Robert Hetland
hetland@tamu.edu



Current research:

Courses:
Robert D. Hetland
Associate Professor
Department of Oceanography
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3146
phone: (979) 458-0096 fax: (979) 845-6331

Research Interests:

Numerical simulation of estuarine and continental shelf flow, buoyancy driven flow, and circulation in semi-enclosed basins.

Employment:

Associate Professor September 2006 - present
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Assistant Professor September 2000 - 2006
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Postdoctoral Investigator September 1999 - August 2000
USGS, Woods Hole, MA.

Guest Investigator September 1999 - August 2000
WHOI, Woods Hole, MA.

Graduate Research Assistant August 1996 - April 1999
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Graduate Research Assistant August 1993 - August 1996
University of Maine, Orono, ME.

Education:

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL August 1996 - April 1999
Ph. D. in Oceanography

University of Maine, Orono, ME August 1993 - August 1996
M. S. in Oceanography

Saint Olaf College, Northfield, MN August 1988 - May 1992
B. A. in Physics and Mathematics

Publications:

Chen, F, D. G. MacDonald, and R. D. Hetland (accepted) Lateral spreading of a near-field river plume: Observations and numerical simulations. J. Geophys. Res.

Zhang, X., S. F. DiMarco, D. C. Smith, IV, M. K. Howard, A. E. Jochens, and R. D. Hetland (accepted) Near-resonant ocean response to sea breeze on a stratified continental shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr.

Fischer, Elisabeth, H. Burchard, and R. D. Hetland (in press), Numerical investigations of the turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate in the Rhine region of freshwater influence. Ocean Dynamics

Hetland, R.D. (in press), The effects of mixing and spreading on density in near-field river plumes. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2008.11.003 PDF

Hetland, R. D. and D. G. MacDonald (2008) Spreading in the near-field Merrimack River plume, Ocean Modelling, 21, 12-21, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2007.11.001. PDF

Justic, D., V. J. Bierman, D. Scavia, and R. D. Hetland (2007) Forecasting Gulfs Hypoxia: The Next 50 Years? Estuaries and Coasts, 30(5), 791-801.

Hetland, R. D. and L. Campbell (2007) Convergent blooms of Karenia brevis along the Texas coast, Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, L19604, doi:10.1029/2007GL030474. PDF

MacDonald, D. G., G, L. Goodman, and R. D. Hetland, (2007) Turbulent dissipation in a near field river plume: A comparison of control volume and microstructure observations with a numerical model, J. Geophys. Res., J. Geophys. Res., 112, C07026, doi:10.1029/2006JC004075.

Hetland, R. D. and S. F. DiMarco, (2007) How does the character of oxygen demand control the structure of hypoxia on the Texas-Louisiana continental shelf? J. Marine Systems, 70 (2008) 49-62, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.03.002. PDF

Hetland, R. D., (2006) Event-driven model skill assessment, Ocean Modelling, 11, 214-223. PDF

Hetland, R. D, and R. P. Signell, (2005) Modeling Coastal Current Transport in the Gulf of Maine, Deep Sea Res. II, 52, 2430-2449. PDF

Hetland, R. D., (2005) Water mass structure of wind forced river plumes, J. Phys. Oceanogr, 35(9), 1667-1688. PDF

Hetland, R. D., and W. R. Geyer, (2004) An idealized study of dynamically controlled estuarine scales, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34(12), 2677-2691. PDF

Hetland, R. D., D. J . McGillicuddy and R. P. Signell, (2002) Cross-frontal entrainment of plankton into a buoyant plume: the frog tongue mechanism, J. Mar. Res., 60, 763-777. PDF

McGillicuddy, D. J., R. P. Signell, C. A. Stock, B. A. Keafer, M. D. Keller, R. D. Hetland, and D. M. Anderson, (2002) A mechanism for offshore initiation of harmful algal blooms in the coastal Gulf of Maine, J. Plankton Res., 25(9), 1131-1138.

MacCready, P. M., R. D. Hetland, W. R. Geyer, (2002) Long-Term Isohaline Salt Balance in an Estuary. PECS issue of Cont. Shelf Res., 22, 1591-1601.

Hetland, R. D., Y. Hsueh and D. Yuan (2001), On the decay of a baroclinic jet flowing along a continental slope, J. Geophys. Res., 106(C9), 19,797-19,807. PDF

Hetland, R. D., Y. Hsueh, R. R. Leben, AND P. P. Niiler (1999), A Loop Current-Induced Jet Along the Edge of the West Florida Shelf, Geophys. Res. Letters, 26(15), 2239-2242. PDF

Pettigrew, N. R., D. W. Townsend, H. Xue , J . P. Wallinga, P. J . Brickley and R. D. Hetland (1998), Observations of the Eastern Maine Coastal Current and it’s Offshore Extensions, J. Geophys. Res., 103(C13), 30,623-30,639