Falk Feddersen: Publication Index
Journal Publications
- Observations of Wave Energy Dissipation by Bottom Friction on Rocky Shores,
Marques, O. B., F. Feddersen, J. H. MacMahan, Cesar Acevedo-Ramirez, Sutara H. Suanda, submitted to J. Physical Oceanography, 2024.
 
- Modeling Wind-Induced Changes to Overturning Wave Shape,
Feddersen, F., K. G. Hanson, Wouter Mostert, A. M. Fincham, revised to J. Fluid Mechanics, 2024.
 
- An Effective Water Depth Correction for Pressure-Based Wave Statistics on Rough Bathymetry,
Marques, O. B., F. Feddersen, and J. H. MacMahan, submitted to J. Oceanic and Atmospheric Tech., 2024.
 
- Estimating directional wave spectra properties in non-breaking waves from a UAS-mounted multi-beam lidar,
Feddersen, F., Olavo B. Marques, J. H. MacMahan, and R. Grenzeback, J. Oceanic and Atmospheric Tech., 10.1175/JTECH-D-23-0129.1, 2024. link
 
- Performance of a one-dimensional model of wave-driven nearshore alongshore tracer transport and decay with application for dry weather coastal pollution,
Brasseale, E., F. Feddersen, X. Wu, Amity G. Zimmer-Faust, and S. N. Giddings, Environmental Science and Technology, 57, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c08656, 2023. link
 
- The wavedrifter: A low-cost IMU-based Lagrangian drifter to observe steepening and overturning of surface gravity waves and the transition to turbulence
Feddersen, Falk, Andre Amador, Kanoa Pick, A. Vizuet, Kaden Quinn, Eric Wolfinger, J. H. MacMahan, and Adam Fincham, Coastal Engineering Journal, doi:10.1080/21664250.2023.2238949, 2023. link
 
- Cross-shore Wind-Induced Changes to Field-Scale Overturning Wave Shape
Feddersen, F. A. M. Fincham, K. L. Brodie, A. P. Young, M. S. Spydell, D. J. Grimes, M. Pieszka, K. G. Hanson, J. Fluid Mechanics, 10.1017/jfm.2023.40, 2023. link
 
- Wind-Induced Changes to Shoaling Surface Gravity Wave Shape,
Zdyrski, T. and F. Feddersen, Physical Review Fluids, doi:10.1103/PhysRevFluids.7.074802, 2022. link
 
- Automated temporal tracking of coherently evolving density fronts in numerical models,
Wu, X., F. Feddersen, S. N. Giddings, revised to J. Atmospheric Oceanic Tech., doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0072.1, 2021. link
 
- Modeling Untreated Wastewater Evolution and Swimmer Illness for Four Wastewater Infrastructure Scenarios in the San Diego-Tijuana (US/MX) Border Region,
Feddersen, F., A. B. Boehm, S. N. Giddings, X. Wu, D. Liden, GeoHealth, doi:10.1029/2021GH000490, 2021. link
 
- Long-distance/time surf-zone tracer evolution affected by inner-shelf tracer retention and recirculation,
Grimes, D. J., F. Feddersen, and S. N. Giddings, J. Geophysical Research Oceans, doi:10.1029/2021JC017661, 2021. link
 
- Internal Bore Evolution Across the Shelf Near Pt.~Sal CA interpreted as a Gravity Current,
Spydell, M. S., S. H. Suanda, D. J. Grimes, J. Becherer, J. M. McSweeney, C. Chickadel, M. Moulton, J. Thomson, J. Lerczak, J. Barth, J. H. MacMahan, J. Colosi, R. Romeiser, A. F. Waterhouse, J. Calantoni, Falk Feddersen, J. Physical Oceanography, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-21-0095.1, 2021. link
 
- Diagnosing surfzone impacts on inner-shelf flow spatial
variability using realistic model experiments with and without surface gravity waves
Wu, X., F. Feddersen, S. N. Giddings, J. Phys. Oceangr., doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0324, 2021. link
 
- Atmospheric transport of coastal water pollution
Matthew A. Pendergraft, Derek J. Grimes, Sarah N. Giddings, Falk Feddersen, Charlotte M. Beall, Christopher Lee, Mitchell V. Santander, Kimberly A. Prather, PeerJ, doi:10.7717/peerj.11358, 2021.
 
- The self-similar stratified inner-shelf response to transient rip-current induced mixing,
Grimes, D. J. and F. Feddersen, J. Fluid Mechanics, doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.140, 2021. link
 
- Vorticity recirculation and asymmetric generation at a small
headland with broadband currents,
Kovatch, M., F. Feddersen, D. G. Grimes, J. H. MacMahan, J. Geophysical Res. Oceans, doi:10.1029/2020JC016639, 2021. link
 
- Wind-Induced Changes to Surface Gravity Wave Shape in Shallow Water,
Zdyrski, T. and F. Feddersen, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, doi:10.1017/jfm.2021.15, 2021. link
 
- The Inner-Shelf Dynamics Experiment,
Kumar, N. et al., Bulletin of the American Meterological Society, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0281.1, 2021. link
 
- Characteristics and dynamics of density fronts over the inner to mid-shelf under weak wind conditions
Wu, X., F. Feddersen, S. N. Giddings, J. Phys. Oceangr., doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0162, 2021. link
 
- Relative dispersion on the inner shelf: Evidence of a Batchelor regime,
Spydell, M. S., F. Feddersen, J. H. MacMahan, J. Physical Oceanography, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0170, 2021. link
 
- Alongshore Variability of Shoaling Internal Bores on the Inner Shelf.
McSweeney, J. M., J. A. Lerczak, J.A. Barth, J. Becherer, J. A. MacKinnon, A. F. Waterhouse,
J. A. Colosi, J. H. MacMahan, F. Feddersen, J. Calantoni, A. Simpson, S. Celona, M. C. Haller, E. Terrill, J. Phys. Oceanogr., doi:10.1175/JPO-D-20-0090.1, 2020 link
 
- Wind-Induced Changes to Surface Gravity Wave Shape in Deep to Intermediate Water,
Zdyrski, T. and F. Feddersen, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, doi:10.1017/jfm.2020.628, 2020. link
 
- Mechanisms of mid-to-outer shelf transport of shoreline released tracer,
Wu, X., F. Feddersen, S. N. Giddings, N. Kumar, G. Gopalakrishnan, J. Phys. Oceangr., doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0225.1, 2020. link
 
- Tracer exchange across the stratified inner-shelf driven by transient rip currents and diurnal surface heat flux,
Grimes, D. J., F. Feddersen, N. Kumar, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2019GL086501, 2020. link
 
- Inner shelf vertical and alongshore temperature variability in the subtidal, diurnal, and semidiurnal bands along the central California coastline with headlands
Feddersen, F. J. H. MacMahan, T. M. Freismuth, M. K. Gough, and M. Kovatch, J. Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2019JC015347, 2020. link
 
- Cross-shore Deformation of a Surfzone Released Dye Plume by an Internal Tide on the Inner-shelf,
Grimes, D. J., F. Feddersen, S. N. Giddings, E. A. Pawlak, J. Physical Oceanography, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-19-0046.1, 2020, link
 
- The Nearshore Heat Budget: Effects of Stratification and Surfzone Dynamics,
Sinnett, G., and F. Feddersen, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2019JC015494, 2019, link
 
- The Effect of Drifter GPS Errors on Estimates of Submesoscale Vorticity,
Spydell, M. S., F. Feddersen, and J. H. MacMahan, J. Atmospheric and Oceanic Tech., doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0108.1, 2019.
 
- Inhomogeneous Turbulent Dispersion across the Nearshore Induced by Surfzone Eddies
Spydell, M. S., F. Feddersen, and S. Suanda, J. Physical Oceanography, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-18-0102.1, 2019, link
 
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The effect of barotropic and baroclinic tides on coastal dispersion,
Suanda, S., F. Feddersen, M. S. Spydell, N. Kumar, Geophys. Research Letters, 45, doi:10.1029/2018GL079884, 2018, link
 
- The Competing Effects of Breaking Waves on Surfzone Heat Fluxes: Albedo vs. Wave Heating,
Sinnett, G., and F. Feddersen, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2018JC014284, 2018. link
 
- Observations of Nonlinear Internal Wave Runup to the Surfzone,
Sinnett, G., F. Feddersen, A. J. Lucas, G. Pawlak, and E. Terrill, J. Phys. Oceanogr., doi:10.1175/JPO-D-17-0210.1, 2018. link
 
- The effect of barotropic and baroclinic tides on coastal stratification and mixing,
Suanda, S., F. Feddersen, and N. Kumar, J. Geophysical Research,doi:10.1002/2017JC013379, 2017. link
 
- Planktonic subsidies to surf-zone and intertidal communities,
Morgan, S. G., A. L. Shanks, J. H. MacMahan, A. J. H. M. Reniers, and F. Feddersen, Annual Review of Marine Science, doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010816-060514, 2018, link
 
- A new offshore transport mechanism for shoreline-released tracer induced by transient rip currents and stratification,
Kumar, N, and F. Feddersen, Geophysical Res. Letters, doi: 10.1002/2017GL072611, 2017. link
 
- The effect of Stokes drift and transient rip currents on the inner-shelf, part 1: No stratification
Kumar, N., and F. Feddersen, J. Physical Oceanography, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0077.1, 2017. link
 
- The effect of Stokes drift and transient rip currents on the inner-shelf, part 2: With stratification
Kumar, N., and F. Feddersen, J. Physical Oceanography, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-16-0076.1, 2017. link
 
- Wind relaxation and a coastal buoyant plume north of Pt. Conception, CA: observations, simulations, and scalings
Suanda, S., N. Kumar, A. J. Miller, E. DiLorenzo, K. Haas, D. Cai, C. A. Edwards, L. Washburn, M. Fewings, R. Torres, and F. Feddersen, J. Geophysical Res., doi: 10.1002/2016JC011919, 2016. link
 
- Observations and Modeling of a Tidal Inlet Dye Tracer Plume
Feddersen, F., M. Olabarrieta, R. T. Guza, D. Winters, B. Raubenheimer, Steve Elgar, J. Geophysical Res., 121, doi: 10.1002/2016JC011922, 2016. link
 
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Observations and parameterizations of surfzone albedo,
Sinnett, G., and F. Feddersen, Methods in Oceanography, doi:10.1016/j.mio.2016.07.001, 2016. link
 
- Modeling surfzone to inner-shelf tracer exchange,
Hally-Rosendahl, K., and F. Feddersen, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2015JC011530, 2016. link.
 
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Evaluation of a source-function wavemaker for generating random directionally spread waves in the sea-swell band,
Suanda, S., S. Perez, and F. Feddersen, Coastal Engineering, doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2016.04.006, 2016. link
 
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Mid- to inner-shelf coupled ROMS-SWAN model-data comparison of currents and temperature: Diurnal and semi-diurnal variability,
Kumar, N., F. Feddersen, S. Suanda, J. C. McWilliams, and Y. Uchiyama, J. Phys. Oceangr., doi:10.1175/JPO-D-15-0103.1, 2015. link
 
- Surfzone to inner-shelf exchange estimated from dye tracer balances,
Hally-Rosendahl, K., F. Feddersen, D. B. Clark, and R. T. Guza, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2015JC010844, 2015. link
 
- A self-similar scaling for cross-shelf exchange driven by transient
rip currents,
Suanda, S., and F. Feddersen, Geophys. Res. Letters, 42, 5427-5434, doi: 10.1002/2015GL063944, 2015. link
 
- Observed and Modeled Drifters at a Tidal Inlet,
Spydell, M. S. F. Feddersen, M. Olabarrieta, J. Chen, R. T. Guza, B. Raubenheimer, and S. Elgar, J. Geophys. Res., 120 doi:10.1002/2014JC010541, 2015. link
 
- Mid-shelf to surf zone coupled ROMS-SWAN model-data comparison of waves, currents, and temperature: Diagnosis of subtidal forcings and response
Kumar, N., F. Feddersen, J. C. McWilliams, Y. Uchiyama, and W. O'Reilly, J. Phys. Oceangr., doi:10.1175/JPO-D-14-0151.1, 2015. link
 
- The surfzone heat budget: The effect of wave heating
Sinnett, G., and F. Feddersen, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1002/2014GL061398, 2014. link
 
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Cross-shore tracer exchange between the surfzone and inner-shelf
Hally-Rosendahl, K., F. Feddersen, and R. T. Guza, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1002/2013JC009722, 2014. link
 
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Aerial imaging of fluorescent dye in the nearshore
Clark, D. B., L. Lenain, F. Feddersen, E. Boss, and R.T. Guza, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 31, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00230.1, 1410-1421, 2014.
 
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Relating Lagrangian and Eulerian horizontal eddy statistics in the surf zone
Spydell, M. S., F. Feddersen, R. T. Guza, J. MacMahan, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 10.1002/2013JC009415, 2014.
 
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The generation of surfzone eddies in a strong alongshore current,
Feddersen, F., J. Phys. Oceanogr., doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-051.1, 2014.
 
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Beach Nourishment Impacts on Bacteriological Water Quality and Phytoplankton Bloom Dynamics
Rippy, M. A., P. J. S. Franks, F. Feddersen, R. T. Guza, J. A. Warrick, Environ. Sci. Tech., 47 (12), 6146-6154 doi:10.1021/es400572k, 2013.
 
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Hydrodynamics of Spur and Groove Formations on a Coral Reef,
Rogers, J.S., S.G. Monismith, F. Feddersen, and C.D. Storlazzi, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20225, 2013.
 
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Factors Controlling Variability in Nearshore Fecal Pollution: The effects of mortality,
Rippy, M. A., P. J. S. Franks, F. Feddersen, R. T. Guza, D. F. Moore, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 66, 191-198, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.003, 2013.
 
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Factors Controlling Variability in Nearshore Fecal Pollution: Fecal Indicator Bacteria as Passive Particles,
Rippy, M. A., P. J. S. Franks, F. Feddersen, R. T. Guza, D. F. Moore, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 66, 151-157, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.030, 2013.
 
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Scaling surf zone turbulence,
Feddersen, F., Geophys. Res. Letters, 39, L18613, doi:10.1029/2012GL052970, 2012.
 
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Effect of wave frequency and directional spread on shoreline runup,
Guza, R.T., and Feddersen, F., Geophys. Res. Letters, 39, L11607, doi:10.1029/2012GL051959, 2012.
 
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A Lagrangian Stochastic Model of Surfzone Drifter Dispersion,
Spydell and Feddersen, J. Geophys. Res., 117, C03041, doi:10.1029/2011JC007701, 2012.
 
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Episodic vertical nutrient fluxes and nearshore phytoplankton blooms in Southern California,
Omand, Feddersen, Guza, and Franks, Limnology and Oceanography, 57(6), 1673-1688, doi:10.4319/lo.2012.57.6.1673, 2012.
 
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Observations of the Surfzone Turbulent Dissipation Rate
Feddersen, J. Physical Oceanogr., 42(3), 386-399, doi: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-082.1, 2012.
 
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Modeling Surfzone Tracer Plumes, Part 2: Transport and Dispersion
Clark, Feddersen, Guza, J. Geophysical Res. Oceans, 116, C11028, doi:10.1029/2011JC007211, 2011.
 
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Modeling Surfzone Tracer Plumes, Part 1: Waves, Mean Currents, and Low-frequency Eddies
Feddersen, Clark, Guza, J. Geophysical Res. Oceans, 116, C11027, doi:10.1029/2011JC007210, 2011.
 
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The effect of a non-zero Lagrangian time-scale on bounded shear dispersion
Spydell and Feddersen, J. Fluid Mechanics, 691, 69-94, doi:10.1017/jfm.2011.433, 2012.
 
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Physical and Biological Processes Underlying the Sudden Appearance of a Red-tide Surface Patch in
the Nearshore
Omand, Leichter, Franks, Guza, Lucas, and Feddersen, Limnology and Oceangraphy, 56, 787-801, 2011.
 
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Quality Controlling Surfzone Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter
Observations to Estimate the Turbulent Dissipation Rate
Feddersen, J. Atmospheric Oceanic Tech., 27 2039-2055, 2010. -
Cross-shore Surfzone Tracer Dispersion in an Alongshore Current
Clark, Feddersen, Guza, J. Geophysical Res. Oceans, 115, C10035, doi:10.1029/2009JC005683, 2010.
 
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Observations of Drifter Dispersion in the Surfzone: The Effect of Sheared
Alongshore Currents
Spydell, Feddersen, Guza, J. Geophysical Res. Oceans, 114, C07028, doi:10.1029/2009JC005328, 2009.
 
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Measuring Fluorescent Dye in the Bubbly and
Sediment Laden Surfzone
Clark, Feddersen, Omand, Guza, Water, Air, Soil Pollution, DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0030-z, 2009.
 
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The Influence of Bubbles and Sand on Chlorophyll Fluorescence Measurements in the Surfzone
Omand, Feddersen, Clark, Franks, Leichter, Guza, Limnology and Oceangraphy Methods, 7, 354-362, 2009.
 
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Egg release and settlement patterns of dioecious and hermaphroditic fucoid algae during the tidal cycle
Ladah, Feddersen, Pearson, Serrao, Marine Biology, doi: 10.1007/s00227-008-1054-42008, 2008
 
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Lagrangian Drifter Dispersion in the Surfzone: Directionally-Spread Normally Incident Waves
Spydell and Feddersen, J. Physical Oceangr., 39, 809-830, DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3892.1, 2009. -
Breaking wave induced cross-shore tracer dispersion in the surfzone: Model results and scalings
Feddersen, J. Geophys. Res., 112, C09012, doi:10.1029/2006JC004006, 2007. -
Observing Surfzone Dispersion with Drifters
Spydell, Feddersen, Guza, and Schmidt, J. Phys. Oceangr., 37, 2920-2939, 2007. -
Vertical Structure of Dissipation in the Nearshore
Feddersen, Trowbridge, and Williams, J. Phys. Oceangr., 37 1764-1777, 2007. -
Direct Estimation of the Reynolds Stress Vertical Structure in the Nearshore,
Feddersen and Williams, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 24, 102--116, 2007. -
The Effect of Wave-breaking on Surfzone Turbulence and Alongshore Currents: A Modeling Study
Feddersen and Trowbridge, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 2187--2203, 2005. -
Model-data Comparisons of Shear Waves in the Nearshore
Noyes, T.J., R.T. Guza, F. Feddersen, S. Elgar, T.H.C. Herbers, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C05019, doi:10.1029/2004JC002541, 2005. -
Wind Effects on Shoaling Wave Shape
Feddersen and Veron, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 1223-1228, 2005. -
Effect of Wave Directional Spread on the Radiation Stress:
Comparing Theory and Observations
Feddersen, Coastal Eng., 51, 473-481, 2004. -
Inverse Modeling of the One-dimensional Setup and Alongshore Current in the Nearshore
Feddersen, Guza, and Elgar, J. Phys. Oceangr., 34, 920-933, 2004. -
The Drag Coefficient, Bed Roughness, and Wave Breaking
in the Nearshore
Feddersen, Gallagher, Guza, and Elgar, Coastal Eng., 48, 189-195, 2003. -
Observations of Nearshore Circulation: Alongshore Uniformity
Feddersen and Guza, J. Geophys. Res., 108, DOI: 10.1029/2001JC001293, 2003.
*Note: AGU has messed up the figures in the January print issue of JGR Oceans.
A correction will be published in the April issue. The online JGR Oceans pdf is correct and is available here. -
Modeling the Alongshore Current on Barred Beaches
Ruessink, Miles, Feddersen, Guza, Elgar, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 22,451-22,463, 2001. -
Velocity Moments in Alongshore Bottom Stress Parameterizations
Feddersen, Guza, Elgar, Herbers, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 8673-8686, 2000. -
Momentum Balances on the North Carolina Inner Shelf
Lentz, Guza, Elgar, Feddersen, Herbers J. Geophys. Res., 104, 18,205-18,226, 1999. -
Weakly Nonlinear Shear Waves
Feddersen, J. Fluid Mech., 372, 71-91, 1998. -
Alongshore Momentum Balances in the
Nearshore
Feddersen, Guza, Elgar, Herbers, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 15,667-15,676, 1998.
Conference Proceedings
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The Cross-shore Structure of the Alongshore Current
during Duck94
Feddersen, Guza, Elgar, Herbers, Proceedings of the 25th Coastal Engineering Conference Vol 3 p 3666-3679, 1996. -
Investigating Nearshore Circulation
using Inverse Methods
Feddersen, Guza, Elgar, Proc. Coastal Dynamics '97, 973-982, ASCE, NY, 1997.