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Professor BROWN, WENDELL S. (Dartmouth)
Professor, School for Marine Science and Technology

Phone: (508) 910-6395
Email: wbrown@umassd.edu

Teaching the following courses:

Introductory Physical Oceanography

Thesis Proposal Development Seminar

Topics: Marine Science

Marine Resource Economics

Adv. Time Series Analysis of Ocean Data

**Disclaimer: Condensed CVs for the School of Marine Sciences. For a full CV, please contact the professor.**

Education:
1965 - B.S. in Engineering (aerospace option) with honors, Brown University; Providence, RI.

1967 - M.S. in Engineering (Fluid Mechanics), Brown University;Providence,

1971 - Ph.D. in Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA .

Professional History:
2000 - Professor - School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA

1996 - 1997 - Visiting Scholar: Thayer School for Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.

1996 - Visiting Scientist: Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Rosensteil School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.

1987 - 2000 - Professor: Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.

1988 - Visiting Scholar: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

1979 - 1987 - Associate Professor: Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire

1980 - Visiting Scholar: Center for Coastal Studies, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

1974 - 1979 - Assistant Professor: Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire

1971 - 1974 - Assistant Research Oceanographer: IGPP, University of California San Dieg

Selected Publications:
Mupparapu, P., and W.S. Brown, "The Role of Convection in Winter Mixed Layer Formation in the Gulf of Maine: February 1987", accepted Journal of Geophysical Research, 2000

Brown, W.S., "Boundary Flux Measurements in the Coastal Ocean", Chapter 15 in "The Sea", Vol.10, edited by K. H. Brink and A. R. Robinson, ISBN 0 - 471 - 11544 - 4, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, NY, 1998.

Brown, W.S., "Wind Forced Pressure Response of the Gulf of Maine", Journal of Geophysical Research, 103 (C13),30,661 - 30,678, December 1998.

da Silveira, I., G. R. Flierl and W.S. Brown, "Dynamics of Separating Western Boundary Currents ", Journal of Physical Oceanography , 29 (2),119 - 144, February 1999.