September 2017

Special Issue on Sedimentary Processes Building a Tropical Delta Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: The Mekong System

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SPECIAL ISSUE SPONSORS

Production of this issue of Oceanography was

supported by the Office of Naval Research

through grant N00014-17-1-2888 to the

University of Washington, Seattle.

SPECIAL ISSUE GUEST EDITORS

• CHARLES NITTROUER, University of

Washington

• JULIA MULLARNEY, University of Waikato

• MEAD ALLISON, Tulane University

• ANDREA OGSTON, University of

Washington

ON THE COVER

Landsat image of the Mekong Delta and adjacent

ocean on September 18, 2014, during period of intense

fieldwork described in the special issue section. Shown

are the turbid distributary channels, complex mangrove

shorelines, and surface plumes extending into the East

Sea. Image was processed by MDA Information Systems,

and is oriented so north is up on the page.

REGULAR ISSUE FEATURE

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Internal Waves Along the Malvinas Current: Evidence of Transcritical

Generation in Satellite Imagery

By J.M. Magalhães and J.C.B. da Silva

DEPARTMENTS

03 QUARTERDECK. The Garden of Science

By E.S. Kappel

05 FROM THE PRESIDENT. Planning the Future of Ocean Sciences

By A.C. Mix

06 RIPPLE MARKS. The Jumbo Carbon Footprint of a Surf-and-Turf Dinner

By C.L. Dybas

120 HANDS-ON OCEANOGRAPHY. Assessing Cross-Shore and Alongshore

Variation in Beach Morphology Due to Wave Climate: Storms to Decades

By S.L. Gallop, M.D. Harley, R.W. Brander, J.A. Simmons, K.D. Splinter,

and I.L. Turner

126 THE OCEANOGRAPHY CLASSROOM. Inspiration: The Source and the Drive

By S. Boxall

128 BOOK REVIEW: The Oceanographer’s Companion: Essential Nautical Skills

for Seagoing Scientists and Engineers by G.A. Maul

Reviewed by C.L. Van Dover

129 CAREER PROFILES. Sara Bender, Program Officer, Gordon and Betty Moore

Foundation • Danny Richter, Legislative Director and Director of Research,

Citizens’ Climate Lobby

132 AWARDS. The 2017 Walter Munk Award: Andone C. Lavery

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