High tide (left) and low tide (right) at study site in Lynch Cove, at the head of Hood Canal, Washington. Summer 2012 USGS fieldwork was made possible by Dr. Bill Portuese and his family, who graciously offered the use of their dock and beach for the USGS experiments.
Peter W Swarzenski
Research Oceanographer with the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
Science and Products
Evaluation of the characteristics, discharge, and water quality of selected springs at Fort Irwin National Training Center, San Bernardino County, California
Physicochemical coastal groundwater dynamics between Kauhakō Crater lake and Kalaupapa settlement, Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i
High-resolution observations of submarine groundwater discharge reveal the fine spatial and temporal scales of nutrient exposure on a coral reef: Faga'alu, AS
Permafrost mapping with electrical resistivity tomography in two wetland systems north of the Tanana River, Interior Alaska
Physicochemical controls on zones of higher coral stress where Black Band Disease occurs at Mākua Reef, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi
Towards determining spatial methane distribution on Arctic permafrost bluffs with an unmanned aerial system
Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding
Vulnerability of coral reefs to bioerosion from land-based sources of pollution
The magnitude and origin of groundwater discharge to eastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico coastal waters
Atoll groundwater movement and its response to climatic and sea-level fluctuations
Land-use change and managed aquifer recharge effects on the hydrogeochemistry of two contrasting atoll island aquifers, Roi-Namur Island, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Rare earth element behavior during groundwater – seawater mixing along the Kona Coast of Hawaii
Non-USGS Publications**
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Volume 11, 2017, Pages 1-8, ISSN 2214-5818, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2017.06.004.
Volumes 190–191, 2018, Pages 141-148, ISSN 0265-931X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.05.014.
Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100957, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020RSMS...3300957H.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Sediment Mercury Profile, Laguna de Pozuelos, Argentine Northwest
Permafrost Mapping in Two Wetland Systems North of the Tanana River in Interior Alaska 2014
Electrical Resistivity Tomography Data at Fort Irwin National Training Center, San Bernardino County, California, 2015 and 2017
High tide (left) and low tide (right) at study site in Lynch Cove, at the head of Hood Canal, Washington. Summer 2012 USGS fieldwork was made possible by Dr. Bill Portuese and his family, who graciously offered the use of their dock and beach for the USGS experiments.
USGS research team set out instrumentation for a coastal groundwater exchange study in Lynch Cove, Hood Canal, Washington. Left to right are Peter Swarzenski, Wally Brooks, Christopher G. Smith, Sandy Baldwin, Marci Marot, Cordell Johnson, and Kevin Kroeger.
USGS research team set out instrumentation for a coastal groundwater exchange study in Lynch Cove, Hood Canal, Washington. Left to right are Peter Swarzenski, Wally Brooks, Christopher G. Smith, Sandy Baldwin, Marci Marot, Cordell Johnson, and Kevin Kroeger.
Well cluster installed in June 2012 to a depth of 10 meters (33 feet) below the beach face. Photograph taken at low tide; the white PVC extensions prevented the wells from being flooded during high tide (compare with photograph of research team standing on same dock, above).
Well cluster installed in June 2012 to a depth of 10 meters (33 feet) below the beach face. Photograph taken at low tide; the white PVC extensions prevented the wells from being flooded during high tide (compare with photograph of research team standing on same dock, above).
Science and Products
Evaluation of the characteristics, discharge, and water quality of selected springs at Fort Irwin National Training Center, San Bernardino County, California
Physicochemical coastal groundwater dynamics between Kauhakō Crater lake and Kalaupapa settlement, Moloka‘i, Hawai‘i
High-resolution observations of submarine groundwater discharge reveal the fine spatial and temporal scales of nutrient exposure on a coral reef: Faga'alu, AS
Permafrost mapping with electrical resistivity tomography in two wetland systems north of the Tanana River, Interior Alaska
Physicochemical controls on zones of higher coral stress where Black Band Disease occurs at Mākua Reef, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi
Towards determining spatial methane distribution on Arctic permafrost bluffs with an unmanned aerial system
Most atolls will be uninhabitable by the mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding
Vulnerability of coral reefs to bioerosion from land-based sources of pollution
The magnitude and origin of groundwater discharge to eastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico coastal waters
Atoll groundwater movement and its response to climatic and sea-level fluctuations
Land-use change and managed aquifer recharge effects on the hydrogeochemistry of two contrasting atoll island aquifers, Roi-Namur Island, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Rare earth element behavior during groundwater – seawater mixing along the Kona Coast of Hawaii
Non-USGS Publications**
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Volume 11, 2017, Pages 1-8, ISSN 2214-5818, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2017.06.004.
Volumes 190–191, 2018, Pages 141-148, ISSN 0265-931X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2018.05.014.
Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2020, DOI:10.1016/j.rsma.2019.100957, https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020RSMS...3300957H.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Sediment Mercury Profile, Laguna de Pozuelos, Argentine Northwest
Permafrost Mapping in Two Wetland Systems North of the Tanana River in Interior Alaska 2014
Electrical Resistivity Tomography Data at Fort Irwin National Training Center, San Bernardino County, California, 2015 and 2017
High tide (left) and low tide (right) at study site in Lynch Cove, at the head of Hood Canal, Washington. Summer 2012 USGS fieldwork was made possible by Dr. Bill Portuese and his family, who graciously offered the use of their dock and beach for the USGS experiments.
High tide (left) and low tide (right) at study site in Lynch Cove, at the head of Hood Canal, Washington. Summer 2012 USGS fieldwork was made possible by Dr. Bill Portuese and his family, who graciously offered the use of their dock and beach for the USGS experiments.
USGS research team set out instrumentation for a coastal groundwater exchange study in Lynch Cove, Hood Canal, Washington. Left to right are Peter Swarzenski, Wally Brooks, Christopher G. Smith, Sandy Baldwin, Marci Marot, Cordell Johnson, and Kevin Kroeger.
USGS research team set out instrumentation for a coastal groundwater exchange study in Lynch Cove, Hood Canal, Washington. Left to right are Peter Swarzenski, Wally Brooks, Christopher G. Smith, Sandy Baldwin, Marci Marot, Cordell Johnson, and Kevin Kroeger.
Well cluster installed in June 2012 to a depth of 10 meters (33 feet) below the beach face. Photograph taken at low tide; the white PVC extensions prevented the wells from being flooded during high tide (compare with photograph of research team standing on same dock, above).
Well cluster installed in June 2012 to a depth of 10 meters (33 feet) below the beach face. Photograph taken at low tide; the white PVC extensions prevented the wells from being flooded during high tide (compare with photograph of research team standing on same dock, above).