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• Ph.D., Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2000.
• M.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Bordeaux, France, 1995.
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, University of Bordeaux, France, 1993.
• B.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Bordeaux, France, 1993.

Air-Sea interactions ; Turbulence and mixing at the ocean surface; Atmospheric and oceanic boundary layers; Hydrodynamic stability; Suspension dynamics (bubbles, rain, and sea spray); Rain; Ocean surface infra-red remote sensing; Linear and non-linear surface gravity capillary waves; Wind wave generation; Wave-current interactions.

For more information, please visit the Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory page at www.udel.edu/ASI-Lab

The Role of Turbulence and Surface Waves in Air-Sea Heat Flux.
Dynamic Effects of Airborne Water Droplets on Air-Sea Interactions.
Generation and Transport of Marine Aerosols in the Residential/Recreation Coastal Zone.
Wind, Waves, Rain and Their Effects on Air-Water Gas and Momentum Exchanges.
The Role of Rainfall in the Transfers of Energy between the Atmosphere and the Ocean.

James Mueller

Emily Harrison

Zack VanKirk

Fall 2002 MAST 691/CIEG639 Ocean Fluid Dynamics
Fall 2003 MAST 691/CIEG639 Ocean Fluid Dynamics
Fall 2005 MAST 691/CIEG639  Ocean Fluid Dynamics
Spring 2006 MAST 693  Waves in the Marine Environment
Fall 2006 MAST 691/CIEG639  Ocean Fluid Dynamics
Fall 2007 MAST 691/CIEG639 Ocean Fluid Dynamics

1. Melville, W. K., R. Shear, and F. Veron, 1998: Laboratory Measurements of the Generation and Evolution of Langmuir Circulations. J. Fluid Mech., 364, 31-58.

2. Veron, F., and W. K. Melville, 1999: Pulse-to-pulse Coherent Doppler Measurements of Waves and Turbulence. J. Atmos. and Ocean. Technol., 16, 1580-1597.

3. Veron, F., and W. K. Melville, 1999: Laboratory Studies of the Initiation of Langmuir Circulations and Turbulence. Fourth International Symposium on Air-Sea Interaction. Sydney, Australia. M. L. Banner, editor. 265-272.

4. Melville, W. K., C. White, F. Veron, and E. Luft, 1999: Laboratory Measurements of Turbulence under Breaking Waves. Fourth International Symposium on Air-Sea Interaction. Sydney, Australia. M. L. Banner, editor. 211-218.

5. Veron, F., and W. K. Melville, 1999: Laboratory Measurements of Langmuir Circulations and Surface Waves. A Symposium on Fluid Mechanics and the Environment: Dynamical Approaches. Ithaca, New York, USA. J. L. Lumley, editor. 401-412.

6. Zirbel, M. J., F. Veron, and M. I. Latz, 2000: The Reversible Effect of Fluid Flow on the Morphology of the Sinoflagellate Ceratocorys Horrida (Peridiniales). J. Phycol., 36, 46-58.

7. Veron, F., and W. K. Melville, 2001: Experiments on the Stability and Transition of Wind Driven Water Surfaces. J. Fluid Mech., 446, 25-65.

8. Melville, W. K., F. Veron, and C. White, 2002: The Velocity Field under Breaking Waves: Coherent Structures and Turbulence. J. Fluid Mech., 454: 203-233.

9. Young, I. R., M. L. Banner, M. A. Donelan, A. V. Babanin, F. Veron, W. K. Melville, and C. McCormick, 2005: An Integrated Study of the Wind Wave Source Term Balance in Finite Depth Water. J. Atmos. Oceanogr. Technol., 22 (7): 814-831.

10. Feddersen, F, and F. Veron, 2005: Wind Effects on Shoaling Wave Shape, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 35 (7): 1223-1228.

11. Chruch, T. M, F. Veron and T. D. Jickells, 2005: “Coastal Atmospheric Chemistry” in Chapter 4, Coastal Atmospheric Circulation Dynamics. Coastal Atmospheric Phenomena. Coupled Coastal Wind-Wave-Current Dynamics. SCOR working group. In Press.

12. Ho, D. T., F. Veron, E. Harrison, L. F. Bliven, N. Scott, and W. R. McGillis, 2006: The Combined Effect of Rain and Wind on Air-water Gas Exchange: A Feasibility Study. J. Mar. Syst., 66: 150-160.

13. Misra, S. K., M. Thomas, J. T. Kirby, M. Brocchini, F. Veron, and C. Kambhamettu, 2006: Estimation of Complex Air-water Interfaces from PIV Images, Exp. In Fluids, 40 (5): 764-775.

14. Veron, F., W. K. Melville, and L. Lenain, 2007: Infrared Techniques for Measuring Ocean Surface Processes. J. Atmos. Oceanogr. Technol., In Press.

15. Veron, F., W. K. Melville, and L. Lenain, 2007: Wave-coherent Air-sea Heat Flux. J. Phys. Oceanogr., In Press.

16. Veron, F., G. Saxena, and S. Misra, 2007: Measurements of Viscous Tangential Stresses in the Separated Airflow above Wind Waves. Geophysical Research Letters, In Press.

Gaurav Saxena

2000 Luigi Provasoli Award
2001 Edward A. Frieman Prize
2005 ONR Young Investigator Program Award