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Judy Twedt University of Washington | ||||
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Research Assistant, Department of Atmospheric Sciences In the winter of 2012 I began research with Professor Dargan Frierson in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, analyzing ocean heat uptake from the Coupled Model Inter-Comparison Project (CMIP5) archive. This was my first experience working with climate model output, and it marked a significant turning point for me. Dargan and his graduate students have been an incredible group to work with. Here are a few figures from my ocean heat uptake analysis. I'll say more about these soon. I recently received a Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Scholarship to continue this research in 2013! Time Comparison of Global Avg Heat Flux. HemisphericDifference Model Average, Zonally Averaged Heat Flux Multi-Model Zonally Averaged Heat Flux Research Assistant, Applied Physics Lab - Polar Science Center Last September I began working with Dr. Richard Moritz, a physical oceanographer in the Polar Science center who has been co-investigator of the North Pole Environmental Observatory. We're developing a Lagrangian ice thickness distribution model to be used for statistical analysis of Arcitc sea ice. I have been (re)writing the model in MATLAB; it was previously written in FORTRAN 77. Recently I've focused on coding algorithms that parameterize the mechanical redistribution of ice, and that monitor the resolution of the distribution. The model is currently in the testing stage. Research Fellow, NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Over the summer of 2012 I had the priviledge of working with Professor Sonya Legg at NOAA/Princeton's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab. I studied mixing of Antarctic Bottom Water using high resolution simulations with the MIT general circulation model. Here are slides from the presentation that I gave to the other NOAA research fellows at the end of the summer. Orkney Passage PPT Flow Animation Field Assistant, Clayoquot Sound Research Cruise When I decided to study oceanography in 2009, I took refresher courses in math, physics, microbiology, and chemistry at Tacoma Community College. Dr. Ruth-Anne Mikels taught my microbiology course and when she learned that I was interested in oceanography, she suggested I contact Cheryl Greengrove, at the University of Washington-Tacoma. I did, and for the next two summers I had the great delight of assisting Dr. Greengrove and Julie Masura on their 2010 and 2011 Clayoquot Sound Research Cruises. We collected water samples at different depths in the water column, to learn about carbon cycling. Here I'm collecting water samples form the CTD: 
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