Search Results - "Hetland, Robert D"

Mixing and Transport in Coastal River Plumes by Horner-Devine, Alexander R, Hetland, Robert D, MacDonald, Daniel G

“…River plumes are generated by the flow of buoyant river water into the coastal ocean, where they significantly influence water properties and circulation. They…”
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Observed Increase in Tropical Cyclone‐Induced Sea Surface Cooling Near the U.S. Southeast Coast by John, Effy B., Balaguru, Karthik, Leung, L. Ruby, Hagos, Samson M., Hetland, Robert D.

“…Tropical cyclones (TCs) induce substantial upper‐ocean mixing and upwelling, leading to sea surface cooling. In this study, we explore changes in TC‐induced…”
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Isopycnal Submesoscale Stirring Crucially Sustaining Subsurface Chlorophyll Maximum in Ocean Cyclonic Eddies by Cao, Haijin, Freilich, Mara, Song, Xiangzhou, Jing, Zhiyou, Fox‐Kemper, Baylor, Qiu, Bo, Hetland, Robert D., Chai, Fei, Ruiz, Simón, Chen, Dake

“…Mesoscale and submesoscale processes have crucial impacts on ocean biogeochemistry, importantly enhancing the primary production in nutrient‐deficient ocean…”
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Rapid vertical exchange at fronts in the Northern Gulf of Mexico by Qu, Lixin, Thomas, Leif N., Wienkers, Aaron F., Hetland, Robert D., Kobashi, Daijiro, Taylor, John R., Hsu, Fucent Hsuan Wei, MacKinnon, Jennifer A., Shearman, R. Kipp, Nash, Jonathan D.

“…Over the Texas-Louisiana Shelf in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, the eutrophic, fresh Mississippi/Atchafalaya river plume isolates saltier waters below,…”
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On Mechanisms Controlling the Seasonal Hypoxia Hot Spots off the Changjiang River Estuary by Zhang, Wenxia, Wu, Hui, Hetland, Robert D., Zhu, Zhuoyi

“…Large areas of seasonal hypoxia have been detected off the Changjiang River Estuary over the last decade. Although seasonal bottom hypoxia was transient due to…”
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Current–wave interaction in the Mississippi–Atchafalaya river plume on the Texas–Louisiana shelf by Rong, Zengrui, Hetland, Robert D., Zhang, Wenxia, Zhang, Xiaoqian

“…•Including the waves’ effects significantly modifies the Mississippi–Atchafalaya plume structure and the stratification.•Including the waves’ effects identify…”
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Insights on Simulating Summer Warming of the Great Lakes: Understanding the Behavior of a Newly Developed Coupled Lake‐Atmosphere Modeling System by Kayastha, Miraj B., Huang, Chenfu, Wang, Jiali, Pringle, William J., Chakraborty, TC, Yang, Zhao, Hetland, Robert D., Qian, Yun, Xue, Pengfei

“…The Laurentian Great Lakes are the world's largest freshwater system and regulate the climate of the Great Lakes region, which has been increasingly…”
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The effects of mixing and spreading on density in near-field river plumes by Hetland, Robert D.

“…Water mass modification in surface-trapped, near-field river plumes is examined using a 1.5-layer reduced gravity model and a three-dimensional numerical…”
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Turbulent dissipation in a near-field river plume: A comparison of control volume and microstructure observations with a numerical model by MacDonald, Daniel G., Goodman, Louis, Hetland, Robert D.

“…Data collected from the near‐field region (first several kilometers) of the Merrimack River plume are analyzed to provide estimates of turbulent kinetic energy…”
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How Could Future Climate Conditions Reshape a Devastating Lake‐Effect Snow Storm? by Kayastha, Miraj B., Huang, Chenfu, Wang, Jiali, Qian, Yun, Yang, Zhao, Chakraborty, TC, Pringle, William J., Hetland, Robert D., Xue, Pengfei

“…Lake‐effect snow (LES) storms, characterized by heavy convective precipitation downwind of large lakes, pose significant coastal hazards with severe…”
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Convergent blooms of Karenia brevis along the Texas coast by Hetland, Robert D., Campbell, Lisa

“…A numerical model of wind‐driven surface flow in the Gulf of Mexico is used to examine physical controls on harmful algal bloom formation along the Texas…”
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Lateral spreading of a near-field river plume: Observations and numerical simulations by Chen, Fei, MacDonald, Daniel G., Hetland, Robert D.

“…Data collected from the near‐field region of the Merrimack River (Massachusetts) plume were analyzed to examine plume spreading. Estimates of the plume…”
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Forecasting Gulf's Hypoxia: The Next 50 Years? by Justić, Dubravko, Bierman, Victor J., Scavia, Donald, Hetland, Robert D.

“…This review discusses the use of hypoxia models in synthesizing the knowledge about the causes of Gulf of Mexico hypoxia, predicting the probable consequences…”
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True Colors of Oceanography: Guidelines for Effective and Accurate Colormap Selection by Thyng, Kristen M., Greene, Chad A., Hetland, Robert D., Zimmerle, Heather M., DiMarco, Steven F.

“…Data graphics shape the way science is communicated, and the color schemes we employ can either faithfully represent or tacitly obscure the data a figure is…”
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What Happened to All of the Oil? by Passow, Uta, Hetland, Robert D.

“…The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 caused an oil spill that was unique in that it originated at great depth and…”
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Shelf sediment transport during hurricanes Katrina and Rita by Xu, Kehui, Mickey, Rangley C., Chen, Qin, Harris, Courtney K., Hetland, Robert D., Hu, Kelin, Wang, Jiaze

“…Hurricanes can greatly modify the sedimentary record, but our coastal scientific community has rather limited capability to predict hurricane-induced sediment…”
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A numerical investigation of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya freshwater transport, filling and flushing times on the Texas-Louisiana Shelf by Zhang, Xiaoqian, Hetland, Robert D., Marta-Almeida, Martinho, DiMarco, Steven F.

“…A high‐resolution coastal model is used to investigate the transport, filling and flushing times of the freshwater introduced from the Mississippi and…”
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Localized hypoxia may have caused coral reef mortality at the Flower Garden Banks by Kealoha, Andrea K., Doyle, Shawn M., Shamberger, Kathryn E. F., Sylvan, Jason B., Hetland, Robert D., DiMarco, Steven F.

“…On July 25, 2016, turbid water and dead corals, sponges and other invertebrates were discovered at the East Bank (EB) of the Flower Garden Banks (FGB) National…”
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Efficient tools for marine operational forecast and oil spill tracking by Marta-Almeida, Martinho, Ruiz-Villarreal, Manuel, Pereira, Janini, Otero, Pablo, Cirano, Mauro, Zhang, Xiaoqian, Hetland, Robert D

“…•Development of a robust operational modelling engine, OOFe.•Applications of ocean model outputs and wind forcing to drive the oil spill model…”
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Texas and Louisiana coastal vulnerability and shelf connectivity by Thyng, Kristen M., Hetland, Robert D.

“…A numerical study of connectivity between the continental shelf and coast in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico using a circulation model and surface-limited…”
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