JAMES C. McWILLIAMS
Department of Atmospheric Sciences and IGPP
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1565
310-206-2829
jcm@atmos.ucla.edu




McWilliams, J.C., 1972: Observations of kinetic energy correspondence in the internal wave field. Deep--Sea Res. 19, 793-811.

McWilliams, J.C., 1974: Forced transient flow and small scale topography. Geophys. Fluid Dyn. 6, 49-79.

McWilliams, J.C., & A.R. Robinson, 1974: A wave analysis of the Polygon array in the tropical Atlantic. Deep-Sea Res. 21, 359-368.

Robinson, A.R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1974: The baroclinic instability of the open ocean. J. Phys. Ocean. 14, 281-294.

McWilliams, J.C., & G.R. Flierl, 1976: Optimal, quasi-geostrophic wave analyses of MODE array data. Deep-Sea Res. 23, 285-300.

McWilliams, J.C., 1976: Large-scale inhomogeneities and mesoscale ocean waves: A single, stable wave field. J. Mar. Res. 34, 423-456.

McWilliams, J.C. 1976: Maps from the MODE experiment. I. Geostrophic streamfunction. J. Phys. Ocean. 6, 810-827.

McWilliams, J.C., 1976: Maps from the MODE experiment. II. Potential vorticity and its conservation. J. Phys. Ocean. 6, 828-846.

McWilliams, J.C., 1976: Mapping the weather in the sea. Oceanus 19, 77-81.

McWilliams, J.C., 1977: On the large scale circulation of the ocean: A discussion for the unfamiliar. In Ocean Sound Scattering Prediction, Ed. N.R. Anderson & B.J. Zahuranec, Plenum Press.

Flierl, G.R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1977: On the sampling requirements for measuring moments of eddy variability. J. Mar. Res. 35, 797-820.

McWilliams, J.C., 1977: A note on a consistent quasigeostrophic model in a multiply connected domain. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 1, 427-441.

McWilliams, J.C., 1977: On a class of stable, slightly geostrophic mean gyres. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 2, 19-28.

McWilliams, J.C., 1978: Stable jet modes. A special case of eddy and mean flow interaction. J. Phys. Ocean. 8, 344-362.

McWilliams, J.C., & P.R. Gent, 1978: A coupled air and sea model for the Tropical Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci. 35, 962-989.

McWilliams, J.C., W.R. Holland & J.H.S. Chow, 1978: A description of numerical Antarctic Circumpolar Currents. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 2, 213-291.

The MODE Group, 1978: The Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment. Deep-Sea Res. 25, 859-910.

McWilliams, J.C. & P.R. Gent, 1979: Corrigendum, J. Atmos. Sci. 36, 181.

McWilliams, J.C., & G.R. Flierl, 1979: On the evolution of isolated non-linear vortices. J. Phys. Ocean. 9, 1155-1182.

McWilliams. J.C. 1979: A review of research on mesoscale ocean currents. Rev. Geophys. and Space Phys. 17, 1548-1558.

Leith, C.E., & J.C. McWilliams, 1979: The role of the oceans in climate. Astronautics & Aeronautics, July-August, 46-52.

Flierl, G.F., V.D. Larichev, J.C. McWilliams, & G.M. Reznik, 1980: The dynamics of baroclinic and barotropic solitary eddies. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 5, 1-41.

McWilliams, J.C., 1980: An application of equivalent modons to atmospheric blocking. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 5, 43-66.

McWilliams, J.C. & C.Y. Shen, 1980: Mesoscale modal coupling. J. Phys. Ocean. 10, 741-752.

McWilliams, J.C. & P.R. Gent, 1980: Intermediate models of planetary circulations in the atmosphere and ocean. J. Atmos. Sci. 37, 1657-1678.

Bretherton, F.P. & J.C. McWilliams, 1980: Estimations from irregular arrays. Rev. Geophys. and Space Phys. 18, 789-812.

McWilliams, J.C., G.R. Flierl, V.D. Larichev, & G.M. Reznik, 1981: Numerical studies of barotropic modons. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 5, 219-238.

McWilliams, J.C., & J.H.S. Chow, 1981: Equilibrium geostrophic turbulence: I. A reference solution in a beta-plane channel. J. Phys. Ocean. 11, 921-949.

Gent, P.R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1982: Intermediate model solutions to the Lorenz equations: strange attractors and other phenomena. J. Atmos. Sci. 39, 3-13.

McWilliams, J.C., & N.J. Zabusky, 1982: Interactions of isolated vortices. I. Modons colliding with modons. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 19, 207-227.

Zabusky, N.J., & J.C. McWilliams, 1982: A modulated point-vortex model for geostrophic, beta-plane dynamics. Physics of Fluids 25, 2175-2182.

McWilliams, J.C., 1982: Isolated vortices in planetary fluid motions. Proceedings of Ninth U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics, Amer. Soc. of Mech. Eng., New York, NY, 283-289.

McWilliams, J.C., E.D. Brown, H.L. Bryden, C.C. Ebbesmeyer, B.A. Elliot, R.H. Heinmiller, B.L. Hua, K.D. Leaman, E.J. Lindstrom, J.R. Luyten, S.E. McDowell, W.B. Owens, H. Perkins, J.F. Price, L. Regier, S.C. Riser, H.T. Rossby, T.B. Sanford, C.Y. Shen, B.A. Taft, & J.C. Van Leer, 1983: The local dynamics of eddies in the western North Atlantic. Eddies in Marine Science}, Ed., A.R. Robinson, Springer-Verlag, 92-113.

Gent, P.R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1983: Consistent balanced models in bounded and periodic domains. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 7, 67-93.

McWilliams, J.C., 1983: Interactions of Isolated Vortices. II. Modon Generation by Monopole Collision. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 24, 1-22.

McWilliams, J.C., 1983: On the relevance of two-dimensional turbulence to geophysical fluid motions. J. de Mechanique Numero Special, 83-97.

McWilliams, J.C., 1983: On the mean dynamical balances of the Gulf Stream Recirculation Zone. J. Mar. Res. 41, 427-460.

Gent, P.R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1983: Regimes of validity for balanced models. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans 7, 167-183.

Gent, P.R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1983: The equatorial waves of balanced models. J. Phys. Ocean. 13, 1179-1192.

Gent, P.R., \& J.C. McWilliams, 1984: Balanced models in isentropic coordinates and the shallow water equations. Tellus 36A, 166-171.

McWilliams, J.C., 1984: The emergence of isolated, coherent vortices in turbulent flow. J. Fluid Mech. 146, 21-43.

McWilliams, J.C., 1985: Submesoscale, coherent vortices in the ocean. Rev. Geophys. 23, 165-182.

Herring, J.R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1985: Comparison of direct numerical simulation of two-dimensional turbulence with two-point closure: The effects of intermittency. J. Fluid Mech. 153, 229-242.

McWilliams, J.C., 1985: A note on a uniformly valid model spanning the regimes of geostrophic and isotropic, stratified turbulence: balanced turbulence. J. Atmos. Sci. 42, 1773-1774.

Shen, C.Y., J.C. McWilliams, B.A. Taft, C.C. Ebbesmeyer, & E.J. Lindstrom, 1986: The mesoscale spatial structure and evolution of dynamical and scalar properties observed in the Northwestern Atlantic Ocean during the POLYMODE Local Dynamics Experiment. J. Phys. Ocean. 16, 454-482.

Taft, B.A., C.C. Ebbesmeyer, E.J. Lindstrom, J.C. McWilliams & C.Y. Shen, 1986: Hydrographic property variability from the POLYMODE Local Dynamics Experiment. J. Phys. Ocean. 16, 403-426.

Ebbesmeyer, C.C., B.A. Taft, J.C. McWilliams, C.Y. Shen, S.C. Riser, H.T. Rossby, P.E. Biscayne, & H.G. Ostlund, 1986: Detection, structure, and origin of extreme anomalies in a western Atlantic oceanographic section. J. Phys. Ocean. 16, 591-612.

McWilliams, J.C., W.B. Owens, & B.L. Hua, 1986: An objective analysis of the POLYMODE Local Dynamics Experiment. I. General formalism and statistical model parameters. J. Phys. Ocean. 16, 483-504.

Hua, B.L., J.C. McWilliams, & W.B. Owens, 1986: An objective analysis of the POLYMODE Local Dynamics Experiment. II. Streamfunction and potential vorticity fields during the Intensive Period. J. Phys. Ocean. 16, 506-522.

Gent, P.R. & J.C. McWilliams, 1986: The instability of barotropic circular vortices. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 35, 209-233.

McWilliams, J.C., & P.R. Gent, 1986: The evolution of sub-mesoscale, coherent vortices on the beta-plane. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 35, 235-255.

McWilliams, J.C., P.R. Gent, & N.J. Norton, 1986: The evolution of balanced, low-mode vortices on the beta-plane. J. Phys. Ocean. 16, 838-855.

Large, W.G., J.C. McWilliams, & P.P. Niiler, 1986: Upper Ocean thermal response to Fall forcing in the Northeast Pacific. J. Phys. Ocean. 16, 1524-1550.

Norton, N.J., J.C. McWilliams, & P.R. Gent, 1986: A numerical model of the Balance Equations in a periodic domain and an example of balanced turbulence. J. Comp. Phys. 67, 439-471.

Melander, M.V., J.C. McWilliams, N.J. Zabusky, 1987: Axisymmetrization and vorticity gradient intensification of an isolated two-dimensional vortex. J. Fluid Mech. 178, 137-159.

Melander, M.V., N.J. Zabusky, & J.C. McWilliams, 1987: Asymmetric vortex merger in two-dimensions: Which vortex is ``victorious''? Phys. Fluids 30, 2610-2612.

Holland, W.R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1987: Computer modeling in physical oceanography from the global circulation to turbulence. Physics Today 40, 51-57.

Imawaki, S., P.P. Niiler, C.H. Gautier, D. Halpern, R.A. Knox, W.G. Large, D.S. Luther, J.C. McWilliams, J.N. Moum, & C.A. Paulsen, 1988: A new method for estimating the turbulent heat flux at the bottom of the daily mixed layer. J. Geophys. Res. 93, 14,005-14,012.

McWilliams, J.C., 1988: Vortex generation through balanced adjustment. J. Phys. Ocean. 18, 1178-1192.

Melander, M.V., N. Zabusky, & J.C. McWilliams, 1988: Symmetric vortex merger in two dimensions: causes and conditions. J. Fluid Mech. 195, 303-340.

McWilliams, J.C., 1989: Statistical properties of decaying geostrophic turbulence. J. Fluid Mech. 198, 199-230.

Carton, X.J., & J.C. McWilliams, 1989: Barotropic and baroclinic instabilities of axisymmetric vortices in a quasigeostrophic model. In: Mesoscale and Synoptic Coherent Structures in Geophysical Turbulence, Ed. J.C.J. Nihoul, Elsevier Press, 225-244.

Herring, J.R., & J.C. McWilliams (Eds.), 1989: Lecture Notes on Turbulence: Lecture Notes from the NCAR-GTP Summer School, June 1987. World Scientific, Singapore, 371pp.

Gent, P.R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1990: Isopycnal mixing in ocean circulation models. J. Phys. Ocean. 20, 150-155.

McWilliams, J.C., 1990: The vortices of two-dimensional turbulence. J. Fluid Mech. 219, 361-385.

McWilliams, J.C., 1990: The vortices of geostrophic turbulence. J. Fluid Mech. 219, 387-404.

Treguier, A.M., & J.C. McWilliams, 1990: Topographic influences on wind-driven, stratified flow in a beta-plane channel: an idealized model of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. J. Phys. Ocean. 20, 324-343.

McWilliams, J.C., N.J. Norton, P.R. Gent, & D.B. Haidvogel, 1990: A linear balance model of wind-driven, mid-latitude ocean circulation. J. Phys. Ocean. 20, 1349-1378.

McWilliams, J.C., 1990: A demonstration of the suppression of turbulent cascades by coherent vortices in two-dimensional turbulence. Phys. Fluids A, 2, 547-552.

Verron, J., E. Hopfinger, & J.C. McWilliams, 1990: Sensitivity to initial conditions in the merging of two-layer baroclinic vortices. Phys. Fluids A, 2, 886-889.

Verron, J., E. Hopfinger, & J.C. McWilliams, 1991: Merging of two-layer baroclinic vortices. In: Turbulence and Coherent Structures. Eds. M. Lesieur & O. Metais, Kluwer., Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 355-366.

McWilliams, J., 1991: The coherent vortices of two-dimensional and geostrophic turbulence. In: Turbulence and Coherent Structures. Eds. M. Lesieur & O. Metais, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 323-342.

McWilliams, J.C., 1991: Geostrophic Vortices. In: Nonlinear Topics in Ocean Physics: Proceedings of the International School of Physics ``Enrico Fermi", Course 109. Ed. A.R. Osborne, North-Holland, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, 5-50.

Mied, R.P., J.C. McWilliams, & G.J. Lindemann, 1991: The generation and evolution of mushroom-like vortices. J. Phys. Ocean. 21, 489-510. [Also, a cover photo and report in EOS 71 (49), December 4, 1990].

Weiss, J.B., & J.C. McWilliams, 1991: The nonergodicity of point vortices. Phys. Fluids A, 3, 835-844.

Larichev, V.D., & J.C. McWilliams, 1991: Weakly decaying turbulence in an equivalent-barotropic fluid. Phys. Fluids A 3, 938-950.

Carnevale, G.F., J.C. McWilliams, Y. Pomeau, J.B. Weiss, & W.R. Young, 1991: Evolution of vortex statistics in two-dimensional turbulence. {\it Physical Review Letters} {\bf 66}, 2735-37.

Spall, M.A., & J.C. McWilliams, 1992: Rotational and gravitational influences on the degree of balance in the shallow-water equations. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 64, 1-30.

Thual, O., & J.C. McWilliams, 1992: The catastrophe structure of thermohaline convection in a two-dimensional fluid model and a comparison with low-order box models. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 64, 67-95.

McWilliams, J.C., & J.B. Weiss, 1992: The search for simplified models of two-dimensional, structured turbulence. Nonlinear Phenomena in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Eds: G.F. Carnevale & R.T. Pierrehumbert, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (vol. 40), Springer-Verlag, 207-220.

Haidvogel, D.B., J.C. McWilliams, & P.R. Gent, 1992: Boundary current separation in a quasigeostrophic, eddy-resolving ocean circulation model. J. Phys. Ocean. 22, 882-902.

Carnevale, G.F., J.C. McWilliams, Y. Pomeau, J.B. Weiss, \& W.R. Young, 1992: Rates, pathways, and end-states of nonlinear evolution in decaying two-dimensional turbulence: Scaling theory vs. selective decay. Phys. Fluids A 4, 1314-1316.

McWilliams, J.C., P.C. Gallacher, C.-H. Moeng, & J.C. Wyngaard, 1993: Modeling the oceanic planetary boundary layer. Large-Eddy Simulations of Complex Engineering and Geophysical Flows, Cambridge University Press, 441-454.

Weiss, J.B., & J.C. McWilliams, 1993: Temporal scaling behavior of decaying two-dimensional turbulence. Phys. Fluids A 5, 608-621.

Haupt, S.E., J.C. McWilliams, & J.J. Tribbia, 1993: Modons in shear flow. J. Atmos. Sci. 50, 1181-1198.

Kinney, R., T. Tajima, N. Petviashvili, & J. C. McWilliams, 1993: Discrete vortex representation of magnetohydrodynamics. Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 1712-1715.

McWilliams, J.C., 1993: The delicacy of the oceanic thermohaline circulation. In: Ice in the Climate System, Ed: W.R. Peltier, Springer-Verlag, 363-374.

Milliff, R.A., \& J.C. McWilliams, 1994: The evolution of boundary pressure in enclosed ocean basins. J. Phys. Ocean. 24, 1317-1338.

Kinney, R., T. Tajima, J.C. McWilliams, & N. Petviashvili, 1994: Filamentary Magnetohydrodynamic Plasmas. Physics of Plasmas 1, 260-280.

McWilliams, J.C., J.B. Weiss, & I. Yavneh, 1994: Anisotropy and coherent structures in planetary turbulence. Science 264, 410-413.

Yavneh, I., & J.C. McWilliams, 1994: Breakdown of the slow manifold in the Shallow-Water Equations. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 75, 131-161.

McWilliams, J.C., 1994: Statistical dynamics and coherent vortices in two-dimensional and planetary turbulence. In: Modelling of Oceanic Vortices, Ed. G.J.F. van Heijst, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 15-24.

Large, W.G., J.C. McWilliams, & S.C. Doney, 1994: Oceanic vertical mixing: a review and a model with a non-local K-profile boundary layer parameterization. Rev. Geophys. 32, 363-403.

Polvani, L.M., J.C. McWilliams, M.A. Spall, & R. Ford, 1994: The coherent structures of Shallow-Water turbulence: deformation-radius effects, cyclone\anticyclone asymmetry, and gravity-wave generation. Chaos 4, 177-186.

McWilliams, J.C., & J.B. Weiss, 1994: Anisotropic geophysical vortices. Chaos 4, 305-312.

Sullivan, P.P., J.C. McWilliams, & C.-H. Moeng, 1994: A subgrid-scale model for large-eddy simulation of planetary boundary layer flows. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 71, 247-276.

McWilliams, J.C., & P.R. Gent, 1994: The wind-driven ocean circulation with an isopycnal-thickness mixing parameterizaton. J. Phys. Ocean.24, 46-65.

Gent, P.R., J.C. McWilliams, & C. Snyder, 1994: A note on a scaling analysis of curved fronts: the formal validity of the balance equations and semigeostrophy. J. Atmos. Sci. 51, 160-163.

Danabasoglu, G., J.C. McWilliams, & P.R. Gent, 1994: The role of mesoscale tracer transports in the global ocean circulation. Science 264, 1123-1126.

McWilliams, J.C., 1995: Sub-grid-scale parameterizations in oceanic general circulation models. In: Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales, Eds., D.G. Martinson, K. Bryan, M. Ghil, M.M. Hall, T.R. Karl, E.S. Sarachik, S. Sorooshian, & L.D. Talley, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 339-352.

Yavneh, I., & J.C. McWilliams, 1995: Robust multigrid solution of the shallow-water balance equations. J. Comp. Physics 119, 1-25.

Gent, P.R., J. Willebrand, T.J. McDougall, & J.C. McWilliams, 1995: Parameterizing eddy-induced tracer transports in ocean circulation models. J. Phys. Ocean. 25, 463-474.

Yano, J.-I., J.C. McWilliams, M.W. Moncrieff, & K.A. Emanuel, 1995: Hierarchical tropical cloud systems in an analog shallow water model. J. Atmos. Sci. 52, 1723-1742.

Boning, C.W., W.R. Holland, F.O. Bryan, G. Danabasoglu, & J.C. McWilliams, 1995: An overlooked problem in model simulations of the thermohaline circulation and heat transport in the Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate 8, 515-523.

Saravanan, R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1995: Multiple equilibria, natural variability, and climate transitions in an idealized ocean-atmosphere model. J. Climate 8, 2296-2323.

Bush, A.B.G., J.C. McWilliams, & W.R. Peltier, 1995: The origins and evolution of imbalance in synoptic-scale baroclinic wave life cycles. J. Atmos. Sci. 52, 1051-1069.

Danabasoglu, G., & J.C. McWilliams, 1995: Sensitivity of the global ocean circulation to parameterizations of mesoscale tracer transports. J. Climate, 8, 2967-2987.

Bush, A.B.G., J.C. McWilliams, & W.R. Peltier, 1995: The formation of oceanic eddies in symmetric and asymmetric jets. Part I: Early time evolution and bulk eddy transports. J. Phys. Ocean. 25, 1959-1979.

Kinney, R., J.C. McWilliams, & T. Tajima, 1995: Coherent structures and turbulent cascades in two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics turbulence. Physics of Plasmas 2, 3623-3639.

Yano, J.-I., J.C. McWilliams, & M.W. Moncrieff, 1995: Fractality in idealized simulations of large-scale tropical cloud systems. M. Weather Rev. 124, 838-848.

Baillie, C.F., J.C. McWilliams, J.B. Weiss, & I. Yavneh, 1995: Implementation and performance of a Grand Challenge 3D quasi-geostrophic multi-grid code on the Cray T3D and IBM SP2. Supercomputing 95, ACM Press, New York.

Wang, D., W.G. Large, & J.C. McWilliams, 1996: Large-eddy simulation of the equatorial ocean boundary layer: diurnal cycling, eddy viscosity, and horizontal rotation. J. Geophys. Res. 101, 3649-3662.

McWilliams, J.C., G. Danabasoglu, & P.R. Gent, 1996: Tracer budgets in the Warm Water Sphere. Tellus 48A, 179-192.

Julien K., S. Legg, J. McWilliams, & J. Werne, 1996: Penetrative convection in rapidly rotating flows: Preliminary results from numerical simulation. Dynamics of Atm. Oceans 24, 237-249.

Carton, X.J., & J.C. McWilliams, 1996: Nonlinear oscillatory evolution of a baroclinically unstable geostrophic vortex. Dyn. Atm. Oceans 24, 207-214.

Bush, A.B.G., J.C. McWilliams, & W.R. Peltier, 1996: The formation of oceanic eddies in symmetric and asymmetric jets. Part II: Late time evolution and eddy dynamics. J. Phys. Ocean. 9, 1092-1110.

Yavneh, I., & J.C. McWilliams, 1996: Multigrid solution of stably stratified flows: the quasigeostrophic equations. J. Sci. Comp. 11, 47-69.

Ayotte, K.W., P.P. Sullivan, A. Andren, S.C. Doney, A.A.M. Holtslag, W.G. Large, J.C. McWilliams, C.-H. Moeng, M.J. Otte, J.J. Tribbia, & J.C. Wyngaard, 1996: An evaluation of neutral and convective planetary boundary layer parameterizations relative to Large Eddy Simulations. Boundary Layer Meteorology 79, 131-175.

Milliff, R.F., W.G. Large, W.R. Holland, & J.C. McWilliams, 1996: The general circulation responses of high-resolution North Atlantic Ocean models to synthetic-scatterometer winds. J. Phys. Ocean. 26, 1747-1768.

Sullivan, P.P., J.C. McWilliams, & C.-H. Moeng, 1996: A grid nesting method for large-eddy simulation of planetary boundary layer flows. Boundary Layer Meteorology 80, 167-202.

Danabasoglu, G., J.C. McWilliams, & W.G. Large, 1996: Approach to equilibrium in global ocean models. J. Climate 9, 1092-1110.

Gent, P.R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1996: Eliassen-Palm fluxes and the momentum equations in non-eddy-resolving ocean circulation models. J. Phys. Ocean. 26, 2540-2546.

Kubokawa, A., & J.C. McWilliams, 1996: Topographic ocean gyres: A western boundary slope. J. Phys. Ocean. 26, 1468-1479.

Julien K., S. Legg, J. McWilliams & J. Werne, 1996: Hard turbulence in rotating Rayleigh-Benard convection. Phys. Rev. E 53, R5557-R55560.

Julien K., S. Legg, J. McWilliams, & J. Werne, 1996: Rapidly rotating turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection. J. Fluid Mech. 322, 243-273.

McWilliams, J.C., 1996: Modeling the oceanic general circulation. Annual Rev. of Fluid Mech. 28, 1-34.

Kinney, R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1996: Stability of magnetic vortices with flow in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamics. Physics of Plasmas 3, 3583-3590.

Lin, C.-L., J.C. McWilliams, C.-H. Moeng, & P.P. Sullivan, 1996: Coherent structures and dynamics in neutrally stratified planetary boundary-layer flows. Physics of Fluids 8, 2626-2639.

McWilliams, J.C., P.P. Sullivan, & C.-H. Moeng, 1997: Langmuir turbulence in the ocean. J. Fluid Mech. 334, 1-30.

Morel, Y., & J.C. McWilliams, 1997: Evolution of Isolated Interior Vortices in the Ocean. J. Phys. Ocean. 27, 727-748.

Yavneh, I., A.F. Shchepetkin, J.C. McWilliams, & L.P. Graves, 1997: Multigrid solution of rotating, stably stratified flows: The balance equations and their turbulent dynamics. J. Comp. Phys. 136, 245-262.

Saravanan, R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1997: Stochasticity and spatial resonance in interdecadal climate fluctuations. J. Climate 10, 2299-2320.

Kinney, R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1997: Magnetohydrodynamics equations under anisotropic conditions. J. of Plasma Physics 57, 73-82.

Kinney, R.M. & J.C. McWilliams, 1997: Multiple time scales in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamics. In: Two-dimensional Turbulence in Plasmas and Fluids: Research Workshop, Canberra, Australia, June-July 1997, R.L. Dewar & R.W. Griffiths, eds., AIP Conference Proceedings 414, American Institue of Physics, Woodbury, New York, 235-242.

Large, W.G., G. Danabasoglu, S.C. Doney, & J.C. McWilliams, 1997: Sensitivity to surface forcing and boundary layer mixing in a global ocean model: Annual-mean climatology. J. of Phys. Ocean. 27, 2418-2447.

Lin, C.-L., C.-H. Moeng, P.P. Sullivan, & J.C. McWilliams, 1997: The effect of surface roughness on flow structures in a neutrally stratified planetary boundary layer flow. Physics of Fluids 9, 3225-3249.

Julien, K., J. Werne, S. Legg, & J.C. McWilliams, 1997: The effects of rotation on the global dynamics of turbulent convection. Solar Convection and Oscillations and their Relationship, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard & F.P. Pipjers, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Julien, K., J. Werne, S. Legg, & J.C. McWilliams, 1997: The effect of rotation on convective overshoot. Solar Convection and Oscillations and their Relationship, Eds. F.P. Pijpers, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard C.S. Rosenthal., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 231-234.

Yano, J.-I, M.W. Moncrieff, & J.C. McWilliams, 1998: Linear stability and single-column analyses of several cumulus parameterization categories in a shallow-water model. Q. J. Roy. Met. Soc. 124, 983-1005.

Smyth, W.D. & J.C. McWilliams, 1998: Instability of an axisymmetric vortex in a stably stratified rotating environment. Theor. and Comp. Fluid Dyn. 11, 305-322.

Wang, D., J.C. McWilliams, & W.G. Large, 1998: Large Eddy Simulation of the diurnal cycle of deep equatorial turbulence. J. Phys. Ocean. 28, 129-148.

Saravanan, R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1998: Advective ocean-atmosphere interaction: an analytical stochastic model with implications for decadal variability. J. Climate 11, 165-188.

Gent, P.R., F.O. Bryan, G. Danabasoglu, S.C. Doney, W.R. Holland, W.G. Large, & J.C. McWilliams, 1998: The NCAR Climate System Model global ocean component. J. Climate 11, 1287-1306.

Legg, S., J.C. McWilliams, & J. Gao, 1998: Localization of deep ocean convection by a geostrophic eddy. J. Phys. Ocean. 48, 944-970.

Sutyrin, G.G., J.C. McWilliams, & R. Saravanan, 1998: Co-rotating stationary states and vertical alignment of geostrophic vortices with thin cores. J. Fluid Mech. 357, 321-349.

Shchepetkin, A., & J.C. McWilliams, 1998: Quasi-monotone advection schemes based on explicit locally adaptive dissipation. Monthly Weather Review 126, 1541-1580.

McWilliams, J.C., 1998: Oceanic general circulation models. In: Ocean Modeling and Parameterization, Eds., E. Chassignet & J. Verron, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1-44.

McWilliams, J.C., & I. Yavneh, 1998: Fluctuation growth and instability associated with a singularity of the Balance Equations. Physics of Fluids 10, 2587-2596.

Hua, B.L., J.C. McWilliams, & P. Klein, 1998: Lagrangian acceleration and dispersion in geostrophic turbulence. J. Fluid Mech. 366, 87-108.

Marshall, J., F. Dobson, K. Moore, P. Rhines, M. Visbeck, E. d'Asaro, K. Bumke, S. Chang, R. Davis, K. Fischer, R. Garwood, P. Guest, R. Harcourt, C. Herbaut, T. Holt, J. Lazier, S. Legg, J. McWilliams, R. Pickart, M. Prater, I. Renfrew, F. Schott, U. Send, & W. Smethie, 1998: The Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment, Bulletin Am. Meteor. Soc. 79, 2033-2058.

Weiss, J.B., A. Provenzale, & J.C. McWilliams, 1998: Lagrangian dynamics in high-dimensional point-vortex systems. Phys. Fluids 10, 1929-1941.

Kinney, R., & J.C. McWilliams, 1998: Turbulent cascades in anisotropic magnetohydrodynamics. Phys. Rev. E 57, 7111-7121.

McWilliams, J.C., I. Yavneh, M.J.P. Cullen, & P.R. Gent, 1998: The breakdown of large-scale flows in rotating, stratified fluids. Phy. Fluids 10, 3178-3184.

Berloff, P.S., \& J.C. McWilliams, 1999: Large-scale, low-frequency variability in wind-driven ocean gyres. J. Phys. Ocean 29, 1925-1949.

McWilliams, J.C., C.-H. Moeng, & P.P. Sullivan, 1999: Turbulent fluxes and coherent structures in marine boundary layers: Investigations by Large-Eddy Simulation. In: Air-Sea Exchange: Physics, Chemistry, Dynamics, and Statistics, Ed., G. Geernaert, 507-538.

Julien, K., S. Legg, J.C. McWilliams, & J. Werne, 1999: Plumes in rotating convection. Part 1. Ensemble statistics and dynamical balances. J. Fluid Mech. 391, 151-187.

Kinney, R.M., & J.C. McWilliams, 1999: Reduced dynamical equations for the high-latitude thermosphere: Ion drag balance. Geophys. Res. 104, 6805-6812.

McWilliams, J.C. & J.M. Restrepo, 1999: The wave-driven ocean circulation. J. Phys. Ocean 29, 2523-2540.

Berloff, P.S., & J.C. McWilliams, 1999: Quasigeostrophic dynamics of the western boundary current. J. Phys. Ocean 29, 2607-2634.

Kinney, R.M., F. Coroniti, J.C. McWilliams, & P. Pritchett, 1999: Mechanisms for discrete auroral arc breakup by nonlinear Alfven wave interaction, J. Geophys. Res. (Space Physics) 104, 19931-19940.

McWilliams, J.C., J.B. Weiss, & I. Yavneh, 1999: The vortices of homogeneous geostrophic turbulence. J. Fluid Mech. 401, 1-26.

Legg, S., & J.C. McWilliams, 1999: Temperature and salinity variability in heterogeneous oceanic convection. J. Phys. Ocean. 30, 1188-1206.

Sullivan, P.P., J.C. McWilliams, & C.-H. Moeng, 2000: Simulations of turbulent flow over idealized water waves. J. Fluid Mech. 404, 47-85.

Saravanan, R., G. Danabasoglu, S.C. Doney, & J.C. McWilliams, 2000: Decadal variability and predictability in the midlatitude ocean-atmosphere system. J. of Climate 13, 1073-1097.

Von Hardenberg, J., J.C. McWilliams, A. Provenzale, A. Shchepetkin, & J.B. Weiss, 2000: Vortex merging in quasigeostrophic flows. J. Fluid Mech. 412, 331-353.

Tailleux, R. & J.C. McWilliams, 2000: Acceleration, creation, and depletion of wind-driven, baroclinic Rossby waves over an ocean ridge. J. Phys. Ocean. 30, 2186-2213.

McWilliams, J.C., 2000: The formulation of oceanic general circulation models. In: General Circulation Model Development: Past, Present, and Future: Proceedings of a Symposium in honor of Professor Akio Arakawa, Academic Press, Ed., D. Randall, 421-456.

Chao, Y., M. Ghil, \& J.C. McWilliams, 2000: Pacific interdecadal variability in this century's sea surface temperatures. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 2261-2264.

McWilliams, J.C., & P.P. Sullivan, 2000: Surface-wave effects on winds and currents in marine boundary layers. In: Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Ed., J. Lumley, Springer-Verlag, in press.

McWilliams, J.C., & P.P. Sullivan, 2001: Vertical mixing by Langmuir circulations. Spill Science and Technology 6, 225-237.

Bracco, A., J.C. McWilliams, G. Murante, A. Provenzale, & J.B. Weiss, 2000: Revisiting two-dimensional turbulence at modern resolution. Physics of Fluids 12, 2931-2941.

Kinney, R.M., B. Chandran, S. Cowley, & J.C. McWilliams, 2000: Magnetic field growth and saturation in plasmas with high Prandtl number. Part I: the two-dimensional case. Astrophys. J., in press.

Danabasoglu, G., & J.C. McWilliams, 2000: An upper-ocean model for short-term climate variability. J. Climate 13, 3380-3411.

Molemaker, M.J, J.C. McWilliams, & I. Yavneh, 2000: Instability and equilibration of centrifugally-stable stratified Taylor-Couette flow.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5270-5273.

Legg, S., & J.C. McWilliams, 2001: Convective modifications of a geostrophic eddy field. J. Phys. Ocean. 31, 874-891.

Li, X., Y. Chao, J.C. McWilliams, & L.-L. Fu, 2001: A comparison of two vertical mixing schemes in a Pacific Ocean General Circulation Model. J. Climate 14, 1377-1398.

Marchesiello, P., J.C. McWilliams, & A. Shchepetkin, 2001: Open boundary conditions for long-term integration of regional ocean models. Ocean Modelling 3, 1-20.

Siegel, A., J.B. Weiss, J. Toomre, J.C. McWilliams, P. Berloff, & I. Yavneh, 2001: Eddies and vortices in ocean basin dynamics. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 3183-3186.

Huber, M., M. Ghil, & J.C. McWilliams, 2001: A climatology of turbulent dispersion in the troposphere. J. Atmos. Sci. 58, 2377-2394.

Morel, Y., & J.C. McWilliams, 2001: Effects of isopycnal and diapycnal mixing on the stability of oceanic currents. J. Phys. Ocean. 31, 2280-2296.

Tailleux, R., & J.C. McWilliams, 2001: The effect of bottom-pressure decoupling on the speed of extratropical, baroclinic Rossby waves. J. Phys. Ocean. 31, 1461-1476 .

Large, W.G., G. Danabasoglu, J.C. McWilliams, P.R. Gent, & F.O. Bryan, 2001: Equatorial circulation of a global ocean climate model with anisotropic viscosity. J. Phys. Ocean. 31, 518-536.

Legg, S., K. Julien, J. McWilliams, & J. Werne, 2001: Vertical transport by convective plumes: modification by rotation. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 26, 259-262.

Yavneh, I., J.C. McWilliams, & M.J. Molemaker, 2001: Non-axisymmetric instability of centrifugally stable, stratified Taylor-Couette flow. J. Fluid. Mech. 448, 1-21.

Stevens, B., J.Duan, J.C. McWilliams, M. Munnich, & J.D. Neelin, 2001: Entrainment, Rayleigh friction, and boundary-layer winds over the Tropical Pacific. J. Climate 15, 30-44.

McWilliams, J.C., M.J. Molemaker, & I. Yavneh, 2001: From stirring to mixing of mementum: Cascades from balanced flows to dissipation in the oceanic interior.
Aha Huliko'a Proceedings 2001, U. of Hawaii, 59-66.


Berloff, P., & J.C. McWilliams, 2002: Material Transport in Oceanic Gyres. Part II: Hierarchy of stochastic models. J. Phys. Ocean. 32, 797-830.

Berloff, P., J.C. McWilliams, & A. Bracco, 2002: Material transport in oceanic gyres. Part I: Phenomenology. J. Phys. Ocean. 32, 764-796.

Legg, S., & J.C. McWilliams, 2002: Sampling characteristics from isobaric floats in a convective eddy field. J. Phys. Ocean 32, 527-544.

Berloff, P., & J.C. McWilliams, 2002: Material transport in oceanic gyres. Part II: Hierarchy of stochastic models. J. Phys. Ocean. 32, 797-830. Howes, G.G., S.C. Cowley, & J.C. McWilliams, 2002: Local buoyant instability of of magnetized shear flow. Astrophys. J., 560, 617-629.

McWilliams, J.C., & G. Danabasoglu, 2002: Eulerian and eddy-induced meridional overturning circulations in the Tropics.
J. Phys. Ocean. 32, 2054-2071.

Sullivan, P.P., & J.C. McWilliams, 2002: Turbulent flow over water waves in the presence of stratification, Physics of Fluids 14, 1182-1195.

Tailleux, R., & J.C. McWilliams, 2002: On the energy propagation of long, extratropical Rossby waves over slowly varying zonal topography. J. Fluid Mech. 474, 295-319.

Nezlin, N.P., & J.C. McWilliams, 2002: Satellite data empirical orthogonal functions statistics, and the 1997-1998 El Nino off California. Remote Sensing Envir. 84, 234-254.

Yu, J.-Y., C.R. Mechoso, J.C. McWilliams, & A. Arakawa, 2002: Impacts of the Indian Ocean on the ENSO cycle. Geo. Res. Let. 29, 46(1)-46(4).

Shchepetkin, A.F., & J.C. McWilliams, 2002: A method for computing horizontal pressure-gradient force in an ocean model with a non-aligned vertical coordinate. J. Geophys. Res. J. Geophys. Res. 108, 35.1-35.34.

Marchesiello, P., J.C. McWilliams, & A. Shchepetkin, 2002: Equilibrium structure and dynamics of the California Current System, J. Phys. Ocean 33, 753-783.

Schekochihin, A., S.C., Cowley, G.W. Hammett, J.L. Maron, & J.C. McWilliams, 2002: A model of nonlinear evolution and saturation of the turbulent MHD dynamo. New J. Physics 4, 84.1-84.22.

Blanke, R., C. Roy, P. Penven, S. Speich, J.C. McWilliams, & G. Nelson, 2002: Linking wind and interannual upwelling variability in a regional model of the southern Benguela. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, 41(1)-41(4).

Schekochihin, A., J. Maron, S. Cowley, and J.C. McWilliams, 2002: The small-scale structure of MHD turbulence with high-Prandtl-numbers. Astrophy. J. 576, 806-813.

Nezlin, N.P., and J.C. McWilliams, 2003: Satellite data empirical orthogonal functions statistics, and the 1997-1998 El Nino off California. Remote Sensing Envir. 84, 234-254.

Smith, R.D., and J.C. McWilliams, 2003: Anisotropic horizontal viscosity for ocean models. Ocean Modelling 5, 129-156.

Shchepetkin, A.F., and J.C. McWilliams, 2003: A method for computing horizontal pressure-gradient force in an ocean model with a non-aligned vertical coordinate. J. Geophys. Res. 108, 35.1-35.34.

Marchesiello, P., J.C. McWilliams, and A. Shchepetkin, 2003: Equilibrium structure and dynamics of the California Current System, J. Phys. Ocean. 33, 753-783.

McWilliams, J.C., 2003: Diagnostic force balance and its limits. In: Nonlinear Processes in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Eds. O.U. Velasco Fuentes, J. Sheinbaum, J. Ochoa, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 287-304.

Berloff, P.S., and J.C. McWilliams, 2003: Material transport in oceanic gyres. Part III: Randomized stochastic models. J. Phys. Ocean., 33, 1416-1445.

McWilliams, J.C., L.P. Graves, and M.T. Montgomery, 2003: A formal theory for vortex Rossby waves and vortex evolution. Geophys. & Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 97, 275-309.

Laval, J.-P., B. Dubrulle, and J.C. McWilliams, 2003: Langevin models of turbulence: Renormalization group, distant interaction algorithm, or rapid distortion? Phys. Fluids 15, 1327-1339.

Laval, J.-P., J.C. McWilliams, and B. Dubrulle, 2003: Forced stratified turbulence: Successive transitions with Reynolds number. Phys. Rev. E 68, 036308/1-036308/8.

Niiler, P.P., N.A. Maximenko, and J.C. McWilliams, 2003: Dynamically balanced absolute sea level of the global ocean derived from near-surface velocity observations. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, 7/1-7/4.

Gallego, B., P. Cessi, and J.C. McWilliams, 2004: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current in equilibrium. J. Phys. Ocean. 34, 1571-1587.

Moeng, C.-H., J.C. McWilliams, R. Rotunno, P.P. Sullivan, and J. Weil, 2004: Investigating 2D modeling of atmospheric convection in the PBL. J. Atmos. Sci. 61, 889-903.

Sullivan, P.P., J.C. McWilliams, and W.K. Melville, 2004: The oceanic boundary layer driven by wave breaking with stochastic variability. I: Direct numerical simulation of neutrally-stratified shear flow. J. Fluid Mech. 507, 143-174.

Schekochihin, A.A., S.C. Cowley, S.F. Taylor, J.L. Maron, and J.C. McWilliams, 2004: Simulations of the small-scale turbulent dynamo. Astrophys. J. 612, 276-307.

McWilliams, J.C., 2004: Phenomenological hunts in two-dimensional and stably stratified turbulence. In: Atmospheric Turbulence and Mesoscale Meteorology: Scientific Research Inspired by Doug Lilly. Eds. E. Fedorovich, B. Stevens, and R. Rotunno, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 35-49.

McWilliams, J.C., J.M. Restrepo, and E.M. Lane, 2004: An asymptotic theory for the interaction of waves and currents in coastal waters. J. Fluid Mech. 511, 135-178.

McWilliams, J.C., J.M. Molemaker, and I. Yavneh, 2004: Ageostrophic, anticyclonic instability of a barotropic boundary current. Phys. Fluids 16, 3720-3725.

Capet, X.J., P. Marchesiello, and J.C. McWilliams, 2004: Upwelling response to coastal wind profiles. Geophys. Research Lett. 31 (13), L13311/1-L13311/4.

Bracco, A., J. von Hardenberg, A. Provenzale, J.B. Weiss, and J.C. McWilliams, 2004: Dispersion and mixing in quasigeostrophic turbulence. Physical Review Lett. 92, 084501-1 -- 084501-4.

Schekochihin, A.A., S.C. Cowley, J.L. Maron, and J.C. McWilliams, 2004: The self-similar turbulent dynamo. Phys. Res. Lett. 92, 064501-1 -- 064501-4.

Schekochihin, A.A., S.C. Cowley, S.F. Taylor, G.W. Hammett, J.L. Maron, and J.C. McWilliams, 2004: On the saturated state of the nonlinear small-scale dynamo. Phys. Res. Lett. 92, 084504-1 -- 084504-4.

Schekochihin, A.A., S.C. Cowley, J.L. Maron, and J.C. McWilliams, 2004: On the existence of a critical magnetic Prandtl number for small-scale dynamo. Phys. Res. Lett 92, 054502-1 -- 054502-4.

Muller, P., J. McWilliams, and J. Molemaker, 2005: Routes to dissipation in the ocean: the 2D/3D turbulence conundrum. In: Marine Turbulence: Theories, Observations and Models, Eds. H. Baumert, J. Simpson, and J. Sundermann, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 397-405.

Shchepetkin, A.F., and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: The regional oceanic modeling system (ROMS): A split-explicit, free-surface, topography-following-coordinate oceanic model. Ocean Modelling 9,347-404.

Molemaker, J.M., J.C. McWilliams, and I. Yavneh, 2005: Baroclinic instability and loss of balance. J. Phys. Ocean. 35, 1505-1517.

Cowley, S.C., J.L. Maron, and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: The non-linear magnetic cascade. Astrophys. J., in press.

Di Lorenzo, E., A.J. Miller, N. Schneider, and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: The warming of the California Current: Dynamics and ecosystem implications. J. Phys. Ocean., in press.

McWilliams, J.C., 2005: Intrinsic climatic variability: An essay on modes and mechanisms of oceanic and atmospheric fluid dynamics. Frontiers in the Science of Climate Modeling, Eds. J.T. Kiehl and V. Ramanathan, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, in press.

McWilliams, J.C., 2005: Fundamentals of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, in press.

Kravtsov, S., P. Berloff, W.K. Dewar,J.C. McWilliams, and M. Ghil, 2005: A highly nonlinear coupled mode of decadal-to-interdecadal variability in a midlatitude ocean-atmosphere model.Part 1: Phenomenology. J. Climate, submitted.

Kravtsov, S., W.K. Dewar, P. Berloff, M. Ghil, and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: A highly nonlinear coupled mode of decadal-to-interdecadal variability in a midlatitude ocean-atmosphere model. Part 2: Dynamics. J. Climate, submitted.

Penven P., L. Debreu, P. Marchesiello, and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: Evaluation and application of the ROMS 1-way embedding procedure in the California Current Upwelling System. Ocean Modelling, in press.

Gruber, N., H. Frenzel, S.C. Doney, P. Marchesiello, J.C. McWilliams, J.R. Moisan, J. Oram, G.K. Plattner, and K.D. Stolzenbach, 2005: Simulations of plankton ecosystem dynamics and upper ocean biogeochemistry in the California Current System: Part I: Model description, evaluation, and ecosystem structure. Deep Sea Research II, in press.

Caldeira, R.M.A., P. Marchesiello, N. Nezlin, P. DiGiacomo, and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: Island wakes in the Southern California Bight. J. Geophys. Res., in press.

Lane, E.M., J.M. Restrepo, and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: Wave-current interaction: a comparison of radiation-stress and vortex-force representations. J. Fluid Mech., submitted.

Danabasoglu, G., W.G. Large, J.J. Tribbia, P.R. Gent, B.P. Briegleb, and J.C. Mcwilliams, 2005: Diurnal ocean-atmosphere coupling. J. Climate, in press.

Schekochihin, A., N.E.L. Haugen, A. Brandenburg, S.C. Cowley, J.L. Maron, and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: Onset of small-scale dynamo at low magnetic Prandtl numbers. Astrophys. J. Lett. 625, L115-L118

McWilliams, J.C., \& E. Huckle, 2005: Ekman layer rectification, {\it J. Phys. Ocean.}, in press.

Li, Z., Y. Chao, \& J.C. McWilliams, 2005: Computation of the streamfunction and velocity potential for limited and irregular domains. {\it Mon. Weather Rev.}, in press. Plattner, G.-K., N. Gruber, H. Frenzel, and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: Decoupling marine export production from new production. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32, L11612/1-4.

Bracco, A., J. von Hardenberg, J.B. Weiss, and J.C. McWilliams, 2005: Quasigeostropic turbulence and the ocean. J. Geophys. Res., in press.



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