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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2000 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Kenneth H. Brink is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a research focus distributed across several subfields, including Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research has contributed to multiple main topics, such as Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Seismic Waves and Analysis, and Climate Variability and Models.

Brink has published numerous papers, with recent works including:

  • "Determining the cross-shelf and vertical scales of coastal upwelling," 2024, Continental Shelf Research
  • "The effect of alongshore wind stress on a buoyancy current's stability," 2023, Continental Shelf Research
  • "Near-Resonances of Superinertial and Tidal Fluctuations at Islands," 2021, Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • "Editor's Commentary: Effect of Coriolis force on edge waves (I) Investigation of the normal modes by Robert O. Reid," 2020, Journal of Marine Research
  • "Editor's Commentary: Steady flow in a frictionless homogenous ocean by N. P. Fofonoff," 2020, Journal of Marine Research

The primary publication venues for Brink's work include the Journal of Marine Research, Continental Shelf Research, and the Journal of Physical Oceanography.

Frequent co-authorship is not recorded for Brink, indicating largely independent contributions or collaborations with a wide range of researchers without repetitive partnerships.

Brink has been recognized by major scientific organizations, having been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Statistical properties of near-surface flow in the California Coastal Transition Zone

    K. H. Brink;R. C. Beardsley;P. P. Niiler;M. Abbott

  • Coastal-Trapped Waves and Wind-Driven Currents Over the Continental Shelf

    K H Brink

  • The Coastal Transition Zone program

    K. H. Brink;T. J. Cowles

  • The upper-ocean response to monsoonal forcing in the Arabian Sea: seasonal and spatial variability

    Craig M Lee;Burton H Jones;Kenneth H Brink;Albert S Fischer

  • The Nantucket Shoals Flux Experiment (NSFE79). Part I: A Basic Description of the Current and Temperature Variability

    Robert C. Beardsley;David C. Chapman;Kenneth H. Brink;Steven R. Ramp

  • The near-surface dynamics of coastal upwelling

    K.H. Brink

  • A Comparison of Long Coastal Trapped Wave Theory with Observations off Peru

    K. H. Brink

  • Programs for computing properties of coastal-trapped waves and wind-driven motions over the continental shelf and slope

    Kenneth H. Brink;David C. Chapman

  • The global coastal ocean : regional studies and syntheses

    Allan R. Robinson;Kenneth H. Brink

  • Cross-Shelf Exchange

    Kenneth H. Brink

  • The physical environment of the Peruvian upwelling system

    K.H. Brink;D. Halpern;A. Huyer;R.L. Smith

  • The Response of Stratified, Frictional Flow of Shelf and Slope Waters to Fluctuating Large-Scale, Low-Frequency Wind Forcing

    Allan J. Clarke;K. H. Brink

  • Circulation in the Point Conception‐Santa Barbara Channel region

    K. H. Brink;R. D. Muench

  • Circulation in the Peruvian upwelling system near 15°S

    K. H. Brink;D. Halpern;R. L. Smith

  • The Northeast Monsoon's impact on mixing, phytoplankton biomass and nutrient cycling in the Arabian Sea

    J.D Wiggert;B.H Jones;T.D Dickey;K.H Brink

  • Tidal and lower frequency currents above Fieberling Guyot

    K. H. Brink

  • Variability of the near-surface eddy kinetic energy in the California Current based on altimetric, drifter, and moored current data

    Kathryn A. Kelly;Robert C. Beardsley;Richard Limeburner;Kenneth H. Brink

  • Mesoscale eddies, coastal upwelling, and the upper-ocean heat budget in the Arabian Sea

    Albert S. Fischer;Robert A. Weller;Daniel L. Rudnick;Charles C. Eriksen

  • On the Effect of Bottom Friction on Barotropic Motion Over the Continental Shelf

    Kenneth H. Brink;J. S. Allen

  • Mean Currents Driven by Topographic Drag over the Continental Shelf and Slope

    D. B. Haidvogel;K. H. Brink

  • The global coastal ocean : multiscale interdisciplinary processes

    Allan R. Robinson;Kenneth H Brink

Frequent Co-Authors

Burton H. Jones
Burton H. Jones King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David C. Chapman
David C. Chapman Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Glen Gawarkiewicz
Glen Gawarkiewicz Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert C. Beardsley
Robert C. Beardsley Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert L. Smith
Robert L. Smith Oregon State University
Allan R. Robinson
Allan R. Robinson Harvard University
Craig M. Lee
Craig M. Lee University of Washington
Sharon L. Smith
Sharon L. Smith University of Miami
Robert A. Weller
Robert A. Weller Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Mark R. Abbott
Mark R. Abbott Oregon State University

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