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SALMON, RICHARD

Professor of Oceanography

Degrees:

  • B.S., University of Michigan
  • Ph.D., UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

  • Theory of the ocean's general circulation
  • Geophysical fluid dynamics

Courses Recently Taught:

  • PHYS111: Intro to Ocean Waves & Tides
  • SIO 219: Spec Topics/Physical Oceanogra
  • SIO111: Intro to Ocean Waves & Tides
  • SIO111: Introduction to Ocean Waves
  • SIO212B: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics II
  • SIO219: Spec Topics/Physical Oceanogra

Honors and Awards:

  • Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 1996
  • Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996

Mentoring:

  • Fitzpatrick, Tom (Masters; 2006-2008)
  • Theiss, Jurgen (Post Doc; 2000-2004)
  • Mockett, Carolyn (Graduate; 1996-1999)
  • Gentemann, Chelle (Masters; 1995-1997)
  • Ford, Rupert (Post Doc; 1994-1995)
  • Becker, Janet (Post Doc; 1991-1993)
  • Bogden, Philip (Graduate; 1985-1991)
  • Hollerbach, Rainer (Graduate; 1985-1990)
  • Annalisa, Griffa (Graduate; 1982-1988)
  • Provost, Christine (Graduate; 1977-1983)


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Home Department:
CASPO

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

Email: rsalmon@ucsd.edu


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

Lab Website: http://
WWW: www-pord.ucsd.edu/~rsalmon

Publications:

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R. Salmon. Lectures on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Oxford. 378 pp. (1998)

R. Salmon. Poisson-bracket approach to the construction of energy- and potential enstrophy-conserving algorithms for the shallow-water equations. J. Atmos. Sci. 61, 2016-2036 (2004)

R. Salmon. A general method for conserving energy and potential enstrophy in shallow-water models. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 515-531 (2007)

R. Salmon. An ocean circulation model based upon operator-splitting, Hamiltonian brackets and the inclusion of sound waves. J. Phys. Oc., 39,1615-1633 (2009)

R. Salmon. The shape of the main thermocline, revisited. J. Mar. Res., 68, 541-568 (2010)


Last Modified: Jun 2, 2011