Melville, W.K. & Matusov, P. Distribution of Breaking Waves at the Ocean Surface, NATURE, V417:58–63, 2 May 2002.

Veron, F. & Melville, W.K. Experiments on the stability and transition of wind driven water surfaces, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, V446:25-65, 2001.

Melville, W.K., Veron, F. & White, C.J. The velocity field under breaking waves: coherent structures and turbulence, JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, in press, 2001.

Fedorov, AV; Melville, WK.Kelvin fronts on the equatorial thermocline. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, JUL, 2000, V30(N7):1692-1705.

Terrill, EJ; Melville, WK.A broadband acoustic technique for measuring bubble size distributions: Laboratory and shallow water measurements. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY, FEB, 2000, V17(N2):220-239.

Veron, F; Melville, WK.Pulse-to-pulse coherent Doppler measurements of waves and turbulence. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY, NOV, 1999, V16(N11 PT1):1580-1597.

Rozenberg, AD; Ritter, MJ; Melville, WK; Gottschall, CC; Smirnov, AV.Free and bound capillary waves as microwave scatterers: Laboratory studies. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, MAR, 1999, V37(N2 PT2):1052-1065.

Rogers, DP; Dorman, CE; Edwards, KA; Brooks, IM; Melville, WK; Burk, SD; Thompson, WT; Holt, T; Strom, LM; Tjernstrom, M; Grisogono, B; Bane, JM; Nuss, WA; Morley, BM; Schanot, AJ.Highlights of Coastal Waves 1996. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, JUL, 1998, V79(N7):1307-1326.

Fedorov, AV; Melville, WK; Rozenberg, A.An experimental and numerical study of parasitic capillary waves. PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, JUN, 1998, V10(N6):1315-1323.

Melville, WK; Shear, R; Veron, F.Laboratory measurements of the generation and evolution of Langmuir circulations. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, JUN 10, 1998, V364:31-58.

Fedorov, A.V. and W.K. Melville. Nonlinear gravity-capillary waves with forcing and dissipation. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 354: 1-42 (1998).

Terrill, E. and W.K. Melville. Sound speed measurements in the surface-wave layer.  THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 102: 2607-2625 (1997).

Rozenberg, A.D., D.C. Quigley and W.K. Melville. Laboratory study of polarized microwave scattering by surface waves at grazing incidence: The influence of long waves. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING,  34: 1331-1342 (1996).

Fedorov, A.V. and W.K. Melville. Hydraulic jumps at boundaries in rotating fluids. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS,  324: 55-82 (1996).

Melville, W.K. The role of surface-wave breaking in air-sea interaction. ANNUAL REVIEW OF FLUID MECHANICS, 28: 279-321 (1996).  Invited contribution.

Fedorov, A.V. and W.K. Melville. Propagation and breaking of nonlinear Kelvin waves. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, 25: 2518-2531 (1995).

Melville, W.K. Oceanographic applications of natural sea surface sound.  Sea Surface Sound ‘94, pp. 3-19  (1995).  Invited lecture.

Rozenberg, A.D., D.C. Quigley and W.K. Melville. Laboratory study of polarized scattering by surface waves at grazing incidence: 1. Wind waves. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 33: 1037-1046 (1995).

Felizardo, F.C. and W.K. Melville. Correlations between ambient noise and the ocean surface wave field. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY,  25: 513-532 (1995).

Lamarre, E. and W.K. Melville. Instrumentation for the measurement of sound speed near the ocean surface. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY, 12: 317-329 (1995).

Arnold, D.V., W.K. Melville, R.H. Stewart, J.A. Kong, W.C. Keller and E. Lamarre. Measurements of electromagnetic bias at Ku and C bands. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, 100: 969-980 (1995).

Lamarre, E. and W.K. Melville. Sound-speed measurements near the ocean surface. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 96: 3605-3616 (1994).

Loewen, M.R. and W.K. Melville. An experimental investigation of the collective oscillations of bubble plumes entrained by breaking waves. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 95(2): 1329-1343 (1994).

Lamarre, E. and W.K. Melville. Void-fraction measurements and sound-speed fields in bubble plumes generated by breaking waves. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 95: 1317-1328 (1993).

Melville, W.K. Energy dissipation by breaking waves. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, 24: 2041-2049 (1994).

Melville, W.K., M.R. Loewen and E. Lamarre. Bubbles, Noise and Breaking Waves: A review of laboratory experiments. In: Natural Physical Sources of Underwater Sound: Sea Surface Sound (2). Kerman, B.R., ed. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 483-501 (1993).

Lamarre, E. and W.K. Melville. Instrumentation for the measurement of void-fraction in breaking waves: laboratory and field results. IEEE JOURNAL OF OCEANIC ENGINEERING, 17: 204-215 (1992).

Tomasson, G.G. and W.K. Melville.  Geostrophic adjustment in a channel: nonlinear and dispersive effects. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 241: 23-57 (1992).

Zhang, J. and W.K. Melville. On the stability of weakly nonlinear short waves on finite-amplitude long gravity waves. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 243: 51-72 (1992).

Melville, W.K. The role of wave breaking in air-sea interaction. In: Proc. IUTAM Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Eds. S.R. Bodner et al., Elsevier Science Publishers BV, Haifa, Israel, 1992, pp. 99-117.

Tomasson, G.G. and W.K. Melville. Flow past a constriction in a channel: A modal description. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS, 232: 21-45 (1991).

Lamarre, E. and W.K. Melville. Air entrainment and dissipation in breaking waves. NATURE, 351: 469-472 (1991).

Loewen, M.R. and W.K. Melville. A model of the sound generated by breaking waves. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 90:2075-2080 (1991).

Jessup, A.T., W.K. Melville and W.C. Keller. Breaking waves producing sea spikes in radar backscatter. Part II: Dependence on wind and wave conditions. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, 96: 20561-20569 (1991).

Jessup, A.T., W.K. Melville and W.C. Keller. Breaking waves producing sea spikes in microwave backscatter Part I: Detection and visual verification. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, 96: 20547-20559 (1991).

Zhou, D., E.-S. Chan and W.K. Melville. Wave-impact pressures on vertical cylinders. APPLIED OCEAN RESEARCH, 13: 220-234 (1991).

Melville, W.K., R.H. Stewart, W.C. Keller, J.A. Kong, D.V. Arnold, A.T. Jessup, M.R. Loewen and A. Slinn. Measurements of electromagnetic bias in radar altimetry. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH.-OCEANS, 96: 4915-4924 (1991).

Loewen, M.R. and W.K. Melville. Microwave backscatter and acoustic radiation from breaking waves. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS,224: 601-623 (1991).

Melville, W.K. Surface waves on fluids. In: Encyclopedia of Physics, 2nd Edition.  Eds. R. G. Lerner and G.L. Trigg, VCH Publishers, pp. 1211-1212 (1991).

Rapp, R.J. and W.K. Melville. Laboratory measurements of deep-water breaking waves. PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES A-MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES,  A331: 735-800 (1990).

Jessup, A.T., W.C. Keller and W.K. Melville. Measurements of sea spikes in microwave backscatter at moderate incidence. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, 95(C6): 9679-9688 (1990).

Tomasson, G.G. and W.K. Melville. Nonlinear and dispersive effects in Kelvin waves. Phys. of Fluids,  A-2: 189-193 (1990).

Zhang, J. and W.K. Melville. Evolution of weakly nonlinear short waves riding on long gravity waves - derivation of the nonlinear Schroedinger equation and its steady solution. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS,  214: 321-346 (1990).

Melville, W.K., D.P. Renouard and X. Zhang. On the generation of nonlinear internal Kelvin waves in a rotating channel. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH.-OCEANS, 95(C10): 18247-18254 (1990).

Helfrich, K.R. and W.K. Melville. Review of dispersive and resonant effects in internal wave propagation. In: The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits. Pratt, L.J., Ed. Kluwer Academic Publ., The Netherlands, pp. 391-420  (1990).