Dr. Tom Sawyer Hopkins

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TOM SAWYER HOPKINS

Research Professor Emeritus
E-mail: tom_hopkins@ncsu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

CNR/IAMC - Institute for the Coastal Marine Environment
Calata Porta di Massa n. 80
Porto di Napoli, 80133 Naples, IT
Tel: +39 081 542 3811, 3817
Fax:+39 081-542 3888
email: tom.hopkins@iamc.cnr.it

A.B., University of Southern California, Mathematics 1958
B.S., University of California, Berkeley Astronomy 1964
M.S., University of Washington, Oceanography 1967
PhD, University of Washington, Physical Oceanography 1971

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS
My research extends over a range of observational and theoretical topics in oceanography (Thermohaline Circulation, Water Mass Analysis, Wind-Driven Circulation, Air-Sea interaction, Coastal & Estuarine Marine Ecosystems, Marine Systems Simulation Modelling, Sustainable Systems) and specialization in a number of marine areas (Artic, Mediterranean and Black Seas, U.S. Pacific and Atlantic Coasts, Estuaries and Watersheds). My teaching includes Oceanography, Physical Oceanography, Environmental Science, Scientific Concepts and Global Problems, Simulation Modelling in Earth Systems Science.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Hopkins, T.S. 2002. Abiotic variability and biocomplexity in the Northern Adriatic, some research perspectives. In press. Biologia Marina Mediterranean, Vol. 8.

Hopkins, T.S. 2001. Thermohaline feedback loops and natural capital. Scientia Marina, 65 (Suppl.2): 233-258.

Hopkins, T.S. 1998. The thermohaline forcing of the Gibraltar exchange. J. Mar. Syst., 20: 1-4.

Hopkins, T.S. 1996. A note on the geostrophic velocity field referenced to a point., Cont. Shelf Res. Vol. 16(12): 1621-1630.

Hopkins, T.S. 1991. The Greenland-Iceland-Norwegian Sea: A synthesis of its physical oceanography and literature review 1972-1985. Earth-Science Reviews, (30): 175-318.

Hopkins, T.S. and D.A. Dieterle. 1987. Analysis of the baroclinic circulation of the New York Bight with a 3-D diagnostic model. Cont. Shelf Res., Vol. 7(3): 237-265.

Hopkins, T.S. 1974. On time dependent wind induced motions. Rapp. P. v. Reun. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 167:21-36.

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