Ben R. Hodges
University of Texas at Austin
Estuaries
Publication Types:
Integrating hydrodynamic and oil spill trajectory models for nowcasts/forecasts of Texas bays
.ConferenceEstuariesHazards/RisksOil Spills
I. Rosenzweig and B.R. Hodges, “Integrating hydrodynamic and oil spill trajectory models for nowcasts/forecasts of Texas bays.” Poster session presented at Gordon Research Conference - Coastal Ocean Modeling; June 26 - July 1, 2011; Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Publication year: 2011
.ReportEstuariesHydrologyWater Quality
S. Vaugh, R. Freund, T. Arsuffi, D. Buzan, K. Dunton, B.R. Hodges, D. Hoeinghaus, R. Smith, L. Stewart, G. Stunz, J. Tunnell, L. Williams, Environmental Flows Recommendations Report, Final Submission to the Environmental Flows Advisory Group, Nueces River and Corpus Christi and Baffin Bays Basin and Bay Area Stakeholders Committee and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, 285 pages, October 2011. http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/assets/public/permitting/watersupply/water_rights/eflows/20111028nuecesbbest_recommendations.pdf
Publication year: 2011
Case Study: A thin-layer gravity current with implications for desalination brine disposal
.Journal ArticleDesalination BrineEstuariesFluid MechanicsNumerical MethodsWater Quality
Hodges, B.R., J.E. Furnans and P.S. Kulis (2011), “Case Study: A thin-layer gravity current with implications for desalination brine disposal,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 137(3):356-371, Mar., 2011. http://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000310
Publication year: 2011
The Importance of Mixing and Isolation Time for Desalination Brine Discharge
.ConferenceDesalination BrineDissolved GasEstuariesHazards/Risks
B.R. Hodges, “The Importance of Mixing and Isolation Time for Desalination Brine Discharge,” Proceedings of the International Engineering Conference on Hot Arid Regions (IECHAR 2010), Al-Ahsa Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, March 1-2, 2010, pp. 235-240.
Publication year: 2010
Review of the St Johns River Water Supply Impact Study: Report 3
.BookEstuariesHydrologyNumerical MethodsRiversWater Quality
P.L. Brezonik, M.S. Fennessy, B.R. Hodges, J.R. Karr, M.S. Peterson, J. L. Pinckney, J.I. Restrepo, R.C. Steiner, J.C. Stevenson, Review of the St Johns River Water Supply Impact Study: Report 3, National Academies Press, 41 pgs., 2010. ISBN 978-0-309-16404-7 http://www.nap.edu/download.php?record_id=13052
Publication year: 2010
Modeling hydrodynamic fluxes through the Nueces River Delta
.ConferenceEstuariesNumerical Methods
A.J. Ryan and B.R. Hodges, “Modeling hydrodynamic fluxes through the Nueces River Delta.” 2010 Biennial Gulf Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Port Aransas, Texas, Nov. 3-4. 2010.
Publication year: 2010
Integrating hydrodynamic and oil spill trajectory models for nowcasts/forecasts of Texas bays
.ConferenceEstuariesHazards/RisksOil Spills
I. Rosenzweig and B.R. Hodges, “Integrating hydrodynamic and oil spill trajectory models for nowcasts/forecasts of Texas bays.” 2010 Biennial Gulf Estuarine Research Society Meeting, Port Aransas, Texas, Nov. 3-4. 2010.
Publication year: 2010
Review of the St Johns River Water Supply Impact Study: Report 2
.BookEstuariesHydrologyRiversWater Quality
P.L. Brezonik, M.S. Fennessy, B.R. Hodges, J.R. Karr, M.S. Peterson, J. L. Pinckney, J.I. Restrepo, R.C. Steiner, J.C. Stevenson, Review of the St Johns River Water Supply Impact Study: Report 2, National Academies Press, 18 pgs., 2009. ISBN 978-0-309-14854-2 http://www.nap.edu/download.php?record_id=12827
Publication year: 2009
Review of the St Johns River Water Supply Impact Study: Report 1
.BookEstuariesHydrologyRiversWater Quality
P.L. Brezonik, M.S. Fennessy, B.R. Hodges, J.R. Karr, M.S. Peterson, J. L. Pinckney, J.I. Restrepo, R.C. Steiner, J.C. Stevenson, Review of the St Johns River Water Supply Impact Study: Report 1, National Academies Press, 94 pgs., 2009. ISBN 978-0-309-14222-9 http://www.nap.edu/download.php?record_id=12733
Publication year: 2009
Modeling the 2D/3D coupling to simulate the movement of the brine plume
.ConferenceDesalination BrineEstuariesNumerical Methods
B.R. Hodges, “Modeling the 2D/3D coupling to simulate the movement of the brine plume.” International Symposium Technological Advances in the Design and Control of Brine Discharge into the Sea. Valencia (Spain), 5-6 October 2009.
Publication year: 2009
A multimodel approach to modeling bay circulation in shallow bay-ship channel systems
.Supervised ThesisEstuariesNumerical Methods
D. Pothina, A multimodel approach to modeling bay circulation in shallow bay-ship channel systems, Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 147 pgs. May 2009.
Publication year: 2009
The physics of episodic hypoxia in Corpus Christi Bay
.ConferenceDesalination BrineDissolved GasEstuariesFluid Mechanics
B.R. Hodges, “The physics of episodic hypoxia in Corpus Christi Bay,” Ninth Biennial Basics of the Basin Research Symposium and Gulf Estuarine Research Society Meeting, November 5-7, 2008. University of New Orleans, 4 pgs.
Publication year: 2008
Isolation time and hypoxia in a dense gravity current
.ConferenceDesalination BrineDissolved GasEstuariesFluid MechanicsHazards/Risks
P. Kulis and B.R. Hodges, “Isolation time and hypoxia in a dense gravity current.” 12th Workshop on Physical Processes in Natural Waters, Univ. of California at Davis, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, Incline Village, NV, Sept. 2-5, 2008.
Publication year: 2008
Including drag and inertia in drifter modeling
.Journal ArticleEstuariesNumerical MethodsOil Spills
Furnans, J.E., J. Imberger and B.R. Hodges (2008), “Including drag and inertia in drifter modeling,” Environmental Modelling and Software, 23(6):714-728, Jun., 2008. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.09.010
Publication year: 2008
Gravity Current Entrainment in Shallow Wind-Dominated Systems
.ConferenceEstuariesFluid MechanicsNumerical Methods
P.S. Kulis and B.R. Hodges, “Gravity Current Entrainment in Shallow Wind-Dominated Systems.” Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 2-7, 2008.
Publication year: 2008
Web Services Facilitate Hypoxia Modeling of Corpus Christi Bay, Texas
.ConferenceDissolved GasEstuariesHazards/Risks
K. Nelson, P. Montagna, D. Maidment, B.R. Hodges, E. To, P. Kulis, B. Minsker and E. Coopersmith, “Web Services Facilitate Hypoxia Modeling of Corpus Christi Bay, Texas.” Estuarine Research Federation Biennial Meeting, Providence RI, 4-8 November, 2007.
Publication year: 2007
Two-Layer Modeling of a Gravity Current in a Shallow Bay
.ConferenceEstuariesNumerical Methods
P.S. Kulis and B.R. Hodges, “Two-Layer Modeling of a Gravity Current in a Shallow Bay.” 10th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, Newport, Rhode Island, Nov. 5-7, 2007.
Publication year: 2007
Thin-layer gravity currents in a shallow estuary
.ConferenceDesalination BrineDissolved GasEstuariesFluid MechanicsHazards/Risks
B.R. Hodges and J.E. Furnans, “Thin-layer gravity currents in a shallow estuary”, Proceedings of the 18th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia. Electronic Proceedings (CD-ROM), 6 pgs., June 3-6, 2007.
Publication year: 2007
Modeling a Thin Underflow in a Shallow Bay
.ConferenceEstuariesNumerical Methods
P.S. Kulis and B.R. Hodges, “Modeling a Thin Underflow in a Shallow Bay.” Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Modeling, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, June 17-22, 2007.
Publication year: 2007
Integrating Sensor Data and Informatics to Improve Understanding of Hypoxia in the WATERS Network Testbed at Corpus Christi Bay, Texas
.ConferenceDissolved GasEstuariesHazards/Risks
E. Coopersmith, P. Kulis, A. Brouwer, P. Montagna, B.R, Hodges, B. Minsker, and D. Maidment, “Integrating Sensor Data and Informatics to Improve Understanding of Hypoxia in the WATERS Network Testbed at Corpus Christi Bay, Texas.” Eos Trans. AGU 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H13A-0976, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 10-14, 2007.
Publication year: 2007
Integrated Data Acquisition Communication and Control (IDACC) System to Capture Episodic Events in Nearshore Environments
.ConferenceEstuariesHazards/RisksNumerical Methods
M.S. Islam, J. Bonner, T. Ojo, C. Paige, D. Maidment, B.R. Hodges, B.S. Minsker and P. Montagna, “Integrated Data Acquisition Communication and Control (IDACC) System to Capture Episodic Events in Nearshore Environments,” AEESP Conference, J Blacksburg, Virginia, July 28-Aug 1, 2007.
Publication year: 2007
An Environmental Information System for Hypoxia in Corpus Christi Bay: A WATERS Network Testbed
.ConferenceDissolved GasEstuariesHazards/RisksNumerical Methods
E. Coopersmith, B.S. Minsker, D. Maidment, B.R. Hodges, J. Bonner, T. Ojo and P. Montagna, “An Environmental Information System for Hypoxia in Corpus Christi Bay: A WATERS Network Testbed”, ASCE-EWRI World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, 14 pgs., Tampa, Florida, USA, May 15-19, 2007.
Publication year: 2007
An Environmental Information System for Hypoxia in Corpus Christi Bay: A WATERS Network Testbed
.ConferenceDissolved GasEstuariesHazards/RisksNumerical Methods
E. Coopersmith, B.S. Minsker, D. Maidment, B.R. Hodges, J. Bonner, T. Ojo and P. Montagna, “An Environmental Information System for Hypoxia in Corpus Christi Bay: A WATERS Network Testbed,” AEESP Conference, Blacksburg, Virginia, July 28-Aug 1, 2007.
Publication year: 2007
Three dimensional circulation of Corpus Christi Bay
.ConferenceEstuariesNumerical Methods
P.S. Kulis, B.R. Hodges and D. Pothina, “Three dimensional circulation of Corpus Christi Bay,” Gulf Estuarine Research Society Fall Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas, November 2-4, 2006.
Publication year: 2006
Salinity induced hypoxia in a south Texas bay mimics potential impacts of desalination activities in coastal waters
.ConferenceDesalination BrineEstuariesHazards/Risks
J. Furnans, C.G. Guthrie, and B.R. Hodges, “Salinity induced hypoxia in a south Texas bay mimics potential impacts of desalination activities in coastal waters,” Proceedings of the ASLO Summer Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 4-9, 2006.
Publication year: 2006
Modeling gravity currents in shallow bays using a sigma coordinate model
.ConferenceEstuariesNumerical Methods
P.S. Kulis, and B.R. Hodges, “Modeling gravity currents in shallow bays using a sigma coordinate model”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Electronic Proceedings, 8 pgs., Philadelphia, PA, September 11-13, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1458
Publication year: 2006
Modeling a gravity current in Corpus Christi Bay using a sigma coordinate model
.ConferenceEstuariesNumerical Methods
P.S. Kulis, J. Furnans and B.R. Hodges, “Modeling a gravity current in Corpus Christi Bay using a sigma coordinate model,” 15th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Electronic Proceedings (CD-ROM), University of Colorado at Boulder, June 25-30, 2006.
Publication year: 2006
Increasing the knowledge of stratification in shallow coastal environments
.ConferenceDissolved GasEstuariesHazards/Risks
T. Ojo, J. Bonner, B.R. Hodges, D. Maidment, P. Montagna, and B. Minsker. “Increasing the knowledge of stratification in shallow coastal environments,” American Geophysical Union EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,Abstract #H21F-1434, San Francisco, California, Dec 11-15, 2006, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2006AGUFM.H21F1434O
Publication year: 2006
Evidence of a thin-layer gravity current in Corpus Christi Bay
.ConferenceDesalination BrineDissolved GasEstuaries
B.R. Hodges and J.E. Furnans, “Evidence of a thin-layer gravity current in Corpus Christi Bay” Gulf Estuarine Research Society Fall Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas, November 2-4, 2006.
Publication year: 2006
Desalination brine discharge model
.ReportDesalination BrineEstuaries
Hodges, B.R., P.S. Kulis, C.H. David (2006), Desalination brine discharge model, Final Report, submitted to Texas Water Development Board under Interagency Cooperation Contract 2005-001-059. 205 pgs. Aug. 30, 2006.
Publication year: 2006