Published:

  • Bao, W. and Moffat, C.. 2024. Impact of shallow sills on circulation regimes and submarine melting in glacial fjords, The Cryosphere, 18, 187–203, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-187-2024.

  • Wallis, B.J., Hogg, A.E., Meredith, M.P., Close, R., Hardy, D., McMillan, M., Wuite, J., Nagler, T., Moffat, C., 2023. Ocean warming drives rapid dynamic activation of marine-terminating glacier on the west Antarctic Peninsula. Nature Communications. 14, 7535. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42970-4

  • Enderlin, E.M., Moffat, C., Miller, E., Dickson, A., Oliver, C., Dryák-Vallies, M.C., Aberle, R., 2023. Antarctic iceberg melt rate variability and sensitivity to ocean thermal forcing. Journal of Glaciology 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2023.54

  • Cimino, M. A., Conroy, J. A., Connors, E., Bowman, J., Corso, A., Ducklow, H., Fraser, William, Friedlaender, A., Kim, H., Larsen, G., Moffat, C., Nichols, R., Pallin, L., Patterson-Fraser, D., Roberts, D., Roberts, M., Steinberg, D., Thibodeau, P., Trinh, R., Schofield, O., Stammerjohn, S., 2023. Long-Term Patterns in Ecosystem Phenology near Palmer Station, Antarctica, from the Perspective of the Adélie Penguin. Ecosphere 14( 2): e4417. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4417

  • Wang, X., Moffat, C., Dinniman, M. S., Klinck, J. M., Sutherland, D., & Aguiar‐González, B. 2022. Variability and Dynamics of Along‐Shore Exchange on the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) Continental Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017645

  • Hudson, K., Oliver, M. J., Kohut, J., Dinniman, M. S., Klinck, J. M., Moffat, C., H. Statscewich, K. S. Bernard, W. Fraser. 2021. A recirculating eddy promotes subsurface particle retention in an Antarctic biological hotspot. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2021JC017304. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017304

  • Provant, Z., E. Elderbrock, A. Willingham, M. Carey, A. Antonello, C. Moffat, D. Sutherland, S. Shahid. 2021. Reframing Antarctica’s ice loss: Impacts of cryospheric change on local human activity. Polar Record, 57, E13. doi:10.1017/S0032247421000024

  • Morley, S., D. Abele, D. K. Barnes, C. A. Cardenas, C. Cotte, J. Gutt, S. F. Henley, J. Hofer, K. A. Hughes, S. M. Martin, C. Moffat, M. Raphael, S. Stammerjohn, C. Suckling, V. J. Tulloch and C. I. Waller. 2020. Global drivers on Southern Ocean ecosystems: changing physical environments and anthropogenic pressures in an Earth system. Frontiers in Marine Sciences, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.547188

  • Trifunovic, B., A. Vázquez-Lule, M. Capooci, A. L. Seyfferth, C. Moffat, R. Vargas. 2020. Carbon cycling in tidal wetlands and estuaries of the contiguous United States. JGR-Biogeosciences, 125, e2019JG005558. doi:10.1029/2019JG005558.

  • J. C. Gradone, M. J. Oliver, A. R. Davies, A. Irwin, C. Moffat. 2020. Sea Surface Kinetic Energy as a Proxy for Phytoplankton Light Limitation in the Summer Pelagic Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research–Oceans, 125 (3), e2019JC015646. doi:10.1029/2019JC015646

  • Brearley, A., C. Moffat, H. Venables, M. Meredith, M. Dinniman. 2019. Meander-driven export of Antarctic shelf waters in the West Antarctic. Journal of Geophysical Research–Oceans. 124. doi;10.1029/2018JC014679

  • Bown, F., A. Rivera, M. Pętlicki, C. Bravo, J. Oberreuter, & C. Moffat. 2019. Recent ice dynamics and mass balance of Jorge Montt Glacier, Southern Patagonia Icefield. Journal of Glaciology, 1-13. doi:10.1017/jog.2019.47 (PDF →)

  • Henley, S., O. Schofield, K. Hendry, I. Schloss, D. Steinberg, C. Moffat, L. Peck, D. Costa, K. Bakker, C. Hughes, P. Rozema, H. Ducklow, D. Abele, J. Stefels, C. Brussaard, M. Van Leeuwe, A. Buma, J. Kohut, H. Venables, M. Meredith. 2019. Variability and change in the west Antarctic Peninsula marine system: research priorities and opportunities. Progress in Oceanography. 173, 208-237. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2019.03.003

  • Moffat, C., F. Tapia, C. Nittrouer, B. Hallet, F. Bown, K. Boldt Love, C. Iturra. 2018. Seasonal evolution of ocean heat supply and freshwater discharge from a rapidly retreating tidewater glacier: Jorge Montt, Patagonia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123: 4200–4223. doi:10.1002/2017JC013069

  • Moffat, C., and M. Meredith. 2018. Shelf-ocean exchange and hydrography west of the Antarctic Peninsula: a review. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 376 20170164. doi:10.1098/rsta.2017.0164

  • Sobarzo, M., Saldías, G.S., Tapia, F.J., Bravo, L., Moffat, C., Largier, J.L., 2016. On subsurface cooling associated with the Biobio River Canyon (Chile). J. Geophys. Res. Ocean. 119, 7772–7793. doi:10.1002/2016JC011796

  • Gutiérrez, M. H., Galand, P. E., Moffat, C. and Pantoja, S. 2015. Melting glacier impacts community structure of Bacteria, Archaea and Fungi in a Chilean Patagonia fjord. Environ Microbiol, 17, 3882–3897. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12872

  • Bonicelli, J., C. Moffat, S. Navarrete, J. Largier, F. Tapia. 2014. Spatial differences in thermal structure and variability within a small bay: interplay of diurnal winds and tides. Continental Shelf Research. 84: 72-80. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2014.07.009

  • Moffat, C. 2014. Wind-driven modulation of warm water supply to a proglacial fjord, Jorge Montt Glacier, Patagonia. Geophysical Research Letters 41, 3943–3950, doi:10.1002/2014GL060071. (link).

  • Holte, J., Straneo, F., Moffat, C., Weller, R. and J.T. Farrar. 2013. Structure and surface properties of eddies in the southeast Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(January), doi:10.1002/jgrc.20175. (PDF →)

  • Moffat, C. and S. Lentz. 2012. On the response of a buoyant plume to downwelling-favorable wind stress. Journal of Physical Oceanography. (42) 1083:1092. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-11-015.1. (PDF →).

  • Saldías, G., M. Sobarzo, J. Largier, C. Moffat, R. Letelier. 2012. Seasonal variability of turbid river plumes off central Chile based on high-resolution MODIS imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment. 123: 220-233. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2012.03.010 (PDF →)

  • Sobarzo, M, L. Bravo and C. Moffat. 2010. Diurnal-period, wind-forced ocean variability on the inner shelf off Concepción, Chile. Continental Shelf Research. 30 (20): 2043–2056.

  • Moffat, C., B. Owens and R.C. Beardsley. 2009. On the characteristics of Circumpolar Deep Water intrusions to the west Antarctic Peninsula Continental Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research. 114, C05017, doi:10.1029/2008JC004955. (PDF →)

  • Moffat, C., R.C. Beardsley, B. Owens and N. Van Lipzig, 2008. A first description of the Antarctic Peninsula Coastal Current. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 55 (3-4): 277-293. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.10.003)[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.10.003].

  • Figueroa, D. and C. Moffat, 2000. On the influence of topography in the induction of coastal upwelling along the Chilean Coast. Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (23): 3905-3908. doi:10.1029/1999GL011302 (PDF →)

Ph.D. Thesis:

  • Moffat, C. (2007). Ocean Circulation and Dynamics on the West Antarctic Peninsula Continental Shelf. MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. (PDF →)

Non-refereed Publications:

  • Straneo, F., Moffat, C., & Weller, R. (2009). Eddies in the southeast pacific and their influence on the upper ocean. U.S. CLIVAR Variations (pp. 9–11).

  • Tapia, F., Moffat, C., & Sobarzo, M. (2010). Surface conditions and scales of response to wind forcing in the coastal ocean off Concepcion, central Chile. COPAS Newsletter (Vol. 19, pp. 1–3).

  • Moffat, C., Beardsley, R. C., Limeburner, R., Owens. W. B., Caruso, M., & Hyatt, J. (2005). Southern ocean globec moored array and automated weather station data report. Rep. WHOI-2005-07, Woods Hole Oceanogr. Inst., Woods Hole, Mass. (p. 233). (PDF →)

  • Whelan, S., Lord, J., Galbraith, N., Weller, R., Farrar, J., Grant, D., Grados, C., DeSoeke, S.P, Moffat, C., Zappa, C., Yang, M, Straneo, F. Fairall, C., Zuidema, P. Wolfe, D. Miller, M.Covert, D. (2009). Stratus 9/VOCALS ninth setting of the Stratus Ocean Reference Station & VOCALS Regional Experiment (p. 127). Woods Hole. Retrieved from (PDF →)

  • Lucas, L. E., Way, B., Weller, R. A., Bouchard, P. R., Ostrom, W. M., Fischer, A. S., C. Moffat, W. Schneider, M.R.Fewings (2001). Long-Term Evolution and Coupling of the Boundary Layers in the Stratus Deck Regions of the Eastern Pacific (STRATUS). Group (p. 105). (PDF →)