Shane K. Y. ELIPOT
Scripps Institution of
Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive - mail code 0230
La Jolla, CA 92037-0230, U.S.A.
phone:+1 (858) 822
4458 fax:+1 (858) 534 9820
email: selipot@ucsd.edu
I have been a graduate student in the Physical Oceanography Curricular Group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Since September 2001. I am enrolled in the Ph.D. program. My advisor is professor Sarah Gille ( Sarah's web site ).
Research Interests:
The title of my thesis proposal is "Spectral
characterization of the Southern Ocean surface circulation from surface
drifters". The goal is to link the characteristics of the surface flow
of the Southern Ocean to the wind forcing. Another aspect of my research
is the study of ocean currents polarizations their consequences for
the global dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
Education:
My curriculum vitae is available in html or pdf format.
Conferences, Talks and Abstracts:
Do not hesitate to contact me if you want to
comment on my posters or abstracts or if you are interested in my
research.
- Ocean Sciences 2006 - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - February 2006 - Wind Energy Input into Ekman Motions and Vertical Viscosity: A Spectral View - (abstract, small poster handout in pdf)
- July 2005 - exchange seminar with CISECE,
Ensenada, Mexico - Wind Energy Input into Ekman motions in the Southern
Ocean.
- Ocean Sciences 2004 - Portland, OR, USA - January 2004 - abstract - Frequency dependent wind-driven currents from drifters in the Southern Ocean - poster (compressed
Postscript
or pdf)
- November 2003 - invited talk at Ifremer
, Brest, France - Spectral characterization of drifter and altimeter-derived velocities
in the Southern Ocean.
- From TOPEX-Poseïdon to JASON - Science Working Team meeting
- Arles, France -
November 2003 - abstract and
poster (compressed Postscript
or pdf)
- WOCE and Beyond - San Antonio, TX, USA - November 2002 - poster (compressed Postscript
or pdf)
Publication(s):
- A Spectral view of the Wind Energy Input to the Ekman Layer in the Southern Ocean based on Surface Drifter Data - submitted to the Journal of Physical Oceanography - June 1, 2006 unpublished manuscript
- Vertical viscosity estimates in the Southern Ocean from drifter data - in preparation
- Spectral characterization of Ekman velocities in the Southern Ocean based on surface drifter trajectories - Ph.D. dissertation - link to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Technical Report
Experiences at sea:
- Feb-Mar 2004 : CTD watch and satellite data analysis, R/V Gould,
Blue Water Zone cruise : we were in Drake Passage investigating the
Phytoplankton gradient in The Shackelton Fracture Zone. Link to the photo album of this cruise.
- Feb-Mar 2003 : LADCP/CTD watch, R/V Melville, AUCE cruise:
Agulhas Current, 32 days. During this cruise, we attempted to
characterize the Agulhas
Undercurrent.
- Jun-Aug 1999 : Scientific assistant for Laboratoire des Sciences
du Climat et de l'Environnement, R/V Marion Dufresne, IMAGES V
paleoceanographic campaign, legs 2 & 3:
Quebec-Reykjavik-Tromsø, 42 days.
Classes material:
I attended the 2005 summer school on Lagrangian Oceanography at the
Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island,
organized by Thomas Rossby and Andrew Bennett. Here is the link to the pictures.
Here is the presentation for the observational seminar
about wind stress climatologies in pdf format:
climatologies
During summer 2004, I organized with Guillaume Mauger the Climate and Physical Oceanography Students
Summer Seminar Series.
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