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DAVIS, RUSS

Research Oceanographer

Director, Instrument Development Group

Degrees:

• B.S., University of California, Berkeley
• M.S., Stanford University
• Ph.D., Stanford University

Research Interests:

• Lagrangian observation of ocean currents
• Ocean instrumentation and autonomous vehicles
• Ocean's role in climate
• Coastal dynamics and climate impacts on coastal ecosystems

Honors and Awards:

• Albert I Medal from the International Associations for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO), 2007
• David Packard Distiguished Lecturer Medal from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Institute, 2006
• Henry Stommel Medal from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2000
• A. G. Huntsman Award from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1997
• Fellow of the American Meteorological Society
• Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
• Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Davis, R.E., 1998. Preliminary results from directly measuring mid-depth circulation in the tropical and South Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 24,619-24,639.

The Lab Sea Group (22 authors including R.E. Davis), 1998. The Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment. Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 79, 2033-2058.

Lilly, J.M., P.B. Rhines, M. Visbeck, R. Davis, J.R.N. Lazier, F. Schott and D. Farmer, 1998. Observing deep convection in the Labrador Sea during winter 1994-1995. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 2065-2098.

Gille, S.T., and R.E. Davis, 1999. The influence of mesoscale eddies on coarsely-resolved density: An examination of subgrid-scale parameteriztion. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 1109-1123.

Boebel, O., R.E. Davis, M. Ollitrault, R.G. Peterson, P.L. Richardson, C. Schmid and W. Zenk, 1999. The intermediate depth circulation in the western South Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3329-3332.

Lavender, K., R.E. Davis and B. Owens, 2000. Mid-depth recirculation observed in the interior Labrador and Irminger Seas by direct velocity measurements. Nature, 407 (7 September), 66-69.

Davis, R.E., J.T. Sherman and J. Dufour, 2001. Profiling ALACEs and other advances in autonomous subsurface floats. J. Atm. Oceanic Tech., 18, 982-993.

Davis, R.E., and W. Zenk, 2001. Subsurface Lagrangian Observations during the 1990s. Chap 3.3 in Ocean Circulation and Climate, J. Church and G. Siedler, editors, Academic Press, London. 715pp.

Wijffels, S.E., J.M. Toole and R. Davis, 2001. Revisiting the South Pacific subtropical circulation: A synthesis of World Ocean Circulation Experiment observations along 32OS. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 19,481-19,513.

Sherman, J., R.E. Davis, W.B. Owens and J. Valdes, 2001. The autonomous underwater glider ‘Spray.’ IEEE Oceanic Eng., 26, 437-446.

Kessler, W.S., R.E. Davis, K. Takeuchi and R. Lukas, 2001. The Pacific Basin Extended Climate Study. Pp. 473-484 in Observing the Ocean in the 21st Century, C.J. Koblinsky and N.R. Smith, editors, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia.

Griffiths, G., R.E. Davis, C. Eriksen, D. Frye, P. Marchand, T. Dickey and R. Weller, 2001. Towards new platform technology for sustained observations. Pp 324-337 in: Observing the Ocean in the 21st Century, C.J. Koblinsky and N.R. Smith, editors, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia..

Lavender, K.L., R.E. Davis and W.B. Owens, 2002. Observations of open-ocean deep convection in the Labrador Sea from subsurface floats. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 511-526.

Davis, R.E., C.E. Eriksen and C.P. Jones, 2002. Autonomous buoyancy-driven underwater gliders. The Technology and Applications of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. G. Griffiths, ed, Taylor and Francis, London. 324 pp.

Bishop, J.K.B., R.E. Davis and J.T. Sherman, 2002. Robotic observations of dust storm enhancement of carbon biomass in the North Pacific. Science, 298, 817-821.

Chapman, P., S.F. Di Marco, R.E. Davis and A.C. Coward, 2002. Flow at intermediate depths around Madagascar based on ALACE float trajectories. Deep-Sea Res. II, 50, 1957-1986.

Rudnick, D.L. and R.E. Davis, 2003. Red Noise and Regime Shifts. Deep-Sea Res. I, 50, 691-699.

Weller, R.A., P.W. Furey, M.A. Spall and R.E. Davis, 2004. The large-scale context for oceanic subduction in the Northeast Atlantic. Deep-Sea Res. I, 51, 665-699.

Bishop, J.K.B., T.J. Wood, R.E. Davis and J.T. Sherman, 2004. Robotic observations of enhanced carbon biomass and export at 55oS during SOFEX. Science, 304, 417-420.

Rudnick, D.L., R.E. Davis, C.C. Eriksen, D. Fratantoni, M.J. Perry, 2004. Undersea gliders for ocean research. J. Marine Tech. Soc., 38(2), 73-84.

Roemmich, D., S. Riser, R.E. Davis, and Y. Desaubies, 2004. Autonomous profiling floats: workhorse for broad-scale ocean observations. J. Marine Tech. 38(2), 21-29.

Davis, R.E., 2005. Intermediate-depth circulation of the Indian and South Pacific Oceans measured by autonomous floats. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 683-707.

Nuñez-Riboni, I., . Boebel, M. Ollitrault, Y. You, P. Richardson and R. Davis, 2005. General circulation of the Antarctic Intermediate Water in the subtropical South Atlantic. Deep-Sea Res. II, 52, 545-564.

Lavender, K.L., W.B. Owens and R.E. Davis, 2005. The mid-depth circulation of the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean as measured by subsurface floats. Deep-Sea Res. I, 52, 767-785.

Davis, R.E., 2006. Contributions to Global Ocean Observations. Pp 45-66 in Physical Oceanography, Developments Since 1950, ed. M. Jochum and R. Murtugudde. Springer, New York, 250 pp.

Roemmich, D., J. Gilson, R. Davis, P. Sutton, S. Wijffels, S. Riser, 2007. Decadal spin-up of the South Pacific subtropical gyre. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 37, 162-173.

Leonard, N.E., D. Paley, F. Lekien, R. Spepulchre, D.M. Fratantoni and R.E. Davis, 2007. Collective motion, sensor networks and ocean sampling. Proc. IEEE, 95, 48-74.

Davis, R., and W. Happer, 2007. William Aaron Nierenberg. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., 151, 261-266.

Gourdeau, L., W.S. Kessler, R.E. Davis, J. Sherman, C. Maes and E. Kestenare, 2008. Zonal jets entering the Coral Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 38, 715-725.

Davis, R.E., N. Leonard and D.M. Fratantoni, 2008. Routing strategies for underwater gliders. Deep-Sea Research II. In press.

Ramp, S.R., R.E. Davis, P. Lermusiaux, Y. Chao, D. Fratantoni, N.E. Leonard, J.D. Paduan, F. Chavez, I. Shulman, J. Marsden, W. Leslie, 2008. The Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network predictive skill experiment in Monterey Bay. Deep-Sea Research II. In press.

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

Checkley, D.M., Jr., R.E. Davis, A.W. Herman, G.A. Jackson, B. Beanlands, L.A. Regier, 2008. Assessing plankton and other particles in situ with the SOLOPC. Limnol. Oceanogr. 53, 2123-2136.