Publications

Ludka, B.C., Young, A.P., Guza, R.T., O’Reilly, W.C., Merrifield, M.A. Nourishing an erosion hotspot. In review with Coastal Engineering

Merrifield, M.A., Johnson, M., Guza, R.T., Fiedler, J.W., Young, A.P., Henderson, C.S., Lange, A.M.Z., O’Reilly, W.C., Ludka, B.C., Okihiro, M., Gallien, T.W., Pappas, K., Engeman, L., Behrens, J., & Terrill, E. An early warning system for wave-driven coastal flooding at Imperial Beach, CA. In press with Natural Hazards

de Schipper, M.A., Ludka, B.C., Schlacher, T.A., Raubenheimer, B., Luijendijk, A.P. (2020) Beach nourishment has complex implications for the future of sandy shores. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. doi:10.1038/s43017-020-00109-9
Fiedler, J.W., Young, A.P., Ludka, B.C., O’Reilly, W.C., Henderson, C., Merrifeld, M.A., Guza, R.T. (2020) Predicting site-specific storm wave run-up. Natural Hazards, doi: 10.1007/s11069-020-04178-3
Montaño, J., Coco, G., Antolinez, J., Beuzen, T., Bryan, K., Cagigal, L., Castelle, B., Davidson, M., Goldstein, E., Ibaceta, R., Idier, D., Ludka, B. C., et al. (2020) Blind testing of shoreline evolution models. Scientific Reports, 10, 2137 doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59018-y
Kalligeris, N., Smit, P., Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., & Gallien, T. W. (2020). Calibration and assessment of process-based numerical models for beach profile evolution in southern California. Coastal Engineering, 103650. doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103650

Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., Merrifield, M. A., Flick, R. E., Bak, A. S., et al. (2019). Sixteen years of bathymetry and waves at San Diego beaches. Scientific Data, 6(161). doi: 10.1038/s41597-019-0167-6

Young, A. P., Flick, R. E., Gallien, T. W., Giddings, S. N., Guza, R. T., Harvey, M., Lenain, L., Ludka, B.C., Melville, K.W., O’Reilly, W. C. (2018). Southern California coastal response to the 2015–2016 El Niño. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(11), 3069-3083. doi: 10.1029/2018JF004771
Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., & O’Reilly, W. C. (2018). Nourishment evolution and impacts at four southern California beaches: A sand volume analysis. Coastal Engineering, 136, 96-105. doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2018.02.003

Barnard, P. L., Hoover, D., Hubbard, D. M., Snyder, A., Ludka, B. C., Allan, J., … Serafin, K. A. (2017). Extreme oceanographic forcing and coastal response due to the 2015-2016 El Nino. Nature Communications, 8(14365). doi: 10.1038/ncomms14365

Ludka, B. C., Gallien, T. W., Crosby, S. C., & Guza, R. T. (2016). Mid-El Nino erosion at nourished and unnourished Southern California beaches. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(9), 4510-4516. doi: 10.1002/2016gl068612

Ludka, B. C., Guza, R. T., O’Reilly, W. C., & Yates, M. L. (2015). Field evidence of beach profile evolution toward equilibrium. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(11), 7574-7597. doi: 10.1002/2015jc010893

Cessi, P., Wolfe, C. L., & Ludka, B. C. (2010). Eastern-boundary contribution to the residual and meridional overturning circulations. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 40(9), 2075-2090. doi: 10.1175/2010jpo4426.1
Hunter, D. A., Elmegreen, B. G., & Ludka, B. C. (2010). Galex Ultraviolet Imaging of Dwarf Galaxies and Star Formation Rates. Astronomical Journal, 139(2), 447-475. doi: 10.1088/0004-6256/139/2/447