Richard Styles Department of Geological Sciences  and Marine Science Program,  University of South Carolina 701 Sumter Street Columbia, South Carolina, 29208 phone: 803-777-4588 fax: 803-777-6610 email: rstyles@geol.sc.edu

Research Activities:

Recent research activities focus on the development and application of a 1-dimensional continental shelf bottom boundary layer model (BBLM) to predict current and suspended sediment concentration profiles for a stratified fluid in the presence of a rough bed with a non-cohesive sediment base. Model development includes the acquisition and interpretation of high-quality, near-bed measurements of currents, suspended sediment concentrations, pressure and local bathymetry to gauge the accuracy of the model and to provide the means to identify relevant physical processes associated with boundary layer flow. Applications of the BBLM include coupling to existing shelf circulation models to provide accurate estimates of bottom stress, and prediction of long-term sediment transport on continental shelves to determine possible mechanisms controlling shelf sediment dynamics.

To learn more, please visit our bottom boundary layer research homepage.

Training:

1991: B.S. Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

1998: Ph.D. Physical Oceanography, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (Advisor: Scott M. Glenn)

Jobs:

1994-1998: Graduate Research Assistant, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

1998-2000: Post-doc, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

2000-2001: Research Staff, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

2001-Present: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.

Field Experience:

Participated in nearly two dozen CTD survey cruises aboard the R.V. Caleta and M.V. North Star.

Participated in approximately ten research cruises to deploy and recover instrumented bottom boundary layer tripods aboard the RV Arabella, RV Cape Henlopen, MV Atlantic Surveyor and MV North Star.

Certified SCUBA diver, and have participated in diving operations for Rutgers University aboard the RV Caleta, RV Arabella and MV North Star

Professional organizations:

Member, American Geophysical Union

Publications:

Styles, R., 1996: Long-term variability of sea surface temperature and atmospheric pressure along the equatorial Pacific. Bull. N. J. Acad. Sci, 41(1), 25-29.

Styles, R. and S. M. Glenn, 2000: Modeling stratified combined wave-current bottom boundary layers. J. Geophysical Research, 101, 24,119-24,139.

Styles, R. and S. M. Glenn, 2002: Modeling bottom roughness in the presence of wave-generated ripples. J. Geophysical Research, (In press)

Manuscripts Submitted:

Styles, R. and S. M. Glenn, 2002: An optimized combined wave and current algorithm for arbitrary bed roughness. J. Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, (Submitted)

Manuscripts in Preparation:

Styles, R., O. Schofield and S. M. Glenn, 2002: The relationship between particle size distributions and light scattering at LEO-15. J. Geophysical Research, (In prep)

Published abstracts:

Styles, R., S.M. Glenn, E. Creed and L. Henderson, 1996: Monitoring bottom boundary layer processes with implications for sediment transport modeling. Published as a supplement to EOS, Transactions, AGU, 77, Number 17, S148.

Styles, R. and S.M. Glenn, 1996: Observations and modeling of sediment transport offshore New Jersey. Published as a supplement to EOS, Transactions, AGU, 77, Number 46, F371.

Styles, R. and S.M. Glenn, 1996: Observations and modeling of sediment transport events in the Middle Atlantic Bight. 8th International Conference on the Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, The Hague.

Styles, R. and S.M. Glenn, 1998: Calibration of a continental shelf bottom boundary layer model with applications to sediment transport offshore of New Jersey. Published as a supplement to EOS, Transactions, AGU, 79, Number 45, F453.

Styles, R. and S.M. Glenn, 2000: Spatial distribution of bottom stress and sediment transport patterns over transitional bathymetry. Published as a supplement to EOS, Transactions, AGU, 80, Number 49, OS116.

Rankin, K., R. Chant, S. Glenn, M. Bruno, R. Styles, B. Fullerton, T. Herrington and R. Hires, 2001: Integrated collection of hydrodynamic and sediment/water quality data in NY/NJ Harbor. SETAC, Baltimore.

Chant, R., R. Styles, S. Glenn, K. Rankin, M. Bruno, R. Hires and T. Herrington, 2001: Circulation and mixing in a complex estuary: The transport and fate of suspended matter in NY-NJ Harbor. SETAC, Baltimore.

Styles, R., R. Chant S. Glenn, K. Rankin, A. Pence, P. Burke, T. Herrington and M. Bruno, 2001: Particle concentrations and size distributions: Implications for contaminant transport in NY-NJ Harbor. SETAC, Baltimore.

Conference presentations and miscellaneous seminars:

Styles, R., Scott M. Glenn, 1995: Observations of a late summer mixing storm: Implications for sediment transport. Middle Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology (MABPOM) Workshop.

Styles, R., 1998: A continental shelf bottom boundary layer model: Development, calibration and applications to sediment transport in the Middle Atlantic Bight, Coastal Research Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg.

Styles, R., 1998: A continental shelf bottom boundary layer model: Development, calibration and applications to sediment transport in the Middle Atlantic Bight, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center.

Styles, R., S. Glenn and H. Arango, 2000: An optimized bottom stress module for ROMS, USGS Sediment Transport Modeling Workshop, Woods Hole.

Styles, R., 2000: Particle dynamics in a stratified estuary, Weekly Seminar Series, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers.