Peter A

Peter A. Traykovski

Assistant Scientist

Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Address:

Department of Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, MS#11

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole, MA 02543

(508) 289-2638

ptraykovski@whoi.edu

Date and Place of Birth:

July 20, 1966, New York, NY

Education:

BSe (Mechanical Engineering) Duke University, Durham, NC, 1988

MIT/WHOI, (Applied Ocean Sciences and Engineering), Woods Hole, MA,

MS & Ocean Engineer, “Horizontal Directional Spectrum Estimation of the Heard Island Transmissions”,

Advisor: Arthur Baggeroer, 1994

Ph.D, “Observations and Modeling of Sand Transport in a Wave Dominated Environment”

Advisors: James F. Lynch and James D. Irish, June 1998.

Employment:

Product Development Engineer, Ventline mfg., Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1989-1991

Graduate Research Assistant, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, 1992 to June 1998

Post Doctoral Investigator, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, June 1998 to May 2000

Assistant Scientist, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, May 2000 to present

Scientific Consulting, Sequoia Scientific, Mercer Island, WA. Jan. 1999 to April 2000

Professional Societies:

Member, Acoustical Society of America

Member, American Geophysical Union

Research Interests:

Sediment Transport, Coastal Processes, Acoustical Oceanography.

Awards:

Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellow, 1992-1994

Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator Award, 2001-2004

Presidential Early Career Award 2001

Refereed Journal Articles:

Traykovski, P. “Travel-time perturbation due to internal waves: Equivalence of modal and ray solutions” Jour. Acoust. Soc. of Am., p. 822-830, 99(2), 1996

Lynch, J.F., J.D. Irish, T.F. Gross, P.L. Wiberg, A.E. Newhall, P.A. Traykovski, J.D. Warren “Acoustic Measurements of the Spatial and Temporal structure of the Near Bottom Boundary Layer in the 1990-91 STRESS Experiment,” Cont. Shelf Res. Vol. 17, No. 10 pp.1271-1295, 1997

Cacchione, D.A,., P.L. Wiberg, J. Lynch, J. Irish and P. Traykovski, “Estimates of Suspended Sediment Flux and Bedform Activity on the Inner Shelf off Northern California during STRATAFORM,” Mar. Geol., Vol. 154, No 1-4, p. 83-97, 1999

Irish, J.D., J.F. Lynch, P. Traykovski, A.E. Newhall, K. Prada and A.E. Hay, “A Self Contained Sector Scanning Sonar for Bottom Roughness Observations as Part of Suspended Sediment Studies”, Jour. Atm. and Oceanic Tech, Vol. 16, No. 11, 1830Ð1841, 1999

Traykovski, P., A.E. Hay, J.D. Irish and J.F. Lynch, “Geometry, migration and evolution of wave orbital scale ripples at LEO-15”, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 104, No C1, p. 1505-1524, 1999

Traykovski, P., R. J. Latter and J.D. Irish, “A laboratory evaluation of the LISST instrument using natural sediments”, Marine Geology, 159, p. 355-367, 1999

Agrawal, Y.C. and P. Traykovski, “Particles in the Bottom Boundary Layer: Concentration and Size Dynamics through Events,” Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans, Volume 106, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 9533-9542

Geyer, W.R., P. Hill, T. Milligan, P. Traykovski, “The Structure of the Eel River Plume During Floods,” Cont. Shelf Res. Vol. 20, No. 16, p. 2067, 2000

Traykovski, P. W.R. Geyer, J.D. Irish, J.F. Lynch, “The Role of Density Driven Fluid Mud Flows for Cross Shelf Transport on the Eel River Continental Shelf” Continental Shelf Research, . Vol. 20, No. 16, p. 2113, 2000.

Geyer, W.R., J.D Woodruff, P. Traykovski, “Sediment Transport and Trapping in the Hudson River,” Estuaries Vol 24, No.5, p. 670-679 October 2001

Irish, J.D., A.E. Hay, P. Traykovski, A Newhall, R. Craig, and W.M. Paul, “On Attaching Acoustic Imaging Instrumentation to the LEO-15 Observatory for Sediment Transport and Bottom Boundary Layer Studies” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Vol 27, No. 20 p 254-266, April 2002

Sisson, J.D., J. Shimeta, C.A. Butman, and P. Traykovski, Mapping epibenthic assemblages and their relations to sedimentary features in shallow-water, high-energy environments Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 22, p 565-583, 2002.

Harris, C.K.,Butman, B. and Traykovski, P. "Winter-time circulation and sediment transport in the Hudson Shelf Valley,” Submitted to Continental Shelf Research, 2002

Conference Proceedings:

P. Traykovski, J. D. Irish, and J. F. Lynch, “Motivations for using a pulsed full spectrum Doppler to measure bedload and near-bottom suspended sediment transport”, Jour. Acoust. Soc. of Am., Vol.103 (5), 2866, May 1998

Richardson, M.D. and P Traykovski. 2002. Real-time observations of mine burial at the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory. 11 pps., Proceedings of the 5^th International Symposium on Technology and the Mine Problem. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California, 22-25 May 2002

Invited Presentations:

P. Traykovski and Y.C. Agrawal, “On the Relationship Between Aggregated Particle Size and Mean Stress Levels” (Invited), EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 80, No. 49, OS61, Dec. 1999

P. Traykovski, “Acoustical techniques for observing the processes that control the formation of ocean bottom geology” (Invited Mini-tutorial 1-hr long) Jour. Acoust. Soc. of Am., Vol. 107 (5), 2775, May. 2000

Presentations:

P. Traykovski, “A tutorial on adaptive beamforming and applications to horizontal direction spectrum estimation of the Heard Island transmissions” M.I.T OE Dept. Seminar P., Oct 1992

P. Traykovski, J.F. Lynch, J.D. Irish, and A. Newhall, “Acoustical monitoring of sediment transport in the bottom boundary layer at the inner continental shelf LEO-15 site”, Jour. Acoust. Soc. of Am., Vol. 96(5), 322, Nov. 1994

P. Traykovski, J.D. Irish and J.F. Lynch, “Acoustic and Optic monitoring of sediment transport at the LEO15 site in 1994 and 1995”, Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Conference at Rutgers Univ., 1995

P. Traykovski, J.D. Irish and J.F. Lynch, “Observations of Suspended Sediment Transport and Bottom Roughness using Moored Acoustical and Optical Instruments at the Inner Continental Shelf LEO-15 site”, Mid-Atlantic Bight Physical Oceanography and Meteorology Conference at State Univ. of New York, 1996

P. Traykovski, “Using acoustics to help understand sediment transport” Invited talk at BBN (Now a division of GTE) Applied Physics & Tactical Sonar Group Meeting, 1997

P. Traykovski, J.D. Irish, J.F. Lynch and A.E. Hay, “Geometry, migration and evolution of meter scale wavelength wave orbital ripples at LEO-15 during the active Hurricane season of 1995” (Poster) Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Physical Oceanography, Colby Sawyer College, NH, 1997

P. Traykovski, J.D. Irish, J.F. Lynch and Scott Glenn, “Wave Dominated Sediment Transport Events at the LEO-15 Site”, EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 79, No. 1, OS35, Jan. 1998

P. Traykovski, J.D. Irish, J.F. Lynch and A.E. Hay, “Observations of the Geometry, Migration, and Evolution of Wave Orbital Ripples at the Sandy Inner Continental Shelf LEO-15 Site”, EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 79, No. 17, S121, Apr. 1998

P. Traykovski, J.D. Irish, J.F. Lynch and W.R. Geyer, “Across Shelf Sediment Transport on the Eel River Continental Shelf: From Plume to Deposition”, (Poster) EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 79, No. 45,F497, Nov. 1998

P. Traykovski and Y.C. Agrawal, “On the Relationship Between Aggregated Particle Size and Mean Stress Levels” (Invited), EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 80, No. 49, OS61, Dec. 1999

P. Traykovski, “Turbidity Currents in the Wave Boundary Layer as a Cross-shelf Transport Mechanism”, EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 80, No. 49, 0S282, Dec. 1999

W.R. Geyer, J.D. Woodruff, P. Traykovski, and C.K. Sommerfield, “Seasonal and Spring-Neap Variability of Sediment Trapping in an Estuary,” EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 80, No. 49, 0S187, Dec. 1999

P. Traykovski, “Particle size in turbulent flows” Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, Sediment Transport Lecture Series, Sept. 18, 2000

P. Traykovski, “New insights into the mechanisms of cross-shelf sediment transport as revealed by observational studies: the role of wave forcing in both bedform migration and gravitational mud flows” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Dept. Seminar Series, Jan 12, 2000

P. Traykovski, “Sand Transport over large wave-formed bedforms” Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering Dept. Seminar Series, Sept 27th, 2000

J.F. Lynch, J.D. Irish, P. Traykovski, “A Review of WHOI's use of acoustic backscatter to study sediment transport: HEBBLE, STRESS II and III, STRATAFORM, and LEO-15” EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 81, No. 48, 0S61A-23, Nov. 2000

P. Traykovski, J.D. Irish, and A.E. Hay, “Three dimensional imaging of sand transport processes over wave ripples” Jour. Acoust. Soc. of Am., Vol. 108, p. 2616, May 2001

P. Traykovski, C.K. Harris, B. Butman, M.R. ten Brink, Erosion of fine-grained sediment in the Hudson Shelf Valley, offshore of New York, Eos trans. AGU, 82(20) Sprint Meet. Suppl. Abstract OS42B-07, 2001

P. Traykovski, C. Reed, W.R. Geyer, “Observations and Modeling of Gravity Flows of Fluid Mud Trapped Within the Wave Boundary Layer,” AGU Chapman Conference, Ponce Puerto Rico, June 17-19, 2001

P. Traykovski, , W.R. Geyer, C.K. Sommerfield, “Acoutic Measurements Of Rapid Sediment Accumulation In The Hudson River Estuary,” GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

C.K. Sommerfield , P. Traykovski, and W.R. Geyer , “Scales Of Intra-Annual Sedimentation In The Hudson River Estuary As Revealed By Short-Lived Radioisotopes” GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

W.R. Geyer, P. Traykovski, and C.K. Sommerfield “Frontal Convergence Causes Sediment Trapping In The Hudson River Estuary” GSA Annual Meeting, November 5-8, 2001

Harris, C K, Geyer, W R, Traykovski, P, Flood Layer Formation on the Northern California Shelf by Near-bed Gravitational Sediment Flows and Oceanographic Transport, EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 83, No. 8, OS22J-02, Nov. 2002

Styles, R, Glenn, S M, and Traykovski, P, An Evaluation of the Mass-Balance Equation for Suspended Sediments Using an Eddy Diffusivity Parameterization, EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 83, No. 8, OS22K-12, Nov. 2002

P. Traykovski, , W.R. Geyer, C.K. Sommerfield,: Sediment Accumulation via Deposition and Erosion of Fluid mud in the Hudson River Estuary, EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 83, No. 8, OS21J-10, Nov. 2002

Woodruff, J, Geyer, W R, and Traykovski, P A, Sediment Transport and Trapping in the Hudson River Estuary: a Tough Test for a 3-Dimensional Model, , EOS Transactions, AGU Vol. 83, No. 8, OS21J-11, Nov. 2002

Workshops:

LEO-15 Workshop National Underwater Research Center Field station, Tuckerton NJ, 1996

ONR STRATAFORM project annual meeting, 1997, 1998, 1999; shelf group meeting, 2000; modeling group meeting, 2000

ONR EuroSTRATAFORM Program planning meetings 2001/2002

ONR Mine Burial Prediction Program planning meetings 2001/2002