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Analyzing Dynamic Characteristics of Internal Solitons Generated at the Columbia River Plume Front with SAR Images

The Columbia River plume transports dissolved and particulate load, phyto- and zooplankton,and larvae across the shelf. It also facilitates primary production and influences food-web structure through its...
Evolution of Tidal Amplitudes in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

Global sea level (GSL) rise is well documented. However, changes in high waters, including the tidal contribution, are sometimes more relevant than GSL rise. Analysis of 34 long tidal records from the Eastern...
River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems: Introduction and Synthesis

River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems (RISE) is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary study of the rates and dynamics governing the mixing of river and coastal waters in an eastern boundary current system,...
Determining Azimuthal Variations in Frontal Froude Number from SAR Imagery

River plume fronts are the locus of strong mixing between plume and ambient coastal waters, contribute to coastal productivity, and exert a major impact on coastal ecosystems. The frontal Froude number Fr is an...
Asymmetry of Tidal Plume Fronts in an Eastern Boundary Current Regime

The Columbia River tidal plume or near-field is formed twice daily by the ebb outflow of the Columbia River. It is a part of a larger, anticyclonic plume bulge, which in turn is embedded in far-field plume and...
Decadal-Scale Changes in West Coast Shelf Internal Tides (the Tides, They are a Changin')

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Co-OP (Coastal Ocean Program) Project RISE (River-Influenced Shelf Ecosystems) seeks to understand how primary and secondary productivity are enhanced by large river plumes...
A Method for Processing Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Velocity Data from Towed, Undulating Vehicles

The utility of the acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) for sampling small time and space scales of coastal environments can be enhanced by mounting a high-frequency (1200 kHz) ADCP on an oscillating towed...
Multiple Trophic Levels Fueled by Recirculation in the Columbia River Plume

Large rivers represent gateways for the transport of terrigenous and anthropogenic material to the coastal ocean. Here we document a ?700 km2 recirculation or bulge associated with the Columbia River plume that...
Particle Trapping in Stratified Estuaries - Definition of a Parameter Space

Estuarine turbidity maxima (ETM) retain suspended particulate matter (SPM) through advection, settling, aggregation and non-linearities in bed processes. This contribution defines for the first time a parameter...
Archival Water-Level Measurements: Recovering Historical Data to Help Design for the Future

Improving methods of assessing risk and designing structures to withstand extreme events and changing sea levels is a vital component of strategies for reducing risk to coastal resources and assets. An obvious...