Journal Articles, Conference Papers, and Technical Reports Associated with FVCOM

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Lai, Z., C. Chen, G. Cowles, and R.C. Beardsley. A non-hydrostatic version of FVCOM-validation experiment I: surface standing and solitary waves, J. Geoph. Res., submitted.

Lai, Z., C. Chen, G. Cowles, and R.C. Beardsley. "A non-hydrostatic version of FVCOM-validation experiment II: Lock-exchange flow and internal solitary waves", J. Geoph. Res., submitted.

Tian, R.C., C. Chen, K. Stokesbury, B. Rothschild, G. Cowles, Q. Xu, S. Hu, B. Harris, and M. Marino, "Interannual variability in scallop larval dispersal and settlement on Georges Bank: A modeling experiment", Marine Ecology Progress Series, submitted.

Chen, C., P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, J. Wei, R. Beardsley, Z. Lai, P. Xue, S.J Lyu, Q. Xu, J. Qi, and G. Cowles, "Validation of Kalman Filters for Coastal Ocean Problems: An Experiment with FVCOM", J. Geophys. Res., submitted.

Qi, J., C. Chen, R.C. Beardsley, W. Perrie, G. Cowles, and Z. Lai. "An unstructured-grid, finite-volume wave model (UG-SWAN): Implementation, validation, and applications". Ocean Modelling, submitted.

Weisberg, R.H. and L.Y. Zheng. "Ivan-like hurricane storm surges for the Tampa Bay, Florida region simulated with 3-D and 2-D models. J. Geophy. Res., submitted.

Zheng, L.Y. and R.H. Weisberg. Rookery Bay and Naples Bay circulation simulations: Applications to tides and fresh water inflow regulation". Ecological Modelling, submitted.

Chen, C., R.C. Beardsley, Q. Xu, G. Cowles, and R. Limeburner, "Tidal dynamics in the Gulf of Maine and New England Shelf: An application of FVCOM", J. Geophys. Res., in revision

Chen, C., G. Gao, J. Qi, A. Proshutinsky, R. Beardsley, H. Lin, G. Cowles, and H. Huang, "A new high-resolution unstructured-grid, finite-volume Arctic Ocean model (AO-FVCOM): An application for tidal simulation, J. Geophys. Res.,in revision.


2008

Chen, C., P. Xue, P. Ding, R.C. Beardsley, Q. Xu, X. Mao, G. Gao, J. Qi, C. Li, H. Lin, G. Cowles, and M. Shi, 2008, Physical mechanisms for the offshore detachment of the Changjiang diluted water in the East China Sea, J. Geophy. Res., 113, C02002, doi:10.1029/2006JC003994.

Chen, C., Q. Xu, R. Houghton and R. C. Beardsley, 2008. "A model-dye comparison experiment in the tidal mixing front zone on the southern flank of Georges Bank". J. Geophys. Res., 113, C02005, doi; 10.1029/2007jc004106

Chen, C, J. Qi, C. Li, R. C. Beardsley, H. Lin, R. Walker and K. Gates, 2008. "Complexity of the flooding/drying process in an estuarine tidal-creek salt-marsh system: an application of FVCOM (DRAFT)". J. Geophys. Res. doi: 10.1029/2007jc004328, in press.

Chen, C., L. Zhao, G. Cowles and B. Rothschild, 2008. "Critical issues for modeling studies of Narragansett Bay and Mount Hope Bay". in Science for Ecosystem-based Management, Narragansett Bay in the 21st Century, 10.1007/978-0-387-35299-2 , 281-300.

Cowles, G.W., S.J. Lentz, C. Chen, R.C. Beardsley, and Q. Xu, "Comparison of observed and model-computed low frequency circulation and hydrography on the New England Shelf (DRAFT)", Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.

Cowles, G.W., 2008, "Parallelization of the FVCOM Coastal Ocean Model", International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, 22 (2), 177-193.

Hu, S., D.W. Townsend, C. Chen, G.W. Cowles, R. C. Beardsley, R. Ji, and R.W. Houghton, “Tidal Pumping onto Georges Bank: A Process-Oriented Modeling Study of Nutrient Flux, Journal of Marine Systems, in press.

Huang, H. C. Chen, J. O. Blanton, F. A. Andreade, 2008. "Numerical study of tidal asymmetry in the Okatee Creek, South Carolina", Estuaries, Coastal and Shelf Science,78, 190-202.

Huang, H., C. Chen, G.W. Cowles, C.D. Winant, R.C. Beardsley, K. Hedstrom, and D.B. Haidvogel, "FVCOM Validation Experiments: Comparison with ROMS for Three Idealized Barotropic Test Problems (DRAFT)", Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.

Ji, R., C. Davis, C. Chen, and R. Beardsley, 2008 "Influence of local and external processes on the annual nitrogen cycle and primary productivity on Georges Bank: A 3-D biological-physical modeling study". Journal of Marine System, in press.

Lee C, T Khangaonkar and Z Yang. 2008. "Application of Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Model for the Restoration Feasibility Assessment- Cottonwood Island, Washington." In Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, ML Spaulding (ed). Proceedings of the 10th International Conference. American Society of Civil Engineers, Newport, RI.

Li, C., C. Chen, G. Guadagnoli and I. Y. Georgiou, 2008. "Geometry induced residual eddies in estuaries with curved channel-observations and modeling studies". J. Geophys. Res., in press

Yang Z, and TP Khangaonkar. 2008. " Modeling the Hydrodynamics of Puget Sound using a Three-dimensional Unstructured Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model." In Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, ML Spaulding (ed). Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (accepted for publication). American Society of Civil Engineers, Newport, RI.

Yang, Z. and T. Khangaonkar. 2007. "Modeling of Salt Intrusion, Intertidal Mixing, and Circulation in a Braided Estuary". Journal of Coastal Research, accepted.


2007

Chen, C. H. Huang, R. C. Beardsley, H. Liu, Q. Xu and G. Cowles, 2007. "A finite-volume numerical approach for coastal ocean ciirculation studies: comparisons with finite difference models". J. Geophys. Res. 112, C03018, doi:10.1029/2006JC003485.

Frick WE, T. Khangaonkar, AC Sigleo, and Z Yang. 2007. "Estuarine-ocean exchange in a North Pacific estuary: comparison of steady state and dynamic model." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 74(1-2):1-11.

Huret, M., J. Runge, C. Chen, G. Cowles, Q. Xu, and J. Pringle, 2007. "Dispersal modeling of fish early live stages: Sensitivity analysis with application to Atlantic Cod in the western Gulf of Maine", Marine Ecology Progress Series, 347, 261-274.

Ji. R., C. Davis, C. Chen, D. W. Townsend , D. G. Mountain and R. C. Beardsley, 2007. "Influence of ocean freshening on shelf phytoplantkon dynamics". Geophys. Res. Lett. L24607, doi: 10.1029/2007GL032010


2006

Chen, C, R. C. Beardsley and G. Cowles, 2006. "An unstructured grid, finite-volume coastal ocean model (FVCOM) system". Special Issue entitled “Advances in Computational Oceanography”, Oceanography, vol. 19, No. 1, 78-89.

Chen, C., G. Cowles, and R.C. Beardsley, 2006. "An unstructured grid, finite volume coastal ocean model: FVCOM User Manual, Second Edition". SMAST/UMASSD Technical Report-06-0602, pp. 315.

Isobe, A., and R.C. Beardsley, 2006, "An estimate of the cross-frontal transport at the shelf break of the East China Sea with the Finite Volume Coastal Ocean Model", J. of Geophys. Res., 111, C03012, doi:10.1029/2005JC002390.

Ji, R. C. Chen, P. J. S. Franks, D. W. Townsend, E. G. Durbin, R. C. Beardsley, R. G. Lough, R.W. Houghton, 2006. "The Impact of Scotian Shelf Water "cross-over" on the plankton dynamics on Georges Bank: A 3-D experiment for the 1999 spring bloom". Deep-Sea Res. II, 53, 2684-2707.

C. Johnson, J. Pringle, and C. Chen, 2006. "Transport and retenton of dormant copepods in the Gulf of Maine". Deep-Sea Res. II, 53, 2520-2536

Pringle, J.M., 2006. Sources of variability in Gulf of Maine Circulation. Deep Sea Research II, 53, 2457.

Tian, R. and C. Chen, 2006. "Influence of model geometrical fitting and turbulence parameterization on phytoplankton simulation in the Gulf of Maine", Deep-Sea Res. II, 53, 2808-2832.

Weisberg, R.H. and L.Y. Zheng, 2006: "A simulation of the Hurricane Charley storm surge and its breach of North Captiva Island",. Florida Scientist, 69(S2): 152-169.

Weisberg, R.H. and L.Y. Zheng, 2006: "Hurricane Storm Surge Simulations for Tampa Bay". Estuaries and Coasts, 29(6A): 899-913.

Weisberg, R.H. and L.Y. Zheng, 2006:"Circulation of Tampa Bay driven by buoyancy, tides, and winds, as simulated using a finite volume coastal ocean model". J. Geophys. Res., 111, C01005, doi:10.1029/2005JC003067

Yang Z, H. Liu, and T. Khangaonkar. 2006. "Development of a Hydrodynamic Model for Skagit River Estuary for Estuarine Restoration Feasibility Assessment." In Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, ML Spaulding (ed). Proceedings of the 9th International Conference, pp. 734-751. American Society of Civil Engineers, Charleston, SC.

Zhao, L., C. Chen, and G. Cowles, 2006. "Tidal flushing and eddy formation in Mount Hope Bay and Narrangansett Bay: an application of FVCOM", Journal of Geophysical Research, 111.


2004

Chen, C, G. Cowles and R. C. Beardsley, 2004. "An unstructured grid, finite-volume coastal ocean model: FVCOM User Manual". SMAST/UMASSD Technical Report-04-0601, pp183.


2003

Chen, C. H. Liu, R. C. Beardsley, 2003. "An unstructured, finite-volume, three-dimensional, primitive equation ocean model: application to coastal ocean and estuaries". Journal of Atmospheric and OceanicTechnology, 20, 159-186.