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D. Walker |
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Associate
Professor
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
Director, Earth Scan Laboratory, Coastal Studies Institute
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308A Howe-Russell
Geosciences Complex
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA - 70803
Tel: 225-578-5331
Fax: 225-578-2520
E-mail: nwalker@lsu.edu |
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| Education |
- Ph. D. University of Cape Town, Physical
Oceanography, 1989
- M. S. Louisiana State University, Marine
Sciences, 1982
- B. S. Duke University, Marine Zoology,
1976
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Awards |
- Chevron-Texaco
Professorship in Coastal Studies, May 2005-present.
- Exxon-Mobil Professorship
in Marine Geology, May 2002-May 2005.
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| Research
Interests |
- Gulf of Mexico Loop Current and eddy
circulation processes
- Satellite oceanography
- Physical processes of estuaries, coastal
regions, river plumes and upper ocean mixed
layer
- Air-sea interactions associated with tropical
and extra-tropical storms
- Coastal upwelling
- Physical processes affecting coral reef
structure and health
- Ocean climatology
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Grants |
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Walker, N. (Co-P.I.) Impact
of Hurricane Katrina on the Lake Pontchartrain
ecosystem: geochemistry,
microbiology, and potential human health
effects, (P.I., A. Hou,), National Science
Foundation, 9/2005-9/2006, $199,000, funded.
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Walker, N. (P.I.), The Center
for Coastal Zone Assessment and Remote Sensing,
NASA (Subcontract from Southern University),
2/2003-2/2008, LSU budget $960,000, funded.
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Walker, N. (P.I.), New remote
sensing methodologies for the surveillance
of ocean features and improved understanding
of circulation processes in the Gulf of
Mexico, Minerals Management Service Coastal
Marine Institute, (of multi-institutional
project), September 2002-September 2007,
$346,383, funded.
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Walker, N. (P.I.), Deep
Water Currents at 92W, Minerals Management
Service Coastal Marine Institute, 7/99-2006,
$553,286, funded.
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Walker,
N. (co-P.I.), Assessment and remediation
of public health impacts due to hurricanes
and major flooding events, LA Board of Regents
(P.I., Ivor van Heerden), April 2002-March
2007, $107,810, funded.
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- Walker, N.D. and N. N. Rabalais, Relationships
among satellite chlorophyll a, river inputs
and hypoxia on the Louisiana continental
shelf, Gulf of Mexico, Estuaries and Coasts,
in press.
- Walker, Nan D., Alaric Haag, Shreekanth
Balasubramanian, Robert Leben, Ivor van
Heerden, Paul Kemp, Hassan Mashriqui, Hurricane
Prediction: A Century of Advances, Oceanography,
19, 24-36, 2006.
- Walker, N.D., R.R. Leben, S. Balasubramanian,
Hurricane-forced upwelling and chlorophyll
a enhancement within cold-core cyclones
in the Gulf of Mexico, Geophysical Research
Letters, 32, L18610, doi:10.1029/2005GL023716,
2005.
- Walker, Nan D., William J. Wiseman, Lawrence
J. Rouse, Jr., and Adele Babin, Seasonal
and wind-forced changes in surface circulation,
suspended sediments, and temperature fronts
of the Mississippi River plume, Louisiana,
Journal of Coastal Research, 21, 1228-1244,
2005.
- Walker, Nan, Wind- and Eddy-Related Shelf/Slope
Circulation Processes and Coastal Upwelling
in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico, in:
Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico, Wilton
Sturges III and Alexis Lugo-Fernandez, Eds.,
American Geophysical Union Monograph, 295-314,
2005.
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"...strategies
we develop for managing our coastal resources in a sustainable
manner can provide a model for the intelligent stewardship
of similar resources throughout the world."
Dean
Ed Laws
LSU's
School of the Coast & Environment |
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