Publications

M. J. Mercier, S. Wang, J. Péméja, P. Ern, A. M. Ardekani. Settling disks in a linearly stratified fluid, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 885, A2 (2020).
J. Magnaudet, M. J. Mercier. Particles, drops and bubbles moving across sharp interfaces and stratified layers, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 52 , 61-91 (2020).
J. Zhang, M. J. Mercier, J. Magnaudet. Core mechanisms of drag enhancement on bodies settling in a stratified fluid, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 875, 622-656 (2019).
Poulain, M. ; Mercier, M. J. ; Brach, L. ; Martignac, M. ; Routaboul, C. ; Perez, E. ; Desjean, M. C. ; ter Halle, A. Small microplastics as a main contributor to plastic mass balance in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre, Environmental Science & Technology, 53(3), 1157-1164 (2019).
M. H. Alford, T. Peacock, and IWISE co-authors (including M. J. Mercier). The formation and fate of internal waves in the South China Sea, Nature, 521, 65-69 (2015).
M. J. Mercier, A. M. Ardekani, M. R. Allshouse, B. Doyle, T. Peacock. Propulsion via natural convection, Physical Review Letters, 112, 204501 (2014).
M. J. Mercier, L. Gostiaux, S. J. Ghaemsaidi, J. Sommeria, H. Didelle, S. Viboud, K. Helfrich, T. Dauxois, and T. Peacock. Large-scale, realistic laboratory modeling of M_2 internal tide generation at the Luzon Strait, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 5704—5709, doi:10.1002/2013GL058064 (2013).
M. J. Mercier, M. Mathur, L. Gostiaux, T. Gerkema, J. M. Magalhães, J. C. B. da Silva, and T. Dauxois. Soliton generation by internal tidal beams impinging on a pycnocline : laboratory experiments, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 704, 37—60 (2012).
M. J. Mercier, R. Vasseur and T. Dauxois. Resurrecting Dead-water Phenomenon, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 18, 193—208 (2011).
M. J. Mercier, D. Martinand, M. Mathur, L. Gostiaux, T. Peacock, and T. Dauxois. New wave generation, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 657, 308—334 (2010).
T. Peacock, M. J. Mercier, H. Didelle, S. Viboud and T. Dauxois. A laboratory study of low-mode internal tide scattering by finite-amplitude topography, Physics of Fluids, 21, 121702 (2009).
M. J. Mercier, N. B. Garnier and T. Dauxois. Reflection and diffraction of internal waves analyzed with the Hilbert transform, Physics of Fluids, 20, 086601 (2008).