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

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

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

University of Hawaii, SOEST, International Pacific Research Center:

Colorado State University, Dept. of Atmospheric Science:

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

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

    Greenland Geological Survey, Copenhagen:


    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

    Alan Berman Research Publication Award, NRL, 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2020. U.S. Delegate, Indian Ocean Rim Association Expert Group workshop on capacity building for Indian Ocean operational forecasting system, 17-18-November, 2016. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Principal Investigator, Office of Naval Research, Directed Research Initiatives: "Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical Oscillation (PISTON)", 2016 - now, and "Northern Arabian Sea Circulation -autonomous research (NASCar)", 2014 - now. Science Team Member, Office of Naval Research/Littoral Air-Sea Prosesses/Madden-Julian Oscillation (ONR-LASP-MJO) 2010-now. Science Team Member, Dynamics of the MJO (DYNAMO), since 2010. Convener, Regional and Mesoscale Coupled Air-Sea Modeling, Ocean Science Meeting, 2010. 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), Texas Sea Grant, Louisiana State Board of Regents DEPSCoR Program, Gulf of Maine Regional Marine Research Program, Croatian Science Foundation

    Journal of Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Computational Physics, Climate Dynamics, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, International Journal of Climatology, Atmospheric Science Letters, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Deep-Sea Research I and II, Ocean Dynamics, Global and Planetary Change, Continental Shelf Research, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Pure and Applied Geophysics, Journal of Marine Research, Oceanography, Ocean Modelling, Journal of Marine Systems, Journal of Oceanography, Ocean Engineering, Atmosphere-Ocean; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Journal of Sea Research, Marine Technology Society Journal, Marine Geodesy, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Marine and Freshwater Research, Annales Geophysicae, Journal of Earth System Science, Data, National Weather Digest, African Journal of Marine Science, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology


    Refereed Publications


    Other Publications, Abstracts and Reports


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    Tommy G. Jensen      
    tjensen@hawaii.edu