A5085907499- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Data Management and Algorithms
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Environmental Monitoring and Data Management
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Data Visualization and Analytics
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Research Data Management Practices
University of Maine
2010-2023
University of New Hampshire
1983-2005
The Princeton Ocean Model is used to study the circulation in South China Sea (SCS) and its seasonal transition. Kuroshio enters (leaves) SCS through southern (northern) portion of Luzon Strait. annually averaged net volume flux Strait ∼2 Sv into with reversals. inflow season from May January maximum intrusion water reaching western during fall compensation summertime surface offshore transport associated coastal upwelling. From February April reverses Pacific. intruded often forms an...
The Gulf of Maine, a semienclosed basin on the continental shelf northwest Atlantic Ocean, is fed by surface and deep water flows from outside gulf: Scotian Shelf Water (SSW) Nova that enters gulf at slope depth along bottom through Northeast Channel. There are two distinct types water, Labrador Slope (LSW) Warm (WSW); it these masses major source dissolved inorganic nutrients to gulf. It has been known for some time volume inflow waters either type Maine variable, covaries with magnitude...
We present an analysis of a 19-year time series mooring data (T, S,) collected since 2003 in Jordan Basin the eastern Gulf Maine and beginning 2016, situ nitrate; we also include hydrographic station by NOAA's ECOMON Program. Analyses support, part, conclusions drawn others that has warmed continues to warm as result long-term shorter term air-sea heat fluxes. show warming is large extent changes advective fluxes via lateral exchanges with water masses neighboring shelf slope regions (Warm...
The Princeton Ocean Model is used to study the circulation in Gulf of Maine and its seasonal transition response wind, surface heat flux, river discharge, M2 tide. model has an orthogonal-curvature linear grid horizontal with variable spacing from 3 km nearshore 7 offshore 19 levels vertical. It initialized forced at open boundary results East Coast Forecast System. first experiment by monthly climatological wind flux Comprehensive Atmosphere Data Set; discharges Saint John, Penobscot,...
Cold surface temperatures, reflecting Scotian Shelf origins and local tidal mixing, serve as a tracer of the Eastern Maine Coastal Current its offshore extensions, which appear episodically cold plumes erupting from eastern shelf. A water plume emanating in May 1994 was investigated using advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) imagery, shipboard surveys physical biochemical properties, satellite‐tracked drifters. Evidence is presented that suggests some waters were entrained within...
Abstract We used a coupled biophysical model to investigate larval transport and connectivity patterns in the Gulf of Maine lobster ( Homarus americanus ) population. Biological ‘particles’ were released at over 21 000 locations every 10 days 4‐month hatching period, followed from through late postlarval stage. In addition circulation dispersion, calculations included spatial egg production, temporal hatching, temperature‐dependent development, vertical distribution mortality. ran for three...
Successful area-based ocean management relies on long-term, persistent biological monitoring using reliable observation assets. Underwater electric gliders fill a unique niche compared to other platforms because they can autonomously survey across diverse environments—from shallow coastal waters remote offshore areas—for weeks months at time. Gliders equipped with passive acoustic (PAM) devices are capable of robust, continuous near-real-time numerous species whales. Here, we highlight five...
Abstract The US offshore wind industry is maturing with several projects in various stages of development. These require site and environmental data before during operation. Conventional techniques such as fixed‐bottom meteorological towers present economical permitting challenges for the US. Floating Light Detection Ranging (LiDAR) buoys offer significant advantages including reduced costs, less permitting, reusability. This paper presents validation first floating LiDAR buoy Northeast...
Observations of wave crest elevation, trough and celerity have been made in the surf zone on a natural beach. A series 22 poles having vertical gradations 7 cm (near shore) 11 (off were placed across from outside break point to swash zone. Movements 10 individual waves all within one pole spacing each other photographed, data height changes speed analyzed. Wave zone, given as ratio M solitary celerity, shows systematic increase speeds near peak ≃ 1.2, thence decrease farther shoreward 0.8,...
The Nantucket Shoals Flux Experiment (NSFE) was a collaborative effort to measure the alongshelf transport of mass, heat, salt and nutrients from March 1979 through April 1980 with dense army consisting moored current, temperature bottom pressure instruments in an across-shelf upper-slope transect south Island. component that experiment is described here. Bottom recorders were deployed at stations N1 (46 m), N2 (66 N4 (105 N5 (196 m) during two half-year periods. spring–summer (SUMMER)...
The expanding deployment of sensor systems that capture location, time, and multiple thematic variables is increasing the need for exploratory spatio-temporal data analysis tools. Geographic information (GIS) time series tools support exploration spatial temporal patterns respectively independently, but both dimensions within a single system are relatively rare. contribution this research framework visualization spatial, temporal, sensor-based data. unit an event, type extracted from...
Traditional means of observing the ocean, like fixed mooring stations and radar systems, are difficult expensive to deploy provide coarse-grained data measurements currents waves. In this paper, we explore use inexpensive wireless drifters as an alternative flexible infrastructure for fine-grained ocean monitoring. Surface designed specifically move passively with flow water on surface they able acquire sensor readings GPS-generated positions at regular intervals. We view fleet a ad-hoc...
The expanding deployment of sensor systems that capture location, time, and multiple thematic variables is increasing the need for exploratory spatio-temporal data analysis tools. Geographic information (GIS) time series tools support exploration spatial temporal patterns respectively independently, but both dimensions within a single system are relatively rare. contribution this research framework visualization spatial, temporal, sensor-based data. unit an event, type extracted from...