Edward C. Monahan
University of Connecticut
Department of Marine Sciences
1080 Shennecossett Road
Groton, CT 06340
voice: (860) 405-9110
fax: (860) 405-9153
e-mail: edward.monahan@uconn.edu
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My research activities continue to center on investigations of those physical
processes involved in air-sea exchange, with particular focus on the various
bubble-mediated air-sea exchange mechanisms. For example, my findings as to
the whitecap dependence of the CO2 gas transfer coefficient have
proved useful to global climate modelers in their current effort to estimate
the present and past concentrations of this gas in the earth's atmosphere.
Our models for the generation of sea-salt aerosol on the ocean surface,
parameterized in terms of oceanic whitecap coverage, are likewise used by
climate modelers who must estimate the atmosphere's aerosol loading for
various projected global wind regimes.
A continued focus of my research is to obtain a better understanding of the
evolution with time of the bubble plumes that form when waves break.
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have an ongoing interest in, and commitment to, the
wise use and conservation of the earth’s environment,
and of the various resources found therein. This commitment
is reflected in my activities during my 20 years as
Director of the Connecticut Sea Grant Program, and now,
in retirement, by my activities as a Director of the
Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority.
Some
Representative Publications
Jähne, B. and E.C. Monahan, eds.
1995. Air-Water Gas Transfer. Third Annual Symposium
on Air-Water Gas Transfer. AEON Verlag, Hanau.
1-900.
Andreas, E.L., and E.C. Monahan. 2000. The role of whitecap
bubbles in air-sea heat and moisture exchange. Journal
of Physical Oceanography, 30: 433-442.
Monahan, E.C., and H.G. Dam. 2001. Bubbles: An estimate
of their role in the global flux of carbon. Journal
of Geophysical Research, 106: 9377-9383.
Monahan, E. C. 2001. Comments on “Bubbles produced
by breaking waves in fresh and salt water. Journal
of Physical Oceanography, 31:1931-1932.
Monahan, E.C. 2002. The Physical and Practical Implications
of a CO2 Gas Transfer Coefficient that Varies as the
Cube of the Wind Speed, 193-197, Gas Transfer at Water
Surfaces, M.A. Donelan et al, eds., AGU
Monahan, E.C. 2002. Environmental Problems?, Weather,
57, 112
Monahan, E.C. 2002. Oceanic Whitecaps:Sea surface features
detectable via satellite that are indicators of the
magnitude of the air-sea gas transfer coefficient,
Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences(Earth
& Planet.Sci.),111, 315-319
Vlahos, P., E.C. Monahan, and A Skoog. 2006. Chemical
Transformations, EOS, Transactions, American
Geophysical Union, 87 (36), Abs.OS15E-17
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