Barbara Hickey

Dynamics of coastal oceanography, estuary-ocean interactions, eastern boundary current systems, circulation in submarine canyons, buoyant plumes, flow over sills, and semi-enclosed basin circulation.

Professor, Physical Oceanography

bhickey@u.washington.edu

Phone: (206) 543-4737

Office: 305 OSB (map)

Campus Mailbox: 355351

Web Site: http://coast.ocean.washington.edu

 

 

 

 
coastal oceanography, interdisciplinary, hypoxia, harmful algal blooms

 

Selected Publications

"Three interacting freshwater plumes in the northern California Current System"  (2009)
Hickey, B.M., R. McCabe, S. Geier, E. Dever and N. Kachel, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C00B03, doi:10.1029/2008JC004907.
Journal of Geophysical Research

 

"Seasonal and interannual variability of Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid in the Juan de Fuca Eddy region and its adjacent shelves"  (2008)
Trainer, V.L., B.M. Hickey, W.P. Cochlan, E.J. Lessard, C.G. Trick, M.L. Wells, J. Herndon, A. MacFadyen and S.K. Moore, Limnology and Oceanography, 54: 289-308.
Limnology and Oceanography

 

"Why is the northern California Current so Productive?"  (2008)
Hickey, B. M. and N. Banas , Oceanography, 21(4), 90-107.
Oceanography

 

"Tidal exchange, bivalve grazing, and patterns of primary production in Willapa Bay, Washington, USA"  (2007)
Banas, N.S, B.M. Hickey, J.A. Newton and J. Ruesink, Marine Ecological Progress Series, 341: 123-139.
Marine Ecological Progress Series

 

"Evolution of biological, chemical and physical water properties in the Pacific Northwest in 2005: Remote or local wind forcing? "  (2006)
Hickey, B.M., A. MacFadyen, W.P. Cochlan, R.M. Kudela, K.W. Bruland and C.R. Trick, Geophysical Research Letters, 33: L22S02; doi:10.1029/2006GL026782.
Geophysical Research Letters

 

"A bi-directional river plume: The Columbia in summer"  (2005)
Hickey, B.M., S. Geier, N. Kachel and A. MacFadyen, Continental Shelf Research, 25: 1631-1636.
Continental Shelf Research

 

"Transport of surface waters from the Juan de Fuca eddy region to the Washington coast: Implications for HABs"  (2005)
MacFadyen, A., B.M. Hickey and M.G.G. Foreman, Continental Shelf Research, 25: 2008-2021.
Continental Shelf Research

 

"Local and remote forcing of currents and temperature in the Central Southern California Bight"  (2003)
Hickey, B.M., E. Dobbins and S.E. Allen, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C3): 3081, doi:10.1029/2000JC00313.
Journal of Geophysical Research

 

"Coastal oceanography of Western North America from the tip of Baja California to Vancouver Is."  (1998)
Hickey, B.M., In: Brink, K.H. and A.R. Robinson (eds.), The Sea, Volume 11, Chapter 12, pp. 345-393, Wiley and Sons, Inc..
In: Brink, K.H. and A.R. Robinson (eds.), The Sea

 

"Response of a narrow submarine canyon to strong wind forcing"  (1997)
Hickey,B.M., Journal of Physical Oceanography, 27(5): 697-726.
Journal of Physical Oceanography