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  1. Stochastic paleoclimatology: Modeling the EPICA ice core climate records

    Article • Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, September 2023, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  2. Hydrodynamic interactions and the diffusivity of spheroidal particles

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, July 2019, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  3. Surface tension and the Mori–Tanaka theory of non-dilute soft composite solids

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, May 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  4. Erratum: Stiffening solids with liquid inclusions

    Article • Nature Physics, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer

  5. Fluid-Driven Deformation of a Soft Granular Material

    Article • Physical Review X, February 2015, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  6. Surface tension and the mechanics of liquid inclusions in compliant solids

    Article • Soft Matter, January 2015, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Wettlaufer

  7. Stiffening solids with liquid inclusions

    Article • Nature Physics, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer

  8. On the edge of habitability and the extremes of liquidity

    Article • Planetary and Space Science, August 2014, Elsevier

    John Wettlaufer

  9. On the interpretation of Stratonovich calculus

    Article • New Journal of Physics, May 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  10. Steady turbulent density currents on a slope in a rotating fluid

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, April 2014, Cambridge University Press

    John Wettlaufer, Dr Georgy Eduardovich Manucharyan

  11. Hertz beyond belief

    Article • Soft Matter, February 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    John Wettlaufer

  12. A stochastic perturbation theory for non-autonomous systems

    Article • Journal of Mathematical Physics, December 2013, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  13. 143 Ice shaping in solutions of ice-binding proteins – Melting vs growing morphologies

    Article • Cryobiology, December 2013, Elsevier

    John Wettlaufer, Professor Ido Braslavsky

  14. Eisenman Receives 2012 Cryosphere Young Investigator Award: Citation

    Article • Eos, November 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  15. Surface tension and contact with soft elastic solids

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer

  16. Mixing in gravity currents

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 2013, Cambridge University Press

    John Wettlaufer

  17. CAN PLANETESIMALS FORM BY COLLISIONAL FUSION?

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, August 2013, American Astronomical Society

    John Wettlaufer, Axel Brandenburg

  18. Grain boundary melting in ice

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, March 2013, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  19. Nonlinear mushy-layer convection with chimneys: stability and optimal solute fluxes

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2013, Cambridge University Press

    John Wettlaufer

  20. Finite-sample-size effects on convection in mushy layers

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, July 2012, Cambridge University Press

    John Wettlaufer

  21. On the existence of stable seasonally varying Arctic sea ice in simple models

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2012, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  22. Norbert Untersteiner

    Article • Physics Today, June 2012, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  23. Trends, noise and re-entrant long-term persistence in Arctic sea ice

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, March 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  24. Density Functional Theory for Baxter’s Sticky Hard Spheres in Confinement

    Article • Physical Review Letters, January 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  25. Steven Alan Orszag

    Article • Physics Today, November 2011, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  26. Ice-lens formation and geometrical supercooling in soils and other colloidal materials

    Article • Physical Review E, October 2011, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  27. A low-order theory of Arctic sea ice stability

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), October 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  28. Decadal to seasonal variability of Arctic sea ice albedo

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, October 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  29. Jay Gregory Dash

    Article • Physics Today, August 2011, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  30. The universe in a cup of coffee

    Article • Physics Today, May 2011, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  31. Cartesian vortex theory, cosmic vortices, and the route to cosmogony

    Article • Physics Today, May 2011, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  32. Brine fluxes from growing sea ice

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  33. A fundamental measure theory for the sticky hard sphere fluid

    Article • The Journal of Chemical Physics, January 2011, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  34. Finger Rafting

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer, Dr Dominic Vella

  35. Shear flow, phase change and matched asymptotic expansions: Pattern formation in mushy layers

    Article • Physica D Nonlinear Phenomena, January 2011, Elsevier

    John Wettlaufer

  36. Maximal Potential Energy Transport: A Variational Principle for Solidification Problems

    Article • Physical Review Letters, December 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  37. 37. Ice crystal shapes in antifreeze protein solutions

    Article • Cryobiology, December 2010, Elsevier

    John Wettlaufer, Professor Ido Braslavsky

  38. Erratum: Abrupt grain boundary melting in ice [Phys. Rev. E 70 , 061606 (2004)]

    Article • Physical Review E, September 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  39. Note: Scanned multi-light-emitting-diode illumination for volumetric particle image velocimetry

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, September 2010, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  40. Streaks to Rings to Vortex Grids: Generic Patterns in Transient Convective Spin Up of an Evaporating Fluid

    Article • Physical Review Letters, July 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  41. ACCRETION IN PROTOPLANETARY DISKS BY COLLISIONAL FUSION

    Article • The Astrophysical Journal, July 2010, American Astronomical Society

    John Wettlaufer

  42. Long range interactions in nanoscale science

    Article • Reviews of Modern Physics, June 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  43. Theory of ice premelting in porous media

    Article • Physical Review E, March 2010, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  44. Sea Ice and Astrobiology

    Article • October 2009, Wiley

    John Wettlaufer, John Wettlaufer

  45. A direct optical method for the study of grain boundary melting

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, October 2009, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  46. Light scattering from an isotropic layer between uniaxial crystals

    Article • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, April 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  47. Axisymmetric viscous gravity currents flowing over a porous medium

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, March 2009, Cambridge University Press

    John Wettlaufer

  48. Onsager Reciprocity in Premelting Solids

    Article • Journal of Statistical Physics, February 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer

  49. Nonlinear threshold behavior during the loss of Arctic sea ice

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    John Wettlaufer

  50. Explaining the patterns formed by ice floe interactions

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

    John Wettlaufer, Dr Dominic Vella

  51. Shear-enhanced convection in a mushy layer

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 2008, Cambridge University Press

    John Wettlaufer

  52. An experimental study of shear-enhanced convection in a mushy layer

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, October 2008, Cambridge University Press

    John Wettlaufer

  53. Experimental Verification of Morphological Instability in Freezing Aqueous Colloidal Suspensions

    Article • Physical Review Letters, June 2008, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  54. Circulation in Lake Vostok: A laboratory analogue study

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  55. Reply to comment by E. T. DeWeaver et al. on “On the reliability of simulated Arctic sea ice in global climate models”

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  56. Snow and ice crystals

    Article • Physics Today, December 2007, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  57. Evaporatively driven morphological instability

    Article • Physical Review E, July 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  58. Star patterns on lake ice

    Article • Physical Review E, June 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  59. On the reliability of simulated Arctic sea ice in global climate models

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  60. Finger Rafting: A Generic Instability of Floating Elastic Sheets

    Article • Physical Review Letters, February 2007, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer, Dr Dominic Vella

  61. The long-term circulation driven by density currents in a two-layer stratified basin

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2007, Cambridge University Press

    John Wettlaufer

  62. 2006 program of studies : ice

    Article • January 2007, MBLWHOI Library

    John Wettlaufer

  63. The physics of premelted ice and its geophysical consequences

    Article • Reviews of Modern Physics, July 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  64. Sea ice is a mushy layer

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, July 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  65. Growth-Melt Asymmetry in Crystals and Twelve-Sided Snowflakes

    Article • Physical Review Letters, June 2006, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  66. Small ice crystals and the climatology of lightning

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, March 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  67. PREMELTING DYNAMICS

    Article • Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, January 2006, Annual Reviews

    John Wettlaufer

  68. Classical Rotational Inertia of SolidHe4

    Article • Physical Review Letters, June 2005, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  69. Two-dimensional density currents in a confined basin

    Article • Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, June 2005, Taylor & Francis

    John Wettlaufer

  70. A non-destructive method for measuring the salinity and solid fraction of growing sea ice in situ

    Article • Journal of Glaciology, January 2005, International Glaciological Society

    John Wettlaufer

  71. Abrupt grain boundary melting in ice

    Article • Physical Review E, December 2004, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  72. Premelting dynamics in a continuum model of frost heave

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, January 2004, Cambridge University Press

    John Wettlaufer

  73. Comment on “A new model of charge transfer during ice–ice collisions”

    Article • Comptes Rendus Physique, July 2003, Cellule MathDoc/CEDRAM

    John Wettlaufer

  74. Singularities, Shocks, and Instabilities in Interface Growth

    Article • Studies in Applied Mathematics, February 2003, Wiley

    John Wettlaufer

  75. Isotopic diffusion in polycrystalline ice

    Article • Journal of Glaciology, January 2003, International Glaciological Society

    John Wettlaufer

  76. The surface physics of ice in thunderstorms

    Article • Canadian Journal of Physics, January 2003, Canadian Science Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  77. Segregation, transport, and interaction of climate proxies in polycrystalline ice

    Article • Canadian Journal of Physics, January 2003, Canadian Science Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  78. Shocking facets in interface growth

    Article • Journal of Crystal Growth, February 2002, Elsevier

    John Wettlaufer

  79. Shocks Preempt Continuous Curvature Divergence in Interface Motion

    Article • Physical Review Letters, October 2001, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  80. Collisional Charging in Ice and Charge Separation in Thunderstorms

    Article • September 2001, SAE International

    John Wettlaufer

  81. Theory of charge and mass transfer in ice‐ice collisions

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 2001, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  82. Interfacial Premelting and the Thermomolecular Force: Thermodynamic Buoyancy

    Article • Physical Review Letters, August 2001, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  83. The Dynamics of Snow and Ice Masses

    Article • January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer

  84. Frost Heave in Argon

    Article • Physical Review Letters, December 2000, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer, Dr Bernd Sing

  85. Shocks and Curvature Dynamics: A Test of Global Kinetic Faceting in Crystals

    Article • Physical Review Letters, September 2000, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  86. Splashing in Micro- and Hypergravity

    Article • Physics of Fluids, September 2000, American Institute of Physics

    John Wettlaufer

  87. Melting Below Zero

    Article • Scientific American, February 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer

  88. Solidification of leads: Theory, experiment, and field observations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2000, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  89. Ice surfaces: macroscopic effects of microscopic structure

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, December 1999, Royal Society Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  90. Impurity Effects in the Premelting of Ice

    Article • Physical Review Letters, March 1999, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  91. Ice Physics and the Natural Environment

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer, John Wettlaufer

  92. Introduction

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer, John Wettlaufer

  93. Crystal Growth, Surface Phase Transitions and Thermomolecular Pressure

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer

  94. Geometric Selection in Ice Polycrystals: Concavity, Faceting, and Kinetics

    Article • January 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    John Wettlaufer

  95. Natural convection during solidification of an alloy from above with application to the evolution of sea ice

    Article • Journal of Fluid Mechanics, August 1997, Cambridge University Press

    John Wettlaufer

  96. Premelting Dynamics:  Geometry and Interactions

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, August 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Wettlaufer

  97. Natural Convection, Solute Trapping, and Channel Formation during Solidification of Saltwater

    Article • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, August 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    John Wettlaufer

  98. Reply to comment on “Evaporation preempts complete wetting”

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), July 1997, Institute of Physics Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  99. the phase evolution of Young Sea Ice

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 1997, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  100. A Theory of Premelting Dynamics for all Power Law Forces

    Article • Physical Review Letters, May 1996, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  101. Dispersion-force effects in interfacial premelting of ice

    Article • October 1995, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  102. Dynamics of premelted films: Frost heave in a capillary

    Article • May 1995, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  103. Evaporation Preempts Complete Wetting

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), February 1995, Institute of Physics Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  104. The premelting of ice and its environmental consequences

    Article • Reports on Progress in Physics, January 1995, Institute of Physics Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  105. A geometric model for anisotropic crystal growth

    Article • Journal of Physics A General Physics, September 1994, Institute of Physics Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  106. Relation of growth and equilibrium crystal shapes

    Article • October 1993, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  107. Singular behavior of the neutral modes during directional solidification

    Article • Physical Review A, November 1992, American Physical Society (APS)

    John Wettlaufer

  108. Ice growth and oceanic heat flux: Models and measurements

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, June 1992, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  109. Directional Solidification of Salt Water: Deep and Shallow Cells

    Article • EPL (Europhysics Letters), June 1992, Institute of Physics Publishing

    John Wettlaufer

  110. Heat flux at the ice‐ocean interface

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 1991, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    John Wettlaufer

  111. Measurement Of The Thermal Regimes In Perennial Sea Ice

    Article • Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    John Wettlaufer