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William G. Large

Publications - Refereed

2001

Large W.G., G. Danabasoglu, J.C. McWilliams, P.R. Gent and F.O. Bryan, 2001: Equatorial circulation of a global ocean climate model with aniostropic horizontal viscosity. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 518-536.

Gent, P.R., W.G. Large and F.O. Byran, 2001: What sets the mean transport through Drake Passage? J. Phys. Oceanogr., In Press.

Large, W.G. and A.J. Nurser, 2001: Ocean surface water mass transformation. In Ocean Circulation and Climate, Eds., G. Siedler, J. Church and J. Gould, In Press.

2000

Large, W.G., 2000: Ocean-atmosphere coupling. In Encyclopedia of Global Change, Oxford University Press.

1999

Large, W.G. and P.R. Gent, 1999: Validation of vertical mixing in as equatorial ocean model using large eddy simulations and observations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 449-464.

Wikle, C.K., R.F. Milliff and W.G. Large, 1999: Surface wind variability on spatial scales from 1 to 1000km observed during TOGA COARE. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 2222-2231.

Milliff, R.F., W.G. Large, J. Morzel, G. Danabasoglu and T. Chin 1999: Ocean General circulation model sensitivity to forcing from scatterometer winds. J. Geophys. Res., 11337-11358.

1998

Wang, D., J.C. McWilliams and W.G. Large, 1998: Large eddy simulation of the diurnal cycle of deep equatorial turbulence. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 129-148.

Chin, T.M., R.F. Milliff and W.G. Large, 1998: Basin-scale, high-wavenumber sea surface wind fields from a multiresolution analysis of scatterometer data. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 15, 741-763.

Gent, P.R., F.O. Bryan, G. Danabasoglu, S.C. Doney, W.R. Holland, W.G. Large and J.C. McWilliams, 1998: The NCAR Climate System Model Global Ocean Component. J. Climate, 11, 1287-1306.

Weatherly, J.W., B.P. Briegleb, W.G. Large and J.A. Maslanik, 1998: Sea ice and polar climate in the NCAR CSM. J. Climate, 11, 1472-1486.

Doney, S.C., W.G. Large and F.O. Bryan, 1998: Surface ocean fluxes and water-mass transformation rates in the coupled NCAR Climate System Model. J. Climate, 11, 1420-1421.

Large, W.G., 1998: Modelling and parameterizing the ocean planetary boundary layer. In Ocean Modeling and Parameterization, Eds. E. Chassignet and J. Verron, Kluwer.

1997

Large, W.G., G. Danabasoglu, S.C. Doney and J.C. McWilliams, 1997: Sensitivity to surface forcing and boundary layer mixing in a global ocean model: Annual mean climatology. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 2418-2447.

1996

Crawford, G.B., and W.G. Large, 1996: A numerical investigation of resonant inertial response of the ocean to wind events. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 873-891.

Large, W.G., 1996: An observational and numerical investigation of the climatological heat and salt balances at OWS Papa. J. Climate, 9, 1856-1876.

Milliff, R.F., W.G. Large, W.R. Holland, and J.C. McWilliams, 1996: The general-circulation response of high-resolution North Atlantic Ocean models to synthetic-scatterometer winds. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 1747-1768.

Wang, D., W.G. Large and J.C. McWilliams, 1996: Diurnal cycling, eddy viscosity and horizontal rotation effects in equatorial ocean boundary layers. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 3649-3662.

Danabasoglu, G., J.C. McWilliams and W.G. Large, 1996: Approach to equilibrium in global oceanic models. J. Climate, 9, 1092-1110.

Ayotte, K.W., P.P. Sullivan, J.C. McWilliams, J.C. Wyngaard, C-H. Moeng, A. Andren, S.C. Doney, B. Holtslag, W.G. Large and J. Tribbia, 1996: An evaluation of neutral and convective planetary boundary layer parameterizations relative to large eddy simulations. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 79, 131-175.

1995

Large, W.G. and G.B. Crawford, 1995: Observations and simulations of upper ocean response to wind events during the Ocean Storms experiment. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 2832-2852.

Large, W.G., J. Morzel and G.B. Crawford, 1995: Accounting for surface wave distortion of the marine wind profile in low-level Ocean Storms wind measurements. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 2959-2971.

1994

Large, W.G., J.C. McWilliams, and S.C. Doney, 1994: Oceanic vertical mixing: A review and a model with a vertical K-profile boundary layer parameterization. Rev Geophys., 363-403.

1991

Friehe, C., W.J. Shaw, D.P. Rogers, K.L. Davidson, W.G. Large, S.A. Stage, G.H. Crescenti, S.J.S. Khalsa, G.K. Greenhut, and F. Li, 1991: Air-sea fluxes and surface layer turbulence around a sea surface temperature front. J. Geophys. Res.:Oceans, 96, Cf, 8593-8609.

Large, W.G., W.R. Holland, and J.C. Evans, 1991: Quasi-geostrophic ocean response to real wind forcing: The effects of temporal smoothing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 21, 998-1017.

1990

Vagle, S., W.G. Large, and D. Farmer, 1990: An evaluation of the WOTAN technique of measuring wind speed and stress from ambient acoustic noise in the ocean. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 7, 576-595.

Trenberth, K., W.G. Large, and J. Olson, 1990: The mean annual cycle in global ocean wind stress. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 1742-1760.

1989

Li, F., W.G. Large, W. Shaw, E. Walsh, and K. Davidson).1989: Ocean radar backscatter relationship with near surface winds: A case study during FASINEX. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 19, 342-353.

Large, W.G., and H. Van Loon, 1989: Large scale, low frequency motions of the 1979 FGGE drifting buoy array and the winds of the Southern Hemisphere. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 19, 216-232.

K. Trenberth, W.G. Large, and J. Olson, 1989: The effective drag coefficient for evaluating wind stress over the oceans. J. Climate, 2, No. 12, 1507-1516.

1988

Large, W.G., and J.A. Businger, 1988: A system for remote measurements of the wind stress over the ocean. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 5, 274-285.

Imawaki, S., P.P. Niiler, C.H. Gautier, D. Halpern, R.A. Knox, W.G. Large, D.S. Luther, J.C. McWilliams, J.N. Moum, and C.A. Paulson, 1988: A new method for estimating the turbulent heat flux at the bottom of the daily mixed layer. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 14,005-14,012.

1986

Large, W.G., McWilliams, J.C., and P.P. Niiler, 1986: Upper ocean thermal response to strong autumnal forcing of the northeast Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 16, 1524-1550.

Cornillon, P., D. Evans, and W.G. Large, 1986: Warm outbreaks of the Gulf Stream into the Sargasso Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 91, 6583-6596.

1983

Guymer, T.H., J.A. Businger, K.B. Katsaros, W.J. Shaw, P.K. Taylor, W.G. Large, and R.E. Payne, 1983: Transfer Processes at the air—sea interface. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., 308, 253-273.

Weller, R.A., R.E. Payne, W.G. Large, and W. Zenk, 1983: Wind measurements from oceanographic moorings and F.S. Meteor during JASIN 1978. J. Geophys. Res., 88, 9689-9705.

1982

Large, W.G., and S. Pond, 1982: Sensible and latent heat flux measurements over the ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 12, 464-482.

1981

Large, W.G., and S. Pond, 1981: Open ocean momentum flux measurements in moderate to strong winds. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 11, 324-336.

Liu, W.T., and W.G. Large, 1981: Determination of surface stress by SEASAT-SASS: A case study with JASIN data. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 11, 1603-1611.

1979

Pond, S., W. G. Large, M. Miyake, and R.W. Burling, 1979: A Gill twin propeller-vane anemometer for flux measurements during moderate to strong winds. Boundary-Layer Meteorol., 16, 351-365.

Large, W.G., 1979: The turbulent fluxes of momentum and sensible heat over the open sea during moderate to strong winds. Ph.D Thesis, Institute of Oceanography and Department of Physics, University of British Columbia, pp. 180.

Publications - Non-Refereed

Pond, S., and W.G. Large, 1978: A system for remote measurements of air-sea fluxes of momentum, heat and moisture during moderate to strong winds. Ms. Rep. 32, Institute of Oceanography, University of British Columbia, 55 pp.

Large, W.G., 1980: JASIN surface fluxes, JASIN News 21. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, U.K. (unpublished manuscript).

Large, W.G., J.C. McWilliams, and P.P. Niiler, 1983: Progressive development of the CASID buoys. Proc. 1983 Symposium on Buoy Technology, New Orleans.

Large, W.G., 1983: Air-Sea Transfer Processes: the surface observations. In `Global Observations and Understanding of the General Circulation of the Oceans.' Proceedings of a workshop, Woods Hole Study Center, August, 1983. C.I. Wunsch, Steering Committee Chairman.

Large, W.G., 1983: Wind speed and stress over the ocean: Scatterometer versus surface measurements. In `Large—Scale Oceanographic Experiments and Satellites', Ed. C. Gautier and M. Fieux, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Corsica, France, October.

Large, W.G. (Ed.), 1985: WOCE Global Air-Sea Interaction Fields, U.S. WOCE Technical Report Number 1. U.S. Planning Office for WOCE, Texas A&M University. August 1985, 36 pp.

Large, W.G., 1987: Monitoring ocean surface layer processes. In "Dynamics of the oceanic surface mixed layer". Eds. P. Muller and D. Henderson, Proc. 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Trenberth K., J. Olson, and W.G. Large, 1989: A global ocean wind stress climatology based on ECMWF analyses. NCAR Tech. Note, NCAR/TN-388+STR. 93 pp.

McPhaden, M., A. Shepherd, W.G. Large, and P. Niiler, 1991: A TOGA array of drifting thermistor chains in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean: October 1989-January 1990. NOAA Data Report ERL PMEL-34.

Large, W.G., 1992: An atmospheric-ocean-ice model coupling strategy. Proc. Arctic Systems Science Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions Modeling Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA, 15-18.

The NCAR Oceanography Section, 1996: The NCAR CSM Ocean Model. NCAR/TN-423+STR, May 1996, 70pp.

Bryan, F.O., B.G. Kauffman, W.G. Large and P.R. Gent, 1996: The NCAR CSM Flux Coupler, NCAR/TN-424+STR, 48pp.

Large, W.G. and S.C. Doney, 1996: Global surface forcing and parameters. U.S. WOCE Implementation Report, No. 8, 14-16.

Vakkayil, R., H.C. Graber and W.G. Large, 1996: Ambient Noise Measurements with a WOTAN during the surface wave dynamics Experiment. Technical Rep., RSMAS, University of Miami, 59pp.

 

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