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Steve Elgar

Senior Scientist

Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

Office Phone: +1 508 289 3614

elgar@whoi.edu

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Education

B.S. University of Idaho, 1980, Civil Engineering & Mathematics
M.S. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1981, Oceanography
Ph.D. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1985, Oceanography

Research Interests

Observations and models of nearshore processes, including wave evolution across the continental shelf to the shoreline, the corresponding breaking-wave-driven circulation, and the subsequent changes to surfzone morphology (e.g., beach erosion and accretion). Analysis of nonlinear random processes, especially geophysical time series.

Publications

Affiliations

Research Associate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Awards

Excellence in refereeing, JGR Oceans (10 years ago and 2006) National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship, Office of Secretary of Defense