78 publications

2021

• Wu, X. D., Feddersen, F., & Giddings, S. N. (2021). Automated temporal tracking of coherently evolving density fronts in numerical models. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38(12), 2095-2108. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-21-0072.1
• Spydell, M. S., Suanda, S. H., Grimes, D. J., Becherer, J., McSweeney, J. M., Chickadel, C., ... Feddersen, F. (2021). Internal bore evolution across the shelf near Pt. Sal, California, interpreted as a gravity current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(12), 3629-3650. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-21-0095.1
• Grimes, D. J., Feddersen, F., & Giddings, S. N. (2021). Long-distance/time surf-zone tracer evolution affected by inner-shelf tracer retention and recirculation. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 126(12), 22. doi: 10.1029/2021jc017661
• Feddersen, F., Boehm, A. B., Giddings, S. N., Wu, X. D., & Liden, D. (2021). Modeling untreated wastewater evolution and swimmer illness for four wastewater infrastructure scenarios in the San Diego-Tijuana (US/MX) border region. Geohealth, 5(11), 20. doi: 10.1029/2021gh000490
• Wu, X. D., Feddersen, F., & Giddings, S. N. (2021). Diagnosing surfzone impacts on inner-shelf flow spatial variability using realistic model experiments with and without surface gravity waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(8), 2505-2515. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-20-0324.1
• Pendergraft, M. A., Grimes, D. J., Giddings, S. N., Feddersen, F., Beall, C. M., Lee, C., ... Prather, K. A. (2021). Airborne transmission pathway for coastal water pollution. PeerJ, 9, e11358. doi: 10.7717/peerj.11358
• Kumar, N., Lerczak, J. A., Xu, T. T., Waterhouse, A. F., Thomson, J., Terrill, E. J., ... Ahn, S. (2021). The Inner-Shelf Dynamics Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(5), E1033-E1063. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-19-0281.1
• Wu, X. D., Feddersen, F., & Giddings, S. N. (2021). Characteristics and dynamics of density fronts over the inner to midshelf under weak wind conditions. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(3), 789-808. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-20-0162.1
• Kovatch, M., Feddersen, F., Grimes, D. J., & MacMahan, J. H. (2021). Vorticity recirculation and asymmetric generation at a small headland with broadband currents. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 126(3). doi: 10.1029/2020jc016639
• Grimes, D. J., & Feddersen, F. (2021). The self-similar stratified inner-shelf response to transient rip-current-induced mixing. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915(A82). doi: 10.1017/jfm.2021.140
• Zdyrski, T., & Feddersen, F. (2021). Wind-induced changes to surface gravity wave shape in shallow water. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 913(A27). doi: 10.1017/jfm.2021.15
• Spydell, M. S., Feddersen, F., & Macmahan, J. (2021). Relative dispersion on the inner shelf: Evidence of a Batchelor regime. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(2), 519-536. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-20-0170.1

2020

• Zdyrski, T., & Feddersen, F. (2020). Wind-induced changes to surface gravity wave shape in deep to intermediate water. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 903(A31). doi: 10.1017/jfm.2020.628
• McSweeney, J. M., Lerczak, J. A., Barth, J. A., Becherer, J., MacKinnon, J. A., Waterhouse, A. F., ... Terrill, E. (2020). Alongshore variability of shoaling internal bores on the inner shelf. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(10), 2965-2981.
• Wu, X., Feddersen, F., Giddings, S. N., Kumar, N., & Gopalakrishnan, G. (2020). Mechanisms of mid- to outer-shelf transport of shoreline-released tracers. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(7), 1813-1837. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-19-0225.1
• Grimes, D. J., Feddersen, F., & Kumar, N. (2020). Tracer Exchange Across the Stratified Inner-Shelf Driven by Transient Rip-Currents and Diurnal Surface Heat Fluxes. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(10). doi: 10.1029/2019gl086501
• Feddersen, F., MacMahan, J. H., Freismuth, T. M., Gough, M. K., & Kovatch, M. (2020). Inner-shelf vertical and alongshore temperature variability in the subtidal, diurnal, and semidiurnal bands along the central California coastline with headlands. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 125(3). doi: 10.1029/2019jc015347
• Grimes, D. J., Feddersen, F., Giddings, S. N., & Pawlak, G. (2020). Cross-shore deformation of a surfzone-released dye plume by an internal tide on the inner shelf. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(1), 35-54. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-19-0046.1

2019

• Sinnett, G., & Feddersen, F. (2019). The nearshore heat budget: Effects of stratification and surfzone dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(11), 8219-8240. doi: 10.1029/2019jc015494
• Spydell, M. S., Feddersen, F., & Macmahan, J. (2019). The effect of drifter GPS errors on estimates of submesoscale vorticity. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 36(11), 2101-2119. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-19-0108.1
• Spydell, M. S., Feddersen, F., & Suanda, S. (2019). Inhomogeneous turbulent dispersion across the nearshore induced by surfzone eddies. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49(4), 1015-1034. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-18-0102.1

2018

• Sinnett, G., & Feddersen, F. (2018). The competing effects of breaking waves on surfzone heat fluxes: Albedo versus wave heating. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 123(10), 7172-7184. doi: 10.1029/2018jc014284
• Suanda, S. H., Feddersen, F., Spydell, M. S., & Kumar, N. (2018). The effect of barotropic and baroclinic tides on three-dimensional coastal dispersion. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(20), 11235-11246. doi: 10.1029/2018gl079884
• Sinnett, G., Feddersen, F., Lucas, A. J., Pawlak, G., & Terrill, E. (2018). Observations of nonlinear internal wave run-up to the surfzone. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48(3), 531-554. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-17-0210.1

2017

• Suanda, S. H., Feddersen, F., & Kumar, N. (2017). The effect of barotropic and baroclinic tides on coastal stratification and mixing. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122(12), 10156-10173. doi: 10.1002/2017jc013379
• Kumar, N., & Feddersen, F. (2017). A new offshore transport mechanism for shoreline-released tracer induced by transient rip currents and stratification. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(6), 2843-2851. doi: 10.1002/2017gl072611
• Kumar, N., & Feddersen, F. (2017). The effect of Stokes drift and transient rip currents on the inner shelf. Part i: No stratification. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(1), 227-241. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-16-0076.1
• Kumar, N., & Feddersen, F. (2017). The effect of Stokes drift and transient rip currents on the inner shelf. Part ii: With stratification. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 47(1), 243-260. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-16-0077.1

2016

• Suanda, S. H., Kumar, N., Miller, A. J., Di Lorenzo, E., Haas, K., Cai, D. H., ... Feddersen, F. (2016). Wind relaxation and a coastal buoyant plume north of Pt. Conception, CA: Observations, simulations, and scalings. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(10), 7455-7475. doi: 10.1002/2016jc011919
• Feddersen, F., Olabarrieta, M., Guza, R. T., Winters, D., Raubenheimer, B., & Elgar, S. (2016). Observations and modeling of a tidal inlet dye tracer plume. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(10), 7819-7844. doi: 10.1002/2016jc011922
• Suanda, S. H., Perez, S., & Feddersen, F. (2016). Evaluation of a source-function wavemaker for generating random directionally spread waves in the sea-swell band. Coastal Engineering, 114, 220-232. doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2016.04.006
• Hally-Rosendahl, K., & Feddersen, F. (2016). Modeling surfzone to inner-shelf tracer exchange. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 121(6), 4007-4025. doi: 10.1002/2015jc011530
• Kumar, N., Feddersen, F., Suanda, S., Uchiyama, Y., & McWilliams, J. (2016). Mid- to inner-shelf coupled ROMS-SWAN model-data comparison of currents and temperature: Diurnal and semidiurnal variability. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46(3), 841-862. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-15-0103.1

2015

• Hally-Rosendahl, K., Feddersen, F., Clark, D. B., & Guza, R. T. (2015). Surfzone to inner-shelf exchange estimated from dye tracer balances. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(9), 6289-6308. doi: 10.1002/2015jc010844
• Suanda, S. H., & Feddersen, F. (2015). A self-similar scaling for cross-shelf exchange driven by transient rip currents. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(13), 5427-5434. doi: 10.1002/2015GL063944
• Spydell, M. S., Feddersen, F., Olabarrieta, M., Chen, J. L., Guza, R. T., Raubenheimer, B., & Elgar, S. (2015). Observed and modeled drifters at a tidal inlet. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 120(7), 4825-4844. doi: 10.1002/2014jc010541
• Kumar, N., Feddersen, F., Uchiyama, Y., McWilliams, J., & O'Reilly, W. (2015). Midshelf to surfzone coupled ROMS-SWAN model data comparison of waves, currents, and temperature: Diagnosis of subtidal forcings and response. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45(6), 1464-1490. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-14-0151.1

2014

• Sinnett, G., & Feddersen, F. (2014). The surf zone heat budget: The effect of wave heating. Geophysical Research Letters, 41(20), 7217-7226. doi: 10.1002/2014gl061398
• Hally-Rosendahl, K., Feddersen, F., & Guza, R. T. (2014). Cross-shore tracer exchange between the surfzone and inner-shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 119(7), 4367-4388. doi: 10.1002/2013jc009722
• Clark, D. B., Lenain, L., Feddersen, F., Boss, E., & Guza, R. T. (2014). Aerial imaging of fluorescent dye in the near shore. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 31(6), 1410-1421. doi: 10.1175/jtech-d-13-00230.1
• Feddersen, F. (2014). The generation of surfzone eddies in a strong alongshore current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 44(2), 600-617. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-13-051.1
• Spydell, M. S., Feddersen, F., Guza, R. T., & MacMahan, J. (2014). Relating Lagrangian and Eulerian horizontal eddy statistics in the surfzone. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 119(2), 1022-1037. doi: 10.1002/2013jc009415

2013

• Rippy, M. A., Franks, P. J. S., Feddersen, F., Guza, R. T., & Warrick, J. A. (2013). Beach nourishment impacts on bacteriological water quality and phytoplankton bloom dynamics. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(12), 6146-6154. doi: 10.1021/es400572k
• Rogers, J. S., Monismith, S. G., Feddersen, F., & Storlazzi, C. D. (2013). Hydrodynamics of spur and groove formations on a coral reef. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 118(6), 3059-3073.
• Rippy, M. A., Franks, P. J. S., Feddersen, F., Guza, R. T., & Moore, D. F. (2013). Factors controlling variability in nearshore fecal pollution: The effects of mortality. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 66(1-2), 191-198. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.003
• Rippy, M. A., Franks, P. J. S., Feddersen, F., Guza, R. T., & Moore, D. F. (2013). Physical dynamics controlling variability in nearshore fecal pollution: Fecal indicator bacteria as passive particles. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 66(1-2), 151-157. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.030

2012

• Guza, R. T., & Feddersen, F. (2012). Effect of wave frequency and directional spread on shoreline runup. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(L11607). doi: 10.1029/2012gl051959
• Feddersen, F. (2012). Observations of the Surf-Zone Turbulent Dissipation Rate. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 42(3), 386-399. doi: 10.1175/jpo-d-11-082.1
• Spydell, M. S., & Feddersen, F. (2012). A Lagrangian stochastic model of surf zone drifter dispersion. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 117(C03041). doi: 10.1029/2011jc007701
• Spydell, M. S., & Feddersen, F. (2012). The effect of a non-zero Lagrangian time scale on bounded shear dispersion. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 691, 69-94. doi: 10.1017/jfm.2011.443
• Feddersen, F. (2012). Scaling surf zone turbulence. Geophysical Research Letters, 39(18), L18613. doi: 10.1029/2012GL052970

2011

• Feddersen, F., Clark, D. B., & Guza, R. T. (2011). Modeling surf zone tracer plumes: 1. Waves, mean currents, and low-frequency eddies. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 116(C11027). doi: 10.1029/2011jc007210
• Clark, D. B., Feddersen, F., & Guza, R. T. (2011). Modeling surf zone tracer plumes: 2. Transport and dispersion. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 116(C11028). doi: 10.1029/2011jc007211
• Omand, M. M., Leichter, J. J., Franks, P. J. S., Guza, R. T., Lucas, A. J., & Feddersen, F. (2011). Physical and biological processes underlying the sudden surface appearance of a red tide in the nearshore. Limnology and Oceanography, 56(3), 787-801. doi: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0787

2010

• Feddersen, F. (2010). Quality Controlling Surf Zone Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter Observations to Estimate the Turbulent Dissipation Rate. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 27(12), 2039-2055. doi: 10.1175/2010jtecho783.1
• Clark, D. B., Feddersen, F., & Guza, R. T. (2010). Cross-shore surfzone tracer dispersion in an alongshore current. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 115(C10035). doi: 10.1029/2009jc005683

2009

• Clark, D. B., Feddersen, F., Omand, M. M., & Guza, R. T. (2009). Measuring Fluorescent Dye in the Bubbly and Sediment-Laden Surfzone. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 204(1-4), 103-115. doi: 10.1007/s11270-009-0030-z
• Spydell, M. S., Feddersen, F., & Guza, R. T. (2009). Observations of drifter dispersion in the surfzone: The effect of sheared alongshore currents. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 114(C07028). doi: 10.1029/2009jc005328
• Omand, M. M., Feddersen, F., Clark, D. B., Franks, P. J. S., Leichter, J. J., & Guza, R. T. (2009). Influence of bubbles and sand on chlorophyll-a fluorescence measurements in the surfzone. Limnology and Oceanography-Methods, 7, 354-362. doi: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.3.0787
• Spydell, M., & Feddersen, F. (2009). Lagrangian drifter dispersion in the surf zone: directionally spread, normally incident waves. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39(4), 809-830. doi: 10.1175/2008jpo3892.1

2008

• Ladah, L. B., Feddersen, F., Pearson, G. A., & Serrao, E. A. (2008). Egg release and settlement patterns of dioecious and hermaphroditic fucoid algae during the tidal cycle. Marine Biology, 155(6), 583-591. doi: 10.1007/s00227-008-1054-4

2007

• Spydell, M., Feddersen, F., Guza, R. T., & Schmidt, W. E. (2007). Observing surf-zone dispersion with drifters. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37(12), 2920-2939. doi: 10.1175/2007jpo3580.1
• Feddersen, F. (2007). Breaking wave induced cross-shore tracer dispersion in the surf zone: Model results and scalings. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 112(C9). doi: 10.1029/2006jc004006
• Feddersen, F., Trowbridge, J. H., & Williams, A. J. (2007). Vertical structure of dissipation in the nearshore. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37(7), 1764-1777. doi: 10.1175/jpo3098.1
• Feddersen, F., & Williams, A. J. (2007). Direct estimation of the Reynolds stress vertical structure in the nearshore. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 24(1), 102-116. doi: 10.1175/jtech1953.1

2005

• Feddersen, F., & Trowbridge, J. H. (2005). The effect of wave breaking on surf-zone turbulence and alongshore currents: A modeling study. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35(11), 2187-2203. doi: 10.1175/jpo2800.1
• Feddersen, F., & Veron, F. (2005). Wind effects on shoaling wave shape. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35(7), 1223-1228. doi: 10.1175/jpo2753.1
• Noyes, T. J., Guza, R. T., Feddersen, F., Elgar, S., & Herbers, T. H. C. (2005). Model-data comparisons of shear waves in the nearshore. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 110(C5). doi: 10.1029/2004jc002541

2004

• Feddersen, F. (2004). Effect of wave directional spread on the radiation stress: comparing theory and observations. Coastal Engineering, 51(5-6), 473-481. doi: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2004.05.008
• Feddersen, F., Guza, R. T., & Elgar, S. (2004). Inverse modeling of one-dimensional setup and alongshore current in the nearshore. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34(4), 920-933. doi: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<0920:imoosa>2.0.co;2

2003

• Feddersen, F., Gallagher, E. L., Guza, R. T., & Elgar, S. (2003). The drag coefficient, bottom roughness, and wave-breaking in the nearshore. Coastal Engineering, 48(3), 189-195. doi: 10.1016/s0378-3839(03)00026-7
• Feddersen, F., & Guza, R. T. (2003). Observations of nearshore circulation: Alongshore uniformity (vol 108, pg 3006, 2003). Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 108(C3). doi: 10.1029/2003jc001801
• Feddersen, F., & Guza, R. T. (2003). Observations of nearshore circulation: Alongshore uniformity. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 108(C1). doi: 10.1029/2001jc001293

2001

• Ruessink, B. G., Miles, J. R., Feddersen, F., Guza, R. T., & Elgar, S. (2001). Modeling the alongshore current on barred beaches. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 106(C10), 22451-22463. doi: 10.1029/2000jc000766

2000

• Feddersen, F., Guza, R. T., Elgar, S., & Herbers, T. H. C. (2000). Velocity moments in alongshore bottom stress parameterizations. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 105(C4), 8673-8686. doi: 10.1029/2000jc900022

1999

• Lentz, S., Guza, R. T., Elgar, S., Feddersen, F., & Herbers, T. H. C. (1999). Momentum balances on the North Carolina inner shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 104(C8), 18205-18226. doi: 10.1029/1999jc900101

1998

• Feddersen, F. (1998). Weakly nonlinear shear waves. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 372, 71-91. doi: 10.1017/s0022112098002158
• Feddersen, F., Guza, R. T., Elgar, S., & Herbers, T. H. C. (1998). Alongshore momentum balances in the nearshore. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 103(C8), 15667-15676. doi: 10.1029/98jc01270