U.S. Dept. of Commerce / NOAA / OAR / PMEL / OCRD

Meghan F. Cronin

Curriculum Vitae

NOAA Research Scientist Profile

Contact Info:

NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle WA 98115 USA

E-Mail: Meghan.F.Cronin@noaa.gov
Tel: 206-526-6449
Fax: 206-526-6744

Research Interests

Air-sea interaction; coupled dynamics in western boundary currents and the tropical Pacific; reference station analyses; upper ocean heat, salt, and momentum balances; diurnal-interannual variability; and eddy-mean flow interaction.

Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS)

Meghan Cronin co-chairs the Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS),
Program #97 of the UN Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development

To learn how to get involve in OASIS, please go to https://airseaobs.org/get-involve.html

Ocean Climate Stations

Meghan Cronin leads the Ocean Climate Stations group at NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). Ocean Climate Stations are moored buoys that carry a suite of sensors to monitor important climate processes. PMEL's Ocean Climate Stations are part of the global network of OceanSITES time series reference sites. The OCS project also makes air-sea interaction observations from other types of autonomous platforms such as Saildrone -- a remotely controlled sailing vessel.

Saildrone missions In order to determine the ability of this platform to make climate-quality measurements, as part of the Tropical Pacific Observing System - 2020 project, 2 Saildrone were sent to the NASA SPURS2 study site at 125°W, 10°N to compare its measurements to shipbased and the WHOI buoy observations. After this intensive observational period, the Saildrone proceeded to the equator, performing intercomparisons against NDBC TAO buoys.
ARC Agulhas Return Current at 30°E, 38.5°S, deployed November 30 2010. Vetting page.
stnP Ocean Station Papa at 145°W, 50°N, June 2007 - present.
KEO Kuroshio Extension Observatory at 144.5°E, 32.4°N, June 2004 - present.
J-KEO JAMSTEC-Kuroshio Extension Observatory at 146° 30'E, 37° 53'N. For Phase 1 (February 2007 - February 2008) a PMEL OCS buoy was deployed. For Phase 2 (February 2008 - present), a JAMSTEC designed K-TRITON buoy was deployed.
TAO/EPIC 95°W, 8°S - 12°N, November 1999 - November 2003.

Education

Ph.D. Physical Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, 1993.
B.A. Physics, Columbia University, 1986.

Refereed Publications (chronological)

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ORCID: 0000-0002-4703-8132, *Student

Caggiano, J.*, J. Reeves Eyre, M.F. Cronin, D, Zhang, J. Zhu, A. Kumar, and W. Wang. Atmospheric tides cause a semidurnal component of marine air temperature variation. Geophys. Res. Lett., Submitted, 2024.
Patterson, R.G., M.F. Cronin, S. Swart, J. Beja, J.M. Edholm*, J. McKenna, J.B. Palter, A. Parker, C.I. Addey*, W. Boone, P. Bhuyan*, J.J.H. Buck, E.F. Burger, J. Burris, L. Camus, B. de Young, M. Du Plessis, M. Flanigan, G.R. Foltz, S.T. Gille, L. Grare, J.E. Hansen, L.R. Hole, M.C. Honda, V. Hormann, C. Kohlman*, N. Kosaka, C. Kuhn, L. Lenain, L. Looney*, A. Marouchos, E.K. McGeorge, C.R. McMahon, S. Mitarai, C. Mordy, A. Nagano, S.-A. Nicholson, S. Nickford, K.M. O'Brien, D. Peddie, L. Ponsoni, V. Ramasco, N. Rozenauers, E. Siddle*, C. Stienbarger, A.J. Sutton, N. Tada, J. Thomson, I. Ueki, L. Yu, C. Zhang, and D. Zhang. Uncrewed surface vehicles in the Global Ocean Observing System: A new frontier for observing and monitoring at the air-sea interface. Front. Mar. Sci., 12:1523585. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1523585, 2025.
Braby, L., M.F. Cronin, M. Krug, S. Swart, and J. Hermes. Challenges resolving the warm Agulhas Return Current extension lead to biases in satellite and Reanalysis products. Quart. J. Roy. Met. Soc., e4947, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4947, 2025.
Thomson, J., J. Yang, R. Taylor, E.J. Rainville, K. Zeiden, L. Rainville, S. Brenner, M. Ballard, and M.F. Cronin. Surface wave development and ambient sound in the ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 129, e2024JC021921, doi: 10.1029/2024JC021921, 2024.
Yuan, J., J.-H. Liang, E.P. Chassignet, O. Zavala-Romero, X. Wan, and M.F. Cronin. The K-profile parameterization augmented by Deep Neural Networks (KPP_DNN) in the General Ocean Turbulence Model (GOTM). J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 16(9), e2024MS004405, doi: 10.1029/2024MS004405, 2024.
Riihimaki, L.D., M.F. Cronin, R. Acharya, N. Anderson, J. Augustine, K.A. Balmes, P. Berk, R. Bozzano, A. Bucholz, K.J. Connell, C.J. Cox, A. Giorgio di Sarra, J. Edson, C.W. Fairall, J.T. Farrar, K. Grissom, M.T. Guerra*, V. Hormann, K.J. Joseph, C. Lanconelli, F. Melin, D. Meloni, M. Ottavian, S. Pensieri, K. Ramesh, D. Rutan, N. Samarinas, S.R. Smith, S. Swart, A. Tandon, E.J. Thompson, R. Venkatesan, R. Kumar Verma, V. Vitale, K.S. Watkins-Brandt, R.A. Weller, C.J. Zappa, and D. Zhang. Ocean surface radiation best practices. Front. Mar. Sci., 11, 1359149, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1359149, 2024.
Kohlman*, C., M. F. Cronin, R.P. Dziak, D. Mellinger, A.J. Sutton, M. Galbraith, M. Robert, J. Thomson, D. Zhang, and L. Thompson. The 2019 marine heatwave at Ocean Station Papa: A multi-disciplinary assessment of ocean conditions and impacts on marine ecosystems . J. Geophys. Res., 129(6), e2023JC020167, doi: 10.1029/2023JC020167, 2024.
Cronin, M. F., D. Zhang, S. M. Wills, J.E.J. Reeves Eyre, L. Thompson, N. Anderson. Diurnal warming rectification in the tropical Pacific linked to sea surface temperature front. Nature Geosci., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01391-8, 2024.
Wills, S., M.F. Cronin, and D. Zhang. Air-sea heat fluxes associated with convective cold pools. J. Geophys. Res.-Atm., 128(20), e2023JD039708, doi: 10.1029/2023JD039708, 2023.
Cronin, M.F., N.D. Anderson, D. Zhang, P. Berk, S.M. Wills, Y. Serra, C. Kohlman*, A.J. Sutton, M.C. Honda, Y. Kawai, J. Yang, J. Thomson, N. Lawrence-Slavas, J. Reeves Eyre, and C. Meinig. PMEL Ocean Climate Stations (OCS) as Research Time Series and Research Aggregate Devices. Oceanography., 36(2–3), 46–53, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2023.224, 2023.
Zhang, D., A. Chiodi, C. Zhang, G.R. Foltz, M.F. Cronin, C.W. Mordy, J. Cross, E.D. Cokelet, J.A. Zhang, C. Meinig, N. Lawrence-Slavas, P.J. Stabeno, and R. Jenkins. Observing extreme ocean and weather events using innovative Saildrone uncrewed surface vehicles. Oceanography. 36(2–3), 70–77, doi: 10.5670/oceanog.2023.214, 2023.
Wen, C., P.W. Stackhouse, J. Garg, P.P. Xie, L. Zhang, and M.F. Cronin. Global ocean heat, freshwater, and momentum fluxes, in State of the Climate in 2022. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 104(9), S168–S172, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0076.2, 2023.
Tozuka, T., T. Toyoda, and M.F. Cronin. Role of mixed layer depth in Kuroshio Extension decadal variability. Geophys. Res. Lett., 50, e2022GL101846. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101846, 2023.
Reeves Eyre, J.E.J., M.F. Cronin, D. Zhang, E. J. Thompson, C. W. Fairall, J. B. Edson. Saildrone direct covariance wind stress in various wind and current regimes of the tropical Pacific. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 40, 503-517, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0077.1, 2023.
Cronin, M. F., S. Swart, C. A. Marandino, C. Anderson, P. Browne, S. Chen, W. R. Joubert, U. Schuster, R. Venkatesan, C. I. Addey*, O. Alves, F. Ardhuin, S. Battle, M. A. Bourassa, Z. Chen, M. Chory, C. Clayson, R. B. de Souza, M. du Plessis, M. Edmondson, J. B. Edson, S. T. Gille, J. Hermes, V. Hormann, S. A. Josey, M. Kurz, T. Lee, F. Maicu, E. H. Moustahfid, S.-A. Nicholson, E. S. Nyadjro, J. Palter, R. G. Patterson*, S. G. Penny, L. P. Pezzi, N. Pinardi, J. E. J. Reeves Eyre, N. Rome, A. Subramanian, C. Stienbarger, T. Steinhoff, A. J. Sutton, H. Tomita, S. M. Wills, C. Wilson, L. Yu. Developing an Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) for the global ocean. ICES J. Mar. Sci., 80(2), 367-373, fsac149, https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac149, 2023.
Nagano, A., B. Geng, K.J. Richards, M.F. Cronin, K. Taniguchi, M. Katsumata, and I. Ueki. Coupled atmosphere–ocean variations on timescales of days observed in the western tropical Pacific warm pool during mid-March 2020. J. Geophys. Res., 127, e2022JC019032, http://doi.org/10.1029/2022JC019032, 2022.
Katsura, S., J. Sprintall, J.T. Farrar, D. Zhang, and M.F. Cronin. The barrier layer effect on the heat and freshwater balance from moored observations in the Eastern Pacific fresh pool. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 52(8), 1705-1730, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0243.1, 2022.
Yang, B., S.R. Emerson, and M.F. Cronin. Skin temperature correction for calculations of air-sea oxygen flux and annual net community production. Geophys. Res. Lett.., 49, e2021GL096103. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096103, 2022.
Fadida, Y., N. Malan, M.F. Cronin, and J. Hermes. Trends in the Agulhas Return Current. Deep-Sea Res. II, 175, 103573, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103573, 2021.
Zhu, J., G. Vernieres, T. Sluka, S. Flampouris, A. Kumar, A. Mehra, M.F. Cronin, D. Zhang, S. Wills, J. Wang, and W. Wang. Roles of TAO/TRITON and Argo in tropical Pacific observing system: An OSSE study for multiple time scale variability. J. Climate, 34(16), 6797–6817, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0951.1., 2021.
Wills, S.M., M.F. Cronin, and D. Zhang. Cold pools observed by uncrewed surface vehicles in the Central and Eastern Tropical Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL093373, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL09337, 2021.
Masich, J., W.S. Kessler, M.F. Cronin, and K.R. Grissom. Diurnal cycle of near-surface currents across the tropical Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 126(4), e2020JC016982, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016982, 2021.
Tomita, H., M.F. Cronin, and S. Ohishi. Asymmetric air-sea heat flux response and ocean impact to synoptic-scale atmospheric disturbances observed at JKEO and KEO buoys. Sci. Rep., 11, 469, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-80665-8, 2021.
Anderson, N.D., K.A. Donohue, M.C. Honda, M.F. Cronin, and D. Zhang. Challenges of measuring abyssal temperature and salinity at the Kuroshio Extension Observatory. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 37(11), 1999–2014, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0153.1, 2020.
Hogikyan, A., M.F. Cronin, D. Zhang, and S. Kato. Uncertainty in Net Surface Heat Flux due to Differences in Commonly Used Albedo Products. J. Climate, 33(1), 303–315, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0448.1, 2020.
Sloyan, B., J. Wilkin, K. Hill, M.P. Chidichimo, M.F. Cronin, J. A. Johannessen, J. Karstensen, M. Krug, T. Lee, E. Oka, M. D. Palmer, B. Rabe, S. Speich, K. Von Schuckmann, R. Weller, and W. Yu. Evolving the global ocean observing system for research and application services through international coordination. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:449, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00449, 2019.
Meinig, C., E.F. Burger, N. Cohen, E.D. Cokelet, M.F. Cronin, J.N. Cross, S. de Halleux, R. Jenkins, A.T. Jessup, C.W. Mordy, N. Lawrence-Slavas, A.J. Sutton, D. Zhang, and C. Zhang. 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. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:448, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00448, 2019.
Todd, R.E., F.P. Chavez, S. Clayton, S.E. Cravatte, M. Pereira Goes, M.I. Graco, X. Lin, J. Sprintall, N.V. Zilberman, M. Archer, J. Arístegui, M. Alonso Balmaseda, J.M. Bane, M.O. Baringer, J.A. Barth, L.M. Beal, P. Brandt, P.H.R. Calil, E. Campos, L.R. Centurioni, M.P. Chidichimo, M. Cirano, M.F. Cronin, E.N. Curchitser, R.E. Davis, M. Dengler, B. DeYoung, S. Dong, R. Escribano, A.J. Fassbender, S.E. Fawcett, M. Feng, G.J. Goni, A.R. Gray, D. Gutiérrez, D. Hebert, R. Hummels, S.-I. Ito, M. Krug, F. Lacan, L. Laurindo, A. Lazar, C.M. Lee, M. Lengaigne, N. Levine, J. Middleton, I. Montes, M. Muglia, T. Nagai, H.I. Palevsky, J.B. Palter, H.E. Phillips, A.R. Piola, A.J. Plueddemann, B. Qiu, R.R. Rodrigues, T. Rossby, M. Roughan, D.L. Rudnick, R.R. Rykaczewski, M. Seraceno, H. Seim, A. Sen Gupta, L. Shannon, B.M. Sloyan, A.J. Sutton, L. Thompson, A.K. van der Plas, D. Volkov, J. Wilkin, D. Zhang, and L. Zhang. Global perspectives on observing ocean boundary current systems. Front. Mar. Sci. 6:423. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00423, 2019.
M.F. Cronin, C.L. Gentemann, J. Edson, I. Ueki, K. Ando, M. Bourassa, S. Brown, C.A. Clayson, C.F. Fairall, T. Farrar, S.T. Gille, S. Gulev, S.A. Josey, S. Kato, M. Katsumata, E. Kent, M. Krug, P.J. Minnett, R. Parfitt, R.T. Pinker, P.W. Stackhouse Jr., S. Swart, H. Tomita, D. Vandemark, R.A. Weller, K. Yoneyama, L. Yu, and D. Zhang. Air-sea fluxes with a focus on heat and momentum, Front. Mar. Sci. 6:430, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00430, 2019.
Zhang, D., M. F. Cronin, C. Meinig, J. T. Farrar, R. Jenkins, D. Peacock, J. Keene, A. Sutton, and Q. Yang. Comparing Air-sea flux measurements from a new unmanned surface vehicle and proven platforms during the SPURS-2 Field Campaign. Oceanography, 32(2): 122-133, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.220, 2019.
Emerson, S., B. Yang, M. White, and M. Cronin. Air-sea gas transfer: Calibration of bubble fluxes with in situ N2 observations. J. Geophys. Res., 124, doi: 10.1029/2018JC014786, 2019.
Sutton, A.J., Feely, R. A., Maenner-Jones, S., Musielwicz, S., Osborne, J., Dietrich, C., Monacci, N., Cross, J., Bott, R., Kozyr, A., Andersson, A. J., Bates, N. R., Cai, W.-J., Cronin, M.F., Carlo, E. H. D., Hales, B., Howden, S. D., Lee, C. M., Manzello, D. P., McPhaden, M. J., Meléndez, M., Mickett, J. B., Newton, J. A., Noakes, S. E., Noh, J. H., Olafsdottir, S. R., Salisbury, J. E., Send, U., Trull, T. W., Vandemark, D. C., and Weller, R. A. Autonomous seawater pCO2 and pH time series from 40 surface buoys and the emergence of anthropogenic trends. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 11, 421–439, doi: 10.5194/essd-11-421-2019, 2019
Smith, N., W.S. Kessler, S.E. Cravatte, J. Sprintall, S.E. Wijffels, M. F. Cronin, A.J. Sutton, Y.L. Serra, B. Dewitte, P. Strutton, K.L. Hill, A. Sen Gupta, X. Lin, K. Takahashi Guevara, D. Chen, and S.L. Brunner. Tropical Pacific Observing System. Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 31, Oceanobs19: An Ocean of Opportunity, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00031, 2019.
Ohishi, S., H. Aiki, T. Tozuka, and M. F. Cronin. Frontolysis by surface heat flux in the eastern Japan Sea: Importance of mixed layer depth. J. Oceanogr., doi: 10.1007/s10872-018-0502-0, 2019.
Balsamo, G., A. Agusti-Panareda, C. Albergel, G. Arduini, A. Beljaars, J. Bidlot, N. Bousserez, S. Boussetta, A. Brown, R. Buizza, C. Buontempo, F. Chevallier, M. Choulga, H. Cloke, M. F. Cronin, M. Dahoui, P. De Rosnay, P.A. Dirmeyer, M. Drusch, E. Dutra, M.B. Ek, P. Gentine, H. Hewitt, S.P.E. Keeley, Y. Kerr, S. Kumar, C. Lupu, J.-F. Mahfouf, J. McNorton, S. Mecklenburg, K. Mogensen, J. Muñoz-Sabater, R. Orth, F. Rabier, R. Reichle, B. Ruston, F. Pappenberger, I. Sandu, S.I. Seneviratne, S. Tietsche, I.F. Trigo, R. Uijlenhoet, N. Wedi, R.I. Woolway, and X. Zeng. Satellite and in-situ observations for advancing global Earth surface modelling: A review. Remote Sens.,10(12), 2038, doi: 10.3390/rs10122038, 2018.
Schubert, R., A. Biastoch, M. F. Cronin, and R.J. Greatbatch. Instability-driven benthic storms below the separated Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Current in a high resolution ocean model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 48, 2283–2303, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-17-0261.1, 2018.
Pelland, N.A., C.C. Eriksen, S.R. Emerson, and M. F. Cronin. Seaglider surveys at Ocean Station Papa: Oxygen kinematics and upper-ocean metabolism. J. Geophys. Res., 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014091, 2018.
Honda, M.C., Y. Sasai, E. Siswanto, A. Kuwano-Yoshida, H. Aiki, and M. F. Cronin. Impact of cyclonic eddies and tyhpoons on biogeochemistry in the oligotrophic ocean based on biogeochemical/physical/meteorological time-series at station KEO. Prog. Earth Planet. Sci., 5:42, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-018-0196-3, 2018.
Tozuka, T., S. Ohishi, and M. F. Cronin. A metric for surface heat flux effect on horizontal sea surface temperature gradients. Climate Dyn., doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-3940-2, 2017.
Ohishi, S., T. Tozuka, and M. F. Cronin. Frontogenesis in the Agulhas Return Current region simulated by a high-resolution CGCM. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 47(11), 2691–2710, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0038.1, 2017.
Tozuka, T., M. F. Cronin, and H. Tomita. Surface frontogenesis by surface heat fluxes in the Upstream Kuroshio Extension region. Scientific Reports, 7, 10258, doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-10268-3, 2017.
Pelland, N.A., C.C. Eriksen, and M. F. Cronin. Seaglider surveys at Ocean Station Papa: Diagnosis of upper-ocean heat and salt balances using least-squares with inequality constraints. J. Geophys. Res., 122, 5140–5168, doi:10.1002/2017JC012821, 2017.
Sutton, A.J., R. Wanninkhof, C.L. Sabine, R.A. Feely, M. F. Cronin, and R.A. Weller. Variability and trends in surface seawater pCO2 and CO2 flux in the Pacific Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 5627-5636, doi:10.1002/2017GL073814, 2017.
Liang, J.-H., S.R. Emerson, E.A. D’Asaro, C.L. McNeil, R.R. Harcourt, P.P. Sullivan, B. Yang, and M. F. Cronin. On the role of sea-state in bubble-mediated air-sea gas flux during a winter storm. J. Geophys. Res., 122(4), 2671–2685, doi: 10.1002/2016JC012408, 2017.
Fassbender, A.J., C.L. Sabine, M. F. Cronin, and A.J. Sutton. Mixed layer carbon cycling at the Kuroshio Extension Observatory. Global Biog. Cyc., 31(2), 272–288, doi: 10.1002/2016GB005547, 2017.
Praveen Kumar, B., M. F. Cronin, S. Joseph, M. Ravichandran, and N. Sureshkumar. Latent heat flux sensitivity to sea surface temperature – regional perspectives. J. Climate, 30,129-143, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0285.1, 2017.
Zhang, D., M. F. Cronin, C. Wen, Y. Xue, and A. Kumar. Assessing surface heat fluxes in atmospheric reanalyses with a decade of data from the NOAA Kuroshio Extension Observatory. J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi: 10.1002/2016JC011905, 2016.
Pelland, N.A., C.C., Eriksen, and M. F. Cronin. Seaglider surveys at Ocean Station Papa: Circulation and water mass properties in a meander of the North Pacific Current. J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi: 10.1002/2016JC011920, 2016.
Cronin, M.F., and T. Tozuka. Steady state ocean response to wind forcing in extratropical frontal regions. Scientific Reports.6, 28842, doi: 10.1038/srep28842, 2016.
Sutton, A.J., C.L. Sabine, R.A. Feely, W.-J. Cai, J.E. Corredor, M. F. Cronin, M.J. McPhaden, J.A. Newton, J.-H. Noh, S.R. Ólafsdóttir, J.E. Salisbury, U. Send, D. Vandemark, and R.A. Weller. Using present-day observations to detect when anthropogenic change forces surface ocean carbonate chemistry outside pre-industrial bounds. Biogeosciences Disc., doi: 10.5194/bg-2016-104, Discussion closed on 24 May 2016.
Fassbender, A. J., C. L. Sabine, and M. F. Cronin. Net community production and calcification from seven years of NOAA Station Papa Mooring measurements. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 30, 250–267, doi: 10.1002/2015GB005205, 2016.
Cronin, M. F. N. A. Pelland, S. R. Emerson, and W. R. Crawford. Estimating diffusivity from the mixed layer heat and salt balances in the North Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 120(11), 7346–7362, doi: 10.1002/2015JC011010, 2015.
Bond, N. A., M. F. Cronin, and H. Freeland. The Blob: An extreme warm anomaly in the northeast Pacific. In State of the Climate in 2014 Global Oceans. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 96(7), S62-S63, 2015.
Bond, N. A., M. F. Cronin, H. Freeland, and N. Mantua. Causes and impacts of the 2014 warm anomaly in the NE Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 42(9), 3414–3420, doi: 10.1002/2015GL063306, 2015.
Tomita, H., Y. Kawai, M. F. Cronin, T. Hihara, M. Kubota. Validation of AMSR2 sea surface wind and temperature over the Kuroshio Extension region. Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere, 1, 43–47, doi: 10.2151/sola.2015-010, 2015.
Kawai, Y., H. Tomita, M. F. Cronin, and N. A. Bond. Atmospheric pressure response to mesoscale sea surface temperature variations in the Kuroshio Extension region: In situ evidence. J. Geophys. Res.-Atm., 119(13), doi: 10.1002/2013JD021126, 8015–8031, 2014.
Nagano, A., K. Uehara, T. Suga, Y. Kawai H. Ichikawa, and M. F. Cronin. Origin of near-surface high-salinity water observed in the Kuroshio Extension region. J. Oceanogr., 70, 389-401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10872-014-0237-5, 2014.
Tozuka, T., and M. F. Cronin. Role of mixed layer depth in surface frontogenesis: The Agulhas Return Current front. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL059624, 2014.
Rainville, L., S. R. Jayne, M. F. Cronin. Variations of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water from direct observations. J. Climate, 27, 2842-2860. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00227.1, 2014.
D'Asaro, E., J. Thomson, A. Shcherbina, R. Harcourt, M. F. Cronin, M. Hemer, B. Fox-Kemper. Quantifying upper ocean turbulence driven by surface waves. Geophys. Res. Let., 41, 102-107, doi:10.1002/2013GL058193, 2014.
Thomson, J., E. D'Asaro, M. F. Cronin, E. Rogers, R. Harcourt, A. Shcherbina. Waves and the equilibrium range at Ocean Weather Station P. J. Geophys. Res., 118, 5951-5962, doi:10.1002/2013JC008837, 2014.
Wada, A., M. F. Cronin, A. Sutton, Y. Kawai, M. Ishii. Numerical simulations of interactions between Typhoon Choi-wan (0914) and the ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 118, 2667-2684, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20203, 2013.
Cronin, M. F., T. Tozuka, A. Biastoch, J. V. Durgadoo, L. M. Beal. Prevalence of strong bottom currents in the Greater Agulhas System. Geophys. Res. Let., 40, 1772-1776, doi:10.1002/grl.50400, 2013.
Bourassa, M., S. T. Gille, C. Bitz, D. Carlson, I. Cerovecki, M. F. Cronin, W. M. Drennan, C. W. Fairall, R. N. Hoffman, G. Magnusdottir, P. T. Pinker, I. A. Renfrew, M. Serreze, K. Speer, L. D. Talley, and G. A. Wick, High latitude ocean and sea ice surface fluxes: challenges for climate research. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 94(3), 403-423, 2013.
Cronin, M. F., N. A. Bond, J. T. Farrar, H. Ichikawa, S. R. Jayne, Y. Kawai, M. Konda, B. Qiu, L. Rainville, H. Tomita. Formation and erosion of the seasonal thermocline in the Kuroshio Extension recirculation gyre. DSR II, 85, 62-74, doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.07.018, 2013. Corrigendum.
Kumar, P., B., J. Vialard, M. Lengaigne, V. S. N. Murty, M. J. McPhaden, M. F. Cronin, F. Pinsard, and K. Gopala Reddy. TropFlux wind stresses over the tropical oceans: Evaluation and comparison with other products. Climate Dyn., 23 pp, doi:10.1007/s00382-012-1455-4, 2012.
Alford, M. H., M. F. Cronin, and J. Klymak. Annual cycle and depth penetration of wind-generated near-inertial internal waves at Ocean Station Papa in the Northeast Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 42(6), doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-092.1, 889–909, 2012.
Cronin, M. F., R. A. Weller, R. S. Lampitt, and U. Send. Ocean reference stations. In Earth Observation, R.B. Rustamov and S.E. Salahova (eds.), InTech, ISBN: 978-953-307-973-8. Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/earth-observation/ocean-reference-stations, 2012.
Emerson, S., C. Sabine, M. F. Cronin, R. Feely, S. Cullison, and M. DeGrandpre. Quantifying the flux of CaCO2 and organic carbon from the surface ocean using in situ measurements of O2, N2, pCO2 and pH. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 25, GB3008, doi: 10.1029/2010GB003924, 12 pp., 2011.
Beal, L., W. de Ruijter, A. Biastoch, R. Zahn, and members of SCOR/WCRP/IAPSO Working Group 136. On the role of the Agulhas system in global climate. Nature, 472, 429-436, doi:10.1038/nature09983, 2011.
Bond, N. A., M. F. Cronin, C. Sabine, Y. Kawai, H. Ichikawa, P. Freitag, and K. Ronnholm. Upper-ocean response to tyhpoon Choi-Wan as measured by the Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO) mooring. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C02031, doi: 10.1029/2010JC006548, 8 pp., 2011.
Tomita, H., S. Kako, M. F. Cronin, M. Kubota. Pre-conditioning of the winter-time mixed layer at the Kuroshio Extension Observatory. J.Geophys. Res., 115, C12053, doi:10.1029/2010JC006373, 2010.
Niu, X., R. T. Pinker, H. Wang, M. F. Cronin. Radiative fluxes at high latitudes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L20811, doi:10.1029/2010GL044606, 2010.
Kelly, K. A., R. J. Small, R. M. Samelson, B. Qiu, T. Joyce, Y.-O. Kwon, and M. F. Cronin. Western boundary currents and frontal air-sea interaction: Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Extension. J. Climate, 23, 5644-5667, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3346.1, 2010.
Konda, M., H. Ichikawa, H. Tomita, M. F. Cronin. Surface heat flux variations across the Kuroshio Extension as observed by surface flux buoys. J. Climate, 23, 5206-5221, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3391.1, 2010.
Perez, R. C., M. F. Cronin, and W. S. Kessler. Tropical cells and secondary circulation near the northern front of the equatorial Pacific cold tongue. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40, 2091-2106, doi:10.1175/2010JPO4366.1, 2010.
Bond, N. A., M. F. Cronin, and M. Garvert. Atmospheric sensitivity to SST near the Kuroshio Extension during the extratropical transition of Typhoon Tokage Mon. Weather Rev., 138, 2644-2663, 2010.
Lampitt, R. S., P. Favali, C. R. Barnes, M. J. Church, M. F. Cronin, K. L.Hill, Y. Kaneda, D. M. Karl, A. H. Knap, M. J. McPhaden, K. A. Nittis, I. G. Priede, J.-F. Rolin, U. Send, C.-C. Teng, T. W. Trull, D. W. R. Wallace, R. A. Weller, In situ sustained Eulerian observatories. In Proceedings of the "OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference (Vol. 1), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J. Harrison, D. E., and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306, doi:10.5270/OceanObs09.pp.27, 2010.
Gulev, S., K., S. A. Josey, M. Bourassa, L.-A. Breivik, M. F. Cronin, C. Fairall, S. Gille, E. C. Kent, C. M. Lee, M. J. McPhaden, P. M. S. Monteiro, U. Schuster, S. R. Smith, K. E. Trenbert, D. Wallace, S. D. Woodruff, Surface energy and CO2 fluxes and sea ice. In Proceedings of the "OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference (Vol. 1), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J. Harrison, D. E., and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306, doi:10.5270/OceanObs09.pp.19, 2010.
Dohan, K., F. Bonjean, L. Centurioni, M. Cronin, G. Lagerloef, D.-K. Lee, R. Lumpkin, N.A. Maximenko, P.P. Niiler, and H. Uchida. Measuring the global ocean surface circulation with satellite and in situ observations. In Proceedings of the "OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J. Harrison, D. E., and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306, doi:10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.23, 2010.
Cronin, M. F., N. Bond, J. Booth, H. Ichikawa, T. M. Joyce, K. Kelly, M. Kubota, B. Qiu, C. Reason, M. Rouault, C. Sabine, T. Saino, J. Small, T. Suga, L. D. Talley, L. Thompson, R. A. Weller, Monitoring ocean-atmosphere interactions in western boundary current extensions. In Proceedings of the "OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J. Harrison, D. E., and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA Publication WPP-306, doi:10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.20, 2010.
Tomita, H., M. Kubota, M. F. Cronin, S. Iwasaki, M. Konda, H. Ichikawa. An assessment of surface heat fluxes from J-OFURO2 at the KEO/JKEO sites. J. Geophys. Res., 115, C03018, doi:10.1029/2009JC005545, 2010.
Mickett, J. B., Y. L. Serra, M. F. Cronin, and M. H. Alford. Resonant forcing of mixed layer inertial motions by atmospheric easterly waves in the northeastern tropical Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 40, 401-416, doi:10.1175/2009JPO4276.1, 2010.
Jiang, C.-L., L. Thompson, K. A. Kelly, M. F. Cronin. The roles of intra-seasonal Kelvin waves and tropical instability waves in SST variability along equatorial Pacific in an isopycnal ocean model. J. Climate, 22, 3470-3487, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2767.1, 2009.
Cronin, M. F. and W. S. Kessler. Near-surface shear flow in the tropical Pacific cold tongue front. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 1200-1215, 2009.
Cronin, M. F., C. Meinig, C. L. Sabine, H. Ichikawa, H. Tomita. Surface mooring network in the Kuroshio Extension. IEEE Systems Special Issue on GEOSS, 2(3), 424-430, 2008.
McPhaden, M. J., M. F. Cronin, and D. C. McClurg. Meridional structure of the seasonally varying mixed layer temperature balance in the eastern tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 21, 3240-3260, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI2115.1, 2008.
Bond, N. A. and M. F. Cronin. Regional weather patterns during anomalous air-sea fluxes at the Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO). J. Climate, 21,1680-1697, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI1797.1, 2008.
Serra, Y. L., G. N. Kiladis, and M. F. Cronin. Horizontal and vertical structure of easterly waves in the Pacific ITCZ. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 1266-1284, doi:10.1175/2007JAS2341.1, 2008.
Kubota, M., N. Iwabe, M. F. Cronin, and H. Tomita. Surface heat fluxes from the NCEP/NCAR and NCEP/DOE reanalyses at the KEO buoy site. J. Geophys. Res., 113, C02009, doi:10.1029/2007JC004338, 2008.
Fairall, C. W., T. Uttal, D. Hazen, J. Hare, M. F. Cronin, N. A. Bond, and D. E. Veron. Observations of cloud, radiation, and surface forcing in the equatorial eastern Pacific. J. Climate, 21, 655-673, doi:10.1175/2007JCLI1757.1, 2008.
Serra, Y. L., M. F. Cronin, and G. N. Kiladis. Sub-seasonal variance of surface meteorological parameters in buoy observations and reanalyses. Geophys. Res. Let., 34, L12708, doi:10.1029/2007GL029506, 2007.
Jochum, M., M. F. Cronin, W. S. Kessler, and D. Shea. Observed horizontal temperature advection by tropical instability waves. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L09604, doi:10.1029/2007GL029416, 2007.
Cronin, M. F., C. W. Fairall, and M. J. McPhaden. An assessment of buoy-derived and numerical weather prediction surface heat fluxes in the tropical Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C06038, doi:10.1029/2005JC003324, 2006.
Cronin, M. F., N. A. Bond, C. W. Fairall, and R. A. Weller. Surface cloud forcing in the east Pacific stratus deck/cold tongue/ITCZ complex. J. Climate, 19(3), 392-409, doi:10.1175/JCLI3620.1, 2006.
Jiang, C.-L., M. F. Cronin, K. A. Kelly, and L. Thompson. Evaluation of a hybrid satellite and NWP based turbulent heat flux product using TAO buoys. J. Geophys. Res., 110, C09007, doi:10.1029/2004JC002824, 2005.
deSzoeke, S.P., C.S. Bretherton, N.A. Bond, M. F. Cronin, and B. Morley. EPIC 95W observations of the eastern Pacific atmospheric boundary layer from cold tongue to ITCZ. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 426-442, doi:10.1175/JAS-3381.1, 2005.
Cronin, M. F., S.-P. Xie, and H. Hashizume. Barometric pressure variations associated with eastern Pacific tropical instability waves. J. Climate, 16, 3050-3057, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<3050:BPVAWE>2.0.CO;2, 2003.
Cronin, M. F., and M. J. McPhaden. Barrier layer formation during westerly wind bursts. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8020, doi:10.1029/2001JC001171, 2002.
Cronin, M. F., and W. S. Kessler. Seasonal and interannual modulation of mixed layer variability at 0°, 110°W. Deep Sea Res.-I, 49, 1-17, 2002.
Cronin, M. F., M. J. McPhaden, and R. H. Weisberg. Wind forced reversing currents in the western equatorial Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 657-676, doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0657:WFRJIT>2.0.CO;2, 2000.
Cronin, M. F., and M. J. McPhaden. Diurnal cycle of rainfall and surface salinity in the western Pacific warm pool. Geophys. Res. Let., 26, 3465-3468, doi:10.1029/1999GL010504, 1999.
Burns, S. P., D. Khelif, C. A. Friehe, A. G. Williams, P. Hignett, A. L. M. Grant, J. M. Hacker, D. P. Rogers, E. F. Bradley, R. A. Weller, M. F. Cronin, S. P. Anderson, C. W. Fairall, and C. A. Paulson. Comparison of aircraft, ship, and buoy meteorological measurements from TOGA COARE. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 30853-30883, doi:10.1029/1999JD900934, 1999.
Cronin, M. F. and M. J. McPhaden. Upper ocean salinity balance in the western equatorial Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 27567-27587, doi:10.1029/98JC02605, 1998.
Cronin, M. F. and M. J. McPhaden. The upper ocean heat balance in the western equatorial Pacific warm pool during September-December 1992. J. Geophys. Res.., 102, 8533-8553, doi:10.1029/97JC00020, 1997.
Cronin, M.. Eddy-mean flow interaction in the Gulf Stream at 68°W: Part II. Eddy forcing on the time-mean flow. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2132-2151, doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2132:EMFIIT>2.0.CO;2, 1996.
Cronin, M. and D. R. Watts. Eddy-mean flow interaction in the Gulf Stream at 68°W: Part I. Eddy energetics. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2107-2131, doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2107:EFIITG>2.0.CO;2, 1996.
Cronin, M., E. F. Carter and D.R. Watts. Prediction of the Gulf Stream path from upstream parameters. J. Geophys. Res., 97, 7257-7269. doi:10.1029/92JC00600, 1992.

Other Publications (chronological)

Wilson, C., M. Edmondson, M.F. Cronin, S. Swart, C. Marandino, M. du Plessis, L. Gutierrez-Loza, S. Smith. Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) Face-to-Face Meeting Summary Report, held in person and virtually on February 17-18, 2024, doi: 10.5065/st8d-t266, 2024.

Gutiérrez-Loza, L., M.F. Cronin, C. Marandino, S. Swart, M. Bourassa, M.D. du Plessis, J. Edholm, C.W. Fairall, S.T. Gille, J. Karstenen, L.B. Looney, R.G. Patterson, L. Riihimaki, S.R. Smith, R. Somavilla, and R. Venkatesan. Commentary: The need for a community of practice for air-sea flux observations. Mar. Technol. Soc. J., 58(1–2), 20–25, doi: 10.4031/MTSJ.58.1.3, 2024.

Venkatesan, R, M. F. Cronin, C. Anderson, J. Aucan, M. L. Aydelett, S. O. C. Boulay, P. Chardon-Maldonado, M. Chory, M. Edmondson, C. Gommenginger, C. E. Jones, C. A. Marandino, S. Wills, C. Wilson, eds. (2022) Workshop Report for the Air-Sea Observations for a Safe Ocean, a satellite event for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development - Safe Ocean Laboratory. Open Access. SCOR Working Group #162 for developing an Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS), Newark, USA, 13 pp. DOI 10.3289/SCOR_WG_162_2022_2.

Marandino, C., M. F. Cronin, M. Chory, N. Maximenko, C. Anderson, M.A. Ballesteros, D. Booge, L. C. da Cunha, S. Gasso, J. Gier, V. Hormann, M. Jones, L. Ladah, L.Li, C. Maes, N. Mahowald, E. Nyadjro, M. Perron, R. K. Quarcoo, A. Rutgersson, M. Ya, 2021: Workshop Report for the Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) for a Clean Ocean, a satellite event for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development - Clean Ocean Laboratory, held virtually on November 18–19, 2022, ="doi: 10.3289/SCOR_WG_162_2022_1".

Cronin, M. F., C.A. Marandino, S. Schwartz, M. Chory, P. Browne, A. Subramanian, W. Joubert, B. Arbic, M. Bourassa, M. du Plessis, S. Swart, U. Schuster, C. Gentemann, R. Sun, J. Reeves Eyre, V. Hormann, O. Alves, F. February, P. Mongwe, S. Zippel, V. Menezes, D. Blair, A.-L. Deppenmeier, P. Martin, J. Palter, R. Venkatesen, A. Grey, C. A. Clayson, and J. Shutler, eds. (2021) Workshop Report for the Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS) for a Predicted Ocean, a satellite event for the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development - Predicted Ocean Laboratory. Open Access . SCOR Working Group #162 for developing an Observing Air-Sea Interactions Strategy (OASIS), Newark, USA, 19 pp. DOI 10.3289/SCOR_WG_162_2021.

Clayson, C.A., L. Centurioni, M.F. Cronin, J. Edson, S. Gille, F. Muller-Karger, R. Parfitt, L.D. Riihimaki, S.R. Smith, S. Swart, D. Vandemark, A.B. Villas Bôas, C.J. Zappa, and D. Zhang (2021): OCEAN-SHOT: Super sites for advancing understanding of the oceanic and atmospheric boundary layers. Mar. Technol. Soc. J., 55(3), 144–145, doi: 10.4031/MTSJ.55.3.11

Cronin, M.F., L. Riihimaki, M.T. Guerra, E. Thompson, N. Anderson, P. Berk, A. Bucholtz, K. Connell, A. diSarra, J. Edson, T. Farrar, C. Fairall, G. Hodges, C. Lanconelli, K. Lantz, D. Meloni, J. Michalsky, S. Stalin, D. Stanitski, S. Swart, R. Venkatesan, and J. Wendell (2020): Surface Radiation Community Consultation Working Group Report. In: Evolving and Sustaining Ocean Best Practices Workshop IV, 18; 21-25 & 30 Sep 2020 [Online]: Proceedings, (eds Simpson, P., Pearlman, R. and Pearlman, J.), Paris, France, UNESCO, pp. 98-111, (IOC Workshop Report No. 294, Vol. 2). doi: https://doi.org/10.25607/OBP-1036. Standalone Chapter available online at: Here.

Cronin, M. F., and C. L. Gentemann. Ocean Surface Holds the Key to Understanding Our Climate. Scientia. https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA435, 4 Nov 2019.

Kessler, W.S., S.E. Wijffels, S. Cravatte, N. Smith, A. Kumar, Y. Takaya, Y. Fujii, H. Hendon, A. Sutton, P. Strutton, Y. Serra, B. Dewitte, C.A. Clayson, M.F. Cronin, J.T. Farrar, J. Sprintall, X. Song, K. O'Brien, K. Ando, K. Takahashi, L. Moreno, D. Roemmich, S. McGregor, A. Wittenberg, T. Lee, S.G. Penny, W. Large, S. de Szoeke, I. Ueki, L. O'Neill, E.R. Kursinski, F. Gasparin, W. Yu, D. Chen, Y. Xue, I. Montes, D. Legler, L. Upchurch, and S. Brunner. Second Report of TPOS 2020. GOOS-234, 265 pp., [Available online at http://tpos2020.org/second-report/] 2019

Sprintall, J., M. F. Cronin, and J.T. Farrar. Upper ocean vertical structure. In Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 3rd Ed., J.K. Cochran, J.H. Bokuniewicz, and L.P. Yager (eds)., Vol. 1, Academic Press/Elsevier, 97-104, 2019.

Zhang, D., M.F. Cronin, X. Lin, R. Inoue, A. Fassbender, S. Bishop, and A. Sutton. Observing air-sea interation in the western boundary currents and their extension regions: Considerations for OceanObs 2019. CLIVAR Variations, 15(4), 23-30. 2017.

Cravatte, S., W.S. Kessler, N. Smith, S. Wijffels, K. Ando, M. Cronin, T. Farrar, E. Guilyardi, A. Kumar, T. Lee, D. Roemmich, J. Sprintall, Y. Serra, P. Strutton, A. Sutton, K. Takahashi, and A. Wittenberg. TPOS 2020 Project: First Report. GOOS-215, TPOS 2020, 200 pp. Available at TPOS2020.org/first-report/. 2016

Cronin, M.F.. Where's the data? CLIVAR Exchanges. CLIVAR Exchanges, 69, 20(1), 31, Published online. 2016.

Smith, N.R., A. Kumar, K. Takahashi, H. Hendon, S. Cravatte, D. Chen, T. Farrar, M. Cronin, K. Ando, W. Yu, and W.S. Kessler. The Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020 Project: The role of research and innovation. CLIVAR Exchanges, 19(2), No. 67, Published online by CLIVAR at http://www.clivar.org/documents/ocean-observation-special-issue-exchanges, 12–17, 2015.

Belka, D. J., M. Schwendeman, J. Thomson, and M. F. Cronin. Report on Historical Wave and Wind Observations at Ocean Station P. Flux News, Issue 7, page 18, Feb 2015. Available at: http://www.clivar.org/sites/default/files/documents/FluxNews_7.pdf

Cronin, M. F.. Autobiographical Sketches of women in oceanography: Meghan F. Cronin. Oceanography, 27(4), p. 90, 2014.

Belka, D. J., M. Schwendeman, J. Thomson, and M. F. Cronin. Historical Wave and Wind Observations at Ocean Station P. APL-UW Tech Report #1407, University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle WA. August 2014.

Cronin, M. F., M. Bourassa, C. A. Clayson, J. Edson, C. Fairall, D. Feely, E. Harrison, S. Josey, M. Kubota, B. P. Kumar, K. Kutsuwada, B. Large, J. Mathis, M. McPhaden, L. O'Neill, R. Pinker, K. Takahashi, H. Tomita, R. A. Weller, L. Yu, C. Zhang. White Paper #11 -- Wind stress and air sea fluxes observations: status, implementation and gaps. In Proceedings of the Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020 Workshop, A Future Sustained Tropical Pacific Ocean Observing System for Research and Forecasting, La Jolla CA USA, 27-30 January 2014. 15 March 2014.

Yu, L., K. Haines, M. Bourassa, M. Cronin, S. Gulev, S. Josey, S. Kato, A. Kumar, T. Lee, and D. Roemmich. Towards achieving global closure of ocean heat and freshwater budgets: Recommendations for advancing research in air-sea fluxes through collaborative activities. In Report of the CLIVAR/GSOP/WHOI Workshop on Ocean Syntheses and Surface Flux Evaluation, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 27-30 November 2012, WCRP Informal/Series Rep. No. 13/2013, ICPO Informal Rep. 189/13, 42 pp., 2013.

Fairall, C.W., M.A. Bourassa, M.F. Cronin, S.R. Smith, R.A. Weller, G. Wick, S. Woodruff, L. Yu, and H.-M. Zhang. Observations to quantify air-sea fluxes and their role in global variability and predictability. In Proceedings of the IOOS Summit, Interagency Ocean Observation Committee (IOOC), Herndon, Virginia, 13-16 November 2012, http://www.iooc.us/summit/white-paper-submissions/community-white-paper-submissions/.

Lumpkin, R., K. Dohan, M. Baringer, L. Centurioni, M. Cronin, G. Goni, G. Lagerloef, D. Lee, and N. Maximenko. Observing the global ocean surface circulation. In Proceedings of the IOOS Summit, Interagency Ocean Observation Committee (IOOC), Herndon, Virginia, 13-16 November 2012, http://www.iooc.us/summit/white-paper-submissions/community-white-paper-submissions/.

Kumar, P., B., J. Vialard, M. Lengaigne, V. S. N. Murty, M. J. McPhaden, M. F. Cronin, and K. Gopala Reddy. Evaluation of Air-sea heat and momentum fluxes for the tropical oceans and introduction of TropFlux. CLIVAR Exchanges, No. 58, Vol 17, No. 1, pp 21-24, 2012.

Cronin, M. F.. NOAA buoy deployed in the Agulhas Return Current. South African Evnironmental Observation Network (SAEON) Newsletter, 4, 2011.

Bond, N., M. Cronin, and M. Garvert. Atmospheric sensitivity to SST near the Kuroshio Extension: A case study of the extratropical transition of Typhoon Tokage. U. S. CLIVAR Variations, 7(1), 8-11, 2009.

Cronin, M. F., M. Alexander, K. Kelly, B. Qiu, and Y. Serra. Workshop Spotlight: Western Boundary Currents. AGU Atmospheric Science Newsletter. 3(1), page 5, 2009.

Cronin, M. F., S. Legg, P. Zuidema. Best practices for process studies. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. Nowcast, 90(7), 917-918, 2009.

Kamphaus, R., M. Cronin, C. Sabine, S. Emerson, C. Meinig, and M. Robert. New surface mooring at Station Papa monitors climate. PICES Press, 16(2), 26-27, 2008.

Sprintall, J., and M. F. Cronin. Upper ocean vertical structure. In: J. Steele, S. Thorpe, and K. Turekian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, First Online Update, Academic Press, London, UK, http://www.elsevierdirect.com/brochures/oceansciences/index.html, 2008.

Cronin, M. F., and J. Sprintall. Wind and buoyancy-forced upper ocean. In: J. Steele, S. Thorpe, and K. Turekian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, First Online Update, Academic Press, London, UK, http://www.elsevierdirect.com/brochures/oceansciences/index.html, 2008.

Donohue, K. A., D.R. Watts, K. Tracey, M. Wimbush, J.-H. Park, N. Bond, M. Cronin, S. Chen, B. Qiu, P. Hacker, N. B. Hogg, S. R. Jayne, J. McClean, L. Rainville, H. Mitsudera, Y. Tanimoto, and S.-P. Xie. Program studies the Kuroshio Extension. EOS Trans. AGU, 89(17), 161-162, 22 April 2008.

Freitag, H. P., M. J. McPhaden, M. F. Cronin,C. L. Sabine, D. C. McClurg, and P. D. McLain. PMEL contribution to the OceanSITES program. In: Oceans 2006: Revolutionizing Marine Science and Technology, MTS/IEEE, Boston, MA, 18-21 September 2006.

Cronin, M. F., C. Meinig, and C. L. Sabine. Flux mooring for the north Pacific's western boundary current: Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO). In: Annual Report on The State of the Ocean and the Ocean Observing System for Climate, Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2005, J. M. Levy (ed.), NOAA/Climate Program Office/Office of Climate Observation, 159-162, 2006.

Hare, J. E., C. W. Fairall, T. Uttal, D. Hazen, M. F. Cronin, N. A. Bond, and D. E. Veron. Cloud, radiation, and surface forcing in the equatorial eastern Pacific. NOAA Tech Memo OAR-PSD 307, NOAA ESRL, Boulder, CO, pp64, 2005.

Cronin, M. F., C. Meinig, and C. L. Sabine. Flux mooring for the north Pacific's western boundary current: Kuroshio Extension Observatory (KEO). In: Annual Report on The State of the Ocean and the Ocean Observing System for Climate, Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2004, NOAA/OGP/Office of Climate Observation, Section 3.13a, 142-146, 2005.

Kessler, W. S., J. N. Moum, M. F. Cronin, P. S. Schopf, D. L. Rudnick, and L. Thompson. Pacific Upwelling and Mixing Physics: A Science and Implementation Plan NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, 51 pp., Jan 2005.

Cronin, M. F.. Book Review: "Sea Legs: Tales of a Woman Oceanographer" by Kathleen Crane. Westview Press, 2003. ISBN 0 8133 4004 7, Hardcover, $27.50. In: Geotimes, American Geological Institute, August 2003.

Payne, R. E., K. Huang, R. A. Weller, H. P. Freitag, M. F. Cronin, M. J. McPhaden, C. Meinig, Y. Kuroda, N. Ushijima, R. M. Reynolds. A comparison of buoy meteorological systems. WHOI Technical Report WHOI-2002-10. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 67 pp., December 2002.

Cronin, M. F., N. Bond, C. Fairall, J. Hare, M. J. McPhaden, R. A. Weller. Enhanced oceanic and atmospheric monitoring underway in Eastern Pacific. EOS, Transactions, AGU, 83(19), pages 205, 210-211, 7 May 2002.

Cronin, M. F., N. Bond, and C. Fairall. Seasonal and year-to-year variations in the cold-tongue / ITCZ complex. U. S. CLIVAR Variations, 1(1), 7-9, 2002.

Cronin, M. F., and J. Sprintall. Wind and buoyancy-forced upper ocean. In: J. Steele, S. Thorpe, and K. Turekian (eds.) Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Vol. 6, 3219-3227, Academic Press, London, UK, 2001.

Sprintall, J., and M. F. Cronin. Upper ocean vertical structure. In: J. Steele, S. Thorpe, and K. Turekian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Vol. 6, 3120-3129, Academic Press, London, UK, 2001.

Freitag, H.P., M. E. McCarty, C. Nosse, R. Lukas, M. J. McPhaden, and M. F. Cronin. COARE SEACAT data: Calibrations and quality control procedures. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL PMEL-115 , Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, 89 pp., March 1999.

Weller, R. A., S.P. Anderson, H. W. Wijesekera, C. A. Paulson, M. F. Cronin, and L. M. Rothstein. Oceanic response to buoyancy flux and wind stress during COARE. COARE98 - Proceedings of a conference on the TOGA Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (Boulder, CO USA, 7-14 July 1998), WCRP-107, WMO/TD-No. 940, 43-58, January 1999.

Godfrey, J.S., S.P. Anderson, E.F. Bradley, J.A. Butt, P.A. Coppin, M. Cronin, I . Helmond, T.J. McDougall, L. Pender, K. Richards, W. Smyth and R. Weller. Surface fluxes and mixed layer heat and freshwater budgets in TOGA-COARE. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Programme, WCRP-91, WMO/TD No. 717, Vol. 1, 464-468, December 1995.

Cronin, M.. Eddy-mean flow interaction in the Gulf Stream at 68W. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 1993.

Cronin, M., K. Tracey, and D.R. Watts. Mooring motion correction of SYNOP Central Array current meter data. GSO Technical Report Number 92-4, University of Rhode Island, 114 pp., 1992.

Cronin, M. Useful data-products of the mooring motion correction scheme: The pseudo-IES and the Brunt-Vaisala frequency. Synoptician, 3(4), 1992.

Cronin, M., K.L. Tracey, and D.R. Watts. The Gulf Stream dynamics experiment: IES data report for the May 1985 to June 1986 deployment period. GSO Technical Report Number 87-1. University of Rhode Island, 135 pp., May 1987.

Tracey, K.L., M. Cronin, and D.R. Watts. The Gulf Stream dynamics experiment. Inverted echo sounder data report for the June 1984 to May 1985 deployment period. GSO Technical Report Number 85-3. University of Rhode Island, 176 pp., December 1985.

Some Links

HYCOM 1/12 degree model snapshots of Kuroshio, Gulf of Alaska, Agulhas, and Equatorial Pacific regions.
Typhoon and Hurricane centers: Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), JMA Tropical Cyclone Information, NOAA National Hurricane Center
Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS)
An overview of my TOGA COARE research for the NOAA/PMEL 1998 Lab Review.
Old Talks
Stuff (Work in Progress)
NOAA/PMEL TAO Home Page
TOGA COARE Data Catalogue

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