Refereed Articles
Stewart, A.L. & A.F. Thompson, 2012. Connecting Antarctic cross-slope exchange with Southern Ocean overturning. Journal of Physical Oceanography, submitted.
Stewart, A.L. & A.F. Thompson, 2012. Sensitivity of the ocean's deep overturning circulation to easterly Antarctic winds. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L18604. [PDF]
Boland, E.D.J., A.F. Thompson, P.H. Haynes & E. Shuckburgh, 2012. The formation of non-zonal jets over sloped topography. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42, 1635-1651. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F. & J.B. Sallee, 2012. Jets and topography: Jet transitions and the impact on transport in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42, 956-972. [PDF]
Trasvina, A., K.J. Heywood, A.H.H. Renner, S.E. Thorpe, A.F. Thompson & L. Zamudio, 2011. The impact of high frequency current variability on dispersion off the eastern Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research--Oceans, 116, C11024. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F., K.J. Richards, 2011. Low frequency variability of Southern Ocean jets. Journal of Geophysical Research--Oceans, 116, C09022. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F., P.H. Haynes, C. Wilson & K.J. Richards, 2010. Rapid Southern Ocean front transitions in an eddy-resolving ocean GCM. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L2360237. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F., 2010. Jet formation and evolution in baroclinic turbulence with simple topography. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40, 257-278. [PDF]
Hughes, C.W., A.F. Thompson & C. Wilson, 2010. Identification of jets and mixing barriers from sea level and vorticity measurements using simple statistics. Ocean Modelling, 32, 44-57. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F. & S. Rahmstorf, 2009. Ocean Circulation. In Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Processes, C. Le Quere and E.S. Saltzman, Eds. American Geophysical Union, Washington DC.
Thompson, A.F., K.J. Heywood, S.E. Thorpe, A.H.H. Renner, A. Trasvina-Castro, 2009. Surface circulation at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula from drifters. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39, 3-26. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F., 2008. The atmospheric ocean: eddies and jets in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 366, 4529--4541. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F. & K.J. Heywood, 2008. Frontal structure and transport in the northwestern Weddell Sea. Deep-Sea Research I, 55, 1229-1251. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F. & W.R. Young, 2007. Baroclinic eddy heat fluxes: zonal flows and energy balance. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 3214-3231. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F., S.T. Gille, J.A. MacKinnon, & J. Sprintall, 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of small-scale mixing in Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 572-592. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F. & W.R. Young, 2006. Scaling baroclinic eddy fluxes: vortices and the energy balance. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36, 720-738. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F. & G. Veronis, 2005. Diffusively-driven overturning of a stable density gradient. Journal of Marine Research, 63, 291-313. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F., H.E. Huppert, M.G. Worster & A. Aitta, 2003. Solidification and compositional convection of a ternary alloy. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 497, 167-199. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F., H.E. Huppert & M.G. Worster, 2003. Appendix: A global conservation model for diffusion-controlled solidification of a ternary alloy. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 483, 191-197. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F., et al., 2007. Antarctic Drifter Experiment: Links to Isobaths and Ecosystems (ADELIE) Cruise Report, JR158. University of East Anglia. [PDF]
Thompson, A.F., 2006. Eddy fluxes in baroclinic turbulence. Ph. D. dissertation. University of California, San Diego. [PDF]