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Vitalii A Sheremet

Assoc. Marine Research Scientist

Professor-in-Residence

Watkins 118

vsheremet@gso.uri.edu

401-874-6939

http://mail.po.gso.uri.edu/~sheremet/w.html

Educational Background

Ph.D., Oceanography M.S., Applied Mathematics and Physics M.S., Ocean Physics

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Moscow Inst of Physics and Technology P.P.Shirshov Inst Oceanology

1996 1990 1990

Areas of Specialization

Research

Boundary Currents. Inertial Gyres. Rotating convection. Inertial waves and internal tides. Current measurement instrumentation.

Teaching

1). OCG593 Fall 2006 Numerical Methods for Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. 2). OCG693 Fall 2005 Solving Applied Mathematical Problems in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. 3). OCG593 Fall 2004 Dynamics of Shelf-Slope Circulation and Exchange Processes. 4). OCG693 Fall 2004 GFD Laboratory, Stommel-Aarons-Faller circulation unit.

Students

Baylor Fox-Kemper Bronwyn Cahill Joe Kuehl

Ph.D Ph.D Ph.D.

2003 2007 Candidate

Publications:

Sheremet, V. A., and J. Kuehl, 2007: Gap-Leaping Western Boundary Current in a Circular Tank Model. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 37(6), 1488–1495.

Riemenschneider, U., and V. A. Sheremet, 2006: Ball release experiment on a centrifuge: misalignment between the buoyancy force and the axis of rotation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 564, 435-454.

Sheremet, V. A., 2004. Laboratory experiments with convective plumes: A finite angle between the buoyancy force and the axis of rotation. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 506, 217-244.

Cho, Y.-K., R. C. Beardsley, V. A. Sheremet, 2002. On the cause of Scotian Shelf crossovers. Geophysical Research Letters, 29(24), 2212, doi:10.1029/2002GL014968.

Sheremet, V. A., 2002. A method of finding unstable steady solutions by forward time integration: relaxation to a running mean. Ocean Modelling, 5, 77-89.

Sheremet, V. A., 2002. Inertial gyre driven by a zonal jet emerging from the western boundary. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 2361-2378.

Sheremet, V. A., 2001. Hysteresis of a western boundary current leaping across a gap. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31, 1247-1259.

Presentations:

Sheremet, V. A., L. Centurioni, P. Niiler. 2006. Internal Tides and Solitons in the Deep Basin of the South China Sea Observed From a Drifting Ship Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS13A-1536.

Polonichko, V., and V. A. Sheremet. 2006. Improving the Understanding of Mooring Motion in Current Measurements Using High-resolution Diagnostics Records. OCEANS '06MTS/IEEE Boston "Revolutionizing Marine Science and Technology" September 18-22, 2006.