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Dr.\u00a0James R. Ledwell<\/h2>\nEmeritus Research Scholar
\nApplied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department\nContact Information:<\/strong>
\nWork: 508-289-3305
\njledwell@whoi.edu<\/a>
\nBigelow\u00a0111\nMailing Address:<\/strong>
\n266 Woods Hole Road,\u00a0MS #12
\nWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution
\nWoods Hole, MA 02543\n\t

Research Interests<\/h3>\n

Mixing and stirring in the ocean and their roles in ocean circulation, the distribution of chemical and biological species, and climate change.<\/p>\n\t

Selected Publications<\/h3>\n

1. Ledwell, J. R., and B. M. Hickey (1995), Evidence for enhanced boundary mixing in Santa Monica Basin<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res., 100 <\/em>(C10), 20665-20679, doi:10.1029\/94JC01182.<\/p>\n

2. Ledwell, J. R., and A. Bratkovich (1995), A tracer study of mixing in Santa Cruz Basin<\/a>, J. Geophys. Res., 100 <\/em>(C10), 20681-20704, doi:10.1029\/95JC02164.<\/p>\n

3. Ledwell, J. R., E. T. Montgomery, K. L. Polzin, L. C. St. Laurent, R. W. Schmitt, and J. M. Toole (2000), Evidence for enhanced mixing over rough topography in the abyssal ocean<\/a>, Nature<\/em>, 403<\/em>(6766), 179-182, doi:10.1038\/35003164.<\/p>\n

4. Ledwell, J. R., T. F. Duda, M. A. Sundermeyer, and H. E. Seim (2004), Mixing in a coastal environment: 1. A view from dye dispersion, J. Geophys. Res<\/em>., 109<\/em>, C10013, 20 pp., doi:10.1029\/2003JC002194.<\/p>\n

5. Ledwell, J. R., D. J. McGillicuddy Jr., and L. A. Anderson (2008), Nutrient flux into an intense deep chlorophyll layer in a mode-water eddy<\/a>, Deep Sea Res. Part II<\/em>, 55 <\/em>(10-13), 1139-1160, doi:10.1016\/j.dsr2.2008.02.005.<\/p>\n

6. Ho, D. T., J. R. Ledwell, and W. M. Smethie, Jr. (2008), Use of SF5<\/sub>CF3<\/sub> for ocean tracer release experiments<\/a>, Geophys. Res. Lett.<\/em>, 35<\/em>(4), L04602, 5 pp., doi:10.1029\/2007GL032799.<\/p>\n

7. Jackson, P. R., J. R. Ledwell, and A. M. Thurnherr (2010), Dispersion of a tracer on the East Pacific Rise (9\u00b0N to 10\u00b0N), including the influence of hydrothermal plumes<\/a>, Deep-Sea Res. Part I, 57<\/em>(1), 37-52, doi:http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.dsr.2009.10.011<\/a>.<\/p>\n

8. Watson, A. J., J. R. Ledwell, M.-J. Messias, N. Mackay, M. P. Meredith, B. Mills, and A. C. Naveira Garabato (2013), Rapid cross-density ocean mixing at mid depths in Drake Passage<\/a>, Nature<\/em>, 501<\/em>(7467), 408-411, doi:10.1038\/nature12432.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDownload CV\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

Education<\/h3>\nB.S. Boston College, 1970, Physics
\n M.S. University of Massachusetts, 1974, Physics
\nM.S. Harvard University, 1979, Applied Physics
\nPh.D. Harvard University,1982, Applied Physics\n\t

Awards<\/h3>\n