Yvette Spitz

Research Interests

Investigation of the main pathways in marine ecosystems; development of coupled physical-biological models.

Current Research

Use of data-assimilative models in conjunction with observations from long-term time series and Ocean Color data (such as SeaWiFS and MODIS) to modify model pathways and estimate model parameters and errors for the North Pacific carbon cycle; modeling of ecosystem response to upwelling off the Oregon coast; data-assimilative modeling of eutrophication in the North Sea.

William (Bill) Smyth

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Bill Smyth

Research Interests

Turbulence in geophysical flows, thermohaline processes, nonlinear waves.

Current Research

Marginal instability, self-organized criticality, efficiency of ocean mixing, proxies for turbulence over the El Nino-Southern Oscillation cycle, turbulence over forest canopies.

Education

BS, University of Alberta (Honors Physics), 1984
MS, University of Toronto (Physics), 1986
PhD, University of Toronto (Atmospheric Physics), 1990

Eric Skyllingstad

Research Interests

Upper ocean turbulence; mesoscale coastal internal waves; ocean-atmosphere coupling.

Current Research

Simulation of the coastal circulations; modeling of turbulence under sea and ice leads; resonant interaction between surface winds and upper ocean turbulence.

Turbulence Dissipation during a Westerly Windburst: LES Results

Karen Shell

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Karen M. Shell

Research Interests

Climate dynamics; general circulation of the atmosphere; interactions between radiative transfer and the dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean; climate modeling

Current Research

Large-scale feedbacks in climate models; climate sensitivity to radiative forcing; direct radiative effect of mineral aerosols; simplified climate models; melt pond modeling

Kipp Shearman

Research Interests

My research interest is the study of physical processes in coastal ocean. Big, small, long, short, high-frequency, low-frequency, stratified, unstratified, rotating, nonrotating, forced, unforced, surface, bottom, middle – I don’t care. If it’s physics and coastal, I’m interested.

I am most interested in understanding the dynamics of the evolving structure of the density field over the shelf. How it is affected by external forcing and how it in turn affects the circulation within the coastal ocean.

Adam Schultz

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National Geoelectromagnetic Facility

Note to students seeking a Masters or Ph.D. advisor

If studentships are available, you will find them available here. However, since I am approaching retirement, I am not currently accepting new Ph.D. students. Please do not contact me by email if you are interested in being my student - I will not respond. Please check back here periodically to see if any studentships become available.

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