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David K. Ralston is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's recent publications include studies related to estuarine and coastal dynamics as well as oceanographic processes. Notable papers are:

  • Increased Utilization of Storm Surge Barriers: A Research Agenda on Estuary Impacts (2023) published in Earth s Future
  • Mechanisms of Exchange Flow in an Estuary With a Narrow, Deep Channel and Wide, Shallow Shoals (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Shifting Sediment Dynamics in the Coos Bay Estuary in Response to 150 Years of Modification (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Impacts of 150 Years of Shoreline and Bathymetric Change in the Coos Estuary, Oregon, USA (2020) published in Estuaries and Coasts
  • Flow Separation and Increased Drag Coefficient in Estuarine Channels With Curvature (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

David K. Ralston collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • W. Rockwell Geyer
  • Tong Bo
  • David Honegger
  • Merrick C. Haller
  • Brian Yellen

The scientist's work appears repeatedly in prominent journals related to oceanography and coastal science. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Their research addresses a range of topics, among which are:

  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Best Publications

  • Sediment Trapping in Estuaries.

    Hans Burchard;Henk M Schuttelaars;David K Ralston

  • Structure, variability, and salt flux in a strongly forced salt wedge estuary

    David K. Ralston;W. Rockwell Geyer;James A. Lerczak

  • Subtidal Salinity and Velocity in the Hudson River Estuary: Observations and Modeling

    David K. Ralston;W. Rockwell Geyer;James A. Lerczak

  • Bigger tides, less flooding: Effects of dredging on barotropic dynamics in a highly modified estuary.

    David K. Ralston;Stefan Talke;W. Rockwell Geyer;Hussein A. M. Al-Zubaidi

  • The future of coastal and estuarine modeling: Findings from a workshop

    Oliver B. Fringer;Clint N. Dawson;Ruoying He;David K. Ralston

  • Bathymetric controls on sediment transport in the Hudson River estuary: Lateral asymmetry and frontal trapping

    David K. Ralston;W. Rockwell Geyer;John C. Warner

  • The Scaling and Structure of the Estuarine Bottom Boundary Layer

    Mark T. Stacey;David K. Ralston

  • Tidal asymmetry and velocity skew over tidal flats and shallow channels within a macrotidal river delta

    N. J. Nidzieko;N. J. Nidzieko;D. K. Ralston

  • Climate change, precipitation and impacts on an estuarine refuge from disease.

    Jeffrey Levinton;Michael Doall;David K. Ralston;Adam Starke

  • The Temporal Response of the Length of a Partially Stratified Estuary to Changes in River Flow and Tidal Amplitude

    James A. Lerczak;W. Rockwell Geyer;David K. Ralston

  • Quantifying vertical mixing in estuaries

    W. Rockwell Geyer;Malcolm E. Scully;David K. Ralston

  • Sediment transport due to extreme events: The Hudson River estuary after tropical storms Irene and Lee

    David K. Ralston;John C. Warner;W. Rockwell Geyer;Gary R. Wall

  • Response to Channel Deepening of the Salinity Intrusion, Estuarine Circulation, and Stratification in an Urbanized Estuary

    David K. Ralston;W. Rockwell Geyer

  • Tidal and meteorological forcing of sediment transport in tributary mudflat channels

    David K. Ralston;Mark T. Stacey

  • Longitudinal dispersion and lateral circulation in the intertidal zone

    David K. Ralston;Mark T. Stacey

  • Stratified Turbulence and Mixing Efficiency in a Salt Wedge Estuary

    R. C. Holleman;W. R. Geyer;D. K. Ralston

  • Turbulent and numerical mixing in a salt wedge estuary: Dependence on grid resolution, bottom roughness, and turbulence closure

    David K. Ralston;Geoffrey W. Cowles;W. Rockwell Geyer;Rusty C. Holleman

  • Pseudo-nitzschia bloom dynamics in the Gulf of Maine: 2012–2016

    Suzanna Clark;Katherine A. Hubbard;Katherine A. Hubbard;Donald M. Anderson;Dennis J. McGillicuddy

  • Turbulent mixing in a strongly forced salt wedge estuary

    David K. Ralston;W. Rockwell Geyer;James A. Lerczak;Malcolm E. Scully

  • Rapid growth and concerted sexual transitions by a bloom of the harmful dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense (Dinophyceae).

    Michael L. Brosnahan;Lourdes Velo‐Suárez;David K. Ralston;Sophia E. Fox

  • Estuarine Exchange Flow Quantified with Isohaline Coordinates: Contrasting Long and Short Estuaries

    Shih-Nan Chen;W. Rockwell Geyer;David K. Ralston;James A. Lerczak

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Rockwell Geyer
W. Rockwell Geyer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Donald M. Anderson
Donald M. Anderson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mark T. Stacey
Mark T. Stacey University of California, Berkeley
David A. Sutherland
David A. Sutherland University of Oregon
Dennis J. McGillicuddy
Dennis J. McGillicuddy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John C. Warner
John C. Warner United States Geological Survey
David A. Jay
David A. Jay Portland State University
David W. Townsend
David W. Townsend University of Maine
Neil K. Ganju
Neil K. Ganju United States Geological Survey
Richard P. Signell
Richard P. Signell United States Geological Survey

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