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GILLE, SARAH

Professor

Degrees:

• B.S., Yale University, Connecticut
• Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Research Interests:

• Satellite oceanography
• Southern Ocean dynamics, eddy mixing, air-sea interaction
• Ocean response to bathymetry

Courses:

• CAT199: Independent Studies
• ESYS10: Intro to Environmental Systems
• ESYS103: Envrnmntl Chall: Science & Sol
• ESYS103: The Human Earth
• ESYS190A: Envir Sys/Senior Project
• MAE124: Envrnmntl Chall: Science & Sol
• MAE124: The Human Earth
• MAE127: Statistcl Meth/Envir Sci & Eng
• MAE199: Independent Study/Undergrads
• MAE205: Graduate Seminar
• MAE296: Independent Study
• MAE299: Graduate Research
• SIO199: Special Studies
• SIO219: Spec Topics/Physical Oceanogra
• SIO221B: Analysis/Physical Ocean Data
• SIO221C: Data Analysis Laboratory
• SIO299: Research
• STPA35: Society and the Sea

Honors and Awards:

• National Science Foundation Career Award, 2000
• National Science Foundation-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1997-1998
• Carl-Gustav Rossby Award for Best Thesis of the Year, Center for Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, MIT, 1995
• Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellowship, 1989-1992
• Paul M. Fye Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1989
• Outstanding Poster, Topex/Poseidon Conference, Toulouse, December 1993
• Outstanding Poster, Topex/Poseidon Conference, Biarritz, October 1997
• Zeldovich Award for COSPAR Scientific Commission A (conferred by the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and the Russian Academy of Sciences for excellence and achievement by a young scientist), July 2000

Mentoring:

• Jiang, ChuanLi (Post Doc; 2008-)
• Lombrozo, Aaron (Undergrad; 2007-2008)
• Shao, Andrew (Undergrad; 2007-)
• Stephenson, Gordon (Graduate; 2006-)
• Drushka, Kyla (Graduate; 2005-)
• Griesel, Alexa (Post Doc; 2005-)
• Dong, Shenfu (Post Doc; 2004-2007)
• Frants, Marina (Graduate; 2004-)
• Chinn, Brian (Graduate; 2003-2005)
• Weijer, Wilbert (Post Doc; 2003-2005)
• Elipot, Shane (Graduate; 2001-2006)
• Sura, Philip (Post Doc; 2001-2002)

Kelly, K. A. and S. T. Gille, 1990. Gulf Stream surface transport and statistics at 69 W from the Geosat altimeter, J. Geophys. Res., 95, 3149-3161.

Gille, S. T., A. Hauchecorne, and M.-L. Chanin, 1991. Semidiurnal and diurnal tidal effects in the middle atmosphere as seen by Rayleigh lidar, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 7579-7587.

Gille, S. T., 1994. Mean sea surface height of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current from Geosat data: Method and application, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 18,255-18,273.

Gille, S. T., and K. A. Kelly, 1996. Scales of spatial and temporal variability in the Southern Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8759-8773.

Gille, S. T., 1997. Why potential vorticity is not conserved along mean streamlines in a numerical Southern Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 1286-1299.

Gille, S. T., 1997. The Southern Ocean momentum balance: Evidence for topographic effects from numerical model output and altimeter data, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27, 2219--2232.

Llewellyn Smith, S. G. and S. T. Gille, 1998. Velocity probability density functions of large-scale turbulence in the upper ocean, Physical Review Letters, 81, 5249-5252.

Gille, S. T., 1999. Mass, heat, and salt transport in the southeastern Pacific: A circumpolar current inverse model, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 5191-5210.

Gille, S. T., and R. E. Davis, 1999. The influence of mesoscale eddies on zonally averaged density: An examination of subgrid-scale parameterization, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 1109-1123.

Gille, S. T., 1999. Evaluating Southern Ocean response to wind forcing, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 24, 423-428.

Gille, S. T., and S. G. Llewellyn Smith, 2000. Velocity probability density functions from altimetry, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 125-136.

Gille, S. T., M. M. Yale, and D. T. Sandwell, 2000. Global correlation of mesoscale ocean variability with seafloor roughness from satellite altimetry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 1251-1254.

Gille, S. T., D. P. Stevens, R. T. Tokmakian, and K. J. Heywood, 2001. Antarctic Circumpolar Current response to zonally-averaged winds, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 2743-2759.

Gille, S. T. and C. W. Hughes, 2001. Aliasing of high-frequency variability by altimetry: Evaluation from bottom pressure recorders, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1755-1758.

Schorghofer, N. and S. T. Gille, 2002. Statistics of velocity gradients in two-dimensional Navier-Stokes and ocean turbulence, Phys. Rev. E, 65, 026307.

Gille, S. T., 2002. Warming of the Southern Ocean since the 1950s, Science, 295, 1275-1277.

Gille, S. T., S. G. Llewellyn Smith, and S. M. Lee, 2003. Measuring the sea breeze from QuikSCAT Scatterometry, Geophys. Res. Lett.. 30, 10.1029/2002GL016230.

Gille, S. T., 2003. Float observations of the Southern Ocean: Part 1, Estimating mean fields, bottom velocities, and topographic steering, J. Phys. Oceanogr, 33, 1167-1181.

Gille, S. T., 2003. Float observations of the Southern Ocean: Part 2, Eddy fluxes, J. Phys. Oceanogr, 33, 1182-1196.

Sura, P. and S. T. Gille, 2003. Interpreting wind-driven Southern Ocean variability in a stochastic framework, J. Mar. Res., 61, 313-334.

Gille, S. T., and L. Romero, 2003. Statistical behavior of ALACE floats at the surface of the Southern Ocean, J. Atmos. and Ocean. Tech., 20, 1633-1640.

Grottoli, A. G., S. T. Gille, E. R. M. Druffel, R. D. B. Dunbar, 2003. Decadal timescale shift in the 14C record of a central equatorial Pacific coral, Radiocarbon , 45, 91-99.

Gille, S. T., 2004, How non-linearities in the equation of state of sea water can confound estimates of steric sea level change, J. Geophys. Res., 109, C03005, doi:10.1029/2003JC002012.

Gille, S. T., 2004, Using Kolmogorov--Smirnov statistics to assess Jason, TOPEX, and Poseidon altimeter measurements, Marine Geodesy, 27(1-2), 47-58.

Gille, S. T., 2004, Integrating policy into science in the classroom: Three case studies on the atmosphere, Journal of Earth System Science Education.(Article + Case Studies), JESSE-04-300-07, Link to publication

Gille, S. T., S. G. Llewellyn Smith, and N. M. Statom, 2005. Global observations of the land breeze, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, No. 5, L05605 10.1029/2004GL022139.

Gille, S. T., 2005. Statistical characterization of zonal and meridonal ocean wind stress, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech. 22(9), 1353-1372.

Weijer, W. and S. T. Gille, 2005. Adjustment of the Southern Ocean to wind forcing on synoptic time scales, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35, 2076-2089.

Weijer, W. and S. T. Gille, 2005. Energetics of wind-driven barotropic variability in the Southern Ocean, J. Mar. Res., 63, 1101-1125.

Dong, S., S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, and C. Gentemann, 2006. Validation of the AMSR-E sea surface temperature in the Southern Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 111, C04002, doi:10.1029/2005/JC002934.

Dong, S., J. Sprintall, and S. T. Gille, 2006. Location of the Polar Front from AMSR-E satellite sea surface temperature measurements, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 2075-2089.

Sandwell, D. T., W. H. F. Smith, S. Gille, E. Kappel, S. Jayne, K. Soofi, B. Coakley, and L. Geli, 2006. Bathymetry from Space: Rationale and requirements for a new, high-resolution altimetric mission, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, 338, 1049-1062.

Thompson, A. F., S. T. Gille, J. A. MacKinnon, and J. Sprintall, 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of small-scale mixing in Drake Passage, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 572-592.

Chinn, B. S. and S. T. Gille, 2007. Estimating eddy heat flux from float data in the North Atlantic: The impact of temporal sampling interval, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 24, 923-934.

Kahru, M., B. G. Mitchell, S. T. Gille, C. D. Hewes, and O. Holm-Hansen, 2007. Eddies enhance biological production in the Weddell-Scotia Confluence of the Southern Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14603, doi:10.1029/2007GL030430.

Dong, S., S. T. Gille, J. Sprintall, 2007. An assessment of the Southern Ocean mixed-layer heat budget, J. Climate, 20, 4425-4442.

Kahru, M., P. C. Fiedler, S. T. Gille, M. Manzano, B. G. Mitchell, 2007. Sea level anomalies control phytoplankton biomass in the Costa Rica Dome area, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L22601, doi:10.1029/2007GL031631.

Weijer, W., F. Vivier, S. T. Gille, and H. A. Dijkstra, 2007. Multiple oscillatory modes of the Argentine Basin. Part I: Statistical analysis, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 2855-2868.

Weijer, W., F. Vivier, S. T. Gille, and H. A. Dijkstra, 2007. Multiple oscillatory modes of the Argentine Basin. Part II: The spectral origin of basin modes, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37, 2869-2881.

Dong, S., J. Sprintall, S. T. Gille, and L. Talley, 2008. Southern Ocean mixed-layer depth from Argo float profiles, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C06013, doi:10.1029/2006JC004051.

Drushka, K., J. Sprintall, S. T. Gille, and W. S. Pranowo, 2008. Observations of the 2004 and 2006 Indian Ocean tsunamis from a pressure gauge array in Indonesia, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C07038, doi:10.1029/2007JC004662.

Gille, S. T., 2008. Decadal-scale temperature trends in the Southern Hemisphere ocean, J. Clim., 21(18), 4749-4765.