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Field observations of wave and current dynamics on a microtidal dissipative-intermediate environment at Bocagrande Beach, Colombian Caribbean, during dry and wet seasons Open

Julie Ruiz-Merchán, Juan Camilo Restrepo, Brian K. Haus, Luís Otero, Mario Conde‐Frias , et al. · 2025

The surf zone is one of the most dynamic coastal regions, primarily driven by the interplay of cross-shore velocity (u), alongshore velocity (v), gravity (G), and infragravity (IG) wave oscillations, which significantly impact the movement…

FlumeX: A modular flume design for laboratory-based marine fluid-substrate studies Open

Melissa Ruszczyk, Patrick M. Kiel, Santhan Chandragiri, Cédric M. Guigand, Jinzhu Xia , et al. · 2025

As research becomes more interdisciplinary, researchers develop new methodologies and technologies for novel experiments that bridge fields. FlumeX's design features a standard experimental chamber that can be expanded into different confi…

Reduction of air-sea momentum flux due to whitecap residual foam observed during a laboratory experiment Open

Meng Lyu, Henry Potter, Peisen Tan, Brian K. Haus, Milan Curcic , et al. · 2025

REEFENSE X-REEFS: HYBRID BIOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERED REEF STRUCTURES FOR NATURE-BASED COASTAL DEFENSE Open

Borja G. Reguero, Benjamin Norris, Brian K. Haus, Joseph Bartolai, Landolf Rhode‐Barbarigos , et al. · 2025

Coastal flooding and erosion from extreme weather events affect thousands of vulnerable coastal communities globally. The effects of coastal hazards are predicted to worsen during this century from population growth and climate change-driv…

Reduction of air-sea momentum flux due to whitecap residual foam observed during a laboratory experiment Open

Meng Lyu, Henry Potter, Peisen Tan, Brian K. Haus, Milan Curcic , et al. · 2025

Whitecap foam, created by breaking waves, is a ubiquitous ocean surface feature. Full understanding of its role in the air-sea interaction is crucial for precise momentum flux parameterization which directly influences forecast accuracy, e…

Local alkalinity enhancement using artificial substrates increases survivorship of early-stage coral recruits Open

Melissa Ruszczyk, Skylar Rodriguez, Montale Tuen, Kylee Rux, Santhan Chandragiri , et al. · 2025

Efforts to restore coral reefs using sexually derived coral recruits are often hindered by their low survivorship and growth, hence scalable interventions to improve these parameters are urgently needed. Here, we developed novel settlement…

Wind‐Wave Momentum Flux in Steep, Strongly Forced, Surface Gravity Wave Conditions Open

Peisen Tan, Ivan Savelyev, Nathan J. M. Laxague, Brian K. Haus, Milan Curcic , et al. · 2025

The airflow separation from the water surface strongly impacts the coupling between wind and waves. To visualize the airflow and quantify the potential airflow separation's effect on the momentum transfer from wind to the wave, we conducte…

The impact of the Airflow Separation on the Wind-Wave Momentum Flux Open

Peisen Tan, Ivan Savelyev, Brian K. Haus, Silvia Matt · 2024

In this laboratory investigation, a range of wind and wave conditions was sampled to visualize the airflow and to quantify the mechanisms through which the momentum is transferred towards a wavy surface. The experiments were conducted in t…

Designing Modular, Artificial Reefs for Both Coastal Defense and Coral Restoration Open

B. Norris, Borja G. Reguero, Michael W. Beck, Joseph Bartolai, Michael A. Yukish , et al. · 2024

Flumex: A Modular Flume Design for Laboratory-Based Marine Fluid-Substrate Studies Open

Melissa Ruszczyk, Patrick M. Kiel, Santhan Chandragiri, Cédric M. Guigand, Jinzhu Xia , et al. · 2024

EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF A HYBRID ARTIFICIAL CORAL REEF WITH BRAIN AND STAGHORN CORALS Open

Mohammad Ghiasian, Peisen Tan, Joseph Unsworth, Andrew C. Baker, Diego Lirman , et al. · 2023

Considering that more than 40 percent of the world's population resides within 100 km of coastal areas [WRI, 2007], the protection of coastal communities is critical. Coral reefs provide a large variety of ecosystem services from fishing, …

Coral restoration for coastal resilience: Integrating ecology, hydrodynamics, and engineering at multiple scales Open

T. Shay Viehman, Borja G. Reguero, Hunter S. Lenihan, Johanna H. Rosman, Curt D. Storlazzi , et al. · 2023

The loss of functional and accreting coral reefs reduces coastal protection and resilience for tropical coastlines. Coral restoration has potential for recovering healthy reefs that can mitigate risks from coastal hazards and increase sust…

Coral restoration for coastal resilience: Integrating ecology, hydrodynamics, and engineering at multiple scales Open

T. Shay Viehman, Borja G. Reguero, Hunter S. Lenihan, Johanna H. Rosman, Curt D. Storlazzi , et al. · 2023

The loss of functional and accreting coral reefs reduces coastal protection and resilience for tropical coastlines. Coral restoration has potential for recovering healthy reefs that can mitigate risks from coastal hazards and increase sust…

Laboratory Wave and Stress Measurements Quantify the Aerodynamic Sheltering in Extreme Winds Open

Peisen Tan, Andrew W. Smith, Milan Curcic, Brian K. Haus · 2023

In strong winds, air flow detaches from the ocean surface in the lee of wave crests and creates a low‐pressure zone on the wave’s leeward face. The pressure difference between the wave’s rear and front face modulates the momentum input fro…

Dataset in support of "Laboratory wave and stress measurements quantify the aerodynamic sheltering in extreme winds" by Tan et al. (2023, JGR: Oceans) Open

Peisen Tan, Andrew Smith, Milan Curic, Brian K. Haus · 2023

Data introduction: There are three datasets used in this research: dataset 1 from Wind-Only (WO) experiment, dataset 2 from JONSWAP experiment with 10-cm significant wave height (J10), and dataset 3 from monochromatic wave…

Dataset in support of "Laboratory wave and stress measurements quantify the aerodynamic sheltering in extreme winds" by Tan et al. (2023, JGR: Oceans) Open

Peisen Tan, Andrew Smith, Milan Curic, Brian K. Haus · 2023

Data introduction: There are three datasets used in this research: dataset 1 from Wind-Only (WO) experiment, dataset 2 from JONSWAP experiment with 10-cm significant wave height (J10), and dataset 3 from monochromatic …

Coastal marine X-band radar bathymetry and current mapping Open

Björn Lund, Milan Curcic, Hans C. Graber, Brian K. Haus, Jochen Horstmann , et al. · 2023

This presentation studies coastal marine X-band radar (MR) bathymetry and current measurements made in Monterey Bay, California, during the Coastal Land–Air–Sea Interaction (CLASI) experiment from Jul-Aug 2021. Numerous past st…

Gas Fluxes and Steady State Saturation Anomalies at Very High Wind Speeds Open

Rachel H. R. Stanley, Lumi Kinjo, Andrew W. Smith, Danielle Aldrett, Helene Alt , et al. · 2022

Gas exchange at high wind speeds is not well understood—few studies have been conducted at wind speeds above 20 ms −1 and significant disagreement exists between gas exchange models at high wind speeds. In this study, noble gases (He, Ne, …

Observations and Parametrization of the Turbulent Energy Dissipation Beneath Non-Breaking Waves Open

Darek J. Bogucki, Brian K. Haus, Mohammad Barzegar · 2022

Here, for non-breaking short surface waves, we have experimentally determined the value of the turbulent eddy viscosity νT or its ratio νT*≡νT/ν, where ν is the water kinematic viscosity. The non-breaking wave-generated turbulent eddy visc…

Sea Spray Generation Function in Major Tropical Cyclones Open

Alexander Soloviev, Breanna Vanderplow, Roger Lukas, Brian K. Haus, Muhammad Sumi , et al. · 2022

<p>Sea spray is a factor in thermodynamics, intensity, and intensification of tropical cyclones. However, the sea spray generation function under major tropical cyclone conditions is still virtually unknown and the scatter of data be…

Analysis of the Magnetic Signature of Surface Waves Measured in a Laboratory Experiment Open

John Alexander Kluge, Alexander Soloviev, Cayla Dean, Geoffrey K. Morrison, Brian K. Haus · 2022

A magnetic signature is created by secondary magnetic field fluctuations caused by the phenomenon of seawater moving in Earth’s magnetic field. A laboratory experiment was conducted at the Surge Structure Atmosphere Interaction (SUSTAIN) f…

Coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean simulation of Hurricane Dorian (2019) Open

Milan Curcic, Ana C. Vaz, Brian K. Haus, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Claire B. Paris · 2022

Description This dataset provides the output of the coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean simulation of Hurricane Dorian from August 29 to September 7, 2019. The simulation is a composite of two separate simulations: From 00 UTC A…

Coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean simulation of Hurricane Dorian (2019) Open

Milan Curcic, Ana C. Vaz, Brian K. Haus, Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Claire B. Paris · 2022

Description This dataset provides the output of the coupled atmosphere-wave-ocean simulation of Hurricane Dorian from August 29 to September 7, 2019. The simulation is a composite of two separate simulations: From 00 UTC …

CLASI: Coordinating Innovative Observations and Modeling to Improve Coastal Environmental Prediction Systems Open

Brian K. Haus, David G. Ortiz‐Suslow, James D. Doyle, David D. Flagg, Hans C. Graber , et al. · 2021

The Coastal Land–Air–Sea Interaction (CLASI) project aims to develop new “coast-aware” atmospheric boundary and surface layer parameterizations that represent the complex land–sea transition region through innovative observational and nume…

US SOLAS Science Report Open

Rachel H. R. Stanley, Thomas Thomas, Yuan Gao, Cassandra J. Gaston, David Ho , et al. · 2021

The Surface Ocean – Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) (http://www.solas-int.org/) is an international research initiative focused on understanding the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere tha…

Laboratory Quantification of the Relative Contribution of Staghorn Coral Skeletons to the Total Wave-Energy Dissipation Provided by an Artificial Coral Reef Open

Mohammad Ghiasian, Jane V. Carrick, Claire Bisson, Brian K. Haus, Andrew C. Baker , et al. · 2021

Coral reefs function as submerged breakwaters providing wave mitigation and flood-reduction benefits for coastal communities. Although the wave-reducing capacity of reefs has been associated with wave breaking and friction, studies quantif…

UAS Current Mapping: A Wave-Based Heading and Position Correction Open

Björn Lund, Ruben Carrasco, Hanjing Dai, Hans C. Graber, Cédric M. Guigand , et al. · 2021

Our unmanned aerial system (UAS) current mapping is based on optical video data of the sea surface. We use three-dimensional fast Fourier transform and least squares fitting to measure the surface waves’ phase velocities and the currents v…

Author Correction: Potential effect of bio-surfactants on sea spray generation in tropical cyclone conditions Open

Breanna Vanderplow, Alexander Soloviev, Cayla Dean, Brian K. Haus, Roger Lukas , et al. · 2021

Asymmetric Frontal Response across the Gulf of Mexico Front in Winter 2016 Open

Mohammad Barzegar, Darek J. Bogucki, Brian K. Haus, Tamay M. Özgökmen, Mingming Shao · 2021

The interaction of cold-vertically stratified (CVS) Mississippi River water with warm-horizontally stratified (WHS) Gulf of Mexico water resulted in a front that affected the oceanic surface layer. Our cross-frontal observations demonstrat…

Sea Spray in Air-Sea Enthalpy and Momentum Exchanges in Tropical Cyclones Open

Alexander Soloviev, Breanna Vanderplow, Roger Lukas, Brian K. Haus, Muhammad Sami , et al. · 2021

<p>Under tropical cyclones, sea spray is produced by breaking waves and direct disruption of the air-sea interface. The influence of sea spray on tropical cyclone intensity and intensification has not been well understood. There are …

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