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CHERESKIN, TERESA

Research Oceanographer/

Senior Lecturer

Degrees:

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

Research Interests:

• Southern Ocean
• Wind-driven circulation
• Eastern boundary currents
• Acoustic Doppler techniques for direct measurement of velocity

Honors and Awards:

• Sigma XI, 1982
• Phi Kappa Phi, 1976
• Augustana Honor Scholarship, 1972 - 1974

Mentoring:

• Mazloff, Matthew (Post Doc; 2008-)
• Firing, Yvonne (Graduate; 2007-)
• Gay, Peter (Post Doc; 2006-2007)
• Lenn, Yueng-Djern (Post Doc; 2006-2007)
• Lenn, Yueng-Djern (Graduate; 2000-2006)
• Beal, Lisa (Post Doc; 1999-2002)
• Bograd, Steven (Post Doc; 1998-2000)
• Morris, Michele (Post Doc; 1996-1996)

Gay, P. S. and T. K. Chereskin, 2008. Mean structure and seasonal variability of the poleward undercurrent off southern California, J. Geophys. Res., in press.

Lenn, Y.-D. and T. K. Chereskin, 2008. Observations of Ekman Currents in the Southern Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., in press

Lenn, Y.-D., T. K. Chereskin, and J. Sprintall, 2007. Improving estimates of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current streamlines in Drake Passage, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 38,1000-1010.

Howe, B., and T. K. Chereskin, 2007. Oceanographic Measurements. In Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, pp. 1179-1271. Ed. by C. Tropea, A. L. Yarin, and J. F. Foss. Springer, Berlin. 1557 pp.

Chereskin, T. K., and G. A. Tarling, 2007. Interannual to diurnal variability in the near-surface scattering layer in Drake Passage, ICES J. Mar. Sci., doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsm138.

Lenn, Y.-D., T. K. Chereskin, J. Sprintall, and E. Firing, 2007. Mean Jets, Mesoscale Variability and Eddy Momentum Fluxes in the Surface Layer of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage, J. Mar. Res., 65,27-58.

Beal, L. M., T. K. Chereskin, Y.-D. Lenn, and S. Elipot, 2006. The sources and mixing characteristics of the Agulhas Current. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36(11),2060-2074.

Kunze, E., E. Firing, J. Hummon, T. K. Chereskin, and A. Thurnherr, 2006. Global abyssal mixing inferred from lowered ADCP shear and CTD strain profiles, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36(8),1553-1576.

Taylor, C. A., W. Watson, T. Chereskin, J. Hyde and R. Vetter, 2004. Retention in larval rockfishes, Sebastes, near natal habitat, in the Southern California Bight, as indicated by molecular identification methods. Calif. Coop. Oceanic Fish Invest. Rep., 45, 152-166.

Lynn, R. J., S. J. Bograd, T. K. Chereskin, and A. Huyer, 2003. Seasonal renewal of the California Current: The spring transition off California, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 3279, 10.1029/2003JC001787.

Lenn, Y.-D., T. K. Chereskin, and R. C. Glatts, 2003. Seasonal to tidal variability in currents, stratification, and acoustic backscatter in an Antarctic ecosystem at Deception Island. Deep-Sea Res. II, 50, 1665-1684.

Smith Jr., K. L., R. J. Baldwin, R.C. Glatts, T. K. Chereskin, H. A. Ruhl, and V. Lagun, 2003. Weather, ice and snow conditions at Deception Island, Antarctica: long time-series photographic monitoring. Deep-Sea Res. II, 50, 1649-1664.

Beal, L. M. and T. K. Chereskin, 2003. The volume transport of the Somali Current during the 1995 southwest monsoon. Deep-Sea Res. II, 50, 2077-2090.

Beal, L. M., T. K. Chereskin, H. L. Bryden and A. Ffield, 2003. Heat and freshwater fluxes of the Arabian Sea at the onset and wane of the southwest monsoon. Deep-Sea Res. II, 50, 2049-2076.

Sutton, P. J. H., and T. K. Chereskin, 2002. Absolute geostrophic currents in the East Auckland Current region, NZ J. of Marine and Freshwater Res., 36, 751-762.

Sprintall, J., S. Wijffels, T. K. Chereskin, and N. A. Bray, 2002 The JADE and WOCE I10/IR6 Throughflow sections in the southeast Indian Ocean. Part 2: velocity and transports. Deep-Sea Res. II, 49, 1363-1389.

Chereskin, T. K., W. D. Wilson, and L. M. Beal, 2002. The Ekman temperature and salt fluxes at 8 deg 30' in the Arabian Sea during the 1995 southwest monsoon, Deep-Sea Res. II, 49, 1211-1230.

Chereskin, T. K., and J. F. Price, 2001. Ekman Transport and Pumping. In Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, J. H. Steele, S. A. Thorpe, and K. E. Turekian, eds., 809-815, Academic Press, 3500 pp.

Bograd, S. J., T. K. Chereskin, and D. Roemmich, 2001. Transport of mass, heat, salt and nutrients in the southern California Current System: Annual cycle and interannual variability. J. Geophys. Res., 106,9255-9275.

Cornuelle, B. D., T.; K.; Chereskin, P.; P.; Niiler, M.; Y.; Morris, and D.; Musgrave, 2000. Observations and modeling of a California Undercurrent Eddy. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 1227-1243.

Chereskin, T. K., M. Y. Morris, P.; P.; Niiler, P.; M.; Kosro, R.; L.; Smith, S.; R.; Ramp, C.; A. Collins, and D.; L.; Musgrave, 2000. Spatial and temporal characteristics of the mesoscale circulation of the California Current from eddy-resolving moored and shipboard measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 1245-1269.

Beal, L. M., R. L. Molinari, T. K. Chereskin, and P. E. Robbins, 2000. Reversing bottom circulation in the Somali Basin. Geophys. Res. Letters, 27,2565-2568.