Title: "The effects of wind and rotation in a medium size river plume"
Dr. Georgia Kakoulaki
Abstract:
River plumes entering the coastal ocean under sufficiently high discharge make a transition from an offshore-directed buoyant jet, characterized by intense mixing and rapid lateral spreading, to an alongshore coastal current of relatively constant width and minimal mixing with ambient waters. The mechanisms responsible for this transition are poorly understood.
Based on previous research in the near field plume of the Merrimack River (Massachusetts), mixing and spreading are linked in a highly nonlinear manner.
The focus of this research is to address the respective roles of wind and spreading in the near and mid-field plume using shipboard observations.
CV:
Education
-Ph.D. & M.Sc. in Marine Sciences (Coastal Physical Oceanography) 2009-2015
University of Massachusetts, School for Marine Science & Tech., Dartmouth, USA
-M.Sc. in Coastal Geosciences and Engineering 2007-2009
Christian-Albrechts-Univ Kiel, Coastal Research Laboratory, CORELAB, Germany
-B.Eng. in Natural Resources and Environment 2002-2007
Technological Educational Institution of Crete, Greece
