Education

Programs

• Intercampus Marine Science Programs MS, PhD
• Marine Science and Technology MS
• Marine Science and Technology PhD
• Marine Science and Technology PSM
• University of São Paulo Dual PhD PhD

Research interests

• Storm-forced and internal wave dynamics in the Gulf of Maine and southern New England Bight
• Estuarine circulation
• Design and construction of coastal ocean observing systems

Research activities

• The response of the Gulf of Maine and adjacent coastal ocean to winter storm meteorological and tidal forcing
• Evolution and dynamics of the winter mixed layer
• Formation of Maine Intermediate Water in Wilkinson and Jordan Basins
• Dynamics of the exchange mechanisms that link the coast with the deeper adjacent ocean
• Investigating the kinematics and dynamics of transient tidal eddy-like structures east of Cape Cod with a variety of observations

Select publications

Brown, W.S., and G. M. Marques (2012).
Transient tidal eddy motion in the western Gulf of Maine, part 1: Primary structure
Cont. Shelf Res

Marques, G., and W.S. Brown (2012).
Tidal eddy motions in the western Gulf of Maine, part 2: Secondary flow
Cont. Shelf Res.

Brown, W.S. (2011).
Winter variability in the western Gulf of Maine, Part 1: Internal tides
Dynam. Atmos. Oceans, 42, 224-249.

External links

• Website
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278434312002452