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Chris Chickadel
Principal Oceanographer Affiliate Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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- Air-Sea Exchange—gas and heat, biogeochemical cycling, rainfall
- Coastal—rivers, tidal flats, nearshore
- Ocean/Atmosphere—climate change, ocean circulation, atmospheric rolls, hurricanes
- Sensors—microwave, infrared, laser, hydrophone, dissolved gas
- Waves—wave breaking, internal waves
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Our remote sensing tools span a wide range of scales — from satellite remote sensing, to field experiments using surface and airborne platforms, and to laboratory experiments in wave tanks. Remote sensing instruments used include electro-optical sensors (microwave, infrared, and laser) and acoustic sensors (sonars and hydrophones).
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Mapping Underwater Turbulence with Sound |
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Riding Waves to Generate Electricity |
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A recently published paper details the flow conditions around a full-scale hydrokinetic river turbine.
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Characterizing PNW Seafloor Methane Seeps with a Fleet of Small AUVs
Craig McNeil
14 October 2022
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microSWIFTs: Tiny Oceanographic Floats Measure Extreme Coastal Conditions
Jim Thomson, EJ Rainville, Jacob Davis, Madison Smith
19 April 2022
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Using a Wave Energy Converter for UUV Recharge
Curtis Rusch, Morteza Derakhti, Brian Polagye, Dana Manalang, Jim Thomson
11 April 2022
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Research with a Splash of Color
C+EE News
Brooke Fisher
3 February 2023
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UW scientists drop sensors into Hurricane Ian
KING5 News
Sebastian Robertson
29 September 2022
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UW-developed wave sensors deployed to improve hurricane forecasts
UW News
28 September 2022
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Significance of diapycnal mixing within the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Cimoli, L., and 10 others including C.B. Whalen
1 April 2023
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Observations of river plume mixing in the surf zone
Kastner, S.E., A.R. Horner-Devine, J.M. Thomson, and S.N. Giddings
1 March 2023
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Statistical and dynamical characteristics of extreme wave crests assessed with field measurements from the North Sea
Malila, M.P., F. Barbariol, A. Benetazzo, Ø. Breivik, A.K. Magnusson, J. Thomson, and B. Ward
1 February 2023
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