Publications


Gutierrez-Villanueva, M. O., Chereskin, T. K., & Sprintall, J. (2023). Compensating transport trends in the Drake Passage frontal regions yield no acceleration in net transport. Nature Communications, 14(1), 7792. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43499-2
Chidichimo, M. P., Perez, R. C., Speich, S., Kersalé, M., Sprintall, J., Dong, S., Lamont, T., Sato, O. T., Chereskin, T. K., Hummels, R., & Schmid, C. (2023). Energetic overturning flows, dynamic interocean exchanges, and ocean warming observed in the South Atlantic. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00644-x
Gutierrez-Villanueva, M. O., Chereskin, T. K., Sprintall, J., & Goff, J. A. (2022). Turbulent Mixing and Lee-Wave Radiation in Drake Passage: Sensitivity to Topography. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 127(5). https://doi.org/10.1029/2021jc018103
Soares, S. M., Gille, S. T., Chereskin, T. K., Firing, E., Hummon, J., & Rocha, C. B. (2022). Transition from Balanced to Unbalanced Motion in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(8), 1775–1795. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0139.1
Abdalla, S., Kolahchi, A. A., Ablain, M., Adusumilli, S., Bhowmick, S. A., Alou-Font, E., Amarouche, L., Andersen, O. B., Antich, H., Aouf, L., Arbic, B., Armitage, T., Arnault, S., Artana, C., Aulicino, G., Ayoub, N., Badulin, S., Baker, S., Banks, C., … Zlotnicki, V. (2021). Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress. Advances in Space Research, 68(2), 319–363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.01.022
Gutierrez-Villanueva, M. O., Chereskin, T. K., & Sprintall, J. (2020). Upper-ocean eddy heat flux across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage from observations: Time-mean and seasonal variability. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(9), 2507–2527. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-19-0266.1
Chereskin, T. K., Rocha, C. B., Gille, S. T., Menemenlis, D., & Passaro, M. (2019). Characterizing the transition from balanced to unbalanced motions in the Southern California current. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(3), 2088–2109. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jc014583
Masich Jessica, Mazloff Matthew R, & Chereskin Teresa K. (2018). Interfacial form stress in the Southern Ocean state estimate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(5), 3368–3385. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC013844
Donohue, K. A., Tracey, K. L., Watts, D. R., Chidichimo, M. P., & Chereskin, T. K. (2016). Mean Antarctic Circumpolar Current transport measured in Drake Passage. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(22), 11,760-11,767. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL070319
Rocha, C. B., Gille, S. T., Chereskin, T. K., & Menemenlis, D. (2016). Seasonality of submesoscale dynamics in the Kuroshio Extension. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(21), 11304–11311. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl071349
Watts, D. R., Tracey, K. L., Donohue, K. A., & Chereskin, T. K. (2016). Estimates of eddy heat flux crossing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current from observations in Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(7), 2103–2122. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-16-0029.1
Firing, Y. L., Chereskin, T. K., Watts, D. R., & Mazloff, M. R. (2016). Bottom pressure torque and the vorticity balance from observations in Drake Passage. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(6), 4282–4302. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016jc011682
Rocha, C. B., Chereskin, T. K., Gille, S. T., & Menemenlis, D. (2016). Mesoscale to submesoscale wavenumber spectra in Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(2), 601–620. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-15-0087.1
Masich, J., Chereskin, T. K., & Mazloff, M. R. (2015). Topographic form stress in the Southern Ocean State Estimate. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(12), 7919–7933. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jc011143
Firing, Y. L., Chereskin, T. K., Watts, D. R., Tracey, K. L., & Provost, C. (2014). Computation of geostrophic streamfunction, its derivatives, and error estimates from an array of CPIES in Drake Passage. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 31(3), 656–680. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-13-00142.1
Watts, D. R., Kennelly, M. A., Donohue, K. A., Tracey, K. L., Chereskin, T. K., Weller, R. A., & Victoria, I. (2013). Four current meter models compared in strong currents in Drake Passage. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(10), 2465–2477. https://doi.org/10.1175/jtech-d-13-00032.1
Brannigan, L., Lenn, Y. D., Rippeth, T. P., McDonagh, E., Chereskin, T. K., & Sprintall, J. (2013). Shear at the base of the oceanic mixed layer generated by wind shear alignment. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(8), 1798–1810. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-12-0104.1
Polton, J. A., Lenn, Y. D., Elipot, S., Chereskin, T. K., & Sprintall, J. (2013). Can Drake Passage observations match Ekman’s classic theory? Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(8), 1733–1740. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-13-034.1
Holte, J. W., Talley, L. D., Chereskin, T. K., & Sloyan, B. M. (2013). Subantarctic mode water in the southeast Pacific: Effect of exchange across the Subantarctic Front. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(4), 2052–2066. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrc.20144
Sprintall, J., Chereskin, T. K., & Sweeney, C. (2012). High-resolution underway upper ocean and surface atmospheric observations in Drake Passage: synergistic measurements for climate science. Oceanography, 25(3), 70–81. https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.77
Holte, J. W., Talley, L. D., Chereskin, T. K., & Sloyan, B. M. (2012). The role of air-sea fluxes in Subantarctic Mode Water formation. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 117. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011jc007798
Firing, Y. L., Chereskin, T. K., & Mazloff, M. R. (2011). Vertical structure and transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage from direct velocity observations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 116. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011jc006999
Lenn, Y. D., Chereskin, T. K., Sprintall, J., & McClean, J. L. (2011). Near-surface eddy heat and momentum fluxes in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41(7), 1385–1407. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo-d-10-05017.1
Hartin, C. A., Fine, R. A., Sloyan, B. M., Talley, L. D., Chereskin, T. K., & Happell, J. (2011). Formation rates of Subantarctic mode water and Antarctic intermediate water within the South Pacific. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 58(5), 524–534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2011.02.010
Meredith, M. P., Woodworth, P. L., Chereskin, T. K., Marshall, D. P., Allison, L. C., Bigg, G. R., Donohue, K., Heywood, K. J., Hughes, C. W., Hibbert, A., Hogg, A. M., Johnson, H. L., Jullion, L., King, B. A., Leach, H., Lenn, Y.-D., Morales Maqueda, M. A., Munday, D. R., Naveira Garabato, A. C., … Sprintall, J. (2011). Sustained monitoring of the Southern Ocean at Drake Passage: Past achievements and future priorities. Reviews of Geophysics, 49(4). https://doi.org/10.1029/2010rg000348
Sloyan, B. M., Talley, L. D., Chereskin, T. K., Fine, R., & Holte, J. (2010). Antarctic Intermediate Water and Subantarctic Mode Water Formation in the Southeast Pacific: The Role of Turbulent Mixing. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40(7), 1558–1574. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010jpo4114.1
Chereskin, T. K., Talley, L. D., & Sloyan, B. M. (2010). Nonlinear vorticity balance of the Subantarctic Front in the southeast Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 115. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009jc005611
Chereskin, T. K., Donohue, K. A., Watts, D. R., Tracey, K. L., Firing, Y. L., & Cutting, A. L. (2009). Strong bottom currents and cyclogenesis in Drake Passage. Geophysical Research Letters, 36. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009gl040940
Lenn, Y. D., & Chereskin, T. K. (2009). Observations of Ekman Currents in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39(3), 768–779. https://doi.org/10.1175/2008jpo3943.1
Gay, P. S., & Chereskin, T. K. (2009). Mean structure and seasonal variability of the poleward undercurrent off southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 114. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008jc004886
Lenn, Y. D., Chereskin, T. K., & Sprintall, J. (2008). Improving estimates of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current streamlines in Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 38(5), 1000–1010. https://doi.org/10.1175/2007jpo3834.1
Chereskin, T. K., & Tarling, G. A. (2007). Interannual to diurnal variability in the near-surface scattering layer in Drake Passage. Ices Journal of Marine Science, 64(9), 1617–1626. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsm138
Lenn, Y. D., Chereskin, T. K., Sprintall, J., & Firing, E. (2007). Mean jets, mesoscale variability and eddy momentum fluxes in the surface layer of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage. Journal of Marine Research, 65(1), 27–58. https://doi.org/10.1357/002224007780388694
Chereskin, T., & Howe, B. (2007). Oceanographic Measurements. In C. Tropea, A. L. Yarin, & J. F. Foss (Eds.), Springer handbook of experimental fluid mechanics. Springer.
Kunze, E., Firing, E., Hummon, J. M., Chereskin, T. K., & Thurnherr, A. M. (2006). CORRIGENDUM: Global abyssal mixing inferred from lowered ADCP shear and CTD strain profiles. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(12), 2350–2352. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo3092.1
Beal, L. M., Chereskin, T. K., Lenn, Y. D., & Elipot, S. (2006). The sources and mixing characteristics of the agulhas current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(11), 2060–2074. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo2964.1
Kunze, E., Firing, E., Hummon, J. M., Chereskin, T. K., & Thurnherr, A. M. (2006). Global abyssal mixing inferred from lowered ADCP shear and CTD strain profiles. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(8), 1553–1576. https://doi.org/10.1175/jpo2926.1
Taylor, C. A., Watson, W., Chereskin, T., Hyde, J., & Vetter, R. (2004). Retention of larval rockfishes, Sebastes, near natal habitat in the Southern California Bight, as indicated by molecular identification methods. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 45, 152–166.
Lynn, R. J., Bograd, S. J., Chereskin, T. K., & Huyer, A. (2003). Seasonal renewal of the California Current: The spring transition off California. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 108(C8). https://doi.org/10.1029/2003jc001787
Smith, K. L., Baldwin, R. J., Glatts, R. C., Chereskin, T. K., Ruhl, H., & Lagun, V. (2003). Weather, ice, and snow conditions at Deception Island, Antarctica: long time-series photographic monitoring. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 50(10–11), 1649–1664. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0645(03)00084-5
Beal, L. M., & Chereskin, T. K. (2003). The volume transport of the Somali Current during the 1995 southwest monsoon. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 50(12–13), 2077–2089. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0645(03)00046-8
Beal, L. M., Chereskin, T. K., Bryden, H. L., & Ffield, A. (2003). Variability of water properties, heat and salt fluxes in the Arabian Sea, between the onset and wane of the 1995 southwest monsoon. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 50(12–13), 2049–2075. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0645(03)00045-6
Lenn, Y. D., Chereskin, T. K., & Glatts, R. C. (2003). Seasonal to tidal variability in currents, stratification and acoustic backscatter in an Antarctic ecosystem at Deception Island. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 50(10–11), 1665–1683. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0645(03)00085-7
Sutton, P. J. H., & Chereskin, T. K. (2002). Absolute geostrophic currents in the East Auckland Current region. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 36(4), 751–762. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288330.2002.9517128
Sprintall, J., Wijffels, S., Chereskin, T., & Bray, N. (2002). The JADE and WOCE I10/IR6 throughflow sections in the southeast Indian Ocean. Part 2: velocity and transports. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49(7–8), 1363–1389. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0645(01)00163-1
Chereskin, T. K., Wilson, W. D., & Beal, L. M. (2002). The Ekman temperature and salt fluxes at 8 degrees 30 ’ N in the Arabian Sea during the 1995 southwest monsoon. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49(7–8), 1211–1230. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0967-0645(01)00168-0
Bograd, S. J., Chereskin, T. K., & Roemmich, D. (2001). Transport of mass, heat, salt, and nutrients in the southern California Current System: Annual cycle and interannual variability. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106(C5), 9255–9275. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999jc000165
Beal, L. M., Molinari, R. L., Chereskin, T. E., & Robbins, P. E. (2000). Reversing bottom circulation in the Somali Basin. Geophysical Research Letters, 27(16), 2565–2568. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999gl011316
Chereskin, T. K., Morris, M. Y., Niiler, P. P., Kosro, P. M., Smith, R. L., Ramp, S. R., Collins, C. A., & Musgrave, D. L. (2000). Spatial and temporal characteristics of the mesoscale circulation of the California Current from eddy-resolving moored and shipboard measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 105(C1), 1245–1269. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999jc900252
Cornuelle, B. D., Chereskin, T. K., Niiler, P. P., Morris, M. Y., & Musgrave, D. L. (2000). Observations and modeling of a California undercurrent eddy. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 105(C1), 1227–1243. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999jc900284