Phone: 979.845.5527
Fax: 979.845.0056
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Room 605, Oceanography and Meteorology Building
Courses:
- OCNG 251 - Introduction to Ocean Studies
- OCNG 608 - Introduction to Phyiscal Oceanography
- OCNG 612 - Waves and Tides
- OCNG 614 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Dr. David Brooks
Professor of Oceanography, Physical Section
Ph.D. Physical Oceanography, University of Miami, 1975
M.S. Ocean Engineering/Acoustics, University of Miami, 1971
B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Maine-Orono, 1965
Research Interests
- Dynamics of shelf, marginal and coastal seas;
- Western boundary current fluctuations;
- Observational and modeling studies in shelf and coastal ecosystems;
- Tidal-power generation
Projects
- Circulation, tides and mixing processes and the distribution of lobster larvae along the central Maine coast
- Modeling tidal and riverine circulation in a trabecular nearshore environment: the islands, embayments and estuaries of the central Maine coast.
- The influence of slope water on deep (cold-water) corals in the Gulf of Maine
- In-stream tidal power generation: looking toward the hydrogen economy
Experience
- Professor, Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1987-present
- Executive Associate Dean and Associate Dean for Research, College of Geosciences, 1998-2003
- Head, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, 1994-1998
- Adjunct Scientist, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 1988- present.
Selected Publications
- Brooks, D.A., 2006. The tidal-stream energy resource in Passamaquoddy-Cobscook Bays: A fresh look at an old story. Renewable Energy 31(14), 2284-2295.
- Brown, C.A., Holt, S.A., Jackson, G.A., Brooks, D.A., and Holt, G.J. 2004. Simulating larval supply to estuarine nursery areas: How much variation in larval supply to Aransas Pass inlet is explained by physical processes? Fisheries Oceanography, 13(3), 181-196.
- Brooks, D.A., 2004. Modeling tidal circulation and exchange in Cobscook Bay, Maine. Northeastern Naturalist Vol. 11 (Special Issue 2), 23-50.
- Brooks, D.A. 2002. Review of: Seas at the Millennium: An Environmental Evaluation. (C. Sheppard, Ed.), Pergammon Press, 2352 pp. Oceanography 15(1), 146-147.
- Brown, C.A., Jackson, G.A., and Brooks, D.A. 2000. Particle transport through a narrow tidal inlet due to tidal forcing and implications for larval transport. J. Geophys. Res. 105 (C10), 24141-24156.
- Bane, Jr., J.M., Atkinson, L.P., and Brooks, D.A. 2000. Gulf Stream physical oceanography at the Charleston Bump: Deflection, bimodality, meanders and upwelling. Proc. Charleston Bump Colloquium, American Fisheries Society.
- Xue, H., Xu, Y., Brooks, D.A., Pettigrew, N., and Wallinga, J. 2000. Modeling the Circulation in Penobscot Bay, Maine. Estuarine and Coastal Modeling (M. Spaulding and A. Blumberg, Eds.), Am. Soc. Civil Eng., 1299 pp.
- Brooks, D.A., Baca, M.W., and Lo, Y.T. 1999. Tidal circulation and residence time in a macrotidal estuary: Cobscook Bay, Maine. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 49: 647-665.
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