Michael (Mick) C. Spillane
Research Scientist, Tsunami Group
PhD in Physical Oceanography, Oregon State University, 1980
E-mail: spillmc@u.washington.edu
Office: PMEL, Bldg 3, Rm 2064, NOAA Sand Point
Phone: 206-526-6780
Fax: 206-526-6485
http://nctr-people.pmel.noaa.gov/spillane/index.html
Research Interests
Tsunami detection in the open ocean; interactions with bathymetric features; wave propagation
See website: http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/
Current Research Projects
- DART® Array Design and Site Selection
- Propagation Database Source Placement
- NRC Risk Assessment for East Coast Nuclear Generator Site Selection.
Selected Publications
Wei, Y., E. Bernard, L. Tang, R. Weiss, V. Titov, C. Moore, M. Spillane, M. Hopkins, and U. Kânoğlu (2008): Real-time experimental forecast of the Peruvian tsunami of August 2007 for U.S. coastlines. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04609, doi: 10.1029/2007GL032250.
Overland, J.E., M.C. Spillane, D.B. Percival, M. Wang, and H.O. Mofjeld, (2004): Seasonal and regional variations in pan-Arctic surface air temperature over the instrumental record. J. Climate,17(17), 3263-3282.
Bond, N.A., J.E. Overland, M. Spillane, and P.J. Stabeno (2003): Recent shifts in the state of the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(23), 2183, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018597.
Kessler, W.S., M.C. Spillane, M.J. McPhaden, and D.E. Harrison (1996): Scales of variability in the equatorial Pacific inferred from the Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean (TAO) buoy array. J. Climate, 9, 2999-3024.
Overland, J.E., M.C. Spillane, H.E. Hurlbert, and A.J. Wallcraft (1994): A numerical study of the circulation of the Bering Sea basin and exchange with the North Pacific Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24(4), 736-758.
Spillane, M.C., D.E. Enfield and J.S. Allen, (1987): The intra- seasonal oscillation in sea level along the west coast of the Americas. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 17: 313-325.
