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CENTURIONI, LUCA

Associate Researcher

Degrees:

  • Ph.D., University of Southampton, UK

Research Interests:

  • Large-scale oceanic circulation and observations with lagrangian drifters
  • Development of oceanographic instruments
  • Mixed Layer dynamics
  • Vortex dynamics

Honors and Awards:

  • Travel award by National Sun Yat-Sen University to “promote excellence in research”, 2006

Mentoring:

  • Venier, Chiara (Masters; 2006-2006)

Home Department:
CASPO

Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0213

Email: lcenturioni@ucsd.edu


Scripps Scholars Profile: http://scrippsscholars.ucsd.edu/lcenturioni

Lab Website: http://
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Publications:

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Allsop, W., D. Vicinanza, M. Calabrese and L. Centurioni 1996: Breaking wave impact loads on vertical faces, Proc. Sixth (1996) Intl. conf. ISOPE, 4, 185-191.

Thorpe, S.A., and L.R. Centurioni, 2000: On the use of the method of images to investigate near shore dynamical processes, J. Mar. Res., 58, 779-788.

Bacon, S., L.R. Centurioni, and W.J. Gould, 2001: The evaluation of salinity measurements from PALACE floats, J. Atm. Ocean. Techn., 18, 1258-1266.

Centurioni, L.R., 2002: Dynamics of vortices on a uniformly shelving beach, J. Fl. Mech., 472, 211-228.

Centurioni, L.R. and P.P. Niiler, 2003: On the surface Currents of the Caribbean Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (6), 1279-1282.

Centurioni, L.R., P.P. Niiler and D.K. Lee, 2004: Observations of inflow of Philippine Sea water into the South China Sea through the Luzon Strait, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1, 113-121.

Centurioni, L.R. and J.W. Gould, 2004: Winter conditions in the Irminger Sea observed with profiling floats, J. Mar. Res., 62, 313-336. Centurioni L.R., P.P. Niiler, Y.Y. Kim, D.K. Lee and V.A. Sheremet, 2007: Near surface dispersion of particles in the South China Sea. In: Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics. A. Griffa, A. D. Kirwan, A. J. Mariano, T. Özgökmen, and T. Rossby Eds. Cambridge Univ. Press, pp 73-75.

Chow, C. H., J. H. Hu, L. R. Centurioni, and P. P. Niiler, 2008: Mesoscale Dongsha Cyclonic Eddy in the northern South China Sea by drifter and satellite observations. J Geophys Res-Oceans, 113,doi:10.1029/2007JC004542

Centurioni, L. R., J. C. Ohlmann, and P. P. Niiler, 2008: Permanent Meanders in the California Current System. J Phys Oceanogr, Vol. 38, No. 8


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