Graduate Student, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
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Baylor Fox-Kemper
Chris Fairall |
About
I am a third year graduate student in Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences at CU-Boulder. I received my Masters of Science degree in December 2011 and am continuing to pursue my PhD.
I was a Teaching Assistant for the ATOC Weather Lab for two semesters before beginning research with the Fox-Kemper Group. I am also working toward my certificate with the Graduate Teacher Program.
I am doing research under the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory (NOAA-ESRL) Gradute Student Fellowship, from Fall 2010-Spring 2014.
Currently, I am working on a project in which I compute the second-order temperature structure function from data collected by Argo profiling floats (http://www.argo.ucsd.edu/). Though many theories predict the structure function slope, which is closely related to the kinetic energy spectral slope, few observations at depth have been made to indicate which turbulent scheme exists in the oceans below the thermocline. I am comparing the structure functions and their dependence on latitude, depth, and strength of eddy kinetic energy (eddy-rich vs eddy-poor regions). Though I am not setting out to explain why the theories are right or wrong, the data analysis that I am performing is the first to reveal what is happening down to 2,000 meters.
In the future, I hope to apply the knowledge of turbulence in the oceans to developing ocean renewable energy.
Contact Information
| Address: | Ekeley Sciences, Rm S231 |
