By Scientia Professor Trevor McDougall

Journal articles

Li Y; Church JA; McDougall TJ; Barker PM, 2022, 'Sensitivity of Observationally Based Estimates of Ocean Heat Content and Thermal Expansion to Vertical Interpolation Schemes', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101079

Berglund S; Döös K; Groeskamp S; McDougall TJ, 2022, 'The downward spiralling nature of the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre', Nature Communications, vol. 13, pp. 2000, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29607-8

Holmes RM; Groeskamp S; Stewart KD; McDougall TJ, 2022, 'Sensitivity of a Coarse-Resolution Global Ocean Model to a Spatially Variable Neutral Diffusivity', Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002914

McDougall TJ; Barker PM; Holmes RM; Pawlowicz R; Griffies SM; Durack PJ, 2021, 'The interpretation of temperature and salinity variables in numerical ocean model output and the calculation of heat fluxes and heat content', Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 14, pp. 6445 - 6466, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6445-2021

Stanley GJ; McDougall TJ; Barker PM, 2021, 'Algorithmic Improvements to Finding Approximately Neutral Surfaces', Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020MS002436

McDougall TJ; Barker PM; Stanley GJ, 2021, 'Spice Variables and Their Use in Physical Oceanography', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015936

McDougall TJ; Barker PM; Holmes RM; Pawlowicz R; Griffies SM; Durack PJ, 2021, 'The interpretation of temperature and salinity variables in numerical ocean model output, and the calculation of heat fluxes and heat content', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2020-426

McDougall T, 2020, 'Rejection from Ocean Science', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-2020-42-ec2

Holmes RM; McDougall TJ, 2020, 'Diapycnal transport near a sloping bottom boundary', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 50, pp. 3253 - 3266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0066.1

McDougall T, 2020, 'Editorial Comment', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-2020-42-ec1

Groeskamp S; LaCasce JH; McDougall TJ; Rogé M, 2020, 'Full-Depth Global Estimates of Ocean Mesoscale Eddy Mixing From Observations and Theory', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089425

Barker PM; McDougall TJ, 2020, 'Two interpolation methods using multiply-rotated piecewise cubic hermite interpolating polynomials', Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol. 37, pp. 605 - 619, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0211.1

Lang Y; Stanley GJ; McDougall TJ; Barker PM, 2020, 'A pressure-invariant neutral density variable for the world’s oceans', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 50, pp. 3585 - 3604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0321.1

McDougall TJ; Wotherspoon SJ; Barker PM, 2019, 'An accelerated version of Newton's method with convergence order 3+1', Results in Applied Mathematics, vol. 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rinam.2019.100078

Smythe-Wright D; John Gould W; McDougall TJ; Sparnocchia S; Woodworth PL, 2019, 'IAPSO: Tales from the ocean frontier', History of Geo- and Space Sciences, vol. 10, pp. 137 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hgss-10-137-2019

Li Y; McDougall T; Keating S; DE LAVERGNE C; Madec G, 2019, 'Horizontal residual mean: Addressing the limited spatial resolution of ocean models', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 49, pp. 2741 - 2759, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0092.1

Vancoppenolle M; Madec G; Thomas M; McDougall TJ, 2019, 'Thermodynamics of Sea Ice Phase Composition Revisited', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 124, pp. 615 - 634, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014611

Holmes RM; DE LAVERGNE C; McDougall TJ, 2019, 'Tracer transport within abyssal mixing layers', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 49, pp. 2669 - 2695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0006.1

Groeskamp S; Barker PM; McDougall TJ; Abernathey RP; Griffies SM, 2019, 'VENM: An Algorithm to Accurately Calculate Neutral Slopes and Gradients', Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 11, pp. 1917 - 1939, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001613

Holmes RM; de Lavergne C; Mcdougall TJ, 2018, 'Ridges, seamounts, troughs, and bowls: Topographic control of the dianeutral circulation in the abyssal ocean', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 48, pp. 861 - 882, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-17-0141.1

McDougall TJ; Ferrari R, 2018, 'Reply to "Comment on 'Abyssal upwelling and downwelling driven by near-boundary mixing'"', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 48, pp. 749 - 753, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-17-0227.1

De Lavergne C; Madec G; Roquet F; Holmes RM; McDougall TJ, 2017, 'Abyssal ocean overturning shaped by seafloor distribution', Nature, vol. 551, pp. 181 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature24472

Barker PM; McDougall TJ, 2017, 'Stabilizing hydrographic profiles with minimal change to the water masses', Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol. 34, pp. 1935 - 1945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0111.1

McDougall TJ; Groeskamp S; Griffies SM, 2017, 'Comment on tailleux, R. neutrality versus materiality: A thermodynamic theory of neutral surfaces. Fluids 2016, 1, 32', Fluids, vol. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fluids2020019

Groeskamp S; Sloyan BM; Zika JD; McDougall TJ, 2017, 'Mixing inferred from an ocean climatology and surface fluxes', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 47, pp. 667 - 687, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-16-0125.1

McDougall TJ; Ferrari R, 2017, 'Abyssal upwelling and downwelling driven by near-boundary mixing', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 47, pp. 261 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-16-0082.1

Griffies SM; Danabasoglu G; Durack PJ; Adcroft AJ; Balaji V; Böning CW; Chassignet EP; Curchitser E; Deshayes J; Drange H; Fox-Kemper B; Gleckler PJ; Gregory JM; Haak H; Hallberg RW; Heimbach P; Hewitt HT; Holland DM; Ilyina T; Jungclaus JH; Komuro Y; Krasting JP; Large WG; Marsland SJ; Masina S; McDougall TJ; George Nurser AJ; Orr JC; Pirani A; Qiao F; Stouffer RJ; Taylor KE; Treguier AM; Tsujino H; Uotila P; Valdivieso M; Wang Q; Winton M; Yeager SG, 2016, 'OMIP contribution to CMIP6: Experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project', Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 9, pp. 3231 - 3296, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3231-2016

Ferrari R; Mashayek A; McDougall TJ; Nikurashin M; Campin JM, 2016, 'Turning ocean mixing upside down', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 46, pp. 2239 - 2261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-15-0244.1

Dewar WK; Schoonover J; McDougall T; Klein R, 2016, 'Semicompressible ocean thermodynamics and Boussinesq energy conservation', Fluids, vol. 1, pp. 9 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fluids1020009

Pawlowicz R; Feistel R; McDougall TJ; Ridout P; Seitz S; Wolf H, 2015, 'Metrological challenges for measurements of key climatological observables Part 2: Oceanic salinity', Metrologia, vol. 53, pp. R12 - R25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0026-1394/53/1/R12

Feistel R; Wielgosz R; Bell SA; Camoes MF; Cooper JR; Dexter P; Dickson AG; Fisicaro P; Harvey AH; Heinonen M; Hellmuth O; Kretzschmar HJ; Lovell-Smith JW; McDougall TJ; Pawlowicz R; Ridout P; Seitz S; Spitzer P; Stoica D; Wolf H, 2015, 'Metrological challenges for measurements of key climatological observables: Oceanic salinity and pH, and atmospheric humidity. Part 1: Overview', Metrologia, vol. 53, pp. R1 - R11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0026-1394/53/1/R1

McDougall TJ; Krzysik OA, 2015, 'Spiciness', Journal of Marine Research, vol. 73, pp. 141 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1357/002224015816665589

Roquet F; Madec G; McDougall TJ; Barker PM, 2015, 'Accurate polynomial expressions for the density and specific volume of seawater using the TEOS-10 standard', Ocean Modelling, vol. 90, pp. 29 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.04.002

Li Y; McDougall TJ, 2015, 'Double-diffusive interleaving: Properties of the steady-state solution', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 45, pp. 813 - 835, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0236.1

Dewar WK; Schoonover J; Mcdougall TJ; Young WR, 2015, 'Semicompressible ocean dynamics', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 45, pp. 149 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0268.1

McDougall TJ; Barker PM, 2014, 'Comment on "buoyancy frequency profiles and internal semidiurnal tide turning depths in the oceans" by B. King et al.', Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, vol. 119, pp. 9026 - 9032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014JC010066

Groeskamp S; Zika JD; Sloyan BM; Mcdougall TJ; Mcintosh PC, 2014, 'A thermohaline inverse method for estimating diathermohaline circulation and mixing', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 44, pp. 2681 - 2697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0039.1

McDougall TJ; Barker PM; Feistel R; Galton-Fenzi BK, 2014, 'Melting of ice and sea ice into seawater and frazil ice formation', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 44, pp. 1751 - 1775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0253.1

McDougall TJ; Groeskamp S; Griffies SM, 2014, 'On geometrical aspects of interior ocean mixing', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 44, pp. 2164 - 2175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0270.1

Groeskamp S; Zika JD; Mcdougall TJ; Sloyan BM; Laliberté F, 2014, 'The representation of ocean circulation and variability in thermodynamic coordinates', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 44, pp. 1735 - 1750, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-13-0213.1

McDougall TJ; Wotherspoon SJ, 2014, 'A simple modification of Newton’s method to achieve convergence of order 1 + √ 2', Applied Mathematics Letters, vol. 29, pp. 20 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aml.2013.10.008

Graham FS; McDougall T, 2013, 'Quantifying the nonconservative production of conservative temperature, potential temperature, and entropy', Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 43, pp. 838 - 862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-11-0188.1

Pawlowicz R; McDougall T; Feistel R; Tailleux R, 2012, 'An historical perspective on the development of the Thermodynamic Equation of Seawater-2010', Ocean Science, vol. 8, pp. 161 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-8-161-2012

McDougall TJ; Jackett DR; Millero FJ; Pawlowicz R; Barker PM, 2012, 'A global algorithm for estimating Absolute Salinity', Ocean Science, vol. 8, pp. 1123 - 1134, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/os-8-1123-2012

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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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, vol. 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

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