Department of Geography
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA
Email: washburn@geog.ucsb.edu

Projects:           Observing the Surface Circulation Along the South-Central California Coast Using High Frequency Radar: Consequences for Larval and Pollutant Dispersal

                                Application of Coastal Ocean Dynamics Radars for Observation of Near-Surface Currents off the South-Central California Coast

 

Education:          B.S.                    Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona                                         1974

                             M.S.                   Engineering Science, University of California, San Diego                          1978

                             Ph.D.                  Engineering Science, University of California, San Diego                         1982

 

Positions:          1993-Present     Associate Professor, Department of Geography and ICESS, University of

                                                        California,  Santa Barbara, CA

                                1991-1993           Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of California,

                                                            Barbara, CA

1985-1990                Research Assistant Professor of Physical Oceanography, Center for Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

                                                    1982-1985           Postgraduate Research Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of

                                                                                Oceanography, San Diego, CA

Selected Publications:

Gaylord, B., Reed, D.C., Raimondi, P.T., Washburn, L., and S.R. McLean. 2002. A physically based model of macroalgal spore dispersal in the wave and current-dominated nearshore. Ecology 83(5): 1239-1251.

Nishimoto, M.M. and L. Washburn. 2002. Patterns of coastal eddy circulation and abundance of pelagic juvenile fish in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA. Mar Ecol-Prog Ser 241: 183-199.

Powell, L.A., Calvert, D.J., Barry, I.M., and L. Washburn. 2002. Post-fledging survival and dispersal of Peregrine Falcons during a restoration project. J Raptor Res 36(3): 176-182.

Boles, J.R., Clark, J.F., Leifer, I., and L. Washburn. 2001. Temporal variation in natural methane seep rate due to tides, Coal Oil Point area, California. J Geophys Res-Oceans 106(C11): 27077-27086.

Washburn, L., Johnson, C., Gotschalk, C.C., and E.T. Egland. 2001. A gas-capture buoy for measuring bubbling gas flux in oceans and lakes. J Atmos Ocean Tech 18(8): 1411-1420.

Clark, J.F., Washburn, L., Hornafius, J.S., and B.P. Luyendyk. 2000. Dissolved hydrocarbon flux from natural marine seeps to the southern California Bight. J Geophys Res-Oceans 105(C5): 11509-11522.

Quigley, D.C., Hornafius, J.S., Luyendyk, B.P., Francis, R.D., Clark ,J., and L. Washburn. 1999. Decrease in natural marine hydrocarbon seepage near Coal Oil Point, California, associated with offshore oil production. Geology 27(11): 1047-1050.

Washburn, L., Stone, S., and S. MacIntyre. 1999. Dispersion of produced water in a coastal environment and its biological implications. J Cont Shelf Res 19(1): 57-78.

Ohlmann, J.C., Siegel, D.A., and L. Washburn. 1998. Radiant heating of the western equatorial Pacific during TOGA-COARE. J. Geophys. Res. 103: 5379-5395.

Washburn, L., Emery, B.M., Jones, B.H., and D.G. Ondercin. 1998. Eddy stirring and phytoplankton patchiness in the subarctic North Atlantic in late summer. Deep-Sea Res Pt I 45(9): 1411-1439.

Jones, B.H., Washburn, L., Bay, S., and K. Schiff. 1997. Stormwater runoff into Santa Monica Bay: Identification, impact, and dispersion, Conf. Proc., California and the World Ocean '97, 24-27 March 1997, San Diego, CA.

Pinkel, R., Merrifield, M., McPhaden, M., Picault, J., Rutledge, S., Siegel, D., and L. Washburn. 1997. Solitary waves in the western Equatorial Pacific Ocean. Geogphy. Res. Let. 24: 1603-1606.

Washburn, L. and B.H. Jones. 1996. Field Observations and Modeling of Dispersion Processes around Ocean Outfalls, Oceans 96 MTS/IEEE, Conf. Proc., (published on CD-ROM) 23-26 September, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Washburn, L., Duda, T., and D. Jacobs. 1996. Interpreting conductivity microstructure: estimation of the temperature variance dissipation rate in the presence of salinity gradients. J. Atmospheric and Oceanic Tech. 13: 1166-1188.

Siegel, D.A., Ohlmann, J.C., Washburn, L., Bidigare, R.R., Nosse, C.T., and Y. Zhou. 1995. Solar radiation, phytoplankton pigments and the radiant heating of the equatorial Pacific Warm Pool. J. Geophys. Res. 100: 4885-4891.

Wu, Y., Washburn, L., and B.H. Jones. 1994. Buoyant plume dispersion in a coastal environment: observations of plume structure and dynamics. J Cont Shelf Res 14: 1001-1023.

Jones, B.H., Dickey, T.D, Washburn, L., and D. Manow. 1993. Physical and biological dynamics of sewage outfall plumes in the coastal region: an integrated observational approach. Pp. 527-234 in: Water Pollution II: Modeling, measuring and prediction, L.C. Wrobel and C. A. Brebbia eds. Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton.

Washburn, L., Swenson, M., Largier, J.L., Kosro, P.M., and S.R. Ramp. 1993. Cross-shelf sediment transport by an anti-cyclonic eddy off Northern California. Science 261: 1560-1564.

Washburn, L., Jones, B.H., Bratkovich, A., Dickey, T.D., and M.S. Chen. 1992. Mixing, dispersion, and resuspension in the vicinity of an ocean wastewater plume. J. Hydraulic Engr. 118: 38-58.

Huyer, A., Kosro, P.M., Fleischbein, J., Ramp, S.R., Stanton, T., Washburn, L., Chavez, F.P., Cowles, T.J., Pierce, S.D., and R.L. Smith. 1991. Currents and waste masses of the Coastal Transition Zone off Northern California, June to August 1988. J. Geophys. Res. 96: 14809-14831.

Jones, B.H., Mooers, C.N.K., Reinecker, M., Stanton, T.P., and L. Washburn. 1991. Chemical and biological structure of a cool filament observed off Northern California in July 1986 (OPTOMA-21). J. Geophys. Res. 96: 2207-2225.

Jones, B.H., Washburn, L., and Y. Wu. 1991. The dispersion of ocean outfall plumes: Physical and biological dynamics. Pp. 74-85 in: Coastal Zone '91 - Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management. American Society of Civil Engineers.

Kadko, D.C., Washburn, L., and B.H. Jones. 1991. Evidence of subduction within cold filaments of the Northern California Coastal Transition Zone. J. Geophys. Res. 96: 14,909-14,926.

Mackas, D.L., Washburn, L., and S.L. Smith. 1991. Zooplankton community pattern associated with a California Current Cold Filament. J. Geophys. Res. 96: 14,781-14,797.

Strub, P.T., Kosro, P.M., Huyer, A., James, C., Walstad, L.J., Smith, R.L., Barth, J.A., Hood, R.R., Abbot, M.R., Brink, K.H., Hayward, T.L., Niiler, P.P., Swenson, M.S., Dewey, R.K., Chavez, F., Ramp, S.R., Batteen, M.L., Haney, R.L., Mackas, D.L., Washburn, L., Kadko, D.C., Barber, R.T., and D.B. Haidvogel. 1991. The nature of cold filaments in the California Current System. J. Geophys. Res. 96: 14,743-14,768.

Washburn, L., Kadko, D.C., Jones, B.H., Hayward, T., Kosro, P.M., Stanton, T.P., Ramp, S., and T. Cowles. 1991. Water mass subduction and the transport of phytoplankton in a coastal upwelling system. J. Geophys. Res. 96: 14927-14945.

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