DAVID J. SCHWAB
- Position:
- Oceanographer
- Affiliation and Contact Information:
- Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- 2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
- Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2945
- Phone: (734) 741-2120
- email: david.schwab@noaa.gov
- Fields of Specialization and Research Interests:
- Specialized in geophysical fluid dynamics problems in the Great
Lakes and other shallow enclosed seas including theoretical,
numerical, and observational investigations of circulation, thermal
structure, seiches, storm surges, wind waves, and air-sea
interaction. Current research interest - Numerical modeling of
three-dimensional lake-scale circulation and thermal structure.
- Education:
- Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1981, Oceanic Science
- M.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1974, Physics
- B.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1972, Applied Mathematics and Physics
- Recent Sponsored Research:
- EEGLE - Hydrodynamic Modeling Program (NSF-NOAA)
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/eegle
- Hydrodynamic Modeling in Lake Michigan Mass Balance Project (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/lmmb/hydro.html
- GLFS - Great Lakes Forecasting System (NOAA COP)
- Selected Publications:
- Schwab, D.J. and K.W. Bedford, 1998. Great Lakes Forecasting. In
Coastal Ocean Prediction (ed. C. Mooers), Amer. Geophys. Union
Coastal and Estuarine Studies. (in press)
- Schwab, D.J. and D. Beletsky, 1998. Propagation of Kelvin Waves
Along Irregular Coastlines in Finite-difference Models. Advances
in Water Resources (in press).
- Beletsky, D., O'Connor, W.P., Schwab, D.J., and D.E. Dietrich,
1997. Numerical simulation of internal Kelvin waves and coastal
upwelling fronts. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 27(7), 1197-1215.
- Eadie, B.J., D.J. Schwab, G.A. Leshkevich, T.H. Johengen, R.A.
Assel, N. Hawley, R.E. Holland, M.B. Lansing, P. Lavrentyev, G.S.
Miller, N.R. Morehead, J.A. Robbins, and P.L. Van Hoof, 1996.
Recurrent Coastal Plume in Southern Lake Michigan. EOS, Trans.
Amer. Geophys. Union.,77(35), 337-338.
- Schwab, D.J., O'Connor, W.P., and G.L. Mellor, 1995. On the net
cyclonic circulation in large stratified lakes. J. Phys.
Oceanogr., 25(6), 1516-1520.
- Schwab, D.J. and K.W. Bedford, 1994. Initial implementation of
the Great Lakes Forecasting System: a real-time system for
predicting lake circulation and thermal structure. Water Poll.
Res. J. Can., 29(2&3), 203-220.
Last updated June 25, 1998