Douglas S. Luther

Professor 

Education

• BSc 1973 - Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 
• BSc 1973 - Electrical Engineering, MIT 
• PhD 1980 - Oceanography, MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography 

Research Interests

• Antarctic Circumpolar Current Dynamics and Fluxes
  • Sub-Antarctic Flux and Dynamics Experiment (SAFDE)
• Atmospherically Forced Mesoscale Variability
• Waves Trapped to Topography (e.g., islands and ridges)
• Internal Gravity Wave and Tide Behavior in the Vicinity of Topography
  • Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment (HOME)
    • Barotropic Tide Predictions Around Hawaii for HOME Field Work Design
  • Internal Wave Reflection at the Flanks of the Hawaiian Islands
• Eddy-Mean Flow Interactions
• Circulation and Energy Fluxes in the North Atlantic
  • Barotropic Radiation Experiment (BARX)
• Dynamics of Equatorial Circulation and Variability
• Dynamics of the Barotropic (depth-independent) Circulation
• Tsunami (Infra-Gravity Wave) Generation and Propagation
  • Archive of Rapidly-Sampled Hawaiian Sea Level (ARSHSL)
• Instrumentation Development
• Ocean Observatories (see ORION)
  • "Physical Oceanography from Deep Ocean Submarine Cable Observatories" (pdf file). Paper presented at The 3rd International Workshop on the Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies, 25-27 June, 2003, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Teaching Activities

• Ocean Waves, OCN 660
• Special Topics in Physical Oceanography, OCN 760
• Directed, Thesis and Dissertation Research, OCN 699, 700, 800

Recent Curriculum Vitae (pdf file)

Selected Publications

Go to the Physical Oceanography Div., Dept. of Oceanography, or SOEST Home Pages.

Last modified: October 2006 
ocean@soest.hawaii.edu