- Mixing and transport in
oceans, lakes, and estuaries.
- Fluxes of momentum,
energy, heat, moisture, and gases at and near the atmosphere-ocean interface.
- Observations and
modeling of upper ocean processes.
- Environmental systems
and climate change.
- Physical controls on
biogeochemical cycling.
- Development and
application of new ocean acoustic remote sensing techniques.
- Ocean wave propagation
in the nearshore environment.
Recent Research Projects and
Publications
Current
Projects
- Mixing Dynamics in Crater Lake,
Oregon
- Modeling Ocean Waves in
the Vicinity of Humboldt Bay
- Development of a Bar
Forecast Model for the Entrance to Humboldt Bay
- Acoustic Scattering from
Sand Dollars
Recent
Projects
- Modeling Ocean Boundary
Layer Turbulence to Inertially Resonant Wind Forcing
- Tidally-Generated Mixing
in Barrow Strait, Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Characterization of the Klamath
River Plume Under Low Wind, Low Discharge Conditions [2002 OCN 495 Senior
Field Cruise Project]
- Humboldt Bay Effluent Plume and
Re-entry [2001 OCN 495 Senior Field Cruise
Project]
- Acoustic Scattering from Sand
Dollars [1999 OCN 495 Senior Field Cruise
Project]
- S.S.U.D.S.: Slope-to-Surf Upwelling
Dynamics Study [1998 OCN 495 Senior Field Cruise
Project]
Publications
link to publication
list (updated
2004)