Executive Director of the Marine Studies Initiative (MSI) and Professor
jack.barth@oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-1607

Strand Agriculture Hall

Strand Agriculture Hall 300

170 SW Waldo Place

170 SW Waldo Place
Corvallis, OR 97331

Profile Field Tabs

At OSU
Brief Research Interests: 

Coastal ocean dynamics, coastal marine ecosystems, hypoxia, inner continental shelf dynamics

Location: 
Building: 

Marine Studies Initiative webpage
Personal webpage

Education

B. A., University of Colorado, 1982
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography, 1987

Research Interests

Coastal ocean dynamics; coastal marine ecosystems; hypoxia; inner continental shelf dynamics; flow-topography interactions; frontal instability processes; eastern boundary currents and their associated jets and eddies.

Current Research

High-resolution observations from the inner continental shelf to the adjacent deep ocean in an eastern boundary current upwelling system; influence of physical processes on the formation of low-oxygen (hypoxic) zones on the continental shelf; development of ocean observing systems including a moored autonomous vertical profiling system in collaboration with WET Labs, Inc.

Underwater Gliders

Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO)

Hypoxia off the Pacific Northwest coast

Microbial Initiative in Low-Oxygen waters off Concepcion, Chile, and Oregon (MI-LOCO)

Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)

Experience

Oregon State University COEAS: Research Associate (Postdoctoral), 1987-1989; Assistant Professor, 1989-2001; Professor, 2001- present; Associate Dean for Research, 2016- present.

Executive Director, Marine Studies Initiative, 2016- present.

Fellow of the Oceanography Society (2013) and the American Meteorological Society (2017).

Multimedia Links

 "The Changing Sea" (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary "One Ocean," March, 25, 2010)

 "Dead Zone Update" (Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Oregon Field Guide" video, March 18, 2010)

 "Hypoxia: Dead Zone" (PISCO research video, also on display at the Smithsonian's Ocean Hall, 2009)

 "Broader Coastal and Ocean Effects" (Oregon Sea Grant's "Oregon Coast Climate Change" video, 2009)

 "Community Organization, Ocean Style: Ocean Observatories Initiative" ("Ocean Gazing" podcast, 11/27/2009)

 "Dead Zones" (Dr. Kiki's Science Hour, This Week in Technology podcast, 11/21/2009)

 Undersea Gliders May Help Oceanographers Understand 'Dead Zones' (NSF Science Nation video, 11/16/09)

 "Dead Zones: Webcast"(NSF Special Report, 11/08/09)

 "Dead Zones: Mysteries of Ocean Die-Offs Revealed" (NSF Special Report multimedia, 10/8/2009)

 "Ocean Circulation" (Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Oregon Field Guide" video, 2005)

Feature Story

Shelf awareness: A milestone dataset (April, 2018)

Publications

Refereed Publications

  1. Sato, M., J. A. Barth, K. J. Benoit-Bird, S. D. Pierce, T. J. Cowles, R. D. Brodeur, and W. T. Peterson, 2017. Coastal upwelling fronts as a boundary for planktivorous fish distributions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., submitted
    Matsumoto, H., J. Haxel, A. Turpin, S. Fregosi, D.K. Mellinger, M. J. Fowler, H. Klinck, K. Klinck, A. Erofeev, J. A. Barth, R. K. Shearman, S. Bauman-Pickering, R. P. Dziak and C. Jones, 2018. Simultaneous operation of mobile acoustic recording systems off the Washington coast for cetacean studies: System noise level evaluations. IEEE, Oceans 2015, submitted.
    Mazzini, P. L. F., C., J. A. Barth, and R. K. Shearman, 2018. Freshening of the continental shelf offshore of the Oregon Coastal Current. J. Phys. Oceanogr., submitted.
  2. Smith, L. M., J. A. Barth, D. S. Kelley, A. Plueddemann, I. Rodero, G. A. Ulses, M. F. Vardaro, and
    R.    Weller. 2018. The Ocean Observatories Initiative. Oceanography, 31(1), 16–35, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.105. 
  3. Barth, J. A., J. Fram, E. P. Dever, C. Risien, C. Wingard, R. W. Collier, and T. Kearney, 2018. Warm blobs, low-oxygen events and an eclipse: The Ocean Observatories Initiative Endurance Array captures them all. Oceanography, 31(1), 90–97, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2018.114.
  4. .    Durski, S. M., J. A. Barth, J. C. McWilliams, H. Frenzel and C. Deutsch, 2017. The influence of variable slope-water characteristics on dissolved oxygen levels in the northern California Current System. J. Geophys. Res., 122, doi:10.1002/2017JC013089.
  5. Chan, F., Barth, J. A., Blanchette, C. A., Byrne, R. H., Chavez, F., Cheriton, O., Feely, R. A.,
    Friederich, G., Gaylord, B., Gouhier, T., Hacker, S., Hill, T., Hofmann, G., McManus, M. A., Menge,
    B.    A., Nielsen, K. J., Russell, A., Sanford, E., Sevadjian, J., and Washburn, L., 2017. Persistent spatial structuring of coastal ocean acidification in the California Current System. Nature Scientific Reports, 7, 2526, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-02777-y.
  6. Keller, A. A., L. Cianelli, W. W. Wakefield, V. Simon, J. A. Barth and S. D. Pierce, 2017. Species-
    specific responses of demersal fishes to near-bottom oxygen levels within the California Current large
    marine ecosystem. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 568, 151-173, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12066.
  7. Porter, M., M. E. Inall, J. Hopkins, M. R. Palmer, A. C. Dale, D. Aleynik, J. A. Barth, C. Mahaffey,
    and D. A. Smeed, 2016. Glider observations of enhanced deep water upwelling at a shelf break canyon:
    A mechanism for cross-slope carbon and nutrient exchange. J. Geophys. Res., in press.
  8. Sherman, K., A. Lanier, J. A. Barth, F. Conway, C. Risien and P. M. Kosro, 2016. The Oregon
    nearshore research inventory project: The importance of science and the scientific community as
    stakeholders in marine spatial planning. Ocean and Coastal Management, 130, 290-298, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.04.003.
  9. Adams, K., J. A. Barth and R. K. Shearman, 2016. Intraseasonal cross-shelf variability of hypoxia
    along the Newport, Oregon, Hydrographic line. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 46, 2219-2238, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-
    D-15-0119.1.
  10.  Saldias, G. S., R. K. Shearman, J. A. Barth, and N. Tufillaro, 2016. Optics of the offshore Columbia
    River plume from glider observations and satellite imagery. J. Geophys. Res., 10.1002/2015JC011431.
  11. .    Suanda, S. H. and J. A. Barth, 2015. Semidiurnal baroclinic tides on the central Oregon inner shelf.
    J.    Phys. Oceanogr., 45, 2640-2659, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-14-0198.1.
  12. Mazzini, P. L. F., C. M. Risien, J. A. Barth, S. D. Pierce, A. Erofeev, E. P. Dever, P. M. Kosro, M.
    D.    Levine, R. K. Shearman and M. F. Vardaro, 2015. Anomalous near-surface low-salinity pulses off
    the central Oregon coast. Nature Scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/srep17145.
  13. Davis, R. E., L. D. Talley, D. Roemmich, W. B. Owens, D. L. Rudnick, R. Weller, J. Toole, M. J. McPhaden and J. A. Barth, 2018. 100 Years of Progress in Ocean Observing Systems, In “The American Meteorological Society at 100 Years,'' Meteorological Monographs, American Meteorological Society, submitted.
  14. Benoit-Bird, K. J., T. P. Welch, C. M. Waluk, J. A. Barth, I. Wangen, P. McGill, C. Okuda, A. Y. Erofeev, S. D. Pierce, M. Sato, G. Hollinger, and S. McCammon, 2018. An autonomous platform for understanding ocean ecosystems: Equipping an underwater glider with a new quantitative echosounder. Limnol. Oceanogr. Methods, submitted.
  15. Sato, M., J. A. Barth, K. J. Benoit-Bird, S. D. Pierce, T. J. Cowles, R. D. Brodeur, and W. T. Peterson, 2018. Coastal upwelling fronts as a boundary for planktivorous fish distributions. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., in press.
  16. (Mazzini et al., 2015): Matsumoto, H., J. Haxel, A. Turpin, S. Fregosi, D.K. Mellinger, M. J. Fowler, S. Bauman-Pickering, R. P. Dziak, H. Klinck, K. Klinck, A. Erofeev, J. A. Barth, R. K. Shearman,  and C. Jones, 2015. Simultaneous operation of mobile acoustic recording systems off the Washington coast for cetacean studies: System noise level evaluations. OCEANS 2015 - MTS/IEEE Washington, Washington, DC, pp. 1-7. doi: 10.23919/OCEANS.2015.7401830.
  17. Durski, S. M., A. L. Kurapov, J. S. Allen, P. M. Kosro, G. D. Egbert, R. K. Shearman and J. A.
    Barth, 2015. Coastal ocean variability in the U.S. Pacific Northwest region: seasonal patterns, winter
    circulation and the influence of the 2009-2010 El Nino. Ocean Dynamics, 65(12), doi:10.1007/s10236-
    015-0891-1.
  18. Evans, W., B. Hales, P. G. Strutton, R. K. Shearman and J. A. Barth, 2014. Failure to bloom:
    Intense upwelling results in negligible phytoplankton response and prolonged CO2 outgassing over
    the Oregon shelf. J. Geophys. Res., 120, doi:10.1002/2014JC010580.
  19. Keller, A., L. Ciannelli, W. W. Wakefield, V. Simon, J. A. Barth and S. D. Pierce, 2014. Occurrence
    of demersal fishes in relation to near-bottom oxygen levels within the California current large marine
    ecosystem. Fisheries Oceanography, 24, 162–176.
  20. Mazzini, P. L. F., J. A. Barth, R. K. Shearman and A. Erofeev, 2014. Buoyancy-driven coastal
    currents off the Oregon coast during fall and winter. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 44, 2854–2876.
  21. Wu, D., M. Zhou, S. D. Pierce, J. A. Barth and T. Cowles, 2014. Zooplankton distribution and
    transport in the California Current off Oregon. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 508, 87–103, doi:10.3354/meps10835.
  22. Suanda, S. H., J. A. Barth, R. A. Holman and J. Stanley, 2014. Shore-based video observations of
    nonlinear internal waves across the inner shelf. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 31, 714–728. Supplementary
    movie available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00098.s1.
  23. Mazzini, P. L. F. and J. A. Barth, 2013. A comparison of mechanisms generating vertical velocities
    in the Brazilian coastal upwelling regions. J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi:10.1002/2013JC008924.
  24. Adams, K. A., J. A. Barth and F. Chan, 2013. Temporal variability of near-bottom dissolved oxygen during upwelling off central Oregon. J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20361.
  25.  Lester, S. E., C. Costello, B. S. Halpern, S. D. Gaines, C. White and J. A. Barth, 2012. Evaluating tradeoffs among ecosystem services to inform marine spatial planning. Marine Policy, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.05.022.
  26. Woodson, C. B., M. A. McManus, J. A. Tyburczy, J. A. Barth, L. Washburn, P. T. Raimondi, B.
    A.    Menge, and S. R. Palumbi, 2012. Coastal fronts set recruitment and connectivity patterns across multiple taxa. Limnol. Oceanogr., 57(2), 582–596.
  27. Pierce, S. D., J. A. Barth, R. K. Shearman and A. Y. Erofeev, 2012. Declining oxygen in the Northeast Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 42, 495-501.
  28. Aguirre, C., O. Pizarro, P. T. Strub, R. Garreaud and J. A. Barth, 2012. Seasonal dynamics of the alongshore flow off central Chile. J. Geophys. Res., 117, C01006, doi:10.1029/2011JC007379.
  29.  Suanda, S. H., J. A. Barth and C. B. Woodson, 2011. Diurnal heat balance for the northern Monterey Bay inner shelf. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C09030, doi:10.1029/2010JC006894.
  30. Barshis, D. J., E. E. Sotka, R. P. Kelly, A. Sivasundar, B. A. Menge, J. A. Barth and S. R. Palumbi, 2011. A link between coastal upwelling and temporal genetic variability in the acorn barnacle Balanus glandula. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 439, 139-150.
  31. Drake, P., T., C. A. Edwards and J. A. Barth, 2011. Dispersion and connectivity estimates along the U.S. west coast from a realistic numerical model. J. Mar. Res., 69, 1-37.
  32. Kim, S. and J. A. Barth, 2011. Connectivity of larval dispersal along the Oregon coast by numerical simulations. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C06002, doi:10.1029/2010JC006741.
  33. Woodson, C. B., J. P. Ryan, M. A. McManus, J. A. Barth, L. Washburn, O. M. Cheriton, and the 2008 Summer Oceanography Group, 2011. Observations of internal wave packets propagating along-shelf in northern Monterey Bay. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L01605, doi:10.1029/2010GL045453.
  34. Testor, P., G. Meyers, C. Pattiaratchi , R. Bachmayer, D. Hayes, S. Pouliquen, L. Petit de la Villeon,
    T.    Carval, A. Ganachaud, L. Gourdeau, L. Mortier, H. Claustre, V. Taillandier, P. Lherminier, T. Terre, M. Visbeck, J. Karstensen, G. Krahmann, A. Alvarez, M. Rixen, P.-M. Poulain, S. Osterhus, J. Tintore, S. Ruiz, B. Garau, D. Smeed, G. Griffiths, L. Merckelbach, T. Sherwin, C. Schmid, J. Barth, O. Schofield, S. Glenn, J. Kohut, M. J. Perry, C. Eriksen, U. Send, R. Davis, D. Rudnick, J. Sherman, C. Jones, D. Webb, C. Lee, and B. Owens, 2010. Gliders as a component of future observing systems. In “Proceedings of OceanObs’09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Vol. 2),” Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, Hall, J., Harrison, D. E. and Stammer, D., Eds., ESA WPP-306, doi:10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.89.
  35. Keller, A., V. Simon, F. Chan, W. W. Wakefield, M. E. Clarke, D. Kamikawa, E. L. Fruh and J. A. Barth, 2010. Demersal fish and invertebrate biomass in relation to an offshore hypoxic zone along the U.S. West Coast. Fisheries Oceanography, 19, 76-87.
  36. Lester, S. E., K. L. McLeod, H. Tallis, M. Ruckelshaus, B. S. Halpern, P. S. Levin, F. P. Chavez,
    C.    Pomeroy, B. J. McCay, C. Costello, S. D. Gaines, A. J. Mace, J. A. Barth, D. L. Fluharty, and J. K. Parrish, 2010. Science in support of ecosystem-based management for the US West Coast and beyond. Conservation Biology, 143, 576-587.
  37. Woodson, C. B., L. Washburn, J. A. Barth, D. J. Hoover, A. R. Kirincich, M. A. McManus, J. P. Ryan and J. Tyburczy, 2009. Northern Monterey Bay upwelling shadow front: Observations of a coastally and surface-trapped buoyant plume. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C12013, doi:10.1029/2009JC005623.
  38. Tapia, F. J., S. A. Navarrete, M. Castillo, B. A. Menge, J. C. Castilla, J. Largier, E. A. Wieters, B. Broitman and J. A. Barth, 2009. Thermal indices of upwelling effects on inner-shelf habitats. Prog. Oceanogr., doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2009.07.035.
  39. Kirincich, A. R., S. J. Lentz and J. A. Barth, 2009. Wave-driven inner-shelf motions on the Oregon coast. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 2942-2956.
  40. Kirincich, A. R. and J. A. Barth, 2009. Spatial and temporal variability of inner-shelf circulation along the central Oregon coast during summer. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 1380–1398.
  41. Juan Jorda, M. J., J. A. Barth, M. E. Clarke and W. W. Wakefield, 2009. Groundfish species associations with distinct oceanographic habitats in the northern California Current. Fisheries Oceanography, 18, 1-19.
  42. Dudas, S. E., B. A. Grantham, A. R. Kirincich, B. A. Menge, J. Lubchenco and J. A. Barth, 2009. Current reversals as determinants of intertidal recruitment on the central Oregon coast. ICES J. Mar. Sci., 66, 396- 407.
  43. Checkley, D. and J. A. Barth, 2009. Patterns and processes in the California Current System. Prog. Oceanogr., doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2009.07.028.
  44. Ainley, D. G., K. D. Dugger, R. G. Ford, S. D. Pierce, D. C. Reese, R. D. Brodeur, C. T. Tynan and J. A. Barth, 2009. Association of predators and prey at frontal features in the California Current: Competition, facilitation, and co- occurrence. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 389, 271-294.
  45. Kudela, R. M., N. S. Banas, J. A. Barth, E. R. Frame, D. Jay, J. L. Largier, E. J. Lessard, T. D. Peterson and A. J. VanderWoude, 2008. New insights into the controls and mechanisms of plankton productivity in coastal upwelling waters of the northern California Current System. Oceanography, 21, 46-59.
  46. Chan, F., J. A. Barth, J. Lubchenco, A. Kirincich, H. Weeks, W. T. Peterson, and B. A. Menge, 2008. Novel emergence of anoxia in the California Current System. Science, 319, 920.
  47. Dale, A. C., J. A. Barth, M. D. Levine and J. A. Austin, 2008. Observations of mixed-layer restratification by onshore surface transport following wind reversal in a coastal upwelling region.J.    Geophys. Res., 113, C01010, doi:10.1029/2007JC004128.
  48. Woodson, C. B., D. I. Eerkes-Medrano, A. Flores-Morales, M. Foley, S. Henkel, M. Hessing-Lewis,
    D.    Jacinto, L. Needles, M. Nishizaki, J. OLeary, C. E. Ostrander, M. Pespeni, K. Schwager, J. A. Tyburczy, K. A. Weersing, A. R. Kirincich, J. A. Barth, M. A. McManus, and L. Washburn, 2007. Diurnal upwelling driven by sea breezes in northern Monterey Bay: A local mechanism for larval delivery to the intertidal? Cont. Shelf. Res., 27, 2289-2302.
  49. Castelao, R. M. and J. A. Barth, 2007. The role of wind-stress curl in jet separation at a cape. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 2652-2671.
  50. Barth, J. A., B. A. Menge, J. Lubchenco, F. Chan, J. M. Bane, A. R. Kirincich, M. A. McManus, K. J. Nielsen, S. D. Pierce and L. Washburn, 2007. Delayed upwelling alters nearshore coastal ocean ecosystems in the Northern California Current. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA, 104, 3719-3724.
  51. Pierce, S. D., J. A. Barth, R. E. Thomas and G. W. Fleischer, 2006. Anomalously warm July 2005 in the northern California Current: Historical context and the significance of cumulative wind stress. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L22S04, doi:10.1029/2006GL027149.
  52. Castelao, R. M., T. P. Mavor, J. A. Barth and L. C. Breaker, 2006. Sea-surface temperature fronts
    in the California Current System from geostationary satellite observations. J. Geophys. Res., 111, C09026, doi:10.1029/2006JC003541.
  53. Castelao, R. M. and J. A. Barth, 2006. The relative importance of wind strength and along-shelf bathymetric variations on the separation of a coastal upwelling jet. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 412-425.
  54. Dale, A. C., M. D. Levine, J. A. Barth, and J. A. Austin, 2006. A dye tracer reveals cross-shelf dispersion and interleaving on the Oregon shelf. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L03604, doi:10.1029/2005GL024959.
  55. Castelao, R. M. and J. A. Barth, 2006. Upwelling around Cabo Frio, Brazil: The importance of wind
    stress curl. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L03602, doi:10.1029/2005GL025182.
  56.  Castelao, R. M., J. A. Barth and T. P. Mavor, 2005. Flow-topography interactions in the northern California Current System observed from geostationary satellite data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24612, doi:10.1029/2005GL024401.
  57. Barth, J. A. and P. A. Wheeler, 2005. Introduction to special section: Coastal Advances in Shelf Transport. J. Geophys. Res., 110(C10), C10S01, doi:10.1029/2005JC003124.
  58. Barth, J. A., S. D. Pierce and R. M. Castelao, 2005. Time-dependent, wind-driven flow over a shallow mid-shelf submarine bank. J. Geophys. Res., 110(C10), C10S05, doi:10.1029/2004JC002761.
  59. Kurapov, A. L., J. S. Allen, G. D. Egbert, R. N. Miller, P. M. Kosro, M. D. Levine, T. Boyd, J.
    A.    Barth and J. Moum , 2005. Assimilation of moored velocity data in a model of coastal wind-driven circulation off Oregon: Multivariate capabilities. J. Geophys. Res., 110(C10), C10S08, doi:10.1029/2004JC002493.
  60. Kirincich, A. R., J. A. Barth, B. A. Grantham, B. A. Menge and J. Lubchenco, 2005. Wind-driven inner-shelf circulation off central Oregon during summer. J. Geophys. Res., 110(C10), C10S03, doi:10.1029/2004JC002611.
  61. Castelao, R. M. and J. A. Barth, 2005. Coastal ocean response in a region of alongshore bottom topography variations off Oregon during summer upwelling. J. Geophys. Res., 110(C10), C10S04, doi:10.1029/2004JC002409.
  62. Tynan, C. T., D. G. Ainley, J. A. Barth, T. J. Cowles, S. D. Pierce and L. Spear, 2005. Cetacean distributions relative to ocean processes in the northern California Current System. Deep-Sea Res.
    II, 52, 145-167.
  63. Ressler, P. H., R. D. Brodeur, W. T. Peterson, S. D. Pierce, P. M. Vance, A. R. Roestad and J. A. Barth, 2005. The spatial distribution of euphausiid aggregations in the northern California Current during August 2000. Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 89-108.
  64. Barth, J. A., S. D. Pierce and T. J. Cowles, 2005. Mesoscale structure and its seasonal evolution in
    the northern California Current System. Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 5-28.
  65. Ainley, D. G., L. B. Spear, C. T. Tynan, J. A. Barth, S. D. Pierce, R. G. Ford and T. J. Cowles,
    2005. Physical and biological variables affecting seabird distributions during the upwelling season of
    the northern California Current. Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 123-143.
  66. Bogucki, D. J., L. G. Redekopp and J. Barth, 2005. Internal solitary waves in the Coastal Mixing and Optics experiment 1996: Multimodal structure and resuspension. J. Geophys. Res., 110, C02024, doi:10.1029/2003JC002253.
  67. Sotka, E. E., J. P. Wares, J. A. Barth, R. K. Grosberg and S. R. Palumbi, 2004. Strong genetic clines and geographical variation in gene flow in the rocky intertidal barnacle Balanus glandula. Molecular Ecology, 13, 2143-2156.
  68. Ott, M. W., J. A. Barth and A. Y. Erofeev, 2004. Microstructure measurements from a towed undulating platform. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 21, 1621-1632.
  69. Grantham, B. A., F. Chan, K. J. Nielsen, D. S. Fox, J. A. Barth, A. Huyer, J. Lubchenco and B. A. Menge, 2004. Upwelling-driven nearshore hypoxia signals ecosystem and oceanographic changes in the northeast Pacific. Nature, 429, 749–754.
  70. Barth, J. A., D. Hebert, A. C. Dale and D. S. Ullman, 2004. Direct observations of along-isopycnal upwelling and diapycnal velocity at a shelfbreak front. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 543–565.
  71. Barth, J. A., 2003. Anomalous southward advection during 2002 in the northern California Current: Evidence from Lagrangian surface drifters. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(15), 8024, doi:10.1029/2003GL017511.
  72. Ullman, D. S., A. C. Dale, D. Hebert and J. A. Barth, 2003. The front on the Northern Flank of Georges Bank in spring: 2. Cross-frontal fluxes and mixing. J. Geophys. Res., 108(C11), 8010, doi:10.1029/2002JC001328.
  73. Dillon, T., J. A. Barth, A. Erofeev, G. May and H. Wijesekera, 2003. MicroSoar: A new instrument
    for measuring microscale turbulence from rapidly moving submerged platforms. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 20, 1671–1684.
  74. Dale, A. C., D. S. Ullman, J. A. Barth and D. Hebert, 2003. The front on the Northern Flank
    of Georges Bank in spring: 1. Tidal and subtidal variability. J. Geophys. Res., 108(C11), 8009, doi:10.1029/2002JC001327.
  75. Samelson, R., Barbour, P., Barth, J., Bielli, S., Boyd, T., Chelton, D., Kosro, P., Levine, M., Skyllingstad, E.and J. Wilczak, 2002. Wind stress forcing of the Oregon coastal ocean during the 1999 upwelling season. J. Geophys. Res., 107(C5), 3034, doi:10.1029/2001JC000900.
  76. Rehder, G., R. W. Collier, K. Heeschen, P. M. Kosro, J. Barth and E. Suess, 2002. Enhanced marine CH4 emissions to the atmosphere off Oregon caused by coastal upwelling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16(3), 1081, doi:10.1029/2000GB001391.
  77. Oke, P. R., J. S. Allen, R. N. Miller, G. D. Egbert, J. A. Austin, J. A. Barth, T. J. Boyd, P. M. Kosro, and M. D. Levine, 2002. A modeling study of the three-dimensional continental shelf circulation off Oregon. Part I: Model-data comparisons. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 1360–1382.
  78. Batchelder, H. P., J. A. Barth, P. M. Kosro, P. T. Strub, R. D. Brodeur, W. T. Peterson, C. T. Tynan, M. D. Ohlman, L. W. Botsford, T. M. Powell, F. B. Schwing, D. G. Ainley, D. L. Mackas,
    B.    M. Hickey and S. R. Ramp, 2002. The GLOBEC Northeast Pacific California Current System program. Oceanography, 15(2), 36–47.
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