Anthony Whipple C.V.
ANTHONY C. WHIPPLE
Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 3431 Arendell Street, Morehead City, North Carolina 28557, USA
whipple@email.unc.edu (252) 726-6841
Education
Master of Science in physical oceanography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, May 2007
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Graduated May 1986
Professional experience
July 2001 – present
Research Specialist, University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences
Responsibilities
Physical oceanography research. Data collection and analysis. Design and maintenance of novel instrumentation and methods. Fieldwork including instrument deployment and maintenance.
Projects
Water quality and dynamics of inland reservoirs: B. Everett Jordan Lake, and Falls Lake.
FerryMon: Data collection system using NC Ferries as ships of opportunity.
Slocum Glider deployment, piloting, and maintenance.
Coastal Radar (CODAR) system installation, operation, and maintenance.
Estuarine sediment resuspension.
Turbulence measurement and methodology.
Long-term continuous time series of vertical profiles in the Neuse and New River Estuaries and inland reservoirs.
Development of Autonomous Vertical Profilers and data collection devices.
Coastal research buoy with meteorological and oceanographic components.
Continuous real-time near-shore wave and current monitoring.
Publications and presentations
Whipple, AC, Luettich, RA, Reynolds-Fleming, JV, Neve, RH. (2018) Spatial differences in wind-driven sediment resuspension in a shallow, coastal estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 213, 49-60, ISSN 0272-7714, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.08.005. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272771417312192)
Hall, NS, Whipple, AC, Paerl, HW. (2015) Vertical spatio-temporal patterns of phytoplankton due to migration behaviors in two shallow, microtidal estuaries: Influence on phytoplankton function and structure. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 162, 7-21. doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2015.03.032
Heath, TD, Whipple AC, Neve RH, Hall NS, Luettich RA. (2013) Evaluation and interpretation of laser scattering in the Neuse River Estuary. ASLO 2013 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 17-22 Feb. 2013. New Orleans, LA.
Hall NS, Paerl HW, Peierls BL, Whipple AC, Rossignol KL. (2012) Effects of climatic variability on phytoplankton community structure and bloom development in the eutrophic, microtidal, New River Estuary, North Carolina, USA, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, ISSN 0272-7714, 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.10.004.
Whipple AC, Reynolds-Fleming JV, Neve RH, Luettich RA. (2011) Spatial changes in sediment resuspension in a small estuarine system. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Conference, November 2011, Daytona Beach, Florida. Poster.
Kennedy AB, Gravois U, Zachry B, Luettich R, Whipple T, Weaver R, Reynolds-Fleming J, Chen QJ, Avissar R, (2010) Rapidly installed temporary gauging for hurricane waves and surge, and application to Hurricane Gustav. Continental Shelf Research 30, 1743–1752
Whipple AC, Luettich RA, (2009) A comparison of acoustic turbulence profiling techniques in the presence of waves. Ocean Dynamics: 59 (5), 719-729, doi: 10.1007/s10236-009-0208-3
Whipple AC, Luettich RA, (2008) Comparing acoustic turbulence profiling techniques. Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas Conference, August 2008, Liverpool England. Poster.
Whipple AC, (2008) A comparison of acoustic turbulence profiling techniques. Invited presentation, Nortek Users Conference, Vicksburg MS, May 2008.
Guajardo R, Paerl H, Hall N, Whipple A, Luettich R, (2007) FerryMon: An Unattended Ferry-Based Observatory to Assess Human and Climatically-Induced Ecological Change in the Neuse River-Pamlico Sound System, North Carolina, USA. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco CA, December 2007. Poster
Whipple AC, Luettich RA, Seim HE, (2006) Measurements of Reynolds stress in a wind-driven lagoonal estuary. Ocean Dynamics, 56(3-4), 169-185, doi: 10.1007/s10236-005-0038-x
Whipple AC, Luettich RA, Seim HE, (2005) Measurements of Reynolds stress in a wind-driven lagoonal estuary. Estuarine Research Federation Conference, Norfolk VA, October 2005.
Hall NS, Whipple AC, Luettich RA, Paerl HW, (2005) Application of an autonomous vertical profiling system to examine vertical distribution dynamics of phytoplankton in the Neuse River Estuary, NC. Estuarine Research Federation Conference, Norfolk VA, October 2005. Poster
Whipple AC, Hench JL, Luettich RA, Seim HE, (2004) Measurements of Reynolds stress and Richardson number in a wind-driven lagoonal estuary. Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas Conference, Merida Yucatán, Mexico, October 2004.
Hall NS, Whipple AC, Paerl HW, Luettich RA, (2003) Diel vertical migration of phytoplankton in the Neuse River Estuary: Phytoplankton responses to the vertical separation of light and nutrients. Water Resources Research Institute annual conference, April 2003.
Hall NS, Whipple AC, Paerl HW, Luettich RA, (2003) Responses of bloom forming phytoplankton to the vertical separation of light and nutrients: Documentation of diurnal vertical migration in the Neuse River Estuary. Annual N.C. Sea Grant Meeting. Raleigh, NC. May 2003. Poster
Hall NS, Whipple AC, Paerl HW, Luettich RA, (2003) Vertical distribution of phytoplankton in the Neuse River Estuary: Consequences for the remote sensing of phytoplankton biomass. Talk given at the annual Atlantic Coast Environmental Indicators Consortium, Charleston, SC. May 2003. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Estuarine and Great Lakes Coastal Initiative. Bodega Bay, CA. Dec. 2003.
Luettich RA, Boicourt W, Paerl HW, Valdes L, Hall NS, Whipple AC, (2003) Physical Impacts on Biological Indicators. 3rd Annual Estuarine and Great Lakes Ecological Indicator Consortium Meeting, Bodega Bay, CA, December 2003.
Seim HS, Luettich RA, Stearns L, Whipple AC, (2003) ADCP-based variance method Reynolds-stress estimates in a tideless estuary. Estuary Research Federation Conference, Seattle, WA
Grants/Awards
Nortek student equipment/travel grant, (2007). Developing techniques for measuring turbulence in the presence of surface gravity waves using vertical beam data. Use of Nortek’s AWAC wave and current profiler plus $1000.