Kenneth Hughes

Publications

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Under Review

• A turbulence data reduction scheme for autonomous and expendable profiling floats
  Hughes, K. G., J. N. Moum, and D. L. Rudnick (submitted.)
  J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech.

Peer-reviewed

• 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, D. Cherian, S. J. Warner, B. Bourlès. P. Brandt, and M. Dengler (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, and 10 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

• 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