SILVIA GREMES CORDERO

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

PERSONAL

Contact: AMP - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

University of Miami – Applied Marine Physics

4600 Rickenbacker Causeway - Miami, FL, 33149 – USA.

Phone: (305) 421 4868 - Fax: (305) 421 4701

E-mail: sgremes@rsmas.miami.edu

Citizenship: Italian and Argentine

 

 

HIGHER EDUCATION

– PhD., May 2008 (expected), U. of Miami, RSMAS, Applied Marine Physics. Air-sea turbulent fluxes.

– M.S., 2004, UM, RSMAS, Applied Marine Physics. Coastal Oceanography and remote sensing.

– B.S., 1990, Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (ITBA), Oceanography. Oceanic Engineering.

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

September 2004 - present. Graduate Research Assistant. University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (RSMAS), Applied Marine Physics Division. Miami, FL, U.S.A. Air-sea interaction, boundary layer dynamics, turbulence, CO2 and momentum surface fluxes. Advisor: Prof. William Drennan

 

August 2000 – May 2004. Graduate Research Assistant. University of Miami, RSMAS, AMP Division. Miami, FL. Coastal oceanography, remote sensing (HF radar) data interpretation, surface currents. Advisor: Prof. Hans Graber.

 

January 2000 – Aug. 2000. International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) fellow, at the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), Trieste, Italy. Quality control and interpretation of HFradar data. Prof. M. Gacic

 

July 1999 – Dec. 1999. Visiting Scholar at the Department of Oceanography Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, U.S.A., Project. Topic: sea surface coastal velocity from HFradar (CODAR) data analysis. Prof. J. Paduan

 

1995-1999. Assistant Researcher. Univ. "La Sapienza" of Rome, Department of Physics. Topics: Dense Water Formation processes, Potential Vorticity conservation, Dynamics of Dense Shelf Waters. Sponsored by National Italian Project of Research in Antarctica (PNRA). Prof. E. Salusti

 

1992. Assistant Researcher. SO.PRO.MAR (Societa Progetti Maritimi), Department of Physical Oceanography. Fiumicino, Roma, Italy. Processing of physical and chemical CTD data.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

- Peer-reviewed:

Gremes Cordero S. and Salusti E., 2003. “On the friction and entrainment of potential vorticity in the shallow-water approximation”. Il Nuovo Cimento B, Vol. 118-1, 83-98 .

 

Budillon G., Gremes Cordero S. and Salusti E., 2002. "On the dense water spreading off the Ross Sea Shelf". J. of Marine Systems, Vol.35, 207-227.

 

Gremes Cordero S., 1999. "The use of thermal satellite data in dense water formation studies in the Mediterranean Sea". J. of Marine Systems. Special Is. "Mediterranean Sea - Circulation, Strait Exchange and Dense Water Formation Processes". Eds. M. Gacic, M. Astraldi, P. La Violette. Vol 20, 175-186.

 

Gremes Cordero S., 1999. "Thermal satellite evidence of dense water formation in the Mediterranean sea". Bollettino Geofisico, Vol.1-2, XXII, 27-42.

 

Gremes Cordero S. and Salusti E., 1998. "General characteristics of density-turbidity currents in the Ross Sea (Antarctica)". In "Oceanography of the Ross Sea - Antarctica". G. Spezie and G.M.R. Manzella Eds. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 223-232.

 

Gremes Cordero S., Haus B.K., Graber H.C., 2008. "Surface signature of the Chesapeake Bay outflow variability observed with coastal radar". Submitted to J. of Coastal Research.

 

- Non-referred publications:

Gremes Cordero S. and Serravall R., 1996. "Shallow water potential vorticity in presence of mild friction and entrainment". Preprint n. 1137, Dept. of Physics, University "La Sapienza" of Rome, 1-10.

 

Gremes Cordero S., Salusti E. and Serravall R., 1995. "On the Ertel theorem for entrained viscous fluids in shallow water approximation". Ocean Modelling, 108, 2-4.

 

- Thesis:

“Dragging above cavities with and without an obstacle". BSc., ITBA University, Buenos Aires, RA, 1990.

 

“A study of the influence of fresh water discharge and winds over the outflow disjoint off Chesapeake Bay”. MSc., AMP, RSMAS, UM, 2004.

 

"Air-sea turbulent fluxes measurements and their relationship to turbulent kinetic dissipation rate in the ocean". PhD Dissertation, AMP, RSMAS, UM, 2008.

 

 

FIELD WORK

2007. "EASI deployment" (August 7-12th). First deployment of EASI buoy designed to obtain measurements during hurricanes along the Florida coast. Project funded by NSF, organized by AMP Division, RSMAS, UM, on board R/V "Seward Johnson".

 

2004. Oceanographic Cruise "LabSeaCO2" (19/8-28/9). CTD casts, and Asis-Buoy recovery in the Labrador Sea, as part of the SOLAS Project. Organized by the UM, on board R/V “ENDEAVOR”. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

 

1999. Oceanographic Cruise "ICON-August 1999" (28/8-2/9). CTD casts, XBT and current meter deployment on the Monterey Bay, California. Organized by the Naval Postgraduate School of Monterey, CA, on board R/V “POINT SUR”.

 

1997. Oceanographic Cruise "TALUD III" (7-19/9). Oceanographic and chemical data acquisition in the South Atlantic Ocean  Organized by the Argentinean Hydrographic Naval Service (SHN) and the National Research Council of Science and Technology (CONICET), on board A.R.A. "PUERTO DESEADO".

 

1997. Oceanographic Cruise "SIMPLEX" (1-12/9) for the acquisition of physical-chemical data in the Strait of Sicily and the Ionian Sea. Directed by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IFA) of Rome, on board R/V "URANIA".

 

1995. Oceanographic Cruise "GMS9501" (10-21/11) organized by Marine Geology Institute "GEOMARE SUD", on board R/V "URANIA". Oceanographic and geological data acquisition in the Gulf of Sorrento (Thyrrenian Sea).

 

1987. Hydrographic cruises "MONITOREO I and II". Water pollution measurements in the coastal area of Buenos Aires - Organized by ITBA students and the Marine Chemical Department of the Argentinean Hydrographic Naval Service (SHN).

 

 

SKILLS

Languages

Proficient in Italian, Spanish and English. Familiar with Portuguese.

Software

– Programming languages:  Matlab, Fortran

– Operating systems:  Windows, Unix

– General tools:  Excell, Powerpoint, Word, Scientific Word, Labview, FrontPage

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Summer 2003. “Data Analysis”. Patomac Group Courses, RSMAS, University of Miami, Florida, USA.

 

June 2000. Lecturer for the course “Data Management” for the Center of Data acquisition and Control personnel of the Alghero Monitor Center. Project: “Marine environment monitoring of the coastal sea (North Sardinia)”. Alghero, Sardinia, Italy.

 

Fall 1990. Teaching assistant for the course "Physical Oceanography: Waves". ITBA. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

Fall 1989. Substitute Professor for the courses “Physics” and “Physical and Chemical Principles”, at “Pedro Poveda” High School. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

INVITED TALKS

1999. “Oceanographic information of Ionian Sea from CTD data”. For the National Institute of Nuclear Physics Group participating in the Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research (NESTOR) Project. University “La Sapienza” of Rome, Department of Physics, Rome, Italy.

 

2000. “Calibration of HF Radar (Codar) data”. National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), Trieste, Italy.

 

REVIEWER

2007. Referee for Geophysical Research Letters (GRL)

2002. Referee for Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR)

 

 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2008. MPOWIR fellowship for attendance of Patullo Conference, Charleston, NC, USA

2006. NATO travel fellowship for Ankara Summer School, Turkey.

2003. American Geophysical Society (AGU) Travel Funds, USA.

2000. International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP). One-year-Fellowship. Trieste, Italy.

1999. Innovative Coastal Ocean Observing Network (ICON) Project. Visiting Scholar Fellowship. Monterey, CA, USA.

1995. European Community (CE) Award. Workshop participation. Trieste, Italy.

MEMBERSHIPS

Sigma Xi Scientific Society

American Geophysical Union

 

 

NON-CREDIT COURSES

2006. "Climate change impact on Marine Ecosystems" (14-26th August). NATO-ASI and Eur-Oceans sponsored Summer School. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.

 

1999. “Computations in Air-Ocean Sciences” (code OC2020), July 9 – Sept 14. Naval Postgraduate School, Department of Oceanography, Monterey, California, U.S.A.

 

1998. "Course on Mediterranean Sea circulation and ecosystem functioning", November 2-7. International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.

 

1998. "Satellite Oceanography Course", September 7-18. Center of Scientific Research and Higher Education of Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Mexico.

 

1997. "Course on Shallow water and Shelf sea dynamics", April 7-25. International Center of Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.

 

1996. "Course on Geophysical Fluid Dynamics", April 22- May 10. ICTP, Trieste, Italy.

 

1995. "Workshop on nonlinearity: noise in nonlinear systems", August 14-24. ICTP, Trieste, Italy.

 

 

CONFERENCES AND ABSTRACTS

2008. Gremes Cordero S. and Drennan, W. “Direct measurements of turbulent kinetic dissipation rate in the open ocean surface layer”. ASLO, Ocean Sciences. Orlando, FL, USA, March 2-7.

 

2003. Gremes Cordero S. “Analysis of wind-driven coastal currents off Chesapeake Bay (VI)”. EGS-European Geophysical Society XXVllI General Assembly (EGS, AGU, EGU). Nice, France, April 6-11. Poster.

 

2002. Budillon G., Gremes Cordero S. and Salusti E., “Dense water dynamics over the Ross Sea shelf (Southern Ocean)”. EGS-European Geophysical Society XXVll General Assembly. Nice, France, April 21-26.

 

2002. Gremes Cordero S. and Salusti E. “On the effect of friction and entrainment on potential vorticity in the shallow water approximation”. The 2nd Meeting on the Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits, Villefranche, France, April 15-19.

 

2002. Haus B., Graber H., Gremes-Cordero S., Shay L. and Hallock Z. “Horizontal and vertical shear of current velocity within the Plume turning region of the Chesapeake Bay outflow”. AGU – Ocean Sciences Meeting. Honolulu, Hawaii, February 11-15.

 

2001. Gremes Cordero S., Graber H. and Paduan J., “The role of HF radar in coastal oceanography". IAPSO/IABO conference - “2001: An Ocean Odyssey”. Mar del Plata, Argentina, October 21-26.

 

2000. Budillon G., Gremes Cordero S. and Salusti E., “On the dense water spreading off the Ross Sea shelf (Southern Ocean)”. Southern Ocean – JGOFS Symposium: Climatic changes and the cycle of carbon. Brest, France, July 8-12. Poster.

2000. Gremes Cordero S., Cook M. and Paduan J., “Calibration of HF Radar Surface Current observations”. EGS-European Geophysical Society XXV General Assembly. Nice, France, April 25-29.

 

2000. Budillon G., Gremes Cordero S. and Salusti E., “On removing mechanisms of the dense water off the Ross Sea shelf (Southern Ocean)” - EGS-European Geophysical Society XXV General Assembly. Nice, France, April 25-29. Poster.

 

1999. Gremes Cordero S. and Salusti E., "Potential Vorticity conservation for shallow seas with friction and entrainment". EGS-European Geophysical Society XXIV General Assembly. The Hague, Netherlands, April 19-23.

 

1998. Conversano F., Gremes Cordero S., Ribera D'Alcalà M., Salusti E., "Dynamic characteristics of Gulf of Salerno - Central Tyrrhenian Sea". XIII Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Oceanologia e Limnologia (AIOL). Ancona, Italy, September 28-30.

 

1998. Budillon G., Gremes Cordero S. and Salusti E., "Interaction of dense currents with bottom sediment in the Ross Sea". Hydrodynamical and Ecosystem Processes in Ice covered Seas of the Southern and Northern Hemispheres. Liège, Belgium, May 4-8.

 

1997. Gremes Cordero S., "Dense water formation processes in the Mediterranean Sea: a satellite based study". Programme prévisionnel, Reunion de travail Project SALTO. Hammamet, Tunis, November 24-28.

 

1997. Gremes Cordero S. and Salusti E., "On density-turbidity currents in Antarctica". International Conference on the Oceanography of the Ross Sea-Antarctica. Lerici, La Spezia, Italy, March 24-28.

 

1996. Gremes Cordero S., "Search for Dense Water Formation zones in the Mediterranean sea through satellite analysing". XII Congresso Nazionale dell'Associazione Italiana di Oceanologia e Limnologia (AIOL). Vulcano Is., Italy, September 18-21. (Poster).

 

1995. Gremes Cordero S., Salusti E., Serravall R... "On the Ertel Theorem in Presence of a Mild Entrainment and Friction". International Conference on Dynamics of Ocean and Atmosphere, Moscow, Russia, November 22-25.

 

 

VOLUNTEER WORK – LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

2004-2008. RSMAS Parliamentarian for the Graduate Student Association (GSA), University of Miami.

2005-2007. Chairman and Member of Health Insurance Concerns Committee, as part of GSA, UM.

2005. AMP Student Representative for the Student Travel Funds Committee, RSMAS.

2001-2002. Student Representative for the Applied Mar. Phys. Division, RSMAS.

 

 

 

 

 

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