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PhD Projects

Peng Yu, 2006, Development of new techniques for assimilating satellite altimetry data into ocean models — JPL, CA
Anthony Arguez, 2005, Indexing, mode definition, and signal extraction in climate research: Analysis and applications involving the MJO, the AO, and ENSOi — NCDC, Asheville
Annette Samuelsen, 2005, MS 2000, Modeling the effect of eddies and advection on the lower tropic ecosystem in the northeastern tropical Pacific — Univ. of Bergen, Norway
Erik Kvaleberg, 2004, Generation of cold core filaments and eddies through baroclinic instability on a continental shelf — Johns Hopkins
Birol Kara, 2003, A fine resolution hybrid coordinate ocean model (HYCOM) for the Black Sea with a new solar radiation penetration scheme — Naval Research Lab
Wilton Arruda, 2002, Eddies along western boundaries — Centro Technologia, Brazil
Andrea Mask, 2002, MS 1996, Wind driven effects on the Yellow Sea Warm Current / An Open Boundry Condition for Layer-to-Level Ocean Model Interaction — NAVOCEANO
Ken-ichi Mizoguchi, 2001, MS 1997, Multi- and quasi-decadal variations of sea surface temperature anomaly in the North Atlantic / Quasi-decadal Variations in the North Atlantic — Japan
Luis Zamudio-Lopez, 2001, Mesoscale variability along the southwest coast of Mexico induced by oceanic and atmospheric remote forcings — Naval Research Lab
Alan Leonardi, 2000, MS 1998, Dynamics of the north Hawaiian Ridge current / Interannual Variability in the Eastern Subtropical Pacific Ocean — NOAA
Charles Tilburg, 2000, Ocean dynamics around New Zealand — Univ. of Georgia
Steven Morey, 1999, MS 1997, The effects of Halmahera on the Indonesian throughflow / The spring transition of thermal stratification on a mid-latitude continental shelf — FSU COAPS
Rodrigo Nuñez, 1996, A study of the ocean circulation off the coast of Chile — Chilean Naval Officer
Mark Verschell, 1996, Interannual variability of atmospheric carbon dioxide flux in the equatorial Pacific — Stay at home Dad

Masters Projects

Stephen R. Guimond, 2007, A Diagnostic Study of the Effects of Trough Interactions on Tropical Cyclone QPF — FSU COAPS
Edward Michael McDonald, 2007, Designing Reliable Large-Scale Storage Arrays — FSU COAPS
Michelle L. Stewart, 2007, Cyclogenesis and Tropical Transition in Frontal Zones — Unknown
Kristen Briggs, 2006, ENSO Event Reproduction: A Comparison of an EOF vs. a Cyclostationary (CSEOF) Approach — Unknown
Joanne Culin, 2006, Wintertime ENSO Variability in Wind Direction Across the Southeast United States — NWS, MS
Paul Hughes, 2006, North Atlantic Decadal Variability of Ocean Surface Fluxes — Working on PhD at FSU
Dawn Petraitis, 2006, Long-term ENSO-related winter rainfall predictions over the Southeast U.S. using the FSU Global Spectral Model — NDBC (National Data Buoy Center), MS
Jeffrey P. Taylor, 2006, Comparison of ECMWF and QuikSCAT-Derived Surface Pressure Gradients — Weathernews
Gloria Arrocha, 2005, Variability of intraseasonal precipitation extremes assoicated with ENSO in Panama — Unknown
Robert Banks, 2005, Variability of Indian Ocean surface fluxes using a new objective method — NOAA/NCEP's Ocean Prediction Center
Michelle Hite, 2005, Vorticity-based detection of tropical cyclogenesis — Went for PhD at S. Carolina
Brian Jones, 2004, Influence of Panamanian wind jets on the Southeast Intertropical Convergence Zone — Unknown
Khara Lombardi, 2004, Resolving the diurnal and synoptic variance of scatterometer vector wind observations — Went for PhD at Ga Tech
Ryan Maue, 2004, Evolution of Frontal Structure Associated with Extratropical Transitioning Hurricanes — Working on his PhD at COAPS
Anthony Arguez, 2002, The relationship between low-frequency North Atlantic sea surface temperatures and Eastern North American climate
Shannon Davis, 2002, Some impacts of SeaWinds data in numerical weather prediction — Univ. of Rhode Island
Jesse Enloe, 2002, ENSO impacts on peak wind gusts in the United States — NOAA, NCDC
Kyle Hilburn, 2002, Development of scatterometer-deprived research-quality surface pressures for the Southern Ocean — Remote Sensing Systems
Xujing Jia, 2002, Evaluation of wind products for forcing coastal ocean models — Univ. of Rhode Island
Michael Phelps, 2002, Assessment of the potential predictability in the NCEP/CPC dynamical seasonal forecast system — Naval Research Lab, MS
David Salapata, 2002, Winter temperature and precipitation verification of a version of the NCEP MRF climate model — Univ. of Maryland
Carissa Tartaglione, 2002, Regional effects of ENSO on U.S. hurricane landfalls — Non-science job in Tampa
Elizabeth Spade, 2001, The many faces of ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) — High School Teacher
Mark Bove, 2000, PDO modification of U.S. ENSO climate impacts — AMRI
Richard Kreitner, 1999, Front range severe flash flooding and El-Niño — NOAA, NWS
Colin Murray, 1999, Interannual variability of upper ocean vorticity balances in the Gulf of Alaska — NAVOCEANO
Philip Pegion, 1999, Objectively-derived daily "winds" from satellite scatterometer data — NASA Goddard
Ryan Sharp, 1999, Comparison of modelled and remotely sensed (NSCAT) boundary layer flow and vorticity around islands — NOAA, NWS
Kathleen Verzone, 1999, Double ensemble estimates of precipatation in the Southeastern United States for extreme enso events — George Mason Univ.
Sonya Kulkarni, 1998, Variability of surface wind convergence estimated from ERS-1/2 scatterometer winds over the Indian Ocean — NASA Goddard
William Putman, 1998, Assimilation of FSU and NCEP reanalysis pseudostress products over the Pacific Ocean and complex EOF analysis of the resulting fields — NASA Goddard
David Zierden, 1998, Cyclone surface pressure fields and frontogenesis from NASA scatterometer (NSCAT) winds — FSU, COAPS
Julie Caron, 1997, The generation of synthetic sea surface temperature data for the equatorial Pacific Ocean — NCAR
Tracy Henderson, 1997, Statistical analysis relating El Niño (El Viejo) events to monthly temperature and precipitation departures in the Pacific Northwest — Weather Broadcasting, Seattle
Phaedra Green, 1996, Regional analysis of Canadian, Alaskan, and Mexican precipitation and temperature for ENSO impact — Naval Postgraduate School
Sylvia Murphy, 1996, The connectivity of eddy variability in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Ocean — NCAR
Shannon Sweeny, 1996, Impact of ENSO on weather conditions at continental United States military bases — U.S. Air Force Officer