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Pritchard Award
At the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation meeting in Providence, the 2017 Pritchard Award for best physical oceanography paper in Estuaries and Coasts went to our paper on how hydrodynamic processes facilitate the growth of a harmful algal bloom in Nauset estuary. A nice example of how an interdisciplinary approach can helps the science in…
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Our paper came out in JGR-Earth Surface on sediment transport in tidal rivers. Using observations and a model for the Hudson River, we diagnose the controls on how much sediment gets trapped in the tidal fresh region and how long it takes to move through the estuary. Settling velocity is key, and for all but the…
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