My research focuses on the subsurface circulation of Canada's marginal seas. How are the deeper water masses ventilated? How do these ventilation signals propagate through the system, and do they vary in time and space? What tools can we use to study the circulation dynamics, and how does this circulation distribute pollutants? I aim to answer these questions primarily from direct measurements, though I also incorporate outputs from regional models into my analyses. I also like to build simple instrumentation to help me answer these questions.
2017 - present: PhD Oceanography, University of British Columbia
2014 - 2017: Research Technician, Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study
2013 - 2014: MetOcean Scientist, Fugro EMU
2010 - 2013: BSc Oceanography, University of Southampton
Cheng Kuang, Samuel W. Stevens, Rich Pawlowicz, Maria T. Maldonado, Jay T. Cullen, and Roger Francois, Factors controlling the temporal variability and spatial distribution of dissolved cadmium in the coastal Salish Sea, Continental Shelf Research, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2022.104761
S. W. Stevens, R. Pawlowicz, and S. E. Allen, A Study of Intermediate Water Circulation in the Strait of Georgia Using Tracer-Based, Eulerian, and Lagrangian Methods, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-20-0225.1
S. W. Stevens, R. J. Johnson, G. Maze & N. R. Bates, A recent decline in North Atlantic subtropical mode water formation, Nature Climate Change, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0722-3
