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E. Eric Adams

E. Eric Adams

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
37
Citations
6565
World Ranking
8823
National Ranking
3164

Overview

E. Eric Adams is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research primarily covers areas in Environmental Science, Engineering, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Pollution, Ocean Engineering, Oceanography, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work spans several key topics, including Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Geological Formations and Processes, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Fluid Dynamics and Mixing.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Extent of impact of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes is influenced by sediment loading, turbulence and thresholds, 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • An evaluation of models that estimate droplet size from subsurface oil releases, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Unconfined Dense Plunging Jets Used for Brine Disposal from Desalination Plants, 2020, Processes
  • Spreading and Deposition of Turbidity Currents: Application to Open-Water Sediment Disposal, 2020, Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering
  • Effect of crossflow on trapping depths of particle plumes: laboratory experiments and application to the PLUMEX field experiment, 2021, Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Frequent collaborators in their research include Carlos Munoz Royo, Thomas Peacock, Matthew H. Alford, Dayang Wang, and Ishita Shrivastava.

The research output has appeared in diverse publication venues such as Communications Earth & Environment, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Processes, Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering, and Environmental Fluid Mechanics.

Best Publications

  • Field study of dispersion in a heterogeneous aquifer: 2. Spatial moments analysis

    E. Eric Adams;Lynn W. Gelhar

  • Field study of dispersion in a heterogeneous aquifer: 3. Geostatistical analysis of hydraulic conductivity

    Kenneth R. Rehfeldt;J. Mark Boggs;Lynn W. Gelhar

  • Field study of dispersion in a heterogeneous aquifer: 1. Overview and site description

    J. Mark Boggs;Steven C. Young;Lisa M. Beard;Lynn W. Gelhar

  • Formation dynamics of subsurface hydrocarbon intrusions following the Deepwater Horizon blowout

    Scott A. Socolofsky;E. Eric Adams;Christopher R. Sherwood

  • Multi-phase plumes in uniform and stratified crossflow

    S. A. Socolofsky;E. E. Adams

  • A Random-walk, Particle Tracking Model for Well-mixed Estuaries and Coastal Waters

    K.Nadia Dimou;E.Eric Adams

  • Modeling the release of CO2 in the deep ocean

    Christopher R. Liro;E. Eric Adams;Howard J. Herzog

  • CO2 hydrate composite for ocean carbon sequestration.

    Sangyong Lee;Liyuan Liang;David Riestenberg;Olivia R West

  • Field study of dispersion in a heterogeneous aquifer: 4. Investigation of adsorption and sampling bias

    J. Mark Boggs;E. Eric Adams

  • Evolution of droplets in subsea oil and gas blowouts: development and validation of the numerical model VDROP-J.

    Lin Zhao;Michel C. Boufadel;Scott A. Socolofsky;Eric Adams

  • A REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF BASIC TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTING THE BEHAVIOR OF SURFACE OIL SLICKS

    Keith D. Stolzenbach;Ole Secher Madsen;E. Eric Adams;Andrew M. Pollack

  • Ocean Storage of CO2

    E. Eric Adams;Ken Caldeira

  • Effect of Salinity and Ionic Composition on Evaporation: Analysis of Dead Sea Evaporation Pans

    Atul M. Salhotra;E. Eric Adams;Donald R. F. Harleman

  • Role of Slip Velocity in the Behavior of Stratified Multiphase Plumes

    Scott A. Socolofsky;Scott A. Socolofsky;E. Eric Adams;E. Eric Adams

  • A Tale of Two Spills: Novel Science and Policy Implications of an Emerging New Oil Spill Model

    Charles H. Peterson;Sean S. Anderson;Gary N. Cherr;Richard F. Ambrose

  • Simulating Oil Droplet Dispersal From the Deepwater Horizon Spill With a Lagrangian Approach

    Elizabeth W. E. W. North;E. Eric E. E. Adams;Zachary Z. Schlag;Christopher R. C. R. Sherwood

  • Impacts of ocean CO 2 disposal on marine life: I. A toxicological assessment integrating constant‐concentration laboratory assay data with variable‐concentration field exposure

    David I. Auerbach;Jennifer A. Caulfield;E. Eric Adams;Howard J. Herzog

  • Intercomparison of oil spill prediction models for accidental blowout scenarios with and without subsea chemical dispersant injection.

    Scott A. Socolofsky;E. Eric Adams;Michel C. Boufadel;Zachary M. Aman

  • Evaporation from heated water bodies: Predicting combined forced plus free convection

    E. Eric Adams;Douglas J. Cosler;Karl R. Helfrich

  • Buoyant Surface Jets

    Gerhard H. Jirka;Keith D. Stolzenbach;E. Eric Adams

  • Extent of impact of deep-sea nodule mining midwater plumes is influenced by sediment loading, turbulence and thresholds

    Carlos Muñoz-Royo;Thomas Peacock;Matthew H. Alford;Jerome A. Smith

  • A Tale of Two Spills: Novel Science and Policy Implications of an Emerging New Oil Spill Model

    E. Eric Adams;Charles H. Peterson;Sean S. Anderson;Gary N. Cherr

Frequent Co-Authors

Adrian Wing-Keung Law
Adrian Wing-Keung Law National University of Singapore
Michel C. Boufadel
Michel C. Boufadel New Jersey Institute of Technology
Dayang Wang
Dayang Wang Jilin University
Costas Tsouris
Costas Tsouris Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ruoying He
Ruoying He North Carolina State University
Ken Caldeira
Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science
Kenneth Lee
Kenneth Lee Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Edward T. Peltzer
Edward T. Peltzer Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

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