Tom is a field oceanographer studying ocean surface waves, wave evolution across the continental shelf, and wave-induced nearshore processes. His work has shown that small-scale seafloor ripples on the continental shelf can cause strong attenuation of ocean swell, and that the nonlinear excitation of infragravity waves play an important role in beach erosion. Tom received his PhD from Scripps Oceanography in 1990 and is Professor Emeritus at the Naval Postgraduate School. Tom will be working from his Monterey office and the El Granada Lab.
“On the Uniqueness and Causal Relationship of Precursor Activity to Solar Energetic Events. I. Transient Brightenings—Introduction and Overview” | May 2025 |
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"Student knowledge gains in polar literacy and statistics after completing guided inquiry modules in an undergraduate statistics course" | February 2025 |
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“Fingerprinting the Recovery of Antarctic Ozone” | January 2025 |
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“Higher-order gravity waves and traveling ionospheric disturbances from the polar vortex jet on 11-15 January 2016: Modeling with HIAMCM-SAMI3 and comparison with observations in the thermosphere and ionosphere” | January 2025 |
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“Two major sudden stratospheric warmings during winter 2023/2024” | January 2025 |
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Tom is a field oceanographer studying ocean surface waves, wave evolution across the continental shelf, and wave-induced nearshore processes. His work has shown that small-scale seafloor ripples on the continental shelf can cause strong attenuation of ocean swell, and that the nonlinear excitation of infragravity waves play an important role in beach erosion. Tom received his PhD from Scripps Oceanography in 1990 and is Professor Emeritus at the Naval Postgraduate School. Tom will be working from his Monterey office and the El Granada Lab.