2026


Aravind, H. M., Puthan, P., Sarkar, S., Merrifield, S., & Terrill, E. (2026). Tidally Dominated Flows past a Three-Dimensional Topography: Wake Vortices, Turbulence, and Mixing. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 56(2), 371–390. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-25-0108.1

2025


Wheeler, D. C., Giddings, S. N., Merrifield, M., & Pawlak, G. (2025). Infragravity frequency wave-driven bottom boundary layer turbulence in shallow estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130, e2024JC021284. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021284
Matsumoto, H., Shtienberg, G., & Young, A. P. (2025). Advanced Monitoring of Subsurface Sediment Structures Within Gravel Berms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 130(8), e2024JF008240. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JF008240
Stephenson, W. J., Dickson, M. E., Hurst, M. D., Omidiji, J., Horton, S. L., Litchfield, N. J., Norton, K. P., Matsumoto, H., Krier-Mariani, R. L., Acharya-Chowdhury, L., & McLean, A. D. (2025). Are Holocene coseismic marine terrace sequences complete paleoseismic records? Rapid erosion of a new marine terrace created during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake suggests not! Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/g53244.1
Klotz, A. N., Gurruchaga, P., Almar, R., Lange, A. M. Z., & Bergsma, E. W. J. (2025). Deriving nearshore bathymetry and waves characteristics from a single UAV video. Coastal Engineering, 202, 104820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104820
Martins, K., Brodie, K. L., Fiedler, J. W., O’Dea, A. M., Spore, N. J., Grenzeback, R. L., Dickhudt, P. J., Bak, S., de Viron, O., & Bonneton, P. (2025). Seamless nearshore topo-bathymetry reconstruction from lidar scanners: A proof-of-concept based on a dedicated field experiment at Duck, NC. Coastal Engineering, 199, 104748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104748
Bryant, M. B., Borsa, A. A., Anderson, E. J., Masteller, C. C., Michaelides, R. J., Siegfried, M. R., & Young, A. P. (2025). Multiple modes of shoreline change along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea observed using ICESat-2 altimetry and satellite imagery. The Cryosphere, 19(5), 1825–1847. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-1825-2025
Shen, Y., Whittaker, C. N., Thompson, C. F., Raby, A. C., Young, A. P., & Dickson, M. E. (2025). Wave impacts on vertical cliffs: Insights from laboratory experiments and field observations. Coastal Engineering, 201, 104794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104794
O’Reilly, W. C., Merrifield, M. A., Cagigal, L., Yoon, D., Leslie-Bole, H., Adusumilli, S., Young, A. P., Vos, K., & Guza, R. T. (2025). Interannual wave-driven shoreline change on the California coast. Nature Communications, 16(1), 9967. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-65944-0
Kim, L. N., Meusel, C., Barker, R., Lockwood, B., Strudley, M., Behrens, D., Orescanin, M. M., Merrifield, M., Giddings, S. N., & Levy, M. C. (2025). Dynamics of Saltwater Intrusion Into Coastal Freshwaters in the California Central Coast. Water Resources Research, 61(3), e2024WR037141. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR037141
Barnes, A. T., Merrifield, M. A., Bagheri, K., Levy, M. C., & Davani, H. (2025). Flooding Projections Due To Groundwater Emergence Caused by Sea Level Variability. Earth’s Future, 13(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2025ef006270
Ding, X., Garnier, R., Whittaker, C., Blondeaux, P., Vittori, G., Dalrymple, R. A., Lomonaco, P., Guza, R. T., & Coco, G. (2025). Laboratory observations of continuous and intermittent subharmonic edge waves. Coastal Engineering, 201, 104808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104808
Swirad, Z. M., & Young, A. P. (2025). Hazard of coastal cliff top failure through time. Geomorphology, 481, 109791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.109791

2024


Barnes, A. T., Becker, J. M., Tagarino, K. A., O’Reilly, W. C., Siegelman, M., Thompson, P. R., & Merrifield, M. A. (2024). Rising sea levels and the increase of shoreline wave energy at American Samoa. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 5163. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55636-y
Azouri, A., Roeber, V., Guiles, M. D., Merrifield, M., Becker, J., & Luther, D. S. (2024). Computations of energetic nearshore waves: Are weakly dispersive phase-resolving models telling the same story? Coastal Engineering, 194, 104625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104625
Matsumoto, H., Dickson, M. E., Stephenson, W. J., Thompson, C. F., & Young, A. P. (2024). Modeling future cliff-front waves during sea level rise and implications for coastal cliff retreat rates. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 7810. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57923-0
Lange, A. M. Z., Fiedler, J. W., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2024). Free Infragravity Waves on the Inner Shelf: Observations and Parameterizations at Two Southern California Beaches. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(8), e2023JC020378. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020378
Siegelman, M. N., McCarthy, R. A., Young, A. P., O’Reilly, W., Matsumoto, H., Johnson, M., Mack, C., & Guza, R. T. (2024). Subaerial Profiles at Two Beaches: Equilibrium and Machine Learning. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 129(10), e2023JF007524. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007524
Warrick, J. A., Buscombe, D., Vos, K., Bryan, K. R., Castelle, B., Cooper, J. A. G., Harley, M. D., Jackson, D. W. T., Ludka, B. C., Masselink, G., Palmsten, M. L., Ruiz De Alegria-Arzaburu, A., Sénéchal, N., Sherwood, C. R., Short, A. D., Sogut, E., Splinter, K. D., Stephenson, W. J., Syvitski, J., & Young, A. P. (2024). Coastal shoreline change assessments at global scales. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2316. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46608-x
Hale, M. L., Merrifield, M. A., Clemesha, R. E. S., Gershunov, A., Guirguis, K., Benmarhnia, T., Dorman, C., & Iacobellis, S. F. (2024). Mean Summer Land Temperatures in the Southern California Coastal Zone: Connections With Ocean Processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(14), e2023JD040188. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040188
Adusumilli, S., Cirrito, N., Engeman, L., Fiedler, J. W., Guza, R. T., Lange, A. M. Z., Merrifield, M. A., O’Reilly, W., & Young, A. P. (2024). Predicting Shoreline Changes Along the California Coast Using Deep Learning Applied to Satellite Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation, 1(3), e2024JH000172. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JH000172

2023


Dickson, M. E., Matsumoto, H., Stephenson, W. J., Swirad, Z. M., Thompson, C. F., & Young, A. P. (2023). Sea-level rise may not uniformly accelerate cliff erosion rates. Nature Communications, 14(1), 8485. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44149-3
Lange, A. M. Z., Fiedler, J. W., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2023). UAV video-based estimates of nearshore bathymetry. Coastal Engineering, 185, 104375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104375
Ludka, B. C., Young, A. P., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., & Merrifield, M. A. (2023). Alongshore variability of a southern California beach, before and after nourishment. Coastal Engineering, 179, 104223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104223
Sangsefidi, Y., Barnes, A., Merrifield, M., & Davani, H. (2023). Data-driven analysis and integrated modeling of climate change impacts on coastal groundwater and sanitary sewer infrastructure. Sustainable Cities and Society, 99, 104914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104914
Sangsefidi, Y., Bagheri, K., Davani, H., & Merrifield, M. (2023). Data analysis and integrated modeling of compound flooding impacts on coastal drainage infrastructure under a changing climate. Journal of Hydrology, 616, 128823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128823
Young, A. P., Matsumoto, H., Spydell, M. S., & Dickson, M. E. (2023). Cobble Tracking Observations at Torrey Pines State Beach, CA, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(9), e2023JF007199. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JF007199
University of North Carolina Wilmington, Bresnahan, P., Briggs, E., Davis, B., Rodriguez, A., Edwards, L., Peach, C., Renner, N., Helling, H., & Merrifield, M. (2023). A Low-Cost, DIY Ultrasonic Water Level Sensor for Education, Citizen Science, and Research. Oceanography, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2023.101
Byrne, S. M., Merrifield, M. A., Carter, M. L., Cayan, D. R., Flick, R. E., Gershunov, A., & Giddings, S. N. (2023). Southern California winter precipitation variability reflected in 100-year ocean salinity record. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00803-8
Siegelman, M. N., Firing, E., Merrifield, M. A., Becker, J. M., & Musgrave, R. C. (2023). Near-Inertial Surface Currents around Islands. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 53(2), 433–455. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0310.1
Feddersen, F., Fincham, A. M., Brodie, K. L., Young, A. P., Spydell, M. S., Grimes, D. J., Pieszka, M., & Hanson, K. (2023). Cross-shore wind-induced changes to field-scale overturning wave shape. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 958, A4. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.40
Stevenson, S., Cobb, K. M., Merrifield, M., Powell, B., Sanchez, S., Nusbaumer, J., O’Connor, G., & Atwood, A. (2023). Contrasting Central Equatorial Pacific Oxygen Isotopic Signatures of the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 El Niño Events. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(21), e2023GL104454. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104454
Clow, T., Willenbring, J. K., Young, A. P., Matsumoto, H., Hidy, A. J., & Shadrick, J. R. (2023). Late Holocene Cliff Retreat in Del Mar, CA, Revealed From Shore Platform 10 Be Concentrations and Numerical Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 128(4), e2022JF006855. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006855
Kim, L. N., Brodie, K. L., Cohn, N. T., Giddings, S. N., & Merrifield, M. (2023). Observations of beach change and runup, and the performance of empirical runup parameterizations during large storm events. Coastal Engineering, 184, 104357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104357
Matsumoto, H., & Young, A. P. (2023). Development of an automated mobile grain size mapping of a mixed sediment beach. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, esp.5655. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5655

2022


Lange, A. M. Z., Fiedler, J. W., Becker, J. M., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2022). Estimating runup with limited bathymetry. Coastal Engineering, 172, 10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2021.104055
Swirad, Z. M., & Young, A. P. (2022). CliffDelineaTool v1.2.0: an algorithm for identifying coastal cliff base and top positions. Geoscientific Model Development, 15(4), 1499–1512. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1499-2022
Rijnsdorp, D. P., Smit, P. B., & Guza, R. T. (2022). A nonlinear, non-dispersive energy balance for surfzone waves: infragravity wave dynamics on a sloping beach. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 944, A45. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2022.512
Ray, R. D., Merrifield, M. A., & Woodworth, P. L. (2022). Wave setup at the Minamitorishima tide gauge. Journal of Oceanography. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-022-00659-0
Matsumoto, H., Young, A. P., & Carilli, J. E. (2022). Modeling the relative influence of environmental controls on marine terrace widths. Geomorphology, 396, 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107986
Blenkinsopp, C. E., Bayle, P. M., Martins, K., Foss, O. W., Almeida, L. P., Kaminsky, G. M., Schimmels, S., & Matsumoto, H. (2022). Wave runup on composite beaches and dynamic cobble berm revetments. Coastal Engineering, 176, 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104148
Henderson, C. S., Fiedler, J. W., Merrifield, M. A., Guza, R. T., & Young, A. P. (2022). Phase resolving runup and overtopping field validation of SWASH. Coastal Engineering, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2022.104128
Thompson, C. F., Dickson, M. E., & Young, A. P. (2022). Seismic signatures of individual wave impacts on a coastal cliff. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, esp.5426. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5426
Dickson, M. E., Omidiji, J., Litchfield, N. J., Norton, K. P., Matsumoto, H., Krier‐Mariani, R. L., Horton, S. L., Acharya‐Chowdhury, L., McLean, A. D., Hurst, M. D., & Stephenson, W. J. (2022). Observations of the incipient and penultimate stages of Holocene marine terrace development. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(13), 3019–3032. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5440
Swirad, Z. M., & Young, A. P. (2022). Spatial and temporal trends in California coastal cliff retreat. Geomorphology, 412, 108318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108318
Matsumoto, H., & Young, A. P. (2022). Quantitative regional observations of gravel and bedrock influence on beach morphologies. Geomorphology, 419, 108491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108491

2021


Anderson, D. L., Ruggiero, P., Mendez, F. J., Barnard, P. L., Erikson, L. H., O’Neill, A. C., Merrifield, M., Rueda, A., Cagigal, L., & Marra, J. (2021). Projecting climate dependent coastal flood risk with a hybrid statistical dynamical model. Earths Future, 9(12), 24. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021ef002285
Eddebbar, Y. A., Subramanian, A. C., Whitt, D. B., Long, M. C., Verdy, A., Mazloff, M. R., & Merrifield, M. A. (2021). Seasonal modulation of dissolved oxygen in the equatorial Pacific by tropical instability vortices. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(11), e2021JC017567. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017567
Fiedler, J. W., Kim, L., Grenzeback, R. L., Young, A. P., & Merrifield, M. A. (2021). Enhanced surf zone and wave runup observations with hovering drone-mounted lidar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38(11), 1967–1978. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-21-0027.1
Matsumoto, H., Dickson, M. E., & Kench, P. S. (2021). Preservation and destruction of Holocene marine terraces: The effects of episodic versus gradual relative sea level change. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(19), 8. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021gl094543
Merrifield, M. A., Johnson, M., Guza, R. T., Fiedler, J. W., Young, A. P., Henderson, C. S., Lange, A. M. Z., O’Reilly, W. C., Ludka, B. C., Okihiro, M., Gallien, T., Pappas, K., Engeman, L., Behrens, J., & Terrill, E. (2021). An early warning system for wave-driven coastal flooding at Imperial Beach, CA. Natural Hazards, 22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04790-x
Swirad, Z. M., & Young, A. P. (2021). Automating coastal cliff erosion measurements from large-area LiDAR datasets in California, USA. Geomorphology, 389, 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107799
Long, X. Y., Widlansky, M. J., Spillman, C. M., Kumar, A., Balmaseda, M., Thompson, P. R., Chikamoto, Y., Smith, G. A., Huang, B. H., Shin, C. S., Merrifield, M. A., Sweet, W. V., Leuliette, E., Annamalai, H. S., Marra, J. J., & Mitchum, G. (2021). Seasonal forecasting skill of sea-level anomalies in a multi-model prediction framework. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 126(6). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc017060
Young, A. P., Guza, R. T., Matsumoto, H., Merrifield, M. A., O’Reilly, W. C., & Swirad, Z. M. (2021). Three years of weekly observations of coastal cliff erosion by waves and rainfall. Geomorphology, 375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107545
Thompson, P. R., Widlansky, M. J., Hamlington, B. D., Merrifield, M. A., Marra, J. J., Mitchum, G. T., & Sweet, W. (2021). Rapid increases and extreme months in projections of United States high-tide flooding. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01077-8

2020


Fiedler, J. W., Young, A. P., Ludka, B. C., O’Reilly, W. C., Henderson, C., Merrifield, M. A., & Guza, R. T. (2020). Predicting site-specific storm wave run-up. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-020-04178-3
Kalligeris, N., Smit, P. B., Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., & Gallien, T. W. (2020). Calibration and assessment of process-based numerical models for beach profile evolution in southern California. Coastal Engineering, 158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103650
Hamlington, B. D., Gardner, A. S., Ivins, E., Lenaerts, J. T. M., Reager, J. T., Trossman, D. S., Zaron, E. D., Adhikari, S., Arendt, A., Aschwanden, A., Beckley, B. D., Bekaert, D. P. S., Blewitt, G., Caron, L., Chambers, D. P., Chandanpurkar, H. A., Christianson, K., Csatho, B., Cullather, R. I., … Willis, M. J. (2020). Understanding of contemporary regional sea-level change and the implications for the future. Reviews of Geophysics, 58(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019rg000672
Yao, Y., Zhang, Q. M., Becker, J. M., & Merrifield, M. A. (2020). Boussinesq modeling of wave processes in field fringing reef environments. Applied Ocean Research, 95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2019.102025
Long, X. Y., Widlansky, M. J., Schloesser, F., Thompson, P. R., Annamalai, H., Merrifield, M. A., & Yoon, H. (2020). Higher sea levels at Hawaii caused by strong El Nino and weak trade winds. Journal of Climate, 33(8), 3037–3059. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-19-0221.1
Cagigal, L., Rueda, A., Anderson, D., Ruggiero, P., Merrifield, M. A., Montano, J., Coco, G., & Mendez, F. J. (2020). A multivariate, stochastic, climate-based wave emulator for shoreline change modelling. Ocean Modelling, 154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2020.101695
Jacox, M. G., Alexander, M. A., Siedlecki, S., Chen, K., Kwon, Y. O., Brodie, S., Ortiz, I., Tommasi, D., Widlansky, M. J., Barrie, D., Capotondi, A., Cheng, W., Di Lorenzo, E., Edwards, C., Fiechter, J., Fratantoni, P., Hazen, E. L., Hermann, A. J., Kumar, A., … Rykaczewski, R. (2020). Seasonal-to-interannual prediction of North American coastal marine ecosystems: Forecast methods, mechanisms of predictability, and priority developments. Progress in Oceanography, 183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102307
Amador, A., Arzeno, I. B., Giddings, S. N., Merrifield, M. A., & Pawlak, G. (2020). Cross-shore structure of tidally-driven alongshore flow over rough bathymetry. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, n/a(n/a), e2020JC016264. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc016264
Lundesgaard, O., Winsor, P., Truffer, M., Merrifield, M., Powell, B., Statscewich, H., Eidam, E., & Smith, C. R. (2020). Hydrography and energetics of a cold subpolar fjord: Andvord Bay, western Antarctic Peninsula. Progress in Oceanography, 181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102224
Clark, S. J., Becker, J. M., Merrifield, M. A., & Behrens, J. (2020). The Influence of A Cross-Reef Channel On the Wave-Driven Setup and Circulation at Ipan, Guam. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 125(7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015722
Matsumoto, H., Young, A. P., & Guza, R. T. (2020). Observations of surface cobbles at two southern California beaches. Marine Geology, 419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.106049
Matsumoto, H., Young, A. P., & Guza, R. T. (2020). Cusp and mega cusp observations on a mixed sediment beach. Earth and Space Science, 7(10). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020ea001366

2019


Woodworth, P. L., Melet, A., Marcos, M., Ray, R. D., Woppelmann, G., Sasaki, Y. N., Cirano, M., Hibbert, A., Huthnance, J. M., Monserrat, S., & Merrifield, M. A. (2019). Forcing factors affecting sea level changes at the coast. Surveys in Geophysics, 40(6), 1351–1397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-019-09531-1
Johnston, T. M. S., MacKinnon, J. A., Colin, P. L., Haley, P. J., Lermusiaux, P. F. J., Lucas, A. J., Merrifield, M. A., Merrifield, S. T., Mirabito, C., Nash, J. D., Ou, C. Y., Siegeiman, M., Terrill, E. J., & Waterhouse, A. F. (2019). Energy and momentum lost to wake eddies and lee waves generated by the north equatorial current and tidal flows at Peleliu, Palau. Oceanography, 32(4), 110–125. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.417
MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., Zeiden, K., Johnston, T. M. S., Siegelman, M., Merrifield, S., & Merrifield, M. (2019). Eddy wake generation from broadband currents near Palau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc014945
Ray, R. D., & Merrifield, M. A. (2019). The semiannual and 4.4-year modulations of extreme high tides. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(8), 5907–5922. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015061
Lundesgaard, O., Powell, B., Merrifield, M., Hahn-Woernle, L., & Winsor, P. (2019). Response of an Antarctic Peninsula fjord to summer katabatic wind events. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49(6), 1485–1502. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-18-0119.1
Capotondi, A., Jacox, M., Bowler, C., Kavanaugh, M., Lehodey, P., Barrie, D., Brodie, S., Chaffron, S., Cheng, W., Dias, D. F., Eveillard, D., Guidi, L., Iudicone, D., Lovenduski, N. S., Nye, J. A., Ortiz, I., Pirhalla, D., Buil, M. P., Saba, V., … Pesant, S. (2019). Observational needs supporting marine ecosystems modeling and forecasting: From the global ocean to regional and coastal systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00623
Schramek, T. A., Cornuelle, B. D., Gopalakrishnan, G., Colin, P. L., Rowley, S. J., Merrifield, M. A., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Tropical western Pacific thermal structure and its relationship to ocean surface variables: A numerical state estimate and forereef temperature records. Oceanography, 32(4), 156–163. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.421
Andres, M., Siegelman, M., Hormann, V., Musgrave, R. C., Merrifield, S. T., Rudnick, D. L., Merrifield, M. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., Wijesekera, H. W., MacKinnon, J. A., Centurioni, L., Nash, J. D., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Eddies, topography, and the abyssal flow by the Kyushu-Palau Ridge near Velasco Reef. Oceanography, 32(4), 46–55. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.410
Young, A. P., & Carilli, J. E. (2019). Global distribution of coastal cliffs. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 44(6), 1309–1316. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4574
Thompson, P. R., Widlansky, M. J., Merrifield, M. A., Becker, J. M., & Marra, J. J. (2019). A statistical model for frequency of coastal flooding in Honolulu, Hawaii, during the 21st century. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(4), 2787–2802. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014741
Siegelman, M., Merrifield, M. A., Firing, E., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., Wijesekera, H. W., Schramek, T. A., Zeiden, K. L., & Terrill, E. J. (2019). Observations of near-inertial surface currents at Palau. Oceanography, 32(4), 74–83. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.413
Gove, J. M., Whitney, J. L., McManus, M. A., Lecky, J., Carvalho, F. C., Lynch, J. M., Li, J. W., Neubauer, P., Smith, K. A., Phipps, J. E., Kobayashi, D. R., Balagso, K. B., Contreras, E. A., Manuel, M. E., Merrifield, M. A., Polovina, J. J., Asner, G. P., Maynard, J. A., & Williams, G. J. (2019). Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(48), 24143–24149. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907496116
Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., Merrifield, M. A., Flick, R. E., Bak, A. S., Hesser, T., Bucciarelli, R., Olfe, C., Woodward, B., Boyd, W., Smith, K., Okihiro, M., Grenzeback, R., Parry, L., & Boyd, G. (2019). Sixteen years of bathymetry and waves at San Diego beaches. Scientific Data, 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0167-6
Piecuch, C. G., Thompson, P. R., Ponte, R. M., Merrifield, M. A., & Hamlington, B. D. (2019). What caused recent shifts in tropical Pacific decadal sea-level trends? Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jc015339
Thompson, C. F., Young, A. P., & Dickson, M. E. (2019). Wave impacts on coastal cliffs: Do bigger waves drive greater ground motion? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4712
Crosby, S. C., Kumar, N., O’Reilly, W. C., & Guza, R. T. (2019). Regional swell transformation by backward ray tracing and SWAN. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 36(2), 217–229. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-18-0123.1
Vittori, G., Blondeaux, P., Coco, G., & Guza, R. T. (2019). Subharmonic edge wave excitation by narrow-band, random incident waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 868. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.214
Cazenave, A., Hamlington, B., Horwath, M., Barletta, V. R., Benveniste, J., Chambers, D., Doll, P., Hogg, A. E., Legeais, J. F., Merrifield, M., Meyssignac, B., Mitchum, G., Nerem, S., Pail, R., Palanisamy, H., Paul, F., von Schuckmann, K., & Thompson, P. (2019). Observational requirements for long-term monitoring of the global mean sea level and its components over the altimetry era. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00582
Ponte, R. M., Carson, M., Cirano, M., Domingues, C. M., Jevrejeva, S., Marcos, M., Mitchum, G., van de Wal, R. S. W., Woodworth, P. L., Ablain, M., Ardhuin, F., Ballu, V., Becker, M., Benveniste, J., Birol, F., Bradshaw, E., Cazenave, A., De Mey-Fremaux, P., Durand, F., … Zhang, X. B. (2019). Towards comprehensive observing and modeling systems for monitoring and predicting regional to coastal sea level. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00437
Fiedler, J. W., Smit, P. B., Brodie, K. L., McNinch, J., & Guza, R. T. (2019). The offshore boundary condition in surf zone modeling. Coastal Engineering, 143, 12–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2018.10.014

2018


Arzeno, I. B., Collignon, A., Merrifield, M., Giddings, S. N., & Pawlak, G. (2018). An alongshore momentum budget over a fringing tropical fore-reef. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 123(11), 7839–7855. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014238
Young, A. P. (2018). Decadal-scale coastal cliff retreat in southern and central California. Geomorphology, 300, 164–175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.10.010
Young, A. P., Flick, R. E., Gallien, T. W., Giddings, S. N., Guza, R. T., Harvey, M., Lenain, L., Ludka, B. C., Melville, W. K., & O’Reilly, W. C. (2018). Southern California coastal response to the 2015–2016 El Niño. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(11), 3069–3083. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JF004771
Merrifield, M. A., & Thompson, P. R. (2018). Interdecadal sea level variations in the pacific: Distinctions between the tropics and extratropics. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(13), 6604–6610. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl077666
Schramek, T. A., Colin, P. L., Merrifield, M. A., & Terrill, E. J. (2018). Depth-dependent thermal stress around corals in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(18), 9739–9747. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018gl078782
Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., & O’Reilly, W. C. (2018). Nourishment evolution and impacts at four southern California beaches: A sand volume analysis. Coastal Engineering, 136, 96–105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2018.02.003
Fiedler, J. W., Smit, P. B., Brodie, K. L., McNinch, J., & Guza, R. T. (2018). Numerical modeling of wave runup on steep and mildly sloping natural beaches. Coastal Engineering, 131, 106–113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2017.09.004
Stevenson, S., Powell, B., Cobb, K., Nusbaumer, J., Merrifield, M., & Noone, D. (2018). Twentieth century seawater delta O-18 dynamics and implications for coral-based climate reconstruction. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, 33(6), 606–625. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017pa003304
Matsumoto, H., & Young, A. (2018). Automated cobble mapping of a mixed sand-cobble beach using a mobile LiDAR system. Remote Sensing, 10(8), 1253. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10081253
Cazenave, A., Meyssignac, B., Ablain, M., Balmaseda, M., Bamber, J., Barletta, V., Beckley, B., Benveniste, J., Berthier, E., Blazquez, A., Boyer, T., Caceres, D., Chambers, D., Champollion, N., Chao, B., Chen, J. L., Cheng, L. J., Church, J. A., Chuter, S., … Wcrp Global Sea Level Budget Grp. (2018). Global sea-level budget 1993-present. Earth System Science Data, 10(3), 1551–1590. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1551-2018
Matsumoto, H., Dickson, M. E., & Kench, P. S. (2018). Modelling the relative dominance of wave erosion and weathering processes in shore platform development in micro- to mega-tidal settings. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 43(12), 2642–2653. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4422

2017


Cuomo, G., & Guza, R. T. (2017). Infragravity Seiches in a Small Harbor. Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 143(5). https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)ww.1943-5460.0000392
Matsumoto, H., Dickson, M. E., & Masselink, G. (2017). Systematic analysis of rocky shore platform morphology at large spatial scale using LiDAR-derived digital elevation models. Geomorphology, 286, 45–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.03.011
Crosby, S. C., Cornuelle, B. D., O’Reilly, W. C., & Guza, R. T. (2017). Assimilating Global Wave Model Predictions and Deep-Water Wave Observations in Nearshore Swell Predictions. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34(8), 1823–1836. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-17-0003.1

2016


Young, A. P., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., Burvingt, O., & Flick, R. E. (2016). Observations of coastal cliff base waves, sand levels, and cliff top shaking. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41(11), 1564–1573. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3928
Feddersen, F., Olabarrieta, M., Guza, R. T., Winters, D., Raubenheimer, B., & Elgar, S. (2016). Observations and modeling of a tidal inlet dye tracer plume. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(10), 7819–7844. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jc011922
Palaseanu-Lovejoy, M., Danielson, J., Thatcher, C., Foxgrover, A., Barnard, P., Brock, J., & Young, A. (2016). Automatic delineation of seacliff limits using lidar-derived high-resolution DEMs in Southern California. Journal of Coastal Research, 162–173. https://doi.org/10.2112/si76-014
Matsumoto, H., Dickson, M. E., & Kench, P. S. (2016). An exploratory numerical model of rocky shore profile evolution. Geomorphology, 268, 98–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.05.017
Becker, J. M., Merrifield, M. A., & Yoon, H. (2016). Infragravity waves on fringing reefs in the tropical Pacific: Dynamic setup. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(5), 3010–3028. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jc011516
Matsumoto, H., Dickson, M. E., & Kench, P. S. (2016). Modelling the Development of Varied Shore Profile Geometry on Rocky Coasts. Journal of Coastal Research, 75(sp1), 597–601. https://doi.org/10.2112/SI75-120.1
Crosby, S. C., O’Reilly, W. C., & Guza, R. T. (2016). Modeling long-period swell in Southern California: Practical boundary conditions from buoy observations and global wave model predictions. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(8), 1673–1690. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-16-0038.1
Hamlington, B. D., Cheon, S. H., Thompson, P. R., Merrifield, M. A., Nerem, R. S., Leben, R. R., & Kim, K. Y. (2016). An ongoing shift in Pacific Ocean sea level. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(7), 5084–5097. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jc011815
Ludka, B. C., Gallien, T. W., Crosby, S. C., & Guza, R. T. (2016). Mid-El Nino erosion at nourished and unnourished Southern California beaches. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(9), 4510–4516. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl068612
Thompson, P. R., Piecuch, C. G., Merrifield, M. A., McCreary, J. P., & Firing, E. (2016). Forcing of recent decadal variability in the Equatorial and North Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(9), 6762–6778. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jc012132
O’Reilly, W. C., Olfe, C. B., Thomas, J., Seymour, R. J., & Guza, R. T. (2016). The California coastal wave monitoring and prediction system. Coastal Engineering, 116, 118–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2016.06.005
Doria, A., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., & Yates, M. L. (2016). Observations and modeling of San Diego beaches during El Nino. Continental Shelf Research, 124, 153–164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2016.05.008

2015


Earlie, C. S., Young, A. P., Masselink, G., & Russell, P. E. (2015). Coastal cliff ground motions and response to extreme storm waves. Geophysical Research Letters, 2014GL062534. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062534
Young, A. P. (2015). Recent deep-seated coastal landsliding at San Onofre State Beach, California. Geomorphology, 228(0), 200–212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.08.005
Fiedler, J. W., Brodie, K. L., McNinch, J. E., & Guza, R. T. (2015). Observations of runup and energy flux on a low-slope beach with high-energy, long-period ocean swell. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(22), 9933–9941. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gl066124
Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., & Yates, M. L. (2015). Field evidence of beach profile evolution toward equilibrium. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(11), 7574–7597. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jc010893
Gallien, T. W., O’Reilly, W. C., Flick, R. E., & Guza, R. T. (2015). Geometric properties of anthropogenic flood control berms on southern California beaches. Ocean & Coastal Management, 105, 35–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.12.014
Spydell, M. S., Feddersen, F., Olabarrieta, M., Chen, J. L., Guza, R. T., Raubenheimer, B., & Elgar, S. (2015). Observed and modeled drifters at a tidal inlet. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(7), 4825–4844. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014jc010541
Hally-Rosendahl, K., Feddersen, F., Clark, D. B., & Guza, R. T. (2015). Surfzone to inner-shelf exchange estimated from dye tracer balances. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(9), 6289–6308. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jc010844