131 publications

2022

• Garcia-Jove, M., Mourre, B., Zarokanellos, N. D., Lermusiaux, P. F. J., Rudnick, D. L., & Tintore, J. (2022). Frontal dynamics in the Alboran Sea: 2. Processes for vertical velocities development. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 127(3), 28.
• Zarokanellos, N. D., Rudnick, D. L., Garcia-Jove, M., Mourre, B., Ruiz, S., Pascual, A., & Tintore, J. (2022). Frontal dynamics in the Alboran Sea: 1. Coherent 3D Pathways at the Almeria-Oran Front using underwater glider observations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 127(3), 24. doi: 10.1029/2021jc017405

2021

• Gregoire, M., Garcon, V., Garcia, H., Breitburg, D., Isensee, K., Oschlies, A., ... Yasuhara, M. (2021). A global ocean oxygen database and atlas for assessing and predicting deoxygenation and ocean health in the open and coastal ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8(724913), 29. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.724913
• Weber, E. D., Auth, T. D., Baumann-Pickering, S., Baumgartner, T. R., Bjorkstedt, E. P., Bograd, S. J., ... Zeman, S. M. (2021). State of the California Current 2019-2020: Back to the future with marine heatwaves?. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8(709454), 23. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.709454
• Zeiden, K. L., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Rudnick, D. L., Voet, G., & Wijesekera, H. (2021). Broadband submesoscale vorticity generated by flow around an island. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(4), 1301-1317. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-20-0161.1
• Ren, A. S., & Rudnick, D. L. (2021). Temperature and salinity extremes from 2014-2019 in the California Current System and its source waters. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1), 62. doi: 10.1038/s43247-021-00131-9
• Takeshita, Y., Jones, B. D., Johnson, K. S., Chavez, F. P., Rudnick, D. L., Blum, M., ... Warren, J. K. (2021). Accurate pH and O-2 measurements from Spray underwater gliders. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38(2), 181-195. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-20-0095.1
• Johnston, T. M. S., Wang, S. G., Lee, C. Y., Moum, J. N., Rudnick, D. L., & Sobel, A. (2021). Near-inertial wave propagation in the wake of Super Typhoon Mangkhut: Measurements from a profiling float array. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 126(2). doi: 10.1029/2020jc016749
• Rudnick, D. L., Owens, W. B., Johnston, T. M. S., Karnauskas, K. B., Jakoboski, J., & Todd, R. E. (2021). The equatorial current system west of the Galapagos Islands during the 2014-16 El Nino as observed by underwater gliders. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(1), 3-17. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-20-0064.1

2020

• Mahadevan, A., Pascual, A., Rudnick, D. L., Ruiz, S., Tintore, J., & D'Asaro, E. (2020). Coherent pathways for vertical transport from the surface ocean to interior. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(11), E1996-E2004. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-19-0305.1
• Andres, M., Musgrave, R. C., Rudnick, D. L., Zeiden, K. L., Peacock, T., & Park, J. (2020). On the predictability of sea surface height around Palau. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(11), 3267-3294. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0310.1
• Colosi, J. A., & Rudnick, D. L. (2020). Observations of upper ocean sound-speed structures in the North Pacific and their effects on long-range acoustic propagation at low and mid-frequencies. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148(4), 2040-2060. doi: 10.1121/10.0002174
• Karnauskas, K. B., Jakoboski, J., Johnston, T. M. S., Owens, W. B., Rudnick, D. L., & Todd, R. E. (2020). The Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent in three generations of global climate models and glider observations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans.(e2020JC016609). doi: 10.1029/2020jc016609
• Fumo, J. T., Carter, M. L., Flick, R. E., Rasmussen, L. L., Rudnick, D. L., & Iacobellis, S. F. (2020). Contextualizing marine heatwaves in the Southern California Bight under anthropogenic climate change. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 125(5). doi: 10.1029/2019jc015674
• Zaba, K. D., Rudnick, D. L., Cornuelle, B. D., Gopalakrishnan, G., & Mazloff, M. R. (2020). Volume and heat budgets in the coastal California Current System: Means, annual cycles, and interannual anomalies of 2014-16. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(5), 1435-1453. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-19-0271.1
• Johnston, T. M. S., Rudnick, D. L., Brizuela, N., & Moum, J. N. (2020). Advection by the North Equatorial Current of a cold wake due to multiple typhoons in the Western Pacific: Measurements from a profiling float array. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 125(4). doi: 10.1029/2019jc015534
• Jakoboski, J., Todd, R. E., Owens, W. B., Karnauskas, K. B., & Rudnick, D. L. (2020). Bifurcation and upwelling of the equatorial undercurrent west of the Galápagos Archipelago. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(4), 887-905. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-19-0110.1

2019

• Johnston, T. M. S., Schonau, M. C., Paluszkiewicz, T., MacKinnon, J. A., Arbic, B. K., Colin, P. L., ... Zeiden, K. L. (2019). Flow Encountering Abrupt Topography (Fleat): A multiscale observational and modeling program to understand how topography affects flows in the western North Pacific. Oceanography, 32(4), 10-21. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.407
• Colin, P. L., Johnston, T. M. S., MacKinnon, J. A., Ou, C. Y., Rudnick, D. L., Terrill, E. J., ... Batchelor, H. (2019). Ngaraard Pinnacle, Palau: An Undersea “Island” in the Flow. Oceanography, 32(4), 164-173. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.422
• Rudnick, D. L., Zeiden, K. A., Ou, C. Y., Johnston, T. M. S., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., & Voet, G. (2019). Understanding vorticity caused by flow passing an island. Oceanography, 32(4), 66-73. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.412
• Zedler, S. E., Powell, B. S., Qiu, B., & Rudnick, D. L. (2019). Energy transfer in the western Tropical Pacific. Oceanography, 32(4), 136-145. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.419
• Andres, M., Siegelman, M., Hormann, V., Musgrave, R. C., Merrifield, S. T., Rudnick, D. L., ... Terrill, E. J. (2019). Eddies, topography, and the abyssal flow by the Kyushu-Palau Ridge near Velasco Reef. Oceanography, 32(4), 46-55. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.410
• Schonau, M. C., Wijesekera, H. W., Teague, W. J., Colin, P. L., Gopalakrishnan, G., Rudnick, D. L., ... Wang, D. W. (2019). The end of an El Niño: A view from Palau. Oceanography, 32(4), 32-45. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.409
• Qiu, B., Chen, S. M., Powell, B. S., Colin, P. L., Rudnick, D. L., & Schonau, M. C. (2019). Nonlinear short-term upper ocean circulation variability in the tropical western Pacific. Oceanography, 32(4), 22-31. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.408
• Testor, P., de Young, B., Rudnick, D. L., Glenn, S., Hayes, D., Lee, C. M., ... Wilson, D. (2019). OceanGliders: A component of the integrated GOOS. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6(422). doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00422
• Zeiden, K. L., Rudnick, D. L., & MacKinnon, J. A. (2019). Glider observations of a mesoscale oceanic island wake. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49(9), 2217-2235. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-18-0233.1
• Todd, R. E., Chavez, F. P., Clayton, S., Cravatte, S., Goes, M., Greco, M., ... Zhang, L. L. (2019). Global perspectives on observing ocean boundary current systems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6(423). doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00423
• Gopalakrishnan, G., Hoteit, I., Cornuelle, B. D., & Rudnick, D. L. (2019). Comparison of 4DVAR and EnKF state estimates and forecasts in the Gulf of Mexico. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 145(721), 1354-1376. doi: 10.1002/qj.3493
• Davis, R. E., Talley, L. D., Roemmich, D., Owens, W. B., Rudnick, D. L., Toole, J., ... Barth, J. A. (2019). 100 years of progress in ocean observing systems. Meteorological Monographs, 59, 3.1-3.46. doi: 10.1175/amsmonographs-d-18-0014.1

2018

• Zaba, K. D., Rudnick, D. L., Cornuelle, B. D., Gopalakrishnan, G., & Mazloff, M. R. (2018). Annual and Interannual Variability in the California Current System: Comparison of an Ocean State Estimate with a Network of Underwater Gliders. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48(12), 2965-2988. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-18-0037.1
• Rudnick, D. L., Sherman, J. T., & Wu, A. P. (2018). Depth-average velocity from Spray underwater gliders. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 35(8), 1665-1673. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-17-0200.1
• Chao, Y., Farrara, J. D., Zhang, H. C., Armenta, K. J., Centurioni, L., Chavez, F., ... Walter, R. K. (2018). Development, implementation, and validation of a California coastal ocean modeling, data assimilation, and forecasting system. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 151, 49-63. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.013
• Lee, C. M., & Rudnick, D. L. (2018). Underwater Gliders. Observing the Oceans in Real Time (pp. 123-139). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-66493-4_7

2017

• Itoh, S., & Rudnick, D. L. (2017). Fine-scale variability of isopycnal salinity in the California Current System. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122(9), 7066-7081. doi: 10.1002/2017jc013080
• Chao, Y., Farrara, J. D., Bjorkstedt, E., Chai, F., Chavez, F., Rudnick, D. L., ... Ateljevich, E. (2017). The origins of the anomalous warming in the California coastal ocean and San Francisco Bay during 2014-2016. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122(9), 7537-7557. doi: 10.1002/2017jc013120
• Schonau, M. C., & Rudnick, D. L. (2017). Mindanao Current and Undercurrent: Thermohaline Structure and Transport from Repeat Glider Observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(8), 2055-2075. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-16-0274.1
• Verdy, A., Cornuelle, B., Mazloff, M. R., & Rudnick, D. L. (2017). Estimation of the Tropical Pacific Ocean State 2010-13. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34(7), 1501-1517. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-16-0223.1
• Kurapov, A. L., Pelland, N. A., & Rudnick, D. L. (2017). Seasonal and interannual variability in along-slope oceanic properties off the US West Coast: Inferences from a high-resolution regional model. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122(7), 5237-5259. doi: 10.1002/2017jc012721
• Rudnick, D. L., Zaba, K. D., Todd, R. E., & Davis, R. E. (2017). A climatology of the California Current System from a network of underwater gliders. Progress in Oceanography, 154, 64-106. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2017.03.002
• Todd, R. E., Rudnick, D. L., Sherman, J. T., Owens, W. B., & George, L. (2017). Absolute velocity estimates from autonomous underwater gliders equipped with Doppler current profilers. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34(2), 309-333. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-16-0156.1

2016

• Wijesekera, H. W., Shroyer, E., Tandon, A., Ravichandran, M., Sengupta, D., Jinadasa, S. U. P., ... Whalen, C. B. (2016). ASIRI: An Ocean–Atmosphere Initiative for Bay of Bengal. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(10), 1859-1884. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-14-00197.1
• Jacox, M. G., Hazen, E. L., Zaba, K. D., Rudnick, D. L., Edwards, C. A., Moore, A. M., & Bograd, S. J. (2016). Impacts of the 2015-2016 El Nino on the California Current System: Early assessment and comparison to past events. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(13), 7072-7080. doi: 10.1002/2016gl069716
• Rudnick, D. L., Davis, R. E., & Sherman, J. T. (2016). Spray underwater glider operations. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(6), 1113-1122. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-15-0252.1
• Shroyer, E. L., Rudnick, D. L., Farrar, J. T., Lim, B., Venayagamoorthy, S. K., St Laurent, L. C., ... Moum, J. N. (2016). Modification of upper-ocean temperature structure by subsurface mixing in the presence of strong salinity stratification. Oceanography, 29(2), 62-71. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2016.39
• MacKinnon, J. A., Nash, J. D., Alford, M. H., Lucas, A. J., Mickett, J. B., Shroyer, E. L., ... Wagner, G. L. (2016). A tale of two spicy seas. Oceanography, 29(2), 50-61. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2016.38
• Johnston, T. M. S., Chaudhuri, D., Mathur, M., Rudnick, D. L., Sengupta, D., Simmons, H. L., ... Venkatesan, R. (2016). Decay mechanisms of near-inertial mixed layer oscillations in the Bay of Bengal. Oceanography, 29(2), 180-191. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2016.50
• Zaba, K. D., & Rudnick, D. L. (2016). The 2014-2015 warming anomaly in the Southern California Current System observed by underwater gliders. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(3), 1241-1248. doi: 10.1002/2015gl067550
• Todd, R. E., Owens, W. B., & Rudnick, D. L. (2016). Potential vorticity structure in the North Atlantic western boundary current from underwater glider observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(1), 327-348. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-15-0112.1
• Rudnick, D. L. (2016). Ocean research enabled by underwater gliders. Annual Review of Marine Science, Vol 8 (pp. 519-+). Palo Alto: Annual Reviews. doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-122414-033913

2015

• Schonau, M. C., Rudnick, D. L., Cerovecki, I., Gopalakrishnan, G., Cornuelle, B. D., McClean, J. L., & Qiu, B. (2015). The Mindanao Current mean structure and connectivity. Oceanography, 28(4), 34-45. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.79
• Rudnick, D. L., Jan, S., & Lee, C. M. (2015). A new look at circulation in the western North Pacific: Introduction to the special issue. Oceanography, 28(4), 16-23. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.77
• Qiu, B., Rudnick, D. L., Cerovecki, I., Cornuelle, B. D., Chen, S., Schonau, M. C., ... Gopalakrishnan, G. (2015). The Pacific North Equatorial Current: New insights from the Origins of the Kuroshio and Mindanao Currents (OKMC) Project. Oceanography, 28(4), 24-33. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2015.78
• Johnston, T. M. S., Rudnick, D. L., & Kelly, S. M. (2015). Standing internal tides in the Tasman Sea observed by gliders. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(11), 2715-2737. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-15-0038.1
• Majumder, S., Tandon, A., Rudnick, D. L., & Thomas Farrar, J. (2015). Near-inertial kinetic energy budget of the mixed layer and shear evolution in the transition layer in the Arabian Sea during the monsoons. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(9), 6492-6507. doi: 10.1002/2014jc010198
• Qiu, B., Chen, S., Rudnick, D. L., & Kashino, Y. (2015). A new paradigm for the North Pacific subthermocline low-latitude western boundary current system. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(9), 2407-2423. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0035.1
• Schonau, M. C., & Rudnick, D. L. (2015). Glider observations of the North Equatorial Current in the western tropical Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(5), 3586-3605. doi: 10.1002/2014jc010595
• Alford, M. H., Peacock, T., MacKinnon, J. A., Nash, J. D., Buijsman, M. C., Centuroni, L. R., ... Tang, T. Y. (2015). The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea. Nature, 521(7550), 65-U381. doi: 10.1038/nature14399
• Johnston, T. M. S., & Rudnick, D. L. (2015). Trapped diurnal internal tides, propagating semidiurnal internal tides, and mixing estimates in the California Current System from sustained glider observations, 2006-2012. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 112, 61-78. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.03.009
• Jacox, M. G., Edwards, C. A., Kahru, M., Rudnick, D. L., & Kudela, R. M. (2015). The potential for improving remote primary productivity estimates through subsurface chlorophyll and irradiance measurement. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 112, 107-116. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.12.008
• Rudnick, D. L., Gopalakrishnan, G., & Cornuelle, B. D. (2015). Cyclonic eddies in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations by underwater gliders and simulations by numerical model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(1), 313-326. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-14-0138.1

2013

• Rainville, L., Lee, C. M., Rudnick, D. L., & Yang, K. C. (2013). Propagation of internal tides generated near Luzon Strait: Observations from autonomous gliders. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 118(9), 4125-4138. doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20293
• Ohman, M. D., Rudnick, D. L., Chekalyuk, A., Davis, R. E., Feely, R. A., Kahru, M., ... Send, U. (2013). Autonomous ocean measurements in the California Current ecosystem. Oceanography, 26(3), 18-25.
• Johnston, T. M. S., Rudnick, D. L., Alford, M. H., Pickering, A., & Simmons, H. L. (2013). Internal tidal energy fluxes in the South China Sea from density and velocity measurements by gliders. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 118(8), 3939-3949.
• Gopalakrishnan, G., Cornuelle, B. D., Hoteit, I., Rudnick, D. L., & Owens, W. B. (2013). State estimates and forecasts of the loop current in the Gulf of Mexico using the MITgcm and its adjoint. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(7), 3292-3314. doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20239
• Qiu, B., Rudnick, D. L., Chen, S. M., & Kashino, Y. (2013). Quasi-stationary North Equatorial Undercurrent jets across the tropical North Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(10), 2183-2187. doi: 10.1002/grl.50394
• Rudnick, D. L., Johnston, T. M. S., & Sherman, J. T. (2013). High-frequency internal waves near the Luzon Strait observed by underwater gliders. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(2), 774-784. doi: 10.1002/jgrc.20083

2012

• McClatchie, S., Cowen, R., Nieto, K., Greer, A., Luo, J. Y., Guigand, C., ... Rudnick, D. (2012). Resolution of fine biological structure including small narcomedusae across a front in the Southern California Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 117(C04020). doi: 10.1029/2011jc007565
• Todd, R. E., Rudnick, D. L., Mazloff, M. R., Cornuelle, B. D., & Davis, R. E. (2012). Thermohaline structure in the California Current System: Observations and modeling of spice variance. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 117(C02008). doi: 10.1029/2011jc007589
• Cole, S. T., & Rudnick, D. L. (2012). The spatial distribution and annual cycle of upper ocean thermohaline structure. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 117(C02027). doi: 10.1029/2011jc007033

2011

• Rudnick, D. L., Jan, S., Centurioni, L., Lee, C. M., Lien, R. C., Wang, J., ... Chern, C. S. (2011). Seasonal and Mesoscale Variability of the Kuroshio Near Its Origin. Oceanography, 24(4), 52-63.
• Johnston, T. M. S., Rudnick, D. L., & Pallas-Sanz, E. (2011). Elevated mixing at a front. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 116(C11033). doi: 10.1029/2011jc007192
• Rudnick, D. L., & Cole, S. T. (2011). On sampling the ocean using underwater gliders. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 116(C08010). doi: 10.1029/2010jc006849
• Johnston, T. M. S., Rudnick, D. L., Carter, G. S., Todd, R. E., & Cole, S. T. (2011). Internal tidal beams and mixing near Monterey Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 116(C03017). doi: 10.1029/2010jc006592
• Todd, R. E., Rudnick, D. L., Davis, R. E., & Ohman, M. D. (2011). Underwater gliders reveal rapid arrival of El Nino effects off California's coast. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(L03609). doi: 10.1029/2010gl046376
• Todd, R. E., Rudnick, D. L., Mazloff, M. R., Davis, R. E., & Cornuelle, B. D. (2011). Poleward flows in the southern California Current System: Glider observations and numerical simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 116(116). doi: 10.1029/2010jc006536

2010

• Pallas-Sanz, E., Johnston, T. M. S., & Rudnick, D. L. (2010). Frontal dynamics in a California Current System shallow front: 2. Mesoscale vertical velocity. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 115(C12068). doi: 10.1029/2010jc006474
• Pallas-Sanz, E., Johnston, T. M. S., & Rudnick, D. L. (2010). Frontal dynamics in a California Current System shallow front: 1. Frontal processes and tracer structure. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 115(C12067). doi: 10.1029/2009jc006032
• Van Uffelen, L. J., Worcester, P. F., Dzieciuch, M. A., Rudnick, D. L., & Colosi, J. A. (2010). Effects of upper ocean sound-speed structure on deep acoustic shadow-zone arrivals at 500-and 1000-km range. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127(4), 2169-2181. doi: 10.1121/1.3292948
• Cole, S. T., Rudnick, D. L., & Colosi, J. A. (2010). Seasonal evolution of upper-ocean horizontal structure and the remnant mixed layer. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 115(C04012). doi: 10.1029/2009jc005654
• Testor, P., Meyers, G., Pattiaratchi, C., Bachmayer, R., Hayes, D., Pouliquen, S., ... Owens, B. (2010). Gliders as a component of future observing systems. Proceedings of OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 2), doi: 10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.89
• Send, U., Davis, R., Fischer, J., Imawaki, S., Kessler, W., Meinen, C., ... Beal, L. (2010). A global boundary current circulation observing network. Proceedings of OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 2), doi: 10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.78

2009

• Van Uffelen, L. J., Worcester, P. F., Dzieciuch, M. A., & Rudnick, D. L. (2009). The vertical structure of shadow-zone arrivals at long range in the ocean. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(6), 3569-3588. doi: 10.1121/1.3117430
• Todd, R. E., Rudnick, D. L., & Davis, R. E. (2009). Monitoring the greater San Pedro Bay region using autonomous underwater gliders during fall of 2006. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 114(C06001). doi: 10.1029/2008jc005086
• Johnston, T. M. S., & Rudnick, D. L. (2009). Observations of the transition layer. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39(3), 780-797. doi: 10.1175/2008jpo3824.1
• Cole, S. T., Rudnick, D. L., Hodges, B. A., & Martin, J. P. (2009). Observations of tidal internal wave beams at Kauai Channel, Hawaii. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39(2), 421-436. doi: 10.1175/2008jpo3937.1

2008

• Davis, R. E., Ohman, M. D., Rudnick, D. L., Sherman, J. T., & Hodges, B. (2008). Glider surveillance of physics and biology in the southern California Current System. Limnology and Oceanography, 53(5), 2151-2168. doi: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.5_part_2.2151

2007

• Rudnick, D. L., & Klinke, J. (2007). The underway conductivity-temperature-depth instrument. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 24(11), 1910-1923. doi: 10.1175/jtech2100.1
• Martin, J. P., & Rudnick, D. L. (2007). Inferences and observations of turbulent dissipation and mixing in the upper ocean at the Hawaiian Ridge. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37(3), 476-494. doi: 10.1175/jpo2992.1

2006

• Rudnick, D. L., & Munk, W. (2006). Scattering from the mixed layer base into the sound shadow. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(5), 2580-2594. doi: 10.1121/1.2338813
• Hodges, B. A., & Rudnick, D. L. (2006). Horizontal variability in chlorophyll fluorescence and potential temperature. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 53(9), 1460-1482. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2006.06.006
• Nagai, T., Tandon, A., & Rudnick, D. L. (2006). Two-dimensional ageostrophic secondary circulation at ocean fronts due to vertical mixing and large-scale deformation. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 111(C9). doi: 10.1029/2005jc002964
• Martin, J. P., Rudnick, D. L., & Pinkel, R. (2006). Spatially broad observations of internal waves in the upper ocean at the Hawaiian Ridge. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(6), 1085-1103. doi: 10.1175/jpo2881.1
• Pinkel, R., & Rudnick, D. (2006). Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment (HOME). Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(6), 965-966. doi: 10.1175/jpo9022.1

2005

• Shcherbina, A. Y., Rudnick, D. L., & Talley, L. D. (2005). Ice-draft profiling from bottom-mounted ADCP data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 22(8), 1249-1266. doi: 10.1175/jtech1776.1
• Wijesekera, H. W., Rudnick, D. L., Paulson, C. A., Pierce, S. D., Pegau, W. S., Mickett, J., & Gregg, M. C. (2005). Upper ocean heat and freshwater budgets in the eastern Pacific warm pool. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 110(C8). doi: 10.1029/2004jc002511

2004

• Dzieciuch, M., Munk, W., & Rudnick, D. L. (2004). Propagation of sound through a spicy ocean, the SOFAR overture. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116(3), 1447-1462. doi: 10.1121/1.1772397
• Hodges, B. A., & Rudnick, D. L. (2004). Simple models of steady deep maxima in chlorophyll and biomass. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 51(8), 999-1015. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2004.02.009
• Shcherbina, A. Y., Talley, L. D., & Rudnick, D. L. (2004). Dense water formation on the northwestern shelf of the Okhotsk Sea: 2. Quantifying the transports. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 109(C9). doi: 10.1029/2003jc002197
• Shcherbina, A. Y., Talley, L. D., & Rudnick, D. L. (2004). Dense water formation on the northwestern shelf of the Okhotsk Sea: 1. Direct observations of brine rejection. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 109(C9). doi: 10.1029/2003jc002196
• Rudnick, D. L., Davis, R. E., Eriksen, C. C., Fratantoni, D. M., & Perry, M. J. (2004). Undersea gliders for ocean research. Marine Technology Society Journal, 38(2), 73-84.

2003

• Shcherbina, A. Y., Talley, L. D., & Rudnick, D. L. (2003). Direct observations of North Pacific ventilation: Brine rejection in the Okhotsk Sea. Science, 302(5652), 1952-1955. doi: 10.1126/science.1088692
• Rudnick, D. L., Boyd, T. J., Brainard, R. E., Carter, G. S., Egbert, G. D., Gregg, M. C., ... Sanford, T. B. (2003). From tides to mixing along the Hawaiian ridge. Science, 301(5631), 355-357. doi: 10.1126/science.1085837
• Rudnick, D. L., & Davis, R. E. (2003). Red noise and regime shifts. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers, 50(6), 691-699. doi: 10.1016/s0967-0637(03)00053-0
• Perry, M. J., & Rudnick, D. L. (2003). Observing the ocean with autonomous and Lagrangian platforms and sensors: The role of ALPS in sustained ocean observing systems. Oceanography, 16(4), 31-36. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2003.06

2002

• Rudnick, D. L., & Martin, J. P. (2002). On the horizontal density ratio in the upper ocean. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 36(1-3), 3-21. doi: 10.1016/s0377-0265(02)00022-2
• Weller, R. A., Fischer, A. S., Rudnick, D. L., Eriksen, C. C., Dickey, T. D., Marra, J., ... Leben, R. (2002). Moored observations of upper-ocean response to the monsoons in the Arabian Sea during 1994-1995. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49(12), 2195-2230. doi: 10.1016/s0967-0645(02)00035-8
• Munk, W., Dzieciuch, M., & Rudnick, D. (2002). Propagation of sound through a spicy ocean: Analysis. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 112(5), 2231-2231.
• Fischer, A. S., Weller, R. A., Rudnick, D. L., Eriksen, C. C., Lee, C. M., Brink, K. H., ... Leben, R. R. (2002). Mesoscale eddies, coastal upwelling, and the upper-ocean heat budget in the Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49(12), 2231-2264. doi: 10.1016/s0967-0645(02)00036-x

2001

• Rudnick, D. L. (2001). On the skewness of vorticity in the upper ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 28(10), 2045-2048. doi: 10.1029/2000gl012265
• Flatau, M. K., Flatau, P. J., & Rudnick, D. (2001). The dynamics of double monsoon onsets. Journal of Climate, 14(21), 4130-4146. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2001)014<4130:tdodmo>2.0.co;2
• Rudnick, D. L. (2001). Upper ocean time and space variability. Encyclopedia of ocean sciences (pp. 3114-3120). San Diego: Academic Press.

2000

• Ferrari, R., & Rudnick, D. L. (2000). Thermohaline variability in the upper ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 105(C7), 16857-16883. doi: 10.1029/2000jc900057
• Pinkel, R., Munk, W., Worcester, P., Cornuelle, B. D., Rudnick, D., Sherman, J., ... Egbert, G. D. (2000). Ocean mixing studied near Hawaiian Ridge. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 81(46), 545-553. doi: 10.1029/EO081i046p00545-02

1999

• Rudnick, D. L., & Ferrari, R. (1999). Compensation of horizontal temperature and salinity gradients in the ocean mixed layer. Science, 283(5401), 526-529. doi: 10.1126/science.283.5401.526

1997

• Rudnick, D. L. (1997). Direct velocity measurements in the Samoan passage. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 102(C2), 3293-3302. doi: 10.1029/96jc03286
• Rudnick, D. L., Weller, R. A., Eriksen, C. C., Dickey, T. D., Marra, J., & Langdon, C. (1997). Moored instruments weather Arabian Sea monsoons, yield data. EOS Trans. AGU, 78(117), 120-121.

1996

• Rudnick, D. L. (1996). Intensive surveys of the Azores Front: 2. Inferring the geostrophic and vertical velocity fields. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 101(C7), 16291-16303. doi: 10.1029/96jc01144
• Roemmich, D., Hautala, S., & Rudnick, D. (1996). Northward abyssal transport through the Samoan passage and adjacent regions. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 101(C6), 14039-14055. doi: 10.1029/96jc00797
• Lee, C. M., & Rudnick, D. L. (1996). The upper-ocean response to surface heating. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26(4), 466-480. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<0466:tuorts>2.0.co;2
• Rudnick, D. L., & Luyten, J. R. (1996). Intensive surveys of the Azores Front: 1. Tracers and dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 101(C1), 923-939. doi: 10.1029/95jc02867

1995

• Weller, R. A., Rudnick, D. L., & Brink, N. J. (1995). Meteorological variability and air-sea fluxes at a closely spaced array of surface moorings. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 100(C3), 4867-4883. doi: 10.1029/94jc03302

1994

• Johnson, G. C., Rudnick, D. L., & Taft, B. A. (1994). Bottom water variability in the Samoa Passage. Journal of Marine Research, 52(2), 177-196. doi: 10.1357/0022240943077118

1993

• Rudnick, D. L., & Weller, R. A. (1993). Observations of superinertial and near-inertial wind-driven flow. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23(11), 2351-2359. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023<2351:oosani>2.0.co;2
• Rudnick, D. L., & Weller, R. A. (1993). The heat budget in the North Atlantic subtropical frontal zone. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 98(C4), 6883-6893. doi: 10.1029/92jc02885

1991

• Eriksen, C. C., Weller, R. A., Rudnick, D. L., Pollard, R. T., & Regier, L. A. (1991). Ocean Frontal Variability in the Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 96(C5), 8569-8591. doi: 10.1029/90jc02531
• Weller, R. A., Rudnick, D. L., Eriksen, C. C., Polzin, K. L., Oakey, N. S., Toole, J. W., ... Pollard, R. T. (1991). Forced Ocean Response During the Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 96(C5), 8611-8638. doi: 10.1029/90jc02646
• Rudnick, D. L. (1991). Results from the frontal air-sea interaction experiment (FASINEX). .

1990

• Weller, R. A., Rudnick, D. L., Payne, R. E., Dean, J. P., Pennington, N. J., & Trask, R. P. (1990). Measuring Near-Surface Meteorology over the Ocean from an Array of Surface Moorings in the Subtropical Convergence Zone. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 7(1), 85-103. doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(1990)007<0085:mnsmot>2.0.co;2
• Weller, R. A., Rudnick, D. L., Pennington, N. J., Trask, R. P., & Valdes, J. R. (1990). Measuring Upper Ocean Variability from an Array of Surface Moorings in the Subtropical Convergence Zone. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 7(1), 68-84. doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(1990)007<0068:muovfa>2.0.co;2

1988

• Rudnick, D. L., & Davis, R. E. (1988). Mass and Heat Budgets on the Northern California Continental-Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 93(C11), 14013-14024. doi: 10.1029/JC093iC11p14013
• Rudnick, D. L., & Davis, R. E. (1988). Frontogenesis in Mixed Layers. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 18(3), 434-457. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(1988)018<0434:fiml>2.0.co;2