Christine Pequignet
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Nearshore dynamics, in particular, transformation of waves on fringing reefs.
My works aims at understanding and quantifying the amount of energy that reaches the shoreline of reef-fringed islands towards better prediction of wave-driven inundation. In particular, I have been investigating the low frequency oscillations observed at the shoreline of reef fringed coast during large wave events and the forcing of resonant modes. I have been comparing the modal structure of these low frequency oscillations on different reefs.
This work is funded by the US Army corps of Engineers and the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College program. Three field deployments have been carried out as part of this work: Ipan in Guam, and Mokuleia and Waikiki in Oahu.
Advisors: Mark Merrifield and Janet Becker
Past research interest
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Modelisation of temporal and spatial variations of oceanic CO2, and consequences for Net Community Production
estimates
Contact:
Christine Pequignet
Department of Oceanography
MSB 227
1000 Pope Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
chrispeq@hawaii.edu
Ph: (808) 956-9864