Kenneth Hughes

Publications

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Peer-reviewed

• Relative roles of plume and coastal forcing on exchange flow variability of a glacial fjord
  Sanchez, R. M., 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
  Hughes, K. G. (2024)
  The Cryosphere, 18, 1315–1332, doi:10.5194/tc-18-1315-2024

• Wind dependencies of deep cycle turbulence in the equatorial cold tongues
  Moum, J. N., 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
  Gutiérrez Brizuela, N., 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
  Hughes, K. G., 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
  Le Boyer, A., 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
  Moum, J. N., 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
  Hughes, K. G. (2022)
  J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 127, e2021JC018228, doi:10.1029/2021JC018228

• Deep cycle turbulence in Atlantic and Pacific cold tongues
  Moum, J. N., 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
  Hughes, K. G., 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
  Hughes, K. G., 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
  Hughes, K. G., 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
  Hughes, K. G. 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
  Hughes, K. G., 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
  Wongpan, P., 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
  Hughes, K.G., 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
  Nelson, M. J. S., 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
  Langhorne, P. J., 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
  Hughes, K. G., 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
  Leonard, G. H., 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
  Hughes, K. G., 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
  Hughes, K. G. and J. N. Moum (2023)
  In Microstructure sensing from autonomous platforms, 6-7

• Crystal orientation in ice frozen from fresh and brackish water
  Grothe, S., 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