Publications

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2014

• Attributing variability in Atlantic meridional overturning to wind and buoyancy forcing
  H. R. Pillar, P. Heimbach, H. L. Johnson and D. P. Marshall, Geophysical Research Letters, submitted.
  
• A simple model of the response of the Atlantic to the North Atlantic Oscillation
  X. Zhai, H. L. Johnson and D. P. Marshall, Journal of Climate, 27, 4052-4069.
  
• On the lateral structure and strength of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
  D. P. Marshall, D. R. Munday, L. C. Allison, R. J. Hay and H. L. Johnson, Journal of Physical Oceanography, submitted.
  
• Spatial and temporal scales of Sverdrup balance
  M. D. Thomas, A. M. deBoer, H. L. Johnson and D. P. Stevens, Journal of Physical Oceanography, in press.
  
• On the link between Arctic sea ice decline and the freshwater content of the Beaufort Gyre: Insights from a simple process model
  P. E. D. Davis, C. Lique and H. L. Johnson, Journal of Climate, in press.
  
• Ocean change around Greenland under a warming climate
  C. Lique, H. L. Johnson, Y. Plancherel and R. Flanders, Climate Dynamics, submitted.
  
• The role of ocean gateways in the dynamics and sensitivity to wind stress of the young Antarctic Circumpolar Current
  D. R. Munday, H. L. Johnson and D. P. Marshall, Palaeoceanography, submitted.
  
• Impacts and effects of mesoscale ocean eddies on ocean carbon storage and atmospheric pCO2
  D. R. Munday, H. L. Johnson and D. P. Marshall, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, in press.
  

2013

• Eddy saturation of equilibriated circumpolar currents
  D. R. Munday, H. L. Johnson and D. P. Marshall, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43, 507-532.
  
• Influence of the Southern Annular Mode on projected weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
  P. T. Spooner, H. L. Johnson and T. J. Woollings, Journal of Climate, 26, 8017-8036.
  
• Propagation of meridional circulation anomalies along western and eastern boundaries
  D. P. Marshall and H. L. Johnson, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43, 2699-2717.
  
• The effect of basal channels on oceanic ice-shelf melting
  T. Millgate, P. R. Holland, A. Jenkins and H. L. Johnson, Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), 118, 1-14, doi:10.1002/2013JC009402.
  

2012

• Upper ocean manifestations of a reducing meridional overturning circulation
  M. D. Thomas, A. M. de Boer, D. P. Stevens and H. L. Johnson, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L16609.
  
• Characteristics of ocean waters reaching Greenland's glaciers
  F. Straneo, D. A. Sutherland, D. Holland, C. Gladish, G. S. Hamilton, H. L. Johnson, E. Rignot, Y. Xu and M. Koppes, Annals of Glaciology, 53, 202-210.
  
• Geostrophic ocean currents and freshwater fluxes across the Canadian Polar Shelf via Nares Strait
  B. Rabe, H. L. Johnson, A. Muenchow and H. Melling, Journal of Marine Research, 70, 603-640.
  
• On the wind power input to the ocean general circulation
  X. Zhai, H. L. Johnson, D. P. Marshall and C. Wunsch, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42, 1357-1365.
  
• Where the ice meets the ocean
  H. L. Johnson Ocean Challenge, 19, 18-24.
  

2011

• A model of Atlantic heat content and sea level change in response to thermohaline forcing
  Xiaoming Zhai, Helen L. Johnson and David P. Marshall, Journal of Climate, 24, 5619-5632.
  
  
• Ocean circulation and properties in Petermann Fjord, Greenland
  Helen L. Johnson, Andreas Muenchow, Kelly K. Falkner and Humfrey Melling, Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), 116, C01003, doi:10.1029/2010JC006519.
  
  
• Spin-up and adjustment of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and global pycnocline
  Lesley C. Allison, Helen L. Johnson and David P. Marshall, Journal of Marine Research, 69, 167-189.
  
  
• Sustained monitoring of the Southern Ocean at Drake Passage: past achievements and future priorities
  Michael P. Meredith, Philip L. Woodworth, Teresa K. Chereskin, David P. Marshall, Lesley C. Allison, Grant R. Bigg, Kathy Donohue, Karen J. Heywood, Chris W. Hughes, Angela Hibbert, Andrew McC. Hogg, Helen L. Johnson, Loic Jullion, Brian A. King, Harry Leach, Yueng-Djern Lenn, Miguel A. Morales-Maqueda, David R. Munday, Alberto C. Naveira-Garabato, Christine Provost, Jean-Baptiste Sallee and Janet Sprintall, Reviews of Geophysics, 49, RG4005, doi:10.1029/2010RG000348.
  
  
• Remote forcing of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by diapycnal mixing
  David R. Munday, Lesley C. Allison, Helen L. Johnson and David P. Marshall, Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L08609, doi:10.1029/2011GL046849.
  
  
• Context for the recent massive Petermann Glacier calving event
  K. K. Falkner, H. Melling, A. M. Munchow, J. E. Box, T. Wohlleben, H. L. Johnson, P. Gudmandsen, R. Samelson, L. Copland, K. Steffen, E. Rignot and A. K. Higgins, EOS Transactions, 92, Number 14, 5 April 2011.
  
  
• Ocean warming of Nares Strait bottom waters off northwest Greenland, 2003-2009
  Andreas Munchow, Kelly K. Falkner, Humfrey Melling, Berit Rabe and Helen L. Johnson, Oceanography, 24, 114-123.
  

2010

• Nares Strait hydrography and salinity field from a three-year moored array
  Berit Rabe, Andreas Munchow, Helen L. Johnson and Humfrey Melling, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, C07010, doi:10.1029/2009JC005966.
  
• Oscillatory sensitivity of Atlantic overturning to high-latitude forcing
  Lars Czeschel, David P Marshall and Helen L. Johnson, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L10601.
  
• Where do winds drive the Antarctic Circumpolar Current?
  Lesley C. Allison, Helen L. Johnson, David P. Marshall and David R. Munday, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L12605.
  
• Significant sink of ocean eddy energy near western boundaries
  Xiaoming Zhai, Helen L. Johnson and David P. Marshall, Nature Geosciences, 3, 608-612, DOI:10.1038/NGEO943.
  

2009

• Basin-wide integrated volume transports in an eddy-filled ocean
  T. Kanzow, H. L. Johnson, D. P. Marshall, S. A. Cunningham, J. J-M. Hirschi, A. Mujahid, H. L. Bryden and W. E. Johns, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 3091-3110.
  
• The salinity, heat and buoyancy budgets of a coastal current in a marginal sea
  Anna K. Wahlin and Helen L. Johnson, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 2562-2580.
  

2007

• Reconciling theories of a mechanically-driven meridional overturning circulation with thermohaline forcing and multiple equilibria
  Helen L. Johnson, David P. Marshall and David A. J. Sproson, Climate Dynamics, 29, DOI:10.1007/s00382-007-0262-9.
  
  
• Inferring the zonal distribution of measured changes in the meridional overturning circulation
  Agatha M. de Boer and Helen L. Johnson, Ocean Science, 3, 55-57.
  
  
• Multi-scale ocean modelling with adapting unstructured grids
  M. D. Piggott, C. C. Pain, G. J. Gorman, P. D. Killworth, D. P. Marshall, P. A. Allison, A. P. Umpleby, C. J. Cotter, F. Fang, L. M. Bricheno, L. J. West, H. L. Johnson, D. R. Munday, D. A. Ham, H. Liu, S. C. Kramer, T. M. Bond, Y. Soufflet, J. Shipton, M. R. Wells, A. S. Candy, C. Bain, Z. L. Roberts, B. T. Martin, P. E. Farrell, A. J. Mitchell, A. Shravat, S. Tukova, C. R. E. de Oliveira, A. J. H. Goddard, CLIVAR Exchanges No. 42 - Ocean Model Development and Assessment, 12, 21-23.
  

2006

• What fraction of a Kelvin wave incident on a narrow strait is transmitted?
  Helen L. Johnson and Chris Garrett, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 945-954.
  

2004

• Effects of noise on Thorpe scales and runlengths
  Helen L. Johnson and Chris Garrett, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 2359-2372.
  
  
• Global teleconnections of meridional overturning circulation anomalies
  H. L. Johnson and D. P. Marshall, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1702-1722.
  

2003

• An international perspective on graduate education in physical oceanography
  Holger Brix, James L. Hench, Helen L. Johnson, T. M. Shaun Johnston, Jeff A. Polton, Moninya Roughan and Pierre Testor, Oceanography, 16, 128-133.
  

2002

• Localization of abrupt change in the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation
  H. L. Johnson and D. P. Marshall, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2001GL014140.
  
  
• A theory for the surface Atlantic response to thermohaline variability
  H. L. Johnson and D. P. Marshall, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 1121-1132.
  

2001

• Dynamics of the time-dependent thermohaline circulation
  H. L. Johnson, PhD thesis (University of Reading, UK).
  
  
• A study of the interaction of the North Atlantic Oscillation with ocean circulation
  J. Marshall, H. Johnson and J. Goodman, J. Climate, 14, 1399-1421.