Adjunct Assistant Professor
Marine Science Program & Department of Geological Sciences
University of South Carolina
701 Sumter St., EWS 617
Columbia, SC 29205
Phone: 803.777.2572
Email: sbulusu@geol.sc.edu
Webpage: http://satocean.geol.sc.edu/bulusu.html

M.Sc. 1991 (Physical Oceanography) Andhra University, India.

Ph.D. 1998 (Satellite Oceanography) University of Southampton, Southampton Oceanographic Center, Southampton, UK

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS:
Satellite Oceanography, in particular from both active and passive sensors to study ocean/atmosphere dynamics; model simulations using Miami Isopycnal Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM), Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM), MIT Ocean General Circulation Model, bio-physical models. Specific research interests includes:

• Satellite oceanography at the regional and global scale
• Satellite altimetry using TOPEX/POSEIDON and JASON-1
• Remote sensing of ocean color
• Satellite based studies of interactions between physics and biology at the mesoscale
• Circulation in the Indian Ocean using satellite observations and model simulations
• Rossby waves observed from space
• Heat and salt storage in the Indian Ocean from altimetry
• Ocean surface salinity from space
• Ocean Response to Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico using Satellite Observations and Bio-Physical model
  
  SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
  V.S.N. Murty, B. Subrahmanyam, S. Muralikrishna, D. Heffner*, J.F. Shriver, C. Neelima, A.S.N Lakshmi (2008). Interannual variability of sea surface salinity in the equatorial Indian Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., (in review).
  
  Gierach*, M.M., B. Subrahmanyam, P.G. Thoppil (2008). Physical and Biological Responses to Hurricane Katrina (2005) in a 1/25° nested Gulf of Mexico HYCOM, J. Marine Sys., (in review).
  
  Cadden*, D.D.H., B.Subrahmanyam, D.P. Chambers, and V.S.N. Murty (2008). Surface and Subsurface Geostrophic Current Variability in the Indian Ocean From Altimetry, IEEE Geo. Remote. Sens., (in review).
  
  Heffner*, D.M., B. Subrahmanyam, J.F. Shriver, and J.F. Blundell (2008). Indian Ocean Rossby waves detected in HYCOM sea surface salinity , Geophys. Res. Letts., 35, L03605, doi:10.1029/2007GL032760.
  
  Gierach*, M.M., B. Subrahmanyam(2008). Biophysical Responses of the Upper Ocean to Major Gulf of Mexico Hurricanes in 2005, J. Geophys. Res., 113, doi:10.1029/2007JC004419.
  
  Subrahmanyam, B., K. Ueyoshi, J.M. Morrison (2008). Sensitivity of the Indian Ocean Circulation to Phytoplankton forcing using an ocean model, Remote Sens. Env., doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.05.021.
  
  Maghanani, V., B. Subrahmanyam, L. Xie, and J. Morrison (2003). Numerical simulation of seasonal and interannual Indian Ocean Upper layer circulation using MICOM. J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C7), 3240, doi:10.1029/2002JC001567, 33-1 to 33-21.
  
  Shi, W., B. Subrahmanyam , J.Morrison (2002): Estimation of heat and Salt variability in the Indian Ocean from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C7), 3214, doi:10.1029/2001JC001244, 7-1 to 7-15.
  
  Maghanani, V., J. Morrison, L. Xie, and B. Subrahmanyam (2002): Heat Budget of the Indian Ocean estimated from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry and Model simulations. Deep-Sea Res. Part-II, 49, 1459-1480.