Browsing by Author "2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting: From the Watershed to the Global Ocean, Orlando, FL (USA), 2-7 Mar 2008"
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Development and evolution of operational forecast systems for the coastal and estuarine environment in NOAA's National Ocean Service
Aikman, F; Vincent, M; Patchen, R (American Geophysical Union, 2008)NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) applies hydrodynamic models for the development, transition and implementation of operational forecast systems (OFS) in U.S. estuaries, ports, lakes and the coastal ocean. These systems ... -
How Will Changes in Freshwater Inflow (Frequency versus Magnitude) Impact the Ecosystem Health of Galveston Bay?
Thronson, AM; Hsiu-Ping, L; Davis, SE; Roelke, DL; Quigg, AS (American Geophysical Union, 2008)With a rapidly expanding urban population in Texas coastal municipalities, water regulators and managers are faced with the challenge of meeting human needs, potentially by freshwater diversions, while maintaining critical ... -
Hypoxia Formation Along Coastal Texas Due to Brazos River Flooding: Summer 2007
DiMarco, SF; Dellapenna, T; Shormann, D; Denton, W; Howard, MK; May, (American Geophysical Union, 2008)Record setting rainfall over Texas during MayaAugust 2007 led to unseasonably large summer freshwater discharge of the Brazos River into the Gulf of Mexico. A National Marine Fisheries Service cruise in late June 2007 ... -
River Inflow Effects on Structure and Function of Two Texas Estuaries
Davis, SE; Roelke, DL; Li, HP; Liu, KJ; Pinckney, J; Quigg, A (American Geophysical Union, 2008)River inflow and nutrient loading to an estuary contribute greatly to estuarine water quality and ecosystem health, and in some estuaries, poor health, reduced productivity, and even losses of coastal wetlands have been ...