River-discharge effects on United States Atlantic and Gulf coast sea-level changes
Origin of spatial variation in US East Coast sea-level trends during 1900–2017
Climate did not drive Common Era Maldivian sea-level lowstands
Persistent acceleration in global sea-level rise since the 1960s
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Crustal Deformation and Gravitational Effects From Dynamic Ocean Mass Redistribution Impact Projected Sea-Level Change
Ertel, G., S. Coulson, C. G. Piecuch, M. J. Hoffman, Geophysical Research Letters, 53, 11, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2026GL122243, 2026.
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Variable contributions of vertical land motion to sea-level change inferred at tide gauges
Dangendorf, S., J. Oelsmann, J. X. Mitrovica, T. E. Törnqvist, C. G. Piecuch, R. Creel, W. Coronel, P. R. Thompson, C. Ebinger, T. Wahl, Nature Geoscience, 19, 6, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-026-02005-1, 2026.
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Sediment loading from the Rio de la Plata as a driver of regional sea-level variability
Rovere, A., T. Pico, G. Tagliaro, C. Cerrone, L. Lammle, A. P. Filho, K. Rubio-Sandoval, L. Jovane, J. X. Mitrovica, C. G. Piecuch, G. Scicchitano, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 684, 119996, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X26001792, 2026.
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Mangrove sediments reveal drivers of late Holocene sea-level change in the equatorial Pacific Ocean
Sefton, J. P., A. C. Kemp, S. E. Engelhart, M. J. Brain, J. C. Ellison, \underline{R. Creel}, C. G. Piecuch, R. E. Kopp, B. Charley, S. Lihpai, Quaternary Science Reviews, 109917, 379, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379126001265, 2026.
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Projecting 21st Century Sea-level Changes Around Coastal Greenland
Lewright, L., J. Austermann, C. G. Piecuch, S. Adhirkari, J. L. Davis, G. Milne, G. Paxman, Nature Communications, 17, 353, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-68182-6, 2026.
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The Rate of U.S. Coastal Sea-Level Rise Doubled in the Past Century
Piecuch, C. G., AGU Advances, 6, e2025AV002018, https://doi.org/10.1029/2025AV002018, 2025.
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Do ocean dynamics contribute to coastal floods? A case study of the Shelfbreak Jet and coastal sea level along Southern New England (U.S.)
Camargo, C. M. L., C. G. Piecuch, B. Raubenheimer, Earth's Future, 13(10), e2025EF006708, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025EF006708, 2025.
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Understanding the role for internal variability in driving past and future ocean dynamic sea-level trends in CMIP6 simulations
Coats, S., P. R. Thompson, C. G. Piecuch, J. T. Fasullo, B. D. Hamlington, K. B. Karnauskas, R. S. Nerem, A. R. Rodriguez, J. M. Steinberg, Journal of Climate, 38(20), https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0336.1, 2025.
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Impact-Based Thresholds for Investigation of High-Tide Flooding in the United States
Piecuch, C. G., S. B. Das, L. Gorrell, S. Dangendorf, B. D. Hamlington, P. R. Thompson, T. Wahl, Earth's Future, 13(4), e2024EF005850, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF005850, 2025.
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Compound minor floods and the role of discharge in the Delaware River Estuary
McKeon, K., C. G. Piecuch, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 130(3), e2024JC021716, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021716, 2025.
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A Link Between U.S. East Coast Sea Level and North Atlantic Subtropical Ocean Heat Content
Steinberg, J., S. Griffies, J. Krasting, C. G. Piecuch, A. Ross, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 129(12), e2024JC021425, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021425, 2024.
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Coherent Modes of Global Coastal Sea Level Variability
Oelsmann, J., F. Calafat, M. Passaro, C. Hughes, K. Richter, C. G. Piecuch, A. Wise, C. Katsman, D. Dettmering, F. Seitz, S. Jevrejeva, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 129(12), e2024JC021120, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021120, 2024.
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The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades
Hamlington, B., A. Bellas-Manley, J. Willis, S. Fournier, N. Vinogradova-Shiffer, S. Nerem, C. G. Piecuch, P. Thompson, R. Kopp, Communications Earth and Environment, 5, 601, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01761-5, 2024.
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From Shelfbreak to Shoreline: Coastal Sea Level and Local Ocean Dynamics in the Northwest Atlantic
Camargo, C. M. L., C. G. Piecuch, B. Raubenheimer, Geophysical Research Letters, 51(14), e2024GL109583, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109583, 2024.
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Using Shelf-Edge Transport Composition and Sensitivity Experiments to Understand Processes Driving Sea Level on the Northwest European Shelf
Wise, A., F. Calafat, C. Hughes, S. Jevrejeva, C. Katsman, J. Oelsmann, C. G. Piecuch, J. Polton, K. Richter, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 129(5), e2023JC020587, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020587, 2024.
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Observed Spatiotemporal Variability in the Annual Sea Level Cycle Along the Global Coast
Barroso, A., T. Wahl., S. Li, A. Rodriguez Enriquez, J. Morim, S. Dangendorf, C. G. Piecuch, P. Thompson, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 129(4), e2023JC020300, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020300, 2024.
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Influence of Deep-Ocean Warming on Coastal Sea-Level Trends in the Gulf of Mexico
Steinberg, J., C. G. Piecuch, B. D. Hamlington, P. R. Thompson, S. Coats, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 129(1), e2023JC019681, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-57-2023, 2024.
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Pelagic sedimentation rates in the North Pacific using Thorium-230 depth profiling
Costa, K., F. J. Pavia, C. G. Piecuch, J. F. McManus, G. A. Weinstein, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 369, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.11.020, 2024.
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Robust weakening of the Gulf Stream during the past four decades observed in the Florida Straits
Piecuch, C. G., L. M. Beal, Geophysical Research Letters, 50(18), e2023GL105170, https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-57-2023, 2023.
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Yesterday's high tide is today's new normal
Piecuch, C. G., B. D. Hamlington, Earth's Future, 11(8), e2023EF003774, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF003774, 2023.
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Compounding of sea-level processes during high-tide flooding along the U.S. coastline
Li, S., T. Wahl, Piecuch, C. G., S. Dangendorf, P. Thompson, L. Liu, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 128(8), e2023JC019885, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC019885, 2023.
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River effects on sea-level rise in the Río de la Plata estuary during the past century
Piecuch, C. G., Ocean Sci., 19(1), https://doi.org/10.5194/os-19-57-2023, 2023.
61
Through an ice sheet, darkly
Piecuch, C. G., S. B. Das, Earth's Future, 10, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003310, 2022.
60
Low-frequency dynamic ocean response to barometric-pressure loading
Piecuch, C. G., I. Fukumori, R. M. Ponte, M. Schindelegger, O. Wang, M. Zhao, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 52, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0090.1, 2022.
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The importance of non-tidal water-level variability for reconstructing Holocene relative sea level
Kemp, A. C., T. A. Shaw, C. G. Piecuch, Quat. Sci. Rev., 290, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107637, 2022.
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Contributions of different sea-level processes to high-tide flooding along the U.S. coastline
Li. S., T. Wahl, A. Barroso, S. Coats, S. Dangendorf, A. R. Enríquez, F. W. Landerer, L. Liu, C. G. Piecuch, J. T. Reager, P. R. Thompson, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 127, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018276, 2022.
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Local and remote forcing of interannual sea-level variability at Nantucket Island
Wang, O., T. Lee, C. G. Piecuch, I. Fukumori, I. Fenty, T. Frederikse, D. Menemenlis, R. Ponte, H. Zhang, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 127, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018275, 2022.
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High-Tide Floods and Storm Surges During Atmospheric Rivers on the US West Coast
Piecuch, C. G., S. Coats, S. Dangendorf, F. W. Landerer, J. T. Reager, P. R. Thompson, T. Wahl, Geophys. Res. Lett., 49, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096820, 2022.
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Influence of Nonseasonal River Discharge on Sea Surface Salinity and Height
Chandanpurkar, H., T. Lee, X. Wang, H. Zhang, S. Fournier, I. Fenty, I. Fukumori, D. Menemenlis, C. Piecuch, J. Reager, O. Wang, J. Worden, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 13, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002715, 2022.
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Ocean mass, sterodynamic effects, and vertical land motion largely explain US coast relative sea level rise
Harvey, T. C., B. D. Hamlington, T. Frederikse, R. S. Nerem, C. G. Piecuch, W. C. Hammond, G. Blewitt, P. R. Thompson, D. P. S. Bekaert, F. W. Landerer, J. T. Reager, R. E. Kopp, I. Fenty, D. Trossman, J. Walker, C. Boening, Commun. Earth Environ., 2, 233, doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00300-w, 2021.
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North American East Coast Sea Level Exhibits High Power and Spatiotemporal Complexity on Decadal Timescales
Little, C. M., C. G. Piecuch, R. Ponte, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, doi:10.1029/2021GL093675, 2021.
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Climate did not drive Common Era Maldivian sea-level lowstands
Piecuch, C. G., A. C. Kemp, G. Gebbie, A. Meltzner, Nat. Geosci., 14, 273-275, doi:10.1038/s41561-021-00731-2, 2021.
51
Intraseasonal Sea-Level Variability in the Persian Gulf
Piecuch, C. G., I. Fukumori,R. M. Ponte, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 51, 1687-1704, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0296.1, 2021.
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Meridional Assymetry in Recent Decadal Sea-Level Trends in the Subtropical Pacific Ocean
Schloesser, P. R. Thompson, C. G. Piecuch, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, doi:10.1029/2020GL091959, 2021.
49
Likely weakening of the Florida Current during the past century revealed by sea level observations
Piecuch, C. G., Nat. Commun., 11, 3973, doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17761-w, 2020.
48
Origin of Interannual Variability in Global Mean Sea Level
Hamlington, B. D., C. G. Piecuch, J. T. Reager, H. Chandanpurkar, T. Frederikse, R. S. Nerem, J. T. Fasullo, S.-H. Cheon, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., doi:10.1073/pnas.1922190117, 2020.
47
Understanding of Contemporary Regional Sea-Level Change and the Implications for the Future
Hamlington, B. D., 50 others (including C. G. Piecuch), Rev. Geophys., 58, doi:10.1029/2019RG000627, 2020.
46
A Pre-Industrial Sea-Level Rise Hotspot Along the Atlantic Coast of North America
Gehrels, W. R., S. Dangendorf, N. Barlow, M. Saher, A. Long, P. Woodworth, C. Piecuch, K. Berk, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, doi:10.1029/2019GL085814, 2020.
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Dynamic Sea Level Variability due to Seasonal River Discharge: A Preliminary Global Ocean Model Study
Piecuch, C. G., R. Wadehra, Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, doi:10.1029/2020GL086984, 2020.
44
The Mean State and Variability of the North Atlantic Circulation: A Perspective from Reanalyses
Jackson, L., 18 others (including C. G. Piecuch), J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 124, doi:10.1029/2019JC015210, 2019.
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What Caused Recent Shifts in Tropical Pacific Sea-Level Trends?
Piecuch, C. G., P. R. Thompson, R. M. Ponte, M. A. Merrifield, B. D. Hamlington, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 124, doi:10.1029/2019JC015339, 2019.
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The Relationship between United States East Coast Sea Level and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: A Review
Little, C., A. Hu, C. Hughes, G. McCarthy, C. Piecuch, R. Ponte, M. Thomas, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 124, doi:10.1029/2019JC015152, 2019.
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Persistent acceleration in global sea-level rise since the 1960s
Dangendorf, S., C. Hay, F. M. Calafat, M. Marcos, C. G. Piecuch, K. Berk, J. Jensen, Nature Clim. Change, 9, 705-710, doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0531-8, 2019.
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How is New England coastal sea level related to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N?
Piecuch, C. G., Dangendorf, S., G. G. Gawarkiewicz, C. M. Little, R. M. Ponte, J. Yang, Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, 5351-5360, doi:10.1029/2019GL083073, 2019.
39
Impact of Continental Freshwater Runoff on Coastal Sea Level
Durand, F., C. Piecuch, M. Becker, F. Papa, S. V. Raju, J. U. Khan, R. M. Ponte, Surv. Geophys., 40(6), 1437-1466, doi:10.1007/s10712-019-09536-w, 2019.
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The Ability of Barotropic Models to Simulate Historical Sea Level Changes from Coastal Tide Gauges
Piecuch, C. G., F. M. Calafat, S. Dangendorf, G. Jordà, Surv. Geophys., 40(6), 1399-1435, doi:10.1007/s10712-019-09537-9, 2019.
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The Dominant Global Modes of Recent Internal Sea Level Variability
Hamlington, B. D., S. H. Cheon, C. G. Piecuch, K. B. Karnauskas, P. R. Thompson, K.-Y. Kim, J. T. Reager, F. W. Landerer, T. Frederikse, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 124, 2750-2768, doi:10.1029/2018JC014635, 2019.
36
Towards Comprehensive Observing and Modeling Systems for Monitoring and Predicting Regional to Coastal Sea Level
Ponte, R. M., 52 others (including C. G. Piecuch), Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 437, 2019.
35
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Observed Transports and Variability
Frajka-Williams, E., 39 others (including C. G. Piecuch), Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 260, 2019.
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Putting It All Together: Enhancing the Global Ocean and Climate Observing Systems With Complete Self-Consistent Ocean State and Parameter Estimates
Heimbach, P., 18 others (including C. G. Piecuch), Front. Mar. Sci., 6, 55, 2019.
33
Origin of spatial variation in United States East Coast sea level trends during 1900-2017
Piecuch, C. G., P. Huybers, C. C. Hay, A. C. Kemp, C. M. Little, J. X. Mitrovica, R. M. Ponte, M. P. Tingley, Nature, 564, 400-404, doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0787-6, 2018.
32
Global Sea Level Budget 1993-Present
The WCRP Global Sea Level Budget Group (Cazenave, A., 84 others, including C. G. Piecuch), Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 10, 1551-1590, doi:10.5194/essd-10-1551-2018, 2018.
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River-discharge effects on United States Atlantic and Gulf coast sea-level changes
Piecuch, C. G., K. Bittermann, A. C. Kemp, R. M. Ponte, C. M. Little, S. E. Engelhart, S. J. Lentz, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 115, 30, 7729-7734, doi:10.1073/pnas.1805428115, 2018.
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Tide Gauge Records Reveal Improved Processing of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Time-Variable Mass Solutions over the Coastal Ocean
Piecuch, C. G., F. W. Landerer, R. M. Ponte, Geophys. J. Int., 214, 2, 1401-1412, 2018.
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Mechanisms Controlling Global Mean Sea Surface Temperature From a State Estimate
Ponte, R. M., C. G. Piecuch, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 3221-3227, 2018.
28
Accounting for Gravitational Attraction and Loading Effects from Land Ice on Absolute Sea Level
Ponte, R. M., K. J. Quinn, C. G. Piecuch, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 35(2), 405-410, 2018.
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Observation-Driven Estimation of the Spatial Variability of 20th Century Sea Level Rise
Hamlington, B., A. Burgos, P. Thompson, F. Landerer, C. Piecuch, S. Adhikari, L. Caron, J. Reager, E. Ivins, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans., 123, doi:10.1002/2017JC013486, 2018.
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Mechanisms underlying recent decadal changes in subpolar North Atlantic Ocean heat content
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, C. M. Little, M. W. Buckley, I. Fukumori, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 122, doi:10.1002/2017JC012845, 2017.
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On the relationship between the meridional overturning circulation, alongshore wind stress, and United States East Coast sea level in the Community Earth System Model Large Ensemble
Little, C. M., C. G. Piecuch, R. M. Ponte, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 122, 4554-4568, doi:10.1002/2017JC012713, 2017.
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Change of the Global Ocean Vertical Heat Transport over 1993-2010
Liang, X., C. G. Piecuch, R. M. Ponte, G. Forget, C. Wunsch, P. Heimbach, J. Climate, 30, 14, 5319-5327, 2017.
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Comparison of full and empirical Bayes approaches for inferring sea level changes from tide gauge data
Piecuch, C. G., P. Huybers, M. Tingley, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 122, doi:10.1002/2016012506, 2017.
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Causes of the regional variability in observed sea level, sea surface temperature, and ocean colour over the period 1993-2011
Meyssignac, B., C. G. Piecuch, C. J. Merchant, M.-F. Racault, H. Palanisamy, C. McIntosh, S. Sathyendranath, R. Brewin, Surv. Geophys., 38: 187-215, doi:10.1007/s10712-016-9383-1, 2017.
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El Niño, La Niña, and the global sea level budget
Piecuch, C. G., K. J. Quinn, Ocean Sci., 12, 1165-1177, doi:10.5194/os-2016-66, 2016.
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Air pressure effects on sea level changes during the Twentieth Century
Piecuch, C. G., P. R. Thompson, K. A. Donohue, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 121, 7917-7930, doi:10.1002/2016JC012131, 2016.
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Forcing of recent decadal variability in the Equatorial and North Indian Ocean
Thompson, P. R., C. G. Piecuch, M. A. Merrifield, J. McCreary, E. Firing, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 121, 6762-6778, doi:10.1002/2016JC012132, 2016.
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Annual Sea Level Changes on the North American Northeast Coast: Influence of Local Winds and Barotropic Motions
Piecuch, C. G., S. Dangendorf, R. M. Ponte, M. Marcos, J. Climate, 29, 13, 4801-4816, 2016.
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Quantifying Greenland freshwater flux underestimates in climate models
Little, C. M., C. G. Piecuch, A. H. Chaudhuri, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 5370-5377, doi:10.1002/2016GL068878, 2016.
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Sensitivity of contemporary sea level trends in a global ocean state estimate to effects of geothermal fluxes
Piecuch, C. G., P. Heimbach, R. M. Ponte, G. Forget, Ocean Model., 96, 214-220, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2015.10.008, 2015.
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Inverted barometer contributions to recent sea level changes along the northeast coast of North America
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 5918–5925, doi:10.1002/2015GL064580, 2015.
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Bottom-pressure signature of annual baroclinic Rossby waves in the northeast tropical Pacific Ocean
Piecuch, C. G., J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 120, 2449–2459, doi:10.1002/2014JC010667, 2015.
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Vertical Structure of Ocean Pressure Variations with Application to Satellite-Gravimetric Observations
Piecuch, C. G., I. Fukumori, R. M. Ponte, O. Wang, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 32, 3, 603-613, 2015.
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A wind-driven nonseasonal barotropic fluctuation of the Canadian inland seas
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, Ocean Sci., 11, 175-185, 2015.
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Nonseasonal mass fluctuations in the midlatitude North Atlantic Ocean
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 4261-4269, 2014.
10
Annual Cycle in Southern Tropical Indian Ocean Bottom Pressure
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 44(6), 1605-1613, 2014.
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Interannual Bottom Pressure Signals in the Australian-Antarctic and Bellingshausen Basins
Ponte, R. M., C. G. Piecuch, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 44(5), 1456-1465, 2014.
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Mechanisms of Global-Mean Steric Sea Level Change
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, J. Climate, 27(2), 824-834, 2014.
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Dynamics of satellite-derived interannual ocean bottom pressure variability in the western tropical North Pacific
Piecuch, C. G., J. Geophys. Res., 118, 5117-5128, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20374, 2013.
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Satellite-derived interannual ocean bottom pressure variability and its relation to sea level
Piecuch, C. G., K. J. Quinn, R. M. Ponte, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 3106-3110, doi:10.1002/grl.50549, 2013.
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Buoyancy-Driven Interannual Sea Level Changes in the Tropical South Atlantic
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 43(3), 533-547, 2013.
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Quantifying dispersal and connectivity of surface waters using observational Lagrangian measurements
Piecuch, C. G., T. A. Rynearson, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 29(8), 1127-1138, 2012.
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Buoyancy-driven interannual sea level changes in the southeast tropical Pacific
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L05607, doi:10.1029/2011GL051130, 2012.
2
Importance of circulation changes to Atlantic heat storage rates on seasonal and interannual timescales
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, J. Climate, 25(1), 350-362, 2012.
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Mechanisms of interannual steric sea level variability
Piecuch, C. G., R. M. Ponte, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L15605, doi:10.1029/2011GL048440, 2011.