Nagai, T., A. Tandon, and D. L. Rudnick, Two-dimensional ageostrophic secondary circulation at ocean fronts due to vertical mixing and large-scale deformation, J. Geophys. Res., 111, C09038, doi:10.1029/2005JC002964, (2006).

Nagai, T., A. Tandon, N. Gruber, J. C. McWilliams, Biological and physical impacts of ageostrophic frontal circulations driven by confluent flow and vertical mixing, 2006, (Accepted Dyn. Atmos. Oceans.)

Nagai, T., N. Gruber, F. Hartmut, J. C. McWilliams, G.-K. Plattner, Dominant role of eddies in offshore organic carbon transports in the California Current System, 2006, (In preparation)

Nagai, T., H. Yamazaki, H. Nagashima, L. H. Kantha, Field and numerical study of entrainment laws for surface mixed layer, Deep-Sea Research II, 52, 1109-1132, 2005.

Nagai, T., H. Yamazaki and D. Kamykowski, A Lagrangian photoresponse model coupled with 2nd-order turbulence closure. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 265, 17-30, 2003.

Nagai, T., Surface mixed layer dynamics and phytoplankton photoresponse. Ph.D. thesis, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

Yamazaki, H., Nagai T., How to do random walk right in eddy viscosity models, In Baumert H, Simpson J, Sundermann J, Marine Turbulence: Theories, observations and models (pg. 207-212). Cambridge University Press, 2005.