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  1. Atmospheric Tides Cause Semidiurnal Variation of Marine Air Temperature

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, October 2025, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  2. Surface Wave Development and Ambient Sound in the Ocean

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, December 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  3. Bubble plume depths and surface wave development as a control on ambient sound in the ocean

    Article • September 2024, Wiley

    Meghan F. Cronin

  4. The K‐Profile Parameterization Augmented by Deep Neural Networks (KPP_DNN) in the General Ocean Turbulence Model (GOTM)

    Article • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, September 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  5. The Need for a Community of Practice for Air-Sea Flux Observations

    Article • Marine Technology Society Journal, June 2024, Marine Technology Society

    Dr Sarah T. Gille, Meghan F. Cronin

  6. The 2019 Marine Heatwave at Ocean Station Papa: A Multi‐Disciplinary Assessment of Ocean Conditions and Impacts on Marine Ecosystems

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, June 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  7. The K-profile Parameterization augmented by Deep Neural Networks (KPP_DNN) in the General Ocean Turbulence Model (GOTM)

    Article • May 2024, Wiley

    Meghan F. Cronin

  8. Diurnal warming rectification in the tropical Pacific linked to sea surface temperature front

    Article • Nature Geoscience, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan F. Cronin

  9. Bubble plume depths and surface wave development as a control on ambient sound in the ocean

    Article • February 2024, Wiley

    Meghan F. Cronin

  10. Air‐Sea Heat Fluxes Associated With Convective Cold Pools

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, October 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  11. The 2019 Marine Heatwave at Ocean Station Papa: A multi-disciplinary assessment of ocean conditions and impacts on marine ecosystems

    Article • July 2023, Wiley

    Meghan F. Cronin

  12. Role of Mixed Layer Depth in Kuroshio Extension Decadal Variability

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  13. Saildrone Direct Covariance Wind Stress in Various Wind and Current Regimes of the Tropical Pacific

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, April 2023, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  14. Observing Extreme Ocean and Weather Events Using Innovative Saildrone Uncrewed Surface Vehicles

    Article • Oceanography, January 2023, The Oceanography Society

    Meghan F. Cronin, Andrew Chiodi

  15. PMEL Ocean Climate Stations as Reference Time Series and Research Aggregate Devices

    Article • Oceanography, January 2023, The Oceanography Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  16. Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean Variations on Timescales of Days Observed in the Western Tropical Pacific Warm Pool During Mid‐March 2020

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, September 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  17. Developing an Observing Air–Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) for the global ocean

    Article • ICES Journal of Marine Science, September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  18. The Barrier Layer Effect on the Heat and Freshwater Balance from Moored Observations in the Eastern Pacific Fresh Pool

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, August 2022, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  19. Skin Temperature Correction for Calculations of Air‐Sea Oxygen Flux and Annual Net Community Production

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, February 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  20. Trends in the Agulhas Return Current

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, September 2021, Elsevier

    Meghan F. Cronin

  21. Roles of TAO/TRITON and Argo in tropical Pacific observing system: An OSSE study for multiple time scale variability

    Article • Journal of Climate, June 2021, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  22. Cold Pools Observed by Uncrewed Surface Vehicles in the Central and Eastern Tropical Pacific

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  23. Super Sites for Advancing Understanding of the Oceanic and Atmospheric Boundary Layers

    Article • Marine Technology Society Journal, May 2021, Marine Technology Society

    Dr Sarah T. Gille, Meghan F. Cronin

  24. Diurnal Cycles of Near‐Surface Currents Across the Tropical Pacific

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, April 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  25. Asymmetric air-sea heat flux response and ocean impact to synoptic-scale atmospheric disturbances observed at JKEO and KEO buoys

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan F. Cronin

  26. Salinity drift & temperature trends in the abyssal ocean (32N 145E).

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, November 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Nathan Anderson, Meghan F. Cronin

  27. Uncertainty in Net Surface Heat Flux due to Differences in Commonly Used Albedo Products

    Article • Journal of Climate, January 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  28. Thank You to Our 2018 Peer Reviewers

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, November 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin, Suzana J. Camargo

  29. Public–Private Partnerships to Advance Regional Ocean-Observing Capabilities: A Saildrone and NOAA-PMEL Case Study and Future Considerations to Expand to Global Scale Observing

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, August 2019, Frontiers

    Meghan F. Cronin

  30. Global Perspectives on Observing Ocean Boundary Current Systems

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, August 2019, Frontiers

    Dr. Marcus Dengler, Regina Rodrigues, Dr. Marlos Goes, Meghan F. Cronin, Denis Volkov, Harvey Seim

  31. Evolving the Physical Global Ocean Observing System for Research and Application Services Through International Coordination

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, August 2019, Frontiers

    Meghan F. Cronin

  32. Air-Sea Fluxes With a Focus on Heat and Momentum

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, July 2019, Frontiers

    Meghan F. Cronin

  33. Comparing Air-Sea Flux Measurements from a New Unmanned Surface Vehicle and Proven Platforms During the SPURS-2 Field Campaign

    Article • Oceanography, June 2019, The Oceanography Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  34. Correction: Balsamo, G., et al. Satellite and In Situ Observations for Advancing Global Earth Surface Modelling: A Review. Remote Sensing 2018, 10(12), 2038; doi:10.3390/rs10122038

    Article • Remote Sensing, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Meghan F. Cronin

  35. Masi Entropy for Satellite Color Image Segmentation Using Tournament-Based Lévy Multiverse Optimization Algorithm

    Article • Remote Sensing, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Meghan F. Cronin

  36. Air‐Sea Gas Transfer: Determining Bubble Fluxes With In Situ N 2 Observations

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, April 2019, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  37. Autonomous seawater pCO2 and pH time series from 40 surface buoys and the emergence of anthropogenic trends

    Article • Earth System Science Data, March 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Meghan F. Cronin

  38. Tropical Pacific Observing System

    Article • Frontiers in Marine Science, February 2019, Frontiers

    Meghan F. Cronin

  39. Frontolysis by surface heat flux in the eastern Japan Sea: importance of mixed layer depth

    Article • Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan F. Cronin

  40. Upper Ocean Vertical Structure

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Meghan F. Cronin

  41. Ocean Surface Holds the Key to Understanding Our Climate

    Article • January 2019, Science Diffusion Ltd

    Meghan F. Cronin

  42. Satellite and In Situ Observations for Advancing Global Earth Surface Modelling: A Review

    Article • Remote Sensing, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Meghan F. Cronin, Professor Xubin Zeng

  43. The Occurrence of Deep Sea Storms in the North Atlantic and their main Driving Mechanism

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, October 2018, American Meteorological Society

    René Schubert, Meghan F. Cronin

  44. Seaglider Surveys at Ocean Station Papa: Oxygen Kinematics and Upper-Ocean Metabolism

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, September 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  45. Impact of cyclonic eddies and typhoons on biogeochemistry in the oligotrophic ocean based on biogeochemical/physical/meteorological time-series at station KEO

    Article • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan F. Cronin

  46. Appreciation of 2017 GRL Peer Reviewers

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  47. Frontogenesis in the Agulhas Return Current Region Simulated by a High-Resolution CGCM

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, November 2017, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  48. A metric for surface heat flux effect on horizontal sea surface temperature gradients

    Article • Climate Dynamics, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan F. Cronin

  49. Surface frontogenesis by surface heat fluxes in the upstream Kuroshio Extension region

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan F. Cronin

  50. Variability and trends in surface seawater p CO2 and CO2 flux in the Pacific Ocean

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2017, Wiley

    Meghan F. Cronin

  51. Seaglider surveys at Ocean Station Papa: Diagnosis of upper-ocean heat and salt balances using least squares with inequality constraints

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, June 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  52. On the role of sea-state in bubble-mediated air-sea gas flux during a winter storm

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, April 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  53. Latent Heat Flux Sensitivity to Sea Surface Temperature: Regional Perspectives

    Article • Journal of Climate, January 2017, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  54. Mixed-layer carbon cycling at the Kuroshio Extension Observatory

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, January 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  55. Corrigendum to “Formation and erosion of the seasonal thermocline in the Kuroshio Extension Recirculation gyre” [Deep-Sea Res. II 85 (2013) 62–74]

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, October 2016, Elsevier

    Meghan F. Cronin

  56. Using present-day observations to detect when anthropogenic change forces surface ocean carbonate chemistry outside preindustrial bounds

    Article • Biogeosciences, September 2016, Copernicus GmbH

    Meghan F. Cronin

  57. Assessing surface heat fluxes in atmospheric reanalyses with a decade of data from the NOAA Kuroshio Extension Observatory

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, September 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  58. Seaglider surveys at Ocean Station Papa: Circulation and water mass properties in a meander of the North Pacific Current

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, September 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  59. Erratum: Steady State Ocean Response to Wind Forcing in Extratropical Frontal Regions

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan F. Cronin

  60. Steady State Ocean Response to Wind Forcing in Extratropical Frontal Regions

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2016, Nature

    Meghan F. Cronin

  61. Net community production and calcification from 7 years of NOAA Station Papa Mooring measurements

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, February 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  62. Estimating diffusivity from the mixed layer heat and salt balances in the N orth P acific

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, November 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  63. Causes and impacts of the 2014 warm anomaly in the NE Pacific

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  64. Validation of AMSR2 Sea Surface Wind and Temperature over the Kuroshio Extension Region

    Article • SOLA, January 2015, Meteorological Society of Japan

    Meghan F. Cronin

  65. Atmospheric pressure response to mesoscale sea surface temperature variations in the Kuroshio Extension region: In situ evidence

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, July 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  66. Origin of near-surface high-salinity water observed in the Kuroshio Extension region

    Article • Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics, June 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan F. Cronin

  67. Role of mixed layer depth in the Agulhas Return Current front

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, April 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Tomoki Tozuka, Meghan F. Cronin

  68. Variations of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water from Direct Observations

    Article • Journal of Climate, April 2014, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  69. Quantifying upper ocean turbulence driven by surface waves

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  70. Waves and the equilibrium range at Ocean Weather Station P

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, November 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  71. Prevalence of strong bottom currents in the greater Agulhas system

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  72. Numerical simulations of oceanicpCO2variations and interactions between Typhoon Choi-wan (0914) and the ocean

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, May 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  73. High-Latitude Ocean and Sea Ice Surface Fluxes: Challenges for Climate Research

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, March 2013, American Meteorological Society

    Dr Sarah T. Gille, Ross N Hoffman, Meghan F. Cronin

  74. Formation and erosion of the seasonal thermocline in the Kuroshio Extension Recirculation Gyre

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, January 2013, Elsevier

    Meghan F. Cronin

  75. TropFlux wind stresses over the tropical oceans: evaluation and comparison with other products

    Article • Climate Dynamics, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Meghan F. Cronin

  76. Annual Cycle and Depth Penetration of Wind-Generated Near-Inertial Internal Waves at Ocean Station Papa in the Northeast Pacific

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, June 2012, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  77. Quantifying the flux of CaCO3and organic carbon from the surface ocean using in situ measurements of O2, N2, pCO2, and pH

    Article • Global Biogeochemical Cycles, July 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  78. On the role of the Agulhas system in ocean circulation and climate

    Article • Nature, April 2011, Nature

    Dr Pierrick Penven, Meghan F. Cronin

  79. Upper ocean response to Typhoon Choi-Wan as measured by the Kuroshio Extension Observatory mooring

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2011, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  80. In Situ Sustained Eulerian Observatories

    Article • December 2010, European Space Agency

    Meghan F. Cronin

  81. Measuring the Global Ocean Surface Circulation with Satellite and In Situ Observations

    Article • December 2010, European Space Agency

    Meghan F. Cronin

  82. Monitoring Ocean - Atmosphere Interactions in Western Boundary Current Extensions

    Article • December 2010, European Space Agency

    Meghan F. Cronin

  83. Surface Energy, CO2 Fluxes and Sea Ice

    Article • December 2010, European Space Agency

    Meghan F. Cronin

  84. Preconditioning of the wintertime mixed layer at the Kuroshio Extension Observatory

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  85. Western Boundary Currents and Frontal Air–Sea Interaction: Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension

    Article • Journal of Climate, November 2010, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  86. Radiative fluxes at high latitudes

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, October 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  87. Surface Heat Flux Variations across the Kuroshio Extension as Observed by Surface Flux Buoys

    Article • Journal of Climate, October 2010, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  88. Tropical Cells and a Secondary Circulation near the Northern Front of the Equatorial Pacific Cold Tongue

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, September 2010, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  89. Atmospheric Sensitivity to SST near the Kuroshio Extension during the Extratropical Transition of Typhoon Tokage

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, July 2010, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  90. An assessment of surface heat fluxes from J-OFURO2 at the KEO and JKEO sites

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  91. Resonant Forcing of Mixed Layer Inertial Motions by Atmospheric Easterly Waves in the Northeast Tropical Pacific

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, February 2010, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  92. CLIMATE RESEARCH: Best Practices For Process Studies

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, July 2009, American Meteorological Society

    Paquita Zuidema, Meghan F. Cronin

  93. The Roles of Intraseasonal Kelvin Waves and Tropical Instability Waves in SST Variability along the Equatorial Pacific in an Isopycnal Ocean Model

    Article • Journal of Climate, June 2009, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  94. Near-Surface Shear Flow in the Tropical Pacific Cold Tongue Front

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, May 2009, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  95. Surface Mooring Network in the Kuroshio Extension

    Article • IEEE Systems Journal, September 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  96. Meridional Structure of the Seasonally Varying Mixed Layer Temperature Balance in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

    Article • Journal of Climate, July 2008, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  97. Program Studies the Kuroshio Extension

    Article • Eos, April 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  98. Horizontal and Vertical Structure of Easterly Waves in the Pacific ITCZ

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, April 2008, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  99. Regional Weather Patterns during Anomalous Air–Sea Fluxes at the Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO)

    Article • Journal of Climate, April 2008, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  100. Surface heat fluxes from the NCEP/NCAR and NCEP/DOE reanalyses at the Kuroshio Extension Observatory buoy site

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, February 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  101. Observations of Cloud, Radiation, and Surface Forcing in the Equatorial Eastern Pacific

    Article • Journal of Climate, February 2008, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  102. Sub-seasonal variance of surface meteorological parameters in buoy observations and reanalyses

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, June 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  103. Observed horizontal temperature advection by tropical instability waves

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, May 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  104. PMEL Contributions to the OceanSITES Program

    Article • September 2006, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  105. Surface Cloud Forcing in the East Pacific Stratus Deck/Cold Tongue/ITCZ Complex*

    Article • Journal of Climate, February 2006, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  106. An assessment of buoy-derived and numerical weather prediction surface heat fluxes in the tropical Pacific

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2006, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  107. EPIC 95°W Observations of the Eastern Pacific Atmospheric Boundary Layer from the Cold Tongue to the ITCZ

    Article • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, February 2005, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  108. Evaluation of a hybrid satellite- and NWP-based turbulent heat flux product using Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TAO) buoys

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2005, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  109. Barometric Pressure Variations Associated with Eastern Pacific Tropical Instability Waves*

    Article • Journal of Climate, September 2003, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  110. Barrier layer formation during westerly wind bursts

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2002, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  111. Enhanced oceanic and atmospheric monitoring underway in eastern Pacific

    Article • Eos, January 2002, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  112. Seasonal and interannual modulation of mixed layer variability at 0°, 110°W

    Article • Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers, January 2002, Elsevier

    Meghan F. Cronin

  113. Wind-Forced Reversing Jets in the Western Equatorial Pacific*

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, April 2000, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  114. Comparisons of aircraft, ship, and buoy meteorological measurements from TOGA COARE

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 1999, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  115. Diurnal cycle of rainfall and surface salinity in the Western Pacific Warm Pool

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, December 1999, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  116. Upper ocean salinity balance in the western equatorial Pacific

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 1998, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  117. The upper ocean heat balance in the western equatorial Pacific warm pool during September-December 1992

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 1997, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin

  118. Eddy–Mean Flow Interaction in the Gulf Stream at 68°W. Part I: Eddy Energetics

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, October 1996, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  119. Eddy-Mean Flow Interaction in the Gulf Stream at 68°W. Part II: Eddy Forcing on the Time-Mean Flow

    Article • Journal of Physical Oceanography, October 1996, American Meteorological Society

    Meghan F. Cronin

  120. Prediction of the Gulf Stream path from upstream parameters

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 1992, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Meghan F. Cronin