People | Kuo-Chuin Wong

• B.S., Oceanography, Taiwan Provincial College of Marine and Oceanic Technology, 1976.
• M.S., Physcial Oceanography, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1978.
• Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1982.

Estuary-shelf interaction, coupled current and hydrographic variability in estuaries and the adjacent shelf, transport and exchange process in the Lagrangian framework, chaotic motions, wave-current interaction, physical processes in coastal lagoons, and shelfbreak eddies.

• Mapping Surface Currents in Delaware Bay with CODAR, NOAA sea Grant
• Monitoring variability in tidal and wind driven transport in Delaware Bay with an integrated coastal observing system, NOAA Sea Grant.
• Kent County Murderkill Estuary project: Water, salt, and nutrient balances in the Murderkill River Estuary, Kent County, Delaware.

• Brian Dzwonkowski, Post-doctoral associate

Dynamical Physical Oceanography, Introduction to Ocean Sciences, Oceanographic Time Series Analysis. 

Wong, K.-C. and A. Münchow. 1995. "Buoyancy forced interaction between estuary and inner shelf: Observation". Continental Shelf Research 15(1):59-88.

Wong, K.-C. 1995. "The hydrography at the mouth of Delaware Bay: Tidally averaged distribution and intratidal variability". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 41:719-736.

Wong, K.-C. 1995. "On the relationship between long-term salinity variations and river discharge in the middle-reach of the Delaware estuary". Journal of Geophysical Research 100(C10):20705-20713.

Garvine, R. W., C. E. Epifanio, C. C. Epifanio and K.-C. Wong. 1997. "Transport and recruitment of blue crab larvae: a model with advection and mortality". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 45:99-111.

Wong, K.-C., and J. E. Moses-Hall. 1998. "The tidal and subtidal variations in the transverse salinity and current distributions across a coastal plain estuary". Journal of Marine Research 56:489-517.

Li, C., A. Valle-Levinson, K.-C. Wong, and K. M. M. Lwiza. 1998. "Separating baroclinic flow from tidally induced flow in coastal plain estuaries". Journal of Geophysical Research 103(C5):10,405-10,417.

Wong, K.-C. 1998. "The seasonal and subtidal variability in the source region of the Delaware coastal current". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 47:1-19.

Wong, K.-C., and J. E. Moses-Hall. 1998. "On the relative importance of remote and local wind effects to the subtidal variability in a coastal plain estuary". Journal of Geophysical Research 103(C9):18393-18404.

Wong, K.-C. 1998. "On the variability in the vertical structure of the Delaware coastal current". Continental Shelf Research 18(8):929-940.

Janzen, C., and K.-C. Wong. 1998. "On the low frequency transport process in a shallow coastal lagoon". Estuaries, 21(4), 754-766.

Wong, K.-C. 1999. "The wind driven currents on the Middle Atlantic Bight inner shelf". Continental Shelf Research, 19, 757-773.

Wong, K.-C. 1999. "On the hydrographic distribution in the source region of the Delaware coastal current". Estuaries, 22(2), 194-205.

Valle-Levinson, A., K.-C. Wong, and K. M. M. Lwiza. 2000. "Fortnightly variability in the transverse dynamics of a coastal plain estuary". J. Geophys. Res., 105(C2), 3413-3424.

Valle-Levinson, A., C. Li, K.-C. Wong, and K. M. M. Lwiza. 2000. "Convergence of lateral flow along a coastal plain estuary". J. Geophys. Res., 105(C7), 17,045-17,061.

Valle-Levinson, A., K.-C. Wong, and K.T. Bosley. 2001. "Observations of the wind-induced exchange at the entrance to Chesapeake Bay". Journal of Marine Research, 59, 391-416.

Janzen, D. C. and K.-C. Wong. 2002. "Wind forced dynamics at the estuary-shelf interface of a large coastal plain estuary". J. Geophys. Res., 107, C10, 3138, doi: 10.1029/2001 JC000959.

Wong, K.-C. 2002. "On the wind-induced exchange between Indian River Bay, Delaware and the adjacent continental shelf". Continental Shelf Research, 22, 1651-1668.

Valle-Levinson, A., K.-C. Wong, and K.T. Bosley. 2002. "Response of the lower Chesapeake Bay to forcing from Hurricane Floyd". Continental Shelf Research, 22,1715-1729.

Wong, K.-C. 2002. "On the spatial structure of currents across the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal". Estuaries, 4A, 519-527.

Wong, K.-C., A. Valle-Levinson. 2002. "On the relative importance of the remote local wind effects on the subtidal exchange at the entrace to the Chesapeake Bay". Journal of Marine Research, 60, 477-498.

Janzen, D.C. and K.-C. Wong. 2003. "Wind forced dynamics at the estuary-shelf interface of a large coastal plain estuary". Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, C10, 3138, doi: 10.1029/2001 JC000959.

Badiey, M., Lenain, K.-C. Wong, R. Heitsenrether, and A. Sundberg. 2003. "Long-term acoustic monitoring of environmental parameters in estuaries" in Oceans 2003, September 22-26, San Diego, CA.

 Li, C., A. Valle-Levinson, L. P. Atkinson, K.-C. Wong, and K. M. M. Lwiza. 2004. "Estimation of drag coefficient in James River Estuary using tidal velocity data from a vessel-towed ADCP". Journal of Geophysical Research, 109- C03, May 15, 2004.

Equiluz, A. and K.-C. Wong. 2005. "Second order tidally induced flow in the inlet of a coastal lagon". Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, 64, 509-518.

Cook, T. L., C. K. Sommerfield, and K.-C. Wong. 2006. "Observations of tidal and springtime sediment transport in the upper Delaware estuary". Estuaries Coastal Shelf Science.

Skarke, A., B. L. Lipphardt Jr., P. Muscarella, K.-C. Wong, A. Trembanis, and M. Badiey. 2008.  "Comparison of HF radar and ADCP surface currents at the Delaware Bay mouth". Proceedings of the IEEE/OES/CMTC Ninth Working Conference on Current Measurement Technology, March 17-19, 2008, Charleston, SC.

Muscarella, P. A., N. P. Barton, B. L. Lipphardt Jr., D. E. Veron, K.-C. Wong, and A. D. Kirwan Jr. 2008. "A synoptic description of surface currents and winds at the Delaware Bay mouth". Journal of Marine Research. Submitted, in revision.

Wong, K.-C., and C. Sommerfield. 2009. "The sea level and current variability in the upper Delaware estuary". Journal of Marine Research. Submitted, in review.