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Kathleen A. Donohue
Assoc. Professor of Oceanography
216 Watkins
kdonohue@mail.uri.edu
401 874 6615
http://www.po.gso.uri.edu/dynamics

Educational Background

Ph.D., Oceanography
B.S., Applied Mathematics
 University of Rhode Island
Brown University
 1996
1988

Areas of Specialization

Research

Kathleen Donohue is a physical oceanographer whose research interests include describing the global ocean velocity structure with particular focus on western boundary and subpycnocline current regimes utilizing acoustic Doppler current profilers and hydrographic data sets, data-model comparisons, and numerical models to provide insight into ocean dynamics.

Teaching

OCG200 Weather OCG5xx Principles of Physical Oceanography OCG 613 Waves

Outreach

Co-Principal Investigator on the NSF-funded SURFO (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Oceanography) program.

Students

Penelope Howe
Amy Cutting
Jessica Worst
Stefanie Zamorski
Annie Foppert
Kellen Rosburg
Christopher Piecuch
 M.S. 2009
M.S. 2010
M.S. 2011
M.S. 2012
Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Ph.D.

Publications:

Worst, J.,  K.A. Donohue,  and T. Rossby, 2013, A comparison of vessel-mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler and satellite altimeter estimates of sea surface height and transports between New Jersey and Bermuda along the CMW Oleander route.  Submitted to J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech.

Hamilton, P., L. Oey and  K.A. Donohue, 2013, Comparison of modeled and observed variability in an eddy eominated region of the Gulf of Mexico: Deep Dynamics.  Submitted to J. Phys. Ocean.

Bishop, S., D.R. Watts,  K.A. Donohue, 2013,  Divergent eddy heat fluxes in the Kuroshio Extension at 144–148 Part 1: Mean structure.  Accepted J. of Phys. Ocean.

Watts, D.R.,  M. A. Kennelly,  K. A. Donohue , K. L. Tracey, T. K. Chereskin, R. Weller, I. Victoria, 2013, Four current meter models compared in strong currents in Drake Passage. In revision J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech.

Beal, L. and  K.A. Donohue, 2013, The Great Whirl: Observations of its seasonal development and interannual variability. Accepted J. Geophys. Res.

Tracey, K. L., D. R. Watts, K. A. Donohue, and H. Ichikawa, 2012, Propagation of Kuroshio Extension meanders between 143E and 149E. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 42:581–601, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-11-0138.1.

Na, H., J.-H. Park, D. R. Watts,  K. Donohue, and H. J. Lee, 2012, Near 13-day barotropic ocean response to the atmospheric forcing in the North Pacific. J. Geophys. Res.,  doi:10.1029/2012JC008211.

Park, J.-H., D. R. Watts, K. A. Donohue, and K. L. Tracey, 2012,  Comparisons of sea surface height variability observed by pressure-recording inverted echo sounders and satellite altimetry in the Kuroshio Extension. J. Oceanogr., 68:401–416, doi:10.1007/s10872-012-0108-x.

Hamilton, P.,  K. A. Donohue, R. R. Leben, A. Lugo-Fernández, and R. E. Green, 2011,  Loop Current observations during spring and summer of 2010: Description and historical perspective, in Monitoring and Modeling the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: A Record-Breaking Enterprise, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., vol. 195, edited by Y. Liu et al., pp. 117–130, AGU, Washington, D. C.  doi:10.1029/2011GM001116.
 

Presentations:

Chidichimo, M.P., K.A. Donohue, D.R. Watts and K. L. Tracey, 2013, Baroclinic transport time series of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage.   EGU Vienna

Watts, D. R., K. L. Tracey,  K. A. Donohue, and T. K. Chereskin, 2012, Eddy heat fluxes across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Northern Drake Passage. Fall AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Bishop, S. P.,  D. R. Watts, and K. A. Donohue,  2012, Divergent eddy heat fluxes in the Kuroshio Extension 143-149 E.  Ocean Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah.
 
Donohue K. A., R. Leben, P. Hamilton and D. R. Watts, 2012, Upper-lower layer coupling in loop current eddies Ekman and Franklin.    Ocean Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah.
 
Hamilton, P., Leben, R. R.,  Donohue, K. A.,  Sheinbaum, J., and J. Candela, 2012, Cyclone development during the detachments of Loop Current Eddies Ekman and Franklin:  A historical perspective.  Ocean Sciences, Salt Lake City, Utah.
 


History

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5 years 28 weeks