Publications


Refereed publications


  1. 1.Jansen, M., and R. Ferrari, 2009: The effect of the seasonal cycle on heat anomalies generated in the wake of tropical cyclones, Geophys. Res. Lett., in preparation.

  2. 2.Mazloff, M. and R. Ferrari, 2009: The Force Balance of the Southern Ocean Meridional Overturning Circulation, J. Phys. Oceanogr., in preparation.

  3. 3.Lund, D., J. Adkins and R. Ferrari, 2009: Abyssal Atlantic Circulation during the Last Glacial Maximum, Biogeochem. Cycles, in preparation.

  4. 4.Ferrari, R. and D. Ferreira, 2009: Pathways of ocean heat transport in a global circulation model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., in preparation.

  5. 5.Ferrari, R., G. Flierl, and B. Fox-Kemper, 2009: Upper Ocean Turbulence and the Surface Mixed Layer, J. Phys. Oceanogr., in preparation.

  6. 6.Ferrari, R., and C. Wunsch, 2009: The distribution of eddy kinetic and potential energies in the global ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., in preparation.

  7. 7.Taylor, J., and R. Ferrari, 2009: Turbulent convection at a mixed-layer front, J. Phys. Oceanogr., submitted.

  8. 8.Ferrari, R., S. M. Griffies, and G. K. Vallis, 2009: A Boundary Value Problem for the Parameterized Mesoscale Eddy Transport, Ocean Modelling, submitted.

  9. 9.Naveira-Garabato, A., R. Ferrari, and K. Polzin, 2009: Eddy Mixing in the Southern Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., submitted.

  10. 10.Ferrari, R. and M. Nikurashin, 2009: Suppression of eddy mixing across jets in the Southern Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., submitted.

  11. 11.Nikurashin, M., and R. Ferrari, 2009: Radiation and dissipation of internal waves generated by geostrophic motions impinging on small-scale topography: Application to the Southern Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., submitted.

  12. 12.Nikurashin, M., and R. Ferrari, 2009: Radiation and dissipation of internal waves generated by geostrophic motions impinging on small-scale topography: Theory, J. Phys. Oceanogr., submitted.

  13. 13.Fox-Kemper, B. and R. Ferrari, 2009: An Edifying Parsons’ Model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 39, 3216-3227. [PDF]

  14. 14.Mahadevan, A., A. Tandon, and R. Ferrari, 2009: Rapid Changes in Stratification at Mixed Layer Fronts, J. Geophys. Res,,  in press. [PDF]

  15. 15.Jansen, M., and R. Ferrari, 2009: The latitudinal distribution of tropical cyclones and ocean heat transport, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 36, L06604. [PDF]

  16. 16.Taylor, J., and R. Ferrari, 2009: The role of secondary shear instabilities in the equilibration of symmetric instability, J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 622, 103-113. [PDF]

  17. 17.Smith, S., and R. Ferrari, 2009: Production and dissipation of compensated T-S variance by mesoscale stirring in the NATRE region, J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 39, 2477-2501. [PDF]

  18. 18.Ferrari, R. and C. Wunsch, 2009: Ocean Circulation Kinetic Energy–Reservoirs, Sources and Sinks, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., Vol. 41, 253-282. [PDF]

  19. 19.Thomas, L. and R. Ferrari, 2008: Friction, frontogenesis, frontal instabilities and the stratification of the ocean surface mixed layer, J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 38, 2501–2518. [PDF]

  20. 20.Fox-Kemper, B., and R. Ferrari, 2008: Parameterization of Mixed Layer Eddies. II: Prognosis and Impact, J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 38, 1166-1179. [PDF]

  21. 21.Fox-Kemper, B., R. Ferrari, and R. W. Hallberg, 2008: Parameterization of Mixed Layer Eddies. I: Theory and Diagnosis, J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 38, 1145-1165. [PDF]

  22. 22.Ferrari, R., J. C. McWilliams, V. Canuto, and D. Dubovikov, 2008: Parameterization of eddy fluxes at the ocean boundaries, J. Climate, J. Climate, Vol. 31, 2770-2789. [PDF]

  23. 23.Danabasoglu G., R. Ferrari and J. C. McWilliams, 2007: Sensitivity of an Ocean General Circulation Model to a Parameterization of Near-Surface Eddy Fluxes, J. Climate, Vol. 21, 1192-1208.  [PDF]

  24. 24.Boccaletti G., R. Ferrari, and B. Fox-Kemper, 2007: Mixed Layer Instabilities and Restratification, J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 37, 2228-2250. [PDF]

  25. 25.Ferrari, R., and K. L. Polzin, 2005: Temperature and salinity finestructure in NATRE,J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 35, 1437-1454. [PDF]

  26. 26.Boccaletti G., R. Ferrari, D. Ferreira, A. Adcroft, and J. Marshall, 2005: The vertical structure of the oceanic heat transport, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 32, L10603, 1-4. [PDF]

  27. 27.Jochum M., R. Murtugudde, R. Ferrari, and P. Rizzoli, 2005: The impact of horizontal resolution on the equatorial mixed layer heat budget in ocean general circulation models,J. Climate, Vol. 18, 841-851. [PDF]

  28. 28.Plumb, R., and R. Ferrari, 2005: Transformed Eulerian-mean theory. I: Non-quasigeostrophic theory for eddies on a zonal mean flow,J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 35, 165-174. [PDF]

  29. 29.Ferrari, R., and G. Boccaletti, 2004: Eddy Mixed-Layer Interaction in the Ocean,Oceanography, Vol. 17, 12-21. [PDF]

  30. 30.Wunsch, C., and R. Ferrari, 2004: Vertical Mixing, Energy, and the General Circulation of the Oceans,Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., Vol. 36, 281-314. [PDF]

  31. 31.Polzin, K. L., and R. Ferrari, 2004: Lateral dispersion in NATRE,J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 34, 247-257. [PDF]

  32. 32.Ferrari, R. and F. Paparella, 2003: Thermohaline alignment and compensation in the ocean mixed layer, J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 33, 2214-2223. [PDF]

  33. 33.Fox-Kemper, B., R. Ferrari, and J. Pedlosky, 2003: A Note on Determination of Rotational and Divergent Eddy Fluxes, J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 33, 875-881. [PDF]

  34. 34.Ferrari, R., and P. Cessi, 2003: Weakly and strongly self-similar diffusion, Physica D, Vol. 154, 478-483. [PDF]

  35. 35.Ferrari, R., A. J. Manfroi, and W. R. Young, 2001: Seasonal synchronization in a chaotic ocean-atmosphere model, J. Climate, Vol. 33, 111-137. [PDF]

  36. 36.Ferrari, R., and Rudnick, D.L., 2000: Thermohaline structure of the upper ocean, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 105, 16857-16883. [PDF]

  37. 37.Rudnick, D.L., and R. Ferrari, 1999: Compensation of horizontal temperature and salinity gradients in the ocean mixed layer, Science, Vol. 283, 526-529. [PDF]

  38. 38.Ferrari, R., and W. R. Young, 1997: On the development of thermohaline correlations as a result of nonlinear diffusive parameterizations,J. Mar. Res., Vol. 55, 1069-1101, [PDF]

Non refereed publications


  1. 1.Fox-Kemper, B., R. Ferrari, and R. W. Hallberg, 2009: Reply to the Note of Canuto and Dubovikov, J. Phys. Oceanogr.. [PDF]

  2. 2.Marshall, J., and the CLIMODE group, 2008: Observing the cycle of convection and restratification over the Gulf Stream System and the subtropical gyre of the North Atlantic ocean: preliminary results from the CLIMODE campaign. Bull. Am. Meteor. Soc., Vol. ??, in press. [PDF]

  3. 3.Fu, L. L., and R. Ferrari, 2008: Observing oceanic submesoscale processes from space, EOS, 89, doi:10.1029/2008EO480003. [PDF]

  4. 4.Fox-Kemper, B., G. Danabasoglu, R. Ferrari, and R. W. Hallberg, 2008: Parameterizing Submesoscale Physics in Global Climate Models. CLIVAR Exchanges, Vol. 13(1), 3-5. [PDF]

  5. 5.Ferrari, R., 2007: Statistics of dispersion in flows with coherent structures, Proceedings of the ’Aha Huliko’a Winter Workshop. [PDF]

  6. 6. Ferrari, A., and R. Ferrari, 2006: Il mutamento climatico: fatti e miti, Quaderni - Mercoledì dell’Accademia XI, Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, Vol. 13, 25-46. [PDF]

  7. 7.Ferrari, R., 2006: The US CPT Clivar Program, U.S. CLIVAR Variations, Vol. 4, 1-2. [PDF]

  8. 8. Ferrari, R., 2006: Eddy-mixed layer interactions in the ocean, U.S. CLIVAR Variations, Vol. 4, 3. [PDF]

  9. 9. Ferrari, R., 2005: Ocean Mixing, BASC report on Improving the Scientific Foundation for Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Simulations: Report of a Workshop, National Academy of Sciences.

  10. 10. Bretherton, C. S., R. Ferrari, and S. Legg, 2004: Climate Process Teams: A new approach to improving climate models, U.S. CLIVAR Variations, Vol. 1, 1-6. [PDF]

  11. 11. Ferrari, R., and A. Plumb, 2003: Mesoscale eddy fluxes at the boundaries in ocean circulation models, Proceedings of the ’Aha Huliko’a WinterWorkshop. [PDF]

  12. 12. Ferrari, R., D.L. Rudnick, W. R. Young, and F. Paparella, 2001: The temperature-salinity relationship of the surface mixed-layer, Proceedings of the ’Aha Huliko’a WinterWorkshop. [PDF]

  13. 13. Ferrari, R., 2000: Dispersion of active and passive scalars in the upper ocean. Doctoral Dissertation. Scripps institution of Oceanography, La Jolla.

  14. 14. Ferrari, R., 1999: The temperature-salinity relationship in the mixed layer, Proceedings of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program, Woods Hole. [PDF]

  15. 15. Ferrari, R., 1999: Distribuzioni di temperatura e salinità negli strati piú superficiali degli oceani. Doctoral dissertation. Politecnico di Torino.

  16. 16. Ferrari, R., 1994: Integrazione numerica di equazioni solitioniche multidimensionali. Master thesis. Università di Torino, 1994.