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University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
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wdrennan@rsmas.miami.edu
Air-sea interaction, turbulence, boundary layers, surface gravity waves.
2012
Sahlée, E., W.M. Drennan, H. Potter and M.A. Rebozo, 2012, Waves and air-sea fluxes from a drifting ASIS buoy during the Southern Ocean Gas Exchange experiment. J. Geophys. Res. 117, C08003, doi:10.1029/2012JC008032 [Abstract]
2011
Strutton, P.G., T.R. Martz, M.D. DeGrandpre, W.R. McGillis, W.M. Drennan, and E. Boss, 2011: Bio-optical observations of the 2004 Labrador Sea phytoplankton bloom, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C11037, doi:10.1029/2010JC006872
Moore, T.S., M.D. DeGrandpre, C.L. Sabine, R.C. Hamme, C.J. Zappa, W.R. McGillis, R.A. Feely, and W.M. Drennan, 2011: Sea surface pCO2 and O2 in the Southern Ocean during the austral fall, 2008, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C00F11, doi:10.1029/2010JC006560.
Santorelli, A., R.T. Pinker, A Bentamy, K.B. Katsaros, W.M. Drennan, A.M. Mestas-Nuñez, J.A. Carton, 2011: Differences between two estimates of air-sea turbulent heat fluxes over the Atlantic Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 116, C09028, doi:10.1029/ 2010JC006927
Else, B.G.T., T.N. Papakyriakou, R.J. Galley, W.M. Drennan, L.A. Miller, and H. Thomas, 2011: Wintertime CO2 fluxes in an Arctic polynya using eddy covariance: Evidence for enhanced air-sea gas transfer during ice formation, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C00G03, doi:10.1029/2010JC006760.
2010
Bogucki, D., M.-E. Carr, W.M. Drennan, P. Woiceshyn, T. Hara, and M. Schmeltz, 2010: Preliminary and novel estimates of CO2 gas transfer using satellite scatterometer during the 2001 GasEx Experiment. Int. J. Remote Sens. 31, 75-92.
2009
Smedman, A., U. Hagstrom, E. Sahle, W.M. Drennan, K.K. Kahma, H. Pettersson, F. Zhang, 2009: Observational study of marine atmospheric boundary layer characteristics during swell. J. Atmos. Sci. 66, 2747-2763.
Hagstrom, U., A. Smedman, E. Sahle, W.M. Drennan, K.K. Kahma, H. Pettersson^ and F. Zhang, 2009: The atmospheric boundary layer during swell – a field study and interpretation of the turbulent kinetic energy budget for high wave ages. J. Atmos. Sci. 66, 2764-2779.
Martz, T.R., M.D. DeGrandpre, P.G. Strutton, W.R. McGillis, and W.M. Drennan, 2009: Sea surface pCO2 and carbon export during a phytoplankton bloom. J. Geophy. Res. 114, c09008, DOI:10.1029/2008JC005060
Zhang, J.A., W.M. Drennan, P.G. Black, and J.R. French, 2009: Turbulence structure of the hurricane boundary layer between the outer rainbands. J. Atmos. Sci. 66, 2455-2467.
Sahle, E. and W.M. Drennan, 2009: Measurements of damping of temperature fluctuations in a tube. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 132, 339-348.
Brooks, I.M., M.J. Yelland, R.C. Upstill-Goddard, P.D. Nightingale, S. Archer, E. D'Asaro, R. Beale, C. Beatty, B. Blomquist, A.A. Bloom, B.J. Brooks, J. Cluderay, D. Coles, J. Dacey, M. DeGrandpre, J. Dixon, W.M. Drennan, J. Gabriele, L. Goldson, N. Hardman-Mountford, M.K. Hill, M. Horn, P.-C. Hsueh, B. Huebert, G. de Leeuw, T.G. Leighton, M. Liddicoat, J.J.N. Lingard, C. McNeil, J. B. McQuaid, B.I. Moat, G. Moore, C. Neill, S.J. Norris, S. O'Doherty, R.W. Pascal, J. Prytherch, M. Rebozo, E. Sahlee, M. Salter, U. Schuster, I. Skjelvan, H. Slagter, M.H. Smith, P.D. Smith, M. Srokosz, J.A. Stephens, P. K. Taylor, M. Telszewski, R. Walsh, B. Ward, D.K. Woolf, D. Young, H. Zemmelink, 2009: Physical Exchanges at the Air-Sea Interface: UK-SOLAS Field Measurements. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 90, 629-644.
Zhang, F.W., W.M. Drennan, B.K. Haus and H.C. Graber, 2009: On wind-wave-current interaction during the Shoaling Waves Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 114, C01018, doi:10.1029/2008JC004998.
2008
Hagstrom, U., E. Sahle, W.M. Drennan, K.K. Kahma, A.S. Smedman, C. Johansson, H. Pettersson, A. Rutgersson, L. Tuomi, F. Zhang and M. Johansson, 2008: Momentum fluxes and wind gradients in the marine boundary layer – a multi-platform study. Bor. Environ. Res. 13, 475-502.
Zhang, J.A., P.G. Black, J.R. French, and W.M. Drennan 2008: The First Direct Measurements of Enthalpy Flux in the Hurricane Boundary Layer: The CBLAST Results. Geophys. Res. Lett. 35, L14813, doi:10.1029/2008GL034374.
Zhang, J.A., K.B. Katsaros, P.G. Black, S. Lehner, J.R. French, and W.M. Drennan, 2008: Effects of roll vortices on turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer. Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 128, 173-189.
2007
Drennan, W.M., J.A. Zhang, J.R. French, C. McCormick, and P.G. Black, 2007: Turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer, II. Latent heat fluxes. J. Atmos. Sci. 64, 1103-1115.
French, J.R., W.M. Drennan, J.A. Zhang, and P.G. Black, 2007: Turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer, I. Momentum fluxes. J. Atmos. Sci. 64, 1089-1102.
Black, P.G., E. D’Asaro, W.M. Drennan, J.R. French, P.P. Niiler, T.B. Sanford, E.J. Terrill, E.J. Walsh, and J.A. Zhang, 2007: Air-sea exchange in hurricane winds: Synthesis of observations from the Coupled Boundary Layer Air-Sea Transfer Experiment. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 88, 357-374.
2006
Drennan, W.M., and L.K. Shay, 2006: On the variability of the fluxes of momentum and sensible heat. Bound.-Layer Meteorol., 119, 81-107. Abstract
2005
Drennan, W.M., 2005: On parameterisations of air-sea fluxes. In: Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions, Vol. 2, (Ed: W. Perrie), WIT Press, 1 - 33.
Drennan, W.M., P.K. Taylor, and M.J. Yelland 2005: Parameterizing the sea surface roughness, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 835-848. Abstract
Mahrt, L., D. Vickers, W.M. Drennan, H.C. Graber and T.L. Crawford, 2005: Displacement measurement errors from moving platforms. J. Atmos. Ocean. Technol., 22, 860-868. Abstract
Drennan, W.M., K.K. Kahma, H.C. Graber, Pettersson H., M.A. Donelan, and D. Hauser, 2005: ASIS-Directional waverider comparison. In: Measuring and Analysing the directional spectrum of ocean waves, (Eds: D. Hauser, K. Kahma, H.E. Krogstad, S. Lehner, J.A.J. Monbaliu and L.R. Wyatt), COST Action 714, EUR21367, Luxembourg, 265-279.
Graber, H.C., M.A. Donelan and W.M. Drennan, 2005: ASIS - The Air-Sea Interaction Spar Buoy. In: Measuring and Analysing the directional spectrum of ocean waves, (Eds: Eds: D. Hauser, K. Kahma, H.E. Krogstad, S. Lehner, J.A.J. Monbaliu and L.R. Wyatt), COST Action 714, EUR21367, Luxembourg, 100-105.
Hauser, D., C. Quentin, K.K. Kahma, H. Pettersson, W.M. Drennan, and H.C. Graber, 2005: Comparison of airborne radar and buoy data. In: Measuring and Analysing the directional spectrum of ocean waves, (Eds: D. Hauser, K. Kahma, H.E. Krogstad, S. Lehner, J.A.J. Monbaliu and L.R. Wyatt), COST Action 714, EUR21367, Luxembourg, 385-415.
2004
McGillis, W.R., J.B. Edson, C.J. Zappa, J.D. Ware, S.P. McKenna, E.A. Terray, J.E. Hare, C.W. Fairall, W. Drennan, M. Donelan, M.D. DeGrandpre, R. Wanninkhof and R.A. Feely, 2004: Air-sea CO2 exchange in the equatorial Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 109, C08S02, doi:10.1029/2003JC002256. Abstract
2003
Pedreros, R., G. Dardier, H. Dupuis, H. C. Graber, W. M. Drennan, A. Weill, C. Guérin, and P. Nacass, 2003: Momentum and heat fluxes via the eddy correlation method on the R/V L'Atalante and an ASIS buoy, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C11), 3339, doi:10.1029/2002JC001449. Abstract
Bentamy, A., K.B. Katsaros, A. Mestas-Nuñez, W.M. Drennan, E.B. Forde and H. Roquet, 2003: Satellite Estimates of Wind Speed and Latent Heat Flux over the Global Oceans, J. Climate, 16, 637-656. Abstract
Drennan, W.M., H.C. Graber, D. Hauser and C. Quentin, 2003: On the wave age dependence of wind stress over pure wind seas. J. Geophys. Res. , 108 (C3), 8062, doi:10.1029/2000JC00715. Abstract
Dupuis, H., C. Guerin, D. Hauser, A. Weill, P. Nacass, W.M. Drennan, S. Cloché and H.C Graber, 2003: Impact of flow distortion corrections on turbulent fluxes estimated by the inertial dissipation method during the FETCH experiment on R/V L'Atalante, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C3), 8064, doi:10.1029/2001JC01075. Abstract
Pettersson, H., H.C. Graber, D. Hauser, C. Quentin, K.K. Kahma, W.M. Drennan, and M.A. Donelan, 2003: Directional wave measurements from three wave sensors during the FETCH experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C3), 8061, doi:10.1029/2001JC01164. Abstract
Hauser D., H. Branger, S. Bouffies-Cloché, S. Despiau, W. Drennan, H. Dupuis, P.Durand, X. Durrieu de Madron, C. Estournel, L. Eymard, C. Flamant, H. Graber, C. Guérin, K. Kahma, G. Lachaud, J-M. Lefévre, J. Pelon, H. Pettersson, B. Piguet, P. Queffeulou, D. Tailliez, J. Tournadre and A. Weill, 2003: The FETCH experiment: an overview, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (c3), 8058, doi:10.1029/2001JC01202. Abstract
Dardier, G., A. Weill, H. Dupuis, C. Guérin, W.M. Drennan, S. Brachet, F. Lohou and R. Pedreros, 2003: Constraining the inertial dissipation method using the vertical velocity variance. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C3), 8063, doi:10.1029/2002JC001667. Abstract
Flamant, C., J. Pelon, D. Hauser, C. Quentin, W.M. Drennan, F. Gohin, B. Chapron, and J. Gourrion, 2003: Analysis of surface wind and roughness length evolution with fetch using a combination of airborne lidar and radar measurements. J. Geophys. Res. , 108 (C3), 8058, doi: 10.1029/2002JC001405. Abstract
2002
Donelan, M.A., W.M. Drennan, E.S. Saltzman and R. Wanninkhof (Eds.), 2002: Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, Am. Geophys. Union, 383 pp.
Bentamy, A., K.B. Katsaros, W.M. Drennan, and E.B. Forde, 2002: Daily Surface Wind Fields Produced by Merged Satellite Data. In: Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, (Eds: M.A. Donelan, W.M. Drennan, E.S. Saltzman and R. Wanninkhof), AGU, 343-349.
2001
Eymard, L., H. Dupuis, A. Weill, W. Drennan, D. Hauser, C. Guerin, P. Nacass, G. Caniaux, S. Planton, P. Durand and A. Butet, 2001: Measurements and parameterization of turbulent surface fluxes: Overview of results from several field campaigns. In: Proc. WCRP/SCOR Workshop on Intercomparison and Validation of Ocean-Atmosphere Flux Fields (Ed: G. White), WCRP-115, WMO/TD-No. 1083, 307-311.
2000
Graber, H.C., E.A. Terray, M.A. Donelan, W.M. Drennan, J. Van Leer and D.B. Peters, 2000: ASIS -- A new air-sea interaction spar buoy: design and performance at sea. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech. 17, 708-720. Abstract
Kjeldsen, S.P., W.M. Drennan, and M.G. Skafel, 2000: Modelling of velocities in giant waves. Intl. J. for Offshore and Petrol. Engng. 10, 170-172.
1999
Drennan, W.M., K.K. Kahma and M.A. Donelan, 1999: On momentum flux and velocity spectra over waves. Bound.-Layer Meteorol. 92, 489-515 Abstract
Donelan, M.A., N. Madsen, K.K. Kahma, I.K. Tsanis and W.M. Drennan, 1999: Apparatus for atmospheric boundary layer measurements over waves. J.Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 16, 1172-1182 Abstract
Drennan, W.M., H.C. Graber and M.A. Donelan, 1999. Evidence for the effects of swell and unsteady winds on marine wind stress. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 29, 1853-1864. Abstract
Magnusson, A.K., M.A. Donelan and W.M. Drennan, 1999: On estimating extremes in an evolving wave field. Coastal Engng. 36 , 147-163. Abstract
Terray, E.A., W.M. Drennan and M.A. Donelan, 1999: The vertical structure of shear and dissipation in the ocean surface layer. In: The wind-driven air-sea interface: electromagnetic and acoustic sensing, wave dynamics and turbulent fluxes. Ed: M.L. Banner. Pub: School of Mathematics, U. New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia, 239-245.
Donelan, M.A., W.M. Drennan and E. A Terray, 1999: Wavenumber spectra of wind waves in the range of 1-50m. In:The wind-driven air-sea interface: electro-magnetic and acoustic sensing, wave dynamics and turbulent fluxes. Ed: M.L. Banner. Pub: School of Mathematics, U. New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia, 35-42.
Graber, H.C., M.A. Donelan, S. Ataktürk, W.M. Drennan and K.B. Katsaros, 1999: Marine flux-profile relations from an air-sea interaction spar buoy. In: The wind-driven air-sea interface: electro-magnetic and acoustic sensing, wave dynamics and turbulent fluxes. Ed: M.L. Banner. Pub: School of Mathematics, U. New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia, 317-324.
1998
Drennan, W.M., H.C. Graber, M.A. Donelan and E.A. Terray, 1998: Directional wave measurements from the ASIS (Air-sea interaction spar) buoy. In: Proc. Oceans98, 414-418.
Kjeldsen, S.P., P. Bonmarin, M.G. Skafel, and W.M.Drennan, 1998: Velocities and accelerations in breaking waves. In: Proc. ISOPE-98 (Int. Soc. Offshore and Polar Engng. Conf.), 1.7-7.7
1997
Terray, E.A., M.A. Donelan, Y.C. Agrawal, W.M. Drennan, K.K. Kahma, A.J. Williams III, P.A Hwang and S.A. Kitaigorodskii, 1997: Reply to comments on "Estimates of kinetic energy dissipation under breaking waves". J. Phys. Oceanogr. 27, 2308-2309.
Drennan, W.M., M.A. Donelan, E.A. Terray, and K.B. Katsaros, 1997. On waves, oceanic turbulence and their interaction. Geophysica 33, 17-27.
Donelan, M.A., W.M. Drennan and K.B. Katsaros, 1997: The air-sea momentum flux in mixed wind sea and swell conditions. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 27, 2087-2099. Abstract
Skafel, M.G., W.M.Drennan and S.P. Kjeldsen, 1997: Modelling of velocities in unusually large waves. In: Proc. 1997 Canadian Coastal Conference, 103-112.
1996
Donelan, M.A., W.M. Drennan and A.K. Magnusson, 1996: Non-stationary analysis of the directional properties of propagating waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 26, 1901-1914. Abstract
Drennan, W.M., M.A. Donelan, K.B. Katsaros and E.A. Terray, 1996. Oceanic turbulence dissipation measurements in SWADE. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 26, 808-815. Abstract
Terray, E.A., M.A. Donelan, Y.C. Agrawal, W.M. Drennan, K.K. Kahma, A.J. Williams III, P.A Hwang and S.A. Kitaigorodskii, 1996: Estimates of kinetic energy dissipation under breaking waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 26, 792-807. Abstract
Drennan, W.M. and M.A. Donelan, 1996: Nonlinear coalescing wave groups. In: The air-sea interface, (Eds. M.A. Donelan, W.H. Hui and W.J. Plant), U.Miami, 127-132.
Katsaros, K.B., M.A. Donelan, W.M. Drennan and K.M. Howard, 1996: Surface fluxes and their relationship to the planetary boundary layer structure. In The air-sea interface , (Eds. M.A. Donelan, W.H. Hui and W.J. Plant), U.Miami, 483-488.
1995
Nghiem, S.V., F.K. Li, S.H. Lou, G. Neumann, R.E. McIntosh, S.C. Carson, J.C. Carswell, E.J. Walsh, M.A. Donelan and W.M. Drennan, 1995: Observations on ocean radar backscatter Ku and C bands in the presence of large waves during the Surface Wave Dynamics Experiment. IEEE Trans. on Geosci. and Remote Sensing 33, 708-721
Donelan, M.A., and W.M. Drennan, 1995: Direct field measurements of the flux of carbon dioxide. In: Air-water gas transfer, (Eds. B. Jähne and E.C. Monahan), Aeon-Verlag, 677-683.
Ridal, J.J., B. Kerman and W. Drennan, 1995: Estimating air-water transfer of Hexachlorocyclohexanes in Lake Ontario. In: Air-water gas transfer , (Eds. B. Jähne and E.C. Monahan), Aeon-Verlag, 753-762.
1994
Drennan, W.M., M.A. Donelan, N. Madsen, K.B. Katsaros, E.A. Terray and C.N. Flagg, 1994: Directional wave spectra from a Swath ship at sea. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech. 11, 1109-1116.
Anctil, F., M.A. Donelan, W.M. Drennan and H.C. Graber, 1994: Eddy correlation measurements of air-sea fluxes from a Discus buoy. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech. 11 , 1144-1150.
1993
Katsaros, K.B., M.A. Donelan and W.M. Drennan, 1993: Flux measurements from a Swath ship in SWADE. J. Mar. Sys. 4, 117-132.
1992
Drennan, W. M., K.K. Kahma and M.A. Donelan, 1992: The velocity field beneath wind-waves - observations and inferences. Coastal Engineering 18, 111-136.
Agrawal, Y.C., E.A. Terray, M.A. Donelan, P.A Hwang, A.J. Williams III, W.M. Drennan, K.K. Kahma and S.A. Kitaigorodskii, 1992: Enhanced dissipation of kinetic energy beneath surface waves. Nature 359, 219-220.
Drennan, W.M., W.H. Hui and G. Tenti, 1992: Accurate calculations of Stokes water waves of large amplitude. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 43, 367-384.
Drennan, W.M., K.K. Kahma, E.A. Terray, M.A. Donelan and S.A. Kitaigorodskii, 1992: Observations of the enhancement of kinetic energy dissipation beneath breaking wind waves. In: Breaking waves, (Eds. M.L. Banner and R.H.J. Grimshaw), Springer, 95-101.
Drennan, W.M., W.H. Hui and G. Tenti, 1992: Do Stokes' double series converge for large amplitude waves? In: Breaking waves (Ed M.L. Banner and R.H.J. Grimshaw), Springer, 187-192.
1990
Drennan, W.M., J.D. Fenton and M.A. Donelan, 1990: Numerical simulation of nonlinear wave groups. In: Ocean wave mechanics, computational fluid dynamics and mathematical modelling (Ed. M. Rahman), Continuum Mechanics Publications, 139-146.
1989
Drennan, W.M., W.H. Hui and G. Tenti, 1989: Accurate calculations of the Stokes water wave. In: Continuum mechanics and its applications (Eds. G. Graham and S. Malik), Hemisphere, 463-473.
2011–2012
- ECS 111
- Introduction to the Earth’s Ecosystem
- ECS 403
- Interdisciplinary Approaches To Complex Human-Environmental Problems
- MSC/ECS 204
- Environmental Statistics
2010–2011
- RSM 570
- Carbon and Climate
- ECS 403
- Interdisciplinary Approaches To Complex Human-Environmental Problems
2009–2010
- ECS 111
- Introduction to the Earth's Ecosystem
- MSC/ECS 204
- Environmental Statistics
2008–2009
- AMP 601
- Analytical Methods In Marine Physics
- ECS 111
- Introduction to the Earth’s Ecosystem
- RSM 570
- Carbon and Climate





