Roger M. Samelson - Ocean Circulation and Dynamics

Air-sea interaction and mode-water formation
Linear and nonlinear dynamics of ocean eddies and planetary waves
Mathematical methods for large-scale ocean circulation theory
Thermocline theory: large-scale circulation and meridional overturning

Links

Air-sea interaction and mode-water formation: CLIMODE project home
Planetary geostrophic ocean model: code for scientific use only (unsupported)
Planetary geostrophic ocean model: a user's guide

Recent Publications

Samelson, R., R. Temam, C. Wang, and S. Wang. A fourth order numerical method for the planetary geostrophic equations with inviscid geostrophic balance. Numerische Mathematik, accepted.

Wolfe, C. L., and R. M. Samelson. An efficient method for recovering Lyapunov vectors from singular vectors. Tellus, in press.

Wolfe, C. L., and R. M. Samelson. Singular vectors and time-dependent normal modes of a baroclinic wave-mean oscillation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, accepted.

Chelton, D. B., M. G. Schlax and R.M. Samelson, 2007. Summertime coupling between sea surface temperature and wind stress in the California Current System. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 495-517. pdf file

Chelton, D. B., M. G. Schlax, R.M. Samelson, and R. A. de Szoeke, 2007. Global observations of large oceanic eddies. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L15606, doi:10.1029/2007GL030812. pdf file

Durski, S., J. S. Allen, G. D. Egbert, and R. M. Samelson, 2007. Scale evolution of finite amplitude instabilities on a coastal upwelling front. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 837-854. pdf file

Liu, J.-G., R. Samelson, and C. Wang, 2006. Global weak solutions of planetary geostrophic equations with inviscid geostrophic balance. Applicable Analysis, 85, 593-605, doi: 10.1080/00036810500328299. article

Wolfe, C. L., and R. M. Samelson, 2006. Normal-mode analysis of a baroclinic wave-mean oscillation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 63, 2795-2812. pdf file

Choboter, P. F., R. M. Samelson, and J. S. Allen, 2005. A new solution of a nonlinear model of upwelling. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 532-544. article

Dewar, W. K., R. M. Samelson, and G. K. Vallis, 2005. The ventilated pool: A model of subtropical mode water. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35, 137-150. article preprint

Samelson, R. M., 2004. Simple mechanistic models of mid-depth meridional overturning. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34, 2096-2103. article

Additional publications