Education:
Ph.D. Physics University of Toronto 1990
M.Sc. Physics University of Toronto 1986
B.Sc. (1st Class Honors) Physics University of Alberta 1984
Positions:
Professor, Oregon State University 2008-
Associate Professor, Oregon State University 2003-2008
Associate Professor (Sr. Res.), Oregon State University 1998-2003
Assistant Professor (Sr. Res.), Oregon State University 1992-1998
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto 1991-1992
Postdoctoral Fellow, York University 1990-1991
Courses
Taught:
Fluid Dynamics (OCE670),
COAS, Oregon State U., 2008.
Geophysical Waves (OCE681),
COAS, Oregon State U., 2006.
Stability of Geophysical Flows (OCE680),
COAS, Oregon State U., 2004,2007.
Advanced Descriptive Oceanography (OCE673), COAS,
Oregon State U.,
2002, 2004, 2008.
Dynamic Meteorology
(PHY5110), Dep't of Physics, U. of Toronto, 1991-1992.
Honors:
Pattullo
Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004.
Publications:
Inoue, R. and W.D. Smyth, 2007: "Efficiency of
shear-driven mixing forced by internal waves", J.
Phys. Oceanogr.
(submitted). [download]
Burchard, H., P.D. Craig, J.R. Gemmrich, H. van Haren, P.-P. Matheiu,
H.E.M. Meier, W.A.M. Nimmo Smith, H. Prandke, T.P. Rippeth, E.D.
Skyllingstad, W.D. Smyth,
D.J.S. Welsh and H.W. Wijesekera 2008 "Observational and
numerical modeling methods for quantifying coastal ocean turbulence and
mixing'', Prog. Oceanogr. 76, 399-442. [download]
Smyth, W.D., 2007:
"Instabilities of a baroclinic, double diffusive frontal zone", J. Phys. Oceanogr.
38 (4), 840-861. [download]
Kimura, S. and W.D. Smyth,
2007: "Direct numerical simulation of salt sheets and turbulence
in a double-diffusive shear layer", Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L21610, doi:10.1029/2007GL031935.[download]
Mueller,
R.D., W.D. Smyth, and B.
Ruddick 2007: "Shear and
convective turbulence in
a model of thermohaline
intrusions", J. Phys. Oceanogr.
37,
2534-2549. [Download]
Moum, J.N., J.M. Klymak. J.D. Nash, A. Perlin and W.D. Smyth 2007: "Energy transport
in nonlinear internal waves", J. Phys. Oceanogr.
37, 1968-1988..[download]
Moum,
J.N., D.M.
Farmer, E.L. Schroyer, W.D. Smyth,
L. Armi 2007: ``Dissipative losses in nonlinear internal waves
propagating across the continental shelf'', J. Phys. Oceanogr. 37 (7) 1989-1995.
Smyth, W.D. and S. Kimura, 2007:
"Instability and diapycnal momentum transport in a double diffusive,
stratified shear layer", J. Phys.
Oceanogr. 37 (6), 1551-1565. [download]
Smyth, W.D., J.R. Carpenter and G.A.
Lawrence 2007: “Mixing in symmetric Holmboe waves”, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 37 (6) 1566-1583, .[download]
Carpenter, J.R., G.A. Lawrence and W.D. Smyth 2007: “Evolution and mixing of asymmetric Holmboe instabilities”, J. Fluid Mech. 582, 103-132. [download]
Smyth, W.D., 2006:
"Secondary circulations in Holmboe waves", Phys. Fluids 18, 064104. [download]
Moum, J.D.
and W.D. Smyth, 2006: "The pressure disturbance of a nonlinear
internal wave train'', J. Fluid Mech. 558, 153-177. [download]
Smyth, W.D., R.A. Hart and P.J. Reimer 2005: "Pleistocene forests preserved in Oregon coast sediments'', EOS, Transactions. 86 (1) 2-3. [download]
Smyth, W.D., 2004: "Kelvin-Helmholtz billow evolution from a localized source'', Q. J. R. Met. Soc. 130, 2753-2766. [download]
Smyth, W.D., 2003: "Secondary Kelvin-Helmholtz instability in weakly stratified, sheared flow", J. Fluid Mech. 497, 67-98. [download]
Moum, J.N., D.M. Farmer, W.D. Smyth, L. Armi and S. Vagle, 2003: "Structure and generation of turbulence at interfaces strained by solitary waves propagating shoreward over the continental shelf '', J. Phys. Oceanogr. 33 (10) 2093-2112.[download]
Smyth, W.D. and K.B. Winters, 2003: "Turbulence and mixing in Holmboe waves", J. Phys. Oceanogr. 33 (4), 694-711. [download]
Smyth, W.D. and J.N. Moum, 2002 "Shear instability and gravity wave saturation in an asymmetrically stratified jet", Dyn. Atm. Oceans 35 (3) 265-294. [download]
Smyth, W.D., E.D. Skyllingstad, G.B. Crawford, and H. Wijesekera, 2002: "Nonlocal fluxes and Stokes drift effects in the K-profile parameterization", Ocean Dynamics 52 (3), 104-115. [download]
Smyth, W.D., J.N. Moum and D.R. Caldwell, 2001: "The efficiency of mixing in turbulent patches: inferences from direct simulations and microstructure observations.", J. Phys. Oceanogr. 31, 1969-1992. [download]
Smyth, W.D. and J.N. Moum, 2001: "3D Turbulence", Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic Press. [download]
Moum, J.N. and W.D. Smyth, 2001: "Upper Ocean Mixing", Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic Press. [download]
Skyllingstad, E.D., W.D. Smyth and G.B. Crawford, 2000: "Resonant wind-driven mixing in the ocean boundary layer", J. Phys. Oceanogr. 30, 1866-1890.
Smyth, W.D. and J.N. Moum, 2000: "Anisotropy of turbulence in stably stratified mixing layers.", Phys. Fluids 12, 1343-1362. [summary] [download]
Smyth, W.D. and J.N. Moum, 2000: "Length scales of turbulence in stably stratified mixing layers.", Phys. Fluids 12, 1327-1342. [summary] [download]
Smyth, W.D., 1999: "Dissipation range geometry and scalar mixing in sheared, stratified turbulence", J. Fluid Mech. 401, 209-242. [summary]
Skyllingstad, E.D., W.D. Smyth, J.N. Moum and H. Wijesekera, 1999: "Turbulent dissipation during a Westerly wind burst: A comparison of large-eddy simulation results and microstructure measurements". J. Phys. Oceanogr. 29 5-29. [summary]
Smyth, W.D. and J.C. McWilliams, 1998: "Instability of an axisymmetric vortex in a stably stratified, rotating environment", Theor. Comp. Fluid Dyn. 11 305-322. [summary]
Sun, C., W.D. Smyth and J.N. Moum, 1998, "Dynamic instability of stratified shear flow in the upper equatorial Pacific", J. Geophys. Res. 103 10323-10337.
Smyth, W.D., P.O. Zavialov and J.N. Moum, 1997: "Decay of turbulence in the upper ocean following sudden isolation from surface forcing". J. Phys. Oceanogr. 27 164-176.
Smyth, W.D., D. Hebert and J.N. Moum 1996: "Local ocean response to a multiphase westerly windburst. Part 1: the dynamic response". J. Geophys. Res. 101 (C10) 22495-22512.
Smyth, W.D., D. Hebert and J.N. Moum 1996: "Local ocean response to a multiphase westerly windburst. Part 2: thermal and freshwater responses". J. Geophys. Res. 101 (C10) 22513-22533.
Skyllingstad, E.D., T. Paluskiewicz, D.W. Denbo and W.D. Smyth, 1996: "Nonlinear vertical mixing processes in the ocean: modeling and parameterization". Physica D 98, 574-593.
Smyth, W.D. and W. R. Peltier 1994: "Three-dimensionalization of barotropic vortices on the f-plane", J. Fluid Mech. 265, 25-64.
Smyth, W.D. and W. R. Peltier 1993: "Two-dimensional turbulence in homogeneous and stratified shear layers", Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics 69, 1-32.
Smyth, W.D. 1992: "Spectral transfers in two-dimensional anisotropic flow", Phys. Fluids A 4, 340-349.
Smyth, W.D. and W. R. Peltier 1991: "Instability and transition in finite amplitude Kelvin-Helmholtz and Holmboe waves", J. Fluid Mech. 228, 387-415.
Smyth, W.D., G. P. Klaassen and W. R. Peltier 1990: "The nonlinear evolution of Holmboe waves", in Stratified Flows, E. J. List and G. H. Jurka, eds., pp. 45-54. American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 1111 pp.
Smyth, W.D. and W. R. Peltier 1990: "Three - dimensional primary instabilities of stratified, dissipative parallel flow", Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics 52, 249-261.
Smyth, W.D. and W. R. Peltier 1989: "The transition between Kelvin-Helmholtz and Holmboe instability: An investigation of the overreflection hypothesis", J. Atmos. Sci. 46, 3698-3720.
Smyth, W.D., G. P. Klaassen, and W. R. Peltier 1988: "Finite amplitude Holmboe waves", Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics 43, 181-222.