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IERLEY, GLENN

Professor of Geophysics

Degrees:

  • B.S., California Institute of Technology
  • M.S., Stanford University
  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Research Interests:

  • Upper bound theory
  • Turbulence and stability

Courses:

  • MAE294A: Intro to Applied Mathematics
  • MAE294A: Methods/Applied Mechanics I
  • MAE294B: Methods/Applied Mechanics II
  • SIO203A: Intro to Applied Mathematics
  • SIO203A: Methods of Applied Analysis
  • SIO203B: Methods of Applied Analysis
  • SIO239: Special Topics in Geophysics
  • SIO299: Research

Mentoring:

  • Livermore, Philip (Post Doc; 2007-2009)
  • Spydell, Matthew (Graduate; 1999-2004)
  • Sheremet, Vitalii (Graduate; 1991-1996)


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Mailing Address:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla CA, 92093
Mail Code: 0225

Email: gierley@ucsd.edu

Publications:

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1995, Ierley, G.R. and Sheremet,V. Multiple solutions and advection-dominated flows in the wind-driven circulation. Part I: Slip, Journal of Marine Research, 53(5), 703-737

1995, Cessi,P. and Ierley,G.R. Symmetry-breaking multiple equilibria in quasigeostrophic, wind-driven flows, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 25(6), 1196-1205

1997, Ierley,G. A class of sparse spectral operators for inversion of powers of the Laplacian in N dimensions, J. Sci. Comp., 12(1), 57-73

1997, Sheremet, V., Ierley G.R. and Kamenkovich, V. Eigenanalysis of the two-dimensional wind-driven ocean circulation problem, Journal of Marine Research, 55(1), 57-92

1997, Balmforth,N., Ierley, G.R., and Worthing, R. Pulse dynamics in an unstable medium, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 57(1), 205-251

1998, Miles, J.W. and Ierley, G.R. Surface-wave generation by gusty wind, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 357, 21-28

2001, Ierley, G.R. and Worthing, R. Bound to improve: a variational approach to convective heat transport, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 441, 223-253

2001, Ierley, G.R. and Miles, J.W. On Townsends model of the turbulent-wind-wave problem, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 435, 175-189

2005, Plasting, S.C. and Ierley, G.R. Infinite Prandtl number convection. Part I: Conservative bounds, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 542, 343-363

2006, Ierley, G.R., Kerswell, R.R. and Plasting,S.C. Infinite Prandtl number convection. Part II: A singular limit of upper bound theory, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 560, 159-227.

2008, Livermore, P., Ierley, G.R. and Jackson, A. The structure of Taylor's constraint in three dimensions, Proc. R. Soc. A, 464, 3149-174.


Last Modified: Dec 18, 2008