Research
Intro
My current reaserch is focused on the upper ocean response to hurricane forcing. This work is to become my Ph.D. dissertation and is being conducted under the direction of Prof. Tommy Dickey at the Ocena Physics Lab (OPL), UCSB. Becuase of the challenging nature of this problem there are many techniques from different areas of science and mathematics I employ to study the ocean. These include times-series analysis (Fourier analysis, complex demodulation, wavelet analysis), geophysical fluid dynamics (internal wave theory, upper ocean dynamics, energy budgets), computational fluid dynamics, computer modelling (ROMS, PWP, MY, KPP), and biogeochemical dynamics.
In addition to the science and mathematics I am interested in the tools and machines used in oceanograghy. For computer modelling I am using an Origin 2000 supercomputer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasedena. This requires me to understand Unix ( and Linux for my home use), Fortran, and parallel computing. For general computation and data analysis I use Matlab. For higher level control and real time data collecting I used Python. For a birds eye view of things data collected from satellites is a must. I use data from SeaWifs, Sea Winds and MODIS.