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RUDNICK, DANIEL

Professor

Degrees:

• B.A., University of California, San Diego
• Ph.D., UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

• Physical and biological dynamics of the upper ocean
• Fronts and eddies
• Air-sea interaction

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO 221B: Analysis/Physical Ocean Data
• SIO219: Spec Topics/Physical Oceanogra
• SIO221B: Analysis/Physical Ocean Data

Mentoring:

• Pallas-Sanz, Enric (Post Doc; 2008-2009)
• Converse, Tim (Graduate; 2005-2006)
• Todd, Robert (Graduate; 2005-2011)
• Cole, Sylvia (Graduate; 2004-2010)
• Johnston, Shaun (Post Doc; 2004-2006)
• Hodges, Benjamin (Graduate; 2000-2006)
• Martin, Joseph (Graduate; 1998-2004)
• Ferrari, Raffaele (Graduate; 1995-2000)
• Eastman, Wendi (Graduate; 1993-1996)

Rudnick, D. L., and R. E. Davis, 1988: Frontogenesis in mixed layers. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 434-457.

Rudnick, D. L., and R. E. Davis, 1988: Mass and heat budgets on the northern California continental shelf. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 14013-14024.

Weller, R. A., D. L. Rudnick, N. J. Pennington, R. P. Trask, and J. R. Valdes, 1990: Measuring upper ocean variability from an array of surface moorings in the subtropical convergence zone. J. Atm. Ocean. Tech., 7, 68-84.

Weller, R. A., D. L. Rudnick, R. E. Payne, J. P. Dean, N. J. Pennington, and R. P. Trask, 1990: Measuring near-surface meteorology over the ocean from an array of surface moorings in the subtropical convergence zone. J. Atm. Ocean. Tech., 7, 85-103.

Eriksen, C. C., R. A. Weller, D. L. Rudnick, R. T. Pollard, and L. A. Regier, 1991: Ocean frontal variability in the Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 8569-8591.

Weller, R. A., D. L. Rudnick, C. C. Eriksen, K. L. Polzin, N. S. Oakey, J. W. Toole, R. W. Schmitt, and R. T. Pollard, 1991: Forced ocean response during the Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 8611-8638.

Rudnick, D. L., and R. A. Weller, 1993: The heat budget in the North Atlantic subtropical frontal zone. J. Geophys. Res., 98, 6883-6893.

Rudnick, D. L., and R. A. Weller, 1993: Observations of superinertial and near-inertial wind-driven flow. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2351-2359.

Johnson, G. C., D. L. Rudnick, and B. A. Taft, 1994: Bottom water variability in the Samoa Passage. J. Mar. Res., 52, 177-196.

Weller, R. A., D. L. Rudnick, and N. J. Brink, 1995: Meteorological variability and air-sea fluxes at a closely spaced array of surface moorings. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 4867-4883.

Rudnick, D. L., and J. R. Luyten, 1996: Intensive surveys of the Azores Front, 1, Tracers and dynamics. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 923-939.

Rudnick, D. L., 1996: Intensive surveys of the Azores Front, 2, Inferring the geostrophic and vertical velocity fields. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 16,291-16,303.

Roemmich, D., S. Hautala, and D. Rudnick, 1996: Northward abyssal transport through the Samoan Passage and adjacent regions. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 14,039-14,055.

Lee, C. M., and D. L. Rudnick, 1996: The upper ocean response to surface heating. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 466-480.

Rudnick, D. L., 1997: Direct velocity measurements in the Samoan Passage. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 3293-3302.

Rudnick, D. L., R. A. Weller, C. C. Eriksen, T. D. Dickey, J. Marra, and C. Langdon, 1997: Moored instruments weather Arabian Sea monsoons, yield data. Eos, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 78, 117, 120-121.

Rudnick, D. L., and R. Ferrari, 1999: Compensation of horizontal temperature and salinity gradients in the ocean mixed layer. Science, 283, 526-529.

Ferrari, R., and D. L. Rudnick, 2000: Thermohaline variability in the upper ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 16,857-16,883.

Rudnick, D. L., 2001: Upper ocean time and space variability. Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, J. Steele, S. Thorpe, and K. Turekian, Eds., Academic Press, 3114-3120.

Rudnick, D. L., 2001: On the skewness of vorticity in the upper ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2045-2048

Flatau, M. K., P. J. Flatau, and D. Rudnick, 2001: The dynamics of double monsoon onsets. J. Climate, 14, 4130-4146.

Weller, R. A., A. S. Fischer, D. L. Rudnick, C. E. Eriksen, T. D. Dickey, J. Marra, C. Fox, and R. Leben, 2002: Moored observations of upper ocean response to the monsoon in the Arabian Sea during 1994-1995. Deep-Sea Res., 49, 2195-2230.

Fischer, A. S., R. A. Weller, D. L. Rudnick, C. C. Eriksen, C. M. Lee, K. H. Brink, C. A. Fox, and R. R. Leben, 2002: Mesoscale eddies, coastal upwelling, and the upper ocean heat budget in the Arabian Sea. Deep-Sea Res. II, 49, 2231-2264.

Rudnick, D. L., and J. P. Martin, 2002: On the horizontal density ratio in the upper ocean. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 36, 3-21.

Rudnick, D. L. and R. E. Davis, 2003: Red noise and regime shifts. Deep-Sea Res. I, 50, 691-699.

Rudnick, D. L., T. J. Boyd, R. E. Brainard, G. S. Carter, G. D. Egbert, M. C. Gregg, P. E. Holloway, J. M. Klymak, E. Kunze, C. M. Lee, M. D. Levine, D. S. Luther, J. P. Martin, M. A. Merrifield, J. N. Moum, J. D. Nash, R. Pinkel, L. Rainville, and T. B. Sanford, 2003: From tides to mixing along the Hawaiian Ridge. Science, 301, 355-357.

Shcherbina, A. Y., L. D. Talley, and D. L. Rudnick, 2003: Direct observations of North Pacific ventilation: Brine rejection in the Okhotsk Sea. Science, 302, 1952-1955.

Perry, M. J. and D. L. Rudnick, 2003: Observing the ocean with Autonomous and Lagranigan Platforms and Sensors (ALPS): the role of ALPS in sustained observing systems. Oceanography, 16(4), 31-36.

Hodges, B. A. and D. L. Rudnick, 2004: Simple models of steady deep maxima in chlorophyll and biomass. Deep-Sea Res. I, 51, 999-1015.

Shcherbina, A. Y., L. D. Talley, and D. L. Rudnick, 2004: Dense water formation on the northwestern shelf of the Okhotsk Sea: 1. Direct observations of brine rejection. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi:10.1029/2003JC002196.

Shcherbina, A. Y., L. D. Talley, and D. L. Rudnick, 2004: Dense water formation on the northwestern shelf of the Okhotsk Sea: 2. Quantifying the transports. J. Geophys. Res., 109, doi:10.1029/2003JC002197.

Rudnick, D. L., R. E. Davis, C. C. Eriksen, D. M. Fratantoni, and M. J. Perry, 2004: Underwater gliders for ocean research. Mar. Tech. Soc. J., 38, 73-84.

Dzieciuch, M., W. Munk, and D. L. Rudnick, 2004: Propagation of sound through a spicy ocean, the SOFAR overture. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 116, 1447-1462.

Wijesekera, H. W., D. L. Rudnick, C. A. Paulson, S. A. Pierce, S. Pegau, J. Mickett, and M. C. Gregg, 2005: Upper ocean heat and freshwater budgets in the eastern Pacific warm pool. J. Geophys. Res., 110, doi:10.1029/2004JC002511.

Shcherbina, A. Y., D. L. Rudnick, and L. D. Talley, 2005: Ice-draft profiling from bottom-mounted ADCP data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 22, 1249-1266.

Rudnick, D. L. and R. E. Davis, 2006: Comment on "Regime shifts and red noise in the North Pacific". Deep-Sea Res. I, 53, 589-590.

Martin, J. P., D. L. Rudnick, and R. Pinkel, 2006: Spatially broad observations of internal waves in the upper ocean at the Hawaiian Ridge. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 1085-1103.

Nagai, T., A. Tandon, and D. L. Rudnick, 2006: Two-dimensional ageostrophic secondary circulation at ocean fronts due to vertical mixing and large-scale deformation. J. Geophys. Res., 111, doi:10.1029/2005JC002964.

Hodges, B. A. and D. L. Rudnick, 2006: Horizontal variability in chlorophyll fluorescence and potential temperature. Deep-Sea Res. I, 53, 1460-1482.

Rudnick, D. L. and W. Munk, 2006: Scattering from the mixed layer base into the sound shadow. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 120, 2580-2594.

Martin, J. P. and D. L. Rudnick, 2007: Inferences and observations of turbulent dissipation and mixing in the upper ocean at the Hawaiian Ridge. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 476-494.

Rudnick, D. L. and J. Klinke, 2007: The underway conductivity-temperature-depth instrument. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 24, 1910-1923.

Davis, R. E., M. D. Ohman, D. L. Rudnick, J. T. Sherman, and B. Hodges, 2008: Glider surveillance of physics and biology in the southern California Current system. Limnol. Oceangr., 53, 2151-2168.

Cole, S. T., D. L. Rudnick, B. A. Hodges, and J. P. Martin, 2009: Observations of tidal internal wave beams at Kauai Channel, Hawaii. J. Phys Oceanogr., 39, 421-436.

Johnston, T. M. S. and D. L. Rudnick, 2009: Observations of the transition layer. J. Phys Oceanogr., 39, 780-797.

Todd, R. E., D. L. Rudnick, and R. E. Davis, 2009: Monitoring the greater San Pedro Bay region using autonomous underwater gliders during fall 2006. J. Geophys. Res., 114, doi:10.1029/2008JC005086.

Van Uffelen, L. J., P. F. Worcester, M. A. Dzieciuch, and D. L. Rudnick, 2009: The vertical structure of shadow-zone arrivals at long range in the ocean. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 125, 3569-3588.

Cole, S. T., D. L. Rudnick, and J. A. Colosi, 2010: Seasonal evolution of upper-ocean horizontal structure and the remnant mixed layer. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, C04012, doi:10.1029/2009JC005654.

Van Uffelen, L. J., P. F. Worcester, M. A. Dzieciuch, D. L. Rudnick, and J. A. Colosi, 2010: Effects of upper ocean sound-speed structure on deep acoustic shadow-zone arrivals at 500- and 1000-km range. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127, 2169-2181.

Pallás-Sanz, E., T. M. S. Johnston, and D. L. Rudnick, 2010: Frontal dynamics in a California Current system shallow front: 1. Frontal processes and tracer structure. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, doi:10.1029/2009JC006032.

Pallás-Sanz, E., T. M. S. Johnston, and D. L. Rudnick, 2010: Frontal dynamics in a California Current system shallow front: 2. Mesoscale vertical velocity. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, doi:10.1029/2010JC006474.

Todd, R. E., D. L. Rudnick, M. R. Mazloff, R. E. Davis, and B. D. Cornuelle, 2011: Poleward flows in the southern California Current System: Glider observations and numerical simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, doi:10.1029/2010JC006536.

Johnston, T. M. S., D. L. Rudnick, G. Carter, R. E. Todd, and S. T. Cole, 2011: Internal tidal beams and mixing near Monterey Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, doi:10.1029/2010JC006592.

Todd, R. E., D. L. Rudnick, R. E. Davis, and M. D. Ohman, 2011: Underwater gliders reveal rapid arrival of El Niño effects off California's coast. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, doi:10.1029/2010GL046376.