.1.

Lumpkin, R. and G. Goni, 2008: State of the Ocean in 2007: Surface Currents. In “State of the Climate in 2007”, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89.

Elipot, S. and R. Lumpkin, 2008: Spectral description of oceanic near-surface variability. Geophys. Res. Letters, 35, L05605, doi:10.1029/2007GL032874.

Lumpkin, R., K. Speer and K. P. Koltermann, 2008: Transport across 48ºN in the Atlantic Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38 (4), 733—752.

Griffa, A., R. Lumpkin and M. Veneziani, 2008: Cyclonic and anticyclonic motion in the upper ocean. Geophys. Res. Letters, 35, L01608, doi:10.1029/2007GL032100.

2007

Lumpkin, R. and K. Speer, 2007: Global Ocean Meridional Overturning. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37 (10), 2550-2562.

Lumpkin, R. and G. Goni, 2007: State of the Ocean in 2006: Surface Currents. In “State of the Climate in 2006”, ed. A. Arguez, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88 (6), June 2007.

Lumpkin, R. and M. Pazos, 2007: Measuring surface currents with Surface Velocity Program drifters: the instrument, its data, and some recent results. Chapter 2 of "Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics", ed. A. Griffa, A. D. Kirwan, A. Mariano, T. Özgökmen and T. Rossby, Cambridge University Press.

2006

Morris, V., P. Clemente-Colón, N. R. Nalli, E. Joseph, R. A. Armstrong, Y. Detrés, M. D. Goldberg, P. J. Minnett and R. Lumpkin, 2006: Measuring Trans-Atlantic Aerosol Transport from Africa. EOS 87 (50), 12 Dec.

Casal, T., L. Beal and R. Lumpkin, 2006: A North Atlantic Deep Water eddy in the Agulhas Current System. Deep-Sea Res. I 53 (10), 1718-1728.

Lumpkin, R. and G. Goni, 2006: State of the Ocean in 2005: Surface Currents. In “State of the Climate in 2005”, ed. K. A. Shein, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87 (6), June 2006.

2005

Lumpkin, R. and Z. Garraffo, 2005: Evaluating the decomposition of tropical Atlantic drifter observations. J. Atmos. Ocean. Techn., 22 (9), 1403-1415.

Lumpkin, R. and S. L. Garzoli, 2005: Near-surface circulation in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research, Part I, 52(3), 495-518.

Pre-2005

Lumpkin, R., 2003: Decomposition of surface drifter observations in the Atlantic Ocean. Geophys. Res. Letters, 30, 1753.

Lumpkin, R. and K. Speer, 2003. Large-scale Vertical and Horizontal Circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33 (9), 1902-1920.

Lumpkin, R., A.-M. Treguier and K. Speer, 2002: Lagrangian eddy scales in the northern Atlantic Ocean. J. Phys. Ocean., 32, 2425-2440.

Seki, M., R. Lumpkin and P. Flament, 2002: Hawaiian Cyclonic Eddies and Blue Marlin Catches: The Case Study of the 1995 Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament. J. Oceanogr., 58(5), 739-745.

Chavanne, C., P. Flament, R. Lumpkin, B. Dousset and A. Bentamy, 2002: Scatterometer Observations of Wind Variations Induced by Oceanic Islands: Implications for Wind-Driven Ocean Circulation. Can. J. Remote Sens., 28, 466-474.

Flament, P., R. Lumpkin, J. Tournadre and L. Armi, 2001: Vortex pairing in an unstable anticyclonic shear flow: discrete subharmonics of one pendulum day. J. Fluid Mech., 440, 401-409.

Lumpkin, R. and P. Flament, 2001: Lagrangian statistics in the central North Pacific. J. Marine Systems, 29, 141-155.

Lumpkin, R., P. Flament, R. Kloosterziel and L. Armi, 2000: Vortex merging in a 1 ½-layer fluid on an f plane. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30 (1), 233-242.

Qui, B., D. Koh, R. Lumpkin and P. Flament, 1997: Existence and Formation Mechanism of the North Hawaiian Ridge Current. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 431-444.

Selected non-refereed Publications

Lumpkin, R., 2007: Water movement – Circulation. In “Hidden Depths: Atlas of the Oceans”. Collins Press, produced by NOAA and the Smithsonian Institution.

Bourlès, B., P. Brandt, G. Caniaux, M. Dengler, Y. Gouriou, E. Key, R. Lumpkin, F. Marin, R.L. Molinari, and C. Schmid, 2007: African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA): Special measurements in the tropical Atlantic. CLIVAR Exchanges, 41(12), 2, 7-9.

Lumpkin, R. and M. Pazos, 2003—present: Tropical Pacific drifting buoys. Monthly updates in Climate Diagnostics Bulletin, NOAA/Climate Prediction Center.

Lumpkin, R. and K. Speer, 2001: Meridional Overturning in the North Atlantic. International WOCE Newsletter, 42, 3—5.

Lumpkin, R., 1998: Eddies and currents of the Hawiian Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Lumpkin, R., 1995: Resonant Coastal Waves and Superinertial Oscillations. Masters thesis, University of Hawaii at Manoa.