Physical Oceanography Alumni
Caroline Binder (M.Sc.) - - July 2017
Justine McMillan (Ph.D) - Turbulence Measurements in a High Reynolds Number Tidal Channel - June 2017
Matthew Hatcher (M.Sc.) - Ambient Noise from Turbidity Currents in Howe Sound - June 2017
Mathieu Dever (Ph.D.) - Dynamics of the Nova Scotia Current and Linkages with Atlantic Salmon Migration Patterns over the Scotian Shelf - March 2017
Anne Lombardi (M.Sc.) - Soundscape Characterization in Grand Passage, Nova Scotia, A Planned In-Stream Tidal Energy Site - December 2016
Shiliang Shan (Ph.D.) - Eulerian and Lagrangian Studies of Circulation on the Scotian Shelf and Adjacent Deep Waters of the North Atlantic with Biological Implications - August 2016
- Anna Katavouta (Ph.D.) - Non-Linear coupling of Scales of Ocean Variability and Implications for Downscaling - October 2015
- Erica C. Rogers (M.Sc.) - Modelling the Movement of Marine Particles in Discrete Time and Space with Application to Scotian Shelf Connectivity - August 2015
- Nicholas Dourado (M.Sc.) - Sediment Laden Ice Detection using Broadband Acoustic Backscattering Measurements from Calibration Targets in Ice - 2015
- Jorge R. Urrego-Blanco (Ph.D.) - Subtidal Circulation, Hydrography, Sea Ice and Associated Variability over the Eastern Canadian Shelf Using a Coupled Ocean-Ice Model - September 2014
- Jenna Hare (M.Sc.) - Observations of the Space-Time Structure of Flow, Vorticity and Stress over Orbital-Scale Ripples - May 2013
- Greg Trowse (M.Sc.) - On the Melt Rate of Submerged Sediment-Laden Ice - April 2013
- Candace Smith (M.Sc.) - The vertical distribution of copepods in Bedford Basin and its relationship with physical variables with particular emphasis on small-scale turbulence - October 2012
- Clark Richards (Ph.D.) - Energetics of Shoaling Internal Waves and Turbulence in the St. Lawrence Estuary - August 2012
- Simon Higginson (Ph.D.) - Mapping and Understanding the Mean Surface Circulation of the North Atlantic: Insights from new Geodetic and Oceanographic Measurements - May 2012
- Jean-Pierre Auclair (M.Sc.) - Implementation of the Two-Scale Approximation
in an Operational Wave Model - November 2011
- Eric Oliver (Ph.D.) - Local and Remote Forcing of the Ocean by the Madden-Julian Oscillation
and its Predictability - August 2011
- Shiliang Shan (M.Sc.) -Numerical Study of Three-dimensional Circulation and Hydrography in Halifax Harbour Using a Nested-grid Ocean Circulation Model (pdf) - December 2010
- Kassiem Jacobs (M.Sc.) - Assimilation of lagrangian data into idealized models of the ocean
mesoscale using ensemble-based methods (pdf) - August 2010.
- Yuehua Lin (Ph.D.) - Circulation and associated variability in the intra-Americas sea: The role of loop current intrusion and Caribbean eddies (pdf) - August 2010.
- Marie-Noel Matthews (M.Sc.) - Estimating Geoacoustic Parameters of Gassy Sediment Using Low-frequency Sound in St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia - December 2009.
- Trajce Alcinov (M.Sc.) - Oblique Long Wavelength Ripples in Nearshore Sands - completed August 2009.
- Doris Leong (M.Sc.) - Assessing the Isotropy of ocean Turbulence Using Broadband Acoustics - completed April 2009.
- Matthew Corkum (M.Sc.) - High Resolution Wind Forecasting in Nova Scotia
- completed August 2008.
- Ramzi Mirshak (Ph.D.) - Interfacial Internal Waves Impacting Sloped
Boundaries - completed July 2008.
- Stephanie Moore (M.Sc.) - The Angular Dependence of Acoustic Scattering
from Suspended Sediment - completed June 2008
- Jennifer Mecking (M.Sc.) - The Sensitivity of the Barotropic Ocean
Response to Tropical Cyclones Affecting Atlantic Canada - completed May 2008
- Ryan Mulligan (Ph.D.) - Wave-Driven Circulation in Lunenburg Bay -
completed May 2008
- Irene Maier (M.Sc.) - Linear Transition Ripples in Nearshore Sands -
completed April 2008
- Li Zhai (Ph.D.) - Dynamic Response to Wind, Tide and Buoyancy Forcing
in Lunenburg Bay of Nova Scotia - completed January 2008
- Xiaoming Zhai (Ph.D.) - Propagation of the Near-inertial Energy and the
Role of Eddies in the Ocean - completed September 2007
- Richard Cheel (M.Sc.) - Cross Ripple Occurrence in Nearshore Sands -
completed April 2007
- Pierluigi Pantalone (M.Sc.) - Modeling Connectivity among Coral
Reefs: Quantitative Predictions of Fish Larval Dispersal in the
Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System - completed December 2006
- Chris Fogarty (Ph.D.) Numerical modeling and analysis of hurricanes
moving into the mid-latitudes - completed March 2006
- Natacha Bernier (Ph.D.) Annual and Seasonal Extreme Sea Levels in the
Northwest Atlantic: Hindcasts Over the Last 40 Years and Projections for
the Next Century - completed December 2005
- Jun Zhao (M.Sc.) A Numerical Study on the Uptake and Spreading of CFCs
in the North Atlantic Ocean - completed May 2004
- John Newgard (M.Sc.) Near-bed Turbulence and Flat Bed Wave Friction
Factors in the Nearshore Zone - completed July 2004
- Xiaoming Zhai (M.Sc.) Studying Storm-Induced Circulation on the Scotian
Shelf and Slope Using a Two-Way Nested-Grid Model - completed February 2004
- Jian Lu (Ph.D.) Northern Hemisphere Climate Change and Variability
During the Last Half of the 20th Century - completed December 2003
- Phillip MacAulay (Ph.D.) Nearshore Bottom Boundary Layer Responses to
Complex Forcing - completed October 2003
- Keath Borg (M.Sc.) Coherent
Doppler Profiler Observations From a
Ripple Migration Event at the Long Term Ecosystem Observatory LEO-15
- completed September 2002
- Marjo Laurinolli (M.Sc.) Localisation of North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Sounds Using Hydrophone Arrays in the Bay of Fundy - completed September 2002
- Stephen Henderson (Ph.D.) Surf Beat Forcing and Dissipation - completed April 2002
- Carolyn Smyth (Ph.D.)
Coherent Doppler Profiler Measurements of
Near-Bed Vertical Suspended Sediment Fluxes for Different
Bedstates in the Nearshore Zone -
completed July 2001
- Mark Buehner (Ph.D.) Lagrangian Measurements and Low-Dimensional Models for Oceanographic and Atmospheric Data Assimilation - completed March 2000
- Brian May (Ph.D.) Double-Diffusive Interleaving
in Baroclinic Ocean Fronts - completed November 1999
- Josko Bobanovic (Ph.D.) - Barotropic Circulation Variability on CanadianAtlantic Shelves - completed
November 1997
- Daniel Clark (M.Sc.) - Physical and
Biological Sources and Sinks of Nitrate in the Canary Basin - completed
April 1997
- Michael Dowd (Ph.D.)
Assimilation of Data into Limited-Area Coastal
Models - completed January 1997
- Karin Bryan (Ph.D.) Bar-Trapped Edge Waves - completed December 1996
- Darryl Williams (M.Sc.)
Influence of the wind on the motionof surface drifters: Application of a
data assimilative model to the outer Scotian Shelf - completed
September 1996
- Zhigang Xu (Ph.D.) Wave- and
Wind-Driven Flow on the Continental Shelf - completed May 1995
- James Burke (M.Sc.)
Analysis of Microstructure Data from the North Atlantic
Tracer Release Experiment - completed August 1994
- Marie-Claude Bourque (M.Sc)
A Wind-Driven Upwelling System Analyzed with an
Adjoint Model - completed July 1993
- Peter Galbraith (Ph.D.)
Relating Overturns to Mixing and Buoyancy Flux - completed August 1992
- Amani Ngusaru (M.Sc.)
Longshore Currents on a Multi-Barred Beach:
Comparison of Measured Data with Model Results - completed February 1992
- Yingshuo Shen (M.Sc.)
Nonlinear Periodic Flow Over Isolated Topography:
Eulerian and Lagrangian Perspectives - completed September 1992
- Joseph Umoh (Ph.D.)
Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Sea Temperature
and Surface Heat Fluxes in the Northwest Atlantic - completed July 1992
- Darek Bogucki (M.Sc.)
Shear Induced Decay of Internal Solitary Waves - completed September 1991
- Yanko Andrade (Ph.D.)
Upwelling on the Scotian Shelf Inferred from Satellite
and Coastal Measurements - completed August 1991
- Lingqi Zhang (M.Sc.)
Simple Models of Thermohaline Processes in the Ocean - completed
August 1991
- James Hamilton (M.Sc.)
Exploring the Role of Salt Fingers in Vertical Mixing:
Theory and Observation - completed March 1991
- Peter Chandler (M.Sc.)
The Statistics and Propogation of Wave Groups in Coastal Water - June 1990
- Denis Gilbert (Ph.D.)
Theory and Observations of Internal Wave Reflection off Sloping Topography -
December 1990
- Franklin Schwing (Ph.D.) Subinertial
Circulation on the Scotian Shelf: Observations and Models - October 1989
- David Brickman (Ph.D.)
The Behavior & Stability of Coherent Vortices in External Flow Fields
- December 1989
- Rao Tatavarti (Ph.D.)
The Reflection of Waves on Natural Beaches - June 1989
- Anthony Isenor (M.Sc.) The Position
& Sea Surface Temperature Characteristics of the Labrador
Current in the Grand Banks Region - April 1989
- Myriam Bormans (Ph.D.)
A Model of the Exchange Through the Strait of Gibraltar - December 1988
- John C.R. Doering (Ph.D.)
Wave-Wave Interactions in the Nearshore - June 1988
- David Hebert (Ph.D.)
A Mediterranean Salt Lens - April 1988
- John Haines (Ph.D.)
An Investigation of Low Frequency Wave Motions: A Comparison of
Barred and Planar Beaches - March 1988
- Michel Mitchell (MSc) Physical Control of Chlorophyll-a in Bedford Basin - September 1987
- Kenneth Drinkwater (PhD)
The Response of an Open Stratified Bay to Wind Forcing - March 1987
- Steven Todoroff (MSc) The Response of Labrador Shelf Waters to Local Meteorological Forcing - September 1987
- Daniel Kelley (Ph.D.) Oceanic Thermohaline Staircase - January 1986
- Sherman Waddell (PhD)
Low Frequency Flow in the Arctic Archipelago - December 1985
- Chang-Shik Kim (MSc) Field Observations of Wave Groups and Long Waves on Sloping Beaches... - August 1985
- Bechara Toulany (MSc) The Structure & Dynamics of Flow Fluctuations in the Strait of
Belle Isle - May 1985
- Lung-fa Ku (PhD) The Computation of Tides from GEOS-3 Altimeter Data - November 1983
- Michael Stacey (PhD) A Theoretical Study of Density & Turbidity Currents - December 1982
- Graham Symonds (PhD) Long Waves on Beaches and the Dynamics of Surf Zone Forcing - September 1982
- Barbara-Ann Juszko (MSc) The Strait of Belle Isle: Physical and Biological Implications of the Flow - June 1981
- John Loder (PhD) Secondary Tidal Effects in Tidally Energetic Shallow Seas with Application
to the Gulf of Maine - November 1980
- Arthur Allen (MSc) Current Variability at the Offshore Edge of the Labrador Current - January 1980
- Jerome Smith (PhD) Waves, Currents & Langmuir Circulation - September 1980
- Robert Holman (PhD) Infragravity Waves on Beaches - October 1979
- Edward Horne (PhD) The Dynamics of the Subsurface Front in the Slope Water off
Nova Scotia - October 1978
- Richard Birch (MSc) Flood Tide Intrusions and Their Effect on the Temperature Structure of Little Narrows Pond - July 1978
- Gary Bugden (M.Sc.) Ice Movement and Modification in the Gulf of St. Lawrence - January 1977
- Germaine Gatien (MSc) A Study in the Slope Water Region South of Halifax - December 1975
- J.R. Keeley (MSc) Observed and Predicted Longshore Currents on Martinique Beach: A Comparison of Driving Terms - September 1975
- Eric Sadler (PhD) The Flow of Water and Heat through Nares Strait, N.W.T. - August 1975
- Kim-Tai Tee (PhD) Tide-Induced Residual Current in Minas Channel and Minas Basin - August 1975
- Dario Stucchi (MSc) Seiches in the Northwest Arm of Halifax Harbour - January 1975
- Brian Petrie (PhD) Surface & Internal Tides on the Scotian Shelf and Slopes - August 1974
- Howard Freeland (PhD) The Splitting of the Gulf Stream (or The Effect of Topography on
Ocean Currents) - May 1973
- Allan Lee (PhD) The T-S structure, circulation and mixing in the Slope Water region east of the Scotian Shelf - September 1970
- James Warner (PhD) Water movement on the Scotian Shelf - May 1970
- David Krauel (MSc) A physical oceanographic study of the Margaree and Cheticamp River Estuaries - May 1969
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