GRADUATE DEGREES IN THE DIVISION OF APPLIED MARINE PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMIS ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) is a graduate school of the University of Miami. Located on a 16-acre campus on the tropical island of Virginia Key, RSMAS is just three miles off the coast of Miami, Florida. With over 100 faculty members, 180 graduate students, and 240 support staff members, the School has established its reputation as one of the leading oceanographic and meteorological research and education facilities in the world. RSMAS conducts a broad range of research on local, regional, national and global levels. With its south Florida location, RSMAS is ideally situated for the study of tropical phenomena. RSMAS offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Marine and Atmospheric Sciences with specialization in one of six divisions. The Division of Applied Marine Physics (AMP) is concerned with the study of fundamental and applied fluid mechanics in the ocean, especially near the air-sea interface and in coastal regions, and the study and application of acoustic, optical and electromagnetic remote sensing techniques. Research in AMP involves theory, numerical modeling, field experiments, laboratory experiments, instrument and algorithm development and data analysis. Examples of research activities in AMP are: numerical modeling of coastal ocean circulation; forecasting of the waves and storm surge in tropical cyclones; studies of nearshore sediment transport; investigation of problems associated with air-sea coupling, including hurricane dynamics; extraction of surface currents, marine surface winds and directional wave properties from land-based and spaceborne radar backscatter measurements; theoretical and experimental studies of acoustics and optics, with emphasis on propagation and scattering in the ocean. The AMP academic program is built on the core disciplines of fluid mechanics and wave dynamics. The latter includes elastic and electromagnetic waves, as well as acoustic, surface gravity and other types of waves in fluids. The School encourages interdisciplinary research with colleagues from the other RSMAS disciplines: marine biology and fisheries, marine geology and geophysics, meteorology and physical oceanography, marine and atmospheric chemistry or marine affairs. Such interdisciplinary research includes the modeling of coral reef systems, water level monitoring using interferometry, understanding the global carbon cycle, and fish population dynamics. AMP students come from a variety of backgrounds including physics, engineering, oceanography and applied mathematics. The majority of AMP students are fully supported as research assistants. These assistantships provide a monthly stipend and cover tuition costs. AMP offers its students a wide range of courses, as well as hands-on experience at sea, in the laboratory, or with state-of-the-art facilities in satellite remote sensing and advanced computer modeling. How to apply. To obtain application materials and information, students should contact the school at the address below. Information and an on-line application are also available on our website: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/grad-studies. Applications should be received by early-January for admission in the fall semester.
AIR-SEA INTERACTION EXPERIMENT

ACOUSTIC MODELING

WAVE MODELING AND TURBULENCE
SATELLITE RADAR IMAGE OF HURRICANE IVAN
For online information, visit www.rsmas.miami.edu/divs/amp or contact: Mark A. Donelan, Chairman AMP/RSMAS, University of Miami 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149-1098, USA mdonelan@rsmas.miami.edu
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, DIVISION OF APPLIED MARINE PHYSICS
Facilities and Laboratories include: Center for Air Sea Interaction. With expertise in field studies, laboratory work, theory, remote sensing and modeling, RSMAS is one of the worlds leading centers for air-sea interaction research. The goals are: to improve global climate modeling by understanding the transfer of carbon dioxide across the air-sea interface; to improve forecasting of hurricane intensity by measuring the transfers of momentum, heat and moisture in hurricane force winds; to investigate wave generation, growth and dissipation; and to improve the understanding of satellite based infrared and Doppler radar measurements. Problems of current interest include surface wave dynamics, near surface turbulence, extreme waves, hurricanes, and air-sea gas transfer. The Air-Sea Interaction Salt-water Tank (ASIST) is a unique laboratory facility for studying physical, chemical and biological processes at or near the air-sea interface using state-of-the-art technology. The Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing (CSTARS) is a modern, state-of-the-art high capability receiving and analysis facility for X-band satellite data. The facility is located at the former U.S. Naval Observatory site at Richmond, in southern MiamiDade County. CSTARS is a highly automated, near real time, multi satellite reception and processing facility. Presently sensors include RADARSAT-1, ERS-2, SPOT-2/4, ENVISAT ASAR and MERIS and MODIS on Aqua and Terra. CSTARS conducts basic studies of the land, ocean, and atmosphere using remote sensing. The extensive satellite coverage allows for rapid data access for many time sensitive applications such as environmental monitoring (e.g. the Everglades), storm prediction (e.g. hurricanes), volcanic eruptions, pollution (e.g. oil spills), natural hazards (e.g. flooding), change detection and civil defense. The Ocean Prediction Experimental Laboratory uses numerical models to study the circulation of the coastal ocean, and marginal and semi-enclosed seas. The focus is on experimental nowcast/forecast systems for realistic regional domains; e.g. Straits of Florida. Of interest are: model-data comparisons; model-model comparisons; data assimilation; coastal ocean-atmosphere coupling; transport processes; and applications to oil spills, water quality and ecosystem dynamics. Marine Optical Sensing Lab carries out research aiming to apply wavefront sensing techniques for optical measurement in the ocean. Potential applications include: turbulence measurements, wake detection, and remote mixed layer depth measurements. Sea-going and Field-based Experimental Programs. Stable air-sea interaction spar (ASIS) buoys are used to measure detailed fluxes and turbulence in on-going experiments for better understanding of airsea coupling mechanism, gas transfer, surface wave dynamics and satellite sensor validations. HF radars such as the Wellen Radar (WERA) system use radio waves to probe the ocean surface. There is ongoing collaboration with researchers from the Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography to provide real-time surface current mapping of the Straits of Florida. Extracting wave and wind information from these measurements is an active focus of AMP research. Faculty:

Darek J. Bogucki (Ph.D. USC) Assistant Professor (ocean optics and optical remote sensing of small scale fluid processes) Mark A. Donelan (Ph.D. British Columbia) Professor and Chairman (air-sea interaction, wave dynamics, boundary layers, wave modeling, remote sensing, gas transfer) Hans C. Graber (Sc.D. MIT) Professor and Co-Director of CSTARS (wave dynamics, radar remote sensing , numerical modeling, storm surge dynamics, air-sea interaction) Susanne H. Lehner (Ph.D. Hamburg) Associate Professor (remote sensing, air-sea interaction, extreme waves, high wind speed boundary layers, interferometry) Jacobus Van de Kreeke (Ph.D. Florida) Professor Emeritus (coastal engineering, estuarine and nearshore hydrodynamics) Tokuo Yamamoto (Ph.D. Oregon State) Professor (geoacoustics, wave/soil/structure interactions, marine soil mechanics) Michael G. Brown (Ph.D. UCSD) Professor (ocean acoustics, surface gravity wave dynamics, Lagrangian ocean dynamics) William M. Drennan (Ph.D. Waterloo) Associate Professor (air-sea interaction, turbulence, boundary layers, surface gravity waves, gas transfer) Thomas R. Hahn (Ph.D. UCSD) Assistant Professor (bubble acoustics, fish acoustics, hydrodynamics and acoustics of multi-phase flows) Christopher N. K. Mooers (Ph.D. Oregon State) Professor (coastal ocean circulation dynamics, coastal ocean prediction, coastal ocean observing networks) John D. Wang (Ph.D. MIT) Professor (coastal engineering, tidal hydraulics, hydrodynamics, mass transport) Harry A. DeFerrari (D.Eng. Catholic University) Professor (underwater acoustics, signal processing)
Tanos Elfouhaily (Ph.D. Paris VII) Associate Professor (remote sensing, surface waves, electromagnetic waves, polarimetry) Brian K. Haus (Ph.D. Michigan) Research Associate Professor (air-sea interaction, HF radar oceanography, estuarine and shelf dynamics, wave-current interaction) Hien Ba Nguyen (Ph.D. Michigan) Research Associate Professor (solid-state electronics, instrumentation, microcomputer systems) Jorge F. Willemsen (Ph.D. Chicago) Professor (modeling of ocean surface gravity waves, physical mechanisms for the transport of nutrients to plankton)
For online information visit www.rsmas.miami.edu/divs/amp