Claudia Cenedese
                Associate Scientist

              
               Laurea University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy,
               1995, Environmental Engineering

                Ph.D.  Cambridge University,
               1998, Department of Applied Mathematics
                        and Theoretical Physics,
                        Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

ccenedese@whoi.edu
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
MS#21, 360 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Office: (508) 289-2696
FAX:    (508) 457-2181

Curriclum Vitae

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Eddies: Baroclinic eddies over bottom topography: formation and drift mechanisms. Eddies interaction with seamounts and islands.

Buoyant Coastal Currents: Stability of buoyant coastal currents at the shelf break and over variable bathymetry. Shelf-slope water exchange
    through interaction of eddies with buoyancy-driven currents. Dynamics of interacting buoyant coastal currents. Buoyant coastal currents
    encountering abrupt changes in the coastline and bathymetry.

Dense Currents: Mixing in density driven currents over sloping topography. Entrainment in overflows.

 
Publications:

2006 Adduce C. and Cenedese C.          Mixing in a density driven current down a slope in a rotating fluid. Submitted to J. Fluid Mech.

2006 Tanabe A. and Cenedese C.          Laboratory experiments on mesoscale vortices colliding with multiple islands. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res.

2006 Wåhlin A.K. and Cenedese C.        How entraining density currents influence the ocean stratification.  Deep Sea Research II, 53, 172-193.

2006 Wolfe, C.L. and Cenedese, C.        Laboratory Experiments on Eddy Generation by a Buoyant Coastal Current Flowing Over Variable Bathymetry.
                                                         J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 395-411.

2005 Cenedese, C., Adduce, C.              Laboratory experiments on mesoscale vortices interacting with two islands. J. Geophys. Res., 110,C09023,
 and Fratantoni D.M.                         10.1029/2004JC002734.

2005 Limeburner, R., J.A. Whitehead,       Variability of Antarctic Bottom Water Flow into the North Atlantic.  Deep Sea Research II, 52, 495-512.
and C. Cenedese

2004 Adduce, C. and Cenedese, C.           An experimental study of a mesoscale vortex colliding with topography of varying geometry in a rotating fluid.
                                                                   J. Marine Research, 62, 611-638.

2004  Cenedese,C., Marshall, J.C.              A Laboratory Model of Thermocline Depth and Exchange Fluxes Across Circumpolar Fronts. J.  Phys.
and Whitehead J.A.                                     Oceanogr., 34, 656-667.

2004  Cenedese, C., Whitehead,  J.A.,        A Dense Current Flowing down a Sloping Bottom in a Rotataing Fluid. J.  Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 188-203.
Ascarelli, T.A. and Ohiwa M.

2002  Cenedese, C.                                    Laboratory experiments on mesoscale vortices colliding with a seamount. J. Geophys. Res., 107, C6,
                                                                   10.1029/2000JC000599.

2002  Cenedese,  C. and Linden, P.F.         The stability of a  buoyancy- driven  coastal current at the shelf break.  J.  Fluid  Mech., 452, 97-121.

2000  Cenedese, C. and Whitehead, J.A.    Eddy-shedding from a boundary current  around  a  cape  over a  sloping  bottom.   J.  Phys. Oceanogr., 30,
                                                                   1514-1531.

1999  Cenedese,  C.  and  Linden,  P.F.    Cyclone  and  anticyclone asymmetry   in  a  rotating  stratified  fluid   over   bottom topography.  J. Fluid Mech.,
                                                                   381, 199-223.

1998  Cenedese,  C.  and Dalziel, S.B.       Concentration  and  depth fields  determined  by the light transmitted  through  a  dyed solution.   Proceedings of
                                                                   the 8th International Symposium  on Flow Visualization, ed. Carlomagno & Grant. ISBN 0 9533991 0 9, paper
                                                                   061.

1998    Cenedese, C.                                 Eddy-shedding from a boundary current around a cape  over  a  sloping  bottom.   Geophysical  Fluid  Dynamics
                                                                   Program  Notes, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report, WHOI-98-09.
 

Manuscripts in Preparation:

2006  Cenedese C.                                  Shelf-Slope Water Exchange Through Interaction of Eddies With Buoyancy-Driven Currents for a winter

2006 Cenedese C., De Dominicis M.        Laboratory experiments on a bottom trapped buoyant current encountering a channel. In preparation.
    and Mariani M. 

2006 Cenedese C. and Dore V.                Interaction of two buoyant coastal currents. In preparation.

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