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:

* High Resolution Dye Experiments using Airborne LIDAR
+ Project Background

+ Preliminary Results
* Lab Studies of Stirring by Small-Scale Geostrophic Motions
+ Project Background

+ Preliminary Results
* Numerical Simulations of Vortical Mode Stirring
+ Project Background

+ Preliminary Results
* Coastal Mixing & Optics (CMO)
(... More links coming soon!)
+ Project Background

+ Dye Studies
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+ Shear Dispersion Analysis

+ Evidence of Vortical Modes

+ Along-shelf Jets and Hurricane Edouard
* The North Atlantic Tracer Release Experiment (NATRE)
(Links coming soon!)

+ Project Background

+ Lagrangian Drifters

+ Numerical Model Results
* Advanced Fisheries Management & Information System (AFMIS)
(Links coming soon!)

+ Project Background

+ Environmental Indicators

+ Spatially Explicit Models

+ Development of a Realtime Fish Forecast Model

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* M. Sundermeyer's CV (PDF)
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Refereed Publications

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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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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C. Pease 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., 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.
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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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