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  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Steven J. Lentz is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant engagement in Environmental Science. Within these fields, their work spans several subfields including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics related to oceanographic and atmospheric processes. Their research interests include:

  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Marine and fisheries research

Steven J. Lentz has published research in several peer-reviewed journals. The most frequent venues of publication are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Journal of Marine Research
  • Open Access Server of the Woods Hole Scientific Community (Woods Hole Scientific Community)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Physical Processes Determine Spatial Structure in Water Temperature and Residence Time on a Wide Reef Flat, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • A Note on the Depth of Sidelobe Contamination in Acoustic Doppler Current Profiles, 2021, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Turbulent Thermal-Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling: Current Observations and Dynamics, 2022, Journal of Physical Oceanography
  • The Summer Heat Balance of the Oregon Inner Shelf Over Two Decades: Mean and Interannual Variability, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • The Summer Heat Balance of the Oregon Inner Shelf Over 2 Decades: Intraseasonal Variability, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

Frequent collaborators with Steven J. Lentz include Anne L. Cohen, Anthony Kirincich, Emily Lemagie, Nathaniel R. Mollica, and Weifeng G. Zhang.

In 2009, Steven J. Lentz was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Best Publications

  • Classical tidal harmonic analysis including error estimates in MATLAB using T_TIDE

    Rich Pawlowicz;Bob Beardsley;Steve Lentz

  • Trapping of a Coastal Density Front by the Bottom Boundary Layer

    David C. Chapman;Steven J. Lentz

  • The Wind- and Wave-Driven Inner-Shelf Circulation

    Steven J. Lentz;Melanie R. Fewings

  • Physical oceanography of the Amazon shelf

    W. Rockwell Geyer;Robert C. Beardsley;Steven J. Lentz;Julio Candela

  • The Inner Shelf Response to Wind-Driven Upwelling and Downwelling*

    Jay A. Austin;Steven J. Lentz

  • Momentum balances on the North Carolina inner shelf

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

  • Diagnosing the warming of the Northeastern U.S. Coastal Ocean in 2012: A linkage between the atmospheric jet stream variability and ocean response

    Ke Chen;Glen G. Gawarkiewicz;Steven J. Lentz;John M. Bane

  • The Surface Boundary Layer in Coastal Upwelling Regions

    Steven J. Lentz

  • The Amazon River Plume during AMASSEDS: Spatial characteristics and salinity variability

    Steven J. Lentz;Richard Limeburner

  • The M2 tide on the Amazon Shelf

    Robert C. Beardsley;Julio Candela;Richard Limeburner;W. Rockwell Geyer

  • Observations and a Model of the Mean Circulation over the Middle Atlantic Bight Continental Shelf

    Steven J. Lentz

  • Observations and a Model of Undertow over the Inner Continental Shelf

    Steven J. Lentz;Melanie R. Fewings;Peter A. Howd;Janet J. Fredericks

  • Long-Term Sea Surface Temperature Variability along the U.S. East Coast

    R. Kipp Shearman;Steven J. Lentz

  • The Influence of Stratification on the Wind-Driven Cross-Shelf Circulation over the North Carolina Shelf

    Steven J. Lentz

  • Buoyant gravity currents along a sloping bottom in a rotating fluid

    Steven J. Lentz;Karl R. Helfrich

  • Asymmetric Behavior of an Oceanic Boundary Layer above a Sloping Bottom

    J. H. Trowbridge;S. J. Lentz

  • Seasonal variations in the horizontal structure of the Amazon Plume inferred from historical hydrographic data

    Steven J. Lentz

  • Observations of Cross-Shelf Flow Driven by Cross-Shelf Winds on the Inner Continental Shelf

    Melanie R. Fewings;Steven J. Lentz;Janet J. Fredericks

  • The Importance of Nonlinear Cross-Shelf Momentum Flux during Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling

    Steven J. Lentz;David C. Chapman

  • The Response of Buoyant Coastal Plumes to Upwelling-Favorable Winds

    Steven Lentz

  • The Bottom Boundary Layer Over the Northern California Shelf

    Steven J. Lentz;John H. Trowbridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert C. Beardsley
Robert C. Beardsley Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Richard Limeburner
Richard Limeburner Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
David C. Chapman
David C. Chapman Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John H. Trowbridge
John H. Trowbridge Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Robert A. Weller
Robert A. Weller Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Anne L. Cohen
Anne L. Cohen Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Julio Candela
Julio Candela Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada
Albert J. Plueddemann
Albert J. Plueddemann Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
James B. Edson
James B. Edson Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kenneth H. Brink
Kenneth H. Brink Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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