Parker MacCready

Professor, School of Oceanography
University of Washington, Box 355351
Seattle, WA 98195-5351
Email: parker@ocean.washington.edu
Phone UW: (206) 685-9588
Phone Olympia: (360) 956-3216
Office: 313 Ocean Sciences Building (OCN) (map)

Prospective Grad Students

I'm looking for a new grad student to work on an NSF funded project exploring how kinetic and potential energy function in estuarine and coastal systems. Are you good at math and physics? Want to learn about the ocean and numerical modeling? Email me for details.

I am a physical oceanographer, working in coastal and estuarine regions. My research group focuses on flow over rough topography, estuarine circulation theory, river plumes, and bio-physical interactions.

Research Projects

• Modeling the Salish Sea: Dave Sutherland
• Flow over Rough Topography (Three Tree Point)
• River Plumes (Columbia River: RISE)
• RISE Biophysical Modeling: Neil Banas
• Estuarine Dynamics
• Overflow Plumes
• Southern Ocean Nitrate & Potential Vorticity
• Arrested Ekman Layers

Classes

• Intro to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (AMATH/ATM S 505A, OCN 511A, Fall 2009)
• Estuarine & Coastal Fluid Dynamics Summer School (Friday Harbor 2009)
• Puget Sound Oceanography (OCN 506C, Winter 2009)
• Fluid Dynamics (AMATH & ATM S 505, OCN 511)
• Estuarine & Coastal Fluid Dynamics Summer School (Friday Harbor Labs 2006)
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I (OCN 512, AtmSci 509, Winter 2006)
• Dead Zones around America (HA&S 220, Fall 2005)
• Bio-Physical Interactions (Winter 2004)
• The Science & Politics of Sewage in Puget Sound (HA&S 220, Fall 2002)
• Estuarine Circulation and Mixing (Winter 1999)

Essays & Etc.

• Publications
• The Pogo Foil: A Human-Powered Hydrofoil Boat
• Teaching Science for Non-scientists
• Oceanography in 2050
• PM_tools for ROMS
• Modeling Notes
• ROMS Mac Notes

Other Links

• MacCready Research Group
• UW Coastal Studies Group (Hickey)
• PRISM
• Physical Oceanography
• School of Oceanography
• University of Washington