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Roger M. Samelson

Discipline: Physical Oceanography
Title: Professor of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Contact Information:
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phone: (541) 737-4752
fax: (541) 737-2064

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Roger M. Samelson - Professor of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Education:

BS, Stanford University (Physics), 1981
MS, Oregon State University (Mathematics), 1987
PhD, Oregon State University (Physical Oceanography), 1987

Employment:

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: GFD Summer Fellow, 1983; Postdoctoral Investigator, 1987-89; Assistant Scientist, 1989-93; Associate Scientist, 1993-97; Associate Scientist w/ tenure, 1997
Oregon State University: Associate Professor, 1997-2001; Professor, 2001-

Research Interests:

Fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of the ocean and atmosphere; coastal and arctic meteorology; coastal, mesoscale and large-scale ocean circulation; instabilities and nonlinear dynamics of geophysical fluids.

Current Research:

Vita (html)

Books:

Samelson, R. M., and S. Wiggins, 2006. Lagrangian Transport in Geophysical Jets and Waves. Springer-Verlag, New York, 147 pp.

Samelson, R. M., 2009. An Introduction to the Theory of Large-Scale Ocean Circulation. Draft manuscript available from the author on request.



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