Ocean Mixing and Stirring  
  Principal Investigator: Dr. Miles A. Sundermeyer
msundermeyer@umassd.edu • 508-999-8892
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
School for Marine Science and Technology
 
 

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Research:

* Lidar Studies of Small- Scale Lateral Dispersion - LatMix
* 3D Dye Mapping using Airborne Lidar - Florida 2004 Pilot
* Lab Studies of Stirring by Small-Scale Geostrophic Motions
* Numerical Simulations of Vortical Mode Stirring
* Coastal Mixing & Optics (CMO)
* The North Atlantic Tracer Release Experiment (NATRE)
(Links coming soon!)

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* M. Sundermeyer's CV (PDF)

 

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Notes
*Primary author was Dr. Sundermeyer's student, publication was part of student’s ScM. or Ph.D. thesis.
**Primary author was Dr. Sundermeyer's Postdoctoral Fellow, publication was part of Postdoc's research at UMassD.


Draft Manuscripts in Preparation
 
David, C., B. L. Howes, M. A. Sundermeyer, K. Hayashi, K. Shaw, S. Pather. Relating Estuarine Habitat Quality, Tidal Exchange and Inlet Migration: A Case Study of Allens Pond, South Dartmouth, MA.
Abstract   Preprint coming soon!  
 
*Stuart, G. A., M. A. Sundermeyer, and D. Hebert. Laboratory Studies of Lateral Dispersion by the Relaxation of Diapycnal Mixing Events.
Abstract   PDF  

Submitted Manuscripts
 
Klymak, J. M., R. K. Shearman, J. Gula, C. Lee, E. A. D’Asaro, L. N. Thomas, R. R. Harcourt, A. Y. Shcherbina, M. A. Sundermeyer, M. J. Molemaker, J. C. McWilliams, Submesoscale streamers exchange water on the North Wall of the Gulf Stream. Submitted to: Nature Geoscience, 2015.
Abstract   Preprint coming soon! PDF  

Refereed Publications
 
Kunze, E., and M. A. Sundermeyer, The Role of Intermittency in Internal-Wave Shear Dispersion. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45, 2979-2990, 2015.
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Shcherbina, A., M. A. Sundermeyer, E. Kunze, E. D’Asaro, G. Badin, D. Birch, A.M.E.G. Brunner-Suzuki, J. Callies, B.T. Kuebel Cervantes, M. Claret, B. Concannon, J. Early, R. Ferrari, L. Goodman, R.R. Harcourt, J.M. Klymak, C.M. Lee, M.-P. Lelong, M.D. Levine, R.-C. Lien, A. Mahadevan, J.C. McWilliams, M.J. Molemaker, S. Mukherjee, J.D. Nash, T. Özgökmen, S.D. Pierce, S. Ramachandran, R.M. Samelson, T.B. Sanford, R.K. Shearman, E.D. Skyllingstad, K.S. Smith, A. Tandon, J.R. Taylor, E.A. Terray, L.N. Thomas, and J.R. Ledwell, The LatMix Summer Campaign: Submesoscale Stirring in the Upper Ocean. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 1257-1279, 2015.
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Kunze, E., J. M. Klymak, R.-C. Lien, R. Ferrari, C.M. Lee, M. A. Sundermeyer, and L. Goodman, Submesoscale Water-Mass Spectra in the Sargasso Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45(5), 1325-1338, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-14-0108.1, 2015.
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Sundermeyer, M. A., E. Skyllingstad, J. R. Ledwell, B. Concannon, E. A. Terray, D. A. Birch**, S. D. Pierce, B. Cervantes, Observations of Large-Aspect Ratio Large Eddy Circulation in the Ocean Surface Mixed Layer. Geophys. Res. Lett., 41, 7584–7590, doi:10.1002/2014GL061637, 2014.
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*Sawabini, A., M. A. Sundermeyer, B. L. Howes, D. Schlezinger. Regional Forcing by Light on Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Shallow Temperate Estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts, 38(3), 1062-1076, doi:10.1007/s12237-014-9879-1, 2014.
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*Brunner-Suzuki, A.-M. E. G., M. A. Sundermeyer, and M.-P. Lelong, Upscale Energy Transfer by the Vortical Mode and Internal Waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 44.9, 2446-2469, 2014.
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*Radlinski, M. K., M. A. Sundermeyer, J. J. Bisagni, and S. X. Cadrin. Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Atlantic Mackerel, Scomber Scombrus, along the Northeast Coast of the United States. ICES J. Mar. Sci., doi.10.1093/icesjms/fst029, 2013.
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*Brunner-Suzuki, A.-M. E. G., M. A. Sundermeyer, and M.-P. Lelong, Vortex Stability in a Large-Scale Internal Wave Shear. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 42, 1668–1683; doi:10.1175/JPO-D-11-0137.1, 2012.
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**Birch, D. A., and M. A. Sundermeyer, Breaking Internal Wave Groups: Mixing and Momentum Fluxes. Phys. Fluids, 23, 096602; doi:10.1063/1.3638155, 2011.
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*Stuart, G. A., M. A. Sundermeyer, and D. Hebert, On the Geostrophic Adjustment of an Isolated Lens: Dependence on Burger Number and Initial Geometry. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41, 725-741, 2011.
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Sundermeyer, M. A., E. A. Terray, J. R. Ledwell, A. G. Cunningham, P. E. LaRocque. J. Banic, and W. J. Lillycrop, Three-Dimensional Mapping of Fluorescent Dye Using a Scanning, Depth-Resolving Airborne Lidar. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol. , 24, 1,050-1,065, 2007.
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*Pease, C. and Sundermeyer, M. A., Spatial and Temporal Variations in Richardson Number on Georges Bank. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33 L06608, doi:10.1029/2005GL024903, 2006.
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Sundermeyer, M. A., B. J. Rothschild, and A. R. Robinson, Assessment of Environmental Correlates with the Distribution of Fish Stocks Using a Spatially Explicit Model. Ecol. Model., 197, 116-132, 2006.
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Sundermeyer, M. A., and M.-P. Lelong, Numerical Simulations of Lateral Dispersion by the Relaxation of Diapycnal Mixing Events. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, (12), 2368-2386, 2005.
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Lelong, M.-P. and Sundermeyer, M. A., Geostrophic Adjustment of an Isolated Diapycnal Mixing Event and its Implications for Small-Scale Lateral Dispersion. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, (12), 2352-2367, 2005.
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Sundermeyer, M. A., J. R. Ledwell, N. S. Oakey, and B. J. W. Greenan, Stirring by Small-Scale Vortices Caused by Patchy Mixing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35 (7), 1245-1262, 2005.
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Sundermeyer, M. A., B. J. Rothschild, and A. R. Robinson, Using Commercial Landings Data to Identify Environmental Correlates with the Distributions of Commercial Fish Stocks. Fish. Oceanogr. , 14 (1), 47-63, 2005.
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Ledwell, J. R., T. F. Duda, M. A. Sundermeyer, and H.E. Seim, Mixing in a Coastal Environment, Part I: A View from Dye Dispersion. J. Geophys. Res., 109 C10013, doi:10.1029/2003JC002194, 2004.
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Sundermeyer, M. A., B. J. Rothschild, and A. R. Robinson, Environmental Indicators and the Predictability of Commercial Fish Stocks. ICES Marine Science Symposia - Hydrobiological Variability in the ICES Area, 1990-1999, 219, 396-399, 2003.
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Sundermeyer, M. A., J. R. Ledwell, Lateral Dispersion over the Continental Shelf: Analysis of Dye-Release Experiments, J. Geophys. Res., 106 (C5), 9,603-9,621, 2001.
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Price, J. R. and Sundermeyer, M. A., Stratified Ekman Layers. J. Geophys. Res., 104 (C9), 20,467-20,494, 1999.
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Sundermeyer, M. A. and J. F. Price, Lateral Mixing and the North Atlantic Tracer Release Experiment: Observations and Numerical Simulations of Lagrangian Particles and a Passive Tracer, J. Geophys. Res., 103 (C10), 21,481-21,497, 1998.
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Sundermeyer, M. A. and G. K. Vallis, Correlation Dimensions of Primitive Equation and Balanced Models, J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 2556-2564, 1993.
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Non-Refereed Publications
 
*Stuart, G. A., M. A. Sundermeyer, and D. Hebert, Laboratory Studies of Stirring by Small-Scale Geostrophic Motions. 16th Annual Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics Conference, July, 2007, Santa Fe, NM. -- AWARDED BEST STUDENT ORAL PRESENTATION -- See: http://ams.confex.com/ams/16Fluid/techprogram/paper_125609.htm
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Terray, E. A., J. R. Ledwell, M. A. Sundermeyer, T. Donoghue, S. Bohra, A. G. Cunningham, P. E. LaRocque, J. Banic, W. J. Lillycrop, and C. E. Wiggins. Airborne Fluorescence Imaging of the Ocean Mixed Layer. In: Proc. of the IEEE/OES Eighth Working Conference on Current Measurement Technology, June, 2005, Southampton, U.K.
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An Experiment to Dye For - Researchers Trace Movement of Water Using Airborne Laser. In: Oceanus Magazine , Vol. 44, No. 2, 2005 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA.
Online Version  
 
Robinson, A.R., B.J. Rothschild, W.G. Leslie, J.J. Bisagni, M.F. Borges, W.S. Brown, D. Cai, P. Fortier, A. Gangopadhyay, P.J. Haley, Jr., H.S. Kim, L. Lanerolle, P.F.J. Lermusiaux, C.J. Lozano, M.G. Miller, G. Strout and M.A. Sundermeyer, The Development and Demonstration of an Advanced Fisheries Management Information System (AFMIS). Proc. 17th Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 186-190, 2001.
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Sundermeyer, M. A. Nowhere to Hide - Managing Fisheries in Real Time. In: International Council for the Exploration of the Sea / Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la Mer (ICES/CIEM) Newsletter, No. 38, December, 2001.
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Sundermeyer, M. A., Studies of Lateral Dispersion in the Ocean. Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program, 215 pp. September, 1998.
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