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Peer-reviewed publications

  • T. Martin and A. Adcroft, 2008: Impact of calving and icebergs in a coupled climate model. in prep for J. Clim.
  • R. Hallberg and A. Adcroft, 2008: Reconciling estimates of the free surface height in Lagrangian vertical coordinate models with mode-split time stepping. subm. Ocean Modelling.
  • download pdf L. White and A. Adcroft, 2008: High-order finite volume remapping schemes on nonuniform grids: the piecewise quartic method (PQM). J. Comp. Phys. 227, 7394-7422.
  • download pdf S.M. Griffies and A. J. Adcroft, 2008: Formulating the equations of ocean models, in Ocean Modeling in an Eddying Regime, edited by Matthew W. Hecht, Hiroyasu Hasumi, Editors. American Geophys. Union Publishing. 350pp., ISBN: 978-0-87590-442-9.
  • download pdf A. Adcroft, R. Hallberg and M. Harrison, 2008: A finite volume discretization of the pressure gradient force using analytic integration. Ocean Modelling. 22 (3-4), 106-113.
  • download pdf A. Adcroft and R. Hallberg, 2006: On methods for solving the oceanic equations of motion in generalized vertical coordinates. Ocean Modelling. 11, 224-233.
  • download pdf G. Boccaletti, R. Ferrari, A. Adcroft, D. Ferreira and J. Marshall, 2005: The vertical structure of ocean heat transport. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32 (10), L10603 [10.1029/2004GL022189] 17 May 2005
  • download pdf D. Menemenlis, C. Hill, A. Adcroft, J.-M. Campin, B. Cheng, B. Ciotti, I. Fukumori, P. Heimbach, C. Henze, A. Kohl, T. Lee, D. Stammer, J. Taft and J. Zhang, 2005: NASA Supercomputer Improves Prospects for Ocean Climate Research. EOS, Transaction, American Geophysical Union. 86 (9) 1 March 2005, 95-96.
  • download pdf J.C. Marshall, A.J. Adcroft, J.-M. Campin and C. Hill, 2004: Atmosphere-Ocean Modeling exploiting fluid isomorphisms. Month. Weath. Rev. 132 (12), 2882-2894.
  • download pdf A. Adcroft, J.-M. Campin, C.N. Hill and J.C. Marshall, 2004: Implementation of an atmosphere-ocean general circulation model on the expanded spherical cube. Month. Weath. Rev. 132 (12), 2845-2863.
  • download pdf A. Adcroft and J.M. Campin, 2004: Rescaled height coordinates for accurate representation of free-surface flows in ocean circulation models. Ocean Modelling. 7, 269-284.
  • download pdf J.-M. Campin, A. Adcroft, C. Hill and J. Marshall, 2004: Conservation of properties in a free-surface model. Ocean Modelling. 6, 221-244.
  • download pdf M. Losch, A. Adcroft and J.-M. Campin, 2004: How sensitive are Coarse General Circulation Models to Fundamental Approximations in the Equations of Motion?  J. Phys. Oceanogr. 34 (1), 306-319.
  • download pdf S. Legg and A. Adcroft, 2003: Internal wave breaking at concave and convex continental slopes. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 33, 2224-2246.
  • download pdf Stammer et al., 2003: Volume, heat an freshwater transports of the global ocean circulation 1993-2000, estimated from a general circulation model constrained by World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) data. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans. 108, (C1), 3007, doi:10.1029/2001JC001115.
  • download pdf Stammer et al., 2002: Global ocean circulation during 1992-1997, estimated from ocean observations and a general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans. 107 (C9), 3118, doi:10.1029/2001JC000888.
  • download pdf J.R. Scott, J. Marotzke and A. Adcroft, 2001: Geothermal heating and its influence on the meridional overturning circulation. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans 106 (C12), 31141-31154.
  • download pdf A. Adcroft, J.R. Scott and J. Marotzke, 2001: Impact of Geothermal Heating on the Global Ocean Circulation. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28(9), 1735-1738.
  • download pdf A.J. Adcroft, C.N. Hill and J.C. Marshall, 1999: A New Treatment of the Coriolis Terms in C-Grid Models at Both High and Low Resolutions. Month. Weath. Rev. 127 (8), 1928-1936.
  • download pdf A. Adcroft and D. Marshall, 1998: How Slippery are Piecewise-Constant Coastlines in Numerical Ocean Models? Tellus 50A, 95-108.
  • download pdf Alistair Adcroft, Chris Hill and John Marshall, 1997: The Representation of Topography by Shaved Cells in a Height Coordinate Model. Month. Weath. Rev. 125 (9), 2293-2315.
  • download pdf J. Marshall, A. Adcroft, C. Hill, L. Perelman and C. Heisey, 1997: A finite-volume, incompressible Navier Stokes model for studies of the ocean on parallel computers. J. Geophys. Res. 102 (C3), 5753-5766.
  • download pdf J. Marshall, C. Hill, L. Perelman, C. Heisey and A. Adcroft, 1997: Hydrostatic, quasi-hydrostatic and nonhydrostatic ocean modeling. J. Geophys. Res. 102 (C3), 5733-5752. [very large file!]
  • download pdf A. Adcroft, 1995: Numerical methods for use in a dynamical model of the ocean. PhD thesis, Imperial College, London.

Other publications

  • download pdf A. Adcroft, C. Hill, J.-M. Campin J. Marshall and P. Heimbach, 2004: Overview of the Formulation and Numerics of the MIT GCM.  Proceedings of the ECMWF seminar series on Numerical Methods, Recent developments in numerical methods for atmosphere and ocean modelling, 139-149.
  • J. Marotzke and A. Adcroft, 1997: Comment on "Climate Control Requires a Dam at the Strait of Gibraltar". In Forum of EOS, Transaction, American Geophysical Union. 78 (45) 11 November 1997, p. 507.

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