姓       名：James C. McWilliams

职       称：院士

最高学历：博士

工作单位：美国国家科学院院士、美国加州大学洛杉矶分校教授

教育背景：

1968: B.S. with Honors, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

1969: M.S., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1971: Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Thesis: The Boundary Layer Beneath Symmetric Vortices Advisor: Prof. George F. Carrier

工作经历：

Professional Employment:

1971: Lecturer, Harvard University Summer School, Cambridge, MA

1971–74: Research Fellow in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Harvard University, Cam- bridge MA. Supervisor: Prof. Alan Robinson

1974-2004: Research Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. [1980-2004, Senior Scientist]. [1983-84, 1989, Oceanography Section Head]

1994-present: Louis B. Slichter Professor of Earth Sciences, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics and Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences [1995-2003, Vice Chair; 1997, Acting Chair; 7/2007–7/2010, Chair], UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

1995-2005: Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

荣誉获奖：

2001: Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

2002: Member of the National Academy of Sciences

2015: Editor’s Award, American Meteorological Society

近期主要论著：

Renault, L., J.C. McWilliams, & J. Gula, 2018: Dampening of submesoscale currents by air-sea stress coupling in the Californian Upwelling System. Nature Sci. Rpts. 8, 13388: 1-7.

Dauhajre, D., & J.C. McWilliams, 2018: Diurnal evolution of submesoscale front and fila- ment circulations. J. Phys. Ocean. 48, 2343-2361. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-18-0143.1

Dai, H., J.C. McWilliams, & J. Liang, 2019: Wave-driven currents in the marginal ice zone.Ocean Modelling 134, 1-17.

Estrada-Allis, S.N., B. Barcelo-Llull, E. Pallas-Sanz, A. Rodrguez-Santana, P. Sangra, E. Mason, J.C. McWilliams, and P. Sangra, 2019: Vertical velocity dynamics and mixing in an anticyclone near the Canary Islands. J. Phys. Ocean. 49, 431-451. doi:10.1175/JPO-D-17- 0156.1

Liang, J.H., X. Wan, K.A. Rose, P.P. Sulivan, & J.C. McWilliams, 2018: Horizontal disper-sion of buoyant materials in the ocean surface boundary layer. J. Phys. Ocean.. doi:10.1175/JPO- D-18-0020.1

Dewar, W.K., & J.C. McWilliams, 2019: On energy and turbulent mixing in the thermocline,Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. doi:10.1029/2018MS001502

McWilliams, J.C., 2018: A Perspective on the Legacy of Edward Lorenz. Earth and Space Science. doi:10.1029/2018EA000434

Liu, J., J.-H. Liang, J.C. McWilliams, P.P. Sullivan, Y. Fan, & Q. Chen, 2018: Effect of planetary rotation on oceanic surface boundary layer turbulence. J. Phys. Ocean, in press.

Wenegrat, J.O., L.N. Thomas, J. Gula, & J.C. McWilliams, 2018: Effects of the submesoscale on the potential vorticity budget of ocean mode waters. J. Phys. Ocean., in press.

Persing, J., M.T. Montgomery, R.K. Smith, & J.C. McWilliams, 2018: Quasi steady-state hurricanes revisited. Tropical Cyclone Res. and Rev., in press.

Chelton, D.B., M.G. Schlax, R.M. Samelson, J.T. Farrar, M.J. Molemaker, J.C. McWilliams, & J. Gula, 2018: Prospects for future satellite estimation of small-scale variability of ocean surface velocity and vorticity. Prog. Ocean., in press.

Srinivasan, K., J.C. McWilliams, M.J. Molemaker, & R. Barkan, 2019: Submesoscale vortical wakes in the lee of a topography. J. Phys. Ocean., in press.

Renault, L., P. Marchesiello, S. Masson, J.C. McWilliams, 2019: Remarkable Control of Western Boundary Currents by Eddy Killing, an Air-Sea Stress Coupling Process. Geophys. Res. Lett., in press.

McWilliams, J.C., J. Gula, & M.J. Molemaker, 2019: The Gulf Stream North Wall: Ageostrophic Circulation and Frontogenesis. J. Phys. Ocean., in press.

Zhao, K., A. Stewart, & J.C. McWilliams, 2018: Sill-controlled circulation in ice-shelf cavi- ties. J. Phys. Ocean., in press.

Pearson, J., B. Fox-Kemper, R. Barkan, A. Bracco, J. Choi, & J.C. McWilliams, 2018: Impacts of convergence on Lagrangian statistics in the Gulf of Mexico. Geophys. Res. Lett., in press.

McWilliams, J.C., 2018: A Survey of Submesoscale Currents. Geosci. Lett., submitted.

Akan, C., J.C. McWilliams, & Y. Uchiyama, 2018: Topographic and coastline influences on surf eddies. Ocean Modelling, submitted.

Siegel, D.A., J.R. Watson, R.D. Simons, S. Mitarai, & J.C. McWilliams, 2018: Characteriz- ing particle transit time metrics in a coastal ocean network. J. Geosphys. Res., submitted.

Gao, X., C. Dong, J. Liang, J. Yang, G. Li, D. Wang, & J.C. McWilliams, 2018: Con- vective Instability-induced Bottom Mixing Using Large Eddy Simulation. 

Ocean Modelling, submitted.

Barkan, R., M.J. Molemaker K. Srinivasan, J.C. McWilliams, & E. A. D’Asaro, 2018: The role of horizontal divergence in submesoscale frontogenesis. J. Phys. Ocean., submitted.

Bracco, A., D. Sun, R. Barkan, J. Choi, G. Liu, D. Dauhajre, M. Berta, M.J. Molemaker,J.C. McWilliams, & A. Griffa, 2018: Diurnal Cycling of Submesoscale Dynamics: Lagrangian Implications in Model Simulations of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. J. Phys. Ocean., sub- mitted.

Dauhajre, D., and J.C. McWilliams, 2019: Nearshre Lagrangian connectivity. Cont. Shelf Res., submitted.

Bodner, A.S., B. Fox-Kemper, L.P. Van Roekel, J.C. McWilliams, & P.P. Sullivan, 2019: A perturbation approach to understanding the effects of turbulence on frontogenesis. J. Fluid Mech., submitted.