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CORNUELLE, BRUCE

Research Oceanographer

Associate Director CASPO

Degrees:

• B.A., Pomona College
• Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Research Interests:

• Large-scale ocean circulation (observations and modeling)
• Coastal and Equatorial circulation (observations and modeling)
• Data analysis, inverse methods and data assimilation
• Ocean acoustic remote sensing

Honors and Awards:

• Acoustical Society of America: Medwin Prize in Acoustical Oceanography, 2002
• Fellow, Acoustical Society of America, 2002

Mentoring:

• Song, Hajoon (Graduate; 2007-2008)
• Kim, Sung Yong (Graduate; 2004-2008)
• Hoteit, Ibrahim (Post Doc; 2003-2005)
• Christopher, Tiemann (Graduate; 1998-2002)
• Colosi, John (Post Doc; 1997-1998)
• Chester, David (Post Doc; 1992-1993)
• Sutton, Philip (Graduate; 1991-1995)

Hoteit, I., B.D. Cornuelle, V. Thierry and D. Stammer, “Impact of resolution and optimized ECCO forcing on simulation of the tropical pacific.” J. of Atmos. & Oceanic Tech., 42 pages (2007).

Kim, S.Y, E. Terrill and B.D. Cornuelle, “Objectively mapping HF radar-derived surface current data using measured and idealized data covariance matrices,” J. Geophys. Res., 112, C06021, doi:10.1029/2006JC003756 (2007).

Haidvogel, D.B., H. Arango, W.P. Budgell, B.D. Cornuelle, E. Curchitser, E. Di Lorenzo, K. Fennel, W.. Geyer, A.J. Hermann, L. Lanerolle, J. Levin, J.C. McWilliams, A.J. Miller, A.M. Moore, T.M. Powell, A.F. Shchepetkin, C.R. Sherwood, R.P. Signell, J.C. Warner and J. Wilkin, “Regional ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: model formulation and skill assessment,” J. Computational Physics, 60 pages (2007).

Di Lorenzo, E., A.M. Moore, H.G. Arango, B.D. Cornuelle, A.J. Miller, B. Powell, B.S. Chua and A.F. Bennett, “Weak and Strong constraint data assimilation in the inverse Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS): Development and application for baroclinic coastal upwelling system,” Ocean Modeling, 16, 160-187, (2007).

Köhl, A., D. Stammer and B.D. Cornuelle, “Interannual to Decadal Changes in the ECCO Global Synthesis,” J. Phys. Ocean, 37, 313-337, doi:10.1175/JPO3014.1 (2006).

Hoteit, I., B.D. Cornuelle, A. Köhl and D. Stammer, “Treating strong adjoint sensitivities in tropical eddy-permitting variational data assimilation,” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 131, 3659-3682, doi:10.1256/qj.05.97 (2006).

Schneider, N., and B.D. Cornuelle, “The Forcing of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation,” Journal of Climate, 18, 4355-4373, doi:10.1175/JCL13527.1 (2005).

Andrew, R.K., B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer and The NPAL Group (J.A. Colosi, B.D. Cornuelle, et.al.), “Transverse horizontal spatial coherence of deep arrivals at megameter ranges,” J. Acoust. Soc. of Am., 117(3), 1511-1526, doi:10.1121/1.1854851 (2005).

Vera, M.D., D.D. Heaney and The NPAL Group (J.A. Colosi, B.D. Cornuelle, B.D. Dushaw, M.A. Dzieciuch, B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer, W.H. Munk, R.C. Spindel and P.F. Worcester), “The effect of bottom interaction on transmissions from the North Pacific Acoustic Laboratory Kauai source,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 117(3), 1624-1634, doi:10.1121/1.1854491 (2005).

Colosi, J.A., A.B. Baggeroer, B.D. Cornuelle, M.A. Dzieciuch. W.H. Munk, P.F. Worcester, B.D. Dushaw, B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer, R.C. Spindel, T.G. Birdsall, K. Metzger and A.M.G. Forbes, “ Analysis of multipath acoustic field variability and coherence in the finale of broadband basin-scale transmissions in the North Pacific Ocean,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 117(3), 1538-1564, doi:10.1121/1.1854615 (2005).

Skarsoulis E.K. and B. D. Cornuelle, "Travel-time sensitivity kernels in ocean acoustic tomography," J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 116, 227-238 (2004).

Di Lorenzo, E., A.J. Miller, D.J. Neilson, B.D. Cornuelle, and J.R. Moisan, "Modelling observed California Current mesoscale eddies and the ecosystem response", International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25(7-8):1307-1312, (2004).

Moore, A.M., H.G. Arango, E. Di Lorenzo, B.D. Cornuelle, A.J. Miller, and D.J. Neilson, “A comprehensive ocean prediction and analysis system based on the tangent linear and adjoint of a regional model,” Ocean Modelling, 7, 227-258 (2004).

Hursky, P. M.B. Porter, B.D. Cornuelle, W.S. Hodgkiss, and W.A. Kuperman, “Adjoint modeling for acoustic inversion,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 115(2), 607-619 (2004).

Willis, J.K., D. Roemmich, and B.D. Cornuelle, “Combining altimetric height with broadscale profile data to estimate steric height, heat storage, subsurface temperature, and sea-surface temperature variability,” J. Geophys. Res., 108(C9), 3292 (2003).

Send, U., P.F. Worcester, B.D. Cornuelle, C.O. Tiemann, and B. Baschek, “Integral measurements of mass transport and heat content in the Strait of Gibraltar from acoustic transmissions,” Deep-Sea Res. II, 49(19), 4069-4095 (2002).

Tiemann, C.O., P.F. Worcester, and B.D. Cornuelle, “Acoustic remote sensing of internal solitary waves and internal tides in the Strait of Gibraltar,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 110, 798-811 (2001).

Tiemann, C.O., P.F. Worcester, and B.D. Cornuelle, “Acoustic scattering by internal solitary waves in the Strait of Gibraltar,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 109, 143-154 (2001).

Pinkel, R., W. Munk, P.F. Worcester, B.D. Cornuelle, D. Rudnick, J. Sherman, J.H. Filloux, B.D. Dushaw, B.M. Howe, T.B. Sanford, C.M. Lee, E. Kunze, M.C. Gregg, J.B. Miller, J.M. Moum, D.R. Caldwell, M.D. Levine, T. Boyd, G.D. Egbert, M.A. Merrifield, D.S. Luther, E. Firing, R. Brainard, P.J. Flament, A.D. Chave, “Ocean Mixing Studied Near Hawaiian Ridge,” EOS, 81, 545 and 553 (2000).

Miller, A.J., E. Di Lorenzo, D.J. Neilson, B.D. Cornuelle and J.R. Moisan, “Modeling CalCOFI Observations during El Niño: Fitting physics and biology,” California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 41, 87-97 (2000).

Cornuelle, B.D., T.K. Chereskin, P.P. Niiler, M.Y. Morris, and D.L. Musgrave, “Observations and Modeling of a CA, Undercurrent Eddy,” J. Geophys. Res., C 105, 1227-1243 (2000).

Miller, A.J., and B.D. Cornuelle, “Forecasts from fits of frontal fluctuations,” Dyn. Atm. Oceans, 29, 305-333 (1999).

Worcester, P.F., B.D. Cornuelle, M.A. Dzieciuch, W.H. Munk, B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer, R.C. Spindel, J.A. Colosi, K Metzger, T.G. Birdsall, and A.B. Baggeroer, “A test of basin-scale acoustic thermometry using large-aperture vertical array at 3250-km range in the eastern North Pacific Ocean,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 105, 3185-3201 (1999).

Dushaw, B.D., B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer, R.C. Spindel, and the ATOC Group (A.B. Baggeroer, T.G. Birdsall, C. Clark, J.A. Colosi, B.D. Cornuelle, D. Costa, B.D. Dushaw, M.A. Dzieciuch, A.M.G. Forbes, B.M. Howe, D. Menemenlis, J.A. Mercer, K. Metzger, W.H. Munk, R.C. Spindel, P.F. Worcester, and C Wunsch), “Multimegameter-range acoustic data obtained by bottom-mounted hydrophone arrays for measurement of ocean temperature,” IEEE J. Oceanic Eng. 24, 202-214 (1999).

Colosi, J.A. and the ATOC Group (A.B. Baggeroer, T.G. Birdsall, C. Clark, J.A. Colosi, B.D. Cornuelle, D. Costa, B.D. Dushaw, M.A. Dzieciuch, A.M.G. Forbes, B.M. Howe, D. Menemenlis, J.A. Mercer, K. Metzger, W.H. Munk, R.C. Spindel, P.F. Worcester, and C Wunsch), “A review of recent results on ocean acoustic wave propagation in random media: Basin scales,” IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., 24, 138-155 (1999).

Colosi, J. A., E.K. Scheer, S.M. Flatté, B.D. Cornuelle, M.A. Dzieciuch, W.H. Munk, P.F. Worcester, B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer, R.C. Spindel, K. Metzger, T.G. Birdsall, and A.B. Baggeroer, “Comparisons of measured and predicted acoustic fluctuations for a 3250-km propagation experiment in the eastern North Pacific Ocean,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 105, 3202-3218 (1999).

Gilson, J., D.H. Roemmich, B.D. Cornuelle, and L.L. Fu, “Relationship of TOPEX/Poseidon altimetric height to steric height and circulation in the North Pacific,” J. Geophys. Res., C 103, 27947-27965 (1999).

The ATOC Consortium, “Ocean climate change: Comparison of acoustic tomography, satellite altimetry, and modeling,” Science, 281, 1327-1332 (1998).

Dushaw, B.D., G.D. Egbert, P.F. Worcester, B.D. Cornuelle, B.M. Howe, and K. Metzger, “A TOPEX/POSEIDON global tidal model (TPXO.2) and barotropic tidal currents determined from long-range acoustic transmissions,” Prog. Oceanog., 40, 337-367 (1997).

Sutton, P.J., W.M.L. Morawitz, P.F. Worcester, and B.D. Cornuelle, “Temperature evolution of the upper ocean in the Greenland Sea January to March 1989,” J. Geophys. Res., C 102, 27861-27874 (1997).

Wiggins, S.M., L.M. Dorman, and B.D. Cornuelle, “Topography can affect linearization in tomographic inversions,” Geophysics, 62, 1797-1803 (1997).

Cornuelle, B.D., and P.F. Worcester, “Ocean Acoustic Tomography: Integral data and ocean models,” in Modern approaches to data assimilation in ocean modeling, Elsevier, New York, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, ed., 97-115 (1996).

Morawitz, W.M.L., P.J. Sutton, B.D. Cornuelle, and P.F. Worcester, “Three-dimensional observations of a deep convective chimney in the Greenland Sea during winter 1988/89,” J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2316-2343 (1996).

Morris, M., D.H. Roemmich, and B.D. Cornuelle, “Observations of variability in the South Pacific subtropical gyre,” J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2359-2380 (1996).

Wiggins, S.M., L.R.M. Dorman, B.D. Cornuelle, and J.A. Hildebrand, “Hess Deep rift valley structure from seismic tomography,” J. Geophys. Res., B 101, 22335-223353 (1996).

Morawitz, W.M.L., B.D. Cornuelle, and P.F. Worcester, “A case study in three-dimensional inverse methods – combining hydrographic, acoustic, and moored thermistor data in the Greenland Sea,” J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 13, 659-679 (1996).

Dushaw, B.D., B.D. Cornuelle, P.F. Worcester, B.M. Howe, and D.S. Luther, “Barotropic and baroclinic tides in the central North Pacific Ocean determined from long-range reciprocal acoustic transmissions,” J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 631-647 (1995).

Duda, T.F., R.A. Pawlowicz, J.F. Lynch and B.D. Cornuelle, “Simulated tomographic reconstruction of ocean features using drifting acoustic receivers and a navigated source,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 98, 2270-2279 (1995).

orcester, P.F., B.D. Cornuelle, J.A. Hildebrand, W.S. Hodgkiss, Jr., T.F. Duda, J. Boyd, B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer, and R.C. Spindel, “A Comparison of Measured and Predicted Broadband Acoustic Arrival Patterns in Travel Time-Depth Coordinates at 1000-km Range,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 95, 3118-3128 (1994).

utton, P.J., W.M.L. Morawitz, B.D. Cornuelle, G. Masters, and P.F. Worcester, “The incorporation of acoustic normal mode data into tomographic inversions in the Greenland Sea,” J. Geophys. Res., C 99, 12487-12502 (1994).

Dushaw, B.D., P.F. Worcester, B.D. Cornuelle, and B.M. Howe, “Barotropic currents and vorticity in the Central North Pacific Ocean during summer 1987 determined from long-range reciprocal acoustic transmissions,” J. Geophys. Res., C 99, 3263-3272 (1994).

The AMODE-MST Group: T.G. Birdsall, J. Boyd, B.D. Cornuelle, B.M. Howe, R. Knox, J.A. Mercer, K. Metzger, Jr., R.C. Spindel, and P.F. Worcester, “Moving ship tomography in the North Atlantic,” EOS, 75, 17, 21 and 23 (1994).

McDonald, M.A., S.C. Webb, J.A. Hildebrand, B.D. Cornuelle, and C.G. Fox, “Seismic structure and anisotropy of the Juan de Fuca Ridge at 45° N,” J. Geophys. Res., B 99, 4857-4873 (1994).

Sutton, P.J., P.F. Worcester, G. Masters, B.D. Cornuelle, and J.F. Lynch, “Ocean mixed layers and acoustic pulse propagation in the Greenland Sea,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 94 1517-1526 (1993).

Worcester, P.F., J.F. Lynch, W.M.L. Morawitz, R. Pawlowicz, P.J. Sutton, B.D. Cornuelle, O.M. Johannessen, W.H. Munk, W.B. Owens, R. Shuchman, and R.C. Spindel, “Evolution of the large-scale temperature field in the Greenland Sea during 1988-1989 from tomographic measurements,” Geophys. Res. Letters, 20, 2211-2214 (1993).

Cornuelle, B.D., M.Y. Morris, and D.H. Roemmich, “An objective mapping method for estimating geostrophic velocity from hydrographic sections including the equator,” J. Geophys. Res., C 98, 18,109-18,118 (1993).

Dushaw, B.D., P.F. Worcester, B.D. Cornuelle, and B.M. Howe, “Variability of heat content in the central North Pacific in summer 1987 determined from long-range acoustic transmissions,” J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2650-2666 (1993).

Hammer, P.T.C., L.M. Dorman, J.A. Hildebrand, and B.D. Cornuelle, “Jasper Seamount Structure – Seafloor Seismic Refraction Tomography,” J. Geophys. Res., B 99, 6731-6752 (1994).

Cornuelle, B.D., P.F. Worcester, J.A. Hildebrand, W.S. Hodgkiss, Jr., T.F. Duda, J. Boyd, B.M. Howe, J.A. Mercer, and R.C. Spindel, “Ocean acoustic tomography at 1000-km range using wavefronts measured with a large aperture vertical array,” J. Geophys. Res., C 98, 16,365-16,377 (1993).

Dushaw, B.D., P.F. Worcester, B.D. Cornuelle, and B.M. Howe, “On equations for the speed of sound in seawater,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 93, 255-275 (1993).

Duda, T.F., S.M. Flatté, J. Colosi, B.D. Cornuelle, J.A. Hildebrand, W.S. Hodgkiss, P.F. Worcester, B.M. Howe, J. Mercer, and R. Spindel, “Measured wave-front fluctuations in 1000-km pulse propagation in the Pacific Ocean,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 92, 939-955 (1992).

Roemmich, D., and B. Cornuelle, “The Subtropical waters of the South Pacific Ocean; Variability,” J. Phys. Ocean., 22, 1178-1187 (1992).

Worcester, P.F., B.D. Cornuelle, and R.C. Spindel, “A review of the ocean acoustic tomography: 1987-1990,” Reviews of Geophysics, Supplement, U.S. National Report to the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1987-1990, 557-570 (1991).

Agnon, Y., P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, B.D. Cornuelle, J.L. Spiesberger, and R.C. Spindel, “The 1984 bottom-mounted Gulf Stream tomographic experiment,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 85, 1958-1966, (1989).

Roemmich, D., and B. Cornuelle, “Observing the fluctuations of gyre-scale ocean circulation: a study of the subtropical South Pacific,” J. Phys. Ocean., 20, 1919-1934 (1990).

Cornuelle, Bruce, “Some practical aspects of ocean acoustic tomography,” in Oceanographic and Geophysical Tomography, Y. Desaubies, A. Tarantola, and J. Zinn-Justin, eds., Les Houches, Session L, 1988, Elsevier, 1990.

Hildebrand, J.A., L.M. Dorman, P.T.C. Hammer, A.E. Schreiner, and B.D. Cornuelle, “Seismic Tomography of Jasper Seamount,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 1355-1358 (1989).

Cornuelle, B., W. Munk, and P. Worcester, “Ocean Acoustic Tomography from moving ships,” J. Geophys. Res., C 94, 6232-6250 (1989). Cornuelle, B., and B. M. Howe, “High resolution in vertical slice ocean acoustic tomography,” J. Geophys. Res., C 92, 11680-11692 (1987).

Gaillard, F., and B. Cornuelle, “Improvements in Tomographic mapping through use of surface-reflected rays,” J. Phys. Ocean,. 17, 1458-1467 (1987).

Roemmich, D., and B. Cornuelle, “Digitization and Calibration of the expendable bathythermograph,” Deep-Sea Res., 34, 299-307 (1987).

Cornuelle, B., and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, “A Maximum-Gradient Inverse for the Gulf Stream System and receivers,” J. Geophys. Res., C 91, 10566-10580 (1986).

Cornuelle, B., C. Wunsch, D. Behringer, T. Birdsall, M. Brown, R. Heinmiller, R. Knox, K. Metzger, W. Munk, J. Spiesberger, R. Spindel, D. Webb, and P. Worcester, “Tomographic maps of the ocean mesoscale. Part 1: Pure acoustics,” J. Phys. Oceanogr., 15, No. 2, 133-152 (1985).

The Ocean Tomography Group, “A demonstration of ocean acoustic tomography,” Nature, 299, 121-125 (1982).

Malanotte-Rizzoli, P., B. Cornuelle, and D. Haidvogel, “Gulf Stream acoustic tomography: modelling simulations,” Ocean Modelling, 46, 10-15 (1982).

Cornuelle, B.D., “Acoustic Tomography,” IEEE Trans. On Geoscience and Remote Sensing, GE-20, 326-332 (1982).