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  1. Gulf Stream Transport and Mixing Processes via Coherent Structure Dynamics

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, April 2018, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  2. Comparison between geodetic and oceanographic approaches to estimate mean dynamic topography for vertical datum unification: evaluation at Australian tide gauges

    Article • Journal of Geodesy, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Chris Hughes

  3. How to monitor global ocean circulation without being blinded by local turbulence.

    Article • Progress In Oceanography, February 2018, Elsevier

    Chris Hughes

  4. Rapid Water Transport by Long-Lasting Modon Eddy Pairs in the Southern Midlatitude Oceans

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, December 2017, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  5. Observed Basin-Scale Response of the North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation to Wind Stress Forcing

    Article • Journal of Climate, March 2017, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Eleanor Frajka-Williams, Chris Hughes

  6. Variations in the difference between mean sea level measured either side of Cape Hatteras and their relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation

    Article • Climate Dynamics, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Chris Hughes, Professor Richard G Williams

  7. A Rossby whistle: A resonant basin mode observed in the Caribbean Sea

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, July 2016, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  8. Detecting trends in bottom pressure measured using a tall mooring and altimetry

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, July 2015, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  9. The status of measurement of the Mediterranean mean dynamic topography by geodetic techniques

    Article • Journal of Geodesy, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Chris Hughes

  10. The tilt of mean sea level along the east coast of North America

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, March 2015, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  11. Towards worldwide height unification using ocean information

    Article • Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, March 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Chris Hughes

  12. The effect of Mediterranean exchange flow on European time mean sea level

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2015, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  13. Recent trends in the Southern Ocean eddy field

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, January 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Povl Abrahamsen, Chris Hughes

  14. Forced and intrinsic variability in the response to increased wind stress of an idealized Southern Ocean

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, January 2015, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  15. Mean sea-level variability along the northeast American Atlantic coast and the roles of the wind and the overturning circulation

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, December 2014, Wiley

    Professor Richard G Williams, Chris Hughes

  16. Rapid sea-level rise along the Antarctic margins in response to increased glacial discharge

    Article • Nature Geoscience, August 2014, Nature

    Chris Hughes

  17. Sea level: measuring the bounding surfaces of the ocean

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, August 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Chris Hughes

  18. Weighing the ocean with bottom-pressure sensors: robustness of the ocean mass annual cycle estimate

    Article • Ocean Science, August 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Chris Hughes

  19. Antarctic circumpolar transport and the southern mode: a model investigation of interannual to decadal timescales

    Article • Ocean Science, April 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Chris Hughes

  20. Weighing the ocean with bottom-pressure sensors: robustness of the ocean mass annual cycle estimate

    Article • Ocean Science Discussions, February 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Chris Hughes

  21. The Observed North Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Its Meridional Coherence and Ocean Bottom Pressure

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, February 2014, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Eleanor Frajka-Williams, Chris Hughes

  22. Antarctic Circumpolar Transport and the Southern Mode: a model investigation of interannual to decadal time scales

    Article • Ocean Science Discussions, November 2013, Copernicus GmbH

    Chris Hughes

  23. Coherence of Western Boundary Pressure at the RAPID WAVE Array: Boundary Wave Adjustments or Deep Western Boundary Current Advection?

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2013, American Meteorological Society

    Chris Hughes

  24. Test of a Method for Monitoring the Geostrophic Meridional Overturning Circulation Using Only Boundary Measurements

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2013, American Meteorological Society

    Chris Hughes

  25. The coherence of small island sea level with the wider ocean: \newline a model study

    Article • Ocean Science, February 2013, Copernicus GmbH

    Chris Hughes

  26. Earth System Mass Transport Mission (e.motion): A Concept for Future Earth Gravity Field Measurements from Space

    Article • Surveys in Geophysics, October 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Chris Hughes

  27. Weighing the ocean: Using a single mooring to measure changes in the mass of the ocean

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, September 2012, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  28. Towards worldwide height system unification using ocean information

    Article • Journal of Geodetic Science, January 2012, De Gruyter

    Chris Hughes

  29. Local diagnostics to estimate density-induced sea level variations over topography and along coastlines

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2012, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  30. SUSTAINED MONITORING OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN AT DRAKE PASSAGE: PAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PRIORITIES

    Article • Reviews of Geophysics, December 2011, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  31. Comment on “Why western boundary currents are diffusive: A link between bottom pressure torque and bolus velocity” by C. Eden and D. Olbers

    Article • Ocean Modelling, January 2011, Elsevier

    Chris Hughes

  32. The color of sea level: Importance of spatial variations in spectral shape for assessing the significance of trends

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2010, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  33. Identification of jets and mixing barriers from sea level and vorticity measurements using simple statistics

    Article • Ocean Modelling, January 2010, Elsevier

    Chris Hughes

  34. Quasi-Biennial Modulation of the Southern Ocean Coherent Mode

    Article • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, January 2010, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  35. Geostrophic dynamics of meridional transport variability in the subpolar North Atlantic

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2009, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  36. Identifying the causes of sea-level change

    Article • Nature Geoscience, June 2009, Nature

    Chris Hughes

  37. Signature of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in sea level along the east coast of North America

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2009, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  38. Calculating the Ocean’s Mean Dynamic Topography from a Mean Sea Surface and a Geoid

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, October 2008, American Meteorological Society

    Chris Hughes

  39. Determining North Atlantic meridional transport variability from pressure on the western boundary: A model investigation

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 2008, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  40. Boundary wave communication of bottom pressure and overturning changes for the North Atlantic

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, August 2008, Wiley

    Professor Richard G Williams, Chris Hughes

  41. A Form of Potential Vorticity Equation for Depth-Integrated Flow with a Free Surface

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, May 2008, American Meteorological Society

    Chris Hughes

  42. Wind work on the geostrophic ocean circulation: An observational study of the effect of small scales in the wind stress

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Chris Hughes

  43. The relationship between sea-level and bottom pressure variability in an eddy permitting ocean model

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2008, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  44. An Oceanographer's Guide to GOCE and the Geoid

    Article • Ocean Science, January 2008, Copernicus GmbH

    Chris Hughes

  45. Meridional coherence of the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, December 2007, Wiley

    Professor Richard G Williams, Chris Hughes

  46. On the detectability of internal tides in Drake Passage

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, November 2007, Elsevier

    Chris Hughes

  47. Ocean and Atmosphere Storm Tracks: The Role of Eddy Vorticity Forcing

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, September 2007, American Meteorological Society

    Professor Richard G Williams, Chris Hughes

  48. Three forms of variability in Argentine Basin ocean bottom pressure

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2007, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  49. Propagation of signals in basin-scale ocean bottom pressure from a barotropic model

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2006, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  50. Comparison of in situ bottom pressure data with GRACE gravimetry in the Crozet-Kerguelen region

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, November 2006, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  51. Topographic Control of Basin and Channel Flows: The Role of Bottom Pressure Torques and Friction

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, September 2006, American Meteorological Society

    Professor Richard G Williams, Chris Hughes

  52. Antarctic Peninsula sea levels: a real-time system for monitoring Drake Passage transport

    Article • Antarctic Science, August 2006, Cambridge University Press

    Chris Hughes

  53. Coherent sea-level fluctuations along the global continental slope

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, April 2006, Royal Society Publishing

    Chris Hughes

  54. Observing seasonal bottom pressure variability in the North Pacific with GRACE

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2006, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  55. Nonlinear vorticity balance of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2005, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  56. On the sampling timescale required to reliably monitor interannual variability in the Antarctic circumpolar transport

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2005, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  57. Changes in the ocean transport through Drake Passage during the 1980s and 1990s, forced by changes in the Southern Annular Mode

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, November 2004, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  58. Future Benefits of Time-Varying Gravity Missions to Ocean Circulation Studies

    Article • Earth Moon and Planets, April 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Chris Hughes

  59. On the wind-forcing of bottom pressure variability at Amsterdam and Kerguelen Islands, southern Indian Ocean

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 2004, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  60. Parameterization of ocean self-attraction and loading in numerical models of the ocean circulation

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 2004, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  61. Ocean dynamics associated with rapidJ2fluctuations: Importance of circumpolar modes and identification of a coherent Arctic mode

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2004, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  62. The European Gravity Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer Satellite Mission: Its Impact on Geophysics

    Article • Surveys in Geophysics, July 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Chris Hughes

  63. Coherence of Antarctic sea levels, Southern Hemisphere Annular Mode, and flow through Drake Passage

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2003, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  64. Downslope convection north of Elephant Island, Antarctica: Influence on deep waters and dependence on ENSO

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2003, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  65. Feasibility, and Contribution to Ocean Circulation Studies, of Ocean Bottom Pressure Determination

    Article • Space Science Reviews, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Chris Hughes

  66. Near-surface circulation in the northern North Atlantic as inferred from Lagrangian drifters: Variability from the mesoscale to interannual

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2003, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  67. On the scattering of baroclinic Rossby waves by a ridge in a continuously stratified ocean

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, August 2002, Cambridge University Press

    Chris Hughes

  68. Zonal jets in and near the Coral Sea, seen by satellite altimetry

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2002, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  69. Oceanography: An extra dimension to mixing

    Article • Nature, February 2002, Nature

    Chris Hughes

  70. Sverdrup-like theories of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

    Article • Journal of Marine Research, January 2002, Journal of Marine Research/Yale

    Chris Hughes

  71. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current as a free equivalent-barotropic jet

    Article • Journal of Marine Research, January 2002, Journal of Marine Research/Yale

    Chris Hughes

  72. Torques exerted by a shallow fluid on a non-spherical, rotating planet

    Article • Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Chris Hughes

  73. Why Western Boundary Currents in Realistic Oceans are Inviscid: A Link between Form Stress and Bottom Pressure Torques

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, October 2001, American Meteorological Society

    Chris Hughes

  74. Aliasing of high-frequency variability by altimetry: Evaluation from bottom pressure recorders

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2001, Wiley

    Chris Hughes, Dr Sarah T. Gille

  75. Eddy forcing of the mean flow in the Southern Ocean

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2001, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  76. The Role of Bottom Pressure Torques in the Ocean Circulation

    Article • January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Chris Hughes

  77. A theoretical reason to expect inviscid western boundary currents in realistic oceans

    Article • Ocean Modelling, January 2000, Elsevier

    Chris Hughes

  78. Satellite peers through the oceans from space

    Article • Eos, January 2000, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  79. Wind-Driven Transport Fluctuations through Drake Passage: A Southern Mode

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, August 1999, American Meteorological Society

    Chris Hughes

  80. Use of transient features to identify eastward currents in the Southern Ocean

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 1998, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  81. Rossby wave propagation from satellite altimetry

    Article • Advances in Space Research, January 1998, Elsevier

    Chris Hughes

  82. Bottom pressure correlations in the South Atlantic

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, August 1996, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  83. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current as a Waveguide for Rossby Waves

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, July 1996, American Meteorological Society

    Chris Hughes

  84. The Use of Topographic Wave Modes to Solve for the Barotropic Mode of a Rigid-Lid Ocean Model

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, June 1996, American Meteorological Society

    Chris Hughes

  85. A test of the ability of TOPEX/POSEIDON to monitor flows through the Drake Passage

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 1996, Wiley

    Chris Hughes

  86. Effects of Bottom Topography in the Large-Scale Circulation of the Southern Ocean

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, November 1995, American Meteorological Society

    Chris Hughes

  87. Rossby waves in the Southern Ocean: A comparison of TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry with model predictions

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 1995, Wiley

    Chris Hughes