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Bromirski, P. D., R. Flick, and D. Cayan, 2003: Storminess variability along the California coast:
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Burchard, H., and H. Baumert, 1998, The formation of estuarine turbidity maxima due to density
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Burchard H., Bolding K., T.P. Rippeth, Stipps A., Simpson J.H. and Sundermann J. (2002), Microstructure of turbulence in the northern North Sea: a comparative study of observations
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Chadwick, D. B. and J. L. Largier. 1999a. The influence of tidal range on the exchange between
San Diego Bay and the ocean. J Geophys Res 104, 29885-29900.
Chadwick, D. B. and J. L. Largier. 1999b. Tidal exchange at the bay-ocean boundary. J Geophys
Res 104, 29901-29919. These are two good papers on a low-inflow estuary.
Chant, R. J. 2002. Secondary flows in a region of flow curvature: relationship with tidal forcing
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Chant, R. J. and R. E. Wilson. 2000. Internal hydraulics and mixing in a highly stratified estuary.
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Davies, A. M. (1990) “On the importance of time varying eddy viscosity in generating higher
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Drag and Mixing due to Tidal Flow past a Sharp Point. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1297-1312
Fain, A.M.V., D. A. Jay, D. J. Wilson, P. M. Orton, and A. M. Baptista, 2001, Seasonal, monthly
and tidal patterns of particulate matter dynamics in the Columbia River estuary, Estuaries
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Festa, J. F., and D. V. Hansen, 1978. Turbidity maxima in partially mixed estuaries: a twodimensional numerical model. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 7, 347-359.
Flinchem, E. P. and D. A. Jay, 2000, An introduction to wavelet transform tidal analysis methods, Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 51: 177-200. Basic intro to wavelet tidal analysis of nonstationary tides
Fong, D.A. and W. Geyer, 2001, Response of a river plume during and upwelling favorable wind
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river plume. JPO, 32(3), 957-972.
Friedrichs, C.T. and D.G. Aubrey, 1988. Non-linear tidal distortion in shallow well-mixed estuaries: A synthesis. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 27:521-545.
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Friedrichs, C.T. and J.H. Hamrick, 1996. Effects of channel geometry on cross sectional variation in along channel velocity in partially stratified estuaries. In: D.G. Aubrey and C.T. Friedrichs (eds.), Buoyancy Effects on Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics, American Geophysical
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Friedrichs, C.T. and O.S. Madsen, 1992. Nonlinear diffusion of the tidal signal in frictionallydominated embayments. J. Geophysical Research, 97:5637-5650.
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Garcia-Berdeal, B.M. Hickey, and M. Kawase, 2002, Influence of wind stress and ambient flow
on a high discharge river plume, Journal of Geophysical Research 107: 3130
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Garvine, R. W. 1974. Dynamics of Small-Scale Oceanic Fronts. Journal of Physical Oceanography 4 (4):557-569.
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Garvine, R. W. 1974. Physical Features of Connecticut River Outflow during High Discharge.
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Garvine, R. W., 1982, A steady-state model for buoyant surface plume hydrodynamics in coastal
waters, Tellus 34: 293-306.
Geyer, W. R., 1997. Influence of wind on dynamics and flushing of shallow estuaries. Estuarine,
Coastal and Shelf Science, 44: 713-722
Geyer, W.R., and D.M. Farmer, 1989, Tide-induced variation of the dynamics of a salt wedge
estuary, Journal of Physical Oceanography 19: 1060-1072.
Geyer, W.R., and J.D. Smith, 1987, Shear instability in a highly stratified estuary, Journal of
Physical Oceanography 17: 1668-1679.
Geyer, W. R. and R. P. Signell, 1990. Measurements of tidal flow around a headland with a
shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler. J. Geophys. Res., 95: 3189-3197.
Signell, R. P. and W. R. Geyer, 1991. Transient eddy formation around headlands. J. Geophys.
Res., 96: 2561-2576.
Geyer, W. R. and R. P. Signell, 1992. A reassessment of the role of tidal dispersion in estuaries
and bays. Estuaries, 15: 97-108.
Geyer, W.R., J.H. Trowbridge and M. Bowen, 2000. The Dynamics of a Partially Mixed Estuary.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30(8): 2035-2048.
Geyer, W.R., P.S. Hill, T.G. Milligan and P. Traykovski, 2000. The structure of the Eel River
plume during floods. Cont. Shelf Res., 20:16, 2067-2093
Geyer, W. R., 1993. Three-dimensional tidal flow around headlands. J. Geophys. Res., 98: 955966.
Geyer, W. R., 1993. The importance of suppression of turbulence by stratification on the estuarine turbidity maximum. Estuaries, 16: 113-125
Geyer, W.R., Woodruff, J.D., and Traykovski, P. 2001. Sediment transport and trapping in the
Hudson River estuary. Estuaries. 24:670-679.
Godin, G., 1972, The Analysis of Tides, University of Toronto Press, 264 pp., Toronto. Comprehensive and difficult.
Godin, G., 1991, Frictional effects in river tides (review), pp. 379-402, In B. B. Parker (ed), Tidal Hydrodynamics, John Wiley, New York. Theory of river tides
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Godin, G., 1999, The propagation of tides up rivers with special considerations on the upper
Saint Lawrence River, Estuarine, Coast. Shelf Sci., 48, 307-324. A readable, recent version
of Godin’s theory.
Grabemann, I., R.J. Uncles, G. Krause, and J.A. Stephens. 1997. Behaviour of turbidity maxima
in the Tamar (U.K.) and Weser (F.R.G.) Estuaries. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
45:235-246.
Hansen, D. V. and M. Rattray, Jr., 1965, Gravitational circulation in straits and estuaries, Journal
of Marine Research 23: 104-122.
Hansen, D. V., and M. Rattray, Jr., 1966. New dimensions in estuary classification. Limnol.
Oceanogr., 11, 319-325.
Hickey, B. M., L. J. Pietrafesa, D. A. Jay and W. C. Boicourt, 1998, The Columbia River plume
study: subtidal variability in the velocity and salinity field, J. Geophys. Res. 103: 1033910368.
Hickey, B., S. Geier, N. Kachel, and A. F. MacFadyen. 2005. A bi-directional river plume: The
Columbia in summer. Continental Shelf Research 25 (14):1631-1656.
Horner-Devine, A.R., D.A. Fong, S.G. Monismith and T. Maxworthy, 2006. Laboratory experiments simulating a coastal river discharge. J. Fluid Mech., 555:203-232.
Horner-Devine, A. R., D. A. Jay, P. M. Orton, and E. Spahn, 2006, A plume within a plume: a
conceptual model of the strongly tidal Columbia plume, for Journal of Marine Systems dedicated volume on fronts.
Ianniello, J. P. (1977), Tidally induced residual currents in estuaries of constant breadth and
depth, Journal of Marine Res., 35(4), 755–786.
Jay, D. A., 1991, Internal asymmetry and anharmonicity in estuarine flows. In: Progress in Tidal
Hydrodynamics, ed. by B. B. Parker, John Wiley, pp. 521-543.
Jay, D. A., 1991, Estuarine salt conservation: a Lagrangian approach. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci.
32: 547-565.
Jay, D. A., 1991, Green's law revisited: tidal long wave propagation in channels with strong topography. J. Geophys. Res. 96: 20,585-20,598. This paper summarized much that was done
1950-1990 and introduced the modern era of estuarine tidal theory. It is also the first analysis
of strongly convergent tidal channels.
Jay, D. A. and Flinchem, E. P., 1997, Interaction of fluctuating river flow with a barotropic tide:
A test of wavelet tidal analysis methods, J. Geophys. Res. 102: 5705-5720. A practical application of wavelets to non-stationary tides that uses Jay (1991).
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Jay, D. A., W. R. Geyer and D. R. Montgomery, 2000, An ecological perspective on estuarine
classification: Estuarine Science, A Synthetic Approach to Research and Practice, J. E. Hobbie (ed.), Island Press, pp. 149-175.
Jay, D. A. and J. D. Musiak, 1994, Particle trapping in estuarine turbidity maxima, J. Geophys.
Res. 99: 20,446-61.
Jay, D. A. and J. D. Musiak, 1996, Internal Tidal Asymmetry in Channel Flows: Origins and
Consequences. C. Pattiaratchi (ed.), Mixing Processes in Estuaries and Coastal Seas, an
American Geophysical Union Coastal and Estuarine Sciences Monograph, pp. 219-258.
Jay, D. A., P. M. Orton, T. Chisholm, D. J. Wilson, and A. M. V. Fain, 2007a, Particle trapping
in stratified estuaries – I. Consequences of Mass Conservation explorations of a parameter
space, accepted by Estuaries.
Jay, D. A., P. M. Orton, T. Chisholm, D. J. Wilson, and A. M. V. Fain, 2007b, Particle trapping
in stratified estuaries – II. Application to Observations, accepted by Estuaries.
Jay, D. A., Pan, J., P. M. Orton, A. Horner-Devine, 2006, Asymmetry of tidal plume fronts in an
eastern boundary current regime, Journal of Marine Systems, dedicated volume on ocean
fronts.
Jay, D. A. and J. D. Smith, 1990b, Residual circulation in shallow, stratified estuaries. II. Weakly-stratified and partially-mixed systems. J. Geophys. Res. 95(C1): 733-748.
Jay, D. A. and J. D. Smith, 1990c, Circulation, density distribution and neap-spring transitions in
the Columbia River Estuary. Prog. Oceanogr. 25: 81-112.
Jay, D. A., R. J. Uncles, J. Largier, W. R. Geyer, J. Vallino and W. R. Boynton (LMER Scalar
Transport Working Group), 1997, A review of recent developments in estuarine scalar flux
estimation, Estuaries 20: 262-280.
Jay, D. A. and J. D. Smith, 1988, Circulation in and classification of shallow, stratified estuaries.
In: Physical Processes in Estuaries, J. Dronkers and W. van Leussen, pp. 21-41.
Kay, D. J. and D. A. Jay, 2003a, Interfacial mixing in a highly-stratified estuary. 1. characteristics of Mixing, J. Geophys. Res. 108, 3072 doi 10.1029/2002 JC000252.
Kay, D. J. and D. A. Jay, 2003b, Interfacial mixing in a highly-stratified estuary. 2. a "method of
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Kay, D. J., D. A. Jay and J. D. Musiak, 1996. Salt transport through an estuarine cross-section
calculated from moving vessel ADCP and CTD data Buoyancy Effects on Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics, AGU Coastal and Estuarine Studies 53:195-212.
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Kosro P. M., W. T. Peterson, B. M. Hickey, R. K. Shearman, S. D. Price (2006), Physical versus
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GL027072.
Kukulka, T., and D. A. Jay, 2003a, Impacts of Columbia River discharge on salmonid habitat I. a
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Kukulka, T., and D. A. Jay, 2003b, Impacts of Columbia River discharge on salmonid habitat II.
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Lacy, J. and S.G. Monismith, 2001, Secondary currents in a curved, stratified channel, J. Geophys. Res (Oceans) 106(C12): 31,283-31,302.
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Lanzoni, S., G. Seminara, 1998, On tide propagation in convergent estuaries, J. Geophys. Res.,
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Largier, J. L., C. J. Hearn, and D. B. Chadwick, 1996. Density structures in low-inflow "estuaries". In: Buoyancy Effects on Coastal and Estuarine Dynamics. D. G. Aubrey and C. T.
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Largier, J. L., S. V. Smith, and J. T. Hollibaugh. 1997. Seasonally hypersaline estuaries in Mediterranean-climate regions. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci, 45, 789-797. A good summary of lowinflow estuaries.
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surge and river flow.
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Pawlowicz, R., B. Beardsley, and S. Lentz, 2002, Classical tidal harmonic analysis including error estimates in MATLAB using T_TIDE, Computers and Geosciences 28, 929-937 The paper that defines the t-tide harmonic analysis program.
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Recommended Supplementary Texts:
Introductory Dynamical Oceanography, S. Pond and G. L. Pickard.
Descriptive Physical Oceanography, G. L. Pickard and W. J. Emery.
This pair of texts covers many topics relevant to this class.
Estuaries: A Physical Introduction, K. R. Dyer. 1997, This is the best simple text on estuaries
Salinity and Tides in Alluvial Estuaries, H. H. G. Sevanije, 2005, Elsevier; this is an excellent
book from an engineering approach – it summarizes the state of the art on 1D modeling of
estuaries.
Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics, A. E. Gill. This is a really profound text and a great favorite of
many oceanographers; its as simple as possible, given the difficulty of the material.
Waves in Fluids, J. Lighthill. A good introduction to acoustic and mechanical waves.
Hydrodynamics, H. Lamb. A true classic (first edition in the 1880s) and very broad in its coverage; available in a cheap Dover edition; not very easy reading.
Physical Fluid Dynamics, D. J. Tritton; an excellent introduction.
Mechanics of Fluids, I. H. Shanes. This is a more engineering oriented text, one of many in the
field. Others are equally as good.
A First Course in Turbulence, H. Tennekes and J. L. Lumley. There is really no other comparable text in this difficult field.
Physical Oceanography of Coastal Waters, K. F. Bowden. A classic for coastal and estuarine
processes.
Tidal Hydrodynamics, B. B. Parker. Although this is a conference proceedings, it has excellent
summary papers.
Principles of Ocean Physics, J. R. Apel. This is a recent, readable general physical oceanography
text.
Buoyancy Effects in Fluids, J. E. Turner; the best introductory book available on stratification
effects in small-scale flows.
Tides, G. Godin. A very good explanation of tides and tidal analysis methods.
Dynamics of the Upper Ocean, O. M. Phillips. This text is hard to beat for its insight, but also
(unfortunately) for the amount of work required to get through a page.
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Mathematical Methods of Physicists, G. Arfken. A comprehensive, readable applied math text;
there are many similar.
Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography, W. J. Emery and R. E. Thomson. This is a
superb compilation of “how to” information for data analysis and the rationale behind each
approach.
Differential Equations (Schaum Outline). This is a very functional way to read about how to
solve simple differential equations without worrying about the existence and uniqueness theorems that clutter most texts.
Div, Grad, Curl and all That, H, M. Schey. A concise summary of many issues in vector calculus.
Bakun, A., 1996, Patterns in the Ocean; Ocean Processes and Marine Population Dynamics,
California Sea Grant College System, 323 pp.
Circulation in the Coastal Ocean, G. T. Csanady, D. Reidel, Boston, 1982
Hydraulic Behavior of Estuaries, McPowell and O'Connor, Wiley, 1977
Fluid Mechanics for Marine Ecologists, S. R. Massel, Springer, 1999
Waves, Tides and Shallow-Water Processes, Open University, Butterworth and Heinemann,
1999, an easy introduction to tides and waves
Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, B. Cushman-Roisin, Prentice Hall, N.J, 1994
Physical Oceanography of Estuaries (and Associated Coastal Waters), Officer, C. B., 1976. New
York, Wiley-Interscience; provides an easier summary of the essential results of Hansen and
Rattray.
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