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Oceanographer
LuAnn Thompson is the Walters Endowed Professor at the
University of Washington . She is known for her work in modeling the movement of heat and chemicals via ocean currents.
Education and career
Thompson grew up in northern California and was interested in astrophysics.
[1] She received a B.S. in physics from the
University of California, Davis (1983), an M.A. in physics from
Harvard University (1986), and a Ph.D. from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1990). Following her Ph.D. she moved to the University of Washington first as a post-doctoral fellow, and then she joined the faculty in 1993. She was promoted to professor in 2010 and named the Walters Professor of Oceanography in 2016.
[2]
Research
Thompson's early research developed models of water flow
[3] and used laboratory experiments to examine the production of eddies.
[4] Subsequent research examined the factors controlling
sea surface height ,
[5]
[6] which she measures using data from satellites,
[7] and the physical conditions in the ocean that lead to the formation of water masses.
[8]
[9] Through collaborative projects she has examined how changes in water circulation alter the oxygen levels in seawater
[10]
[11] and how
marine heatwaves will impact marine ecosystems.
[12]
[13] In ongoing policy discussions, Thompson seeks to use science to support discussions on climate change
[14]
[15] and analyzes factors limiting promotion of women in science.
[16]
[17]
[18]
Selected publications
Kwon, Young-Oh; Alexander, Michael A.; Bond, Nicholas A.; Frankignoul, Claude; Nakamura, Hisashi; Qiu, Bo; Thompson, Lu Anne (15 June 2010).
"Role of the Gulf Stream and Kuroshio–Oyashio Systems in Large-Scale Atmosphere–Ocean Interaction: A Review" . Journal of Climate . 23 (12): 3249–3281.
Bibcode :
2010JCli...23.3249K .
doi :
10.1175/2010JCLI3343.1 .
hdl :
1912/3971 .
S2CID
2880600 .
Deutsch, Curtis; Brix, Holger; Ito, Taka; Frenzel, Hartmut; Thompson, LuAnne (15 July 2011). "Climate-Forced Variability of Ocean Hypoxia". Science . 333 (6040): 336–339.
Bibcode :
2011Sci...333..336D .
doi :
10.1126/science.1202422 .
PMID
21659566 .
S2CID
11752699 .
Meehl, Gerald A.; Arblaster, Julie M.; Chung, Christine T. Y.; Holland, Marika M.; DuVivier, Alice; Thompson, LuAnne; Yang, Dongxia; Bitz, Cecilia M. (December 2019).
"Sustained ocean changes contributed to sudden Antarctic sea ice retreat in late 2016" . Nature Communications . 10 (1): 14.
Bibcode :
2019NatCo..10...14M .
doi :
10.1038/s41467-018-07865-9 .
PMC
6312884 .
PMID
30600315 .
S2CID
57241165 .
Vivier, Frédéric; Kelly, Kathryn A.; Thompson, Lu Anne (1 December 2002).
"Heat Budget in the Kuroshio Extension Region: 1993–99" . Journal of Physical Oceanography . 32 (12): 3436–3454.
Bibcode :
2002JPO....32.3436V .
doi :
10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3436:HBITKE>2.0.CO;2 .
Awards and honors
Thompson was named a fellow of the
American Meteorological Society in 2014.
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References
^
"Autobiographical sketches" . Oceanography . 27 (4): 236. December 17, 2015.
^
"Thompson CV" (PDF) . October 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2022 .
^ Thompson, Luanne (1993-07-01).
"Two-Layer Quasigeostrophic Flow over Finite Isolated Topography" . Journal of Physical Oceanography . 23 (7): 1297–1314.
Bibcode :
1993JPO....23.1297T .
doi :
10.1175/1520-0485(1993)023<1297:TLQFOF>2.0.CO;2 .
ISSN
0022-3670 .
^ Thompson, Luanne; Young, W. R. (1989-02-01).
"An Upper Bound on the Size of Sub-mesoscale Coherent Vortices" . Journal of Physical Oceanography . 19 (2): 233–237.
Bibcode :
1989JPO....19..233T .
doi :
10.1175/1520-0485(1989)019<0233:AUBOTS>2.0.CO;2 .
ISSN
0022-3670 .
^ Vivier, Frédéric; Kelly, Kathryn A.; Thompson, LuAnne (1999-09-15).
"Contributions of wind forcing, waves, and surface heating to sea surface height observations in the Pacific Ocean" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans . 104 (C9): 20767–20788.
Bibcode :
1999JGR...10420767V .
doi :
10.1029/1999jc900096 .
ISSN
0148-0227 .
^ Thompson, Lu Anne; Kelly, Kathryn A.; Darr, David; Hallberg, Robert (2002-12-01).
"Buoyancy and Mixed Layer Effects on the Sea Surface Height Response in an Isopycnal Model of the North Pacific" . Journal of Physical Oceanography . 32 (12): 3657–3670.
Bibcode :
2002JPO....32.3657T .
doi :
10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3657:BAMLEO>2.0.CO;2 .
ISSN
0022-3670 .
^ Hersher, Rebecca (November 19, 2022).
"NASA Satellite To Measure Global Sea Level Rise" . NPR . Retrieved February 13, 2022 .
^ Thompson, LuAnne (2000-03-15).
"Ekman layers and two-dimensional frontogenesis in the upper ocean" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans . 105 (C3): 6437–6451.
Bibcode :
2000JGR...105.6437T .
doi :
10.1029/1999jc900336 .
ISSN
0148-0227 .
^ Ladd, Carol; Thompson, Lu Anne (2000-05-01).
"Formation Mechanisms for North Pacific Central and Eastern Subtropical Mode Waters" . Journal of Physical Oceanography . 30 (5): 868–887.
Bibcode :
2000JPO....30..868L .
doi :
10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<0868:FMFNPC>2.0.CO;2 .
ISSN
0022-3670 .
^ Deutsch, Curtis; Brix, Holger; Ito, Taka; Frenzel, Hartmut; Thompson, LuAnne (15 July 2011). "Climate-Forced Variability of Ocean Hypoxia". Science . 333 (6040): 336–339.
Bibcode :
2011Sci...333..336D .
doi :
10.1126/science.1202422 .
PMID
21659566 .
S2CID
11752699 .
^ Deutsch, Curtis (2005).
"Fingerprints of climate change in North Pacific oxygen" . Geophysical Research Letters . 32 (16).
Bibcode :
2005GeoRL..3216604D .
doi :
10.1029/2005gl023190 .
ISSN
0094-8276 .
S2CID
55921065 .
^ Guo, Xiuwen; Gao, Yang; Zhang, Shaoqing; Wu, Lixin; Chang, Ping; Cai, Wenju; Zscheischler, Jakob; Leung, L. Ruby; Small, Justin; Danabasoglu, Gokhan; Thompson, Luanne (2022).
"Threat by marine heatwaves to adaptive large marine ecosystems in an eddy-resolving model" . Nature Climate Change . 12 (2): 179–186.
Bibcode :
2022NatCC..12..179G .
doi :
10.1038/s41558-021-01266-5 .
ISSN
1758-678X .
PMC
7612885 .
PMID
35757518 .
S2CID
246492876 .
^ Scannell, H. A.; Johnson, G. C.; Thompson, L.; Lyman, J. M.; Riser, S. C. (2020).
"Subsurface Evolution and Persistence of Marine Heatwaves in the Northeast Pacific" . Geophysical Research Letters . 47 (23): e2020GL090548.
Bibcode :
2020GeoRL..4790548S .
doi :
10.1029/2020GL090548 .
ISSN
1944-8007 .
S2CID
228922216 .
^ Sanders, Julia-Grace (April 2017).
"How Seattle's March for Science came to be | Crosscut" . crosscut.com . Retrieved 2022-02-13 .
^ Radke, Bill; Martin, Matt (November 29, 2016).
"Climate scientist recommendation to her own kind: 'Be a little bit braver' " . kuow.org . Retrieved 2022-02-13 .
^ Thompson, LuAnne; Perez, Renellys C.; Shevenell, Amelia E. (April 2011). "Closed ranks in oceanography". Nature Geoscience . 4 (4): 211–212.
Bibcode :
2011NatGe...4..211T .
doi :
10.1038/ngeo1113 .
^ Thompson, LuAnne; Perez, Renellys C.; Shevenell, Amelia E. (June 2011).
"Reply to 'Not just family matters' " . Nature Geoscience . 4 (6): 346.
Bibcode :
2011NatGe...4..346T .
doi :
10.1038/ngeo1165 .
^ Duncombe, Jenessa (2019-06-06).
"Women in Oceanography Still Navigate Rough Seas" . Eos . Retrieved 2022-02-13 .
^
"List of Fellows" . American Meteorological Society . Retrieved 2022-02-13 .
External links
International National Academics