Parker MacCready

• University of Washington
• School of Oceanography
• Box 355351
• Seattle, WA 98195-5351

• Email: parker@ocean.washington.edu
• Phone UW: (206) 685-9588
• Phone Olympia: (360) 956-3216
• Office: 313 Ocean Sciences Building (map)

I am a physical oceanographer, working in coastal and estuarine regions. My research group focuses on flow over rough topography, estuarine circulation theory, river plumes, and bio-physical interactions.

Research Projects

• Flow over Rough Topography (Three Tree Point)
• River Plumes (Columbia River: RISE)
• Neil Banas: RISE Biophysical Modeling
• Estuarine Dynamics
• Overflow Plumes
• Southern Ocean Nitrate & Potential Vorticity
• Arrested Ekman Layers

Classes

• Puget Sound Oceanography
• Fluid Dynamics (AMATH & ATM S 505, OCN 511)
• Estuarine & Coastal Fluid Dynamics Summer School (Friday Harbor Labs 2006)
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I (OCN 512, AtmSci 509, Winter 2006)
• Dead Zones around America (HA&S 220, Fall 2005)
• Bio-Physical Interactions (Winter 2004)
• The Science & Politics of Sewage in Puget Sound (HA&S 220, Fall 2002)
• Estuarine Circulation and Mixing (Winter 1999)

Essays & Etc.

• Publications
• The Pogo Foil: A Human-Powered Hydrofoil Boat
• Teaching Science for Non-scientists
• Oceanography in 2050
• PM_tools for ROMS
• Modeling Notes

Other Links

• MacCready Research Group
• UW Coastal Studies Group (Hickey)
• PRISM (Kawase)
• Physical Oceanography
• School of Oceanography
• University of Washington