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MerMADE: Merrimack River Mixing and Divergence Experiment

Mt. Hope Bay and Brayton Point Power Station

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Publications:

1. MacDonald, D.G., 2009. Enhanced surface cooling as an alternative for thermal discharges. J. Environ. Eng.-ASCE 135(12), 1326-1337. doi:10.1061/_ASCE_EE.1943-7870.0000090.


2. Chen, F., D.G. MacDonald, and R.D. Hetland, 2009. Lateral spreading of a near-field river plume: Observations and numerical simulations. J. Geophys. Res. 114, C07013. doi:10.1029/2008JC004893.


3. Pappal, A.L., D.G. MacDonald, and R.A. Rountree, 2009. Evidence of Cobble Habitat Preference in Age-0 Winter Flounder, Pseudopleuronectes americanus. J. Mar. Freshwater Behav. Physiol. 42(1), 43-53. doi:10.1080/10236240902765269


4. MacDonald, D.G. and A.R. Horner-Devine, 2008. Temporal and spatial variability of vertical salt flux in a highly stratified estuary. J.Geophys. Res. 113, C09022. doi:10.1029/2007JC004620. [For paper, click here]


5. Hetland, R.D. and D.G. MacDonald, 2008. Spreading in the Merrimack River plume. Ocean Model. 21 12-21. .


6. MacDonald, D.G., L. Goodman and R.D. Hetland, 2007. Turbulent dissipation in a near field river plume: A comparison of control volume and microstructure observations with a numerical model. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C07026, doi:10.1029/2006JC004075. [For paper, click here]


7. MacDonald, D.G. and K.R. Dyer, 2007. Estuarine Oceanography. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York.


8. R.A. Rountree and D.G. MacDonald, 2006. Introduction to the special issue: Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on the Mt. Hope Bay Ecosystem, Northeast Naturalist, 13, Special Issue 4, pp 1-26. [more info]


9. MacDonald, D.G. and R.A. Rountree, 2006. Conclusion to the special issue: Natural and Anthropogenic Influences on the Mt. Hope Bay Ecosystem, Northeast Naturalist, 13, Special Issue 4, pp 199-204. [more info]


10. Chen, F., and D.G. MacDonald, 2006. Role of mixing in the structure and evolution of a buoyant discharge plume, J. Geophys. Res., 111, C11002, doi:10.1029/2006JC003563. [For an abstract of the paper, click here.]


11. MacDonald, D.G., 2006. Estimating an estuarine mixing and exchange ratio from boundary data with application to Mt. Hope Bay (Massachusetts/Rhode Island), Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 70, 326-332. [For an abstract of the paper, click here.]


12. MacDonald, D.G., and W.R. Geyer, 2005. Hydraulic control of a highly stratified estuarine front. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 35(3), 374-387. [For an abstract of the paper, click here.]


13. MacDonald, D. G., and W. R. Geyer, 2004. Turbulent energy production and entrainment at a highly stratified estuarine front, Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 109, C05004, doi:10.1029/2003JC002094. [For an abstract of the paper, click here.]

For reprint of the articles, please email Daniel MacDonald.