Dr. Carter Ohlmann
Institute
for Computational Earth System Science
University
of California
Santa
Barbara, CA 93106-3060
(805) 893-5303 (voice)
(805) 893-2578 (fax)
carter@icess.ucsb.edu
Research Interests:
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Physical and optical oceanography.
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How ocean radiant heating influences
dynamics and thermodynamics.
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Ocean circulation.
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The exchange of shelf and offshore
waters.
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Oceanography in the Gulf of
Mexico.
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Oceanography in the Santa Barbara
Channel.
Current Projects:
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Tropical Ocean - Global Atmosphere
(TOGA)
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Surface Current and Lagrangian
Drift Program (SCULP)
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Eastern Pacific Investigation
of Climate (EPIC)
Recent Publications:
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Ohlmann,
J. C., D. A. Siegel, and C. D. Mobley, 2000, Ocean radiant heating: Part
1. Optical influences, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 30,
1833-1848.
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Ohlmann,
J. C., and D. A. Siegel, 2000, Ocean radiant heating: Part 2. Parameterizing
solar radiation transmission through the upper ocean, Journal of Physical
Oceanography, 30, 1849-1865.
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Ohlmann, J. C., P. P. Niiler,
Circulation over the continental shelf in the northwest Gulf of Mexico
during the passage of a tropical storm, in press, Journal of Marine
Systems.
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Ohlmann,
J. C., P. P. Niiler, C. A. Fox, and R. R. Leben, Eddy energy and shelf
interactions in the Gulf of Mexico, in press, Journal of Geophysical
Research.
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