Publications

Submitted papers

• Beron-Vera, F. J., G. Bonner, M.J. Olascoaga, S. Dong and H. Lopez. Transition path theory insights into hurricane rapid intensification. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, submitted.
• M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, G. Bonner, and C. McKean.  Breaching the Barrier: Ocean Circulation Pathways of Coral Larval. submitted 

2026

•  Beron-Vera, F. J., M.J. Olascoaga, P. Miron and G. Bonner (2026). Tracing the origin of Sargassum blooms to West Africa. PNAS Nexus, 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag085.
• Beron-Vera, F. J. and G. Bonner (2026). Discovering the dynamics of Sargassum rafts’ centers of mass. Chaos 36, 013144. Featured article. Highlighted in AIP Scilight.
• Caccia, V., E. Janz, M. Estevanez, M. J. Olascoaga. (2026)  Climate Change Influence on Salinity, Temperature, Dissolved Oxygen and pH in Biscayne Bay (Florida): Two Decades of Observations (2001–2021). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, in press.

2025

•  Properties and baroclinic instability of stratified thermal upper-ocean flow. Beron-Vera, F. J. and M. J. Olascoaga. Revista Mexicana de Fisica.
• Geodesic vortex detection on curved surfaces: Analyzing the 2002 austral stratospheric polar vortex warming event. Andrade-Canto, F., F.J. Beron-Vera and G. Bonner. Chaos  35, 053140
• Beron-Vera, F. J. and E. Luseink (2025). Dual Euler–PoincarÅLe/Lie–Poisson formulation of subinertial stratified thermal ocean flow with identification of Casimirs as Noether quantities. J. Math. Physics 66, 093102.
• Andrade-Canto, F., F.J. Beron-Vera and G. Bonner (2025). Geodesic vortex detection on curved surfaces:Analyzing the 2002 austral stratospheric polar vortex warming event. Chaos 35, 053140. Featured article. Highlighted in AIP Scilight.

2024

• Charting the course of Sargassum: Incorporating nonlinear elastic interactions and life cycles in the Maxey–Riley model. Bonner, G., F. J. Beron-Vera and M. J. Olascoaga. PNAS Nexus 3, 451.
• Horizontal and vertical dispersion in a wind-driven oceanic gyre model. Barrientos Valencia, J., L. Zavala Sanson and F. J. Beron-Vera. Phys. Fluids 36, 106615.
• Dynamics of inertial particles on the ocean surface with unrestricted reserve buoyancy. F. J.  Beron-Vera. Phys. Fluids 36, 101702.
• Multiple Lagrangian jet-core structures in the Malvinas Current. N. Bodnariuk, M. Saraceno, L.A. Ruiz-Etcheverry, C. Simionato, F. Andrade-Canto, F.J. Beron-Vera, and M.J. Olascoaga. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 129, e2023JC020446.
• Lagrangian characterization of the Souththern Atlantic from a dense surface drifter deployment. M. Saraceno, N. Bodnariuk, L.A. Ruiz-Etcheverry, M. Berta, C.G. Simionato, F.J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga. Deep-Sea Res. Part I208, 104319.
• On a priori bounding the growth of thermal instability amplitudes. F. J. Beron-Vera. Phys. Fluids 36, 041702.
• Spore dispersion from coherent air structures around a fluttering leaf. Wu, Z., S. Basu, S. Kim, M. Sorrells, F. J. Beron-Vera and S. Jung. Science Advances 10, eadj8092.

2023

• Physics-informed laboratory estimation of Sargassum windage. M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, R.T. Beyea, G. Bonner, M. Castellucci, G.J. Goni, C. Guigand, and N. Putman, Phys. Fluids 35.
• Improving the stability of the temporal statistics in transition path theory with sparse data. G. Bonner,  F. J. Beron-Vera and M. J. Olascoaga. Chaos 33
• Improving satellite monitoring of coastal inundations of pelagic Sargassum algae with wind and citizen science data. N.F. F. Putman, R. Taylor Beyea; Lowell Andrew R. Iporac; Joaquin Triñanes; Emilie G. Ackerman; M. J. Olascoaga; Christian M. Appendini; Jaime Arriaga; Ligia Collado-Vides; Rick Lumpkin; Chuanmin Hu; Gustavo Goni. Aquatic Botany 188.
• Exploring the use of Transition Path Theory in building an oil spill prediction scheme. M. J. Olascoaga and F. J.  Beron-Vera. Front. Mar. Sci. 9:1041005.
• Sampling-Dependent Transition Paths of Iceland–Scotland Overflow Water. F. J.  Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga, P. Miron and L. Helfmann. Journal of Physical Oceanography.
• Influence of Caribbean eddies on the Loop current system evolution. Ntaganou, N.; Kourafalou, V.; Beron-Vera, F.J.; Olascoaga, M.J.; Le Hénaff, M.; Androulidakis, Y. Front. Mar. Sci. 10

2022

• Dynamical geography and transition paths of Sargassum in the tropical Atlantic.  Beron-Vera, F.J., M.J. Olascoaga, N.F. Putman, J. Trinanes, G.J. Goni and R. Lumpkin. AIP Advances 12, 105107.
• Transition paths of North Atlantic Deep Water. Miron, P., F. J. Beron-Vera and M. J. Olascoaga . J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech. 39, 959-971.
• Carriers of Sargassum and mechanism for coastal inundation in the Caribbean Sea. F. Andrade-Canto, F. J. Beron-Vera, G. J. Goni, D. Karrasch, M. J. Olascoaga,  and J. Trinanes. Phys. Fluids 34, 016602.

2021

• Transition paths of marine debris and the stability of the garbage patches, P. Miron, F.J. Beron-Vera, L. Helfmann and P. Koltai, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 31, 2021
• Multilayer shallow-water model with stratification and shear, F.J. Beron-Vera, Revista Mexicana de Física, 2021
• Surface pathways connecting the South and North Atlantic Oceans. Druoin K., M. S. Lozier, F. J. Beron-Vera, P. Miron and M. J. Olascoaga, Geophys Res. Lett. 49, e2021GL096646.
• An integrated observing effort for Sargassum monitoring and warning in the Caribbean Sea, Tropical Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico. Trinanes, J., C. Hu, N. F. Putman, M. J. Olascoaga, F. J. Beron-Vera, G. J. Goni, and S. Zhang. Oceanography.
• Extended rotating shallow-water theories with thermodynamics and geometry. F. J. Beron-Vera, Phys. Fluids 33, 106605. Editor’s pick.
• Impact of Caribbean Anticyclones on Loop Current variability. Androulidakis, Y., V. Kourafalou, M. J. Olascoaga, F. J. Beron-Vera, M. Le H.naff, H. Kang and N. Ntaganou. Ocean Dynamics, doi.org/10.1007/s10236-021-01474-9.
• Nonlinear saturation of thermal instabilities. F. J. Beron-Vera, Phys. Fluids 33, 036608. Editor’s pick.

2020

• The lunar compass of European glass eels (Anguilla anguilla) increases the probability that they recruit to North Sea coasts.A. Cresci, A. Sandvik, P. Sævik, B. Ådlandsvik, M.J. Olascoaga, P. Miron, C. Durif, A.B. Skiftesvik, H. Browman, F. Vikebø, Fisheries Oceanography, 2020
• Nonlinear dynamics of inertial particles in the ocean: From drifters and floats to marine debris and Sargassum, F.J. Beron-Vera, Nonlinear Dynamics, 2020
• A minimal Maxey–Riley model for the drift of Sargassum rafts, F.J. Beron-Vera and P. Miron, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 904, A8, 2020
• Clustering of marine-debris- and Sargassum-like drifters explained by inertial particle dynamics, P. Miron, M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, N.F. Putman, J. Triñanes, R. Lumpkin and G.J. Goni, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, 2020
• Laboratory verification of the buoyancy dependence of the carrying flow in a Maxey–Riley theory for inertial ocean dynamics, P. Miron, S. Medina, M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, Physics of Fluid, 32, 071703
• On the complementary information provided by satellite images, Lagrangian drifters and a regional numerical model: a case study in the San Matias Gulf, Argentina, Saraceno, M., M. H. Tonini, G. N. Williams, N. Aubone, M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron–Vera, R. Gonzalez, M. Soria, J. F. Saad, G. Svendsen, Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Science.
• Improving transport predictions of pelagic Sargassum, N. Putman, R. Lumpkin, M.J. Olascoaga, J. Triñanes, and G. Goni, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 529
• Connectivity of the Gulf of Mexico Continental Shelf Fish Populations and Implications of Simulated Oil Spills, C.B Paris, S.A. Murawski, M.J. Olascoaga, Ana C Vaz, Igal Berenshtein, P. Miron and F.J. Beron-Vera, Scenarios and Responses to Future Deep Oil Spills, 369-389
• Observation and quantification of inertial effects on the drift of floating objects at the ocean surface
  M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, P. Miron, J. Triñanes, N.F. Putman, R. Lumpkin and G.J. Goni
  Physics of Fluids, 32, 026601
• Stability of the Malvinas Current. F.J. Beron-Vera, N. Bodnariuk, M. Saraceno, M.J. Olascoaga and C. Simionato. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 30 (1), 013152 
• Genesis, evolution and apocalyse of Loop Current rings. Andrade-Canto, F., D. Karrasch and F. J. Beron-Vera. Phys. Fluids, 32, 116603

2019

• Coherent Lagrangian swirls among submesoscale motions.  F.J. Beron-Vera, A. Hadjighasem, Q. Xia, M.J. Olascoaga and G. Haller. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (37)
• Building a Maxey--Riley framework for surface ocean inertial particle dynamics. F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga and P. Miron. Physics of Fluid 31 (9)
• Markov-chain-inspired search for MH370. P. Miron, F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga and P. Koltai. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 29 (4)
• Persistent Lagrangian transport patterns in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. M.K. Gough, F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga, J. Sheinbaum, J. Juoanno and R. Duran. Journal of Physical Oceanography 49 (2)
• Lagrangian geography of the deep Gulf of Mexico. P. Miron, F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga, G. Froyland, P. Pérez-Brunius and J. Scheibaum. Journal of Physical Oceanography 49 (1)

2018

• The Kinematic Similarity of Two Western Boundary Currents Revealed by Sustained High‐Resolution Observations. M.R. Archer, S.R. Keating, M. Roughan, W.E. Johns, R. Lumpkin, F.J. Beron-Vera and L. K. Shay. Geophysical Research Letters 45 (12), 6176-6185
• Extracting quasi-steady Lagrangian transport patterns from the ocean circulation: An application to the Gulf of Mexico. R. Duran, F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga. Scientific reports 8 (1), 5218
• Enduring Lagrangian coherence of a Loop Current ring assessed using independent observations. F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga, Y. Wang, J. Triñanes and P. Pérez-Brunius. Scientific reports 8
• BP Gulf Science Data Reveals Ineffectual Subsea Dispersant Injection for the Macondo Blowout. C.B. Paris, I. Berenshtein, M.L. Trillo, R. Faillettaz, M.J. Olascoaga, Z.M. Aman, M. Schlüter and S.B. Joye. Frontiers in Marine Science 5, 389
• Connectivity of Pulley Ridge With Remote Locations as Inferred From Satellite‐Tracked Drifter Trajectories. M.J. Olascoaga, P. Miron, C. Paris, P. Pérez‐Brunius, R. Pérez‐Portela, R.H. Smith and A. Vaz. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 123 (8), 5742-5750

2017

• Uncovering the edge of the polar vortex. M. Serra, P. Sathe, F.J. Beron-Vera and G. Haller
  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 74 (11), 3871-3885
• Lagrangian dynamical geography of the Gulf of Mexico. P. Miron, F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga, J. Sheinbaum, P. Pérez-Brunius and G. Froyland. Scientific reports 7 (1), 7021

2016

• Inertia‐induced accumulation of flotsam in the subtropical gyres. F.J. Beron‐Vera, M.J. Olascoaga and R. Lumpkin. Geophysical Research Letters 43 (23), 12,228-12,233
• Objective vortex detection in an astrophysical dynamo.E.L. Rempel, A.C.L. Chian, F.J. Beron-Vera, S Szanyi and G Haller. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 466 (1), L108-L112
• The life cycle of a coherent Lagrangian Agulhas ring.Y. Wang, F.J. Beron‐Vera, M.J. Olascoaga. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 121 (6), 3944-3954
• Statistics of simulated and observed pair separations in the Gulf of Mexico. F.J. Beron-Vera, J.H. LaCasce. Journal of Physical Oceanography (http://arxiv.org/abs/1505.03475)
• Tracking the Hercules 265 marine gas well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. I. C. Romero, T. Özgökmen, S. Snyder, P. Schwing, B.J. O'Malley, F.J. Beron‐Vera, M.J. Olascoaga, P. Zhu, E. Ryan, S.S. Chen, D.L. Wetzel, D. Hollander and S.A. Murawski. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 121 (1), 706-724
• The perfect storm: match-mismatch of bio-physical events drives larval reef fish connectivity between Pulley Ridge mesophotic reef and the Florida Keys. A.C. Vaz, C.B. Paris, M.J. Olascoaga, V.H. Kourafalou, H. Kang and J.K. Reed. Continental Shelf Research 125, 136-146
• Analysis of flight MH370 potential debris trajectories using ocean observations and numerical model results. J.A. Trinanes, M.J. Olascoaga, G.J. Goni, N.A. Maximenko, D.A. Griffin and J. Hafner. Journal of Operational Oceanography 9 (2), 126-138

2015

• Dissipative inertial transport patterns near coherent Lagrangian eddies in the ocean. F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga, G. Haller, M. Farazmand, J. Triñanes and Y. Wang. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 25 (8), 087412
• Historical analysis of environmental conditions during Florida Red Tide. G. Maze, M.J. Olascoaga and L. Brand. Harmful Algae 50, 1-7
• Coherent water transport across the South Atlantic. Y. Wang, M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron‐Vera. Geophysical Research Letters 42 (10), 4072-4079
• Ocean current estimation using a multi-model ensemble Kalman filter during the Grand Lagrangian Deployment experiment (GLAD). E.F. Coelho, P. Hogan, G. Jacobs, P. Thoppil, H.S. Huntley, B.K. Haus, B.L. Lipphardt Jr., A.D. Kirwan Jr., E.H. Ryan, M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera, A.C. Poje, A. Griffa, T.M. Özgökmen, A.J. Mariano, G. Novelli, A.C. Haza, D. Bogucki, S.S. Chend, M. Curcic, M. Iskandarani, F. Judt, N.Laxague, A.J.H.M. Reniers, A. Valle-Levinson and M. Wei. Ocean Modelling 87, 86-106
• Improved surface velocity and trajectory estimates in the Gulf of Mexico from blended satellite altimetry and drifter data. M. Berta, A. Griffa, M.G. Magaldi, T.M. Özgökmen, A.C. Poje, AC Haza and M.J. Olascoaga. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 32 (10), 1880-1901
• Variability of the Deepwater Horizon surface oil spill extent and its relationship to varying ocean currents and extreme weather conditions. G.J. Goni, J.A. Trinanes, A. MacFadyen, D. Streett, M.J. Olascoaga, M.L. Imhoff, F. Muller-Karger and M.A. Roffer. Mathematical modelling and numerical simulation of oil pollution problems, 1-22

2014

• Analysis of water quality and circulation of four recreational Miami beaches through the use of Lagrangian Coherent Structures. L.A. Fiorentino, M.J. Olascoaga and A. Reniers. Marine pollution bulletin 83 (1), 181-189
• Data assimilation considerations for improved ocean predictability during the Gulf of Mexico Grand Lagrangian Deployment (GLAD). G.A. Jacobs, B.P. Bartels, D.J. Bogucki, F.J. Beron-Vera, S.S. Chen, E.F. Coelho, M. Curcic, A. Griffa, M. Gough, B.K. Haus, A.C. Haza, R.W. Helber, P.J. Hogan, H.S. Huntley, M. Iskandarani, F. Judt, A.D. Kirwan Jr, N. Laxague, Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, Bruce L Lipphardt Jr, Arthur J Mariano, Hans E Ngodock, Guillaume Novelli, M.J. Olascoaga, T.M. Özgökmen, A.C. Poje, A.JHM. Reniers, C.D. Rowley, E.H. Ryan, S.R. Smith, P.L. Spence, P.G. Thoppil and M. Wei. Ocean Modelling 83, 98-117
• Submesoscale dispersion in the vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon spill. A.C. Poje, T.M. Özgökmen, B.L. Lipphardt, B.K. Haus, E.H. Ryan, A.C. Haza, G.A. Jacobs, AJHM Reniers, M.J. Olascoaga, G. Novelli, A. Griffa, F.J. Beron-Vera, S.S. Chen, E.Coelho, P.J. Hogan, A.D. Kirwan, H.S. Huntley and A.J. Mariano. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (35), 12693-12698
• Addendum to ‘Coherent Lagrangian vortices: The black holes of turbulence’. G. Haller and F.J. Beron-Vera. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 755

2013

• Drifter motion in the Gulf of Mexico constrained by altimetric Lagrangian coherent structures. M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron‐Vera, G. Haller, J. Triñanes, M. Iskandarani, E.F. Coelho, B.K. Haus, H.S. Huntley, G. Jacobs, A.D. Kirwan Jr., B.L. Lipphardt Jr., T.M. Özgökmen, A.J. H.M. Reniers and A. Valle‐Levinson. Geophysical Research Letters 40 (23), 6171-6175
• Coherent Lagrangian vortices: The black holes of turbulence. G Haller and F.J. Beron-Vera. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 731
• Objective detection of oceanic eddies and the Agulhas leakage. F.J. Beron-Vera, Y. Wang, M.J. Olascoaga, G.J. Goni and G. Haller. Journal of Physical Oceanography 43 (7), 1426-1438

2012

• Brief communication" Stratospheric winds, transport barriers and the 2011 Arctic ozone hole.". M.J. Olascoaga, M.G. Brown, F.J. Beron-Vera and H. Koçak. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 19 (6)
• Geodesic theory of transport barriers in two-dimensional flows. G Haller and F.J. Beron-Vera. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 241 (20), 1680-1702
• Using Lagrangian Coherent Structures to understand coastal water quality. L.A. Fiorentino, M.J. Olascoaga, A.Reniers, Z.Feng, F.J. Beron-Vera and J.H. MacMahanb. Continental Shelf Research 47, 145-149
• The impact of advective transport by the South Indian Ocean Countercurrent on the Madagascar plankton bloom. F. Huhn, A. von Kameke, V. Pérez‐Muñuzuri, M.J. Olascoaga and F.J. Beron‐Vera. Geophysical Research Letters 39 (6)
• Zonal jets as meridional transport barriers in the subtropical and polar lower stratosphere. F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga, M.G. Brown and H. Koçak. Journal of the atmospheric sciences 69 (2), 753-767
• Forecasting sudden changes in environmental pollution patterns. M.J. Olascoaga and G. Haller. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (13), 4738-4743

2011

• The role of jets as transport barriers in the Earth's stratosphere. F.J. Beron-Vera. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 318 (7), 072002

2010

• Surface ocean mixing inferred from different multisatellite altimetry measurements. F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga and G.J. Goni. Journal of physical oceanography 40 (11), 2466-2480
• Mixing by low‐and high‐resolution surface geostrophic currents. F.J. Beron‐Vera. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 115 (C10)
• Invariant-tori-like Lagrangian coherent structures in geophysical flows. F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga, M.G. Brown, H. Koçak and I.I. Rypina. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 20 (1), 017514
• Rip‐current pulses tied to Lagrangian coherent structures. A.J.H.M. Reniers, J.H. MacMahan, F.J. Beron‐Vera and M.J. Olascoaga. Geophysical Research Letters 37 (5)
• Isolation on the West Florida Shelf with implications for red tides and pollutant dispersal in the Gulf of Mexico. M.J. Olascoaga. Nonlinear processes in geophysics 17 (6), 685

2009

• Underwater acoustic beam dynamics. F.J. Beron-Vera and M.G. Brown. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 126 (1), 80-91
• An assessment of the importance of chaotic stirring and turbulent mixing on the West Florida Shelf. F.J. Beron-Vera and M.J. Olascoaga. Journal of physical oceanography 39 (7), 1743-1755
   

2008

• Tracing the early development of harmful algal blooms on the West Florida Shelf with the aid of Lagrangian coherent structures. M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron‐Vera, L.E. Brand, H. Koçak and I.A. Udovydchenkov. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 113 (C12)
• Zonal jets as transport barriers in planetary atmospheres. F.J. Beron-Vera, M.G. Brown, M.J. Olascoaga, I.I. Rypina, H. Kocak and I.A. Udovydchenkov. Journal of the atmospheric sciences 65 (10), 3316-3326
• Oceanic mesoscale eddies as revealed by Lagrangian coherent structures. F.J. Beron‐Vera, M.J. Olascoaga and G.J. Goni. Geophysical Research Letters 35 (12)

2007

• On the Lagrangian dynamics of atmospheric zonal jets and the permeability of the stratospheric polar vortex. I.I. Rypina, M.G. Brown, F.J. Beron-Vera, H. Koçak, M.J. Olascoaga and I.A. Udovydchenkov. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 64 (10), 3595-3610
• Robust transport barriers resulting from strong Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser stability. I.I. Rypina, M.G. Brown, F.J. Beron-Vera, H. Koçak, M.J. Olascoaga and I.A. Udovydchenkov. Physical review letters 98 (10), 104102

2006

• Persistent transport barrier on the West Florida Shelf. M.J. Olascoaga, I.I. Rypina, M.G. Brown, F.J. Beron‐Vera, H. Koçak, L.E. Brand, G.R. Halliwell and L.K. Shay. Geophysical research letters 33 (22)

2005

• Rays, modes, wavefield structure, and wavefield stability. M.G. Brown, F.J. Beron-Vera, I. Rypina, I.A. Udovydchenkov. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 117 (3), 1607-1610
• Biophysical isopycnic-coordinate modelling of plankton dynamics in the Arabian Sea. M.J. Olascoaga, N. Idrisi, A. Romanou. Ocean Modelling 8 (1-2), 55-80

2004

• Travel time stability in weakly range-dependent sound channels. F.J. Beron-Vera and MG Brown. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 115 (3), 1068-1077
• Passive tracer patchiness and particle trajectory stability in incompressible two-dimensional flows. F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga and MG Brown. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (2004) 11: 67–74
• Mechanisms for emergence from diapause of Calanoides carinatus in the Somali current. N. Idrisi, M.J. Olascoaga, Z. Garraffo, D.B. Olson and S.L. Smith. Limnology and oceanography 49 (4part2), 1262-1268

2003

• Ray dynamics in a long-range acoustic propagation experiment. F.J. Beron-Vera, M.G. Brown, J.A. Colosi, S. Tomsovic, A.L. Virovlyansky,M.A. Wolfson and G.M. Zaslavsky. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 114 (3), 1226-1242
• Ray stability in weakly range-dependent sound channels. F.J. Beron-Vera and M.G. Brown. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 114 (1), 123-130
• Deep ocean influence on upper ocean baroclinic instability saturation. M.J. Olascoaga, F.J. Beron-Vera and J. Sheinbaum. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 15-28
• Spectral, formal, and nonlinear stability in a layered quasigeostrophic model with application to the Atlantic North Equatorial Current. F.J. Beron-Vera, M.J. Olascoaga. Elsevier Oceanography Series 68, 313-333
• Constrained-Hamiltonian shallow-water dynamics on the sphere. F.J. Beron-Vera. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, 29-51

2002

• Seasonal salinity balance in the Gulf of California. F.J. Beron-Vera and P. Ripa. J. Geophys. Res 107 (C8), 10.1029

2001

• Deep ocean influence on upper ocean baroclinic instability. M.J. Olascoaga. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 106 (C11), 26863-26877

2000

• Three‐dimensional aspects of the seasonal heat balance in the Gulf of California. F.J. Beron‐Vera and P. Ripa. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 105 (C5), 11441-11457

1999

• A note on boundary conditions for salt and freshwater balances. F.J. Beron-Vera, J. Ochoa and P. Ripa. Ocean Modelling 1 (2-4), 111-118
• Baroclinic instability in a two‐layer model with a free boundary and β effect. M.J. Olascoaga and P. Ripa. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 104 (C10), 23357-23366

1997

• Free boundary effects on baroclinic instability. F.J. Beron-Vera and P. Ripa. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 352, 245-264