Edward (Ed) Zaron
Associate Professor (Senior Research)
Burt Hall 426A
2651 SW Orchard Avenue
Corvallis, OR 97331
United States
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Current Research Projects
- National Science Foundation Physical Oceanography Program: Collaborative Research: Mapping the kinematics and dynamics of tidal ocean currents with surface drifters
Co-I's: Shane Elipot, University of Miami, & Rick Lumpkin, NOAA - NASA SWOT Science Team: Development of Barotropic and Baroclinic Tide Models in Support of the SWOT Mission
PI: Richard D. Ray, NASA/GSFC; Co-I's: Gary D. Egbert and Zaron.
The Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission is planned for launch in 2020. - NASA Ocean Surface Topography Science Team: Ocean Surface and Internal Tides
PI: Richard D. Ray, NASA/GSFC; Co-I's: Gary D. Egbert and Zaron.
The objective of this project is an improved understanding of surface and internal tides, and their relationship to non-tidal phenomena. - Data Assimilation for the NEPTUNE NWP Model
PI: Liang Xu, NRL-Monterey
Brief Research Interests
Ocean modeling and data assimilation, satellite altimetry, and geophysical fluid dynamics