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ALBERT J. WILLIAMS 3rd

Born:October 17, 1940
Physicist
Phone:(508) 289?2725
Senior Scientist
Email: awilliams@whoi.edu

Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

EDUCATION

A.B., Swarthmore College, 1962

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1969

EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant,Johns Hopkins University, 1963-1968

Postdoctoral Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, March 1969?1971

Assistant Scientist,Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, March 1971 ? 1975

Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, April 1975 ? August 1987

Senior Scientist,Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, August 1987 to present

Chair, Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, June 1987 to January 1992

Chair, Engineering Council, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, June 1991 to present

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Member, American Geophysical Union

Member, The Oceanography Society

Member, American Meteorological Society

Co-Chief Editor (1994-present), Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Associate Editor and Founder (1991), Journal of Environmental Engineering

Chair, IEEE Current Measurement Technology Committee

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Ocean microstructure, mixing and thermohaline convection; benthic boundary layer flows

and sediment transport; surface shear and the wave boundary layer; acoustic and optical

sensors; microprocessor based instrumentation, in?situ data processing and recording, data

telemetry.

Author or co?author of 70 publications, including papers in the fields of electron spectroscopy,ocean microstructure, oceanographic instrumentation, and benthic boundary layer stress; numerous technical reports.Owner of 1 patent.

February 2000


PUBLICATIONS
Thwaites, F.T., and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1999.BASS Measurements of Currents, Waves, Stress, and
Turbulence in the North Sea Bottom-Boundary Layer, Proc. IEEE 6th Working Conference on
Current Measurement (CMTC),

Dickey, T.D., G.C. Chang, Y.C. Agrawal, A.J. Williams 3rd, and P.S. Hill, 1998.Sediment Resuspension in the Wakes of Hurricanes Edouard and Hortense, Geophys. Res. Let., 25(8), pp. 3533-3536.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, and F.T. Thwaites, 1998.Earth coordinate 3-D currents from a Modular Acoustic velocity Sensor, IEEE Catalog No. 98Ch36259, Oceans 98, pp. 244-247.

Gordon, L., and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1998.`Sleepy Sensor= Synchronization for Autonomous

Deployments, Sea Technology, February, pp. 96-97.

Morrison, A.T. III, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1998.Near Bottom Velocity Profile Measurements Using the Field Prototype of the BASS Rake Bottom Boundary Layer Sensor, in Ocean Wave Energy and Analysis, WAVES 97, Proc. Third Internal. Sym., vol II, Virginia Beach,

Nov. 3-7, 1997, ed. Billie L. Edge and J. Michael Hemsley, pp. 1088-1102.

Thwaites, F.T., and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1997.Use of Tow Tanks to Study Sensitive Current

Meters, Oceans 97, pp. 1089-1093.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, D.B. Peters, A.G. Gordon, and J.H. Trowbridge, 1997.SuperBASS Tripod for

Benthic Turbulence Measurement, Oceans 97, pp. 524-527.

Voulgaris, G., J.H. Trowbridge, W.J. Shaw, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1997.High Resolution

Measurements of Turbulent Fluxes and Dissipation Rates in the Benthic Boundary Layer,

Int=l. Conf. on Coastal Research Through Large Scale Experiments, Coastal Dynamics 97, Plymouth, UK., 23-27 June 10. Proc. Conf. Amer. Soc. of Civil Engin., pp. 177-186.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1997.Historical Overview: Current Measurement Technologies, Sea

Technology, June, pp. 63-69.

Thwaites, F.T., and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1997.New Current Meter Development, Sea Technology,

April, pp. 108-112.

Williams, A.J., F.T. Thwaites, and A.T. Morrison III, 1996.Transducer Supports for Acoustic

Travel-Time Current Meters - Flow Sampling, Wake, and Potential Flow Distortion Considerations, Proc. Microstructure Workshop, Mt. Hood, OR, October.

Shaw, W.J., A.J. Williams 3rd, and J.H. Trowbridge, 1996.Measurement of Turbulent Sound

Speed Fluctuations with an Acoustic Travel-Time Meter, Oceans 96.

PUBLICATIONS(cont'd)

Williams, A.J. 3rd, and N.R. Fraenkel, 1996.Measurement of Multiple Sensors Simultaneously

with Counters.Sea Technology, February, pp. 89-93.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, and A.T. Morrison III, 1996. Shallow Water Messenger-Line Recovery

System, Oceans 96, pp. 646-649.


Thwaites, F.T., and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1996.Development of a Modular Acoustic Velocity
Sensor, Oceans 96, pp. 607-612.
Morrison, A.T. III, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1996.Preliminary Tow Tank and Flume Tests of a
Prototype BASS Rake Wave Bottom Boundary Layer Sensor, Oceans 96, pp. 451-456.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1996.Current Measurement Technology Development Process in the >90's -

A Review, Oceans 96, pp. 105-109.

Terray, E.A., M.A. Donelan, Y.C. Agrawal, W.M. Drennan, K.K. Kahma, P.A. Hwang, and

A.J.Williams 3rd, 1996.Estimates of kinetic energy dissipation under breaking waves,J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, pp. 792-807.

Sun, H., E. Kunze, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1996.Vertical heat?flux measurements from a

neutrally-buoyant float,J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26(6), pp. 984-1001.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1995.Linearity and noise in differential travel time acoustic velocity

measurement,Proc. IEEE Fifth Working Conf. on Current Measurement, IEEE 95CH35734, pp. 216-219.

Thwaites, F.T., A.J. Williams 3rd, E.A. Terray, and J. H. Trowbridge, 1995.A family of acoustic vorticity meters to measure ocean boundary layer shear,Proc. IEEE Fifth Working Conf. on Current Measurement, IEEE 95CH35734, pp. 193-198.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, and N.R. Fraenkel, 1995.Simultaneous measurement of pressure temperature and conductivity with counters,Proc.-Oceans >95, (I), MTS ISBN 0-933957-14-9, pp. 626-630.

Lentz, S.J., B. Butman, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1995.Comparison of BASS and VACM current

measurements during STRESS,J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., 12, pp. 1328-1337.

Gross, T.F., A.J. Williams 3rd, and E.A. Terray, 1994.Bottom boundary layer spectral dissipation

estimates in the presence of wave motions,Cont=l. Shelf Res., (10/11), pp. 1239?1256.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1994.Design of a modular acoustic velocity sensor, Oceans '94, Vol. 1

IEEE 94CH3472, pp. 658-659, Brest, France.

PUBLICATIONS(con’td)

Williams, A.J. 3rd, E.A. Terray, F.T. Thwaites, and J.H. Trowbridge, 1994.Acoustic vorticity meter for benthic boundary layer flow measurements,Oceans '94, Vol. III, IEEE94CH3472-8, pp. 250?253, Brest, France.

Sherwood, C.R., B. Butman, D.A. Cacchione, D.E. Drake, T.F. Gross, R. W. Sternberg, P.L.Wiberg, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1994.Sediment?transport events on the northern California continental shelf during the 1990?1991 STRESS experiment,Cont=l. Shelf Res., 14 (10/11), pp. 1063-1099.


Trivett, D.A. and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1994.Effluent from diffuse hydrothermal venting, Part II:
Measurement of plumes from diffuse hydrothermal vents at the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge,
J. Geophys. Res., 99, pp. 18,417?18,432.
Morrison, A.T., A.J. Williams 3rd, and M. Martini, 1993.Calibration of the BASS acoustic current meter with carrageenan agar, Oceans '93, pp. 143?148, Victoria, B.C., Canada, Oct. 19?22.

Williams, A.J., 3rd, 1993.A free?drifting measurement of mid?water mixing by an acoustic current meter array in NATRE, Oceans '93, pp. 131?136, Victoria, B.C., Canada, Oct. 19?22.

Agrawal, Y.C., E.A. Terray, M.A. Donelan, P.A. Hwang, A.J. Williams 3rd, W.M. Drennan, K.K. Kahma, and S.A. Kitaigorodskii, 1992.Enhanced dissipation of kinetic energy beneath surface waves,Letters to Nature, 359, pp. 219?220.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1992.Ocean technology: Beneficiary of and benefactor to energy and data

storage, communications, and material developments in sister fields, IEEE Proc. of Mastering the Oceans Through Technology, Newport, RI, Oct. 26?29.

Koehler, R.L. and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1992.Data direct from the ocean bottom to the laboratory, IEEE Proc. of Mastering the Oceans Through Technology, Newport, RI, Oct. 26?29.

Gross, T., and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1991.Characterizations of deep sea storm, Marine Geology,

99(3?4), pp. 281?301.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, and T. Gross, 1991.In situ processing of boundary layer flow measurements for data compression, IEEE Oceans '91 Conf. Proc., 2, pp. 973?976.

Trivett, D.A., E.A. Terray, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1991.Error analysis of an acoustic current meter,IEEE J. Oceanic Engr., 16(4), pp. 329?337.

Coates, R. and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1991.The BASS Acoustic Telemetry System, UDT91.

Trivett, D.A., A.J. Williams 3rd, and E.A. Terray, 1990. Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor:A

General?Purpose Flow Meter. Proc. IEEE 4th Working Conf. on Current Measurement, 90CH28613, pp. 80?89 April 3-5.

PUBLICATIONS (cont'd)

Santala, M.J. and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1990.Estimates of directional spectra from the surface acoustic shear sensor (SASS), Oceans '90 Conf. Proc., pp. 41?45.

Kunze, E., A.J. Williams 3rd and M.G. Briscoe, 1990.Corrections to:Observations of shear and vertical stability from a neutrally?buoyant float; Interpreting shear and strain fine structure from a neutrally?buoyant float,J. Geophys. Res., 95(C10).

Kunze, E., A.J. Williams 3rd and M.G. Briscoe, 1990.Observations of shear and vertical stability from a neutrally?buoyant float,J. Geophys. Res., 95(C10), pp. 18,127?18,142.

Kunze, E., M.G. Briscoe and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1990.Interpreting shear and strain fine structure from a neutrally?buoyant float, J. Geophys. Res., 95(C10), pp. 18,111?18,125.

Gross, T.F., A.J. Williams 3rd, and A.R.M. Nowell, 1988.A deep?sea sediment transport storm, Nature, 331(6156), pp. 518?521.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, J.S. Tochko, R.L. Koehler, W.D. Grant, T.E. Gross, and C.V.R. Dunn, 1987.Measurement of turbulence in the oceanic bottom boundary layer with an acoustic current meter array, J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech., 4(2), pp. 312?327.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, C.H. Converse, and J.W. Nicholson, 1987.Richardson number float, Amer.Soc. Mech. Engineers, Ocean Engineering Div. of Ann. Symp. On Current Practices and New Technology in Ocean Engineering, February 15?20, Dallas, TX, pp. 25?29.

Kunze, E., A.J. Williams 3rd, and R.W. Schmitt, 1987.Optical microstructure in the thermohaline staircase east of Barbados, Deep?Sea Res., 34(10), pp. 1697?1704.

Gross, T.F., A.J. Williams 3rd, and W.D. Grant, 1986.Long?term in situ calculations of kinetic

energy and Reynolds stress in a deep sea boundary layer, J. Geophys. Res., 91(C7), July 15, pp. 8461?8646.

Converse, C.H., A.J. Williams 3rd, P.D. Fucile, and R.W. Schmitt, 1986.A free ocean vehicle to measure optical microstructure, in: Current Practices and New Technology in Ocean Engineering. T. McGuinness and H.H. Shih(Eds.), Ninth Ann. Energy Sources Tech. Conf. and Exhibition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New Orleans, February 23?27, pp. 341?345.

Williams, A.J, 3rd, 1985.BASS, an acoustic current meter array for benthic flow field

measurements, Marine Geology, 66, pp. 345?355.

Grant, W.D., A.J. Williams 3rd, and T.F. Gross, 1985.A description of the bottom boundary layer at the HEBBLE site:Low frequency forcing, bottom stress and temperature structure, Marine Geology,66, pp. 219?241.

PUBLICATIONS (cont'd)

Grant, W.D., A.J. Williams 3rd, and S.M. Glenn, 1984.Bottom stress estimates and their prediction on the Northern California Continental Shelf during CODE?1:The importance of wave?current interaction,J. Phys. Oceanogr.14(3), pp. 506?527.

Agrawal, Y.C., W.E. Terry, Jr., and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1982.Backscatter laser velocimeter for energetic bottom boundary layers:Theoptical signal, IEEE J. Oceanic Engr., OE?7, pp. 150?154.

Gargett, A.E., P.J. Hendricks, T.B. Sanford, T.R. Osborn, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1981.A composite spectrum of vertical shear in the upper ocean, J. of Phys. Oceanogr., 11, pp. 258?1271.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1981.The role of double diffusion in a Gulf Stream frontal intrusion, J. Geophys.

Res., 86(C3), pp. 1917?1928.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1980.Refractive microstructure from diffusive and turbulent ocean mixing,

Optical Engineering, 19, pp. 116?121.

Terry, Jr. W.E., W.D. Grant, A.J. Williams 3rd, amd L.P. Sanford, 1980.A Laser Velocimeter for use in Coastal Boundary Layer Studies, IEEE, OCEANS '80.

Staresinic, N., G.T. Rowe, D. Shaughnessey, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1978.Measurement of the vertical flux of particulate organic matter with a free?drifting sediment trap, Limnol. Oceanogr.23(3), pp. 559?563.

Terry, W.E., and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1977.Ocean applications of laser Doppler velocimetry,

Polymode News, 28.

Williams, A.J. 3rd and J.S. Tochko, 1977.An acoustic sensor of velocity for benthic boundary layer studies, in:Bottom Turbulence, ed. Nihoul, pp. 83?97, Elsevier.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, and K.D. Fairhurst, 1977.Two oceanographic releases, Ocean Engng., 4,

pp.205?210.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1975.Images of ocean microstructure, Deep?Sea Res.,22, pp. 811?829.

Molcard, R, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1975.Deep stepped structure in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Mem. Soc. 

Royale des Sciences de Liege, VII, pp. 191?210.Also, Woods Hole Oceanogr. Inst. Tech. Report 75?34.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1974.Latching hook for instrument retrieval, Technical Note,Ocean Engng., 

2, p. 275.

PUBLICATIONS (cont’d)

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1974.Free?sinking temperature and salinity profiler for ocean microstructure

studies, IEEE Intern=l Conf. on Engineering in the Ocean Environ. Record2, pp. 279?283.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1974.Salt fingers in the ocean:A short history, Naval Res. Rev., 27(10),

pp. 27?33.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1974.Salt fingers observed in the Mediterranean outflow, Science, 185,

pp. 941?943.

Burt, K.H., D.C. Webb, D.L. Dorson, A.J. Williams 3rd, 1974.Telemetry receiver and acoustic

command system,IEEE Intern’l. Conf. Engineering in the Ocean Environ. Record, 1, pp. 53?56.

Williams, Albert J. 3rd and J.P. Doering, 1969.An experimental survey of the low energy

electron scattering spectrum of nitrogen, Planetary and Space Science, 17, pp. 1527?1537.

Williams, A.J. 3rd and J.P. Doering, 1969.Low?energy electron?impact study of the 12?14?eV transitions in nitrogen, J.Chem. Physics, 51, pp. 2859?2865.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1969.High?resolution low?energy electron scattering from molecular nitrogen,

Ph.D. Thesis, The Johns Hopkins University.

Doering, John P. and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1967.Low energy, large?angle electron?impact spectra:Helium, nitrogen, ethylene, and benzene.J. Chem..Physics, 47, pp. 4180?4185.

Anderson, J., W.E. Danforth, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1963.Work function and thermal desorption in the system thorium?on?rhenium, J. Appl=d. Physics, 34, pp. 2260?2265.

PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED

D'Sa, E.J., S.E. Lohrenz, J.H. Churchill, A.J. Williams, and V.L. Asper, 1996.Observations of the Vertical Photosynthetic Pigment Structure of the Oceanic Bottom Boundary Layer Near Cape Hatteras, in review, JGR.

ABSTRACTS AND REPORTS

Fredericks, J.J., J.H. Trowbridge, W.R. Geyer, A.J. Williams 3rd, M. Bowen, J. Woodruff, 1998.Stress, Salt Flux, and Dynamics of a Partially Mixed Estuary, Woods Hole Technical Report,WHOI-98-17, August 1998.

Williams, A.J., 3rd, and J.A. White, 1998.Coastal Mixing and Optics Report III, Santa Fe, NM, February 15, 1997.

ABSTRACTS AND REPORTS (cont’d)

Williams, A.J., 3rd, 1997.Coastal Mixing and Optics Report II, San Diego, February 16, 1996.

Williams, A.J., 3rd, 1995.Coastal Mixing and Optics Report I, Woods Hole, MA, Sept. 29, 1995.

Sun, H., E. Kunze, and A.J. Williams 3rd,1994.Heat?Flux Measurements from a Neutrally?Buoyant Float, EoS Trans. AGU, 75(3), p. 120, Ocean Sciences Meeting.

Terray, E.A., A.J. Williams 3rd, W.M. Drennan, and M.A. Donelan. 1993.Observations ofShear and Reynolds Stress in an Aquatic Surface Layer.Air?Sea Interface Symp., Marseilles, France, June.

Gross, T.F., and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1993.Bottom boundary layer stress measurements with BASS

tripods:Data report STRESS 1988?1989.Supported by ONR contract N00014?89?J?1058; WHOI Tech. Rep., 93?46.

Gross, T.F., J. Amft, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1993.Data report: STRESS measurements in the

bottom boundary layer with BASS tripods:STRESS II 1990?1991.WHOI Tech. Rep., 93?48.

Fredericks,J.J., J.H. Trowbridge, A.J. Williams, 3rd, S.J. Lentz, B. Butman, and T.F. Gross, 1993.Fluid mechanical measurements within the bottom boundary layer over the northern California Continental Shelf during STRESS.WHOI Tech. Rep., 93?32, 113 p.

Agrawal, Y.C. E.A. Terray, M.A. Donelan, P.A. Hwang, A.J. Williams 3rd, W.M. Drennan, K.K. Kahma, and S.A.Kitaigorodskii, 1992.New Evidence for High Kinetic Enhanced Dissipation Beneath SurfaceWaves.NWRI Report 92?04, 15 pp.

Trivett, D.A. and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1992.Temperature and Sound?Speed Measurements from

Diffuse Hydrothermal Vent Plumes at the Southern Juan de Fuca Ridge.J. Acoust. Soc.Am., 92, 4(2), October( abstract).

Sun, H., E. Kunze and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1992.Turbulent Dissipation in the Inertial Wave

Critical?Layer of a Warm?Core Ring.AGU Fall Mtg., October (abstract).

Duda, T. and A.J. Williams, 3rd, 1992.Midwater Microstructure Monitoring Over Long Time

Periods.AGU Fall Mtg., October (abstract).

Williams, A.J.3rd, T.F. Gross, D.A. Cacchione, 1991.Cross Shelf Structure of Wave and Current Events in the Bottom Boundary Layer of STRESS.AGU (abstract).

Trivett , D.A. and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1990. MAVS:A Turn?Key Velocity and Heat Flux Sensor.Poster at AGU Ocean Sci. Mtg., New Orleans, LA., Feb. 12?16 (abstract).

ABSTRACTS AND REPORTS (cont’d)

Cann, J.R., D.A.Trivett, and A.J.Williams 3rd, 1990.A Practical Model of Diffuse Hydrothermal Flow.AGU Ocean Sci. Mtg., New Orleans, LA., Feb. 12?16, (abstract).

Trivett, D.A. and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1990. Velocity and Temperature Profiles of Diffuse

Hydrothermal Flow at the Southern Juan De Fuca Ridge, Amer. Geophys. Union(abstract).

Montgomery, E.T. C.V.R. Dunn, and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1990. Report on Sediment Transport

Events on Shelf and Slope (STRESS) Field Season 1:Winter 1988?1989, W.H.O.I.

Technical Report 89?56.


Williams, A.J. 3rd, E. Kunze, and R. Schmitt, 1986. Optical Microstructure During C?Salt, EOS,
67(44), 1046?1047.
Grant, W.D. Grant, A.J. Williams 3rd, D.A. Cacchione and D.A. Drake, 1983.High Frequency
Bottom Stress Variability and its Prediction in the CODE Region.WHOI Tech. Rept. 83?19.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, 1981.Reynolds Stress Measurements in the Deep?Sea Inner Boundary Layer, Trans. Am. Geophys. Union, 65(45).

Grant, W.D., A.J. Williams 3rd, D.A. Cacchione, and D.A. Drake, 1981.Bottom Boundary Layer Measurements and Stress Estimates in CODE I, Trans. Am. Geophys., 62(45), 911.

Molcard, R.and A.J. Williams 3rd, 1975.Deep stepped structure in the Tyrrhenian Sea, W.H.O.I. Technical Report 75?34.

PATENTS

Patent No. 4,782,697Acoustic Current Meter

November 8, 1988A.J. Williams 3rd

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Coastal Mixing and Optics - Turbulence and mixing at the MudPatch on the New England

shelf, Co-Chief Scientist with Ron Zaneveld, bottom turbulence component with John Trowbridge.

Great Lakes CoOP - Benthic boundary layers and transport of particles in Lake Superior, with

Jim Churchill.

GO-MAVS - A commercial continuation of the NSF 3-d Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor development.

PROFESSIONAL TALKS

1998 -Earth Coordinate 3-D Currents from a Modular Accoustic Velocity Sensor, Oceans 98, Nice, France, September 19.

Earth Coordinate Transformations in a Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor, COFDL, Aug 28.

1998 -AOP&E at WHOI: Research Programs, Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute, Ansan, Korea, March 25.

Boundary Layer Flow Measurements with Acoustic Current Meters, Korean Ocean Research and Development Institute, Ansan, Korea, March 25.

PROFESSIONAL TALKS (cont'd)

Boundary Layer Flow Measurement with Acoustic Current Meters, Invited talk URI-GSO,

January 28.

1997 - MAVS I & II: Commercial Prototype and Surface Mount Prototype of BASS, COFDL,

December 5.

SuperBASS Tripod for Benthic Turbulence Measurement, Oceans ?97, Halifax, Nova Scotia,

October 8.

Two Themes: Turbulence and Velocity Measurement, Summer Student Lecture Series,

WHOI, July 8.

Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor I: Commercial Prototype, COFDL, May 2.

Index of Refraction Blooper in Salt-Finger Visibility Estimation, Oceans Alive, April 20.

Broad Overview of the Woods Hole Oceanographic and Its Scientific Contributions,

Wilkes, PA, February 23.

SuperBASS Measurements in CMO, Santa Fe CMO Workshop, Feb. 15.

1996 -Coastal Mixing and Optics, Springfield Power Squadron, November 12.

The History of BASS, COFDL, November 1.

Transducer Supports for Acoustic Travel-Time Current Meters - Flow Sampling, Wake, and Potential Flow Distortion Considerations.Microstructure Sensor Working Conference, October 24, Mt. Hood, Oregon,

CMO- Coastal Mixing and Optics, Knight Fellow, WHOI, October 4.

Messenger-Line Recovery System, Oceans 96, Sept. 25.

Current Measurement Technology Development Progress in the 90's-A Review.Oceans 96,

Sept. 24.

Timing, ADV Logging, and Messenger Floats for SuperBASS, COFDL talk, July 19.

1995 - Thwaites, F.T., A.J. Williams, 3rd, E.A. Terray, and J. H. Trowbridge, A family of acoustic

vorticity meters to measure ocean boundary layer shear,Proc. IEEE Fifth Working Conf. on

Current Measurement, IEEE 95CH35734, pp. 193-198.

Williams, A.J., 3rd, and N.R. Fraenkel, Simultaneous measurment of pressure temperature and conductivity with counters,Proc.-Oceans >95, (I), MTS ISBN 0-933957-14-9,

pp. 626-630.

Linearity and Noise in Differential Travel time Acoustic Velocity Measurement, IEEE 5th Current Measurement Technology Conference,February 7-9, St. Petersburg, FL, pp. 216-219 (paper).

Werner, S., R. Weller, S. Anderson, J. Churchill, J. Trowbridge, AGU Oceans Sciences

Meeting.

1994 - H. Sun, H., E. Kunze, A.J. Williams 3rd, Heat?Flux Measurements from a Neutrally?Buoyant

Float, EoS Trans. AGU,75(3), p. 120, Ocean Sciences Mtg..

Design of a Modular Acoustic Velocity Sensor, Oceans '94, Brest, France, September.

1993 -Acoustic Vorticity Meter for Benthic Boundary Layer Flow Measurements Oceans '94, Brest,France, September.

Benthic Flow Forcing on the Shelf by Surface and Internal Waves, Arctic Symposium, Woods Hole, MA,June.

Terray, E.J., A.J. Williams 3rd, W.M. Drennan, and M.A. Donelan, Observations of Shear and

Reynolds Stress in an Aquatic Surface Layer, Air?Sea Interaction, Marseilles, France, June.

Morrison, A.T., A.J. Williams, 3rd, and M. Martini Calibration of the BASS Acoustic Current

Meter with Carrageenan Agar, Oceans '93, October.

Williams, A.J. 3rd, and M. Martini, Benthic Acoustic Stress Sensor (BASS): Electronics 

Check?out Procedures, USGS Open File Report, OF?93?722.

A Free?Drifting Measurement of Mid?Water Mixing by an Acoustic Current Meter Array in NATRE, Oceans '93, October.

PROFESSIONAL TALKS (contd)

1992 - Ocean Technology: Beneficiary of and Benefactor to Energy and Data Storage, Communications, and Material Developments in Sister Fields.Oceans '92, October.

Sun, H., E. Kunze, A.J. Williams, 3rd, Turbulent Dissipation in the Inertial Wave Critical

Layer of a Warm Core Ring,EoS Trans. AGU, 73 supl., p. 321.


1992 - Duda, T., A.J. Williams 3rd, Midwater Microstructure Monitoring over Long Time Periods,
EoS Trans. AGU, 73 supl., p. 320.
Technological Avenues to Ocean Research in 2020, Trustees Meeting, Newport, RI, Oct. 20