Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Geography, Interdisciplinary Oceanography Group, Institute of Computational Earth System Science, Marine Science Institute & Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science curriculum vitae (pdf)
PhD, University of California, San Diego, Engineering Sciences (Fluid Mechanics) MS, University of California, San Diego, Engineering Sciences BS, University of Arizona, Mechanical Engineering
Coastal circulation, mesoscale processes, air-sea interaction, and interdisciplinary oceanography.
Ohlmann, C., P. White, L. Washburn, E. Terrill, B. Emery and M. Otero, 2007, Interpretation of Coastal HF Radar–Derived Surface Currents with High-Resolution Drifter Data, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 24, 666-680, doi:10.1175/JTECH1998.1. [pdf ]
Mau, S., D.L. Valentine, J.F. Clark, J. Reed, R. Camilli, and L. Washburn, 2007, Dissolved methane distributions and air-sea flux in the plume of a massive seep field, Coal Oil Point, California, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L22603, doi:10.1029/2007GL031344. [pdf ]
Barth, J. A., B.A. Menge, J. Lubchenco, F. Chan, J.M. Bane, A.R. Kirincich, M.A. McManus, K.J. Nielsen, S.D. Pierce and L. Washburn, 2007, Delayed upwelling alters nearshore coastal ocean ecosystems in the northern California current, Proceedings - National Academy of Sciences USA, 104; 10, 3719-3724. [pdf ]
Warrick, J.A., P.M. DiGiacomo, S.B. Weisberg, N.P. Nezlin, M. Mengel, B.H. Jones, J.C. Ohlmann, L. Washburn, E.J. Terrill and K.L. Farnsworth, 2007, River Plume patterns and dynamics within the Southern California Bight, Continental Shelf Research, 27, 2427-2448. [pdf ]
Anderson, C.R., M.A. Brzezinski, L. Washburn, and R. Kudela, 2006, Circulation and environmental conditions during a toxigenic Pseudo-nitzschia australis bloom in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 327, 119-133. [pdf ]
Emery, B.M., L. Washburn, M. Love, M.M. Nishimoto, and J.C. Ohlmann, 2006, Do oil and gas platforms off California reduce recruitment of bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis) to natural habitat? An analysis based on trajectories derived from high frequency radar, Fisheries Bulletin, 104:391-400. [pdf ]
Gaylord, B., D.C. Reed, P.T. Raimondi and L. Washburn, 2006, Macroalgal Spore Dispersal in Coastal Environments: Mechanistic Insights Revealed by Theory and Experiment, Ecological Monographs, 76(4), 481–502. [pdf ]
Bassin, C.J., L. Washburn, M. Brzezinski, and E. McPhee-Shaw, 2005, "Sub-mesoscale coastal eddies observed by high frequency radar: A new mechanism for delivering nutrients to kelp forests in the Southern California Bight", Geophysical Research Letters, 32, doi:10.1029/2005GL023017. [pdf ]
Cudaback, C.N., L. Washburn, and E. Dever, 2005, Subtidal inner-shelf circulation near Point Conception, California, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, C10007, doi:10.1029/2004JC002608. [pdf ]
Warrick, J.A., L. Washburn, M.A. Brzezinski and D.A. Siegel, 2005, Nutrient contributions to the Santa Barbara Channel, California, from the ephemeral Santa Clara River, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 62, 559–574. [pdf ]
Washburn, L., J.F. Clark and P. Kyriakidis, 2005, The spatial scales, distribution, and intensity of natural marine hydrocarbon seeps near Coal Oil Point, California, Marine and Petroleum Geology 22, 569–578. [pdf ]
Beckenbach, E.H., and L. Washburn, 2004, Low frequency waves in the Santa Barbara Channel observed by high frequency radar, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi:10.1029/2003JC00199. [pdf ]
DiGiacomo, P.M., L. Washburn, B. Holt, and B.H. Jones, 2004, Coastal pollution hazards in Southern California observed by SAR imagery: Stormwater plumes, wastewater plumes, and natural hydrocarbon seeps, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 49, 1013-1024. [pdf ]
Emery B.M., L. Washburn, and J.A. Harlan, 2004, Evaluating Radial Current Measurements from CODAR High-Frequency Radars with Moored Current Meters, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 21, 8, 1259-1271. [pdf ]
Gaylord B., D.C. Reed, L. Washburn and P.T. Raimondi, 2004, Physical – biological coupling in spore dispersal of kelp forest macroalgae, Journal of Marine Systems, 49, 19-39. [pdf ]
Raimondi, P.T., D.C. Reed, B. Gaylord and L. Washburn, 2004, Effects of Self-Fetilization in the Giant Kelp Macrocystis Pyrifera, Ecology, 85(12), 3267–3276. [pdf ]
Warrick, J.A., L.A.K. Mertes, L. Washburn and D.A. Siegel, 2004, A conceptual model for river water and sediment dispersal in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, Continental Shelf Research 24, 2029–2043. [pdf ]
Warrick, J.A., L.A.K. Mertes, L. Washburn and D.A. Siegel, 2004, Dispersal forcing of southern California river plumes, based on field and remote sensing observations, Geo-Marine Letters, 24: 46–52, doi:10.1007/s00367-003-0163-9. [pdf ]
Emery, B.M., L. Washburn, and J.A. Harlan, 2003, Evaluating radial component current measurements from CODAR high frequency radars and moored in situ current meters, Proceedings of the First International Radiowave Oceanography Workshop, Timberline Lodge, OR, 9-12 April.
Washburn, L., E. H. Beckenbach, B. M. Emery, and J.A. Harlan, 2003, HF radar observations of surface currents in the vicinity of Pt. Conception California, Proceedings of the First International Radiowave Oceanography Workshop, Timberline Lodge, OR, 9-12 April.
Clark, J.F., I. Leifer, L. Washburn and B.P. Luyendyk, 2003, Compositional changes in natural gas bubble plumes: observations from the Coal Oil Point marine hydrocarbon seep field, Geo-Marine Letters, 23: 187–193, doi:10.1007/s00367-003-0137-y. [pdf ]
Nishimoto, M.M., and L. Washburn, 2002, Patterns of coastal eddy circulation and abundance of pelagic juvenile fish in the Santa Barbara Channel, California, USA, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 241, 183-199. [pdf ]
Gaylord, B., D.C. Reed, P.T. Raimondi, L. Washburn and S.R. McLean, 2002, A Physically Based Model of Macroalgal Spore Dispersal in the Wave and Current-Dominated Nearshore, Ecology, 83(5), 1239-1251. [pdf ]
Washburn, L., C. Johnson, C.C. Gotschalk, and E.T. Egland, 2001, A Gas-Capture Buoy for Measuring Bubbling Gas Flux in Oceans and Lakes. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 18, 1411-1420. [pdf ]
