Coastal & Ocean Fluid Dynamics Lab Staff Descriptions
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Duda,
Edson,
Elgar,
Geyer,
Irish,
McGillicuddy,
Raubenheimer,
Terray,
Trowbridge,
Williams
SANDY
WILLIAMS is the COFDL lab head. A physicist, by degree, Sandy has an interest
in:
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Boundary layer measurements and modeling
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Ocean mixing processes
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Turbulent bottom boundary layer
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Sediment-fluid interaction
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Ocean microstructure
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Oceanographic, electronic and optical instrumentation
He has overseen the development of many Benthic Acoustic Stress Sensor (BASS)
and vorticity meters,
which are capable of measuring velocities at scales small enough to observe turbulent
boundary flow fluctuations.
JIM
LEDWELL is the COFDL alternate lab head. His current interests include:
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the study of mixing and stirring in the ocean using tracers.
ROCKY
GEYER is an estuarine physical oceanographer whose current research involves:
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Mixing in stratified flows
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Tide-induced residual circulation
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Wind-driven circulation in enclosed basins.
JOHN
TROWBRIDGE, an ocean engineer by degree, is a hydrodynamicist whose
interests include mechanics of:
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Geophysical boundary layers
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Sediment transport
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Shelf and nearshore processes
JIM
IRISH is a physical oceanographer and ocean technologist with interests in:
- 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,
and conditional sampling intermittent processes
- Sensor calibration, response, and behavior in the ocean environment
- classes taught,
current research projects
GENE
TERRAY is a physicist who specializes in signal processing and is interested
in:
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Upper ocean dynamics
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Turbulence
- Surface wave dynamical systems
TIM
DUDA is an oceanographer with interests in:
- Ocean turbulence
- Ocean internal waves
- Acoustical remote sensing
DENNIS J.
McGILLICUDDY is an oceanographer specializing in physical-biological interactions;
his research interests include:
- the influence of physical circulation dynamics on planktonic ecosystems
- mesoscale ocean dynamics
- primary production
- coastal circulation
- zooplankton population dynamics
- numerical modeling and data assimilation
JIM
EDSON is an adjunct scientist from the University of Connecticut and a marine
meteorologist
interested in atmospheric turbulence and air-sea interaction. His research in
these fields focuses on processes
that affect the transfer of heat, momentum and mass in the marine surface layers.
BRITT
RAUBENHEIMER is an oceanographer specializing in surf and swash zone
processes.
Her research interests include:
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wave runup
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swashzone circulation
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interaction of swashzone waves with beach watertable
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sediment transport
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morphological evolution
STEVE
ELGAR is an oceanographer specializing in nearshore processes including:
- the propagation of surface gravity waves across the shoaling region and surf
zone
- the corresponding breaking-wave driven circulation
- subsequent sediment transport and morphological evolution
During the 1990s, Steve and colleagues investigated nearshore processes near
Duck, NC.
Recently, Steve and his colleagues have been studying the effects of abrupt
submarine canyon
bathymetry and large, crater-like holes in the beach on nearshore waves, currents,
and morphology.
Current interests also include studies of pathogens in beach sands and kokanee
spawning gravels at
Lake Pend Oreille. Additional information can be found on Steve's WWW
site.
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