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electronic reserves
April 9: Elena Brambilla. EGS practice talk
Fratantoni D., "North Atlantic surface circulation during the 1990s observed with satellite-tracked drifters", JGR, 106, C10, 22,067-22,093, 2001.April 16: Yueng Lenn. Momentum Measurements
Cherniawsky, J. Y. and W. R. Crawford. "Comparison between weather buoy and Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set wind data for the west coast of Canada", JGR, 101, C8, 18377-89, 1996.
Fairall, C. W., E. F. Bradley, J. E. Hare, A. A. Grachev, and J. B. Edson, "Bulk Parameterization of Air-Sea Fluxes: Updates and Verification for the COARE Algorithm", J. Climate, 16, 4, 571-591, 2003.
Melville, W. K., and P. Matusov, "Distribution of breaking waves at the ocean surface", Nature, 417, 58 - 63, 2002 (02 May).
Perrie, W. and L. Wang. "On the Overdetermination of Friction Velocity (u)", J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 2177-2178, 1995.
Hasse, L. and S. Smith, 1997. "Local Sea Surface Wind, Wind Stress, and Sensible and Latent Heat Fluxes." J. Climate, 10(11): 2711-2724.
Grachev, A.A., C.W. Fairall, J.E. Hare, J.B. Edson, and S.D. Miller, 2003. "Wind stress vector over ocean waves." J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33(11): 2408-2429.
The ATOC Consortium, 1998. "Ocean Climate Change : Comparison of Acoustic Tomography, Satellite Altimetry, and Modeling", Science, 281(28): 1327-1332.
Hu and Liu, 2003. "Oceanic thermal and biological responses to Santa Ana winds", Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(11): 1596.
The observational seminar meets on Friday from 12:00-1:00 during the academic quarters, in Nierenberg Hall 400. The seminar is open to all. It is a forum for informal discussion of current literature on observational aspects of physical oceanography and for presentation of individual's work in progress. The subject matter for each quarter is determined by the participants, weighted towards the preferences of the enrolled students.
Reading each week is chosen to complement the topic. Normally the reading can be downloaded from UCSD's electronic reserves or directly from the journal. Readings that are not available electronically are placed in the NH reading room.
Enrolled students are expected to come prepared to participate in discussions and ask questions based on the reading material.