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Research Project Links:

• Rivers Inlet
• CHONe: Canadian Healthy Oceans Network

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Current Research Group:

• Jenny Snauffer: Masters Student: Larval Tracking in the Strait of Georgia (CHONe)
• Ben Moore-Maley: Masters Student: Acidification in the Strait of Georgia
• Tara Howatt: Undergraduate Student: Evaluation of Numerical models of upwelling through Canyons.
• Kate Le Souff : to start Sep 2011: Laboratory model of tidal currents in the Gully
• Jessica Spurgin : to start Sep 2011: Numerical models of flow over canyons
• Doug Latornell: Volunteer Research Associate: Strait of Georgia Daily Biophysical Modelling

Research Group Vacancies:

• No funded vacancies at this time.

Small rant: Prospective graduate students: Please do not email me to tell me you are interested in "my research" and attach your resume for me to determine whether or not there is good fit. I don't like graduate students who dump their work on me. Please email me with an indication of the specific areas of research you are interested in (I have three, see: this page) and explain how you are excited and qualified to pursue research in one of these areas.

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Some Alumni:

• Ashleen Benson: School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University
• Jordan Dawe: Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC
• Timothy Finnigan: BioPower Systems, Sydney, Australia
• Debby Ianson: Ocean Science and Productivity, Institute of Ocean Sciences
• Jennifer Jackson: Marine Research Institute, University of Cape Town
• Sergio Jaramillo Ocean and Resources Engineering, Manoa, Hawaii
• Nicole Jeffery: Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Jennifer Shore: Physics, Royal Military College
• Maia Tsurumi: Junior Commission Counsel, Cohen Commission
• Amy Waterhouse: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Other alumni: please send me your website links!

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Publications:

Ocean Flow over Topography

• Swart, N., S.E. Allen and B. Greenan, Amplification of Diurnal tides in the Gully. Accepted by Journal of Geophysical Research. Jun 2011.
• Allen, S.E. and B.M. Hickey, Dynamics of advection-driven upwelling over a submarine canyon. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 115, C08018, doi:10.1029/2009JC005731 (2010).
• Dawe, J.T., and S.E. Allen. Solution convergence of flow over steep topography in a numerical model of canyon upwelling Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 115, art. no. C05008 (2010).
• Allen, S.E. and X. Durrieu de Madron. A review of the role of submarine canyons in deep-ocean exchange with the shelf. Ocean Science, 5, 607-620 (2009).
• Waterhouse, A.F., S.E. Allen, and A.W. Bowie Upwelling flow dynamics of slow flow in long canyons at low Rossby number. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 114, art. no. C05004 (2009).
• Mirshak, R. and S.E. Allen, Spin-up and the effects of a submarine canyon: applications to upwelling in Astoria Canyon. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans 110: art. no. C02013 (2005).
• Allen, S.E., Restrictions on deep flow across the shelf-break. Surveys in Geophysics, 25: 221-247 (2004).
• Allen, S.E., M.S. Dinniman, J.M. Klinck, D.D. Gorby, A.J. Hewett, and B.M. Hickey. On vertical truncation errors in terrain following numerical models: Comparison to a laboratory model for upwelling over submarine canyons. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 108: art. no. 3003 (2003).
• S.E. Allen, C. Vindeirinho, R.E. Thomson, M.G.G. Foreman and D.L. Mackas, Physical and biological processes over a submarine canyon during an upwelling event. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 58: 671-684. (2001).
• Allen, S.E., On subinertial flow in submarine canyons: effect of geometry. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 105: 1285-1297. (2000).
• Allen, S.E. and W.W. Hsieh, How does the El Nino generated coastal current pass the Mendocino escarpment. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 102: 24977-24986. (1997).
• Shore, J. and S.E. Allen, Weakly nonlinear oscillatory flow over an isolated seamount. Atmosphere-Ocean, 34: 515-547. (1996).
• Chen, X. and S.E. Allen, Influence of canyons on shelf currents: A theoretical study. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 101: 18043-18059 (1996).
• Allen, S.E., Rossby adjustment over a slope in a homogeneous fluid. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26: 1646-1654 (1996).
• Allen, S.E., Topographically generated, subinertial flows within a finite length canyon. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 26: 1608-1632 (1996).
• Allen, S.E. and R.E. Thomson, Bottom-trapped subinertial motions over mid-ocean ridges in a stratified rotating fluid. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 23: 566-581 (1993).

Physical-Biological Oceanography

• Ianson, D., S.E. Allen,, D.L. Mackas, M.V. Trevorrow and M.C. Benfield. Response of Euphausia pacifica to small-scale shear in turbulent flow over a sill in a fjord. Accepted by Journal Plankton Research.Jun 2011
• Collins, A.K., S.E. Allen, and R. Pawlowicz. The role of wind in determining the timing of the spring bloom in the Strait of Georgia. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 66, 1597-1616 (2009).
• Ianson, D.C., S. Harris, S.E. Allen, K. Orians, D.E. Varela and C.S. Wong, The inorganic carbon system in the coastal upwelling region west of Vancouver Island, Canada. Deep-Sea Research I, 50: 1023-1042 (2003).
• Benson, A.J., G.A. McFarlane, S.E. Allen and J.F. Dower. Changes in Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) migration patterns and juvenile growth related to the 1989 regime shift Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 59: 1969-1979 (2002).
• Ianson, D.C. and S.E. Allen, A two-dimensional nitrogen and carbon flux model in a coastal upwelling region. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 16: art. no. 1011 (2002).
• Thomson, R.E. and S.E. Allen, Time series acoustic observations of macrozooplankton diel migration and associated pelagic fish abundance. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 57: 1919-1931. (2000).

Buoyancy Flows in the Atmosphere

• Reuten, C., D.G. Steyn and S.E. Allen, Upslope flows in atmosphere and water tank, Part I: Scaling. Open Atmospheric Science Journal, 4, 178-187, doi:10.2174/1874282301004010178 (2010).
• Reuten, C., S.E. Allen and D.G. Steyn, Upslope flows in atmosphere and water tank, Part II: Does fluid-dynamical smoothness in the tank cause velocity similarity violations. Open Atmospheric Science Journal, 4, 188-201, doi:10.2174/1874282301004010188 (2010).
• Reuten, C., D.G. Steyn and S.E. Allen. Water-tank studies of atmospheric boundary layer structure and air-pollution transport in upslope flow systems. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres, 112, art. no. D11114 (2007).
• Finnigan, T.D., S.E. Allen and G.A. Lawrence, Physical modelling of an outflow event in Howe Sound, British Columbia. Journal of Geophysical Research, Atmospheres, 103: 3937-3950. (1998).
• Finnigan, T., J. Vine, P. Jackson, S.E. Allen, G. Lawrence and D. Steyn, Hydraulic physical modeling and observations of a severe gap wind. Monthly Weather Review, 122: 2677-2687 (1994).

Collaborative Projects

Arctic

• Jackson, J.M. , S.E. Allen, F.A. McLaughlin, R.A. Woodgate, E.C. Carmack. Changes to the near-surface waters in the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean from 1993-2009: A basin in transition. Accepted by Journal of Geophysical Research, July 2011.
• Jackson, J.M., S.E. Allen, E.C. Carmack and F.A. McLaughlin. Suspended particles in the Canada Basin from optical and bottle date, 2003-2008. Ocean Science, 6, 799-813 (2010).
• Jackson, J.M., E. Carmack, F. McLaughlin, S.E. Allen and G. Ingram. Identification, characterization and change of the near-surface temperature maximum in the Canada Basin. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, , 115, C05021, doi:10.1029/2009JC005265 (2010).
• Amundrud, T.L., H. Melling, R.G. Ingram and S.E. Allen, The effect of structural porosity on the ablation of sea ice ridges. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans , 111: art. no. C06004 (2006).

Low Reynolds Number Flows

• Lewis, A.G., C. Johnson and S.E. Allen. Calanoid Copepod thoracic legs - Surface area versus body size and potential swimming ability, A Comparison Of Eight Species. Crustaceana, 83, 695-713 (2010).
• Lewis, A.G., S.E. Allen, and G. Martens, Rapid swimming and the median intersomitic ridge in Calanoid copepods. Crustaceana, 79: 501-511 (2006).

Meridional Overturning Circulation

• Luo, Y., R. Francois, and S. E. Allen. Sediment ²³¹Pa/²³⁰Th as a recorder of the rate of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation: insights from a 2-D model Ocean Science, 6, 381-400 (2010).
• Francois, R., M. Frank, M. Rutgers van der Loeff, M.P. Bacon, W. Geibert, S. Kienast, R.F. Anderson, L. Bradtmiller, Z. Chase, G. Henderson, F. Marcantonio and S. E. Allen Comment on "Do geochemical estimates of sediment focusing pass the sediment test in the equatorial Pacific?" by M. Lyle et al. Paleoceanography, 22, art. no. PA1216 (2007).

Internal Waves: Long Period, Inertial, Semi-diurnal

• Hickey, B.M., Dobbins, E. and S.E. Allen, Local and remote forcing of currents and temperature in the central Southern California Bight. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans 108: art. no. 3081 (2003).
• Carrasco, A., S.E. Allen and P.H. LeBlond, Semi-diurnal internal wave diffraction caused by Dixon Entrance. Atmosphere-Ocean, 40: 405-422 (2002).
• Keen, T.R. and S.E. Allen, Baroclinic oscillations on the Louisiana continental shelf during Hurricane Andrew. Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, 105: 26203-26244. (2000).

Education

• Allen, S.E., J. Stockie and P.H. Austin, An interactive course in numerical methods for the earth sciences. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 78: 1503-1509. (1997).

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Susan Allen
2011-07-27

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