Department of Geology and Geophysics People

Additional Information

Research Fields:	Geophysics
Reseach Topics:	Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Nonlinear waves and coastal processes The general ocean circulation
Courses Commonly Taught:	Undergraduate Geomathematics (GG312) Graduate Equations of Geophysics (GG600)

Publications:

Pequignet, A. Christine N., J. M. Becker, M. A. Merrifield, and J. Aucan, Forcing of resonant modes on a fringing reef during tropical storm Man-Yi, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2008GL036259,  2009

Zilberman, N.V., J.M. Becker, M.A. Merrifield and G.S. Carter, 2009, Model estimates of M2 Internal Tide Generation over Mid-Atlantic Ridge Topography,
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 2009 accepted.

Carter, G. S., M. A. Merrifield, J. Becker, K. Katsumata, M. C. Gregg,  D.S. Luther, M.D. Levine. T.J. Boyd and Y. L. Firing, Energetics of M2 barotropic to baroclinic tidal conversion at the Hawaiian Islands, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38(10),2205-2223, DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3860.1, 2008.

Wessel, P., and J. M. Becker, Interpolation using a generalized Green's function for a spherical surface spline in tension,  Geophys. J. Int, 174, 21-28, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03829.x, 2008

Becker, J.M., Y.L. Firing, J. Aucan, R. Holman, M. Merrifield and G. Pawlak, Video-based observations of nearshore sand ripples and ripple migration, 112, C01007, doi:1029/2005JC003451, 2007

Becker, J.M. and G. Veronis, Note on the viscous smoothing of the discontinuities in an inviscid model of the abyssal circulation, Deep-Sea Research I, 52, 1957-1963, 2005

Bevis, M., D. Alsdorf, E. Kendrick, L.P. Fortes, B. Forsberg, R. Smalley Jr,and J. Becker, Seasonal flucuations in the mass of the Amazon River system and Earth's elastic response, Geophys. Res. Let., 32, L16308,doi:10.1029/2005GL023491, 2005

Bianco, T. A., G. Ito, J. M. Becker, M. O. Garcia, Secondary Hawaiian volcanism formed by flexural arch decompression, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys., 6, Q08009, doi:10.1029/2005GC000945, 2005

Becker, J.M. and M. Bevis, Love's Problem, Geophys. J. Int.,156, 171-178, 2004

Becker, J.M. and D. Bercovici, Long waves over a bi-viscous sea-bed: Transverse patterns, Nonlin. Proc. Geophys. , 9, 2002, 61-68.

Becker, J.M. and D. Bercovici, Pattern formation on the interface of a two-layer fluid: bi-viscous lower layer Wave Motion, 34, 2001, 431-452 .

Becker, J.M. and D. Bercovici, Permanent bedforms in a theoretical model of wave-seabed interactions, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 7, 2000, 31-35.

Becker, J.M. Effect of a western continental slope on the wind-driven circulation, J. Phys. Ocean., 29, 1999, 512-518.

Ertekin, R.C. and J.M. Becker, Nonlinear diffraction of waves by a submerged shelf in shallow water, ASME J. Off. Mech. Arctic Engng.,120(4), 1998, 212-220. (see also,Proc. 15th Int. Conf. on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, June 16-20, 1996, Book No. G0985B, 31-39.)

Becker, J.M and R. Salmon, Eddy formation on a continental slope, J. Mar. Res., 55, 1997, 1-20.

Ferier, P.G.P., J.M. Becker and R.C. Ertekin, Assessing the accuracy of the Green-Naghdi equations in simulating the nonlinear diffraction of waves by topography, Proc. 16th Int. Conf. on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, ASME, April 13-18, 1997, VOL 1-B, 73-80.

Becker, J.M., An inertial model of the general circulation in an ocean with bottom topography, in Proceedings Aha Hulikoa Hawaiian Winter Workshop, P. Müller and D. Henderson , editors, 1995, 125-130.

Becker, J.M., and R.H.J. Grimshaw, Explosive resonant triads in a continuously stratified shear flow,J. Fluid Mech., 257, 1993, 219-228.

Becker, J.M. and J.W. Miles, 2:1 Resonance leads to chaos in standing radial cross-waves, in Chaos in Australia Conference Proceedings, G. Brown and A. Opie, editors, World Scientific, 1993, 1-7.

Becker, J.M., and J.W. Miles, Progressive radial cross-waves, J. Fluid Mech., 245, 1992, 29-46.

Becker, J.M., and J.W. Miles, Standing radial cross-waves, J. Fluid Mech., 222, 1991, 471-499.

Miles J.W., and J.M. Becker, Parametrically excited, progressive cross-waves, J. Fluid Mech.,186, 1988, 129-146.

Becker, J.M., and J.W. Miles, Parametric excitation of an internally resonant double pendulum, II, ZAMP, 37, 1986, 641-650.