C. L. Vincent, W. G. Grosskopf, J. M. McTamany; Transformation of storm wave spectra in shallow water observed during the ARSLOE storm, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'82 Conference, pp. 920 - 925, September 1982.
William G. Grosskopf was born in Niagara Falls, NY, on December 22, 1955. He received the B.C.E. and M.C.E. degrees from the University of Delaware, Newark, in 1977 and 1979, respectively. His work at the graduate level concentrated on coastal and ocean engineering.He has been with ARCTEC, Inc., Columbia, MD, since mid-1982, where his concentration has been in wave hindcasting, storm surge modeling, and the siting of coastal structures based on wave and sedimentation effects. The work has involved physical, analytical and numerical modeling of ocean and coastal systems. He has also designed, constructed and deployed oceanographic measurement systems, particularly in the area of directional wave and current monitoring in shallow coastal areas. During 1980-1982 Mr. Grosskopf worked as a hydraulic engineer at the US Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC), Ft. Belvoir, VA. There he participated in shallow water wave attenuation and tidal modeling efforts, as well as in the development of a shallow water directional wave measurement and analysis system for CERC.