Parker MacCready Publications

Parker MacCready, UW Physical Oceanography

Publications

Journal Articles: arranged by topic

Arrested Ekman Layers

MacCready, P., and P. B. Rhines 1991: Buoyant inhibition of Ekman transport on a slope and its effect on stratified spin-up, J. Fluid Mech., 223, 631-661. [*]
MacCready, P., and P. B. Rhines 1993: Slippery Bottom Boundary Layers on a Slope, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 5-22.
Garrett, C., P. MacCready, and P. B. Rhines 1993: Boundary Mixing and Arrested Ekman Layers: Rotating, Stratified Flow Near a Sloping Boundary, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 25, 291-323. [PDF 1.9 Mb]

Overflows & Boundary Currents

MacCready, P. 1994: Frictional Decay of Abyssal Boundary Currents, J. Mar. Res., 52, 197-217.
MacCready, P., W. E. Johns, C. G. Rooth, D. M. Fratantoni, & R. A. Watlington 1999: Overflow into the Deep Caribbean: Effects of Plume Variability. J. Geophys. Res., 104 (C11), 25913-25935.
Hickey, B. M., P. MacCready, E. Elliott, and N. B. Kachel, 2000: Dense saline plumes in Exuma Sound, Bahamas. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11471-11488.

Southern Ocean

MacCready, P., and P. B. Rhines (2001) Meridional Transport Across a Zonal Channel: Topographic Localization. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 1427-1439. [PDF 930 kb]
MacCready, P. and P. Quay (2001) Biological Export Flux in the Southern Ocean Estimated from a Climatological Nitrate Budget. Deep-Sea Res., 49, 4299-4322.

Estuarine Dynamics

MacCready, P. 1999: Estuarine Adjustment to Changes in River Flow and Tidal Mixing, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 708-726. [PDF 272 kb]
MacCready, P. and W. R. Geyer (2001) Estuarine Salt Flux Through an Isohaline Surface. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 11629-11637.
MacCready, P., R. D. Hetland, and W. R. Geyer (2002) Long-Term Isohaline Salt Balance in an Estuary. Continental Shelf Res., 22, 1591-1601. [PDF 532 kb]
Banas, N.S., B.M. Hickey, P. MacCready, and J. A. Newton (2004) Dynamics of Willapa Bay, Washington, a highly unsteady partially mixed estuary. J.Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 2413-2427.
MacCready, P. (2004): Toward a Unified Theory of Tidally-Averaged Estuarine Salinity Structure. Estuaries, 27, 561-570. [PDF 536 kb]
Babson, A. L., M. Kawase, P. MacCready (2006): Seasonal and interannual variability in the circulation of Puget Sound, Washington: A box model study. Atmosphere-Oceans, 44, 29-45. [PDF 1.6 Mb]
MacCready, P. (2007) Estuarine Adjustment. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 2133-2145. [PDF 979 kb] [MATLAB Code of the model]

Flow Over Rough Topography

MacCready, P. and G. Pawlak (2001) Stratified Flow along a Rough Slope: Separation Drag and Wave Drag. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 2824-2839. [PDF 2.7 Mb] [**]
Pawlak, G. and P. MacCready (2002) Oscillatory flow across an irregular boundary. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 4-1 to 4-17.
Pawlak, G., P. MacCready, K. A. Edwards, R. McCabe (2003) Observations on the evolution of tidal vorticity at a stratified deep water headland. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(24), 2234, 10.1029/2003GL018092. [PDF 1 Mb]
Edwards, K. A., P. MacCready, J. N. Moum, G. Pawlak, J. Klymak, and A. Perlin (2004) Form Drag and Mixing due to Tidal Flow past a Sharp Point. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1297-1312.
Martin, W., P. MacCready, and R. Dewey (2005) Boundary Layer Forcing of a Semidiurnal Cross-Channel Seiche. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 35, 1518-1537. [PDF 2.3 Mb] [Corrected Figure 8 PDF 72 kb]
McCabe, R., P. MacCready, and G. Pawlak (2006) Form Drag due to Flow Separation at a Headland. J. Phys. Oceangr., 36, 2136-2152.
Canals, M., G. Pawlak and P. MacCready: Tilted Baroclinic Tidal Vorticies. Re-Submitted to J. Phys. Oceanogr. May 2008. [PDF 3.2 Mb]

RISE: River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems

MacCready, P., N. S. Banas, B. H. Hickey, E. P. Dever and Y. Liu (2008) A Model Study of Tide- and Wind-Induced Mixing in the Columbia River Estuary and Plume. In press Continental Shelf Res. [Text PDF 271 kb, Figs PDF 1.5 Mb]
Banas, N. S., P. MacCready, and B. H. Hickey (2008) The Columbia River plume as cross-shelf exporter and along-coast barrier. In press Continental Shelf Res. [PDF 6.8 Mb]
McCabe, R., B. M. Hickey, and P. MacCready (2008), Observational estimates of entrainment and vertical salt flux in the interior of a spreading river plume (2008) J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2007JC004361, in press. [PDF 1 Mb ].
McCabe, R. M., P. MacCready, and B. M. Hickey, (2008) Ebb Tide Dynamics and Spreading of a Large River Plume. Submitted to J. Phys. Oceanogr. May 2008. [PDF 4.2 Mb].
Liu, Y., P. MacCready, B. M. Hickey, E. P. Dever, P. M. Kosro, and N. S. Banas, (2008) Evaluation of a Coastal Ocean Circulation Model for the Columbia River Plume in Summer 2004. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. May 2008. [PDF 3.3 Mb].
Banas, N. S., E. V. Lessard, R. M. Kudela, P. MacCready, T. D. Peterson, B. M. Hickey, and E. Frame (2008) Planktonic growth and grazing in the Columbia River plume region: A biophysical model study. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. [PDF 3.2 MB ]

Selected Other Publications

Rhines, P. B., and P. MacCready 1989: Boundary Control over the Large-Scale Circulation, Proceedings of the Fifth 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop on Parameterization of Small-Scale Processes, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, Honolulu, 75-97.
MacCready, P., and P. B. Rhines 1993: Ocean Circulation: Overturning Modes Driven by Stress and Buoyancy, Ninth Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Waves and Stability, preprints, 53-55. MacCready, P., and R. A. Watlington 1993: Hydrographic Data from R. V. Columbus Iselin Cruises 9101 & 9203, RSMAS Technical Report No. 93-003, University of Miami, 191 pages.
MacCready, P., G. Pawlak, K. A. Edwards, R. McCabe (2003) Form Drag on Ocean Flows. Proceeding of the 13th ‘Aha Huliko’a Hawaiian Winter Workshop on “Near Boundary Processes and their Parameterization," P. Muller and D. Henderson, Eds., SOEST Special Publication, Univ. of Hawaii, 119-130. [PDF 1.1 Mb]
G. Pawlak, P. MacCready and R. McCabe (2003) Evolution of Vortical Flow Structure in an Ocean Boundary Process. (12 pp.). Proceeding of the 13th ‘Aha Huliko’a Hawaiian Winter Workshop on “Near Boundary Processes and their Parameterization," P. Muller and D. Henderson, Eds., SOEST Special Publication, Univ. of Hawaii, 131-142. [PDF 692 kb]
MacCready, P. 1986: Features of Flapping-Wing Propulsion. Third International Human Powered Vehicle Scientific Symposium, Proceedings, A. Abbott, ed., IHPVA, Seal Beach, CA, USA, 45-52.
MacCready, P. 1990: Hydrofoil Boats with Flapping-Wing Propulsion. Human Power, 8, no. 1, 9-16.
MacCready, P. 1997: In Shallow Water: Basic vs. Applied Science, NSF-sponsored Advances and Primary Research Opportunities in Physical Oceanography Studies (APROPOS) Workshop, Monterey, CA.

Errata

[*] The first term on the RHS of equation (2.27) should be multiplied by the sign of Mo.

[**] In (2.24) the equations for v, w, and rho' should have G^2 in place of G'^2.

[***] Figure 8 shows an incorrect definition of the phase, G, and should be replaced with this figure. The actual phase calculations were correct elsewhere in the paper.

Parker MacCready, UW Physical Oceanography

Publications

Journal Articles: arranged by topic

Arrested Ekman Layers

MacCready, P., and P. B. Rhines 1991: Buoyant inhibition of Ekman transport on a slope and its effect on stratified spin-up, J. Fluid Mech., 223, 631-661. [*]

MacCready, P., and P. B. Rhines 1993: Slippery Bottom Boundary Layers on a Slope, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 5-22.

Garrett, C., P. MacCready, and P. B. Rhines 1993: Boundary Mixing and Arrested Ekman Layers: Rotating, Stratified Flow Near a Sloping Boundary, Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 25, 291-323. [PDF 1.9 Mb]

Overflows & Boundary Currents

MacCready, P. 1994: Frictional Decay of Abyssal Boundary Currents, J. Mar. Res., 52, 197-217.

MacCready, P., W. E. Johns, C. G. Rooth, D. M. Fratantoni, & R. A. Watlington 1999: Overflow into the Deep Caribbean: Effects of Plume Variability. J. Geophys. Res., 104 (C11), 25913-25935.

Hickey, B. M., P. MacCready, E. Elliott, and N. B. Kachel, 2000: Dense saline plumes in Exuma Sound, Bahamas. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 11471-11488.

Southern Ocean

MacCready, P., and P. B. Rhines (2001) Meridional Transport Across a Zonal Channel: Topographic Localization. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 1427-1439. [PDF 930 kb]

MacCready, P. and P. Quay (2001) Biological Export Flux in the Southern Ocean Estimated from a Climatological Nitrate Budget. Deep-Sea Res., 49, 4299-4322.

Estuarine Dynamics

MacCready, P. 1999: Estuarine Adjustment to Changes in River Flow and Tidal Mixing, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 708-726. [PDF 272 kb]

MacCready, P. and W. R. Geyer (2001) Estuarine Salt Flux Through an Isohaline Surface. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 11629-11637.

MacCready, P., R. D. Hetland, and W. R. Geyer (2002) Long-Term Isohaline Salt Balance in an Estuary. Continental Shelf Res., 22, 1591-1601. [PDF 532 kb]

Banas, N.S., B.M. Hickey, P. MacCready, and J. A. Newton (2004) Dynamics of Willapa Bay, Washington, a highly unsteady partially mixed estuary. J.Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 2413-2427.

MacCready, P. (2004): Toward a Unified Theory of Tidally-Averaged Estuarine Salinity Structure. Estuaries, 27, 561-570. [PDF 536 kb]

Babson, A. L., M. Kawase, P. MacCready (2006): Seasonal and interannual variability in the circulation of Puget Sound, Washington: A box model study. Atmosphere-Oceans, 44, 29-45. [PDF 1.6 Mb]

MacCready, P. (2007) Estuarine Adjustment. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 2133-2145. [PDF 979 kb] [MATLAB Code of the model]

Flow Over Rough Topography

MacCready, P. and G. Pawlak (2001) Stratified Flow along a Rough Slope: Separation Drag and Wave Drag. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 2824-2839. [PDF 2.7 Mb] [**]

Pawlak, G. and P. MacCready (2002) Oscillatory flow across an irregular boundary. J. Geophys. Res., 107, 4-1 to 4-17.

Pawlak, G., P. MacCready, K. A. Edwards, R. McCabe (2003) Observations on the evolution of tidal vorticity at a stratified deep water headland. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(24), 2234, 10.1029/2003GL018092. [PDF 1 Mb]

Edwards, K. A., P. MacCready, J. N. Moum, G. Pawlak, J. Klymak, and A. Perlin (2004) Form Drag and Mixing due to Tidal Flow past a Sharp Point. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1297-1312.

Martin, W., P. MacCready, and R. Dewey (2005) Boundary Layer Forcing of a Semidiurnal Cross-Channel Seiche. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 35, 1518-1537. [PDF 2.3 Mb] [Corrected Figure 8 PDF 72 kb]

McCabe, R., P. MacCready, and G. Pawlak (2006) Form Drag due to Flow Separation at a Headland. J. Phys. Oceangr., 36, 2136-2152.

Canals, M., G. Pawlak and P. MacCready: Tilted Baroclinic Tidal Vorticies. Re-Submitted to J. Phys. Oceanogr. May 2008. [PDF 3.2 Mb]

RISE: River Influences on Shelf Ecosystems

MacCready, P., N. S. Banas, B. H. Hickey, E. P. Dever and Y. Liu (2008) A Model Study of Tide- and Wind-Induced Mixing in the Columbia River Estuary and Plume. In press Continental Shelf Res. [Text PDF 271 kb, Figs PDF 1.5 Mb]

Banas, N. S., P. MacCready, and B. H. Hickey (2008) The Columbia River plume as cross-shelf exporter and along-coast barrier. In press Continental Shelf Res. [PDF 6.8 Mb]

McCabe, R., B. M. Hickey, and P. MacCready (2008), Observational estimates of entrainment and vertical salt flux in the interior of a spreading river plume (2008) J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2007JC004361, in press. [PDF 1 Mb].

McCabe, R. M., P. MacCready, and B. M. Hickey, (2008) Ebb Tide Dynamics and Spreading of a Large River Plume. Submitted to J. Phys. Oceanogr. May 2008. [PDF 4.2 Mb].

Liu, Y., P. MacCready, B. M. Hickey, E. P. Dever, P. M. Kosro, and N. S. Banas, (2008) Evaluation of a Coastal Ocean Circulation Model for the Columbia River Plume in Summer 2004. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. May 2008. [PDF 3.3 Mb].

Banas, N. S., E. V. Lessard, R. M. Kudela, P. MacCready, T. D. Peterson, B. M. Hickey, and E. Frame (2008) Planktonic growth and grazing in the Columbia River plume region: A biophysical model study. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. [PDF 3.2 MB]

Selected Other Publications

Rhines, P. B., and P. MacCready 1989: Boundary Control over the Large-Scale Circulation, Proceedings of the Fifth 'Aha Huliko'a Hawaiian Winter Workshop on Parameterization of Small-Scale Processes, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, Honolulu, 75-97.

MacCready, P. 1986: Features of Flapping-Wing Propulsion. Third International Human Powered Vehicle Scientific Symposium, Proceedings, A. Abbott, ed., IHPVA, Seal Beach, CA, USA, 45-52.

MacCready, P. 1990: Hydrofoil Boats with Flapping-Wing Propulsion. Human Power, 8, no. 1, 9-16.

MacCready, P. 1997: In Shallow Water: Basic vs. Applied Science, NSF-sponsored Advances and Primary Research Opportunities in Physical Oceanography Studies (APROPOS) Workshop, Monterey, CA.

Errata

[*] The first term on the RHS of equation (2.27) should be multiplied by the sign of Mo.

[**] In (2.24) the equations for v, w, and rho' should have G^2 in place of G'^2.

[***] Figure 8 shows an incorrect definition of the phase, G, and should be replaced with this figure. The actual phase calculations were correct elsewhere in the paper.

McCabe, R., B. M. Hickey, and P. MacCready (2008), Observational estimates of entrainment and vertical salt flux in the interior of a spreading river plume (2008) J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2007JC004361, in press. [PDF 1 Mb ].

Banas, N. S., E. V. Lessard, R. M. Kudela, P. MacCready, T. D. Peterson, B. M. Hickey, and E. Frame (2008) Planktonic growth and grazing in the Columbia River plume region: A biophysical model study. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res. [PDF 3.2 MB ]