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CESSI, PAOLA

Professor

Degrees:

  • B.S., University of Bologna, Italy
  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Research Interests:

  • Models of the oceanic general circulation
  • Convection in geophysical fluids
  • Models of climate dynamics

Courses Recently Taught:

  • SIO 212B: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II
  • SIO 219: Spec Topics/Physical Oceanogra
  • SIO212A: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics I
  • SIO212B: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II
  • SIO219: Spec Topics/Physical Oceanogra

Mentoring:

  • Verry, Pierre (Undergrad; 2008-2008)
  • Alboussiere, Marie-Charlotte (Undergrad; 2007-2007)
  • Thissier, Marion (Undergrad; 2007-2007)
  • Wolfe, Christopher (Post Doc; 2006-2011)
  • Michelin, Sebastien (Undergrad; 2004-2004)
  • Polton, Jeffrey (Post Doc; 2004-2005)
  • Otheguy, Pantxika (Undergrad; 2002-2002)
  • Spydell, Matthew (Graduate; 2001-2003)
  • Louazel, Stephanie (Undergrad; 2000-2000)
  • Paparella, Francesco (Post Doc; 2000-2001)
  • Gallego, Blanca (Graduate; 1998-2002)
  • Primeau, Francois (Post Doc; 1998-1999)

Home Department:
CASPO

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

Email: pcessi@ucsd.edu


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

WWW: www-pord.ucsd.edu/~pcessi

Publications:

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* Cessi P. and A. Speranza, 1985. Orographic instability of nonsymmetric baroclinic flows and nonpropagating planetary waves. J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 42, 2585-2596.

* Cessi P. and J. Pedlosky, 1986. On the role of topography in the ocean circulation. J. Mar. Res., Vol. 44, 445-471.

* Cessi P., G. Ierley and W. Young, 1987. A model of the inertial recirculation driven by potential vorticity anomalies. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 17, 1640-1652.

* Cessi P., 1988. A stratified model of the inertial recirculation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 18, 662-682.

* Cessi P., 1989. On the role of topography in the ocean circulation: diffusive and inertial effects. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 19, 841-852.

* Cessi P., 1990. Recirculation and separation of boundary currents. J. Mar. Res., Vol. 48, 1-35.

* Cessi P. and L. Thompson, 1990. Geometrical control of the inertial recirculation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 20, 1867-1875.

* Cessi P., R.V. Condie and W.R. Young, 1990. Dissipative dynamics of western boundary currents. J. Mar. Res., Vol. 48, 677-700.

* Cessi P., 1991. Laminar separation of colliding western boundary currents. J. Mar. Res., Vol. 49, 697-717.

* Cessi P. and W.R.Young, 1992. Fixed-flux convection in a tilted slot. J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 237, 57-71.

* Cessi P., 1992. Ventilation of eastern subtropical gyres. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 22, 683-685.

* Cessi P. and W.R. Young, 1992. Multiple equilibria in two-dimensional thermohaline circulation. J. Fluid Mech., Vol. 241, 291-309.

* Cessi P. and G.R. Ierley, 1993. Nonlinear disturbances of western boundary currents. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 23, 1727-1735.

* Cessi P., 1994. A simple box model of stochastically forced thermohaline flow. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 24, 1911-1920.

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

* Cessi, P., 1996. Convective adjustment and thermohaline excitability. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 26, 481-491.

* Cessi P., 1996. Grid-scale instability of convective-adjustment schemes. J. Mar. Res., Vol. 54, 407-420.

* Cessi P. and W.R. Young, 1996. Some unexpected consequences of the interaction between convective adjustment and horizontal diffusion. Physica D, Vol. 98, 287-300.

* Cessi, P., 1998. Angular momentum and temperature homogenization in the symmetric circulation of the atmosphere. J. Atmos. Sci., Vol. 55, 1997-2015.

* Cessi, P., 2000. Thermal feed-back on wind stress as a contributing cause of climate variability. J. Climate, Vol. 13, 232-244.

* Gallego, B. and P. Cessi, 2000. Exchange of heat and momentum between the atmosphere and the ocean: a minimal model of decadal oscillations. Clim. Dyn., Vol. 16, 479-489.

* Cessi, P. and F. Primeau, 2000. Dissipative selection of low-frequency modes in a reduced-gravity basin. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 31, 127-137.

* Primeau, F. and P. Cessi, 2000. Coupling between wind-driven currents and mid-latitude storm tracks. J. Climate, Vol. 14, 1243-1261.

* Gallego, B. and P. Cessi, 2001. Decadal variability of two oceans and an atmosphere. J. Climate, Vol. 14, 2815-2832.

* Cessi, P. and F. Paparella, 2001. Excitation of basin modes by ocean-atmosphere coupling. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 28, 2437-2440.

* Cessi, P. and S. Louazel, 2001. Decadal oceanic response to stochastic wind forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 31, 3020-3029.

* Ferrari, R. and P. Cessi, 2002. Seasonal synchronization in a chaotic ocean--atmosphere model. J. Climate, Vol. 16, 875-881.

* Spydell, M. and P. Cessi, 2002. Baroclinic modes in a two-layer basin. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 33, 610-622.

* Cessi P. and P. Otheguy, 2003. Remote response to decadal wind forcing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 33, 1604-1617.

* Gallego B., P. Cessi and J.C. McWilliams, 2004. The Antarctic Circumpolar current in equilibrium. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 34, 1571-1587.

* Cessi P., K. Bryan and R. Zhang. Global seiching of thermocline waters between the Atlantic and the Indian-Pacific Ocean Basins. Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 31, L04302, doi:10.1029/2003GL019091.

* Cessi P. and M. Fantini, 2004. The eddy-driven thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 34, 2642-2658.

* Cessi P., W.R. Young and J.A. Polton, 2007. Control of large-scale ocean heat transport by small-scale mixing. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 37, 1877-1894.

* Cessi P., 2007. Regimes of thermocline scaling: The interaction of wind stress and surface buoyancy. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 37, 2009-2021.

* Cessi P., 2008. An Energy-Constrained Parameterization of Eddy Buoyancy Flux J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 38, 1807-1819.

* Wolfe, C. L., P. Cessi, J. L. McClean, and M. E. Maltrud, 2008. Vertical heat transport in eddying ocean models, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 35, L23605, doi:10.1029/2008GL036138.

* Wolfe, C.L. and P. Cessi, 2009. Overturning Circulation in an Eddy-Resolving Model: The Effect of the Pole-to-Pole Temperature Gradient. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 39, 125-142.

* Cessi, P., and C.L. Wolfe, 2009: Eddy-driven buoyancy gradients on eastern boundaries. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 39, 1595-1614.

* Wolfe, C.L., and P. Cessi, 2010: What Sets the Strength of the Mid-Depth Stratification and Overturning Circulation in Eddying Ocean Models? J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 40, 1520-1538.

* Cessi, P., C.L. Wolfe, and B. C. Ludka, 2010: Eastern-boundary contribution to the meridional overturning circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., Vol. 40, 2075-2090.

* Wolfe, C.L., and P. Cessi, 2011: The adiabatic pole-to-pole overturning circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 41, Early online release. doi:10.1175/2011JPO4570.1.


Last Modified: May 27, 2011