2026 Matthew H. Alford: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	52	2999	2738	1223	1085	194	11668

Overview

Matthew H. Alford is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily falls within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work addresses several topics, including:

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Climate variability and models
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Geological formations and processes
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Matthew H. Alford has contributed articles to several scientific journals, with frequent publications in:

Journal of Physical Oceanography
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Geophysical Research Letters
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Their recent notable papers include:

"Extent of impact of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes is influenced by sediment loading, turbulence and thresholds," 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
"An in situ study of abyssal turbidity-current sediment plumes generated by a deep seabed polymetallic nodule mining preprototype collector vehicle," 2022, Science Advances
"Revisiting Near-Inertial Wind Work: Slab Models, Relative Stress, and Mixed Layer Deepening," 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography
"Near-Surface Oceanic Kinetic Energy Distributions From Drifter Observations and Numerical Models," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
"A warm jet in a cold ocean," 2021, Nature Communications

Matthew H. Alford frequently collaborates with several scientists, including:

Gunnar Voet
Arnaud Le Boyer
Jennifer MacKinnon
James B. Girton
Glenn S. Carter

Best Publications

The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea

Matthew H. Alford;Matthew H. Alford;Thomas Peacock;Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Jonathan D. Nash

721
Citations
Global Patterns of Diapycnal Mixing from Measurements of the Turbulent Dissipation Rate

Amy F. Waterhouse;Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Jonathan D. Nash;Matthew H. Alford

562
Citations
Redistribution of energy available for ocean mixing by long-range propagation of internal waves

Matthew H. Alford

441
Citations
Near-Inertial Internal Gravity Waves in the Ocean

Matthew H. Alford;Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Harper L. Simmons;Jonathan D. Nash

440
Citations
On the Future of Argo: A Global, Full-Depth, Multi-Disciplinary Array

Dean Roemmich;Matthew H. Alford;Hervé Claustre;Kenneth Johnson

424
Citations
Climate Process Team on Internal Wave–Driven Ocean Mixing

Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Zhongxiang Zhao;Caitlin B. Whalen;Amy F. Waterhouse

356
Citations
Improved global maps and 54-year history of wind-work on ocean inertial motions

Matthew H. Alford

350
Citations
Energy Flux and Dissipation in Luzon Strait: Two Tales of Two Ridges

Matthew H. Alford;Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Jonathan D. Nash;Harper Simmons

304
Citations
Estimating Internal Wave Energy Fluxes in the Ocean

Jonathan D. Nash;Matthew H. Alford;Eric Kunze

301
Citations
Internal Swell Generation: The Spatial Distribution of Energy Flux from the Wind to Mixed Layer Near-Inertial Motions

Matthew H. Alford

300
Citations
Global Observations of Open-Ocean Mode-1 M2Internal Tides

Zhongxiang Zhao;Matthew H. Alford;James B. Girton;Luc Rainville

275
Citations
Speed and Evolution of Nonlinear Internal Waves Transiting the South China Sea

Matthew H. Alford;Ren-Chieh Lien;Harper Simmons;Jody Klymak

255
Citations
Long-Range Propagation of the Semidiurnal Internal Tide from the Hawaiian Ridge

Zhongxiang Zhao;Matthew H. Alford;Jennifer A. MacKinnon;Rob Pinkel

209
Citations
The Impact of Oceanic Near-Inertial Waves on Climate

Markus Jochum;Bruce P. Briegleb;Gokhan Danabasoglu;William G. Large

209
Citations
Observations of Overturning in the Thermocline: The Context of Ocean Mixing

Matthew H. Alford;Robert Pinkel

203
Citations
Source and propagation of internal solitary waves in the northeastern South China Sea

Zhongxiang Zhao;Matthew H. Alford

200
Citations
Near‐inertial mixing: Modulation of shear, strain and microstructure at low latitude

Matthew H. Alford;Michael C. Gregg

199
Citations
Internal waves across the Pacific

M. H. Alford;J. A. MacKinnon;Zhongxiang Zhao;Rob Pinkel;Rob Pinkel

195
Citations
The Breaking and Scattering of the Internal Tide on a Continental Slope

Jody M. Klymak;Matthew H. Alford;Robert Pinkel;Ren-Chieh Lien

191
Citations
Hotspots of deep ocean mixing on the Oregon continental slope

Jonathan Nash;M. H. Alford;E. Kunze;K. Martini

166
Citations
A Primer on Global Internal Tide and Internal Gravity Wave Continuum Modeling in HYCOM and MITgcm

Brian K. Arbic;Matthew H. Alford;Joseph K. Ansong;Maarten C. Buijsman

153
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer MacKinnon University of California, San Diego

Robert Pinkel University of California, San Diego

Jody M. Klymak University of Victoria

Jonathan D. Nash Oregon State University

Harper L. Simmons University of Alaska Fairbanks

Michael C. Gregg University of Washington

Glenn S. Carter University of Hawaii at Manoa

Brian K. Arbic University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Ren-Chieh Lien University of Washington

Maarten C. Buijsman University of Southern Mississippi

External Links

Personal website of Matthew H. Alford

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