Doron Nof, Ph.D.
Distinguished Nansen Professor of Physical Oceanography
Publications
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last updated October 1, 2003
I.Professional and Personal History III. Teaching Activities
II. Research Activities   Students Advised
Courses Taught
  Publications
Research Grants		  

Doron Nof
Distinguished Nansen Professor of Physical Oceanography
Florida State University                                                                             ph: 850-644-2736
Department of Oceanography 4320                                                         fax: 850-644-2581
 Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4320                                               email:

 

I.       PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL HISTORY

A.     Degrees

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison (Residency:  Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), 1972-76; M.S., Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (Hydrodynamics), 1970-1972; B.S.,Technion, Israel Institute of Technology (Hydraulic Engineering), 1962-1966

B.     Honors and awards, Professional societies

1.      External

         Fellow, Royal Meteorological Society; elected 1998
          Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); 1995
          Fellow, American Meteorological Society; elected 1993

 

2.      Internal

         Florida State University Superior Honors Teacher Award 1999-2000
          Florida State University Professorial Excellence Program award 1998
          Florida State University Teaching Incentive Program award 1998
          Florida State University Named Professorship 2002
          Florida State University Distinguished Research Professor 2003

C.     University and scientific positions

Professor, Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida (1986-present);  Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Florida State University (1981-1986);   Research Assistant Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida (1979-1981);  Research Associate, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami (1978);  Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Ocean Sciences, British Columbia, Canada (1977)

D.     Other affiliations

Associate, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, Florida State University (1981-present);  Guest investigator and lecturer, Summer Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (portions of summer 1986, 1988, 1997)

E.     Military service

Israeli military: 1966-1970

F.     Professional associations

         American Association for the Advancement of Science (member)
          American Geophysical Union (member)
          American Meteorological Society (Fellow)
          European Geophysical Society (member)
          Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Fellow)
          Royal Meteorological Society (Fellow)
          Sigma Xi (member)

G.     Other forms of professional recognition

Research on parting of the Red Sea (see articles 46 and 56, below) discussed in articles in Science, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Discover, and the Britannica 1994 Yearbook of Science and the Future, and on the Public Broadcast Service (PBS). The oceanographic effects of China's Three Gorges Dam is discussed in Science Newsand Florida State Times.

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II.     Research Activities

A.     Publications
 

Refereed publications in conventional oceanographic literature

 
 
  1. Nof, D., 1978a: On geostrophic adjustment in sea straits and wide estuaries: Theory and laboratory experiments. Part I: One-layer system. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 8, 690-702.
  2. Nof, D., 1978b: On geostrophic adjustment in sea straits and wide estuaries: Theory and laboratory experiments. Part II: Two-layer system. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 8, 861-872.
  3. Nof, D., 1979: Generation of fronts by mixing and mutual intrusion. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 9, 298-310.
  4. Nof, D., 1979: On man-induced variations in the circulation of the Mediterranean Sea. Tellus, 31, 558-564.
  5. Nof, D., 1980: The influence of varying bathymetry on inertial boundary currents. Tellus, 32, 284-295.
  6. Nof, D., 1981: On the dynamics of equatorial outflows with application to the Amazon's basin. J. Mar. Res., 39, 1-29.
  7. Nof, D., 1981: On the beta-induced movement of isolated baroclinic eddies. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 11, 1662-1672.
  8. Nof, D., 1982: On the movements of deep mesoscale eddies in the North Atlantic. J. Mar. Res., 40, 57-74.
  9. Nof, D., 1983: On the response of ocean currents to atmospheric cooling. Tellus, 35, 60-72.
  10. Nof, D., 1983: The translation of isolated cold eddies on a sloping bottom. Deep-Sea Res., 30, 171-182.
  11. Nof, D., 1983: On the migration of isolated eddies with application to Gulf Stream rings. J. Mar. Res., 41, 399-425.
  12. Nof, D. and D. Olson, 1983: On the flow through broad gaps with application to the Windward Passage. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 13, 1940-1956.
  13. Nof, D., 1984: On the interaction between thin isolated eddies and long-shore currents. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 14, 125-137.
  14. Nof, D., 1984: Oscillatory drift of deep cold eddies. Deep-Sea Res., 31, 1395-1414.
  15. Nof, D., 1984: Shock waves in currents and outflows. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 14, 1683-1702.
  16. Nof, D., 1984: On the ellipticity of isolated anticyclonic eddies. Tellus, 37, 77-86.
  17. Cushman-Roisin, B., W. H. Heil and D. Nof, 1985: Oscillations and rotations of elliptical warm-core rings. J. Geophys. Res., 90, 11,756-11,764.
  18. Nof, D., 1985: Joint vortices, eastward propagating eddies and migratory Taylor columns. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15, 1114-1137.
  19. Nof, D. and S. Im, 1985: Suction through broad oceanic gaps. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15, 1721-1732.
  20. Nof, D., 1986: The collision between the Gulf Stream and warm-core rings. Deep-Sea Res., 33, 359-378.
  21. Nof, D., 1986: Geostrophic shock waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 16, 886-901
  22. Nof, D., 1986); Comments on 'The response of intense ocean current systems entering regions of strong cooling.' J. Phys. Oceanogr., 16, 996-999.
  23. Nof, D., 1987: The bifurcation of outflows. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 17, 37-52.
  24. Nof, D., 1987: Penetrating outflows and the dam-breaking problem. J. Mar. Res., 45, 557-577.
  25. Nof, D., 1987: Vorticity control. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 17, 1758-1771.
  26. Nof, D. and L. Simon, 1987: Laboratory experiments on the merging of anticyclonic eddies. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 17, 343-357.
  27. Nof, D., 1988: The fusion of isolated nonlinear eddies. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 887-905.
  28. Nof, D., 1988: Outflows dynamics. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 40, 165-193.
  29. Nof, D., 1988: Draining vortices. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 42, 187-208.
  30. Nof, D. and S. Van Gorder, 1988: The propagation of gravity currents along continental shelves. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 481-491.
  31. Chapman, R. and D. Nof, 1988: The sinking of warm-core rings. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 565-583.
  32. Nof, D., 1988: Eddy- wall interactions. J. Mar. Res., 46, 527-555.
  33. Nof, D., 1988: The propagation of 'streamers' along the periphery of warm-core rings. Deep-Sea Res., 35, 1483-1498
  34. Nof, D. and J. Middleton, 1989: Geostrophic pumping, inflows and upwelling in barrier reefs. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 19, 874-889.
  35. Nof, D. and C. Shi, 1989: Interactions of cold- and warm-core rings with environmental shear. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 19, 890-900.
  36. Nof, D., 1990: Why are some boundary currents blocked by the equator? Deep-Sea Res., 37, 853-874.
  37. Nof, D., 1990: Modons and monopoles on a gamma-plane. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 52, 71-87.
  38. Nof, D., 1990: The role of angular momentum in the splitting of isolated eddies. Tellus, 42, 469-481.
  39. Nof, D., 1990: The breakup of dense filaments. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 880-889.
  40. Paldor, N. and D. Nof, 1990: Linear instability of an anticyclonic vortex in a finite depth ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 18,075-18,080.
  41. Nof, D., 1991: Orbiting eddies. Tellus, 43, 64-67.
  42. Nof, D., 1991: Fission of single and multiple eddies. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 21, 40-52.
  43. Spitz, Y. and D. Nof, 1991: Separation of boundary currents due to bottom topography. Deep-Sea Res., 38, 1-20.
  44. Nof, D., 1991: Lenses generated by intermittent currents. Deep-Sea Res., 38, 325-345.
  45. Nof, D., N. Paldor, and S. VanGorder, 1991: Abyssal gyres. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 58, 173-196.
  46. Nof, D. and N. Paldor, 1992: Are there oceanographic explanations for the Israelites' crossing of the Red Sea? Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 73, 305-314.
  47. Nof, D. and D. Olson, 1993: How do western abyssal currents cross the equator? Deep-Sea Res., 40, 235-255.
  48. Nof, D., 1993: The penetration of Kuroshio water into the Sea of Japan. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 797-807.
  49. Nof, D. and W. Dewar, 1993: The drift of mid-ocean jets. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2313-2325.
  50. Agra, C. and D. Nof, 1993: Collision and separation of boundary currents. Deep-Sea Res., 40, 2259-2282.
  51. Nof, D., 1993: The Beta-induced drift of separated boundary currents. Deep-Sea Res., 40, 2243-2257.
  52. Nof, D., 1993: Generation of ringlets. Tellus, 45, 299-310.Shi, C. and D.
  53. Nof, 1993: The splitting of eddies along boundaries. J. Mar. Res., 51, 771-795.
  54. Shi, C. and D. Nof, 1994: The destruction of lenses and generation of wodons. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 1120-1136.
  55. Nof, D. and W. Dewar, 1994: Alignment of lenses: Laboratory and numerical experiments. Deep-Sea Res., 41, 1207-1229.
  56. Nof, D. and N. Paldor, 1994: Wind statistics over the Red Sea with application to the Exodus question. J. Applied Meteorol., 33, 1017-1025.
  57. Nof, D., 1995: Choked flows and wind-driven interbasin exchange. J. Mar. Res., 53, 23-48.
  58. Nof, D., 1995: Choked flows from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 1369-1383.
  59. Nof, D., 1996: What controls the origin of the Indonesian throughflow? J. Geophys. Res., 101, 12,301-12,314.
  60. Nof, D. and T. Pichevin, 1996: The retroflection paradox. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2344-2358.
  61. Lebedev, I. and D. Nof, 1996: The drifting confluence zone. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2429-2448.
  62. Pichevin, T. and D. Nof, 1996: The eddy cannon. Deep-Sea Res., 43, 1475-1507.
  63. Nof, D., 1996: Rotational turbidity flows and the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake. Deep-Sea Res., 43, 1143-1163.
  64. Nof, D., 1996: Why are rings regularly shed in the western equatorial Atlantic but not in the western Pacific? Prog. Oceanogr., 38, 417-451.
  65. Pichevin, T. and D. Nof, 1997: The momentum imbalance paradox. Tellus, 49, 298-319.
  66. Lebedev, I. and D. Nof, 1997: Collision of boundary currents: Beyond a steady state. Deep-Sea Res., 44, 771-791.
  67. Borisov, S. and D. Nof, 1998: Deep, cross-equatorial eddies. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn., 87, 273-310.
  68. Nof, D., 1998: The 'separation formula' and its application to the Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Res. I, 45, 2011-2033.
  69. Nof, D. and S. Borisov, 1998: Inter-hemispheric oceanic exchange. Q. J. Royal Meteorol. Soc., 124, 2829-2866.
  70. Nof, D. and S. Van Gorder, 1998: Intense nonlinear migrations of the Pacific warm pool. Deep-Sea Res., 46, 1705-1731.
  71. Nof, D. and T. Pichevin, 1999: The establishment of the Tsugaru and the Alboran gyres. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 39-54.
  72. Pichevin, T., D. Nof and J. Lutjeharms, 1999: Why are there Agulhas rings? J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 693-707.
  73. Nof, D. and S. Van Gorder, 1999: A different perspective on the export of water from the South Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 2285-2302.
  74. Nof, D., 1999: Strange encounters of eddies with walls. J. Mar. Res., 57, 1-24.
  75. Nof, D., 2000: Why much of the circulation in the Atlantic enters the Caribbean Sea and very little of the Pacific circulation enters the Sea of Japan. Prog. in Oceanogr., 45, 39-67.
  76. Nof, D., 2000: Does the wind control the import and export of the South Atlantic? J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 2650-2667.
  77. Nof, D. and S. Van Gorder, 2000: Upwelling into the thermocline in the Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Res. I, 47, 2317-2340.
  78. Simmons, H. and D. Nof, 2000: Islands as eddy splitters. J. Mar. Res., 58, 919-956.
  79. Nof, D., 2001: China's development could lead to Bottom Water formation in the Japan/East Sea. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 82, 609-618.
  80. Nof, D. and T. Pichevin, 2001: The ballooning of outflows. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 3045-3058.
  81. Simmons, H. and D. Nof, 2002: The squeezing of eddies through gaps. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 314-335.
  82. Nof, D., 2002: Is there a meridional overturning cell in the Pacific and Indian Oceans? J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 1947-1959.
  83. Nof, D., T. Pichevin and J. Sprintall, 2002: Teddies and the origin of the Leeuwin Current. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32 (9), 2571-25
  84. Nof, D., N. Paldor and S. Van Gorder, 2002: The Reddy maker. Deep-Sea Res. I, 49(9), 1531-1549.
  85. Nof, D., 2002: The Southern Ocean's grip on the northward meridional flow. Prog. Oceanogr., 56(2), 223-247.
  86. Nof, D. and S. Van Gorder, 2002: Did an open Panama Isthmus correspond to an invasion of Pacific water into the Atlantic? J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33(7), 1324-1336.
  87. Paldor, N., A. Sigalov and D. Nof, 2003: The mechanics of eddy transport from one hemisphere to the other. Q. J. Royal Met. Soc., 129(591), 2011-2026.
  88. Arruda, W. and D. Nof, 2003: The Mindanao and Halmahera eddies - twin eddies induced by nonlinearities. J. Phys. Oceanogr., in press.
  89. Nof, D., S. Van Gorder and T. Pichevin, 2003: A different outflow length scale? J. Phys. Oceanogr., in press.
  90. Arruda, W., D. Nof and J. J. O'Brien, 2003: The Ulleung eddy owes its existence to beta and nonlinearities. Deep-Sea Res. I, revised and submitted.
  91. Nof, D. and A. M. De Boer, 2003: From the Southern Ocean to the North Atlantic in the Ekman layer? Bull. Am. Met. Soc., in press.
  92. De Boer, A. M. and D. Nof, 2003: The Bering Strait's grip on the northern hemisphere climate.. Deep-Sea Res., revised and resubmitted. .
  93. De Boer, A. M. and D. Nof, 2003: The island wind-buoyancy paradox. Q. J. Royal Met. Soc., submitted.
  94. De Boer, A. and D. Nof, 2003: The exhaust valve of the North Atlantic. J. Climate, in press.
  95. Huber, M. and D. Nof, 2003: Could the detachment of Australia cause major changes in the meridional overturning cell? Submitted to Antarctic Research Series, American Geophysical Union

Publications in other refereed literature

  1. Nof, D., 1990: The breakup of outflows and the formation of 'Meddies'. The Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits, L. J. Pratt, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 559-566.
  2. Nof, D., 1988: Nonlinear intrusions. Mesoscale/Synoptic Coherent Structures in Geophysical Turbulence, Nihoul & Jamart, eds., Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, 113-134.

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B.     RESEARCH GRANTS

    

Dates

Funding agency

Title

    Amount

 

 

 

1979-81

Office of Naval Research

The Role of Diabatic Heating and Cooling in Boundary Current Dynamics

    $ 39,686

1981-82

Office of Naval Research

Study of the Water Exchange between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean (through the Windward Passage)

       30,054

1982-83

Office of Naval Research

Mesoscale Processes in the Ocean

       48,685

1983-85

Office of Naval Research

Mesoscale Processes in the Ocean

     134,001

1985-87

Office of Naval Research

Mesoscale Processes in the Ocean

     195,460

1987-88

Office of Naval Research

Meso and Large-Scale Processes in the Ocean

     178,190

1989-90

Office of Naval Research

Mesoscale Processes in the Ocean

     182,091

1987-90

National Science Foundation

Theoretical Studies of Eddy-Environment Interaction

     147,658

1988

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Oceanic Current Model Development

         9,950

1989

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Oceanic Current Model Development

         9,950

1990-94

National Science Foundation

Non-linear Eddy-Environment Interactions

     356,850

1991-92

Office of Naval Research

Mesoscale Processes in the Ocean

     161,571

1991-95

National Science Foundation

Nonlinear Processes in High Latitudes

     240,000

1993

Office of Naval Research

Nonlinear Supermesoscale Processes in the Ocean

       34,445

1995-98

National Science Foundation

Flows through Multiple Gaps with Application to the Indonesian Throughflow

     239,000

1995-96

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Studies of Variable Climate Processes

     122,400

1996-99

Office of Naval Research

How Much Water Passes Through each of the Southern Indonesian Passages?

     159,084

1996-99

National Science Foundation

Rings, Eddies and Retroflection as a Mechanism for Inter-basin Exchange

     248,633

1997-98

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Studies of Variable Climate Processes

       76,867

1997-2000

Binational Science Foundation

Reddies as a means of exporting water from the Red Sea

       76,450

1998-01

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Zonal Propagation of Nonlinear Oceanic Anomalies

     133,217

1998-01

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Nonlinear Exchange Processes between the Pacific and the Indian Ocean  (NASA Fellowship)

       66,000

2000-02

National Science Foundation

The Role of Agulhas Rings in the Western South Atlantic

     300,000

2001-02

Office of Naval Research

The Tsushima Warm Current and Its Various Branches

     115,864

2001-04

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Variability of the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden

     288,563
2003-07 NSF The Agulhas-Brazil Current Domino
398,967
2003-06 NASA The Role of the Bering Strait in the
General Oceanic and Circulation Climate
72,000
 

Total

$4,305,748

Note:  The above grants have been used to cover all research expenses save my nine (9) months annual salary which is provided by FSU.

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C.     Visiting scientists and post docs supported by research programs (for periods ranging from one month to a year)
1989 E. Chassignet, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami
1989, 1990, 1993 N. Paldor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
1990  A. Kostianoy, Shirshov Inst. Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
1990  G. Shapiro, Shirshov Inst. Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
1991, 1992  V. Larichev, Shirshov Inst. Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
1992   A. Kubokawa, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
1995  H. Nishigaki, Oita University, Oita, Japan
2000-01,2002 M. Stephens, Spelman College
2003 A. Wåhlin, Oslo University, Norway

D.     Invited and contributed talks (last five years)

         Invited presentations

         1996      “What controls the origin of the Indonesian Throughflow?,” AGU Western Geophysics Meeting, Brisbane, Australia

         1996      “Global Change Effects in the Southwestern Atlantic,” IAI (Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research) Workshop, Miami

         1997      “Meridional transport in the South Atlantic,” SACC (South Atlantic Climate Change) Workshop, Guaruja, Brazil

         1997      “The ‘separation formula’ and the Indonesian Throughflow,” IAMAS/IAPSO 1997 Joint Assembly, Melbourne, Australia

         1998      “The Confluence Zone,” SACC (South Atlantic Climate Change) Workshop, Miami, FL

         1998      “Is there a meridional overturning cell in the Pacific and Indian Oceans?”, Japan Marine Sciences and Technology Center International Symposium, Kyoto, Japan

         1999      “The export of upper water from the Southern Ocean and the associated upwelling,” Slope Front Workshop, Lamont-Doherty, NY

         2000      “Is the meridional overturning cell governed by the wind?”, EGS XXV General Assembly, Nice, France

         2001      “Teddies and their sources,” EGS XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France

        2002      “Teddies and the origin of the Leeuwin Current,” The 2nd Meeting on the Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits, Villefrance, France.

2002      "Teddies and the origin of the Leeuwin Current," The Pedro Ripa Memorial Colloquium, CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico

        2002      "Did an open Panama Isthmus correspond to an invasion of Pacific Water into the Atlantic?;" "Teddies and the origin of the Leeuwin Current;" AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Wellington, New Zealand

2003      "The Reddy Maker," EGS XXVII General Assembly, Nice, France

        2003      "A new outflow length scale?" IUGG2003 Meeting, Sapporo, Japan

  Contributed presentations

         1998      “The separation formula and its application to the upper warm layer in the Atlantic Ocean,” EGS General Assembly, Nice, France

         1999      “The Reddies maker,” Arabian Marginal Seas and Gulfs Workshop, Stennis Space Center, MS

         2000      “Does the wind control the conveyor transport?,” AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Antonio, TX

         2000      “A shallow cell in the Pacific Ocean,” AGU Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Tokyo

         2001      “Is the cross-equatorial flow in the Atlantic driven by high latitude winds or by the cooling of the Noarth Atlantic?”, U.S. CLIVAR Atlantic Meeting, Boulder, CO

         2001      “Is there a meridional overturning cell in the Pacific and Indian Oceans?”, “Could China’s development lead to Bottom Water Formation in the Japan/East Sea?”, and “Teddies and the formation of the Leeuwin Current,” IAPSO 2001 Symposium – An Ocean Odyssey, Mar del Plata, Argentina

         2002      “Fission of single and multiple eddies," EGS General Assembly, Nice France

         2002     The Reddy Maker," "The Southern Ocean's grip on the Northward Meridional Flow," "Did an open Panama Isthmus correspond to an invasion of Pacific water into the Atlantic?" AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California

         2003    "Was there an eastward or westward flow through the open Panama Gateway?," EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France

         2003     "From the Southern Ocean to the North Atlantic in the Ekman layer;" "The Bering Strait's grip on the world climate," IUGG2003 Meeting, Sapporo, Japan

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III.    TEACHING ACTIVITIES
A.     Students for whom I have been the major professor
         S. Im (M.S., 1985)                                               C. Shi (M.S. 1988, Ph.D.,1992)
          L. Simon (M.S., 1986)                                         I. Lebedev (Ph.D., 1995)
         R. Chapman (Ph.D., 1987)                                  S. Borisov (Ph.D., 1996)
         Y. Spitz (M.S., 1989)                                          T. Pichevin (Ph.D., 1996)
         C. Agra (M.S., 1992)                                           H. Simmons (Ph.D., 2000)
          A. M. De Boer (Ph.D., 2003)                             W. Arruda (Ph.D., 2002)
B.     Students for whom I am currently the major professor
         G. Colantuano (currently a Ph.D student)
         C. Sandal (currently a Ph.D. student)
        
C.     Student committees on which I have served other than as major professor (during the past five years)
 
Florida State University:  
S. Murphy (M.S., 1996)     K. Mizoguchi (Ph.D., 2001)
R. Nunez (Ph.D., 1996) L. Zamudio (Ph.D., 2001)
M. Verschell (Ph.D., 1996) L. Zhong (Ph.D., 2001)
S. Kravtsov (Ph.D., 1998) S. Bigorre (currently Ph.D.)
S. Morey (Ph.D., 1999) M. Dottori (currently Ph.D.)
N. Romano (Ph.D., 1999)  H. Huang (currently Ph.D.)
A. Leonardi (Ph.D., 2001) B. Kara (currently Ph.D.)
  E. Kvaleberg (currently Ph.D.)
  J. Li (currently Ph.D.)
  A. Montenegro (currently Ph.D.)
  G. Wang (currently Ph.D.)
Other universities:
         Examiner for J. Waworunto (Ph.D., University of Miami, 1999) and for P. Choboter (Ph.D., 2002, University of Alberta)
         “Opponent” for A. Wåhlin (Ph.D., Göteborg University, Sweden, 2001)
D.     Courses I have taught at Florida State University (during the past five years)
 
OCE 1001   Elementary Oceanography  3 credits Spring 97, Fall 98, Spring 01, Spring 03
OCE 1001   Elementary Oceanography - Honors    3 credits   Spring 95, Fall 97, Fall 99, Spring 02
OCP 5259   Rings and Eddies as a Means of Heat Transfer      3 credits Fall 96, Spring 99
OCP 5253   Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 3 credits   Spring 00, Fall 01
     
     

                                                     

E.     Other forms of teaching and teaching recognition

An instrument developed by me to demonstrate physical oceanic processes to nonscientists was featured on the PBS educational television program “Scientific American Frontiers” (1994).

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