McNeil Research Laboratory

Publications

Journal articles:

– Reed, A., C. McNeil, E. D’Asaro, M. Altabet, A. Bourbonnais, and B. Johnson (2018), A gas tension device for the mesopelagic zone, Deep-Sea Research I, Oceanographic Research Papers, 139:68-78.

– Liang, J.-H., S. R. Emerson, E. A. D’Asaro, C. L. McNeil, R. R. Harcourt, P. P. Sullivan, B. Yang, and M. F. Cronin (2017), On the role of sea-state in bubble-mediated air-sea gas flux during a winter storm, Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JC012408.

– Shcherbina, A.Y., C.L. McNeil, and A.M. Baptista. Model-aided Lagrangian interpretation of non-synoptic estuarine observations, Limnology & Oceanography: Methods, 14(6): 397-407, 2016.

– Baptista, A. M., C. Seaton, M.P. Wilkin, S.F. Riseman, J.A. Needoba, D. Maier, … & V.M. Megler. Infrastructure for collaborative science and societal applications in the Columbia River estuary, Frontiers of Earth Science, 9(4), 659-682, 2015.

– Kärnä, T., A.M. Baptista, J.E. Lopez, P.J. Turner, C.L. McNeil, & T.B. Sanford. Numerical modeling of circulation in high-energy estuaries: A Columbia River estuary benchmark. Ocean Modelling, 88, 54-71, 2015.

– McNeil, C.L., and E.A. D’Asaro. Calibration equation for oxygen optodes based on physical properties of the sensing foil, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 12:139-154, 2014.

– D’Asaro, E.A., and C.L. McNeil. Calibration and stability of oxygen sensors on autonomous floats, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 30(8), 2013.

– Mathis, J. T., R.S. Pickart, R.H. Byrne, C.L. McNeil, G.W.K. Moore, L.W. Juranek,  … & R.A. Feely.  Storm-induced upwelling of high pCO₂ waters onto the continental shelf of the western Arctic Ocean and implications for carbonate mineral saturation states. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(7), L07606, 2012.

– Harvey, M. J., Law, C. S., Smith, M. J., Hall, J. A., Abraham, E. R., Stevens, C. L., … & Ziolkowski, L. A. The SOLAS air–sea gas exchange experiment (SAGE) 2004. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 58(6), 753-763, 2011.

– McNeil, C.L., E.A. D’Asaro and J.A. Nystuen. Observations of air-sea exchange of N₂ and O₂ during the passage of Hurricane Gustav in the Gulf of Mexico during 2008, pp 368-376 in Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces 2010, Eds. S. Komori, W. McGillis and R. Kurose, Kyoto University Press, 2011.

– Vagle, S., C. McNeil, & N. Steiner, Upper ocean bubble measurements from the NE Pacific and estimates of their role in air-sea gas transfer of the weakly soluble gases nitrogen and oxygen. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans, 115(C12), C12054, 2010.

– Brooks, I.M., A.A. Bloom, B.J. Brooks, J.J. Lingard, J.B. McQuaid, S.J. Norris,  … & U. Schuster.  Physical exchanges at the air–sea interface: UK–SOLAS field measurements, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(5), 629-644, 2009.

– Steiner, N., S. Vagle, K. Denman, & C.L. McNeil. Oxygen and nitrogen cycling in the North-East Pacific – Simulations and observations at Station Papa in 2003/2004, Journal of Marine Research, 65(3), 441-469 2007.

– D’Asaro, E., & McNeil, C. Air–sea gas exchange at extreme wind speeds measured by autonomous oceanographic floats. Journal of Marine Systems, 66(1), 92-109, 2007.

– McNeil, C., & D’Asaro, E.  Parameterization of air–sea gas fluxes at extreme wind speeds. Journal of Marine Systems, 66(1), 110-121, 2007.

– McNeil, C.L., E. D’Asaro, B.D. Johnson, & M. Horn. A gas tension device with response times of minutes. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23(11), 1539-1558, 2006.

– McNeil, C.L. Undersaturation of inert gases at the ocean surface: A thermal pumping mechanism. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L01067, 2006.

– McNeil, C.L., B. Ward, W.R. McGillis, M.D. DeGrandpre, & L. Marcinowski. Fluxes of N₂, O₂, and CO₂ in nearshore waters off Martha’s Vineyard. Continental Shelf Research, 26(11), 1281-1294, 2006.

– McNeil, C.L., D.R. Katz, B. Ward, W. McGillis, & B.D. Johnson. A method to estimate net community metabolism from profiles of dissolved O₂ and N₂. Hydrobiologia, 571(1), 181-190, 2006.

– McNeil, C.L., D.R. Katz, R. Wanninkhof, & B.D. Johnson. Continuous shipboard sampling of dissolved N₂, O₂ and CO₂. Deep-Sea Research I, 52, 1767-1785, 2005.

– Lazarevitch, P., T. Rossby, & C.L. McNeil. Oxygen variability in the near-surface waters of the northern North Atlantic: Observations and a model. Journal of Marine Research, 62(5), 2004.

– Farmer, D.M., & C.L. McNeil. Photo-adaptation in a convective layer. Deep-Sea Research II, 46(11), 2433-2446, 1999.

– McNeil, C.L. & L. Merlivat. The warm oceanic surface layer: Implications for CO₂ fluxes and surface gas measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 23(24), 3575-3578, 1996.

– McNeil, C.L. & D.M. Farmer. Observations of the influence of diurnal convection on upper ocean dissolved gas measurements. Journal of Marine Research, 53, 151-169, 1995.

– McNeil, C.L., B.D. Johnson & D.M. Farmer. In situ measurement of dissolved nitrogen and oxygen in the ocean. Deep-Sea Research I, 42(5), 819-826, 1995.

– Farmer, D.M., C.L. McNeil & B.D. Johnson. Evidence for the importance of bubbles in increasing air-sea flux. Nature, 361, 620-623, 1993.

Other:

– McNeil, C. L., D’Asaro, E. A., Reed, A., Altabet, M. A., Bourbonnais, A., & Beaverson, C. (2018). Innovative nitrogen sensor maps the North Pacific oxygen minimum zone, Oceanography– Supplement- New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration, 31(91):96.

– Byrne, R.H., M.D. DeGrandpre, R.T. Short, T.R. Martz, L. Merlivat, C. McNeil, & F.L. Sayles. Sensors and Systems for Observations of Marine CO₂ System Variables. Proceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society Conference. ESA Publication, WPP-306 . OceanObs’09, Venice, Italy, 2009.

– Spivack, A.J., C.L. McNeil, N.G. Holm, & K.-U. Hinrichs, Determination of in situ methane based on analysis of void gas, in Jørgensen, BB., D’Hondt, S.L., Miller, D.J. (Eds), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Scientific Results, 201SR-119, 1-11, 2006.

– McNeil, C.L., B.D. Johnson & D.M. Farmer, New moored sensors for measuring air-sea gas exchange, in Proceedings of the WCRP/SCOR Workshop on Intercomparison and Validation of Ocean-Atmosphere Flux Fields, May 21-24, Potomac, Washington, D.C., 2001.

– McNeil, C.L., B.D. Johnson & D.M. Farmer, New moored sensors for measuring air-sea gas exchange, in Proceedings of the WCRP/SCOR Workshop on Intercomparison and Validation of Ocean-Atmosphere Flux Fields, May 21-24, Potomac, Washington, D.C., 2001.

– McNeil, C.L., D.M. Farmer, & M. Trevorrow, Dissolved gas measurements at St. P4 during the 97-98 El Nino, in Proceedings of The 1998 Science Board Symposium on The Impacts of the 1997/98 El Niño Event on the North Pacific Ocean and Its Marginal Seas, PICES Scientific Report, No. 10, 1999.

– McNeil, C.L, D.M. Farmer, M. Trevorrow & B.D. Johnson, Development and testing of in situ N₂, O₂ and gas tension sensors for oceanographic studies, Selected papers from the Third International Symposium on Air-Water Gas Transfer, ed. B. Jahne and E.C. Monahan, AEON Verlag & Studio, Hanau, 1995.

Patents:

– Johnson, B.D., and C.L. McNeil, System for the transfer and detection of gas dissolved in fluid under pressure, US patent #7434446.