Booth, J.F., L.Thompson, J.Patoux, K.A. Kelly and S. Dickinson, 2009: The signature of midlatitude tropospheric storm tracks in the surface winds,
Jiang, C., L. Thompson, K.A. Kelly, and M.F. Cronin 2009: The roles of intraseasonal Kelvin waves and tropical instability waves in SST variability along the equatorial Pacific in an isopycnal ocean model, J. Climate, 22, 10.1175/2009JCLI2767.1 Abstract [Download manuscript]
Jiang, C., L. Thompson, and K.A. Kelly 2008: Equatorial influence of QuikSCAT winds in an isopycnal ocean model compared to NCEP2 winds, Ocean Modelling, 24, 65-71. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Edwards, K. A., and K. A. Kelly, 2007: A simple seasonal heat budget of the California Current, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 518-530.
Jiang, C., M.F. Cronin, K.A. Kelly, and L. Thompson, 2005: Evaluation of a hybrid satellite and NWP based turbulent heat flux product using TAO buoys, J. Geophys. Res., 110, 10.1029/2004JC002824. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Vivier, F., K.A. Kelly, and M. Harismendy, 2005: Causes of large-scale sea level variations in the Southern Ocean: Analyses of sea level and a barotropic model, J. Geophys. Res., 110, 10.1029/2004JC002773. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Kelly, K.A. and S. Dong, 2004: The relationship of western boundary current heat transport and storage to mid-latitude ocean-atmosphere interaction, in Earth's Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, edited by C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, pp. 347-363, American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph 147. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Kelly, K.A., S. Dickinson, and G.C. Johnson, 2005: Comparisons of scatterometer and TAO winds reveal time-varying surface currents for the tropical Pacific Ocean, J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 22, 735-745. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Kelly, K.A., 2004: Wind data: a promise in peril, Science, 303, 13 Feb 2004, 962-963. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Kelly, K.A., 2004: The relationship between oceanic heat transport and surface fluxes in the western North Pacific: 1970-2000, J. Clim., 17, 573-588. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Dong, S. and K.A. Kelly, 2004: Heat budget in the Gulf Stream region: the importance of heat storage and advection, J. Phys. Ocean., 34, 1214-1231. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Dong, S., and K. A. Kelly, 2003: Seasonal and interannual variations in geostrophic velocity in the Middle Atlantic Bight, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C6), 10.1029/ 2002JC001357. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Vivier, F., K. A. Kelly, L. Thompson, 2002: Heat budget in the Kuroshio Extension region: 1993-1999, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 3436-3454. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Thompson, L., K. A. Kelly, D. Darr, and R. Hallberg, 2002: Buoyancy and mixed-layer effects on the sea surface height response in an isopycnal model of the North Pacific , J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 3657-3670.
Kelly, K. A., and L. Thompson, 2002: Scatterometer winds explain damped Rossby waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.129/2002GL015595. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Kelly, K. A., S. Dickinson, M.J. McPhaden, and G. C. Johnson, Ocean currents evident in satellite wind data, 2001: Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2469-2472. Abstract [Download manuscript]
Dickinson, S., K.A. Kelly, M.J. Caruso and M.J. McPhaden, 2001: Comparisons between the TAO buoy and NASA scatterometer wind vectors, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 18, 799-806.
Yu, Z.-J., J. P. McCreary, W. S. Kessler, and K. A. Kelly, 2000: Influence of equatorial dynamics on the Pacific Equatorial Countercurrent, J. Phys. Ocean., 30, 3179-3190.
Vivier, F., K.A. Kelly, and L. Thompson, 1999: The contributions of wind forcing, waves, and surface heating to sea surface height observations in the North Pacific ocean, J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 104, 20,767-20,788.
K.A. Kelly, L. Thompson, and Vivier, F., 1999: Heat content changes in the Pacific Ocean, Science, 284, 5421.
Kelly, K.A., S. Dickinson, and Z.-J. Yu, 1999: NSCAT tropical wind stress maps: Implications for improving ocean modeling, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 104, 11,291-11,310.
Kelly, K.A., R.C. Beardsley, R. Limeburner, K.H. Brink, J.D. Paduan, and T.K. Chereskin, 1998: Variability of the near-surface eddy kinetic energy in the California Current based on altimeter, drifter, and moored current data, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 103, 13,067-13,083.
Kelly, K.A., S. Singh and R.X. Huang, 1998: Seasonal variations of sea surface height in the Gulf Stream region, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 313-327.
Gille, S.T. and K.A. Kelly, 1996: Scales of spatial and temporal variability in the Southern Ocean, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 101, 8759-8773.
Kelly, K.A., M.J. Caruso, S. Singh and B. Qiu, 1996: Observations of atmosphere-ocean coupling in midlatitude western boundary currents, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 101, 6295-6312.
Kelly, K.A. and B. Qiu, 1995: Heat flux estimates for the Western North Atlantic, Part I: assimilation of satellite data into a mixed layer model, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25 (10), 2344-2360.
Kelly, K.A. and B. Qiu, 1995: Heat flux estimates for the Western North Atlantic, Part II: the upper ocean heat balance, J. Phys. Oceanogr.,25 (10), 2361-2373.
Kelly, K.A. and D.R. Watts, 1994: Monitoring Gulf Stream transport by radar altimeter and inverted echo sounders,J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24 , 1080-1084.
Chelton, D.B., W.F. Eddy et al, 1994: "Report on Statistical and Physical Oceanography:, National Research Council Report", Statistical Science, 9, 167-221.
Kelly, K.A., 1994: Reply to "Comment on 'Comparisons of velocity estimates from AVHRR in the coastal transition zone' by Stephen J. Walker", J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 99, 10,301- .
Qiu, N. and K.A. Kelly, 1993: Upper-ocean heat balance in the Kuroshio Extension region, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2027-2041.
Kelly, K.A., M.J. Caruso and J.A. Austin, 1993: Wind-forced variations in sea surface height in the northeast Pacific Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2392-2411.
Kelly, K.A. and P.T. Strub, 1992: Comparison of velocity estimates from AVHRR in the coastal transition zone, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 97, 9653-9668.
Kelly, K.A., T.M. Joyce, D.M. Schubert and M.J. Caruso, 1991: The mean sea surface height and geoid along the Geosat subtrack from Bermuda to Cape Cod, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 96, 12,699-12,709.
Kelly, K.A., 1991: The meandering Gulf Stream as seen by the Geos! at altimeter: surface transport, position and velocity variance from 73 to 46W, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 96, 16,721-16,738.
Qiu, B., K.A. Kelly and T.M. Joyce, 1991: Mean flow and variability of the Kuroshio Extension from Geosat altimetry data, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 96, 18,491-18,507.
Joyce, T.M., K.A. Kelly, D.M. Schubert and M.J. Caruso, 1990: Shipboard and altimetric studies of rapid Gulf Stream variability between Cape Cod and Bermuda, Deep-Sea Res., 37, 897-910.
Kelly, K.A. and S.T. Gille, 1990: Gulf Stream surface transport and statistics at 69° W from the Geosat altimeter, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 95, 3149-3161.
Kelly, K.A. and M.J. Caruso, 1990: A modified objective mapping technique for scatterometer wind data, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 95, 13,483-13,496.
Kelly, K.A., 1989: An inverse model for near-surface velocity from infrared images, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 19, 1845-1864.
Kelly, K.A. and D.C. Chapman, 1988: The response of stratified shelf and slope waters of steady offshore forcing, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 906-925.
Kelly, K.A., 1988: Comment on "Empirical orthogonal function analysis of advanced very high resolution radiometer surface temperature patterns in Santa Barbara Channel" by G.S.E. Lagerloef and R.L. Bernstein, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 93, 15,753-15,754.
Kelly, K.A. and R.E. Davis, 1986: An analysis of errors in sea surface temperature in a series of infrared images from NOAA-6, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 91, 2633-2644.
Kelly, K.A., 1985: The influence of winds and topography on the sea surface temperature patterns over the northern California slope, J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 90, 11,783-11,798.
Kelly, K.A., 1985: Separating clouds from ocean in infrared images, Remote Sens. Environ., 17, 67-83.