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Pratt, L. J. and K. Helfrich, 2005. Generalized Condition for Hydraulic Criticality of Oceanic Overflows. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35(10), 1782-1800.
Timmermans, M.-L., L. J. Pratt, 2005. Two-layer rotating exchange flow between two deep basins: theory and application to the Strait of Gibraltar. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35(9), 1568-1592.
Yuan, G.-C., L. J. Pratt, C. K. R. T. Jones, 2004.
Cross-Jet Lagrangian Transport and Mixing in a 2½-Layer Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography34, 1991-2005.
Siddall, Mark, L. J. Pratt, K. R. Helfrich and L. Giosan, 2004. Testing the physical oceanographic implications of the suggested sudden Black Sea infill 8400 years ago. Paleoceanography, 19, PA1024, doi:10.1029/2003PA000903. Abstract
Pratt, L. J., 2004. Recent Progress in Understanding the Effects of Rotation in Sea Straits, Deep-Sea Research II, 51, 351-370.
Nielsen, M. H., L. J. Pratt, and K. R. Helfrich, 2004. Mixing and entrainment in hydraulically-driven, stratified sill flows. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 515, 415-443.
Yuan, G.-C., M S. Lozier, L J. Pratt, C. K. R. T. Jones, and K.R. Helfrich, 2003. Estimating the Predictability of an Ocean Time Series Using Linear and Nonlinear Methods. Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C08002, doi:10.1029/2003JC002148. Abstract
Pratt, L. J. and M. A. Spall, 2003. A porous medium theory for geostrophic flow through ridges and archipelagos. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, 2702-2118.
Helfrich, K. R. and L. J. Pratt, 2003. Rotating Hydraulics and Upstream Basin Circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33, 1651-1663.
Deng, J., L. J. Pratt, L. Howard, and C. K. R. T. Jones, 2003. On stratified shear flow in straits having arbitrary cross-sections. Studies in Applied Math, 111, 409-434. Abstract
Yuan, G. C., L. J. Pratt, and C. K. R. T. Jones, 2002. Barrier destruction and Lagrangian predictability at depth in a meandering jet. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 35, 41-61.
Miller, P. D., L. J. Pratt, K. R. Helfrich, and C. K. R. T. Jones, 2002. Chaotic transport of mass and potential vorticity for an island recirculation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 80-102.
Deese, Heather E., Larry J. Pratt, and Karl R. Helfrich, 2002. A laboratory model of Exchange and Mixing between Western Boundary Layers and Subbasin Recirculation Gyres. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 1870-1889.
Pratt, Larry J., Heather E. Deese, Stephen P. Murray, and William Johns, 2000. Continuous dynamical modes in straits having arbitrary cross sections, with applications to the Bab al Mandab. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30(10), 2515-2534.
Pratt, L. J., K. R. Helfrich, and E. P. Chassignet, 2000. Hydraulic adjustment to an obstacle in a rotating channel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 404, 117-149.
Pratt, L. J., William Johns, Stephen P. Murray, and Katsurou Katsumata, 1999. Hydraulic interpretation of direct velocity measurements in the Bab al Mandab. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 29(11), 2769-2784.
Rogerson, A. M., P. Miller, L. J. Pratt, and C. K. R. T. Jones, 1999. Lagrangian motion and fluid exchange in a barotropic meandering jet. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 29(10), 2635-2655.
Helfrich, K. R., Allen C. Kuo, and L. J. Pratt, 1999. Non-linear Rossby adjustment in a channel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 390, 187-222.
Pratt, Larry J., and Joseph Pedlosky, 1998. Barotropic circulation around islands with friction. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 28(11), 2148-2162.
Pratt, Lawrence J., 1997. Hydraulically drained flows in rotating basins. Part II: Steady flow. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27(12), 2522-2535.
Pratt, Lawrence J., and Stefan G. Llewellyn Smith, 1997. Hydraulically drained flows in rotating basins. Part I: Method. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27(12), 2509-2521.
Pedlosky, Joseph, Lawrence J. Pratt, Michael A. Spall, and Karl R. Helfrich, 1997. Circulation around islands and ridges. Journal of Marine Research, 55(6), 1199-1251.
Miller, P. D., C. K. R. T. Jones, A. Rogerson, and L. J. Pratt, 1997. Quantifying transport in numerically-generated velocity fields. Physica D, 110, 105-122.
Lozier, M. Susan, Lawrence J. Pratt, Audrey R. Rogerson, and P. D. Miller, 1997. Exchange geometry revealed by float trajectories in the Gulf Stream . Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27(11), 2327-2341.
Pratt, Lawrence J., and Misha Chechelnitsky, 1997. Principles for capturing the upstream effects of deep sills in low resolution ocean models. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 26, 1-25.
Walsh, D., and L. J. Pratt, 1995. The interaction of a pair of point potential vortices in uniform shear. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 22, 135-160.
Pratt, Lawrence J., M. Susan Lozier, and Natalia Beliakova, 1995. Parcel trajectories in quasigeostrophic jets: Neutral modes. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 25(6)II, 1451-1466.
Ralph, Elise A., and Larry J. Pratt, 1994. Predicting eddy detachment for an equivalent barotropic thin jet. Journal of Nonlinear Science, 4, 355-374.
Borenäs, K. M., and L. J. Pratt, 1994. On the use of rotating hydraulic models. Journal of Physical Oceanography,24(1), 108-123.
Bell , George I. , and Larry J. Pratt, 1994. Eddy-jet interaction theorems for piecewise constant potential vorticity flows. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 20, 285-314.
Cushman-Roisin, B., L. J. Pratt, and E. Ralph, 1993. A general theory for equivalent barotropic thin jets. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23(1), 91-103.
Bell , G. I., and L. J. Pratt, 1992. The interaction of an eddy with an unstable jet. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 22(11), 1229-1244.
Pratt, L. J., J. Earles, P. Cornillon, and J.-F. Cayula, 1991. The nonlinear behavior of varicose disturbances in a simple model of the Gulf Stream . Deep-Sea Research, 38, Supplement 1, S591- S622.
Pratt, L. J., and J. Pedlosky, 1991. Linear and nonlinear barotropic instability of geostrophic shear layers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 224, 49-76.
Pratt, L. J., and P. A. Lundberg, 1991. Hydraulics of rotating strait and sill flow. Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 23, 81-106.
Pratt, Lawrence J., 1991. Geostrophic versus critical control in straits. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 21(5), 728-732.
Pratt, Larry J., 1989. Critical control of zonal jets by bottom topography. Journal of Marine Research, 47, 111- 130.
Borenäs, K. M., and L. J. Pratt, 1990. A review of rotating hydraulics. In: The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits, L. J. Pratt, editor, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht; pp. 321-341.
Pratt, Larry, and Larry Armi, 1990. Two-layer rotating hydraulics: strangulation, remote and virtual controls. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 133(4), 587-617.
Pratt, L. J., 1988. Meandering and eddy detachment according to a simple (looking) path equation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 18(11), 1627-1640.
Pratt, Lawrence J., and Laurence Armi, 1987. Hydraulic control of flows with nonuniform potential vorticity. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 17(11), 2016-2029.
Pratt, L. J., 1987. Rotating shocks in a separated laboratory channel flow. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 17(4), 483-491.
Pratt, L. J., and Melvin E. Stern, 1986. Dynamics of potential vorticity fronts and eddy detachment. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 16(6), 1101-1120.
Pratt, L. J., 1986. Hydraulic control of sill flow with bottom friction. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 16(11), 1970-1980.
Stern, Melvin E., and Lawrence J. Pratt, 1985. Dynamics of vorticity fronts. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 161, 513-532.
Pratt, L. J., 1984. On inertial flow over topography. Part 2. Rotating-channel flow near the critical speed. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 145, 95-110.
Pratt, L. J., 1984. On inertial flow over topography. Part 2. Rotating-channel flow near the critical speed. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 145, 95-110.
Pratt, L. J., 1984. A time-dependent aspect of hydraulic control in straits. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 14(8), 1414-1418.
Pratt, L. J., 1983. On inertial flow over topography. Part 1. Semigeostrophic adjustment to an obstacle. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 131, 195-218.
Pratt, L. J., 1983. A note on nonlinear flow over obstacles. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics, 24, 63-68.
