Jae-Hun Park

Assoc. Marine Research Scientist

219 Watkins

jpark@gso.uri.edu

401-874-6514

http://www.po.gso.uri.edu/dynamics/index.html

Educational Background

Ph.D., Ocean Engineering
M.S., Physical Oceanography
B.S., Oceanography

Hiroshima University
Seoul National University
Seoul National University

2001
1997
1994

Areas of Specialization

Research

Jae-Hun Park is a physical oceanographer whose current focus is on internal gravity waves including internal tides, near-inertial oscillations, and non-linear internal waves, with emphasis on dynamics of their interaction with mesoscale eddies and fronts.

Publications:

Nam, S.H., and J.-H. Park (2008), Semidiurnal internal tides off the east coast of Korea inferred from Synthetic Aperture Radar images, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L05602, doi:10.1029/2007GL032536.

Park, J.-H., D. R. Watts, K. A. Donohue, and S. R. Jayne (2008), A comparison of in situ bottom pressure array measurements with GRACE estimates in the Kuroshio Extension, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L17601, doi:10.1029/2008GL034778.
(featured by NASA Global Climate Change website, Gravity data sheds new light on ocean, climate ,and by Sensing Our Planet: NASA Earth Science Research Features 2010, Probing the Black Current )

Andres, M, J.-H. Park, M. Wimbush, X.-H. Zhu, H. Nakamura, K. Kim, and K.-I. Chang (2009), Manifestation of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation in the Kuroshio, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L16602, doi:10.1029/2009GL039216.

Farmer, D., Q. Li, and J.-H. Park (2009), Internal wave observations in the South China Sea: The role of rotation and non-linearity, Atmosphere-Ocean, 47, 267-280, doi:10.3137/OC313.2009.

Park, J.-H., K. A. Donohue, D. R.Watts, and L. Rainville (2010), Distribution of deep near-inertial waves observed in the Kuroshio Extension, Journal of Oceanography, 66, 709–717.

Presentations:

Park, J.-H. and D. R. Watts (2006). Near- and sub-inertial current fluctuations observed under the Gulf Stream south of New England, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting OS32A-06, San Francisco, CA.

Park, J.-H.,D. R. Watts, K. D. Donohue, A. L. Fearing, A. D. Greene, and K. L. Tracey (2008). Sea surface height variability observed by pressure-recording inverted echo sounders and satellite altimetry in the Kuroshio Extension, Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL.

Park, J.-H., D. R. Watts, K. A. Donohue, and S. R. Jayne (2008), A comparison of in situ bottom pressure array measurements with GRACE estimates in the Kuroshio Extension, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G22A-03.

Park, J.-H. K. A. Donohue, D. R. Watts, L. Rainville (2009), Observation of deep near-inertial waves interacting with large- and meso-scale current in the Kuroshio Extension, The 15th PAMS Meeting, April 23–25, Busan, Korea.

Park, J.-H., S. Lee, K. A. Donohue, D. R. Watts, L. Rainville, I. Ginis, S. K. Kang, and H. J. Lee (2010), Observation and simulation of typhoon-induced near-Inertial waves interacting with large- and meso-scale currents in the Kuroshio Extension, Ocean Sciences Meeting PO11B-07, Portland, OR.