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Overview

Steve Elgar is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialization in subfields such as Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics covered in Elgar's research include:

  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Frequent publication venues for Elgar's work are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Coastal Engineering Proceedings
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Journal of Hydrology

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Steve Elgar include:

  • Modeling the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of sandbar migration events, 2021, Coastal Engineering
  • Coastal flooding generated by ocean wave- and surge-driven groundwater fluctuations on a sandy barrier island, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • Field Observations of the Evolution of Plunging-Wave Shapes, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Field Evidence of Inverse Energy Cascades in the Surfzone, 2020, Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Coastal topography and hydrogeology control critical groundwater gradients and potential beach surface instability during storm surges, 2022, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Elgar has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Britt Raubenheimer
  • Ciara Dooley
  • Levi Gorrell
  • Christine Baker
  • Melissa Moulton

Best Publications

  • Wave-Induced Sediment Transport and Sandbar Migration

    Fernanda Hoefel;Steve Elgar

  • Observations of sand bar evolution on a natural beach

    Edith L. Gallagher;Steve Elgar;R. T. Guza

  • Observations of bispectra of shoaling surface gravity waves

    Steve Elgar;R. T. Guza

  • Modeling the alongshore current on barred beaches

    B. G. Ruessink;J. R. Miles;F. Feddersen;R. T. Guza

  • Generation and propagation of infragravity waves

    T. H. C. Herbers;Steve Elgar;R. T. Guza

  • Nearshore sandbar migration

    Steve Elgar;Edith L. Gallagher;R. T. Guza

  • Wave transformation across the inner surf zone

    B. Raubenheimer;R.T. Guza;S. Elgar

  • Momentum balances on the North Carolina inner shelf

    Steve Lentz;R. T. Guza;Steve Elgar;Falk Feddersen

  • Infragravity-Frequency (0.005–0.05 Hz) Motions on the Shelf. Part I: Forced Waves

    T. H. C. Herbers;Steve Elgar;R. T. Guza;W. C. O'Reilly

  • Wave-induced sediment transport and onshore sandbar migration

    Tian-Jian Hsu;Steve Elgar;R.T. Guza

  • Reflection of Ocean Surface Gravity Waves from a Natural Beach

    Steve Elgar;T. H. C. Herbers;R. T. Guza

  • Alongshore momentum balances in the nearshore

    Falk Feddersen;R. T. Guza;Steve Elgar;T. H. C. Herbers

  • Observations of nearshore infragravity waves: Seaward and shoreward propagating components

    A. Sheremet;R. T. Guza;S. Elgar;T. H. C. Herbers

  • A GPS-Tracked Surf Zone Drifter*

    W. E. Schmidt;B. T. Woodward;K. S. Millikan;R. T. Guza

  • Swash on a gently sloping beach

    B. Raubenheimer;R. T. Guza;Steve Elgar;N. Kobayashi

  • Statistics of bicoherence

    S. Elgar;R.T. Guza

  • Observations of infragravity waves

    Steve Elgar;T. H. C. Herbers;Michele Okihiro;Joan Oltman-Shay

  • Spectral evolution of shoaling and breaking waves on a barred beach

    Steve Elgar;R. T. Guza;B. Raubenheimer;T. H. C. Herbers

  • Turbulence Measurements in the Surf Zone

    John Trowbridge;Steve Elgar

  • Waves in Oceanic and Coastal Waters

    Steve Elgar

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert T. Guza
Robert T. Guza Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Vinod Chandran
Vinod Chandran Queensland University of Technology
Falk Feddersen
Falk Feddersen University of California, San Diego
Edward B. Thornton
Edward B. Thornton Naval Postgraduate School
Jim Thomson
Jim Thomson University of Washington
Giovanni Coco
Giovanni Coco University of Auckland
Tian-Jian Hsu
Tian-Jian Hsu University of Delaware
Fengyan Shi
Fengyan Shi University of Delaware
Jamie MacMahan
Jamie MacMahan Naval Postgraduate School
James T. Kirby
James T. Kirby University of Delaware

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