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RUSS
DAVIS (1997)
Professor
Russ Davis, the twentieth recipient of the A.G. Huntsman Award, is one of
the world's leading and most versatile physical oceanographers. His
research interests are eclectic, encompassing theoretical studies,
ship-board programs, instrument development, and the adaptation and
application of new data analysis techniques to oceanographic data sets. He
has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of internal waves,
turbulence and mixing in the ocean. The Vector Measuring Current Meter and
the Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Explorer float owe their development
to Dr. Davis. He has provided the framework to interpret the data from his
and similar instruments through his seminal work on Lagrangian velocity
statistics and their relationship to Eulerian quantities and the transport
of ocean properties. He has been one of the scientific leaders involved in
the planning and coordination of major collaborative ocean research
programs both nationally and internationally. |
