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Dr. Tal Ezer

Old Dominion University (ODU)
Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography (CCPO)
Department of Ocean Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (OEAS)
Research Innovation Park, 4111 Monarch Way, Norfolk, VA 23508
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----- Affiliated Faculty:
Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC)

PhD, Physical Oceanography , Florida State University (1989)
M.Sc., Atmospheric Sciences, (1984), B.Sc., Physics & Mathematics, Hebrew University (1981)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Numerical ocean modeling, forecast systems and data assimilation

Regional and basin-scale simulations: Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Cook Inlet Alaska, Dead Sea, Gulf Stream, Gulf of Mexico, Faroe Bank Channel, Yucatan Channel

Process studies: overflow dynamics, turbulence and mixing, coastal circulation, climate change

Editor for Springer's journal Ocean Dynamics since its inception in 2001.
Publications (with PDFs)

PROJECTS/COLLABORATIONS:

CPT-GCE - Climate Process Team- Gravity Current Entrainment
DOME - Dynamics of Overflow Mixing and Entrainment
GFDL - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory ( CPU )
IMaRS - Institute for Marine Remote Sensing (USF)
PROFS- Princeton Regional Ocean Forecast System, (more GOM animations & figures )
POM - The Princeton Ocean Model Users Group .
TOMS/OceanModels- Terrain-following Ocean Modeling System
WAD - Wetting And Drying development & testing
Unstructured Grids - ( UNIDATA/netCDF )

PAST PROJECTS:

ACCP - The Atlantic Climate Change Program

CARTUM- Comparative Analysis and Rationalization of Second-Moment Turbulence Models

DAMEE- Data Assimilation and Model Evaluation Experiments (1992-2000)

ROFS- NOAA's Regional Ocean Forecast System (based on POM)

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