Publications

Whitney, M. M., Y. Jia, P. M. McManus, and C. J. Kunz, 2014: Sill effects on physical dynamics in eastern Long Island Sound, Ocean Dynam., 64, 443-458.

O’Donnell, J., R. E. Wilson, K. Lwiza, M. M. Whitney, W. F. Bohlen, D. Codiga, D. B. Fribance, T. Fake, M. Bowman, and J. Varekamp, 2014: The Physical Oceanography of Long Island Sound.

Whitney, M. M., D. L. Codiga, D. S. Ullman, P. M. McManus, and R. Jiorle, 2012: Tidal Cycles in Stratification and Shear and Their Relationship to Gradient Richardson Number and Eddy Viscosity Variations in Estuaries, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 42, 1124-1133.

Whitney, M. M. and D. L. Codiga, 2011: Response of a large stratified estuary to wind events: Observations, simulations, and theory for Long Island Sound, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41, 1308-1327.

Xia, M., L. Xie, L. J. Pietrafesa, and M. M. Whitney, 2011: The ideal response of a Gulf of Mexico estuary plume to wind forcing: Its connection with salt flux and a Lagrangian view, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C8.

Whitney, M. M., 2010: A study on the variability off river discharge and salinity in the Middle Atlantic Bight and Long Island Sound, Cont. Shelf. Res., 30, 305-318.

Whitney, M. M. and J. S. Allen, 2009: Coastal wind-driven circulation in the vicinity of a bank: Part 1. Modeling flow over idealized banks, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 1273-1297.

Whitney, M. M. and J. S. Allen, 2009: Coastal wind-driven circulation in the vicinity of a bank: Part 2. Modeling flow over the Heceta Bank complex, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 1298-1316.

Rice, A. E., M. M. Whitney, R. W. Garvine, and P. Huq, 2008: Energetics in Delaware Bay: Comparison of two box models with observations, J. Mar. Res., 66, 873-898.

Whitney, M. M. and R. W. Garvine, 2008: Estimating tidal current amplitudes outside estuaries and characterizing the zone of estuarine tidal influence, J. Continent. Res., 28, 280-290.

Garvine, R. W. and M. M. Whitney, 2006: An estuarine box model of freshwater delivery to the coastal ocean for use in climate models, J. Mar. Res., 64, 173-194.

Wetz, M. S., B. Hales, P. A. Wheeler, Z. Chase, and M. M. Whitney, 2006: Riverine input of macronutrients, iron, and organic matter to the coastal ocean off Oregon, USA, during the winter, Limnol. Oceanogr., 51, 2221-2231.

Whitney, M. M. and R. W. Garvine, 2006: Simulating a coastal buoyant outflow: Comparisons to observations, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 3-21.

Whitney, M. M. and R. W. Garvine, 2005: Wind influence on the Delaware buoyant outflow, J. Geophys. Res.,110, doi:10.1029/2003JC002261.

Tilburg, C. E., J. T. Reager, and M. M. Whitney, 2005: The physics of blue crab larval recruitment in Delaware Bay: A model study, J. Mar. Res., 63, 471-495.

Whitney, M. M., 2003: Simulating the Delaware Coastal Current, University of Delaware dissertation.