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Trowbridge, John Senior Scientist, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering

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Senior Scientist, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering , Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 2016 -

Mechanics of geophysical boundary layers; mechanics of sediment transport; shelf, estuarine, and nearshore processes.

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- Direct Measurements of Mean Reynolds Stress and Ripple Roughness in the Presence of Energetic Forcing by Surface Waves 2018
- The Bottom Boundary Layer.. Annual Review of Marine Science. 10:397-420. 2018
- The Cospectrum of Stress-Carrying Turbulence in the Presence of Surface Gravity Waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 48:29-44. 2018
- Observations of the Transfer of Energy and Momentum to the Oceanic Surface Boundary Layer beneath Breaking Waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 46:1823-1837. 2016
- Coupled dynamics of interfacial waves and bed forms in fluid muds over erodible seabeds in oscillatory flows. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS. 120:5698-5709. 2015
- Mechanisms of surface wave energy dissipation over a high-concentration sediment suspension. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS. 120:1638-1681. 2015
- The Influence of Stratification and Nonlocal Turbulent Production on Estuarine Turbulence: An Assessment of Turbulence Closure with Field Observations. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 41:166-185. 2011
- The influence of crosswind tidal currents on Langmuir circulation in a shallow ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research. 116. 2011
- Mixing by shear instability at high Reynolds number. Geophysical Research Letters. 37:n/a-n/a. 2010
- Rapid Mixed Layer Deepening by the Combination of Langmuir and Shear Instabilities: A Case Study. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 40:2381-2400. 2010
- Turbulence-plankton interactions: a new cartoon. Marine Ecology. 30:133-150. 2009
- Observations of Turbulence in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer: Energetics and Transport. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 39:1077-1096. 2009
- Significance of Langmuir circulation in upper ocean mixing: Comparison of observations and simulations. Geophysical Research Letters. 36. 2009
- Measurements of Momentum and Heat Transfer across the Air–Sea Interface. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 38:1054-1072. 2008
- Asymmetric Tidal Mixing due to the Horizontal Density Gradient*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 38:418-434. 2008
- Vertical Structure of Dissipation in the Nearshore. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 37:1764-1777. 2007
- The Coupled Boundary Layers and Air–Sea Transfer Experiment in Low Winds. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 88:341-356. 2007
- The Effect of Wave Breaking on Surf-Zone Turbulence and Alongshore Currents: A Modeling Study*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 35:2187-2203. 2005
- A Two-Spot Sensor for Measurement of Dissipation by Means of Laser-Doppler Velocimetry*. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 21:1104-1111. 2004
- Spatial Scales of Stress-Carrying Nearshore Turbulence*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 33:1122-1128. 2003
- Flume observations of enhanced fine-particle deposition to permeable sediment beds. Limnology and Oceanography. 48:802-812. 2003
- The Direct Estimation of Near-Bottom Turbulent Fluxes in the Presence of Energetic Wave Motions. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 18:1540-1557. 2001
- Turbulence Measurements in the Surf Zone*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 31:2403-2417. 2001
- Budgets of turbulent kinetic energy and scalar variance in the continental shelf bottom boundary layer. Journal of Geophysical Research. 106:9551-9564. 2001
- Controls on floc size in a continental shelf bottom boundary layer. Journal of Geophysical Research. 106:9543-9549. 2001
- A Dynamical Description of Fall and Winter Mean Current Profiles over the Northern California Shelf*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 31:914-931. 2001
- The Dynamics of a Partially Mixed Estuary*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 30:2035-2048. 2000
- Near-Bottom Turbulence Measurements in a Partially Mixed Estuary: Turbulent Energy Balance, Velocity Structure, and Along-Channel Momentum Balance*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 29:3056-3072. 1999
- Dynamics of the Bottom Boundary Layer on the Northern California Shelf*. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 28:2075-2093. 1998
- Evaluation of the Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter (ADV) for Turbulence Measurements*. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 15:272-289. 1998
- On a Technique for Measurement of Turbulent Shear Stress in the Presence of Surface Waves. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 15:290-298. 1998
- Fluid-mud processes on the Amazon continental shelf. Continental Shelf Research. 16:667-696. 1996
- A mechanism for the formation and maintenance of shore-oblique sand ridges on storm-dominated shelves. Journal of Geophysical Research. 100:16071-16071. 1995
- Glimpses of a wave boundary layer. Journal of Geophysical Research. 100:20729-20729. 1995
- An introduction to the Sediment TRansport Events on Shelves and Slopes (STRESS) program. Continental Shelf Research. 14:1057-1061. 1994
- Characteristics of the near-bottom suspended sediment field over the continental shelf off northern California based on optical attenuation measurements during STRESS and SMILE. Continental Shelf Research. 14:1257-1272. 1994
- Structure and dynamics of fluid muds on the Amazon Continental Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research. 99:865-865. 1994
- A simple description of the deepening and structure of a stably stratified flow driven by a surface stress. Journal of Geophysical Research. 97:15529-15529. 1992
- Asymmetric Behavior of an Oceanic Boundary Layer above a Sloping Bottom. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 21:1171-1185. 1991
- The Bottom Boundary Layer Over the Northern California Shelf. Journal of Physical Oceanography. 21:1186-1201. 1991
- Effects of stratification by suspended sediments on turbulent shear flows. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS. 96:10659-10659. 1991
- Some observational evidence on the effect of atmospheric forcing on tidal variability in the upper Delaware Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research. 95:16229-16229. 1990
- Sand transport by unbroken water waves under sheet flow conditions. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS. 94:10971-10971. 1989
- Reply [to “Comment on ‘Kinematic and dynamic estimates from electromagnetic current meter data’ by D. G. Aubrey and J. H. Trowbridge”]. Journal of Geophysical Research. 93:1344-1344. 1988
- Instability of concentrated free surface flows. Journal of Geophysical Research. 92:9523-9523. 1987
- A simplified second-order solution for a spiral wave maker. Journal of Geophysical Research. 91:11783-11783. 1986
- Circulation Induced by Coastal Diffuser Discharge. Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering. 111:973-984. 1985
- Kinematic and dynamic estimates from electromagnetic current meter data. Journal of Geophysical Research. 90:9137-9137. 1985
- Turbulent wave boundary layers: 1. Model formulation and first-order solution. Journal of Geophysical Research. 89:7989-7989. 1984
- Turbulent wave boundary layers: 2. Second-order theory and mass transport. Journal of Geophysical Research. 89:7999-7999. 1984
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