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Stephen Pierce

Research associate in
physical oceanography
at the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

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Publications (peer-reviewed)

  1. Agostini, V. N., A. N. Hendrix, A. B. Hollowed, C. D. Wilson, S. D. Pierce, and R. C. Francis (2008) Climate-ocean variability and Pacific hake: a geostatistical modeling approach, J. of Marine Systems, 71, 237-248. (pdf)
  2. Barth, J. A., B. A. Menge, J. Lubchenco, F. Chan, J. M. Bane, A. R. Kirincich, M. A. McManus, K. J. Nielsen, S. D. Pierce, and L. Washburn (2007) Delayed upwelling alters nearshore coastal ocean ecosystems in the northern California current, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104, 3719-3724. (pdf)
  3. Pierce, S. D., J. A. Barth, R. E. Thomas, and G. W. Fleischer (2006) Anomalously warm July 2005 in the northern California Current: historical context and the significance of cumulative wind stress, Geophys. Res. Letters, 33, L22S04, doi:10.1029/2006GL027149. (pdf)
  4. Kosro, P. M., W. T. Peterson, B. M. Hickey, R. K. Shearman, and S. D. Pierce (2006) The physical versus the biological spring transition: 2005, Geophys. Res. Letters, 33, L22S03, doi:10.1029/2006GL027072. (pdf)
  5. Agostini, V. N., R. C. Francis, A. B. Hollowed, S. D. Pierce, C. Wilson, and A. N. Hendrix (2006) The relationship between hake (Merluccius productus) distribution and poleward sub-surface flow in the California Current system, Canadian J. of Fish. and Aquatic Sciences, 63, 2648-2659. (pdf)
  6. Barth, J. A., S. D. Pierce, and R. M. Castelao (2005) Time-dependent, wind-driven flow over a shallow midshelf submarine bank, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C10S05, doi:10.1029/2004JC002761. (pdf)
  7. Wijesekera, H. W., D. Rudnick, C. A. Paulson, S. D. Pierce, S. Pegau, J. Mickett, and M. C. Gregg (2005) Upper ocean heat and freshwater budgets in the Eastern Pacific warm pool, J. Geophs. Res., 110, C08004, doi:10.1029/2004JC002511. (pdf)
  8. Tynan, C. T., D. G. Ainley, J. A. Barth, T. J. Cowles, S. D. Pierce, and L. B. Spear (2005) Cetacean distributions relative to ocean processes in the northern California Current System, Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 145-167.
  9. Ainley, D. G., L. B. Spear, C. T. Tynan, J. A. Barth, S. D. Pierce, R. G. Ford and T. J. Cowles (2005) Physical and biological variables affecting seabird distributions during the upwelling season of the northern California Current, Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 123-143.
  10. Sutor, M. M., T. J. Cowles, W. T. Peterson, and S. D. Pierce (2005) Acoustic observations of finescale zooplankton distributions in the Oregon upwelling region, Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 109-121.
  11. Ressler, P. H., R. D. Brodeur, W. T. Peterson, S. D. Pierce, P. M. Vance, A. Rostad, and J. A. Barth (2005) The spatial distribution of euphausiid aggregations in the Northern California Current during August 2000, Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 89-108. (pdf)
  12. Barth, J. A., S. D. Pierce, and T. J. Cowles (2005) Mesoscale structure and its seasonal evolution in the Northern California Current System, Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 5-28.
  13. Barth, J. A., T. J. Cowles, and S. D. Pierce (2001) Mesoscale physical and bio-optical structure of the Antarctic Polar Front near 170W during austral spring, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 13879-13902.
  14. Pierce, S. D., R. L. Smith, P. M. Kosro, J. A. Barth, and C. D. Wilson (2000) Continuity of the poleward undercurrent along the eastern boundary of the mid-latitude North Pacific, Deep-Sea Res. II, 47, 811-829. (pdf) (supplementary online data report)
  15. Barth, J. A., S. D. Pierce, and R. L. Smith (2000) A separating coastal upwelling jet at Cape Blanco, Oregon and its connection to the California Current system, Deep-Sea Res. II, 47, 783-810.
  16. Pierce, S. D., J. A. Barth, and R. L. Smith (1999) Improving ADCP accuracy with wide-area differential GPS and adaptive smoothing of ship velocity, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 16, 591-596.
  17. Barth, J. A., D. Bogucki, S. D. Pierce, and P. M. Kosro (1998) Secondary circulation associated with a shelfbreak front, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 2761-2764.
  18. Pierce, S. D., J. S. Allen, and L. J. Walstad. Dynamics of the Coastal Transition Zone jet, 1, linear stability analysis (1991) J. Geophys. Res., 96, 14979-14993.
  19. Huyer, A., P. M. Kosro, J. Fleischbein, S. R. Ramp, T. Stanton, L. Washburn, F. P. Chavez, T. J. Cowles, S. D. Pierce, and R. L. Smith (1991) Currents and water masses of the Coastal Transition Zone off northern California, June to August, 1988, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 14809-14831.
  20. Dewey, R. K., J. N. Moum, C. A. Paulson, D. R. Caldwell, and S. D. Pierce (1991) Structure and dynamics of a coastal filament, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 14885-14907.
  21. Rodriguez, J. M., M. K. W. Ko, N. D. Sze, S. D. Pierce, J. G. Anderson, D. W. Fahey, K. Kelly, C. B. Farmer, G. C. Toon, M. T. Coffey, L. E. Heidt, W. G. Mankin, K. R. Chan, W. L. Starr, J. F. Vedder, and M. P. McCormick (1989) Nitrogen and chlorine species in the spring antarctic stratosphere: comparison of models with airborne antarctic ozone experiment observations, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 16683-16703.
  22. Pierce, S. D. and T. M. Joyce (1988) Gulf Stream velocity structure through inversion of hydrographic and acoustic doppler data, J. Geophys. Res., 93, 2227-2236.
  23. Joyce, T. M., C. Wunsch, and S. D. Pierce (1986) Synoptic Gulf Stream velocity profiles through simultaneous inversion of hydrographic and acoustic doppler data, J. Geophys. Res., 91, 7573-7585.