Physical Oceanographer and Ocean Technologist

Interests

• Tidal theory, observation, analysis, modeling and prediction.
• Heating and Cooling, water mass formation, stability and mixing.
• Bottom boundary layer dynamics, sediment suspension and transport.
• Development, evaluation and deployment of new ocean instrumentation with data telemetry, conditional sampling intermittent processes.
• Sensor calibration, response, and behavior in the ocean environment.

Classes Taught

"Oceanographic Instrument Systems - Sensors and Measurments," jointly with Sandy Williams.
 

Current Research Programs include:

• "U.S. GLOBEC: Long-Term Moored and Lagrangian Measurements as Part of a Georges Bank Study" - NSF funded work with Ken Brink, Bob Beardsley and Dick Limeburner on Georges Bank attempting to relate the physical variables to the survival of Cod and Haddock larvae. This is part of a multi-year, multi-investigator, multi-discplinary, international effort as part of climate change resesarch.

 
• "Vertical and Horizontal Structure of the Sediment concentrations and Current Profiles in the Wave and Curent boundary Layers at the STRESS Site" - ONR funded work with Jim Lynch and Rob Wheatcroft studying sediment transport in the bottom boundary layer.

 
• "High Resolution Profiling Time-Series Observations of Sediment Transport at the LEO-15 Site with Updated Processing and Real-Time Interactive Sampling" - NOAA funded with with Jim Lynch on sediment transport in shallow water on the New Jersey shelf as part of a larger prograom coordinated by RUTGERS.

 
• "In Situ Measurements of the Rheology of Cohesive Sediments using Shear Wave Acoustic Techniques" - WHOI funded development with Dave Aubrey and Wayne Spencer to see if the mechanical properties of sediment can be measured in situ by acoustic techniques.

 
• "Acoustic Holographic Imaging of Bottom Structure for Sediment Transport Studies" - WHOI funded investigation with Jim Lynch in to the possibilitiy of using acoustic holographic techniques to obtain 3-d time series of subsurface sediment structure.