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Jerome Smith
Research Oceanographer
LJ, OAR, 354
534-4229



Website: http://jerry.ucsd.edu/

Degrees:
B.A., Reed College, Oregon
Ph.D., Dalhousie University, Canada

Research Interest:
Kinematics and dynamics of rip currents
Generation of Langmuir circulation (mixed layer dynamics)
Interactions between waves, currents, and bottom topography
Mutual influences between wind stress and directional surface wave characteristics

Publications:
1995. Observations of nearshore circulation--rip currents., Journal of Geophysical Research , Oceans, 100(6):10,967-10,975.

1994. Observed directional characteristics of the wind, wind stress, and surface waves on the open ocean., Journal of Geophysical Research , Oceans, 99(11):22,589-22,596.

1999. Observations of wind, waves, and the mixed layer: The scaling of surface motion., The Wind-Driven Air-Sea Interface,, M. Banner, Ed., Sydney, Australia, University of N.S. Wales, 231-238.,

1998. Evolution of Langmuir circulation during a storm., Journal of Geophysical Research, 103:649-668.

1992. Observed growth of Langmuir circulation., Journal of Geophysical Research , Oceans, 97:5651-5664.

1990. Modulation of short wind waves by long waves., Surface Waves and Fluxes: Current Theory and Remote Sensing,, G. L. Geernaert and W. J. Plant, Eds., Boston, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 247-284.


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