Publications
Feel free to email me (tomk at alum.mit.edu) if you would like a pdf of any of these papers.
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Wei, X., Li, K., Kilpatrick, T., Wang, M., and Xie, S.-P. (2021). Large-scale conditions for the record-setting Southern California marine heatwave of August 2018. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091803. https:/doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091803
Hutchings, N., Kilpatrick, T., and Long, D. (2020). Ultrahigh resolution scatterometer winds near Hawaii. Remote Sensing, 12, 564. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030564
Kilpatrick, T., Xie, S.-P., Tokinaga, H., Long, D., and Hutchings, N. (2019). Systematic scatterometer wind errors near coastal mountains. Earth and Space Science, 6, 1900–1914. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000757
Kilpatrick, T., Xie, S.-P., Miller, A. J., and Schneider, N. (2018). Satellite observations of enhanced chlorophyll variability in the Southern California Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 7550–7563. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014248
Kilpatrick, T., Xie, S.-P. and Nasuno, T. (2017). Diurnal convection–wind coupling in the Bay of Bengal. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122, 9705–9720. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027271
Kilpatrick, T., and Xie, S.-P. (2016). Circumventing rain-related errors in scatterometer wind observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 9422–9440. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025105
Kilpatrick, T., Schneider, N., and Qiu, B. (2016). Atmospheric response to a midlatitude SST front: Along-front winds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 73, 3489–3509. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-15-0312.1
Kilpatrick, T., and Xie, S.-P. (2015). ASCAT observations of downdrafts from mesoscale convective systems. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 1951–1958. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063025
Kilpatrick, T., Schneider, N., and Qiu, B. (2014). Boundary layer convergence induced by strong winds across a midlatitude SST front. Journal of Climate, 27, 1698–1718. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00101.1
Kilpatrick, T., Schneider, N., and Di Lorenzo, E. (2011). Generation of low-frequency spiciness variability in the thermocline. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 41, 365-377. https://doi.org/10.1175/2010JPO4443.1