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Internal Wave Reflection from a Sloping Boundary. Modeled. and in laboratory. From McPhee-Shaw and Kunze , 2002, JGR. Intermediate nepheloid layers emanating from Northern CA upper slope and outer shelf (March). Beam C and σ θ Sediment concentration ~ 1-3 mg L -1.
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Internal Wave Reflection from a Sloping Boundary Modeled and in laboratory From McPhee-Shaw and Kunze, 2002, JGR
Intermediate nepheloid layers emanating from Northern CA upper slope and outer shelf (March) Beam C and σθ Sediment concentration ~ 1-3 mg L-1 From McPhee-Shaw et al., 2004 contourN_M99_beamC_color.m
Ocean Observing Systems, Central and Southern CA. But this photo is NSF work… it just looks neat…..
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Considerations re current teaching position: Hard $ versus Soft $ Stable salary Burdensome teaching load (SJSU, CSU ) …. but the flip side is Academic and intellectual freedom
Things I’ve learned doing interdisciplinary work, small chunks of advice, and some random thoughts.
Let go of the idea that quality science must all be immensely mentally challenging. Sometimes the concepts are fairly simple but finding the evidence for or against a hypothesis is the challenge. Sometimes just communicating seemingly simple concepts from one field to another is the most valuable contribution.
Teaching: Don’t start with the equations of motion. Start with the equation of “mass” and then make the constituent phytoplankton “We” have advection and diffusion “They” have advection and diffusion and settling and swimming and growth and death and immigration and emigration……
Learn how to make scientific statements without citing sources in the literature
Try to see ourselves as we may look to those on the outside, and have some empathy when they roll their eyes at us.
Come up with an alternative term to “physical oceanographer” to describe your career at parties.
Don’t be afraid to move into solving problems in the political and social arena. • You have skills in • Logic and critical thinking • Analyzing and projecting budgets • Data analysis • Communication a sequence of tough concepts
Seek opportunities for professional development and management training