Glenn R. Flierl

Glenn Richard Flierl
Alma materHarvard University
Oberlin College
AwardsHenry Stommel Research Award
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
Scientific career
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis Gulf Stream Meandering, Ring Formation and Ring Propagation  (1975)
Doctoral advisorAllan Richard Robinson

Glenn Richard Flierl (born 1948) is Professor of Oceanography at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1970, he received his B.A. in Physics from Oberlin College and in 1975 his Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University.[1] Advised by Allan Richard Robinson, he graduated with the dissertation "Gulf Stream Meandering, Ring Formation and Ring Propagation".[2] He joined the faculty at MIT in 1976.[3]

Research

He is known for fundamental insights into the dynamics of vortices and geostrophic turbulence and their impact on marine ecosystems.[4]

He is also known for informing and inspiring the public about marine science. For example, he explains unusual ocean features, like paired eddies, in the Newsweek article "Double Whirlpools Found Spinning Across Hundreds of Miles in the Ocean Seen for the First Time".[5]

Awards

In 2014, Glenn R. Flierl was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.[6] He received the Henry Stommel Research Award of the American Meteorological Society in 2015.[7]

Selected publications

  • O'Neill, M. E.; Emanuel, K. A.; Flierl, G. R. (2015). "Polar vortex formation in giant-planet atmospheres dues to moist convection". Nature Geoscience. 8 (7): 523–526. doi:10.1038/ngeo2459. hdl:1721.1/100773.
  • Chen, R.; Flierl, G. R. (2015). "The Contribution of Striations to the Eddy Energy Budget and Mixing: Diagnostic Frameworks and Results in a Quasigeostrophic Barotropic System with Mean Flow". Journal of Physical Oceanography. 45 (8): 2095–2113. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-14-0199.1. hdl:1721.1/101391.
  • Chen, R.; Flierl, G. R.; Wunsch, C. (2015). "Quantifying and Interpreting Striations in a Subtropical Gyre: A Spectral Perspective". Journal of Physical Oceanography. 45 (2): 387–406. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-14-0038.1. hdl:1721.1/98013.
  • Flierl, Glenn R. (2006). Mathematical Modeling of the Physics and Biology of the Ocean (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521533737.

References

  1. ^ "Flierl, Glenn R." Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  2. ^ "Glenn Richard Flierl". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Flierl, Glenn R." Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on June 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "Past Award & Honors Recipients". American Meteorological Society. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  5. ^ Pereira, S. (December 27, 2017). "Double Whirlpools Found Spinning Across Hundreds of Miles in the Ocean Seen for the First Time". Newsweek. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  6. ^ "American Geophysical Union Announces 2014 Fellows". American Geophysical Union. July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "Past Award & Honors Recipients". American Meteorological Society. Archived from the original on August 3, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.