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Eric Firing
Professor
Department of Oceanography,
University of Hawai`i at Manoa,
1000 Pope Road,
Marine Sciences Building,
Honolulu, HI 96822 |
Phone: (808) 956-7894 Fax: (808) 956-9225E-mail:
efiring@soest.hawaii.edu |
Education

- BS 1973 - Dept of Earth and Planetary Science, Mass. Inst. of Technology
- Ph.D. 1978 - Mass.Inst. of Technology, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution Joint Program in Oceanography
Research Interests
- Equatorial Circulation
- General Circulation
- Physical Oceanographic Technology
Teaching Activities
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OCN 620 - Physical Oceanography
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OCN 622 - Marine Hydrodynamics
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OCN 760 - Topics in Physical Oceanography
Ten Selected Publications
- 1999
- Kashino, Y., E. Firing, P. Hacker, A. Sulaiman, and Lukiyanto. Direct
current measurements in and around the Celebes Sea in February 1999. Submitted
to Geophys. Res. Letters.
- 1999
- Rowe, G. D., E. Firing, and G. C. Johnson. The velocity, transport, and
potential vorticity of the Pacific Equatorial Subsurface Countercurrents.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., accepted.
- 1999
- Firing, E., B. Qiu, and W. Miao. Time-dependent island rule and its
application to the time-varying north Hawaiian ridge current. J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
29, 2671-2688.
- 1998
- Firing, E., S. Wijffels, and P. Hacker. Equatorial subthermocline currents
across the Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 103, 21,413-21,423.
- 1998
- Wijffels, S., M. Hall, T. Joyce, D.J. Torres, P. Hacker, and E. Firing.
The multiple gyres of the western North Pacific: a WOCE section along 149°E.
J. Geophys. Res., 103, 12,985-13,009.
- 1998
- Hacker, P., E. Firing, J. Hummon, L. L. Gordon, and J. Kindle. Bay of
Bengal currents during the northeast monsoon. Geophys. Res. Letters, 25,
2769-2772.
- 1998
- Feng, M., M. A. Merrifield, R. Pinkel, Pl Hacker, A. J. Plueddemann, E.
Firing, R. Lukas, and C. Eriksen. Semidiurnal tides observed in the western
equatorial Pacific during the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Coupled
Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 103,
10,253-10,272.
- 1997
- Firing, E., R-C Lien, and P. Muller. Observations of strong inertial
oscillations after the passage of tropical cyclone Ofa. J. Geophys. Res.,
102, 3317-3322.
- 1996
- Hacker, P., E. Firing, W. Wilson, and R. Molinari. Direct Observations of
the current structure east of the Bahamas. Geophys. Res. Letters, 23,
1127-1130.
- 1996
- Firing, E. Currents observed north of Oahu during the first 5 years of
HOT. Deep-Sea Res., 43, 281-303.
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Department of Oceanography
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