William C. O'Reilly

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA
Email: bor@nene.CE.Berkeley.edu

Project:             Wave Prediction in the Santa Barbara Channel
 
Education:      B.S.                    Civil Engineering, University of Michigan                                                   1983
                             B.S.                    Environmental Eng., University of Michigan                                               1983
                             M.S.                   Oceanography, University of California, San Diego                                   1985
                             Ph.D.                  Oceanography, University of California, San Diego                                  1991
 
Positions:          1997-Present     Visiting Lecturer, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA
                      1996-Present     Research Assistant Professor, Department of Oceanography, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA
                      1993-Present     Development Engineer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA
                             1991-93              Visiting Scholar, Civil Engineering  Department, University of California, Berkeley
                      1991-93              Post-Doctoral Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA
                      1984-91              Research Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA

Selected Publications:

Ardhuin, F., Herbers, T.H.C., and W.C. O'Reilly. 2001. A hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian model for spectral wave evolution with application to bottom friction on the continental shelf. J Phys Oceanogr 31(6): 1498-1516.

Elgar, S., Guza, R.T., O'Reilly, W.C., Raubenheimer, B., and T.H.C. Herbers. 2001. Wave energy and direction observed near a pier. J Waterw Port C-ASCE 127(1): 2-6.

Herbers, T.H.C., Hendrickson, E.J., and W.C. O'Reilly. 2000. Propagation of swell across a wide continental shelf. J Geophys Res-Oceans 105(C8): 19729-19737.

Kaihatu, J.M., Rogers, W.E., Hsu, Y.L., and W.C. O’Reilly. 1998. Use of  Phase-Resolving  Numerical WaveModels in Coastal Areas, WAM Validation of Pacific Swell, Proc. 5th International Workshop on WaveHindcasting and Forecasting, Melbourne FL, January 26-30, 1998, 389-403.

O’Reilly, W.C. and R.T. Guza. 1998. Assimilating coastal wave observations into regional swell predictions.  Part I: Inverse methods. J. of Phys. Oceanogr. 28:  679-691.

Wittmann, P.A. and W.C. O’Reilly. 1998. WAM  Validation of Pacific Swell, Proc. 5th International Workshopon Wave Hindcasting and Forecasting, Melbourne FL, January  26-30, 1998, 83-87.

O’Reilley, W.C., Herbers, T.H.C., Seymour, R.J., and R.T. Guza. 1996. A comparison of directional buoy and fixed platform measurements of Pacific swell. J. of Atmos. And Oceanic Technology 13: 231-238.

Elwany, M.H.S., O’Reilly, W.C., Guza, R.T., and R.E. Flick. 1995. Effects of Southern California kelp beds on waves.  J. of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering 12: 143-150.

Herbers, T.H.C., Elgar, S., Guza, R.T., and W.C. O’Reilly. 1995. Infragravity-frequency (0.005-0.05 Hz) motions on the shelf. Part II:  Free Waves.  J. Phys. Oceanogr. 25: 1063-1079.

O’Reilly, W.C. 1993. The southern California wave climate:  effects of islands and bathymetry, Shore and Beach 61: 14-19.

O’Reilly, W.C. and R.T. Guza. 1993. A comparison of spectral wave models in the Southern California Bight, Coastal Engineering 19: 263-282.

O’Reilly, W.C., Seymour, R.J., Guza, R.T., and D. Castel. 1993. Wave monitoring in the Southern California Bight.  Pp. 849-863 in:  Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis, Proc. Of 2nd International Symposium, New Orleans, LA.

Seymour, R.J., McGehee, D., Castel, D., Thomas, J., and W.C. O’Reilly. 1993. New Technology in Coastal Wave Monitoring.  P.p. 105-123 in:  Ocean Wave Measurement and Analysis, Proc. Of 2nd International Symposium, New Orleans, LA.

Herbers, T.H.C., Elgar, S., Guza, R.T., and W.C. O’Reilly. 1992. Infragravity-frequency (0.005-0.05 Hz) motions on the shelf.  Pp. 846-859 in:  Proceedings 23rd Conference on Coastal Engineering, ASCE, New York.

O’Reilly, W.C. 1991. Modeling surface gravity waves in the Southern California Bight.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, 90 pp.

O’Reilly, W.C. and R.T. Guza. 1991. Comparison of spectral refraction and refraction-diffraction wave models.  J. of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering 117: 199-215.

O’Reilly, W.C. 1989. Modeling the storm waves of January 17-18, 1988.  Shore and Beach 57: 32-36.

Munk, W.H, O’Reilly, W.C., and J.L. Reid. 1988. Australia-Bermuda sound transmission experiment (1960) revisited.  J. of Phys. Ocean. 18: 1876-1898. 

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