Kenneth Hughes

Publications

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Pre-print

• Imaging thermocline microstructure in 2D with swaths traced by wave-pumped χpods
  K. G. Hughes and J. N. Moum (2024)
  Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. Oceans

Peer-reviewed

• Relative roles of plume and coastal forcing on exchange flow variability of a glacial fjord
  R. M. Sanchez, F. Straneo, K. G. Hughes, P. L. Barbour, and E. L. Shroyer (2024)
  J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 129, e2023JC020492, doi:10.1029/2023JC020492

• Fjord circulation induced by melting icebergs
  K. G. Hughes (2024)
  The Cryosphere, 18, 1315–1332, doi:10.5194/tc-18-1315-2024

• Wind dependencies of deep cycle turbulence in the equatorial cold tongues
  J. N. Moum, W. D. Smyth, K. G. Hughes, D. Cherian, and four others (2023)
  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 53, 1979–1995, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-22-0203.1

• Prolonged thermocline warming by near-inertial internal waves in the wakes of tropical cyclones
  N. Gutiérrez Brizuela, M. H. Alford, S.-P. Xie, J. Sprintall, and four others including K. G. Hughes (2023)
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 120, e2301664120, doi:10.1073/pnas.2301664120

• A turbulence data reduction scheme for autonomous and expendable profiling floats
  K. G. Hughes, J. N. Moum, and D. L. Rudnick (2023)
  Ocean Sci., 19, 193–207, doi:10.5194/os-19-193-2023

• Turbulent diapycnal fluxes as a pilot essential ocean variable
  A. Le Boyer, N. Couto, M. H. Alford, H. F. Drake and thirteen others including K. G. Hughes (2023)
  Front. Mar. Sci., 10, 1241023, doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1241023

• Flippin’ χSOLO, an upper ocean autonomous turbulence profiling float
  J. N. Moum, D. L. Rudnick, E. L. Shroyer, K. G. Hughes, and eight others (2023)
  J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 40, 629–644, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0067.1

• Pathways, form drag, and turbulence in simulations of an ocean flowing through an ice mélange
  K. G. Hughes (2022)
  J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 127, e2021JC018228, doi:10.1029/2021JC018228

• Deep cycle turbulence in Atlantic and Pacific cold tongues
  J. N. Moum, K. G. Hughes., E. L. Shroyer, W. D. Smyth, and five others (2022)
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, e2021GL097345, doi:10.1029/2021GL097345

• Stratified shear instabilities in diurnal warm layers
  K. G. Hughes, J. N. Moum, E. L. Shroyer, and W. D. Smyth (2021)
  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51, 2583–2598, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0300.1

• Heat transport through diurnal warm layers
  K. G. Hughes, J. N. Moum, and E. L. Shroyer (2020)
  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50, 2885–2905, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0079.1

• Evolution of the velocity structure in the diurnal warm layer
  K. G. Hughes, J. N. Moum, and E. L. Shroyer (2020)
  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50, 615–631, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0207.1

• Tidal conversion and dissipation at steep topography in a channel poleward of the critical latitude
  K. G. Hughes and J. M. Klymak (2019)
  J. Phys. Oceanogr., 49, 1269–1291, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-18-0132.1

• Tidally modulated internal hydraulic flow and energetics in the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago
  K. G. Hughes, J. M. Klymak, W. J. Williams, and H. Melling (2018)
  J. Geophys. Res., 123, 5210–5229, doi:10.1029/2018JC013770

• Brine convection, temperature fluctuations and permeability in winter Antarctic land-fast sea ice
  P. Wongpan, K.G. Hughes, P. J. Langhorne, and I. J. Smith (2018)
  J. Geophys. Res., 123, 216–230, doi:10.1002/2017JC012999

• Water mass modification and mixing rates in a 1/12° simulation of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
  K. G. Hughes, J. M. Klymak, X. Hu, and P. G. Myers (2017)
  J. Geophys. Res., 122, 803–820, doi:10.1002/2016JC012235

• Measurements of Ice Shelf Water beneath the front of the Ross Ice Shelf using gliders
  M. J. S. Nelson, B. Y. Queste, I. J. Smith, G. H. Leonard, B. G. M. Webber, and K. G. Hughes (2017)
  Ann. Glaciol., 58, 41–50, doi:10.1017/aog.2017.34

• Observed platelet ice distributions in Antarctic sea ice: an index for ocean–ice shelf heat flux
  P. J. Langhorne, K. G. Hughes, A. J. Gough, I. J. Smith, and nine others (2015)
  Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 5442–5451, doi:10.1002/2015GL064508

• Extension of an Ice Shelf Water plume model beneath sea ice with application in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
  K. G. Hughes, P. J. Langhorne, G. H. Leonard, and C. L. Stevens (2014)
  J. Geophys. Res., 119, 8662–8687, doi:10.1002/2013JC009411

• Towards a process model for predicting potential anchor ice formation sites in coastal Antarctic waters
  G. H. Leonard, S. M. Mager, A. G. Pauling, K. G. Hughes, and I. J. Smith (2014)
  J. Spat. Sci., 59, 297–312, doi:10.1080/14498596.2014.913271

• Estimates of the refreezing rate in an ice-shelf borehole
  K. G. Hughes, P. J. Langhorne, and M. J. M. Williams (2013)
  J. Glaciol., 59, 938–948, doi:10.3189/2013JoG12J117

Conference proceedings

• Different approaches to onboard reduction of turbulence data: pros and cons
  K. G. Hughes and J. N. Moum (2023)
  In Microstructure sensing from autonomous platforms, 6-7

• Crystal orientation in ice frozen from fresh and brackish water
  S. Grothe, K. G. Hughes, and P. J. Langhorne (2014)
  In Proceedings of the 22nd IAHR International Symposium on Ice, 743–750, doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.4390.3206

Theses

• Tidal flows, sill dynamics, and mixing in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
  PhD Thesis

• Propagation of an Ice Shelf Water Plume beneath Sea Ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
  Master’s Thesis

• On the Rate of Refreezing in a Bore Hole in an Ice Shelf
  Honours Dissertation