In review
- 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
2021
- 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
2020
- 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
2019
- 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
2018
- 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
2017
- 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
2016
- 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
2015
- 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
2010
- 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