Jay Austin

Research Assistant Professor
Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
jay@ccpo.odu.edu
(757)683-5526
Routine obs of the Chesapeake Bay

Time series of S,T, P from CCPO
ChesTech Meeting info
The Chesapeake Interactive Modeling Project
FINCH data and slideshows
CBOS-CEID project

Recent Paper drafts

(some unpublished paper drafts have links to postscript/pdf files for downloading)

Currently in the works, but unpublished:

  • Mixed Layer restratification and Subduction during wind reversal in a coastal upwelling region. A. Dale, M. Levine, J. Barth, and J. Austin, to be submitted to JGR, 2005.

  • Subinertial variability of the Oregon Inner Shelf, Analysis of cross-shelf circulation on the Oregon Inner Shelf, with Brian Grantham. Uses data from the OSU-PISCO project, 1998-2000.( in .pdf)

    Recently published:

  • The design and Testing of small, low-cost GPS-tracked Surface Drifters, J. Austin and S. Atkinson, Estuaries 27, 1026-1029, 2004.
  • Estimating effective longitudinal dispersion in the Chesapeake Bay, J. Austin, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 60, 359-368, 2004.
  • Estimating the Mean ocean-bay exchange rate of the Chesapeake Bay, J. Austin, J. Geophys. Res., 107 C11, 3192, doi:10.1029/2001JC001246, 2002.
  • Drifter behavior on the Oregon-Washington Shelf during downwelling favorable winds, J. Austin and J. Barth, J. Phys. Ocean., 32, 3132-3144, 2002.
  • Variation in the Position of the upwelling front on the Oregon Shelf, J. Austin and J. Barth, J. Geophys. Res. 107(C11), 2002.
  • The Inner Shelf Response to Wind-Driven Upwelling and Downwelling, J. Austin and S. Lentz, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2171-2193, July 2002.
  • Oke, P.R., J.S. Allen, R.N. Miller, G.D. Egbert, J. Barth, J.A. Austin, P.M. Kosro, and M. Levine, A Modeling Study of the Three-Dimensional Continental Shelf Circulation off Oregon. Part I: Model-Data Comparisons, Journal of Physical Oceanography 32, no. 5, pp. 1360-1382, 2002.

    Older Stuff:

  • Austin, J.A., The Role of the Alongshore Wind in the Heat Balance of the North Carolina Inner Shelf, Journal of Geophysical Research 104, C8, 1999.
  • Austin, J.A. and S.J. Lentz. The Relationship between Synoptic Weather Systems and Meteorological Forcing on the North Carolina Inner Shelf, Journal of Geophysical Research 104, C8, 1999.
  • Stern, M.E., and J. A. Austin, Entrainment of Shelf Water by a Bifurcating Continental Boundary Current, Journal of Physical Oceanography 25, No. 12, 1995.
  • Kelly, K.A., M.J. Caruso, and J.A. Austin, Wind-Forced Variations in Sea Surface Height in the Northeast Pacific Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography 23, No. 11, 1993.
  • Austin, J. A., The Mechanics of the Leaky Faucet Experiment, Physics Letters A, v.155, 148-154, 1991.

    Other stuff:

  • 2000 MiniBAT field Season Data report Data report covering six cruises made during summer 2000, including data on horizontal tows.

  • My Curriculum Vita
    Oregon MiniBAT survey data