Oceanography: Vol. 21, No. 4

Vol. 21, No. 4, December 2008
Special Issue on Coastal Ocean Processes

SPECIAL ISSUE FEATURES

Introduction

Coastal Ocean Processes Program: Advancing Interdisciplinary Research and Technology Development (980 KB pdf)
By R.A. Jahnke, M.R. Roman, and K.H. Brink

Turbulence, Transfer, and Exchange

Small-Scale Processes in the Coastal Ocean (1.8 MB pdf)
By J.N. Moum, J.D. Nash, and J.M. Klymak
- SCIENCE BOX. Varicose Waves | By E. Shroyer
- SCIENCE BOX. Turbulence in River Plumes | By L. Kilcher

Investigations of Air-Sea Gas Exchange in the CoOP Coastal Air-Sea Chemical Exchange Project (1.9 MB pdf)
By J.B. Edson, M.D. DeGrandpre, N. Frew, and W.R. McGillis
- SCIENCE BOX. Maybe It’s Not Just About Air-Water Gas Exchange | By R.A. Jahnke

Ecosystem Response

New Insights into the Controls and Mechanisms of Plankton Productivity in Coastal Upwelling Waters of the Northern California Current System (1.3 MB pdf)
By R.M. Kudela, N.S. Banas, J.A. Barth, E.R. Frame, D.A. Jay, J.L. Largier, E.J. Lessard, T.D. Peterson, and A.J. Vander Woude
- SCIENCE BOX. The Wind-Driven Coastal Ocean: Now in High-Def | By J.A. Barth, J.M. Bane, S.D. Pierce, and S.M. Haines

Coastal Sediment Dynamics and River Discharge as Key Factors Influencing Coastal Ecosystem Productivity in Southeastern Lake Michigan (792 KB pdf)
By S.E. Lohrenz, G.L. Fahnenstiel, O. Schofield, and D.F. Millie

Biological Responses in a Dynamic Buoyant River Plume (976 KB pdf)
By M.A. Moline, T.K. Frazer, R. Chant, S. Glenn, C.A. Jacoby, J.R. Reinfelder, J. Yost, M. Zhou, and O. Schofield
- SCIENCE BOX. Estimating Rates of Microzooplankton Grazing | By T.K. Frazer and C.A. Jacoby

Why is the Northern End of the California Current System So Productive? (3.1 MB pdf)
Updated and corrected from 12.12.08 print version
By B.M. Hickey and N.S. Banas

Consequences of Seasonal Forcing

The Decadal View of the Mid-Atlantic Bight from the COOLroom: Is Our Coastal System Changing? (1 MB pdf)
By O. Schofield, R. Chant, B. Cahill, R. Castelao, D. Gong, A. Kahl, J. Kohut, M. Montes-Hugo, R. Ramadurai, P. Ramey, X. Yi, and S. Glenn

Winter-Spring Storms and Their Influence on Sediment Resuspension, Transport, and Accumulation Patterns in Southern Lake Michigan (844 KB pdf)
By B.J. Eadie, J.A. Robbins, J.V. Klump, D.J. Schwab, and D.N. Edgington

Observing Technologies and Models

Progress in Coastal Ocean Modeling During CoOP (3.7 MB pdf)
Updated and corrected from 12.12.08 print version
By R.M. Samelson, J.S. Allen, and P. MacCready
- SCIENCE BOX. Physical-Biological Coupling
- SCIENCE BOX. Data Assimilation and Coastal Ocean Dynamics

Dispersal of the Hudson River Plume in the New York Bight: Synthesis of Observational and Numerical Studies During LaTTE (2.3 MB pdf)
By R.J. Chant, J. Wilkin, W. Zhang, B.-J. Choi, E. Hunter, R. Castelao, S. Glenn, J. Jurisa, O. Schofield, R. Houghton, J. Kohut, T.K. Frazer, and M.A. Moline

Dynamics of Seafloor Processes: Advances from Benthic Observing Technologies (164 KB pdf)
By D.B. Jahnke and R.A. Jahnke

Monitoring the Seafloor Using the Noninvasive Eddy Correlation Technique: Integrated Benthic Exchange Dynamics (444 KB pdf)
Updated and corrected from 12.12.08 print version
By P. Berg and M. Huettel

Quantifying Benthic Exchange of Fine Sediment via Continuous, Noninvasive Measurements of Settling Velocity and Bed Erodibility (664 KB pdf)
By C.T. Friedrichs, G.M. Cartwright, and P.J. Dickhudt

Kilo Nalu: Physical/Biogeochemical Dynamics Above and Within Permeable Sediments (440 KB pdf)
By F.J. Sansone, G. Pawlak, T.P. Stanton, M.A. McManus, B.T. Glazer, E.H. DeCarlo, M. Bandet, J. Sevadjian, K. Stierhoff, C. Colgrove, A.B. Hebert, and I.C. Chen

Forcing and Dynamics of Seafloor-Water Column Exchange on a Broad Continental Shelf (528 KB pdf)
By W.B. Savidge, A. Gargett, R.A. Jahnke, J.R. Nelson, D.K. Savidge, R.T. Short, and G. Voulgaris

REGULAR ISSUE FEATURE

On the Movement of Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska: Simulations of Tidal and Environmental Impacts Using a Hydrodynamic Inundation Model (948 KB pdf)
By T. Ezer, R. Hobbs, and L.-Y. Oey

DEPARTMENTS

Quarterdeck: In Review—NOT (with an exception) (80 KB pdf)
By E.S. Kappel

From the President: Questions for TOS Members (80 KB pdf)
By C. Thoroughgood

Trends: The Business of Ocean Science (84 KB pdf)
By M. Leinen

Commentary: Ocean Literacy—There’s More to it Than Content (108 KB pdf)
By C. Cudaback

Ripple Marks—The Story Behind the Story: Newest UNESCO World Heritage Site • DNA Barcoding Reaches the Deep Sea • Ahoy, Matey: Here Be Pirates • Nature’s Investment Bank (456 KB pdf)
By C.L. Dybas

From the Guest Editors (100 KB pdf)
By R.A. Jahnke and D.B. Jahnke

Hands-On Oceanography: A Tabletop Demonstration of Atmospheric Dynamics: Baroclinic Instability (588 KB pdf)
By B.T. Nadiga and J.M. Aurnou

The Oceanography Classroom: Working Away From Home—The First Installment (204 KB pdf)
By S. Boxall