55 publications

2020

• Voet, G., Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J. A., & Nash, J. D. (2020). Topographic form drag on tides and low-frequency flow: Observations of nonlinear lee waves over a tall submarine ridge near Palau. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(5), 1489-1507. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-19-0257.1
• Couto, N., Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J., & Mickett, J. B. (2020). Mixing rates and bottom drag in Bering Strait. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(3), 809-825. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-19-0154.1
• McSweeney, J. M., Lerczak, J. A., Barth, J. A., Becherer, J., Colosi, J. A., MacKinnon, J. A., ... Waterhouse, A. F. (2020). Observations of shoaling nonlinear internal bores across the central California inner shelf. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(1), 111-132. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-19-0125.1

2019

• 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
• 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
• Merrifield, S. T., Colin, P. L., Cook, T., Garcia-Moreno, C., MacKinnon, J. A., Otero, M., ... Terrill, E. J. (2019). Island wakes observed from high-frequency current mapping radar. Oceanography, 32(4), 92-101. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.415
• Siegelman, M., Merrifield, M. A., Firing, E., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., ... Terrill, E. J. (2019). Observations of near-inertial surface currents at Palau. Oceanography, 32(4), 74-83. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.413
• 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
• Johnston, T. M. S., MacKinnon, J. A., Colin, P. L., Haley, P. J., Lermusiaux, P. F. J., Lucas, A. 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. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2019.417
• Adams, K., MacKinnon, J., Lucas, A. J., Nash, J., Shroyer, E., & Farrar, J. T. (2019). Multi-platform observations of small-scale lateral mixed layer variability in the northern Bay of Bengal. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 168(Unsp 104629). doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.07.017
• Alberty, M., Sprintall, J., MacKinnon, J., Germineaud, C., Cravatte, S., & Ganachaud, A. (2019). Moored observations of transport in the Solomon Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. doi: 10.1029/2019jc015143
• 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
• MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Voet, G., Zeiden, K., Johnston, T. S., Siegelman, M., ... Merrifield, M. (2019). Eddy wake generation from broadband currents near Palau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. doi: 10.1029/2019jc014945

2018

• Whalen, C. B., MacKinnon, J. A., & Talley, L. D. (2018). Large-scale impacts of the mesoscale environment on mixing from wind-driven internal waves. Nature Geoscience, 11(11), 842-+. doi: 10.1038/s41561-018-0213-6
• Fine, E. C., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., & Mickett, J. B. (2018). Microstructure Observations of Turbulent Heat Fluxes in a Warm-Core Canada Basin Eddy. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48(10), 2397-2418. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-18-0028.1
• Waterhouse, A. F., Kelly, S. M., Zhao, Z., MacKinnon, J. A., Nash, J. D., Simmons, H., ... Pinkel, R. (2018). Observations of the Tasman Sea internal tide beam. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48(6), 1283-1297. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-17-0116.1
• Ramachandran, S., Tandon, A., Mackinnon, J., Lucas, A. J., Pinkel, R., Waterhouse, A. F., ... Farrar, J. T. (2018). Submesoscale processes at shallow salinity fronts in the Bay of Bengal: Observations during the winter monsoon. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48(3), 479-509. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-16-0283.1

2017

• Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J. A., Pinkel, R., & Klymak, J. M. (2017). Space-time scales of shear in the North Pacific. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(10), 2455-2478. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-17-0087.1
• Alberty, M. S., Sprintall, J., MacKinnon, J., Ganachaud, A., Cravatte, S., Eldin, G., ... Melet, A. (2017). Spatial patterns of mixing in the Solomon Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122(5), 4021-4039. doi: 10.1002/2016jc012666
• MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Ansong, J. K., Arbic, B. K., Barna, A., Briegleb, B. P., ... Zhao, Z. (2017). Climate process team on internal-wave driven ocean mixing. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-16-0030.1

2016

• Klymak, J. M., Simmons, H. L., Braznikov, D., Kelly, S., MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., ... Nash, J. D. (2016). Reflection of linear internal tides from realistic topography: The Tasman continental slope. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(11), 3321-3337. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-16-0061.1
• 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
• 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
• Jinadasa, S. U. P., Lozovatsky, I., Planella-Morato, J., Nash, J. D., MacKinnon, J. A., Lucas, A. J., ... Fernando, H. J. S. (2016). Ocean turbulence and mixing around Sri Lanka and in adjacent waters of the northern Bay of Bengal. Oceanography, 29(2), 170-179. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2016.49
• Lucas, A. J., Nash, J. D., Pinkel, R., MacKinnon, J. A., Tandon, A., Mahadevan, A., ... Le Boyer, A. (2016). Adrift upon a salinity-stratified sea: A view of upper-ocean processes in the Bay of Bengal during the southwest monsoon. Oceanography, 29(2), 134-145. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2016.46
• Chowdary, J. S., Srinivas, G., Fousiya, T. S., Parekh, A., Gnanaseelan, C., Seo, H., & MacKinnon, J. A. (2016). Representation of Bay of Bengal upper-ocean salinity in general circulation models. Oceanography, 29(2), 38-49. doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2016.37
• Musgrave, R. C., MacKinnon, J. A., Pinkel, R., Waterhouse, A. F., & Nash, J. (2016). Tidally driven processes leading to near-field turbulence in a channel at the crest of the Mendocino Escarpment*. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(4), 1137-1155. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-15-0021.1
• Salehipour, H., Peltier, W. R., Whalen, C. B., & MacKinnon, J. A. (2016). A new characterization of the turbulent diapycnal diffusivities of mass and momentum in the ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(7), 3370-3379. doi: 10.1002/2016gl068184
• Musgrave, R. C., Pinkel, R., MacKinnon, J. A., Mazloff, M. R., & Young, W. R. (2016). Stratified tidal flow over a tall ridge above and below the turning latitude. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 793, 933-957. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2016.150
• Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J. A., Simmons, H. L., & Nash, J. D. (2016). Near-inertial internal gravity waves in the ocean. Annual Review of Marine Science, Vol 8 (pp. 95-123). Palo Alto: Annual Reviews. doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010814-015746

2015

• 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
• Whalen, C. B., MacKinnon, J. A., Talley, L. D., & Waterhouse, A. F. (2015). Estimating the mean diapycnal mixing using a finescale strain parameterization. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(4), 1174-1188. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-14-0167.1
• Klymak, J. M., Crawford, W., Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J. A., & Pinkel, R. (2015). Along-isopycnal variability of spice in the North Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(3), 2287-2307. doi: 10.1002/2013jc009421

2014

• Waterhouse, A. F., MacKinnon, J. A., Nash, J. D., Alford, M. H., Kunze, E., Simmons, H. L., ... Lee, C. M. (2014). Global patterns of diapycnal mixing from measurements of the turbulent dissipation rate. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(7), 1854-1872. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-13-0104.1
• Buijsman, M. C., Klymak, J. M., Legg, S., Alford, M. H., Farmer, D., MacKinnon, J. A., ... Simmons, H. (2014). Three-dimensional double-ridge internal tide resonance in Luzon Strait. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(3), 850-869. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-13-024.1

2013

• Frants, M., Damerell, G. M., Gille, S. T., Heywood, K. J., MacKinnon, J., & Sprintall, J. (2013). An assessment of density-based finescale methods for estimating diapycnal diffusivity in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(11), 2647-2661. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-12-00241.1
• MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Sun, O., Pinkel, R., Zhao, Z., & Klymak, J. (2013). Parametric subharmonic instability of the internal tide at 29°N. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(1), 17-28. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0108.1
• MacKinnon, J. A., Alford, M. H., Pinkel, R., Klymak, J., & Zhao, Z. (2013). The latitudinal dependence of shear and mixing in the Pacific transiting the critical latitude for PSI. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(1), 3-16. doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0107.1
• MacKinnon, J., St Laurent, L., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2013). Diapycnal Mixing Processes in the Ocean Interior. Ocean Circulation and Climate: A 21st Century Perspective (pp. 159-183). : Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391851-2.00007-6

2012

• Whalen, C. B., Talley, L. D., & MacKinnon, J. A. (2012). Spatial and temporal variability of global ocean mixing inferred from Argo profiles. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(18), n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1029/2012GL053196

2011

• Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J. A., Nash, J. D., Simmons, H., Pickering, A., Klymak, J. M., ... Lu, C. W. (2011). Energy flux and dissipation in Luzon Strait: Two tales of two ridges. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41(11), 2211-2222. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-11-073.1

2010

• Zhao, Z. X., Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J. A., & Pinkel, R. (2010). Long-range propagation of the semidiurnal internal tide from the Hawaiian Ridge. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40(4), 713-736. doi: 10.1175/2009jpo4207.1

2009

• Tejada-Martinez, A. E., Grosch, C. E., Gargett, A. E., Polton, J. A., Smith, J. A., & MacKinnon, J. A. (2009). A hybrid spectral/finite-difference large-eddy simulator of turbulent processes in the upper ocean. Ocean Modelling, 30(2-3), 115-142. doi: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.06.008

2008

• MacKinnon, J. A., Johnston, T. M. S., & Pinkel, R. (2008). Strong transport and mixing of deep water through the Southwest Indian Ridge. Nature Geoscience, 1(11), 755-758. doi: 10.1038/ngeo340
• Polton, J. A., Smith, J. A., MacKinnon, J. A., & Tejada-Martinez, A. E. (2008). Rapid generation of high-frequency internal waves beneath a wind and wave forced oceanic surface mixed layer. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(13). doi: 10.1029/2008gl033856

2007

• Alford, M. H., MacKinnon, J. A., Zhao, Z. X., Pinkel, R., Klymak, J., & Peacock, T. (2007). Internal waves across the Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(24). doi: 10.1029/2007gl031566
• Thompson, A. F., Gille, S. T., MacKinnon, J. A., & Sprintall, J. (2007). Spatial and temporal patterns of small-scale mixing in Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37(3), 572-592. doi: 10.1175/jpo3021.1

2005

• MacKinnon, J. A., & Gregg, M. C. (2005). Spring mixing: Turbulence and internal waves during restratification on the New England shelf. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35(12), 2425-2443. doi: 10.1175/jpo2821.1
• MacKinnon, J. A., & Gregg, M. C. (2005). Near-inertial waves on the New England shelf: The role of evolving stratification, turbulent dissipation, and bottom drag. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35(12), 2408-2424. doi: 10.1175/jpo2822.1
• MacKinnon, J. A., & Winters, K. B. (2005). Subtropical catastrophe: Significant loss of low-mode tidal energy at 28.9°. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(15). doi: 10.1029/2005gl023376

2004

• Winters, K. B., MacKinnon, J. A., & Mills, B. (2004). A spectral model for process studies of rotating, density-stratified flows. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 21(1), 69-94. doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(2004)021<0069:asmfps>2.0.co;2

2003

• MacKinnon, J. A., & Gregg, M. C. (2003). Mixing on the late-summer New England shelf - Solibores, shear, and stratification. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33(7), 1476-1492. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1476:motlne>2.0.co;2
• MacKinnon, J. A., & Gregg, M. C. (2003). Shear and baroclinic energy flux on the summer New England shelf. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33(7), 1462-1475. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<1462:sabefo>2.0.co;2

2001

• Gardner, W. D., Blakey, J. C., Walsh, I. D., Richardson, M. J., Pegau, S., Zaneveld, J. R. V., ... Williams, A. J. (2001). Optics, particles, stratification, and storms on the New England continental shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106(C5), 9473-9497. doi: 10.1029/2000jc900161
• MacKinnon, J. A., Eckert, J., Coker, D. F., & Bug, A. L. R. (2001). Computational study of molecular hydrogen in zeolite Na--A. II. Density of rotational states and inelastic neutron scattering spectra. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 114(22), 10137-10150. doi: 10.1063/1.1352733