JOHN H. TROWBRIDGE

Senior Scientist
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering
B.S., University of Washington, 1977 (Civil Engineering);
S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979 (Civil Engineering);
Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1983 (Oceanographic Engineering).

Research Interests

My research interests are mechanics of geophysical boundary layers, mechanics of sediment transport, and shelf and nearshore processes.
 

Research Projects Underway

Miscellaneous Past Research Projects

Ten Selected Publications:

Lentz, S. J. and Trowbridge, J. H. 1991. The bottom boundary layer over the northern California shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 21, 1186-1201.

Trowbridge, J. H. and Lentz, S. J. 1991. Asymmetric behavior of an oceanic boundary layer over a sloping bottom. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 21, 1171-1185.

Trowbridge, J. H. , 1992. A simple description of the deepening and structure of a stably stratified flow driven by a surface stress. J. Geophys. Res. 97, 15529-15543.

Trowbridge, J. H. and Kineke, G. C. 1994. Structure and dynamics of fluid muds on the Amazon continental shelf. J. Geophys. Res. 99, 865-875.

Trowbridge, J. H. , Butman, B. and Limeburner, R. 1994. Characteristics of the suspended sediment field over the northern California continental shelf based on measurements of optical attenuation during STRESS and SMILE. Cont. Shelf Res. 14, 1257-1270.

Trowbridge, J. H. 1995. A mechanism for the formation and maintenance of shore-oblique sand ridges on storm-dominated shelves. J. Geophys. Res. 100, 16071-16086.

Trowbridge, J. H. , Chapman, D. C. and Candela, J. 1997. Topographic effects, straits and the bottom boundary layer. The Sea, K. H. Brink and A. R. Robinson (eds.), 10, 63-88.

Trowbridge, J. H. 1998. On a technique for measurement of turbulent shear stress in the presence of surface waves. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 15, 290-298.

Voulgaris, G. and Trowbridge, J. H. 1998. Evaluation of the acoustic- Doppler velocimeter (ADV) for turbulence measurements. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 15, 272-289.

Trowbridge, J. H. and Lentz, S. J. 1998. Dynamics of the bottom boundary layer on the northern California shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr. (in press).
 
 



Current support:

Measurement of turbulent fluxes and dissipation rates in the coastal bottom boundary layer. J. H. Trowbridge and A. J. Williams. (ONR)

Analysis of nearshore turbulence measurements: stress and dissipation estimates, momentum balance, and turbulent energy balance. J. H. Trowbridge. (NSF)

Field evaluation of a laser dissipation sensor. J. H. Trowbridge and Y. C. Agrawal. (NSF)

Development of a nearshore observatory for meteorological and oceanographic studies. J. Edson, C. Butman, W. McGillis, J. Trowbridge and C. von Alt. (NSF)

An observational study of the roles of vertical turbulent mixing and coastal upwelling in transporting suspended sediments to optically relevant heights in optically deep water. J. H. Trowbridge and Y. C. Agrawal (ONR)
 
 






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