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Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato BSc, PhD

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Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato is Professor within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.

BSc Physics, University of Southampton (1995)
PhD Physical Oceanography, University of Liverpool (1999)
Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia (1999 – 2002)
NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of East Anglia (2002 – 2005)
NERC Advanced Research Fellow, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (2005 – 2010)
Principal Research Fellow, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (2007 – 2010)
Reader in Physical Oceanography, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (2010 – present)

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Research interests

Specialism: Physical Oceanography

Ocean mixing and energetics.
Ocean circulation dynamics.
High-latitude physical oceanography and climate.
Physical controls on ocean biogeochemistry.
Ocean climate change.
Palaeo-ocean circulation and climate

Research group

Physical Oceanography

Articles

Mackay, N., Ledwell, J. R., Messias, M., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Brearley, J. A., Meijers, A. J., ... Watson, A. J. (2018). Diapycnal mixing in the Southern Ocean diagnosed using the DIMES Tracer and Realistic Velocity Fields. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(4), 2615-2634. DOI: 10.1002/2017JC013536
Loose, B., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Schlosser, P., Jenkins, W. J., Vaughan, D., & Heywood, K. J. (2018). Evidence of an active volcanic heat source beneath the Pine Island Glacier. Nature Communications, 9(1), 1-9. [2431]. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04421-3
Fernández-castro, B., Gilcoto, M., Naveira-Garabato, A. C., Villamaña, M., Graña, R., & Mouriño-carballido, B. (2018). Modulation of the semidiurnal cycle of turbulent dissipation by wind-driven upwelling in a coastal embayment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(6), 4034-4054. DOI: 10.1002/2017JC013582
Vic, C., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Green, J. A. M., Spingys, C., Forryan, A., Zhao, Z., & Sharples, J. (2018). The lifecycle of semidiurnal internal tides over the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48(1), 61-80. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0121.1
Dotto, T. S., Naveira Garabato, A., Bacon, S., Tsamados, M., Holland, P. R., Hooley, J., ... Meredith, M. P. (2018). Variability of the Ross Gyre, Southern Ocean: drivers and responses revealed by satellite altimetry. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1029/2018GL078607
Brearley, J. A., Meredith, M. P., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Venables, H. J., & Inall, M. E. (2017). Controls on turbulent mixing on the West Antarctic Peninsula shelf. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 139, 18–30. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.02.011
Pérez-Hernández, M. D., Hernández-Guerra, A., Comas-Rodríguez, I., Benítez-Barrios, V. M., Fraile-Nuez, E., Pelegrí, J. L., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2017). Differences between 1999 and 2010 across the Falkland Plateau: fronts and water masses. Ocean Science, 13(4), 577-587. DOI: 10.5194/os-13-577-2017
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Macgilchrist, G. A., Brown, P. J., Evans, D. G., Meijers, A. J. S., & Zika, J. D. (2017). High-latitude ocean ventilation and its role in Earth's climate transitions. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 375(2102), [20160324]. DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0324
Cusack, J. M., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Smeed, D. A., & Girton, J. B. (2017). Observation of a large lee wave in the Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(4), 793-810. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0153.1
Evans, D. G., Toole, J., Forget, G., Zika, J. D., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Nurser, A. J. G., & Yu, L. (2017). Recent wind-driven variability in Atlantic water mass distribution and meridional overturning circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(3), 633–647. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0089.1
Brannigan, L., Marshall, D. P., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Nurser, A. J. G., & Kaiser, J. (2017). Submesoscale instabilities in mesoscale eddies. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(12), 3061-3085. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0178.1
Buckingham, C. E., Khaleel, Z., Lazar, A., Martin, A. P., Allen, J. T., Naveira Garabato, A. C., ... Vic, C. (2017). Testing Munk's hypothesis for submesoscale eddy generation using observations in the North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122(8), 6725–6745. DOI: 10.1002/2017JC012910
Mashayek, A., Ferrari, R., Merrifield, S., Ledwell, J. R., St Laurent, L., & Garabato, A. N. (2017). Topographic enhancement of vertical turbulent mixing in the Southern Ocean. Nature Communications, 8, [14197]. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14197
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Forryan, A., Dutrieux, P., Brannigan, L., Biddle, L. C., Heywood, K. J., ... Kimura, S. (2017). Vigorous lateral export of the meltwater outflow from beneath an Antarctic ice shelf. Nature, 542(7640), 219-222. DOI: 10.1038/nature20825
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Polzin, K. L., Ferrari, R., Zika, J. D., & Forryan, A. (2016). A microscale view of mixing and overturning across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(1), 233-254. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0025.1
Heywood, K., Biddle, L., Boehme, L., Dutrieux, P., Fedak, M., Jenkins, A., ... Webber, B. (2016). Between the devil and the deep blue sea: the role of the Amundsen Sea continental shelf in exchanges between ocean and ice shelves. Oceanography, 29(4), 118-129. DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2016.104
Loose, B., Jenkins, W. J., Moriarty, R., Brown, P., Jullion, L., Naviera Garabato, A. C., ... Meredith, M. P. (2016). Estimating the recharge properties of the deep ocean using noble gases and helium isotopes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(8), 5959-5979. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC011809
Broadbridge, M. B., Naveira Garabato, A., & Nurser, A. J. G. (2016). Forcing of the overturning circulation across a circumpolar channel by internal wave breaking. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(8), 5436-5451. DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011597
Clément, L., Frajka-Williams, E., Sheen, K. L., Brearley, J. A., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2016). Generation of internal waves by eddies impinging on the western boundary of the North Atlantic. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(4), 1067-1079. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0241.1
Kimura, S., Jenkins, A., Dutrieux, P., Forryan, A., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Firing, Y. (2016). Ocean mixing beneath Pine Island Glacier ice shelf, West Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(12), 8496-8510. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC012149
de Lavergne, C., Madec, G., Le Sommer, J., Nurser, A. J. G., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2016). On the consumption of Antarctic Bottom Water in the abyssal ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(2), 635-661. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0201.1
Thompson, A. F., Lazar, A., Buckingham, C., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Damerell, G. M., & Heywood, K. J. (2016). Open-ocean submesoscale motions: a full seasonal cycle of mixed layer instabilities from gliders. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(4), 1285-1307. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-15-0170.1
Buckingham, C. E., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Thompson, A. F., Brannigan, L., Lazar, A., Marshall, D. P., ... Belcher, S. E. (2016). Seasonality of submesoscale flows in the ocean surface boundary layer. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(5), 2118-2126. DOI: 10.1002/2016GL068009
Sallee, J-B., Mazloff, M., Meredith, M. P., Hughes, C. W., Rintoul, S., Gomez, R., ... Monteiro, P. (2016). Southern Ocean [in “State of the Climate in 2015”]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(8 (Supplement)), S166-S168.
Blunden, J. (Ed.), Arndt, D. S. (Ed.), Berry, D. I., Hughes, C., Jevrejeva, S., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2016). State of the climate in 2015. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(8 (Supplement)), S1-S275. DOI: 10.1175/2016BAMSStateoftheClimate.1
de Lavergne, C., Madec, G., Le Sommer, J., Nurser, A. J. G., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2016). The impact of a variable mixing efficiency on the abyssal overturning. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(2), 663-681. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0259.1
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Zika, J. D., Jullion, L., Brown, P. J., Holland, P. R., Meredith, M. P., & Bacon, S. (2016). The thermodynamic balance of the Weddell Gyre. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(1), 317-325. DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066658
Meijers, A. J. S., Meredith, M. P. ., Abrahamsen, E. P., Maqueda, M. A. M., Jones, D. C., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2016). Wind-driven export of Weddell Sea slope water. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(10), 7530-7546. DOI: 10.1002/2016JC011757
Brown, P. J., Jullion, L., Landschützer, P., Bakker, D. C. E., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Meredith, M. P., ... Wanninkhof, R. (2015). Carbon dynamics of the Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29(3), 288-306. DOI: 10.1002/2014GB005006
Meredith, M. P., Meijers, A. S., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Brown, P. J., Venables, H. J., Abrahamsen, E. P., ... Messias, M-J. (2015). Circulation, retention, and mixing of waters within the Weddell-Scotia Confluence, Southern Ocean: The role of stratified Taylor columns. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(1), 547-562. DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010462
Trossman, D. S., Waterman, S., Polzin, K. L., Arbic, B. K., Garner, S. T., Naveira-Garabato, A. C., & Sheen, K. L. (2015). Internal lee wave closures: Parameter sensitivity and comparison to observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(12), 7997-8019. DOI: 10.1002/2015JC010892
Sheen, K. L., Brearley, J. A., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Smeed, D. A., St. Laurent, L., Meredith, M. P., ... Waterman, S. N. (2015). Modification of turbulent dissipation rates by a deep Southern Ocean eddy. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(9), 3450-3457. DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063216
Forryan, A., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Polzin, K. L., & Waterman, S. (2015). Rapid injection of near-inertial shear into the stratified upper ocean at an Antarctic Circumpolar Current front. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(9), 3431-3441. DOI: 10.1002/2015GL063494
Bulczak, A. I., Bacon, S., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Ridout, A., Sonnewald, M. J. P., & Laxon, S. W. (2015). Seasonal variability of sea surface height in the coastal waters and deep basins of the Nordic Seas. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(1), 113-120. DOI: 10.1002/2014GL061796
Sarkar, S., Sheen, K. L., Klaeschen, D., Brierley, J. A., Minshull, T. A., Berndt, C., ... Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2015). Seismic reflection imaging of mixing processes in Fram Strait. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(10), 6884-6896. DOI: 10.1002/2015JC011009
Blunden, J. (Ed.), Arndt, D. S. (Ed.), Berry, D. I., Grist, J., Jevrejeva, S., Josey, S. A., ... Smeed, D. A. (2015). State of the climate in 2014. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96(7 (Supplement)), S1-S267. DOI: 10.1175/2015BAMSStateoftheClimate.1
Brannigan, L., Marshall, D. P., Naveira-Garabato, A. C., & Nurser, A. J. G. (2015). The seasonal cycle of submesoscale flows. Ocean Modelling, 92, 69-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.05.002
Sévellec, F., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Brearley, J. A., & Sheen, K. L. (2015). Vertical flow in the Southern Ocean estimated from individual moorings. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(9), 2209-2220. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0065.1
Polzin, K. L., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Abrahamsen, E. P., Jullion, L., & Meredith, M. P. (2014). Boundary mixing in Orkney Passage outflow. Journal of Geophysical Research, 119(12), 8627-8645. DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010099
Brearley, J. A., Sheen, K. L., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Smeed, D. A., Speer, K. G., Thurnherr, A. M., ... Waterman, S. N. (2014). Deep boundary current disintegration in Drake Passage. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(1), 121-127. DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058617
Meredith, M. P., Jullion, L., Brown, P. J., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Couldrey, M. P. (2014). Dense waters of the Weddell and Scotia Seas: recent changes in properties and circulation. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 372(2019), 20130041. DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0041
Sheen, K. L., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Brearley, J. A., Meredith, M. P., Polzin, K. L., Smeed, D. A., ... Watson, A. J. (2014). Eddy-induced variability in Southern Ocean abyssal mixing on climatic timescales. Nature Geoscience, 7, 577-582. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2200
Thompson, A. F., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2014). Equilibration of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by standing meanders. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(7), 1811-1828. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0163.1
Polzin, K. L., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Huussen, T. N., Sloyan, B. M., & Waterman, S. (2014). Finescale parameterizations of turbulent dissipation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(2), 1383-1419. DOI: 10.1002/2013JC008979
Brown, P. J., Meredith, M., Jullion, L., Naveira Garabato, A., Torres-Valdes, S., Holland, P., ... Venables, H. (2014). Freshwater fluxes in the Weddell Gyre: Results from ?18O. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 372(2019), 20130298. DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2013.0298
Waterhouse, A. F., MacKinnon, J. A., Nash, J. D., Alford, M. H., Kunze, E., Simmons, H. L., ... Lee, C. M. (2014). Global patterns of diapycnal mixing from measurements of the turbulent dissipation rate. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(7), 1854-1872. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0104.1
Rye, C. D., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Holland, P. R., Meredith, M. P., Nurser, A. J. G., Hughes, C. W., ... Webb, D. J. (2014). Rapid sea-level rise along the Antarctic margins in response to increased glacial discharge. Nature Geoscience, 7(10), 732-735. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2230
Waterman, S., Polzin, K. K., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Sheen, K. L., & Forryan, A. (2014). Suppression of Internal Wave Breaking in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current near Topography. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(5), 1466-1492. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0154.1
MacGilchrist, G. A., Naveira Garabato, A., Tsubouchi, T., Bacon, S., Torres-Valdés, S., & Azetsu-Scott, K. (2014). The Arctic Ocean carbon sink. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 86, 39-55. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.01.002
Jullion, L., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Bacon, S., Meredith, M. P., Brown, P. J., Torres-Valdés, S., ... Fahrbach, E. (2014). The contribution of the Weddell Gyre to the lower limb of the global overturning circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119(6), 3357-3377. DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009725
Evans, D. G., Zika, J. D., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Nurser, A. J. G. (2014). The imprint of Southern Ocean overturning on seasonal water mass variability in Drake Passage. Journal of Geophysical Research, 119(11), 7987-8010. DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010097
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Williams, A. P., & Bacon, S. (2014). The three-dimensional overturning circulation of the Southern Ocean during the WOCE era. Progress in Oceanography, 120, 41-78. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.07.018
Zika, J. D., Le Sommer, J., Dufour, C. O., Naveira-Garabato, A. C., & Blaker, A. (2013). Acceleration of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by Wind Stress along the Coast of Antarctica. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(12), 2772-2784. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-091.1
Close, S. E., Naveira Garabato, A. C., McDonagh, E. L., King, B. A., Biuw, M., & Boehme, L. (2013). Control of Mode and Intermediate Water Mass Properties in Drake Passage by the Amundsen Sea Low. Journal of Climate, 26(14), 5102-5123. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00346.1
Jullion, L., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Meredith, M. P., Holland, P. R., Courtois, P., & King, B. A. (2013). Decadal freshening of the Antarctic Bottom Water exported from the Weddell Sea. Journal of Climate, 26(20), 8111-8125. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00765.1
Meredith, M. P., Brown, P. J., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Jullion, L., Venables, H. J., & Messias, M-J. (2013). Dense bottom layers in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean: Creation, lifespan, and destruction. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(5), 933-936. DOI: 10.1002/grl.50260
Brearley, J. A., Sheen, K. L., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Smeed, D. A., & Waterman, S. (2013). Eddy-induced modulation of turbulent dissipation over rough topography in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(11), 2288-2308. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-0222.1
Torres-Valdés, S., Tsubouchi, T., Bacon, S., Naveira-Garabato, A. C., Sanders, R., McLaughlin, F. A., ... Whitledge, T. E. (2013). Export of nutrients from the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, 118(4), 1625-1644. DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20063
Waterman, S., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Polzin, K. L. (2013). Internal Waves and Turbulence in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(2), 259-282. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0194.1
Watson, A. J., Ledwell, J. R., Messias, M-J., King, B. A., Mackay, N., Meredith, M. P., ... Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2013). Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid-depths in the Drake Passage measured by tracer release. Nature, 501(7467), 408-411. DOI: 10.1038/nature12432
Sheen, K. L., Brearley, J. A., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Waterman, S., Smeed, D. A., Ledwell, J. R., ... Watson, A. J. (2013). Rates and mechanisms of turbulent dissipation and mixing in the Southern Ocean: Results from the Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean (DIMES). Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(6), 2774-2792. DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20217
Couldrey, M. P., Jullion, L., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Rye, C., Herraiz-Borreguero, L., Brown, P. J., ... Speer, K. L. (2013). Remotely induced warming of Antarctic Bottom Water in the eastern Weddell gyre. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(11), 2755-2760. DOI: 10.1002/grl.50526
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Nurser, A. J. G., Scott, R. B., & Goff, J. A. (2013). The Impact of Small-Scale Topography on the Dynamical Balance of the Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 43(3), 647-668. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-056.1
Lauderdale, J. M., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Oliver, K. I. C., Follows, M. J., & Williams, R. G. (2013). Wind-driven changes in Southern Ocean residual circulation, ocean carbon reservoirs and atmospheric CO2. Climate Dynamics, 41(7-8), 2145-2164. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1650-3
Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2012). A perspective on the future of physical oceanography. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 370(1980), 5480-5511. DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0400
Close, S. E., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2012). Baroclinic adjustment in Drake Passage driven by tropical Pacific forcing. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(19), L19610-[5pp]. DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053402
Lauderdale, J. M., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Oliver, K. I. C., & Thomas, L. N. (2012). Climatic variations of the work done by the wind on the ocean's general circulation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(C9), C09017. DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008135
Huussen, T. N., Naveira-Garabato, A. C., Bryden, H. L., & McDonagh, E. L. (2012). Is the deep Indian Ocean MOC sustained by breaking internal waves? Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(C8), C08024. DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008236
Zuo, H., Naveira Garabato, A. C., New, A. L., & Oschlies, A. (2012). Mechanisms of subantarctic mode water upwelling in a hybrid-coordinate global GCM. Ocean Modelling, 45-46, 59-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.12.006
Meredith, M. P., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Hogg, A. M., & Farneti, R. (2012). Sensitivity of the Overturning Circulation in the Southern Ocean to Decadal Changes in Wind Forcing. Journal of Climate, 25(1), 99-110. DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4204.1
Damerell, G. M., Heywood, K. J., Stevens, D. P., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2012). Temporal Variability of Diapycnal Mixing in Shag Rocks Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42(3), 370-385. DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4573.1
Tsubouchi, T., Bacon, S., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Aksenov, Y., Laxon, S. W., Fahrbach, E., ... Ingvaldsen, R. B. (2012). The Arctic Ocean in summer: a quasi-synoptic inverse estimate of boundary fluxes and water mass transformation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(C1), C01024. DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007174
Gille, S. T., Ledwell, J., Naveira Garabato, A., Speer, K., Balwada, D., Brearley, A., ... Zajaczkovski, U. (2012). The diapycnal and isopycnal mixing experiment: a first assessment. CLIVAR Exchanges, (58(Vol. 17(1)), 46-48.
Rogers, A. D., Tyler, P. A., Connelly, D. P., Copley, J. T., James, R., Larter, R. D., ... Zwirglmaier, K. (2012). The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography. PLoS Biology, 10(1), e1001234. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001234
Smeed, D., & Garabato, A. (2012). Trans-Atlantic oceanography: a meeting to celebrate the career of Professor Harry Bryden. Ocean Challenge, 19, p4.
St. Laurent, L., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Ledwell, J. R., Thurnherr, A. M., Toole, J. M., & Watson, A. J. (2012). Turbulence and Diapycnal Mixing in Drake Passage. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42(12), 2143-2152. DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-027.1
Palmer, M., Gomis, D., Flexas, M. D. M., Jordà, G., Jullion, L., Tsubouchi, T., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2012). Water mass pathways and transports over the South Scotia Ridge west of 50°W. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 59, 8-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2011.10.005
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Ferrari, R., & Polzin, K. L. (2011). Eddy stirring in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(C9), C09019. DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006818
Scott, R. B., Goff, J. A., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Nurser, A. J. G. (2011). Global rate and spectral characteristics of internal gravity wave generation by geostrophic flow over topography. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(C9), C09029. DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007005
Meredith, M. P., Woodworth, P. L., Chereskin, T. K., Marshall, D. P., Allison, L. C., Bigg, G. R., ... Sprintall, J. (2011). Sustained monitoring of the Southern Ocean at Drake Passage: past achievements and future priorities. Reviews of Geophysics, 49(4), RG4005. DOI: 10.1029/2010RG000348
Meredith, M. P., Gordon, A. L., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Abrahamsen, E. P., Huber, B. A., Jullion, L., & Venables, H. J. (2011). Synchronous intensification and warming of Antarctic Bottom Water outflow from the Weddell Gyre. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(3), L03603. DOI: 10.1029/2010GL046265
Aksenov, Y., Ivanov, V. V., Nurser, A. J. G., Bacon, S., Polyakov, I. V., Coward, A. C., ... Beszczynska-Moeller, A. (2011). The Arctic Circumpolar Boundary Current. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(C9), C09017. DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006637
Jullion, L., Heywood, K. J., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Stevens, D. P. (2010). Circulation and water mass modification in the Brazil-Malvinas Confluence. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40(5), 845-864. DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4174.1
Kemp, A. E. S., Grigorov, I., Pearce, R. B., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2010). Migration of the Antarctic Polar Front through the mid-Pleistocene transition: evidence and climatic implications. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(17-18), 1993-2009. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.04.027
Jullion, L., Jones, S. C., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Meredith, M. P. (2010). Wind-controlled export of Antarctic bottom water from the Weddell Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L09609. DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042822
Dodd, P. A., Heywood, K. J., Meredith, M. P., Naveira-Garabato, A. C., Marca, A. D., & Falkner, K. K. (2009). Sources and fate of freshwater exported in the East Greenland Current. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L19608. DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039663
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Jullion, L., Stevens, D. P., Heywood, K. J., & King, B. A. (2009). Variability of Subantarctic Mode Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water in the Drake Passage during the Late-Twentieth and Early-Twenty-First Centuries. Journal of Climate, 22(13), 3661-3688. DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2621.1
Marshall, D. P., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2008). A conjecture on the role of bottom-enhanced diapycnal mixing in the parameterization of geostrophic eddies. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 38(7), 1607-1613. DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3619.1
Meredith, M. P., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Gordon, A. L., & Johnson, G. C. (2008). Evolution of the deep and bottom waters of the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, during 1995–2005. Journal of Climate, 21(13), 3327-3343. DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI2238.1
Lauderdale, J. M., Bacon, S., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Holliday, N. P. (2008). Intensified turbulent mixing in the boundary current system of southern Greenland. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L04611. DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032785
Park, Y-H., Fuda, J-L., Durand, I., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2008). Internal tides and vertical mixing over the Kerguelen Plateau. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 55(5-7), 582-593. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.12.027
Mayewski, P. A., Meredith, M. P., Summerhayes, C. P., Turner, J., Worby, A., Barrett, P. J., ... van Ommen, T. (2008). State of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean climate system. Reviews of Geophysics, 47, RG1003-[38pp]. DOI: 10.1029/2007RG000231
Drijfhout, S. S., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2008). The zonal dimension of the Indian Ocean meridional overturning circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 38(2), 359-379. DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3640.1
Charette, M. A., Gonneea, M. E., Morris, P. J., Statham, P., Fones, G., Planquette, H., ... Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2007). Radium isotopes as tracers of iron sources fueling a Southern Ocean phytoplankton bloom. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 54(18-20), 1989-1998. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.06.003
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Stevens, D. P., Watson, A. J., Roether, W., & Roether, W. (2007). Short-circuiting of the oceanic overturning circulation in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Nature, 447(7141), 194-197. DOI: 10.1038/nature05832
Palmer, M. D., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Stark, J. D., Hirschi, J., & Marotzke, J. (2007). The influence of diapycnal mixing on quasi-steady overturning circulation states in the Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37(9), 2290-2304. DOI: 10.1175/JPO3117.1
Watson, A. J., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2006). The role of Southern Ocean mixing and upwelling in glacial-interglacial atmospheric CO2 change. Tellus B, 58B(1), 73-87. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2005.00167.x
Heywood, K. J., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Stevens, D. P., & Muench, R. D. (2004). On the fate of the Antarctic Slope Front and the origin of the Weddell Front. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(C6), C06021. DOI: 10.1029/2003JC002053
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Oliver, K. I. C., Watson, A. J., & Messias, M-J. (2004). Turbulent diapycnal mixing in the Nordic Seas. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109(C12), C12010. DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002411
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Polzin, K. L., King, B. A., Heywood, K. J., & Visbeck, M. (2004). Widespread intense turbulent mixing in the Southern Ocean. Science, 303(5655), 210-213. DOI: 10.1126/science.1090929
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Stevens, D. P., & Heywood, K. J. (2003). Water mass conversion, fluxes and mixing in the Scotia Sea diagnosed by an inverse model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33(12), 2565-2587. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)033<2551:AMSOTC>2.0.CO;2
Strass, V. H., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Bracher, A. U., Pollard, R. T., & Lucas, M. I. (2002). A 3-D mesoscale map of primary production at the Antarctic Polar Front: results of a diagnostic model. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49(18), 3813-3834. DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00112-1
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Strass, V. H., & Kattner, G. (2002). Fluxes of nutrients in a three-dimensional meander structure of the Antarctic Polar Front. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49(18), 3771-3792. DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00110-8
Heywood, K. J., Naveira Garabato, A. C., & Stevens, D. P. (2002). Letter to Nature. High mixing rates in the abyssal Southern Ocean. Nature, 415(6875), 1011-1014. DOI: 10.1038/4151011a
Strass, V. H., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Pollard, R. T., Fischer, H. I., Hense, I., Allen, J. T., ... Smetacek, V. (2002). Mesoscale frontal dynamics: shaping the environment of primary production in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49(18), 3735-3769. DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00109-1
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Heywood, K. J., & Stevens, D. P. (2002). Modification and pathways of Southern Ocean deep waters in the Scotia Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 49(4), 681-705. DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(01)00071-1
Naveira Garabato, A. C., McDonagh, E. L., Stevens, D. P., Heywood, K. J., & Sanders, R. J. (2002). On the export of Antarctic bottom water from the Weddell Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49(21), 4715-4742. DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(02)00156-X
Arhan, M., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Heywood, K. J., & Stevens, D. P. (2002). The Antarctic Circumpolar Current between the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32(6), 1914-1931. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<1914:TACCBT>2.0.CO;2
Meredith, M. P., Naveira Garabato, A. C., Stevens, D. P., Heywood, K. J., & Sanders, R. J. (2001). Deep and bottom waters in the eastern Scotia Sea: rapid changes in properties and circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31(8), 2157-2168. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2157:DABWIT>2.0.CO;2
Naveira Garabato, A. C., Allen, J. T., Leach, H., Strass, V. H., & Pollard, R. T. (2001). Mesoscale subduction at the Antarctic Polar Front driven by baroclinic instability. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31(8, Pt.1), 2087-2107. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2001)031<2087:MSATAP>2.0.CO;2

Book Chapters

MacKinnon, J., St Laurent, L., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2013). Diapycnal mixing processes in the ocean interior. In G. Siedler, S. Griffies, J. Gould, & J. Church (Eds.), Ocean Circulation and Climate: A 21st Century Perspective. 2nd Ed (pp. 159-184). (International Geophysics; No. 103). Oxford, GB: Academic Press.
Rintoul, S. R., & Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2013). Dynamics of the Southern Ocean circulation. In G. Siedler, S. Griffies, J. Gould, & J. Church (Eds.), Ocean Circulation and Climate: A 21st Century Perspective. 2nd Ed (pp. 471-492). (International Geophysics; No. 103). Oxford, GB: Academic Press.
Naveira Garabato, A. C. (2009). Energetics of ocean mixing. In J. H. Steele, K. K. Turekian, & S. A. Thorpe (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, 2nd ed. (pp. 261-270). San Diego, US: Academic Press.

Conference

Rintoul, S. R., Speer, K., Sparrow, M., Meredith, M., Hofmann, E., Fahrbach, E., ... Gladyshev, S. (2010). Southern Ocean Observing System (SOO): rationale and strategy for sustained observations of the Southern Ocean. In J. Hall, D. E. Harrison, & D. Stammer (Eds.), Proceedings of OceanObs'09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society, Vol. 2 (pp. 851-863). (ESA Special Publication; No. WPP-306). Noordwijk, The Netherlands: European Space Agency.

Reports

Naveira Garabato, A., & et al (2017). RRS James Cook Cruise JR16005, 17 Mar - 08 May 2017. The Dynamics of the Orkney Passage Outflow (DynOPO). (National Oceanography Centre Cruise Report; No. 47). Southampton, GB: National Oceanography Centre.
Allen, J. T., Naveira-Garabato, A., et al, . U., & Forryan, A. (Ed.) (2013). RRS Discovery Cruise 381, 28 Aug - 03 Oct 2012. Ocean Surface Mixing, Ocean Submesoscale Interaction Study (OSMOSIS). (National Oceanography Centre Cruise Report; No. 18). Southampton, UK: National Oceanography Centre Southampton.
Naveira Garabato, A., & et al (2013). RRS James Cook Cruise 090, 30 Aug - 17 Sep 2013. Ocean Surface Mixing, Ocean Sub-mesoscale Interaction Study (OSMOSIS). (National Oceanography Centre Cruise Report; No. 25). Southampton, GB: National Oceanography Centre.
Naveira Garabato, A. (2010). RRS James Cook Cruise 41, 05-21 Dec 2009. UK DIMES1 Cruise Report: Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean. (National Oceanography Centre Southampton Cruise Report; No. 56). Southampton, UK: National Oceanography Centre Southampton.
Naveira Garabato, A. (2009). RRS James Cook Cruise 29, 01 Nov-22 Dec 2008. SOFine cruise report: Southern Ocean Finestructure. (National Oceanography Centre Southampton Cruise Report; No. 35). Southampton, UK: National Oceanography Centre Southampton.

Review

Naveira Garabato, A. (2017). Boaty goes to work. International Ocean Systems, 21(3).

Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato
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Professor Alberto Naveira Garabato BSc, PhD

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Arctic Deep Water Rates of Export (ANDREX)

Control of the ACC system by eddies, topography and localised forcing

Southern Ocean FINEstructure (SOFINE)

Arctic Synoptic Basin-wide Observations (ASBO)

Diapycnal and Isopycnal Mixing Experiment in the Southern Ocean (DIMES)

Exploring the Deep Ocean

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