I am a Senior Oceanographer at the Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington and an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Oceanography at the School of Oceanography, UW. My present interests are in the application of long-range acoustic transmissions for ocean observation - also known as ocean acoustic tomography. Tomography is a technique that is maturing; it offers excellent signal-to-noise capability for observing variability at the largest oceanic scales. Three applications I am actively pursuing are: measuring the large-scale variations of heat content in ocean basins, measuring the radiation of internal tides from topographic features, and measuring barotropic tidal currents to high precision (a key step in obtaining the dissipation from the barotropic tide). Other minor, occasional interests are modeling/data assimilation (and how tomography may be used in models) and parallel computation on a cluster of PCs.
