Dr Jaclyn Brown

Postdoctoral Associate

Yale University

 

Yale Dept Geology and Geophysics

210 Whitney Ave.

New Haven CT. 06511

USA

 

PO Box 208109

New Haven CT 06520

 

Jaclyn.Brown (at) yale.edu

 

 

*     Curriculum Vitae

*      Research statement for United States

*     Research statement for Australia

*     Teaching statement

*      My publications

*      Presentations

*      Useful links

*      My other life

 

 

POP Output Files

 

New Project interests

*     Energy Dissipation Rates Project

*      Permanent El Nino Study

This work is supported by grants from NSF and DOE.

 

 

Teaching Resources

*     Tasmanian Education Dept Learning Sequence on Climate Change

 

 

Publications

 

 

PhD Work

 

My PhD thesis  The kinematics and dynamics of cross hemispheric flow in the central and eastern Pacific.

 

There are three papers associated with my PhD work,

 

Brown, J.N., J.S. Godfrey and A. Schiller, 2007: A discussion of flow pathways in the central         and eastern equatorial Pacific, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 1321-1339.

 

Brown, J.N., J.S. Godfrey and R. Fiedler, 2007:A zonal momentum balance on density layers      for the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37, 1939-1955.

 

Brown, J.N., J.S. Godfrey and S.E. Wijffels,: Moderation of Ocean Currents by Eddies and Nonlinear Advection in the Tropical Pacific. Submitted to Journal of Physical Oceanography.

 

Yale Postdoc

 

Brown, J.N. and A.V. Fedorov,: What controls interannual variations of the Warm Water Volume       in the equatorial Pacific Ocean? In preparation

Fedorov, A.V. and J. N. Brown, 2007: Equatorial Waves. Submitted to Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences.

Brown, J.N. and A.V. Fedorov,: The Work done by the Wind on the Tropical Pacific Ocean Circulation. In preparation

Brown, J.N. and A.V. Fedorov,:  Understanding mechanical energy and energy dissipation in the Tropical Pacific Ocean. In preparation

Brown, J.N. and A.V. Fedorov,: A comparison of how IPCC coupled models dissipate energy in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. In preparation

Brown, J.N. and A.V. Fedorov,: Determining the temperature of the Nino3.4 region. In preparation

 

Please contact me if you are interested in any of the above research.

 

CSIRO Postdoc Work

 

Abstract from Greenhouse 2005

 

Brown, J.N., P. McIntosh, and W. Cai,:The ENSO recharge/discharge oscillator prior to 1980 using thermocline and sea level reconstructions. In preparation

 

 

 

 

Selected Conferences and Seminars

 

WGNE Systematic Errors Workshop 2007

Poster -  Energy Dissipation in the Tropical Ocean and ENSO Dynamics.

AGU December 2006

Abstract - Energy Dissipation in the Tropical Ocean and ENSO Dynamics.

Greenhouse 2005

Abstract 1 from Greenhouse 2005 – Has global warming changed the nature of ENSO?

Abstract 2 from Greenhouse 2005 – Getting Global warming into the classroom.

Climate Dynamics – Cairns 2005

Abstract

Western Pacific Geophysics AGU 2004

Abstract - How Water Crosses the Equatorial Vorticity Barrier in the Eastern Pacific

Useful links

Ferret Help

My other life…

Brown pic

*     Career Profile ~ University of NSW

*     Career Profile ~ Development Tasmania

*     ABC Radio Interview on Global Warming

*     Newspaper interview ~ Work in schools

*     Newspaper interview ~ My favourite room