Ganesh Gopalakrishnan

Asst Project Scientist
Physical Oceanography Research Division
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego

Mail Delivery Address: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD 9500 Gilman Drive, Dept 0230 La Jolla, CA 92093-0230 Mail Code: 0230			Office: Nierenberg Hall: Room 412
Telephone:	(858) 822-4413	Fax:	(858) 534-9820		E-mail Address: ggopalak@ucsd.edu

Education:
Ph.D, Stevens Institute of Technology (Physical Oceanography), 2008
Thesis: Surface Current Observations Using HF Radar and its Assimilation into NYHOPS
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, INDIA (Ocean Engineering), 2002
B.Tech., National Institute of Technology, Calicut, INDIA (Civil Engineering), 1998

Research Interests:

Ocean Modeling, Data Assimilation, Observational Oceanography.

Current Research:

State estimation and Loop Current eddy predictability in the the Gulf of Mexico

Kuroshio shelf intrusion and the Cold Dome evolution in the Taiwan seas

Papers and Projects

Links:

My graduate advisor: Alan Blumberg
My post-doctoral advisors: Bruce Cornuelle and Eric Terrill

Results:

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