Publications

Peer-Reviewed

[17] Gerbi, G. P., Hunter, E. L., McSweeney, J. M., Fuchs, H. L., Chant, R. J., Garwood, J. C., and Wilkin, J. 2026. Seasonal and interannual variability of exchange between Delaware Bay and the continental shelf. Estuaries and Coasts. 49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01643-9.

[16] Gallagher, K. L., Baumgartner M., Kohut, J. T, Miles, T. N., Flagg, C. N., McSweeney, J. M., Warren, J. D., Thorne, L. 2025. Passive acoustic monitoring of baleen whales using autonomous gliders in relation to offshore wind energy areas in the New York Bight. Endangered Species Research. 58, 257-273. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01452.

[15] Lewin, S., Kaminski, A., McSweeney, J. M., Waterhouse, A. 2025. Multiscale mixing variability on the inner shelf. J. Phys. Oceanography. 55, 1735–1750, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-25-0012.1.

[14] Indeck, K.L., Baumgartner, M.F., Lecavalier, L., Whoriskey, F., Durette-Morin, D., Pettigrew, N.R., McSweeney, J.M., Thorne, L.H, Gallagher, K.L., Edwards, C.R., Meyer-Gutbrod, E., and Davies, K.T.A. 2025. Glider Surveillance for Near-Real-Time Detection and Spatial Management of North Atlantic Right Whales. Oceanography. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2025e111

[13] McBride, K., MacKinnon, J., Franks, P. J., McSweeney, J. M., Waterhouse, A. F., Palóczy, A., Colosi, J. and MacMahan, J. 2024. A juvenile journey: Using a highly resolved 3D mooring array to investigate the roles of wind and internal tide forcing in across‐shore larval transport. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.12675

[12] McSweeney, J. M., M. R. Fewings, J. A. Lerczak, and J. A. Barth. 2021. The Evolution of a Northward Propagating Buoyant Coastal Plume After a Wind Relaxation Event. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. 126 (12). doi:10.1029/2021JC017720

[11] Spydell, M. S., S. H. Suanda, D.J. Grimes, J. Becherer, J. M. McSweeney, C. Chickadel, M. Moulton, J. Thomson, J. Lerczak, J. Barth, J. MacMahan, J. Colosi, R. Romeiser, A. F. Waterhouse., J. Calantoni, and F. Feddersen. 2021. Internal Bore Evolution Across the Shelf Near Pt. Sal CA interpreted as a Gravity Current. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 51(12), 3629-3650. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-21-0095.1

[10] Haney, S., A. Simpson, J. M. McSweeney, A. F. Waterhouse, M. C. Haller, J. A. Lerczak, L. Lenain, A. Palóczy, K. Adams, and J. A. MacKinnon. 2021. Lifecycle of a Submesoscale Front Birthed from a Nearshore Internal Bore. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 51(11), 3477-3493. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-21-0062.1

[9] Becherer, J., J. Moum, J. Calantoni, J. Colosi, J. Lerczak, J. M. McSweeney, J. MacKinnon, and A. Waterhouse. 2021. Saturation of the internal tide over the inner continental shelf. Part II: Parameterization. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 51(8), 2565-2582. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-21-0047.1

[8] Becherer, J., J. Moum, J. Calantoni, J. Colosi, J. Lerczak, J. M. McSweeney, J. MacKinnon, and A. Waterhouse. 2021. Saturation of the internal tide over the inner continental shelf. Part I: Observations. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 51(8), 2553-2563. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0264.1

[7] Kumar, N. and coauthors. 2021. The Inner Shelf Dynamics Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 102(5), E1033-E1063. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0281.1

my role: led Internal Wave Dynamics section (made figures; wrote/revised text; synthesized input from coauthors)

[6] McSweeney, J. M., J .A. Lerczak, J. A. Barth, J. A. Becherer, J. A. MacKinnon, A. F. Waterhouse, J. A. Colosi, J. H. MacMahan, F. Feddersen, J. Calantoni, A. Simpson, S. Celona, M. C. Haller, and E. Terrill. 2020. Along-shore Variability of Shoaling Internal Bores on the Inner Shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50, 2965–2981, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0090.1

[5] Becherer, J, J. N. Moum, J. A. Colosi, J. A. Lerczak, and J. M. McSweeney. 2020. Turbulence Asymmetries in Bottom Boundary Layer Velocity Pulses associated with Onshore-Propagating Nonlinear Internal Waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50, 2373–2391,doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0178.1.

[4] McSweeney, J.M., J. A. Lerczak, J. A. Barth, J. Becherer, J. A. Colosi, J. A. MacKinnon, J.H. MacMahan, J.N. Moum, S.D. Pierce, and A.F. Waterhouse. 2020. Observations of Shoaling Nonlinear Internal Bores Across the Central California Inner Shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 50, 111–132, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0125.1

[3] McSweeney, J. M., R. J. Chant, J. L. Wilkin, and C. K. Sommerfield. 2017. Suspended-sediment Impacts on Light-Limited Productivity in the Delaware Estuary, Estuaries and Coasts, 40, 977, doi:10.1007/s12237-016-0200-3

[2] McSweeney, J. M., R. J. Chant, and C. K. Sommerfield. 2016. Lateral variability of sediment transport in the Delaware Estuary, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 725–744, doi:10.1002/ 2015JC010974.

[1] McCallum, J. E. B., G. Huston, J. M. McSweeney, and B. Rucker. 2010. Synthesis of Lipophilic N⁹-Benzylguanine Derivatives. Synlett, 19, 2871–2874. doi:10.1055/s-0030-1259037.

In Review

McSweeney, J. M., Fewings, M. R., Gerbi, G. P, Risien, C. M., and Lerczak, J. A. Surface Temperature Variability in the Delaware Estuary System. Estuaries and Coasts. in revision.

Thorne, L., Nye, J., McSweeney, J. M., Warren, J., Price, R., Hirtle, N., Meza-Fidalgo, J., Menz, T., Keiling, T., Gallagher, K., Napoli, C., Hoffman, Z., Stepanuk, J., Blair, H., Cole, T., Kopelman, A., McNamara, M., O’Brien, O., Redfern, J., Carlowicz Lee, R., Tortorice, P., Escalante, M., Ogilvie, A., Yang, H., Ming, L. Widespread ecosystem effects of an extreme fresh pulse event in a temperate marine ecosystem. Scientific Reports. submitted

McSweeney, J. M., R. J. Chant, C. K. Sommerfield , J. L. Wilkin, and A. Tabatabai. Modeling Spatiotemporal Variability of Residual Circulation and Sediment Fluxes in Delaware Estuary. in revision at J. Geophys. Res. Oceans.

Archived Datasets

Waterhouse, A. F., McSweeney, J. M., Barth, J. A., Becherer, J., Braithwaite III, E. F., Calantoni, J., Celona, S., Chickadel, C., Colosi, J. A., Crawford, W., de Paolo, T., Feddersen, F., Gough, M., Graber, H. C., Grimes, D. J., Haller, M. C., Haney, S., Honegger, D., Janssen, T. T., Kovatch, M., Kumar, N., Latham, K., Lenain, L., Lerczak, J. A., Lund, B., MacKinnon, J. A.; MacMahan, J. H., Melville, W. K., Merrifield, S. T., Mieras, R. S., Moulton, M., Moum, J. N., Nyman, L., O’Dea, A., Palóczy, A., Pierce, S. D., Pittman, R., Romeiser, R., Simpson, A., Smit, P. B., Spydell, M. S., Suanda, S. H., Swann, C., Terrill, E. J., Thomson, J., Van Appledorn, C., Vutukur, P. (2020). Observations and Model Simulations from the Inner-Shelf Dynamics Experiment (ISDE). UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0WD3Z3Q