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MacCready, P., & Geyer, W. R. (2024). Estuarine Exchange Flow in the Salish Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129(1). doi:10.1029/2023jc020369

Broatch, E. M., & MacCready, P. (2022). Mixing in a Salinity Variance Budget of the Salish Sea is Controlled by River Flow. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(10), 2305-2323. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-21-0227.1

Lemagie, E. P., Giddings, S. N., MacCready, P., Seaton, C., & Wu, X. (2022). Measuring Estuarine Total Exchange Flow From Discrete Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(10). doi:10.1029/2022jc018960

Morzaria-Luna, H., Kaplan, I. C., Harvey, C. J., Girardin, R., Fulton, E. A., MacCready, P., Chasco, B., Horne, P., & Schmidt, M. (2022). Design and Parameterization of a Spatially Explicit Atlantis Ecosystem Model for Puget Sound. (NMFS-NWFSC-177).

Stone, H. B., Banas, N. S., MacCready, P., Trainer, V. L., Ayres, D. L., & Hunter, M. V. (2022). Assessing a model of Pacific Northwest harmful algal bloom transport as a decision-support tool. Harmful Algae, 119. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2022.102334

Sunday, J. M., Howard, E., Siedlecki, S., Pilcher, D. J., Deutsch, C., MacCready, P., Newton, J., & Klinger, T. (2022). Biological sensitivities to high-resolution climate change projections in the California current marine ecosystem. Glob Chang Biol, 28(19), 5726-5740. doi:10.1111/gcb.16317

Andrews, K., Bartos, B., Harvey, C. J., Tonnes, D., Bhuthimethee, M., & MacCready, P. (2021). Testing the potential for larval dispersal to explain connectivity and population structure of threatened rockfish species in Puget Sound. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 677, 95-113. doi:10.3354/meps13858

Brasseale, E., & MacCready, P. (2021). The shelf sources of estuarine inflow. Journal of Physical Oceanography. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-20-0080.1

MacCready, P., McCabe, R. M., Siedlecki, S. A., Lorenz, M., Giddings, S. N., Bos, J., Albertson, S., Banas, N. S., & Garnier, S. (2021). Estuarine Circulation, Mixing, and Residence Times in the Salish Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126(2). doi:10.1029/2020jc016738

Newton, J., MacCready, P., Siedlecki, S., Manalang, D., Mickett, J., Alin, S., Schumacker, E., Hagen, J., Moore, S., Sutton, A., & Carini, R. (2021). Multi-Stressor Observations and Modeling to Build Understanding of and Resilience to the Coastal Impacts of Climate Change. Oceanography, 86-87. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.02-31

Siedlecki, S. A., Pilcher, D., Howard, E. M., Deutsch, C., MacCready, P., Norton, E. L., Frenzel, H., Newton, J., Feely, R. A., Alin, S. R., & Klinger, T. (2021). Coastal processes modify projections of some climate-driven stressors in the California Current System. Biogeosciences, 18(9), 2871-2890. doi:10.5194/bg-18-2871-2021

Stone, H. B., Banas, N. S., MacCready, P., Kudela, R. M., & Ovall, B. (2020). Linking Chlorophyll Concentration and Wind Patterns Using Satellite Data in the Central and Northern California Current System. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.551562

Barth, J. A., Allen, S. E., Dever, E. P., Dewey, R. K., Evans, W., Feely, R. A., Fisher, J. L., Fram, J. P., Hales, B., Ianson, D., Jackson, J., Juniper, K., Kawka, O., Kelley, D., Klymak, J. M., Konovsky, J., Kosro, P. M., Kurapov, A., Mayorga, E., MacCready, P., Newton, J., Perry, R. I., Risien, C. M., Robert, M., Ross, T., Shearman, R. K., Schumacker, J., Siedlecki, S., Trainer, V. L., Waterman, S., & Wingard, C. E. (2019). Better Regional Ocean Observing Through Cross-National Cooperation: A Case Study From the Northeast Pacific. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 93. doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00093

Brasseale, E., Grason, E. W., McDonald, P. S., Adams, J., & MacCready, P. (2019). Larval Transport Modeling Support for Identifying Population Sources of European Green Crab in the Salish Sea. Estuaries and Coasts. doi:10.1007/s12237-019-00586-2

Burchard, H., Lange, X., Klingbeil, K., & MacCready, P. (2019). Mixing Estimates for Estuaries. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49, 631-648. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-18-0147.1

Fredrickson, E. K., Wilcock, W. S. D., Schmidt, D. A., MacCready, P., Roland, E., Kurapov, A. L., Zumberge, M. A., & Sasagawa, G. S. (2019). Optimizing Sensor Configurations for the Detection of Slow‐Slip Earthquakes in Seafloor Pressure Records, Using the Cascadia Subduction Zone as a Case Study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124, 13504-13531. doi:10.1029/2019JB018053

Lorenz, M., Klingbeil, K., MacCready, P., & Burchard, H. (2019). Numerical issues of the Total Exchange Flow (TEF) analysis framework for quantifying estuarine circulation. Ocean Science Discussions, 15, 601-614. doi:10.5194/os-2018-147

Burchard, H., Bolding, K., Feistel, R., Gräwe, U., Klingbeil, K., MacCready, P., Mohrholz, V., Umlauf, L., & van der Lee, E. M. (2018). The Knudsen theorem and the Total Exchange Flow analysis framework applied to the Baltic Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 165, 268-286. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2018.04.004

MacCready, P., Geyer, W. R., & Burchard, H. (2018). Estuarine Exchange Flow Is Related to Mixing through the Salinity Variance Budget. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48, 1375-1384. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-17-0266.1

Stone, H. B., Banas, N. S., & MacCready, P. (2018). The Effect of Alongcoast Advection on Pacific Northwest Shelf and Slope Water Properties in Relation to Upwelling Variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 265-286. doi:10.1002/2017JC013174

Giddings, S. N., & MacCready, P. (2017). Reverse Estuarine Circulation Due to Local and Remote Wind Forcing, Enhanced by the Presence of Along-Coast Estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122, 10184-10205. doi:10.1002/2016JC012479

Wang, T., Geyer, W. R., & MacCready, P. (2017). Total Exchange Flow, Entrainment, and Diffusive Salt Flux in Estuaries. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47, 1205-1220. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-16-0258.1

Fatland, R., MacCready, P., & Oscar, N. (2016). LiveOcean. Cloud Computing in Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, 277-296. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-803192-6.00014-1

MacCready, P., & Giddings, S. N. (2016). The Mechanical Energy Budget of a Regional Ocean Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46, 2719-2733. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-16-0086.1

Conway-Cranos, L., Kiffney, P., Banas, N. S., Plummer, M., Naman, S., MacCready, P., Bucci, J., & Ruckelshaus, M. (2015). Stable isotopes and oceanographic modeling reveal spatial and trophic connectivity among terrestrial, estuarine, and marine environments. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 533, 15-28. doi:10.3354/meps11318

McCabe, R. M., Hickey, B. M., Dever, E. P., & MacCready, P. (2015). Seasonal Cross-Shelf Flow Structure, Upwelling Relaxation, and the Alongshelf Pressure Gradient in the Northern California Current System. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45, 209-227. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-14-0025.1

Siedlecki, S. A., Banas, N. S., Davis, K. A., Giddings, S. N., Hickey, B. M., MacCready, P., Connolly, T. P., & Geier, S. (2015). Seasonal and interannual oxygen variability on the Washington and Oregon continental shelves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(2), 608-633. doi:10.1002/2014jc010254

Alford, M. H., & MacCready, P. (2014). Flow and mixing in Juan de Fuca Canyon, Washington. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(5), 1608-1615. doi:10.1002/2013gl058967

Banas, N. S., Conway-Cranos, L., Sutherland, D. A., MacCready, P., Kiffney, P., & Plummer, M. (2014). Patterns of River Influence and Connectivity Among Subbasins of Puget Sound, with Application to Bacterial and Nutrient Loading. Estuaries and Coasts, 38(3), 735-753. doi:10.1007/s12237-014-9853-y

Davis, K. A., Banas, N. S., Giddings, S. N., Siedlecki, S. A., MacCready, P., Lessard, E. J., Kudela, R. M., & Hickey, B. M. (2014). Estuary-enhanced upwelling of marine nutrients fuels coastal productivity in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(12), 8778-8799. doi:10.1002/2014jc010248

Geyer, W. R., & MacCready, P. (2014). The Estuarine Circulation. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 46, 175-197. doi:10.1146/annurev-fluid-010313-141302

Giddings, S. N., MacCready, P., Hickey, B. M., Banas, N. S., Davis, K. A., Siedlecki, S. A., Trainer, V. L., Kudela, R. M., Pelland, N. A., & Connolly, T. P. (2014). Hindcasts of potential harmful algal bloom transport pathways on the Pacific Northwest coast. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119, 2439-2461. doi:10.1002/2013JC009622

Warner, S. J., & MacCready, P. (2014). The dynamics of pressure and form drag on a sloping headland: Internal waves versus eddies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119, 1554-1571. doi:10.1002/2013JC009757

Warner, S. J., MacCready, P., Moum, J. N., & Nash, J. D. (2013). Measurement of Tidal Form Drag Using Seafloor Pressure Sensors. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43, 1150-1172. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-12-0163.1

Alford, M., Mickett, J., Zhang, S., MacCready, P., Zhao, Z., & Newton, J. (2012). Internal Waves on the Washington Continental Shelf. Oceanography, 25(2), 66-79. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2012.43

MacCready, P. (2011). Calculating Estuarine Exchange Flow Using Isohaline Coordinates. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41, 1116-1124. doi:10.1175/2011JPO4517.1

MacCready, P., & Banas, N. S. (2011). Residual Circulation, Mixing, and Dispersion. In Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science (Vol. 2, pp. 75-89): Elsevier.

Martin, W. D., & MacCready, P. (2011). Influence of large-scale tidal asymmetry on subtidal dynamics in the western Strait of Juan de Fuca. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 116, 1-20. doi:10.1029/2010JC006363

Sutherland, D. A., MacCready, P., Banas, N. S., & Smedstad, L. F. (2011). A Model Study of the Salish Sea Estuarine Circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41(6), 1125-1143. doi:10.1175/2011jpo4540.1

Hickey, B. M., Kudela, R. M., Nash, J. D., Bruland, K. W., Peterson, W. T., MacCready, P., Lessard, E. J., Jay, D. A., Banas, N. S., Baptista, A. M., Dever, E. P., Kosro, P. M., Kilcher, L. K., Horner-Devine, A. R., Zaron, E. D., McCabe, R. M., Peterson, J. O., Orton, P. M., Pan, J., & Lohan, M. C. (2010). River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems: Introduction and synthesis. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, C00B17. doi:10.1029/2009jc005452

MacCready, P., & Geyer, W. R. (2010). Advances in Estuarine Physics. Annual Review of Marine Science, 2, 35-58. doi:10.1146/annurev-marine-120308-081015

Banas, N. S., Lessard, E. J., Kudela, R. M., MacCready, P., Peterson, T. D., Hickey, B. M., & Frame, E. (2009). Planktonic growth and grazing in the Columbia River plume region: A biophysical model study. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C00B06. doi:10.1029/2008JC004993

Banas, N. S., MacCready, P., & Hickey, B. M. (2009). The Columbia River plume as cross-shelf exporter and along-coast barrier. Continental Shelf Research, 29(1), 292-301. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.011

Canals, M., Pawlak, G., & MacCready, P. (2009). Tilted Baroclinic Tidal Vortices. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 333-350. doi:10.1175/2008JPO3954.1

Liu, Y., MacCready, P., & Hickey, B. M. (2009). Columbia River plume patterns in summer 2004 as revealed by a hindcast coastal ocean circulation model. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, 1-6. doi:10.1029/2008GL036447

Liu, Y., MacCready, P., Hickey, B. M., Dever, E. P., Kosro, P. M., & Banas, N. S. (2009). Evaluation of a coastal ocean circulation model for the Columbia River plume in summer 2004. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114. doi:10.1029/2008jc004929

MacCready, P., Banas, N. S., Hickey, B. M., Dever, E. P., & Liu, Y. (2009). A model study of tide- and wind-induced mixing in the Columbia River Estuary and plume. Continental Shelf Research, 29, 278-291. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.015

McCabe, R. M., MacCready, P., & Hickey, B. M. (2009). Ebb-tide dynamics and spreading of a large river plume. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 2839-2856. doi:10.1175/2009JPO4061.1

Warner, S. J., & MacCready, P. (2009). Dissecting the Pressure Field in Tidal Flow past a Headland: When Is Form Drag “Real”? Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 2971-2984. doi:10.1175/2009JPO4173.1

McCabe, R. M., Hickey, B. M., & MacCready, P. (2008). Observational estimates of entrainment and vertical salt flux in the interior of a spreading river plume. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, C08027. doi:10.1029/2007JC004361

Samelson, R. M., Allen, J. S., & MacCready, P. (2008). Progress in Coastal Ocean Modeling During CoOP. Oceanography, 21, 136-147. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2008.10

MacCready, P. (2007). Estuarine Adjustment. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 2133-2145. doi:10.1175/JPO3082.1

Babson, A. L., Kawase, M., & MacCready, P. (2006). Seasonal and Interannual Variability in the Circulation of Puget Sound, Washington: A Box Model Study. Atmosphere-Ocean, 44, 29-45. doi:10.3137/ao.440103

McCabe, R. M., MacCready, P., & Pawlak, G. (2006). Form Drag due to Flow Separation at a Headland. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36, 2136-2152. doi:10.1175/JPO2966.1

Martin, W. D., MacCready, P., & Dewey, R. (2005). Boundary Layer Forcing of a Semidiurnal, Cross-Channel Seiche. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 1518-1537. doi:10.1175/JPO2778.1

Banas, N. S., Hickey, B. M., MacCready, P., & Newton, J. A. (2004). Dynamics of Willapa Bay, Washington: A Highly Unsteady, Partially Mixed Estuary. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34(11), 2413-2427. doi:10.1175/jpo2637.1

Edwards, K. A., MacCready, P., Moum, J. N., Pawlak, G., Klymak, J. M., & Perlin, A. (2004). Form Drag and Mixing Due to Tidal Flow past a Sharp Point. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34, 1297-1312. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1297:FDAMDT>2.0.CO;2

MacCready, P. (2004). Toward a unified theory of tidally-averaged estuarine salinity structure. Estuaries, 27, 561-570. doi:10.1007/BF02907644

Pawlak, G., MacCready, P., Edwards, K. A., & McCabe, R. M. (2003). Observations on the evolution of tidal vorticity at a stratified deep water headland. Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1-5. doi:10.1029/2003GL018092

MacCready, P., Hetland, R. D., & Geyer, W. R. (2002). Long-term isohaline salt balance in an estuary. Continental Shelf Research, 22, 1591-1601. doi:10.1016/S0278-4343(02)00023-7

Pawlak, G., & MacCready, P. (2002). Oscillatory flow across an irregular boundary. Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 3036. doi:10.1029/2000JC000596

MacCready, P., & Geyer, W. R. (2001). Estuarine salt flux through an isohaline surface. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 106, 11629-11637. doi:10.1029/2001JC900006

MacCready, P., & Pawlak, G. (2001). Stratified Flow along a Corrugated Slope: Separation Drag and Wave Drag. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31, 2824-2839. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2824:SFAACS>2.0.CO;2

MacCready, P., & Quay, P. (2001). Biological export flux in the Southern Ocean estimated from a climatological nitrate budget. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 48, 4299-4322. doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(01)00090-X

MacCready, P., & Rhines, P. B. (2001). Meridional Transport across a Zonal Channel: Topographic Localization. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31, 1427-1439. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<1427:MTAAZC>2.0.CO;2

Hickey, B. M., MacCready, P., Elliott, E., & Kachel, N. B. (2000). Dense saline plumes in Exuma Sound, Bahamas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 105(C5), 11471-11488. doi:10.1029/2000jc900004

MacCready, P. (1999). Estuarine adjustment to changes in river flow and tidal mixing. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 29, 708-726. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0708:EATCIR>2.0.CO;2

MacCready, P., Johns, W. E., Rooth, C. G., Fratantoni, D. M., & Watlington, R. A. (1999). Overflow into the deep Caribbean: Effects of plume variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 104, 25913-25935. doi:10.1029/1999JC900206

MacCready, P. (1994). Frictional decay of abyssal boundary currents. J. Mar. Res., 52, 197-217. doi:10.1357/0022240943077073

Garrett, C., MacCready, P., & Rhines, P. (1993). Boundary Mixing and Arrested Ekman Layers: Rotating Stratified Flow Near a Sloping Boundary. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 25, 291-321. doi:10.1146/annurev.fl.25.010193.001451

MacCready, P., & Rhines, P. B. (1993). Slippery Bottom Boundary Layers on a Slope. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23, 5-22. doi:10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023<0005:SBBLOA>2.0.CO;2

MacCready, P., & Rhines, P. B. (1991). Buoyant inhibition of Ekman transport on a slope and its effect on stratified spin-up. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 223, 631-661. doi:10.1017/S0022112091001581