Glenn R. Ierley, Professor

• B.S. Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1974.

• M.S. Applied Physics, Leland Stanford Junior University, 1977.

• Ph.D. Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982.

Courses Taught

• Methods of Applied Analysis II (Numerical Analysis), SIO 203b

• Methods of Applied Analysis III, SIO 203c

  (Teaching Evaluations)

Research Interests

Research Unit Affiliations

• Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics

Selected Publications

1988 Ierley, G.R., Malkus, W.V.R. Stability bounds on turbulent Poiseuille flow J. Fluid Mech., 187, 435-449.

1990 Ierley, G.R. Boundary layers in the general ocean circulation Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., 22, 111-142.

1991 Hollerbach, R., Ierley, G.R. A modal alpha^2 dynamo in the limit o asymptotically small viscosity Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dynamics, 56, 133-158.

1992 Ierley, G.R., Spencer, B.J., Worthing, R.A. Spectral methods in time for a class of parabolic differential equations J. Comput. Phys., 102(1), 88-97.

1994 Balmforth, N., Ierley, G.R., Spiegel, E.A. Chaotic pulse trains SIAM J. Appl. Math., 54(5), 1291-1334.

1995 Cessi, P., Ierley, G.R. Symmetry-breaking multiple equilibria in quasigeostrophic, wind-driven flows J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25(6), 1196-1205.

1995 Ierley, G.R., Sheremet, V. Multiple solutions and advection-dominated flows in the wind-driven circulation. Part I: Slip J. Mar. Res., 53(1), 703-737.

1996 Balmforth, N., Ierley, G.R., Worthing, R. Pulse dynamics in an unstable medium SIAM J. Appl. Math., to appear.

Number of Students

• 1

Contact Information

Glenn R. Ierley, IGPP
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225

tel: 619/534-5917
fax: 619/534-5332
internet: gierley@ucsd.edu

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Last Revised: 29 November 1996