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Research
- Biogeochemistry and Geochemistry
- Paleoclimate: Lake Records and Landscape History
- Sedimentary Processes and Geophysical Imaging
People
Graduate Studies
Facilities
- R/V Blue Heron
- Geophysical Tools
- Inorganic Geochemistry Lab
- Organic and Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Lab
- Physical Limnology Lab
- Sedimentology Lab and Sample Repository
Additional Information
- The Center for Freshwater Research and Policy's report: Fresh Water
- Lake Cam - view of the lake from campus
- Met Buoy - Meteorological Buoy near the Duluth city water intake
Jay Austin
Assistant Professor
Large Lakes Observatory
University of Minnesota
2205 E. 5th St.,
Research Laboratory Building 209
Duluth, MN 55812
Tel. (218) 726-8773
Fax: (218) 726-6979
email: jaustin at d.umn.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Coastal Physical Oceanography as well as the physics of estuaries and lakes.
- Direct observations of physical properties in coastal, estuarine and lacustrine systems.
- Numerical simulations of physical properties, particularly process-oriented idealized models of systems.
- Instrument development.
EDUCATION
MIT-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Ph.D.
Cal Poly State University, B.S.
COURSES TAUGHT
- LIM 5101, Physical Limnology
- PHY 2022, Classical Physics
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Cannell, C.J., D.J. Stilwell, and J. A. Austin, A Simulation Tool to support the development of adaptive sampling algorithms for multiple autonomous underwater vehicles. Proc. Of the IEEE Workshop on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Sebasco Estates, ME, 2004.
Austin, J.A. and S. Atkinson, The Design and Testing of small, Low-cost GPS-tracked drifters, Estuaries, 12/2004.
Austin, J.A., Estimating Effective Longitudinal Dispersion in the Chesapeake Bay, Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 60, 359-368, 2004.
Austin, J.A., Estimating the mean ocean-bay exchange rate for the Chesapeake Bay, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Geophysical Research 107, (C11), 3192, doi:10.1029/2001JC001246, 2002.
Austin, J.A., and J. Barth, Variation in the position of the upwelling front during the 1999 upwelling season, Journal of Geophysical Research 107, (C11), 3180, doi:10.1029/2001JC000858, 2002.
Austin, J.A. and J. Barth, Drifter Behavior on the Oregon-Washington Shelf during Downwelling, J. Phys. Ocean. 32 (11), 3132-3144, 2002.
Austin, J.A., and S. J. Lentz, The Inner Shelf Response to wind-driven Upwelling and Downwelling, Journal of Physical Oceanography 32 , no. 7, pp. 2171-2193, 2002.
Oke, P.R., J.S. Allen, R.N. Miller, G.D. Egbert, J. Barth, J.A. Austin, P.M. Kosro, and M. Levine, A Modeling Study of the three-dimensional Continental Shelf Circulation off Oregon, part I: Model-Data comparisons. J. Phys. Ocean. 32, no. 5, pp 1360-1382, 2002.
Austin, J.A., The Role of the Alongshore Wind in the Heat Balance of the North Carolina Inner Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, C8, 1999.
Austin, J.A. and S.J. Lentz. The Relationship between Synoptic Weather Systems and Meteorological Forcing on the North Carolina Inner Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, C8, 1999.
Stern, M.E., and J. A. Austin, Entrainment of Shelf Water by a Bifurcating Continental Boundary Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography,v.25, No. 12, 1995.
Kelly, K.A., M.J. Caruso, and J.A. Austin, Wind-Forced Variations in Sea Surface Height in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, v.23, No. 11, 1993.
Austin, J. A., The Mechanics of the Leaky Faucet Experiment. Physics Letters A, v.155, 148-154, 1991.