Curriculum Vitae of Harper Simmons
Education
|
1996 - 2000 |
PhD, Physical Oceanography. Florida State University. Dissertation: The squeezing and splitting of eddies. |
1994
- 1996 |
M.S.
Coastal Hydrology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Thesis: Estimation of freshwater runoff into Prince William Sound using a digital elevation model. |
| 1991
- 1993 |
B.A Physics, Minor: Applied Mathematics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. |
| 1987
- 1991 |
B.F.A Studies, Sculpture and Printmaking, University of Hawaii and University of Alaska. |
Honors and Awards
| 2004 | Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program. Award amount: $300,000 | 2000 | NSF International Research Fellowship. Award amount: $60,000 | 1998 | NASA Earth System Science Fellowship. Award amount: $66,000 |
| 1997 | Participant, NATO Advanced Study Institute: Ocean Modeling and Parameterization, Les Houches, France. |
| 1996 | Natural Resource Fund research grant. Award amount: $7,000 |
| 1995 | SeaGrant research grant. Award amount: $14,000 |
| 1991 | NSF Research Opportunities for Undergraduates. |
Positions Held
| July 2007 - present |
Research Associate Professor, International Arctic Research Center and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Duties: oceanographic research. |
| July 2001 - June 2007 |
Research Assistant Professor, International Arctic Research Center. |
| 2001 - 2002 |
Research Associate, International Arctic Research Center and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. Duties: oceanographic research. |
| 2000 - 2001 |
NSF International Research Fellow, University of Victoria School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. Duties: post-doctoral research. |
| 1996 - 2000 |
Research Assistant, Florida State University. Duties: doctoral student research. |
| 9/1995
- 8/1996 |
Research Assistant, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Duties: master's student research. |
| 5/1995
- 8/1995 |
Research Assistant Scientist, Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova. Research Duties: Model salinity budget of Prince William Sound. Other Duties: see field work section below. |
| 9/1994
- 4/1995 |
Teaching Assistant, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Duties: Master's student research, fluid mechanics laboratory instructor. |
| 1994 | Geophysical Technician, Westmin Resources, various locations in the Alaskan wilderness. |
| 1991 | Scientific programmer, NSF research opportunities for undergraduates, University of Alaska, Fairbanks Institute of Marine Science. |
| 1987- 1993 |
Cook, Construction Worker, Airplane Builder, Farm Worker. |
Publications
- Harper L. Simmons, (2008) Spectral modification and geographic redistribution of the semi-diurnal internal tide, Ocean Modelling doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2008.01.002
- Dmitrenko, I. A., I. V. Polyakov, S. A. Kirillov, L. A. Timokhov, I. E. Frolov, V. T. Sokolov, H. L. Simmons, V. V. Ivanov, and D. Walsh, (2008), Towards A Warmer Arctic Ocean: Spreading Of The Early 21st Century Atlantic Water Warm Anomaly Along The Eurasian Basin Margins, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2007JC004158.
- Hibler, W.D., A. Roberts, P. Heil, A. Proshutinsky, H. L. Simmons, and J. Lovick, (2006), Annals of Glaciology, Volume 44, accepted.
- Dmitrenko, I. A., I. V. Polyakov, S. A. Kirillov, L. A. Timokhov, H. L. Simmons, H., V. V. Ivanov, and D. Walsh, (2006), Seasonal variability of Atlantic water on the continental slope of the Laptev Sea during 2002-2004, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 244(3-4), 735-743, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.067.
- Louis St. Laurent and Harper L. Simmons, (2006) Estimates of power consumed by mixing in the ocean interior, Journal of Climate, 19, 4877-4890.
- Igor V. Polyakov, Agnieszka Beszczynska, Eddy C. Carmack, Igor A. Dmitrenko, Eberhard Fahrbach, Ivan E. Frolov, Rüdiger Gerdes, Edmond Hansen, Jürgen Holfort, Vladimir V. Ivanov, Mark A. Johnson, Michael Karcher, Frank Kauker, James Morison, Kjell A. Orvik, Ursula Schauer, Harper L. Simmons, Øystein Skagseth, Vladimir T. Sokolov, Michael Steele, Leonid A. Timokhov, David Walsh, John E. Walsh, (2005) One more step toward a warmer Arctic, Geophysical Research Letters DOI 10.1029/2005GL023740, 2005.
- Andreas Schmittner, A. Oschlies, X. Giraud, M. Eby, and Harper Simmons, (2005) A global model of the marine ecosystem for long-term simulations: Sensitivity to ocean mixing, buoyancy forcing, particle sinking, and dissolved organic matter cycling, Global biogeochemical cycles,Global Biogeochem. Cycles, Vol. 19, No. 3, GB3004 10.1029/2004GB002283
- Polyakov, U. Bhatt, H Simmons, D Walsh , J Walsh, X. Zhang, (2005) Multidecadal Variability of North Atlantic Temperature and Salinity during the Twentieth Century, Journal of Climate, Vol. 18, No. 21, pages 4562-4581.
- Simmons, H, R. Hallberg, and B. Arbic, (2004) Internal wave generation in a global baroclinic tide model , Deep-Sea Research II, 2004, DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.09.015.
- Brian Arbic, Steve Garner, Robert Hallberg and Harper Simmons, (2004) The accuracy of surface elevations in forward global barotropic and baroclinic tide models, Deep-Sea Research II, 2004, DOI 10.1016/j.dsr2.2004.09.014.
- Polyakov, G. Alekseev, L. Timokhov, U. Bhatt, R. Colony, H. Simmons, D. Walsh, J. Walsh, and V. Zakharov, (2004) Variability of the intermediate Atlantic Water of the Arctic Ocean over the last 100 years, Journal of Climate, 17:4485-4497.
- Simmons, H. L. and I. Polyakov, (2004) Restoring and flux adjustment in simulating variability of an idealized ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2004GL020197.
- Simmons, H, L. St. Laurent, S. Jayne and A. Weaver, (2004) Tidally driven mixing in a numerical model of the ocean general circulation. Ocean Modelling, doi:10.1016/S1463-5003(03)00011-8.
- Louis St. Laurent, H. Simmons and S. Jayne, (2002) Estimating Tidally driven mixing in the deep ocean Geophysical Research Letters, 29 (23) : 2106 (doi:10.1029/2002GL015633).
- Simmons, H. and D. Nof, (2002) The squeezing of eddies through gaps Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32:314-334.
- Simmons, H. and D. Nof, (2000) Islands as eddy
splitters, Journal of Marine Research, 58:919-956.
Membership in Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
Research Interests
Ocean circulation from the meso to planetary scales. Numerical, observational and analytical studies of: global effects of diapycnal mixing, vortex dynamics, buoyancy processes in estuaries and in the ocean mixed layer, vortex/topography interactions. Hydrologic cycle and coupled terrestrial-oceanic processes. Energy cycle of internal waves.
Skills
Numerical Modeling:
I have set up and used the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Modular Ocean
Model (MOM3 and MOM4) as a global baroclinic tide model, in idealized sector
configurations, as well as global ocean-ice and coupled climate model configurations.
I have also set up MICOM (The Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model) in both
a layered and reduced gravity configuration, as well as other simple models
such as baroclinic point vortex and quasigeostrophic models. Recently I have configured HIM (The Hallberg Isopycnic Model) for use in studying baroclinic wave drag by internal tide generation.
Data analysis:
In my research I have processed and used atmospheric datasets from ECMWF and
NCEP reanalyses, hydrographic data, AVHRR and TOPEX/POSEIDON (gridded and along-track)
satellite products, and drifters. I am familiar with most common oceanographic
data analysis techniques including but not limited to EOF, spectral analysis,
gridding, and optimization.
Field Work:
Ten weeks at sea. In that time I assisted in the deployment of ADCP and CTD
moorings and was chief scientist for a one week cruise. I recently
spent a month in the Arctic. I have also spent a
summer in the Alaskan bush as a field geology technician. Growing up in rural
Alaska is arguably equivalent to 20 years of field experience.
Computer Languages:
UNIX shell programming, ARC/INFO GIS, Matlab, Mathematica, FORTRAN 77/90, ferret,
GMT,LATEX, netCDF, et. cetera.
Teaching:
Engineering fluid mechanics
Other Interests
Metalsmithing, photography , electronic music, cooking, gardening, camping and canoeing.
References
Available upon request
