(Italicized names indicate my current and former mentees.)
Submitted
Chen, R., X. Su, Q. Geng, Z. Zhang, A. L. Stewart and G. Wang. Satellite altimetry reveals nonlocal energy cascade in the global ocean. Submitted to Science Advances.
Cohanim, K. and A. L. Stewart. Symmetric Instability in the Sub-Ice Shelf Pycnocline. Submitted to Journal of Physical Oceanography.
Finucane, G. and A. L. Stewart. A Theory of Meltwater- Versus Polynya -Dominated Ice Shelf Cavities. Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters.
Han, X., Q. Wang, A. L. Stewart, Z. Wang, Q. Yang, Q. Ni, C. Liu and D. Chen. High coastal eddy activity around Antarctica revealed by SWOT. Submitted to Nature.
Jing, T., R. Chen, A. L. Stewart and C. Qiu. Full-Depth Scale-Dependent Eddy Diffusivities in the Kuroshio Extension. Submitted to Journal of Physical Oceanography.
Lim, W.-I., H.-S. Park and A. L. Stewart. Emergent constraint on the future depth of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Submitted to Nature Geoscience.
Lim, W.-I., H.-S. Park and A. L. Stewart. Future weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation shaped by reduced Labrador Sea winds and salt transport feedback. Submitted to Nature Communications.
Stewart, A. L., M. K. Youngs and C. J. Prend. Fate of heat approaching Antarctica’s largest ice shelves mediated by continental shelf eddies. Submitted to Science Advances.
Wei, H., A. L. Stewart, J. C. McWilliams and E. Capo. Formation of Abyssal Downwelling-Favorable Prograde Flows via Mesoscale Eddy Potential Vorticity Mixing. Submitted to Journal of Physical Oceanography.
Xin, S., R. Chen, J. Mac, Z. Zhang, Q. Geng and A. L. Stewart. A description of spatially local and nonlocal potential energy cascade in the global ocean. Submitted to Journal of Physical Oceanography.
Youngs, M. K., A. L. Stewart, Y. Si, A. F. Thompson and M. P. Schodlok. Quantifying climatic forcing versus meltwater feedbacks on the Antarctic Ice Shelf melt. Submitted to Nature Geoscience.
2026
Moorman, R., A. F. Thompson, M. K. Youngs and A. L. Stewart. The Antarctic coastal heat budget is dominated by heat loss to land ice melt. Science Advances. 2026;12 :eaec7443.
Yeh, C.-Y., A. L. Stewart and J. C. McWilliams. Regimes of Oceanic Mesoscale Energy Dissipation at Western Boundaries. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2026;56 :759–780.
2025
Han, X., A. L. Stewart, Z. Wang, C. Liu, Q. Yang and D. Chen. Tidal enhancement of Antarctic dense shelf water export via suppression of continental slope mixing. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2025;55 :2179–2195.
Han, X., A. L. Stewart, Z. Wang, Q. Yang, C. Liu and D. Chen. Tidal effects on Antarctic Bottom Water formation in a changing climate. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 2025;130 :e2025JC022443.
Kosty, J., K. X. Zhao, A. L. Stewart, D. E. McCoy, D. Bianchi, G. E. Manucharyan and D. Menemenlis. Marine mammal-based observations of subsurface-intensified eddies in the seasonally sea ice-covered Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 2025;130 :e2024JC021781.
Prend, C. J., S. Swart, A. L. Stewart, M. D. du Pleiss, G. E. Manucharyan and A. F. Thompson. Observed regimes of submesoscale dynamics in the Southern Ocean seasonal ice zone. Nature Communications. 2025;16 :8344.
Rintoul, S. R., A. L. Stewart, G. C. Johnson, S. Zhou, A. Foppert, Q. Li, A. K. Morrison, A. Silvano, K. L. Gunn, S. Nihashi and S. Aoki. Antarctic Bottom Water in a Changing Climate. Nature Reviews Earth \& Environment. 2025 :1–17.
Spungin, S., Y. Si and A. L. Stewart. Observed Seasonality of Mixed-Layer Eddies and Vertical Heat Transport over the Antarctic Continental Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 2025;130 :e2024JC021564.
Wei, H., K. Srinivasan, A. L. Stewart, A. Solodoch, G. E. Manucharyan and A. McC. Hogg. Full-depth Reconstruction of Long-Term Meridional Overturning Circulation Variability from Satellite-Measurable Quantities via Machine Learning. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 2025;17 :e2024MS00491.
2024
Chen, R., Y. Yang, Q. Geng, A. L. Stewart, G. Flierl and J. Wang. A diagnostic framework linking eddy flux ellipse with eddy-mean energy exchange. Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research. 2024;24 :007.
Finucane, G. D. and A. L. Stewart. A Predictive Theory for Heat Transport Into Ice Shelf Cavities. Geophysical Research Letters. 2024;51 :e2024GL108196.
Han, X., A. L. Stewart, D. Chen, M. Janout, X. Liu, Z. Wang and A. L. Gordon. Circum-Antarctic bottom water formation mediated by tides and topographic waves. Nature Communications. 2024;15 :2049.
Jeffree, J., A. McC. Hogg, A. K. Morrison, A. Solodoch, A. L. Stewart and R. McGirr. GRACE satellite observations of Antarctic Bottom Water transport variability. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 2024;129 :e2024JC020990.
Meng, S., A. L. Stewart and G. Manucharyan. Circumpolar transport and overturning strength inferred from satellite observables using Deep Learning in an eddying Southern Ocean channel model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 2024;16 :e2024MS004262.
Moscoso, J. E., D. Bianchi and A. L. Stewart. Controls of Cross-Shore Planktonic Ecosystem Structure in an Idealized Eastern Boundary Upwelling System. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 2024;129 :e2023JC020458.
Si, Y., A. L. Stewart, A. Silvano and A. C. Naveira Garabato. Antarctic slope undercurrent and onshore heat transport driven by ice shelf melting. Science Advances. 2024;10 :eadl0601.
Stewart, A. L., Y. Wang, A. Solodoch, R. Chen and J. C. McWilliams. Formation of eastern boundary undercurrents via mesoscale eddy rectification. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2024;54 :1765–1785.
2023
Han, X., A. L. Stewart, D. Chen, X. Liu and T. Lian. Controls of topographic Rossby wave properties and downslope transport in dense overflows. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2023;53 :1805–1820.
Jagannathan, A., K. Srinivasan, J. C. McWilliams, M. J. Molemaker and A. L. Stewart. Evolution of bottom boundary layers on three dimensional topography — Buoyancy adjustment and instabilities. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 2023;128 :e2023JC019705.
Jeong, H., S.-S. Lee, H.-S. Park and A. L. Stewart. Future changes in Antarctic coastal polynyas and bottom water formation simulated by a high-resolution coupled model. Communications in Earth and Environment. 2023;4 :490.
Schmidgall, C. R., Y. Si, A. L. Stewart, A. F. Thompson and A. McC. Hogg. Dynamical Controls on Bottom Water Transport and Transformation across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2023;53 :1917–1940.
Si, Y., A. L. Stewart and I. Eisenman. Heat transport across the Antarctic Slope Front controlled by cross-slope salinity gradients. Science Advances. 2023;9 :eadd7049.
Silvano, A., S. Purkey, P. Castagno, A. L. Stewart, S. Rintoul, A. Foppert, S. Aoki, A. C. Naveira Garabato, C. H. Akhoudas, J.-B. Sallée, A. L. Gordon, E. P. Abrahamsen, A. J. S. Meijers, M. P. Meredith, S. Zhou, T. Tamura, K. I. Ohshima, P. Falco, G. Budillon, T. Hattermann, M. A. Janout, H. H. Hellmer, M. M. Bowen, E. Darelius, S. Østerhus, K. Nicholls, C. Stevens, L. Cimoli, G. D. Williams, A. Morrison and A. McC. Hogg. Observing Antarctic Bottom Water in the Southern Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. 2023;10 :1221701.
Solodoch, A., A. L. Stewart, A. McC. Hogg and G. Manucharyan. Machine Learning-Derived Inference of the Meridional Overturning Circulation from Satellite-Observable Variables in an Ocean State Estimate. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 2023;15 :e2022MS003370.
Stewart, A. L., N. K. Neumann and A. Solodoch. “Eddy” saturation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by standing waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2023;53 :1161–1181.
Zhao, K. X., A. L. Stewart, J. C. McWillliams, I. G. Fenty and E. J. Rignot. Standing Eddies in Glacial Fjords and their Role in Fjord Circulation and Melt. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2023;53 :821–840.
2022
Wilson, E. A., A. F. Thompson, A. L. Stewart and S. Sun. Bottom-up control of subpolar gyres and the overturning circulation in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2022;52 :205–223.
Han, X., A. L. Stewart, D. Chen, T. Lian, X. Liu and X. Xie. Topographic Rossby Wave-modulated oscillations of dense overflows. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 2022;127 :e2022JC018702.
Lim, W.-I., H.-S. Park, A. L. Stewart and K.-H. Seo. Suppression of Arctic sea ice growth in the Eurasian-Pacific Seas by winter clouds and snowfall. Journal of Climate. 2022;35 :669–686.
Manucharyan, G. E. and A. L. Stewart. Stirring of Interior Potential Vorticity Gradients as a Formation Mechanism for Large Subsurface-Intensified Eddies in the Beaufort Gyre. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2022;52 :3349–3370.
Moscoso, J. E., D. Bianchi and A. L. Stewart. Controls and characteristics of biomass quantization in size-structured planktonic ecosystem models. Ecological Modelling. 2022;468 :109907.
Si, Y., A. L. Stewart and I. Eisenman. Coupled ocean/sea ice dynamics of the Antarctic Slope Current driven by topographic eddy suppression and sea ice momentum redistribution. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2022;52 :1563–1589.
Silvano, A., P. Holland, K. A. Naughten, O. Dragomir, P. Dutrieux, A. Jenkins, Y. Si, A. L. Stewart, B. Peña-Molino, J. Janzing, T. S. Dotto and A. C. Naveira Garabato. Baroclinic ocean response to climate forcing regulates decadal variability of ice-shelf melting in the Amundsen Sea. Geophysical Research Letters. 2022;49 :e2022GL100646.
Solodoch, A., A. L. Stewart, A. McC. Hogg, A. K. Morrison, A. E. Kiss, A. F. Thompson, S. G. Purkey and L. Cimoli. How does Antarctic Bottom Water Cross the Southern Ocean?. Geophysical Research Letters. 2022 :e2021GL097211.
Stewart, A. L. and J. C. McWilliams. Gravity is Vertical in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Scientific Reports. 2022 :6029.
Wei, H., Y. Wang, A. L. Stewart and J. Mak. Scalings for eddy buoyancy fluxes across prograde shelf/slope fronts. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 2022;14 :e2022MS003229.
Zhao, K. X., A. L. Stewart and J. C. McWillliams. Linking Overturning, Recirculation, and Melt in Glacial Fjords. Geophysical Research Letters. 2022;49 :e2021GL097211.
2021
Bai, Y., Y. Wang and A. L. Stewart. Does Topographic Form Stress Impede Prograde Ocean Flows?. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2021;51 :2617–2638.
Cohanim, K., K. X. Zhao and A. L. Stewart. Dynamics of Eddies Generated by Sea Ice Leads. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2021;51 :3071–3092.
Jagannathan, A., K. Srinivasan, J. C. McWilliams, M. J. Molemaker and A. L. Stewart. Boundary layer-mediated vorticity generation in currents over sloping bathymetry. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2021;51 :1757–1778.
Moscoso, J. E., A. L. Stewart, D. Bianchi and J. C. McWilliams. The Meridionally Averaged Model of Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems (MAMEBUSv1.0). Geoscientific Model Development. 2021;14 :763–794.
Solodoch, A., A. L. Stewart and J. C. McWilliams. Formation of anticyclones above topographic depressions. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2021;51 :207–228.
Stewart, A. L.. Mesoscale, tidal and seasonal/interannual drivers of the Weddell Sea overturning circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2021;51 :3695–3722.
Stewart, A. L., X. Chi, A. Solodoch and A. McC. Hogg. High-frequency fluctuations in Antarctic Bottom Water transport driven by Southern Ocean winds. Geophysical Research Letters. 2021;8 :e2021GL094569.
Stewart, A. L., J. C. McWilliams and A. Solodoch. On the role of bottom pressure torques in wind-driven gyres. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2021;51 :1441–1464.
Zhao, K. X., A. L. Stewart and J. C. McWilliams. Geometric Constraints on Glacial Fjord–Shelf Exchange. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2021;51 :207–228.
2020
Hazel, J. E. and A. L. Stewart. Bi-stability of the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Cavity Circulation and Basal Melt. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 2020;125 :e2019JC015848.
McCoy, D. E., D. Bianchi and A. L. Stewart. Global Observations of Submesoscale Coherent Vortices in the Ocean. Progress in Oceanography. 2020;189 :102452.
Solodoch, A., J. C. McWilliams and A. L. Stewart. Why Does the Deep Western Boundary Current “Leak” Around Flemish Cap?. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2020;50 :1989–2016.
Sun, S., I. Eisenman, L. Zanna and A. L. Stewart. Surface constraints on the depth of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Southern Ocean vs North Atlantic. Journal of Climate. 2020;33 :3125-3149.
Wang, Y. and A. L. Stewart. Scalings for eddy buoyancy transfer across continental slopes under retrograde winds. Ocean Modelling. 2020;147 :101579.
2019
Hazel, J. E. and A. L. Stewart. Multi-Decadal Trends in Easterly Wind Stress around the Antarctic Coast. Journal of Climate. 2019;32 :1895–1918.
Park, H.-S., S.-J. Kim, A. L. Stewart, S.-W. Son and K.-H.. Seo. Mid-Holocene Northern Hemisphere warming driven by Arctic amplification and sea ice loss. Science Advances. 2019;5 (12).
Stewart, A. L.. Approximating isoneutral ocean transport via the Temporal Residual Mean. Fluids. 2019;4 :179.
Stewart, A. L., A. Klocker and D. Menemenlis. Acceleration and overturning of the Antarctic Slope Current by winds, eddies, and tides. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2019;43 :2043–2074.
Zhao, K. X., A. L. Stewart and J. C. McWilliams. Sill-Influenced Exchange Flows in Ice Shelf Cavities. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2019;49 :163–191.
2018
Park, H.-S., S.-J. Kim, K.-H. Seo, A. L. Stewart and S.-Y. Kim. The impact of Arctic sea ice loss on mid-Holocene climate. Nature Communications. 2018;9 :4571.
Park, H.-S., A. L. Stewart and J.-H. Son. Dynamic and thermodynamic impacts of the winter Arctic Oscillation on summer sea ice extent. Journal of Climate. 2018;31 :1483–1497.
Stewart, A. L., A. Klocker and D. Menemenlis. Circum-Antarctic shoreward heat transport derived from an eddy- and tide-resolving simulation. Geophysical Research Letters. 2018;45 :834–845.
Sun, S., I. Eisenman and A. L. Stewart. Does Southern Ocean surface forcing shape the global ocean overturning circulation?. Geophysical Research Letters. 2018;45 :2413–2423.
Thompson, A. F., A. L. Stewart, P. Spence and K. J. Heywood. The Antarctic Slope Front in a Changing Climate. Reviews of Geophysics. 2018;56 :741–770.
Wang, Y. and A. L. Stewart. Eddy Dynamics over Continental Slopes under Retrograde Winds: Insights from a Model Inter-Comparison. Ocean Modelling. 2018;121 :1–18.
2017
Stewart, A. L. and A. McC. Hogg. Reshaping the Antarctic Circumpolar Current via Antarctic Bottom Water export. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2017;47 :2577–2601.
2016
Park, H.-S. and A. L. Stewart. An analytical model for wind-driven Arctic summer sea ice drift. The Cryosphere. 2016;10 :227–244.
Solodoch, A., A. L. Stewart and J. C. McWilliams.. Baroclinic instability of axially-symmetric flow over sloping bathymetry. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2016;799 :265–296.
Stewart, A. L. and P. J. Dellar. An energy and potential enstrophy conserving numerical scheme for the multi-layer shallow water equations with complete Coriolis force. Journal of Computational Physics. 2016;313 :99–120.
Stewart, A. L. and A. F. Thompson. Eddy generation and jet formation via dense water outflows across the Antarctic continental slope. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2016;46 :3729–3750.
Su, Z., A. Ingersoll, A. L. Stewart and A. F. Thompson. Ocean Convective Available Potential Energy. Part I: Concept and Calculation. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2016;46 :1081–1096.
Su, Z., A. Ingersoll, A. L. Stewart and A. F. Thompson. Ocean Convective Available Potential Energy. Part II: Energetics of Thermobaric Convection. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2016;46 :1097–1115.
Sun, S., I. Eisenman and A. L. Stewart. Southern Ocean surface buoyancy forcing controls glacial-interglacial changes in the global deep ocean stratification. Geophysical Research Letters. 2016;43 :8124–8132.
Thompson, A. F., A. L. Stewart and T. Bischoff. A multi-basin residual-mean model for the global overturning circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2016;46 :2583–2604.
2015
Burke, A., A. L. Stewart, J. F. Adkins, R. Ferrari, M. F. Jansen and A. F. Thompson. The glacial mid-depth radiocarbon bulge and its implications for the overturning circulation. Paleoceanography. 2015;30 :1021–1039.
Stewart, A. L. and A. F. Thompson. Eddy-mediated transport of warm Circumpolar Deep Water across the Antarctic Shelf Break. Geophysical Research Letters. 2015;42 :432–440.
Stewart, A. L. and A. F. Thompson. The Neutral Density Temporal Residual Mean overturning circulation. Ocean Modelling. 2015;90 :44–56.
Tsai, V. C., A. L. Stewart and A. F. Thompson. Marine ice-sheet profiles and stability under Coulomb basal conditions. Journal of Glaciology. 2015;61 (226) :205.
2014
Ferrari, R., M. F. Jansen, J. F. Adkins, A. Burke, A. L. Stewart and A. F. Thompson. Antarctic sea ice control on ocean circulation in present and glacial climates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2014;111 (24) :8753–8758.
Stewart, A. L., P. J. Dellar and E. R. Johnson. Large-Amplitude Coastal Shelf Waves. Modeling Atmospheric and Oceanic Flows. 2014 :229–253.
Stewart, A. L., R. Ferrari and A. F. Thompson. On the importance of surface forcing in conceptual models of the deep ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2014;44 (3) :891–899.
Su, Z., A. L. Stewart and A. F. Thompson. An idealized model of Weddell Gyre export variability. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2014;44 (6) :1671–1688.
Thompson, A. F., K. J. Heywood, S. Schmidtko and A. L. Stewart. Eddy transport as a key component of the Antarctic overturning circulation. Nature Geoscience. 2014;7 (12) :879–884.
2013
Stewart, A. L. and P. J. Dellar. Multilayer shallow water equations with complete Coriolis force. Part 3. Hyperbolicity and stability under shear. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2013;723 :289–317.
Stewart, A. L. and A. F. Thompson. Connecting Antarctic Cross-Slope Exchange with Southern Ocean Overturning. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 2013;43 :1453–1471.
2012
Stewart, A. L. and P. J. Dellar. Cross-equatorial channel flow with zero potential vorticity under the complete Coriolis force. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics. 2012;77 :626–651.
Stewart, A. L. and P.J. Dellar. Multilayer shallow water equations with complete Coriolis force. Part 2. Linear plane waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2012;690 :16–50.
Stewart, A. L. and A. F. Thompson. Sensitivity of the ocean’s deep overturning circulation to easterly Antarctic winds. Geophysical Research Letters. 2012;39 (18) :L18604.
2011
Stewart, A. L. and P. J. Dellar. Cross-equatorial flow through an abyssal channel under the complete Coriolis force: two dimensional solutions. Ocean Modelling. 2011;40 :87–104.
Stewart, A. L., P. J. Dellar and E. R. Johnson. Numerical simulation of wave propagation along a discontinuity in depth in a rotating annulus. Computers \& Fluids. 2011;46 :442–447.
Stewart, A. L. and P.J. Dellar. The role of the complete Coriolis force in cross-equatorial flow of abyssal ocean currents. Ocean Modelling. 2011;38 :187–202.
2010
Stewart, A. L. and P. J. Dellar. Multilayer shallow water equations with complete Coriolis force. Part I. Derivation on a non-traditional beta-plane. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2010;651 :387–413.
Gray Matter
Chang, E. K. M., C. L. P. Wolfe, A. L. Stewart and J. C. McWilliams. Comments on “Horizontal gravity disturbance vector in atmospheric dynamics” by Peter C. Chu. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans. 2023;103 :101382.
Stewart, A. L.. Nonlinear shelf waves in a rotating annulus. Technical Report of the 2009 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 2010.
Stewart, A. L.. Oceanography: Mixed up at the sea floor. Nature. 2017;551 (7679) :178–179.
Stewart, A. L.. Physical oceanography: Warming spins up the Southern Ocean. Nature Climate Change. 2021;11 :1022–1024.
Stewart, A. L.. The role of the complete Coriolis force in cross-equatorial transport of abyssal ocean currents. 2011.
Stewart, A. L. and P. J. Dellar. Two-layer shallow water equations with complete Coriolis force and topography. Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2008. 2010 :1033–1038.