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GILLE, SARAH

Professor

Degrees:

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

Research Interests:

• Satellite oceanography
• Southern Ocean dynamics, eddy mixing, air-sea interaction
• Ocean response to bathymetry

Courses Recently Taught:

• ESYS103: The Human Earth
• ESYS103: Envrnmntl Chall: Science & Sol
• SIO 119: Physics and Chem of the Oceans
• SIO 219: Spec Topics/Physical Oceanogra
• SIO 221C: Data Analysis Laboratory
• SIO219: Spec Topics/Physical Oceanogra
• SIO221C: Data Analysis Laboratory

Honors and Awards:

• National Science Foundation Career Award, 2000
• National Science Foundation-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1997-1998
• Carl-Gustav Rossby Award for Best Thesis of the Year, Center for Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, MIT, 1995
• Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellowship, 1989-1992
• Paul M. Fye Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1989
• Outstanding Poster, Topex/Poseidon Conference, Toulouse, December 1993
• Outstanding Poster, Topex/Poseidon Conference, Biarritz, October 1997
• Zeldovich Award for COSPAR Scientific Commission A (conferred by the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and the Russian Academy of Sciences for excellence and achievement by a young scientist), July 2000

Mentoring:

• Zilberman, Nathalie (Post Doc; 2010-)
• Carranza, Magdalena (Graduate; 2009-)
• Zajaczkovski, Uriel (Graduate; 2009-)
• Jiang, ChuanLi (Post Doc; 2008-)
• Tang, Erik (Graduate; 2008-2010)
• Lombrozo, Aaron (Undergrad; 2007-2008)
• Shao, Andrew (Undergrad; 2007-)
• Stephenson, Gordon (Graduate; 2006-)
• Drushka, Kyla (Graduate; 2005-)
• Griesel, Alexa (Post Doc; 2005-)
• Dong, Shenfu (Post Doc; 2004-2007)
• Frants, Marina (Graduate; 2004-)
• Chinn, Brian (Graduate; 2003-2005)
• Weijer, Wilbert (Post Doc; 2003-2005)
• Elipot, Shane (Graduate; 2001-2006)
• Sura, Philip (Post Doc; 2001-2002)

Kelly, K. A. and S. T. Gille, 1990. Gulf Stream surface transport and statistics at 69 W from the Geosat altimeter, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 3149-3161.

Gille, S. T., A. Hauchecorne, and M.-L. Chanin, 1991. Semidiurnal and diurnal tidal effects in the middle atmosphere as seen by Rayleigh lidar, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 7579-7587.

Gille, S. T., 1994. Mean sea surface height of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current from Geosat data: Method and application, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 18,255-18,273.

Gille, S. T., and K. A. Kelly, 1996. Scales of spatial and temporal variability in the Southern Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8759-8773.

Gille, S. T., 1997. Why potential vorticity is not conserved along mean streamlines in a numerical Southern Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 1286-1299.

Gille, S. T., 1997. The Southern Ocean momentum balance: Evidence for topographic effects from numerical model output and altimeter data, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 2219--2232.

Llewellyn Smith, S. G. and S. T. Gille, 1998. Velocity probability density functions of large-scale turbulence in the upper ocean, Physical Review Letters, 81, 5249-5252.

Gille, S. T., 1999. Mass, heat, and salt transport in the southeastern Pacific: A circumpolar current inverse model, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 5191-5210.

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

Gille, S. T., 1999. Evaluating Southern Ocean response to wind forcing, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 24, 423-428.

Gille, S. T., and S. G. Llewellyn Smith, 2000. Velocity probability density functions from altimetry, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 125-136.

Gille, S. T., M. M. Yale, and D. T. Sandwell, 2000. Global correlation of mesoscale ocean variability with seafloor roughness from satellite altimetry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1251-1254.

Gille, S. T., D. P. Stevens, R. T. Tokmakian, and K. J. Heywood, 2001. Antarctic Circumpolar Current response to zonally-averaged winds, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 2743-2759.

Gille, S. T. and C. W. Hughes, 2001. Aliasing of high-frequency variability by altimetry: Evaluation from bottom pressure recorders, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1755-1758.

Schorghofer, N. and S. T. Gille, 2002. Statistics of velocity gradients in two-dimensional Navier-Stokes and ocean turbulence, Phys. Rev. E, 65, 026307.

Gille, S. T., 2002. Warming of the Southern Ocean since the 1950s, Science, 295, 1275-1277.

Gille, S. T., S. G. Llewellyn Smith, and S. M. Lee, 2003. Measuring the sea breeze from QuikSCAT Scatterometry, Geophys. Res. Lett.. 30, 10.1029/2002GL016230.

Gille, S. T., 2003. Float observations of the Southern Ocean: Part 1, Estimating mean fields, bottom velocities, and topographic steering, J. Phys. Oceanogr, 33, 1167-1181.

Gille, S. T., 2003. Float observations of the Southern Ocean: Part 2, Eddy fluxes, J. Phys. Oceanogr, 33, 1182-1196.

Sura, P. and S. T. Gille, 2003. Interpreting wind-driven Southern Ocean variability in a stochastic framework, J. Mar. Res., 61, 313-334.

Gille, S. T., and L. Romero, 2003. Statistical behavior of ALACE floats at the surface of the Southern Ocean, J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 20, 1633-1640.

Grottoli, A. G., S. T. Gille, E. R. M. Druffel, R. D. B. Dunbar, 2003. Decadal timescale shift in the 14C record of a central equatorial Pacific coral, Radiocarbon , 45, 91-99.

Gille, S. T., 2004, How non-linearities in the equation of state of sea water can confound estimates of steric sea level change, J. Geophys. Res., 109, C03005, doi:10.1029/2003JC002012.

Gille, S. T., 2004, Using Kolmogorov--Smirnov statistics to assess Jason, TOPEX, and Poseidon altimeter measurements, Marine Geodesy, 27(1-2), 47-58.

Gille, S. T., 2004, Integrating policy into science in the classroom: Three case studies on the atmosphere, Journal of Earth System Science Education.(Article + Case Studies), JESSE-04-300-07, Link to publication

Gille, S. T., S. G. Llewellyn Smith, and N. M. Statom, 2005. Global observations of the land breeze, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, No. 5, L05605 10.1029/2004GL022139.

Gille, S. T., 2005. Statistical characterization of zonal and meridonal ocean wind stress, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech. 22(9), 1353-1372.

Weijer, W. and S. T. Gille, 2005. Adjustment of the Southern Ocean to wind forcing on synoptic time scales, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 2076-2089.

Weijer, W. and S. T. Gille, 2005. Energetics of wind-driven barotropic variability in the Southern Ocean, J. Mar. Res., 63, 1101-1125.

Dong, S., S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, and C. Gentemann, 2006. Validation of the AMSR-E sea surface temperature in the Southern Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 111, C04002, doi:10.1029/2005/JC002934.

Dong, S., J. Sprintall, and S. T. Gille, 2006. Location of the Polar Front from AMSR-E satellite sea surface temperature measurements, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 2075-2089.

Sandwell, D. T., W. H. F. Smith, S. Gille, E. Kappel, S. Jayne, K. Soofi, B. Coakley, and L. Geli, 2006. Bathymetry from Space: Rationale and requirements for a new, high-resolution altimetric mission, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 338, 1049-1062.

Thompson, A. F., S. T. Gille, J. A. MacKinnon, and J. Sprintall, 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of small-scale mixing in Drake Passage, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 572-592.

Chinn, B. S. and S. T. Gille, 2007. Estimating eddy heat flux from float data in the North Atlantic: The impact of temporal sampling interval, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 24, 923-934.

Kahru, M., B. G. Mitchell, S. T. Gille, C. D. Hewes, and O. Holm-Hansen, 2007. Eddies enhance biological production in the Weddell-Scotia Confluence of the Southern Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14603, doi:10.1029/2007GL030430.

Dong, S., S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, 2007. An assessment of the Southern Ocean mixed-layer heat budget, J. Climate, 20, 4425-4442.

Kahru, M., P. C. Fiedler, S. T. Gille, M. Manzano, B. G. Mitchell, 2007. Sea level anomalies control phytoplankton biomass in the Costa Rica Dome area, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22601, doi:10.1029/2007GL031631.

Weijer, W., F. Vivier, S. T. Gille, and H. A. Dijkstra, 2007. Multiple oscillatory modes of the Argentine Basin. Part I: Statistical analysis, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 2855-2868.

Weijer, W., F. Vivier, S. T. Gille, and H. A. Dijkstra, 2007. Multiple oscillatory modes of the Argentine Basin. Part II: The spectral origin of basin modes, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 2869-2881.

Dong, S., J. Sprintall, S. T. Gille, and L. Talley, 2008. Southern Ocean mixed-layer depth from Argo float profiles, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C06013, doi:10.1029/2006JC004051.

Drushka, K., J. Sprintall, S. T. Gille, and W. S. Pranowo, 2008. Observations of the 2004 and 2006 Indian Ocean tsunamis from a pressure gauge array in Indonesia, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C07038, doi:10.1029/2007JC004662.

Gille, S. T., 2008. Decadal-scale temperature trends in the Southern Hemisphere ocean, J. Clim., 21(18), 4749-4765.

Elipot, S. and S. T. Gille, 2009. Ekman layers in the Southern Ocean: Spectral models and observations, vertical viscosity and boundary-layer depth, Ocean Science, 5, 115-139.

Elipot, S. and S. T. Gille, 2009. Estimates of wind energy input to the Ekman layer in the Southern Ocean from surface drifter data, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C06003, doi:10.1029/2008JC005170.

Gille, S. T., A Lombrozo, J. Sprintall, G. Stephenson, and R. Scarlet, 2009. Anomalous spiking in spectra of XCTD temperature profiles, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 26(6), 1157-1164.

Griesel, A., S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, J. L. McClean, and M. E. Maltrud, 2009. Assessing eddy heat flux and its parameterization: A wavenumber perspective from a 1/10o ocean simulation, Ocean Modelling, 29, 248-260.

Weijer, W., S. T. Gille, and F. Vivier, 2009. Modal decay in the Australia-Antarctic Basin, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 39, 2893-2909.

Dong, S., S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, and E. J. Fetzer, 2010. Assessing the potential of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) surface temperature and relative humidity in turbulent heat flux estimates in the Southern Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C05013, doi:10.1029/2009JC005542.

Griesel, A., S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, J. L. McClean, J. H. LaCasce, and M. E. Maltrud, 2010. Isopycnal diffusivities in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current inferred from Lagrangian floats in an eddying model, J. Geophys. Res., 115, C06006, doi:10.1029/2009JC005821.

Sura, P. and S. T. Gille, 2010. Stochastic dynamics of sea surface height variability, in press J. Phys. Oceanogr..

Drushka, K., J. Sprintall, S. T. Gille, and I. Brodjonegoro, 2010. Vertical structure of Kelvin waves in the Indonesian Throughflow exit, in press J. Phys. Oceanogr.