Curriculum Vita

Education

Ph.D., Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, The Florida State University. Dissertation title: A Numerical Study of the Seasonal Variability of the Somali Current, December, 1989. Advisor: James J. O'Brien

Ph. D., Physical Oceanography, University of Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy, Physics and Geophysics, May, 1986. Advisor: Gunnar Kullenberg

Cand. Scient. degree, Physical Oceanography University of Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy, Physics and Geophysics, July, 1981

B.Sc., Physics and Geophysics, Dept. of Earth Sciences , University of Aarhus, Denmark, May, 1978

High School Diploma, Grenaa Gymnasium , Denmark, 1973.

Research and Teaching Experience

Naval Research Laboratory, Code 7320, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529:

Oceanographer, since August 2009

QinetiQ North America, Technology Solutions Group, Planning Systems Inc., Stennis Space Center, MS 39529:

Oceanographer, July 2008-August 2009

University of Hawaii, SOEST, International Pacific Research Center:

Associate Researcher, May 1998-July 2008
Affiliate Researcher , Dept. of Oceanography, since August 2001

Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric Science:

Research Scientist, July 1996-May 1998
Research Associate, Nov 1989-June 1996
Lecturer in Physical Oceanography, ( AT770 Graduate course), Fall 1990-Spring 1998

International Research Centre for Computational Hydrodynamics (ICCH), Danish Hydraulic Institute, Denmark:
( - for a summary of the ICCH: The Footprints of ICCH - pdf 3.1MB )

Visiting Scientist, Aug 94- Feb 95, May-July 95 and April-June 96

The Florida State University:

Graduate Research Assistant, Supercomputer Computations Research Institute (SCRI) (now, School of Computational Science ) and Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction Group (MASIG), 1987-89
Graduate Research Assistant, MASIG (now COAPS ), 1985-87

University of Copenhagen, Niels Bohr Institute for Astronomy, Physics and Geophysics, Dept. of Physical Oceanography:

Lecturer in Physical Oceanography (Undergraduate Course), Spring 1985
University Graduate Fellow, 1983-85
Research Assistant, Nordic Council for Physical Oceanography, 1980-83
Assistant Teacher in Physical Oceanography (Undergraduate courses), 1979-84

Greenland Geological Survey, Copenhagen:

Student Assistant, Summer 1978

Professional and Honory Societies

American Meteorological Society , The Oceanography Society , American Geophysical Union
PACON International , Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Chi Epsilon Pi

Professional Activities

National Science Foundation Review Panel for Physical Oceanography, Spring 2005. Editor, J. Climate, 2003-2007. Associate Editor, J. of Climate, Feb 2001- April 2003. Organizer of Mini-Symposium on Indian Ocean Research at the IPRC, Sept 2006. Organizer of IPRC Mini-Workshop on the Indian Ocean (with J. McCreary), Nov 1999. Contributor, SMP-Evaluation Project, NERSC, Lawrence Livermore National Lab., 1995. Science Team Member, Computer Hardware, Advanced Mathematics and Model Physics (CHAMMP) program, US Dept. of Energy, 1992-2000. Course in Programming the Connection Machine System, Los Alamos, 1992. Invited Lecturer in Equatorial Dynamics, WOCE Short Course for Latin American Students, Instituto Oceanografico Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1990. Member of Users Executive Committee, SCRI, 1987-89. Fellow, NATO Advanced Study Institute on Advanced Physical Oceanographic Modelling, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France, 1985.

IPRC Service

Computing Committee, 1998-2008. Public Relations Committee (chair), 1998-2008. Space Committee, 2004-2006. Visitor Committee, 1998-2000. Data Committee, 1998-2000. Ocean Scientific Programmer Search Committee, 1999-2004. Assistant System Administrator Search Committee, 2000-2003. NSF Postdoc Selection Committee 2001. NASA Postdoc Selection Committee 1999.

Reviewer

U.S. Dept of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Louisiana State Board of Regents DEPSCoR Program, Gulf of Maine Regional Marine Research Program

Journal of Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Deep-Sea Research, Ocean Dynamics, Global and Planetary Change, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Journal of Marine Research, Oceanography, Ocean Modelling, Journal of Marine Systems; Ocean Engineering; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Marine and Freshwater Research, Annales Geophysicae, Journal of Earth System Science, National Weather Digest

Refereed Publications

2009: Observations of the North Equatorial Current, Mindanao Current and Kuroshio Current System during the 2006/07 El Nino and 2007/08 La Nina. (With Y. Kashino, N. Espana, F. Syamsudin, K. Richards, P. Dutrieux and A. Ishida. J. Oceanogr. 65, 325-333.
2009: Constructing an idealized model of the North Atlantic Ocean using Slippery Sacks. (With P. T. Haertel, L. Van Roekel). Ocean Modelling 27, 143-159.
2007: Interactions between the Indonesian Throughflow and subsurface circulations in the Pacific Ocean. (With J. P. McCreary, T. Miyama, R. Furue, H.-W. Kang, B. Bang and T. Qu). Prog. Oceanography, 75, 70 - 114.
2007: Introduction. Special Issue on Indian Ocean Climate. J. Climate, 20 , 2869-2871.
2007: Wind-driven response of the northern Indian Ocean to climate extremes. J. Climate, 20, 2978-2993.
2004: Seasonal and Interannual Variations of the North Equatorial Current Bifurcation in a High-Resolution OGCM. J. Geophys. Res., 109, C03040,doi:10.1029/2003JC002013 (With Y. Y. Kim, T. Qu, T. Miyama, H.-W. Kang, H. Mitsudera and A. Ishida)
2004: Simulating upwelling in a large lake using slippery sacks. Mon. Wea. Rev. 132 , 66-77. (With Patrick Haertel and David Randall)
2003: Cross-equatorial pathways of salt and tracers from the northern Indian Ocean: Modelling results. Deep-Sea Research II, 50 , 2111-2128
2003: Structure and dynamics of the Indian-Ocean cross-equatorial cell. Deep-Sea Research II, 50 , 2023-2048. (With T. Miyama, J. McCreary, J. Loschnigg, S. Godfrey and A. Ishida)
2003: Barotropic mode errors in an Indian Ocean model associated with the GWR method. Global and Planetary Change, 37 , 1-18.
2001: Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal Exchange of Salt and Tracers in an Ocean Model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28 , 3967-3970.
2001: Application of the GWR Method to the Tropical Indian Ocean. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129 , 470-485.
1999: Interactions between Vegetation and Climate: Radiative and Physiological Effects of Doubled Atmospheric CO2. (with L. Bounoua, G. Collatz, P. Sellers, D. Randall, D. Dazlich, S. Los, J. Berry, I. Fung, C. Tucker, C. Field). J. Climate , 12 , 309-324.
1998: Open Boundary Conditions in Stratified Ocean Models. J. Marine Syst, 16, 297-322.
1996: Artificial Retardation of Barotropic Waves in Layered Ocean Models. Mon. Wea. Rev. 124, 1272-1283.
1996: A Comparison of the Radiative and Physiological Effects of Doubled CO2 on the Global Climate. Science, 271, 1402-1406, (with P. Sellers, L. Bounoua, G. Collatz, D. Randall, D. Dazlich, S. Los, J. Berry, I. Fung, C. Tucker, C. Field)
1993: Equatorial Variability and Resonance in a Wind-driven Indian Ocean Model. J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 98, p. 22533-22552.
1991: Modelling the Seasonal Undercurrents in the Somali Current System. J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans, 96, p. 22151-22168.
1990: Comparison of a Finite Difference and a Spectral Collocation Reduced Gravity Ocean Model. In Modeling Marine Systems, vol. II, Ed. A. M. Davies, CRC Press, pp. 25-39. (with D. A. Kopriva).
1989: A Numerical Study of the Seasonal Variability of the Somali Current. Doctoral Dissertation, The Florida State University, 137 pp.
1987: Measurements and Analysis of Currents along the Danish West Coast. Dt. Hydrogr. Z. 40, p. 193-213. (with S. Jonsson).
1986: Application of Multi--Level Techniques to the Stommel Problem with irregular Boundaries. In: Advanced Physical Oceanographic Numerical Modelling, Ed. J. J. O'Brien, Reidel Publishing, pp. 87-110.
1986: Barotropic Models of the Wind--Driven Large Scale Ocean Circulation. Licentiate Dissertation. Report No. 48, Dept. of Physical Oceanography, Univ. of Copenhagen, 112 pp.
1981: On the Efficiency of the Wind to generate vertical Mixing. Geophysica 17 , p. 47-61 (with G. Kullenberg).
1981: A case study of Atmospheric Forcing on the Open Baltic Sea. Cand. Scient. Thesis, Dept. of Physical Oceanography, University of Copenhagen, 132pp.

Other Publications, Abstracts and Reports

2009: Cold air outbreak over the Kyroshio Extension Region. Extended abstract. OCEANS 09 MTS/IEEE Biloxi, MS (with T. Cambell, T. A. Smith, R. J. Small and R. Allard)
2009: Hurricane Katrina Simulations using the COAMPS-NCOM-SWAN Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean-Wave Modeling System. International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii. February 10.
2008: Inter-annual Variability and Prediction of Eddies in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali Current Region. Annual Report 2008 to the Office of Naval Research. Grant Number N000140710958. 10 pp.
2007: Modeling near-shore circulation, waves and advection-dispersion of dissolved and suspended substances in Kaneohe Bay. Poster. NOAA PRIDE investigators meeting and Pacific Region Data and Visualization Workshop. Honolulu, Hawaii.
2007: Inter-annual Variability and Prediction of Eddies in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali Current Region. Annual Report to the Office of Naval Research. Grant Number N000140710958. 6 pp.
2006: Lagrangian simulations of tropical instability waves. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS54L-04. (with P. Haertel)
2005: Influences of the Indonesian Throughflow on baroclinic circulations in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. IAG/IAPSO/IABO Joint Assembly, Abstract no. 156, Cairns, Australia (with J. McCreary, H.-W. Kang, T. Miyama, B. Bang and T. Qu)
2003: What controls the seasonal variation of the Pacific North Equatorial Current bifurcation latitude? Spring meeting of the Oceanographic Society of Japan, March, Tokyo, Japan. (with T. Miyama, J. P. McCreary, Y. Y. Kim, T. Qu and A. Ishida)
2002: Cross-equatorial transport of drifters, tracers and salinity anomalies in an Indian Ocean model. WOCE Conference, San Antonio, TX. Abstract.
2002: Bifurcation of the Pacific North Equatorial Current in Models and in Observations. PACON 2002, Chiba, Japan. Abstract, (with H.-W. Kang, Y. - Y. Kim, T. Miyama, H. Mitsudera, T. Qu, B. Bang, and A. Ishida)
2002: Baroclinic structures of the Indonesian Throughflow and the Indian Ocean in numerical ocean models EOS Trans. 83 (4), Ocean Science Meet., Suppl., Abstract OS21K-05. (with T. Miyama, H. Kang, H. Mitsudera and B. Bang)
2002: Bifurcation of the Pacific North Equatorial Current From Model Simulations and Re-analysed Hydrography. EOS Trans. 83 (4), Ocean Science Meet., Suppl., Abstract OS11N-08. (with T. Miyama, B. Bang, H.-W. Kang, H. Mitsudera and T. Qu)
2001: Lagrangian view of the cross-equatorial roll in the Indian Ocean IAPSO/WOCE Symposium, October 21-26, Mar del Plata, Argentina. (with T. Miyama, J. P. McCreary, J. Loschnigg and A. Ishida)
2001: Modeling Low-Latititude Western Boundary Currents and the Indonesian Throughflow using POM. 2001 POM Users' Workshop, Boulder, Colorado. (with B. Bang, T. Miyama, H. Mitsudera and T. Qu)
2001: A Model Study of Exchanges of Salt and Tracers in the Northern and Equatorial Indian Ocean. 11th Conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere, San Diego, May 2001, American Meteorological Society, p. 150-153.
2000: A Gravity Wave Retardation method applied to an Indian Ocean model. Eos, Transactions, Vol. 81, No. 48, p. 718.
2000: Structure and Dynamics of the Indian Ocean Cross-Equatorial Cell. Eos, Transactions, Vol. 81, No. 48, p. 738. (with Miyama, T., J. McCreary, S. Godfrey, J. Loschnigg and A. Ishida)
2000: Mixed layer processes and parameterizations in high resolutiom ocean models. Final Report, U.S. DOE/ER/62167-3, 32 pp.
2000: Cross equatorial transport in the Indian Ocean. Symposium on Indo-Pacific Climate, Tokyo, 2000. Proceedings, p. 36.
1999: Computational Benchmarks of IPRC Ocean Models. SOEST 99-03, 15 pp.
1999: High resolution Indian Ocean modelling. Workshop: "Toward the Prediction of Global Change", Feb 25-26, Frontier Research System for Global Change, Tokyo, Japan, 3 pp.
1998: Description of a Thermodynamic Ocean Modelling System (TOMS). Atmospheric Science Paper No. 670, Colorado State University, 50 pp.
1998: A Thermodynamic Ocean Modelling System with application to the Pacific and Indian Oceans. The International Symposium TRIANGLE '98, Sept 29 - Oct 2, Kyoto, Japan. Proceedings, 207-216.
1998: Sensitivity of the tropical Pacific Ocean circulation to inaccuracies in surface flux forcing. Abstract. Ninth conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere, Phoenix, Arizona, 87-90.
1998: Interannual oceanic variability in an OGCM forced by ECMWF reanalysis. Abstract. Ninth conference on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere, Phoenix, Arizona. (with T. Ringler, D. Dazlich and D. Randall)
1997: Experiments with a Thermodynamic Ocean Modelling System using an Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian vertical representation. Abstract. EOS Transactions, 79, no. 1 suppl., OS133-134.
1997: Lecture Notes in Physical Oceanography (AT770), 2.ed., 97 pp.
1997: Coupling the CSU AGCM to POP. Poster Session. ARM/CHAMMP Joint Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. (with T. Ringler, D. Dazlich and D. Randall)
1996: Parameterization of Penetrative Convection with Application to the Greenland Sea. In: European Subpolar Oceans Project (ESOP). Sea ice-ocean interaction. Ed. P. Wadhams et al. Final Report, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge, UK, p. 180-213. (with P. Berg, H. J. Vested and E. B. Rasmussen).
1996: Parameterizations in High Resolution Isopycnal Wind-Driven Ocean Models. Final Report, U.S. DOE/ER/61440-4, 15 pp.
1996: Mixed Layer Processes and Parameterizations in High Resolution Ocean Models. Progress Report, U.S. DOE/ER/62167-1, 7 pp.
1996: A GWR method for multi-layer ocean models.In: Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, A. Staniforth, ed. Rep. 23, WMO/TD No. 734., 8.24--25.
1996: Dispersion relations for compressible internal waves. ICCH Internal Note, 8 pp.
1996: Note on internal waves. ICCH Internal Note, 4 pp.
1996: Note on the use of artificial compressibility. ICCH Internal Note, 4 pp.
1996: Artificial gravity wave retardation in ocean layer models. Abstract. EOS. Trans. 76, No. 3 (suppl).
1995: A one-dimensional mixed layer ocean and sea ice model with prescribed oceanic heat transport. Atmospheric Science Paper No. 593, Colorado State University, 46 pp. (with D. Dazlich and D. A. Randall)
1995: Open Boundary Conditions in Stratified Seas. Abstract. The International Association of the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO), Poster Session on 'Coastal Ocean Interaction with the Open Ocean', XXI General Assembly, 5-12 August, 1995, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1995: Parameterizations in High Resolution Isopycnal Wind-Driven Ocean Models. Description of a Thermodynamic Ocean Modelling System (TOMS). Progress Report, U.S. DOE/ER/61440-3, 24 pp.
1995: Parameterization of convection using eddy-viscosity. ICCH Internal Note, 5 pp.
1995: Non-dimensional numbers in fluid dynamics. ICCH Internal Note, 3 pp.
1995: Flow relaxation scheme applied to open boundaries. ICCH Internal Note, 14 pp.
1995: Eddy-viscosity reduction due to stratification. ICCH Internal Note, 6 pp.
1995: Asselin filter, ICCH Internal Note, 2. pp.
1994: Development of a Quasi-Isopycnal Ocean Model. In: Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, G.J. Boer, ed. Rep. 19, WMO/TD No. 592.
1994: Parameterizations in High Resolution Isopycnal Wind-Driven Ocean Models. Progress Report, U.S. DOE/ER/61440-2, 5 pp.
1994: Resonant Equatorial Basin Modes in an Indian Ocean Model. Abstract, AGU Ocean Science Meeting, San Diego, EOS Trans., 75, no. 3,(suppl.).
1994: A Quasi-Isopycnal Upper Ocean Model for Climate Modelling. Fifth Symposium on Climate Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Nashville, p. 77-80.
1993: Parameterizations in High Resolution Isopycnal Wind-Driven Ocean Models. Progress Report, U.S. DOE/ER/61440-1, 4 pp.
1993: Resonant Forcing of the Equatorial Indian Ocean.In: Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, G.J. Boer, ed. Rep. 18, WMO/TD No. 533.
1993: Climate Model Development at CSU . In: Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, G.J. Boer, ed. Rep.18, WMO/TD No. 533, (with D. A. Randall et al.)
1992: Modeling of Low-Latitude Western Boundary Currents in the Indian Ocean. G.J. Boer, ed., Rep. No. 17, WMO/TD No.467.
1992: Present Climate Simulations with a Coupled Atmospheric GCM and Ocean Mixed Layer and Sea Ice Model. G.J. Boer, ed., Rep. No. 17, WMO/TD No.467. (with D.A. Dazlich and D.A. Randall).
1991: Numerical Modelling of the East African Coastal Current. Abstract, AGU Ocean Science Meeting, New Orleans, EOS Trans., {\bf 72}, no. 51,(suppl.).
1991: Coupling of the CSU GCM to a Simple Ocean and Sea Ice Model. Fifth Conference on Climate Variations, American Meteorological Society, Denver.(with D. A. Randall and D. A. Dazlich), p. 321-322.
1991: Coupling of a Simple Thermodynamic Ocean Mixed Layer and Sea Ice Model to the CSU General Circulation Climate Model. The Oceanography Society, Second Scientific Meeting, St. Petersburg. (with D. A. Randall and D. A. Dazlich)
1990: Lecture Notes to AT770 Physical Oceanography. 46 pp. + figures.
1990: Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Modelling. In: Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, G.J. Boer, ed., Rep. No. 14, WMO/TD No.396. (with D.A Randall, D. A. Dazlich and W. Jiang)
1990: Indian Ocean Modelling. In: Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, G.J. Boer, ed., Rep. No. 14, WMO/TD No.396.
1990: Remote Forcing of the Undercurrents in the Somali Current. EOS Trans., {\bf 71}, no. 43, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
1990: Modelling the Seasonal Undercurrents in the Somali Current System. FSU-SCRI-90E-144. Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State Univ.
1990: Modelling the Variability in the Wind-Driven Circulation in the Indian Ocean on Intraseasonal to Interannual Time Scales. TOGA Scientific Conference, Hawaii. (with M. Luther)
1990: A Numerical Simulation of the Tropical Indian Ocean Circulation Forced by Seasonal Winds. FSU-SCRI-90-110. Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State Univ.
1990: Numerical Simulation of the Seasonal Variability of the Somali Current. EOS Trans.{\bf 71}, no. 2, Abstract, AGU Ocean Science Meeting, New Orleans.
1989: Visualization of Somali Current Variability in Numerical Models. EOS Trans. {\bf 70}, no. 43, Abstract, AGU Meeting, San Francisco. (with M. Luther and J. J. O'Brien)
1988: Comparison of a Finite Difference and a Spectral Collocation Reduced Gravity Ocean Model. FSU-SCRI-88-65. Supercomputer Computations Research Institute, Florida State Univ.(with D. A. Kopriva).
1988: A Multi-layer Ocean Model of the Indian Ocean. In: Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, G.J. Boer, ed. Rep. No. 11, WMO/TD No. 263.
1987: Measurements and Analysis of Currents along the Danish West Coast. FSU-SCRI-87-46. (with S. J\'onsson).
1987: Barotropic and Baroclinic Instability. Lecture Notes, Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction Group, Florida State University, 28 pp.
1986: Wind--Driven Barotropic Circulation. Computer Produced Movie, 7 min. (with J. Merritt).
1985: The Jutland Current. Fall 1984 and Spring 1985. ICES Hydrography Committee, C.M. 36/ Sess. R (with O. V. Olsen).
1985: Current conditions along the Danish West Coast. ICES Hydrography Committee, C.M. 35, (with S. Jonsson).
1984: Numerisk Modellering af den vinddrevne cirkulation -- Et simpelt eksempel. Lecture Notes (in Danish). Geofysisk Institut, Afd. for Fysisk Oceanografi, K\o benhavn Universitet, 19pp.
1984: The Jutland Current. ICES Hydrography Committee, C.M. 6. (with G. Kullenberg and O. V. Olsen).
1983: The Jutland Current. A carrier of signals from the North Sea into the Kattegat. ICES Hydrography Committee, C.M. 5. (with G. Kullenberg and O. V. Olsen).
1983: Observations of Inertial Oscillations and Vertical Mixing During a Storm. Report No. 46, Institute of Physical Oceanography, University of Copenhagen, 42 pp.
1980: Some results on the energy transfer from the wind to the water during BOSEX 77. ICES Hydrographic Committee, C.M. 10 (with G. Kullenberg).

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