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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Stephan OBrien

University of Southern Mississippi

Division of Marine Science

1020 Balch Blvd.
Stennis Space Center
MS 39529

stephan.obrien@eagles.usm.edu

Project List:

Consortium for Oil Spill Exposure Pathways in Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems (CONCORDE)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: GoMRI Scholar, Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Conference Presentations - 15
2019
Cambazoglu, M. K., OBrien, S., Miles, T., Dinniman, M., Greer, A., Fitzpatrick, P., et al. (2019). Impact of wave forcing on sediment resuspension and transport in the Mississippi Sound and Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
OBrien, S., Dykstra, S., Parra, S., Dzwonkowski, B., Book, J., Pan, C., et al. (2019). Increased Suspended Sediment Concentration in Mississippi Bight in Spring 2016 evaluated using Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Data and a Synthesis Numerical Model. In U.S. HYDRO 2019 Conference. Biloxi, MS : 03/18/19-03/21/19: Poster.
OBrien, S., Dykstra, S., Parra, S., Dzwonkowski, B., Book, J., Pan, C., et al. (2019). Suspended Sediment Transport in Mississippi Bight During Two Cold Front Events in Spring 2016. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
2017
Cambazoglu, M. K., Miles, T., OBrien, S., Pan, C., Parra, S., Ramos, I. S., et al. (2017). Sediment transport influenced by internal waves near the continental shelf break of northeastern Gulf of Mexico. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17.
Cambazoglu, M. K., Pan, C., Parra, S., Soto Ramos, I., Howden, S., Wiggert, J., et al. (2017). Cross-Shelf Exchange and Transport in Northern Gulf of Mexico studied with Navy Coastal Ocean Model, NCOM. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Dykstra, S., Dzwonkowski, B., OBrien, S., & Lockridge, G. (2017). Seasonal Variability in Ebb Plume Hydrodynamics. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Dzwonkowski, B., Greer, A. T., Briseno-Avena, C., Krause, J., Joung, D., Soto Ramos, I., et al. (2017). Influence of Estuarine-exchange on the Coupled Bio-physical Water Column Structure during the Fall Season on the Alabama Shelf. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
OBrien, S., Dykstra, S., Quas, L., Dzwonkowski, B., Howden, S., Wallace, D., et al. (2017). Characterizing Spatial and Temporal Changes of the Suspended Particulate Matter in the Mississippi Sound and Mississippi Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
OBrien, S. J., Quas, L. M., Miles, T. N., Pan, C., Cambazoglu, M. K., Ramos, I. M. S., et al. (2017). Particulate Matter Resuspension in Mississippi Bight Evaluated with CONCORDE's Synthesis Model. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
Pan, C., Dinniman, M., Fitzpatrick, P., Lau, Y., Cambazoglu, M., Parra, S., et al. (2017). Exploring the Circulation Dynamics of Mississippi Sound and Bight Using the CONCORDE Synthesis Model. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
Quas, L., Church, I., OBrien, S. J., Wiggert, J., & Williamson, M. (2017). Application of high-resolution multibeam sonar backscatter to guide oceanographic investigations in the Mississippi Bight. In U.S. HYDRO 2017 Conference. Galveston, TX : 03/20/17-03/23/17.
Wiggert, J., Pan, C., Dinniman, M., Lau, Y., Fitzpatrick, P., OBrien, S., et al. (2017). Impact of Circulation, Transport, and Exchange Variability in the Northern Gulf of Mexico on Shelf Ecosystem Dynamics. In 2017 OCB Summer Workshop. Woods Hole, MA : 06/26/17-06/29/17: Poster.
Wiggert, J. D., Pan, C., Dinniman, M., Lau, Y., Fitzpatrick, P., OBrien, S., et al. (2017). Impacts of Suspended Sediment and Estuarine – Shelf Exchange Pathways on Shelf Ecosystem Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17: Poster.
2016
O'Brien, S., Fitzpatrick, P., Dzwonkowski, B., Dykstra, S., Wallace, D., Church, I., et al. (2016). Multivariate analysis of the influences of oceanic and meteorological processes on suspended particulate matter distributions in Mississippi coastal waters. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16: Poster.
O'Brien, S. J., Fitzpatrick, P., Dzwonkowski, B., Wallace, D. J., Church, I., & Wiggert, J. D. (2016). Influence of Physical Processes on the Concentration of Suspended Particulate Matter Derived from MODIS Reflectance at 645 nm in the Mississippi Sound. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.