Barbara M. Hickey

Physical Oceanography, UW School of Oceanography


Barbara M. Hickey, Ph.D. (Univ. of California at San Diego), Professor.

 

Area of Interests:

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.

Recent Papers:

Hickey, B.M., L. Pietrafesa, D. Jay and W.C. Boicourt (1997) The Columbia River Plume Study: subtidal variability of the velocity and salinity fields. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res.

Hickey, B.M. (1997) Response of a narrow submarine canyon to strong wind forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr. In Press.

Hickey, B.M. (1997) Physical Oceanography of the West Coast of North America from the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the tip of Baja California. Chapter for a Volume of The Sea. In press.

Hill, E.D., B.M. Hickey, F.A. Shillington, P.T. Strub, E.D. Barton and K. Brink (1997) Eastern Boundary Current Systems of the World. Chapter for a Volume of The Sea. In press.

Ledwell, J.R. and B.M. Hickey (1995) Evidence for enhanced boundary mixing in Santa Monica Basin. J. Geophys. Res. 100(C10): 20,665-20,679.

Hickey, B.M. (1992) Circulation over the Santa Monica-San Pedro basin and shelf. Progress in Oceanography (30): 37-115.

McConnaughey, R.A., D.A. Armstrong, B.M. Hickey and D.R. Gunderson (1992) Juvenile Dungeness crab, Cancer magister, recruitment variability and oceanic transport during the pelagic larval phase. Can. Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49: 2,028-2,044.

Hickey, B.M. (1991) Variability in two deep coastal basins (Santa Monica and San Pedro) off southern California. J. Geophys. Res. 96 (C9): 16,689-16,708.

Thomson, R.E., B.M. Hickey and P.H. LeBlond (1990) The Vancouver Island coastal current: fisheries barrier and conduit. Effects of ocean variability on recruitment and an evaluation of parameters used in stock assessment models. Can. Spec. Pub. Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 108: 265-296.

Landry, M.R. and B.M. Hickey (eds.) (1989) Coastal Oceanography of Washington and Oregon, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Hickey, B.M. (1989) Patterns and processes of shelf and slope circulation. In: Landry,M.R. and B.M. Hickey (eds.), Coastal Oceanography of Washington and Oregon, pp 41-115, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

 

Ongoing Projects

 


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