By Emeritus Professor Trevor McDougall

Journal articles

Wright DG; Pawlowicz R; McDougall TJ; Feistel R; Marion GM, 2011, 'Absolute salinity, "density salinity" and the reference-composition salinity scale: Present and future use in the seawater standard TEOS-10', Ocean Science, 7, pp. 1 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-7-1-2011

Klocker A; McDougall TJ, 2010, 'Influence of the nonlinear equation of state on global estimates of dianeutral advection and diffusion', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40, pp. 1690 - 1709, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2010JPO4303.1

Klocker A; Mcdougall TJ, 2010, 'Quantifying the consequences of the Ill-defined nature of neutral surfaces', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40, pp. 1866 - 1880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2009JPO4212.1

McDougall TJ; Klocker A, 2010, 'An approximate geostrophic streamfunction for use in density surfaces', Ocean Modelling, 32, pp. 105 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.10.006

Zika JD; Mcdougall TJ; Sloyan BM, 2010, 'A tracer-contour inverse method for estimating ocean circulation and mixing', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40, pp. 26 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2010JPO4360.1

Gifford RM; Steffen W; Finnigan JJ; Lynch A; van Ommen TD; Karoly D; Manton M; Mapstone B; McDougall T; Pitman A, 2010, 'To live within Earth's limits: An Australian plan to develop a science of the whole earth system', To live within Earth's limits: An Australian plan to develop a science of the whole earth system

Zika JD; Mcdougall TJ; Sloyan BM, 2010, 'Weak mixing in the eastern North Atlantic: An application of the tracer-contour inverse method', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40, pp. 1881 - 1893, http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/2010JPO4360.1

Klocker A; McDougall TJ; Jackett DR, 2009, 'A new method for forming approximately neutral surfaces', Ocean Science, 5, pp. 155 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-5-155-2009

Klocker A; McDougall TJ; Jackett DR, 2009, 'Erratum: A new method for forming approximately neutral surfaces (Ocean Science (2009) 5 (155-172))', Ocean Science, 5, pp. 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-5-191-2009

Zika JD; Sloyan BM; McDougall TJ, 2009, 'Diagnosing the Southern Ocean Overturning from Tracer Fields', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, pp. 2926 - 2940, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2009JPO4052.1

Griffies S; Adcroft AJ; Aiki H; Balaji V; Bentson M; Bryan F; Danabasoglu G; Denvil S; Drange H; England M; Gregory J; Hallberg R; Legg S; Martin T; McDougall TJ; Pirani A; Schmidt G; Stevens D; Taylor K; Tsujino H, 2009, 'Sampling Physical Ocean Fields in WCRP CMIP5 Simulations', Sampling Physical Ocean Fields in WCRP CMIP5 Simulations

Iudicone D; Madec G; McDougall TJ, 2008, 'Water-mass transformations in a neutral density framework and the key role of light penetration', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 38, pp. 1357 - 1376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2007JPO3464.1

Feistel R; Wright DG; Miyagawa K; Harvey AH; Hruby J; Jackett DR; McDougall TJ; Wagner W, 2008, 'Mutually consistent thermodynamic potentials for fluid water, ice and seawater: A new standard for oceanography', Ocean Science, 4, pp. 275 - 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-4-275-2008

McDougall TJ; Gent P; Drijfhout S, 2008, 'Comment on "Complete Eulerian-mean tracer equation for coarse resolution OGCMs" by M. S. Dubovikov and V. M. Canuto', Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 102, pp. 249 - 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03091920701638085

Millero FJ; Feistel R; Wright DG; McDougall TJ, 2008, 'The composition of Standard Seawater and the definition of the Reference-Composition Salinity Scale', Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 55, pp. 50 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2007.10.001

Zika JD; Mcdougall TJ, 2008, 'Vertical and lateral mixing processes deduced from the Mediterranean water signature in the North Atlantic', Physical Oceanography, 38, pp. 164 - 176

McDougall TJ; Jackett DR, 2007, 'The thinness of the ocean in S-Θ-p space and the implications for mean diapycnal advection', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, pp. 1714 - 1732, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO3114.1

McDougall TJ; Gent PR; Drijfhout S, 2007, 'Comment on "Dynamical model of mesoscales in z-coordinates" and "The effect of mesoscales on the tracer equation in z-coordinates OGCMs" by V.M. Canuto and M.S. Dubovikov', Ocean Modelling, 17, pp. 163 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.11.004

Jackett DR; McDougall TJ; Feistel R; Wright DG; Griffies SM, 2006, 'Algorithms for density, potential temperature, conservative temperature, and the freezing temperature of seawater', Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23, pp. 1709 - 1728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1946.1

Muench R; McDougall T; Burchard H, 2006, 'Deep-Sea Research Part II: Preface', Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 53, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2006.01.001

McDougall TJ; Jackett DR, 2005, 'An assessment of orthobaric density in the global ocean', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, pp. 2054 - 2075, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO2796.1

McDougall TJ; Schmitt RW; Veronis G; Webster F, 2005, 'The life and work of Nick Fofonoff', Journal of Marine Research, 63, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1357/0022240053693824

McDougall TJ; Jackett DR, 2005, 'The material derivative of neutral density', Journal of Marine Research, 63, pp. 159 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1357/0022240053693734

Walsh KJE; Betts H; Church J; Pittock AB; McInnes KL; Jacket DR; McDougall TJ, 2004, 'Using sea level rise projections for urban planning in Australia', Journal of Coastal Research, 20, pp. 586 - 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.2112/1551-5036(2004)020[0586:USLRPF]2.0.CO;2

McDougall TJ; Church JA; Jackett DR, 2003, 'Does the nonlinearity of the equation of state impose an upper bound on the buoyancy frequency?', Journal of Marine Research, 61, pp. 745 - 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1357/002224003322981138

Greatbatch RJ; McDougall TJ, 2003, 'The non-Boussinesq temporal residual mean', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, pp. 1231 - 1239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1231:TNTRM>2.0.CO;2

McDougall TJ; Jackett DR; Wright DG; Feistel R, 2003, 'Accurate and computationally efficient algorithms for potential temperature and density of seawater', Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20, pp. 730 - 741, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0426(2003)20<730:AACEAF>2.0.CO;2

McDougall TJ, 2003, 'Potential enthalpy: A conservative oceanic variable for evaluating heat content and heat fluxes', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, pp. 945 - 963, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<0945:PEACOV>2.0.CO;2

McDougall TJ; Feistel R, 2003, 'What causes the adiabatic lapse rate?', Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 50, pp. 1523 - 1535, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2003.09.007

McDougall TJ; Greatbatch RJ; Lu Y, 2002, 'On conservation equations in oceanography: How accurate are Boussinesq ocean models?', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, pp. 1574 - 1584, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<1574:OCEIOH>2.0.CO;2

M.Toole J; J. McDougall T, 2001, 'Chapter 5.2 Mixing and stirring in the ocean interior', International Geophysics, 77, pp. 337 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0074-6142(01)80127-3

McDougall TJ; McIntosh PC, 2001, 'The temporal-residual-mean velocity. Part II: Isopycnal interpretation and the tracer and momentum equations', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31, pp. 1222 - 1246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<1222:TTRMVP>2.0.CO;2

Bindoff NL; McDougall TJ, 2000, 'Decadal changes along an Indian Ocean section at 32°S and their interpretation', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30, pp. 1207 - 1222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<1207:DCAAIO>2.0.CO;2

Dewar WK; Mcdougall TJ, 2000, 'The numerical solution of the one-dimensional advection-diffusion equation in layered coordinates', Monthly Weather Review, 128, pp. 2575 - 2587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<2575:tnsoto>2.0.co;2

Jackett DR; Mcdougall TJ; England MH; Hirst AC, 2000, 'Thermal expansion in ocean and coupled general circulation models', Journal of Applied Meteorology, 13, pp. 1384 - 1405

McDougall TJ; Speer KG, 1999, 'Fluxes of heat and tracers in "hot smoker" plumes', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 104, pp. 18301 - 18304

McDougall TJ; Speer KG, 1999, 'Fluxes of heat and tracers in "hot smoker" plumes', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 104, pp. 301 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/1999JC900152

Godfrey JS; Bradley EF; Coppin PA; Pender LF; McDougall TJ; Schulz EW; Helmond I, 1999, 'Measurements of upper ocean heat and freshwater budgets near a drifting buoy in the equatorial Indian Ocean', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 104, pp. 13269 - 13302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/1999jc900045

Dewar WK; Hsueh Y; Mcdougall TJ; Yuan D, 1998, 'Calculation of pressure in ocean simulations', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 28, pp. 577 - 588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<0577:COPIOS>2.0.CO;2

Hirst AC; Mcdougall TJ, 1998, 'Meridional overturning and dianeutral transport in a z-coordinate ocean model including eddy-induced advection', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 28, pp. 1205 - 1223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1205:MOADTI>2.0.CO;2

Mcdougall TJ; Dewar WK, 1998, 'Vertical mixing and cabbeling in layered models', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 28, pp. 1458 - 1480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1458:VMACIL>2.0.CO;2

Jackett DR; Mcdougall TJ, 1997, 'A neutral density variable for the world's oceans', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27, pp. 237 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0237:ANDVFT>2.0.CO;2

Karoly DJ; McIntosh PC; Berrisford P; McDougall TJ; Hirst AC, 1997, 'Similarities of the Deacon cell in the Southern Ocean and Ferrel cells in the atmosphere', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 123, pp. 519 - 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1256/smsqj.53812

Hirst AC; Mcdougall TJ, 1996, 'Deep-water properties and surface buoyancy flux as simulated by a Z-coordinate model including eddy-induced advection', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26, pp. 1320 - 1343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1320:DWPASB>2.0.CO;2

Mcintosh PC; Mcdougall TJ, 1996, 'Isopycnal averaging and the residual mean circulation', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26, pp. 1655 - 1660, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<1655:IAATRM>2.0.CO;2

Hirst AC; Jackett DR; McDougall TJ, 1996, 'The meridional overturning cells of a world ocean model in neutral density coordinates', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26, pp. 775 - 791, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0775:TMOCOA>2.0.CO;2

Mcdougall TJ; Mcintosh PC, 1996, 'The temporal-residual-mean velocity. Part I: Derivation and the scalar conservation equations', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26, pp. 2653 - 2665, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2653:TTRMVP>2.0.CO;2

Mcdougall TJ; Hirst AC; England MH; Mcintosh PC, 1996, 'Implications of a new eddy parametrisation for ocean models', Geophysical Research Letters, pp. 2085 - 2088

England M; McDougall TJ; Hirst AC; McIntosh PC, 1996, 'Ocean models and climate prediction: implications of a new eddy parameterisation', Geophysical Research Letters, 23, pp. 2085 - 2088

YOU YZ; MCDOUGALL TJ; SCHMITT RW, 1995, 'DIANEUTRAL MOTION, WATER MASS CONVERSION, AND NONLINEAR EFFECTS ON THE DENSITY RATIO IN THE PACIFIC THERMOCLINE', JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, 25, pp. 1891 - 1904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0485(1995)025<1891:DMWMCA>2.0.CO;2

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