CAITLIN WHALEN cbwhalen@uw.edu Applied Physics Laboratory www.faculty.washington.edu/cbwhalen University of Washington Benjamin Hall 224 1013 NE 40th Street, Box 355640 (206) 685-1505 Seattle, WA 98105-6698 RESEARCH INTERESTS Small-scale oceanic mixing processes that impact global ocean dynamics and climate, diapycnal mixing, internal waves, submesoscale dynamics, air-sea interactions, near-inertial waves, mesoscaleinternal wave interactions, tides, microstructure observations of turbulence, mixing parameterizations. EDUCATION Scripps Institution of Oceanography, PhD. in Physical Oceanography Oct. 2015 Reed College, B.A. in Physics May 2008 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Research Scientist/Engineer-Senior Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle WA Aug. 2018 - present Postdoctoral Research Associate May 2016 - Aug. 2018 Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle WA (Mentors Kyla Drushka and Peter Gaube) Postdoctoral Researcher Oct 2015 - Apr. 2016 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla CA (Advisors Lynne Talley and Jennifer MacKinnon) Graduate Student July 2010 - Oct. 2015 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla CA (Advisors Lynne Talley and Jennifer MacKinnon) AWARDS Applied Physics Laboratory SEEDs Postdoctoral Fellowship 2016-2018 Frieman Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research (Awarded by Scripps) 2013 PUBLICATIONS Whalen, C. B., J. A. MacKinnon, and L. D. Talley, 2018. Large-Scale Impacts of the Mesoscale Environment on Mixing from Wind-Driven Internal Waves. (Nature Geoscience, accepted) MacKinnon J. A., Z. Zhao, C. B. Whalen...and M. H. Alford, 2017. Internal-Wave Driven Ocean Mixing Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Climate Process Team on MacKinnon J. A.,...C. B. Whalen...and G. L. Wagner, 2016. A Tale of Two Spicy Seas. Oceanography, 29(2), 50-61.
Wijesekera, H. W.,...and C. B. Whalen, 2016. ASIRI: An Ocean-Atmosphere Initiative for Bay of Bengal. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97(10), 1859-1884. Salehipour, H., W. R. Peltier, C. B. Whalen, J. A. MacKinnon, 2016. A New Characterization of the Turbulent Diapycnal Diffusivities of Mass and Momentum in the Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett. 43(7), 3370-3379. Buijsman, M. C.,...C. B. Whalen and Z. Zhao, 2016. Impact of Parameterized Internal Wave Drag on the Semidiurnal Energy Balance in a Global Ocean Circulation Model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 46, 1399-1419. Whalen, C. B., J. A. MacKinnon, L. D. Talley and A. F. Waterhouse, 2015. Estimating the Mean Diapycnal Mixing Using a Finescale Strain Parameterization. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45, 1174-1188. Waterhouse, A. F.,...C. B. Whalen and C. M. Lee, 2014. Global patterns of diapycnal mixing from measurements of the turbulent dissipation rate. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 44, 1854-1872. Whalen, C. B., L. D. Talley and J. A. MacKinnon, 2012. Spatial and temporal variability of global ocean mixing inferred from Argo profiles. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39 (18). FUNDING Current: Determining the Global Geography, Seasonality, and Impact of Submesoscale Density Fronts NASA PO. $453,218. PIs C. Whalen, K. Drushka, and P. Gaube 2018-2021 Profiling Float Measurements of Near-Inertial Waves and Turbulence 2018-2023 ONR NISKINE. $1,559,839. PIs R.C. Lien, C. Whalen, E. Kunze, and J. Girton Pending: The Impact of Mesoscale and Submesoscale Currents on Near-Inertial Energy Pathways ONR YIP. $701,990. PI C. Whalen 2019-2021 Exploring Mixing in the Thermocline in the Context of Satellite Winds and Currents 2019-2022 NASA PO. $431,974. PIs C. Whalen and D. Whitt Acquisition of EM-APEX Floats for ONR DRI Experiment - NISKINE 2018-2019 ONR DURIP. $319,860. PIs R.C. Lien, C. Whalen, E. Kunze, and J. Girton Past: Eddy vs. Internal Waves: an Untold Story 2013 University of California Ship Funds, 10 days of science aboard the R/V Revelle, PI C. Whalen Interpreting Regional and Temporal Variability in Global Diapycnal Mixing Inferred from Argo Profiles NSF Grant OCE-1259573; $390,942. PIs J. MacKinnon and L. Talley. PhD thesis proposal of C. Whalen 2013-2016 SERVICE Ocean Sciences Session, Co-chair 2018 How do submesoscale and internal wave driven mixing matter on global and regional scales? NASA Panelist 2016 Ocean Sciences 2014 Planning Committee 2012-2014
Ocean Sciences Session, Co-chair 2014 Measuring and modeling internal waves and the turbulence cascade: a tribute to David Tang Scripps Institution of Oceanography Department Seminars, Co-organizer 2013 International Meeting of Students in Physical Oceanography, Lead Organizer 2012 Reviewer: GRL, Nature, JPO, JGR, DSR, NAT. COMM., NSF MENTORING Helen Zhang, recent college graduate Summer 2018-present SEAGOING EXPERIENCE Pathways of Circumpolar Deep Water to West Antarctica, NSF Dec. 2016.-Jan. 2017 EM-APEX floats, 28 days SPURS 2, NASA Aug.-Sep. 2016 Seagliders and Mixed Layer Float, 42 days Air-Sea Interactions in the Northern Indian Ocean (ASIRI DRI), ONR June 2014 Data Watchstander, 12 days Air-Sea Interactions in the Northern Indian Ocean (ASIRI DRI), ONR Nov. 2013 UCTD Watchstander, Bowchain and Vertical Microstructure Profiler, 18 days EDDYMIX, UC Ship Funds June 2013 Chief Scientist, 15 days GALAPMIX, UC Ship Funds June 2012 Wire-Walking profilers, CTD Watchstander, 17 days EXITS, NSF Nov.-Dec 2010 CTD Watchstander, Moorings and Microstructure, 31 days Santa Barbara Basin, UC Ship Funds Sept.-Oct. 2010 Education and Outreach Watchstander, 9 days CLIVAR, NSF Mar.-May 2009 CTD Watchstander, 55 days INVITED TALKS Global geography and seasonality of mixing from internal waves June 2018 Ocean Mixing Gordon Research Conference, Andover NH Ocean mixing from space? Mar. 2018 NASA Coupled Ocean Surface Variables Workshop, Eatonville WA A global view of mixing from oceanic internal waves Oct. 2017 Reed College, Portland OR Illuminating spatial and temporal patterns of ocean mixing as inferred from Argo profiling floats Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium, Honolulu Oct. 2016
A global perspective on the role of wind and mesoscale eddies in internal wave driven mixing Applied Physics Laboratory, Seattle WA Aug. 2015 SELECTED PRESENTATIONS How is the fate of wind-driven internal waves altered by an energetic mesoscale? May 2018 WHOI, Woods Hole MA Observations of mixing from wind-driven internal waves in an energetic mesoscale Feb. 2018 BIRS Modeling Imbalance in the Atmosphere and Ocean, Banff Canada Large-scale impacts of the mesoscale environment on mixing from wind-driven internal waves Ocean Sciences, Portland OR Feb. 2018 Ocean internal wave driven mixing from a climate perspective April 2017 Program on Climate Change Spring Symposium, Seattle WA Argo profiling float inferred internal-wave driven mixing in an energetic mesoscale Nov. 2016 University of Washington, Seattle WA The role of the wind and mesoscale eddies in internal wave driven mixing at midlatitudes Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans LA Illuminating spatial and temporal patterns of ocean mixing as inferred from Argo profiling floats University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Argentina From density profiles to diapycnal mixing estimates: Applying a finescale strain parameterization to Argo profiles Oregon State University, Corvallis OR Feb. 2016 Dec. 2015 Feb. 2015 Using Argo profiles to infer diapycnal mixing in the global ocean Nov. 2014 WHOI, Woods Hole MA Inferring diapycnal mixing in the global ocean using Argo profiles Oct. 2014 University of Washington, Seattle WA Global Patterns in Small-Scale Turbulent Mixing Below the Ocean s Surface Sep. 2014 Scripps Student Symposium, San Diego CA Two observational perspectives on eddies, internal waves, and turbulent diapycnal mixing Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu HI Feb. 2014 A global view of small-scale turbulent mixing July 2013 Oregon State University, Corvallis OR Patterns of turbulent mixing gleaned from Argo profiles Sep. 2012 International Meeting of Students in Physical Oceanography, San Diego, CA A global view of small-scale turbulent mixing Sept. 2011 International Meeting of Students in Physical Oceanography, Ensenada Mexico SELECTED POSTERS
The process study at 16 N on November 17-19 2013 Dec. 2014 Air-Sea Interaction Research Initiative Meeting, Chennai India Spatial and temporal patterns of the ocean s turbulent mixing from Argo profiles June 2013 Ocean Turbulence Meeting, Santa Fe NM Spatial and temporal patterns of the ocean s turbulent mixing from Argo profiles Dec. 2012 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco CA A global view of small-scale turbulent mixing Feb. 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City UT TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING Scientific Teaching Fellow 2017 Summer Institute for Scientific Teaching, 4 day workshop, Eugene OR Communicating Science to General Audiences Class 2011 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, quarter-long class, San Diego CA Laboratory Teaching Assistant for General Physics I 2007-2008 Reed College, Physics Dept., Portland OR Visual Arts Instructor 2005-2006 Portland, Oregon OUTREACH Artist-Scientist Collaborations Individual and collaborative efforts with artists to create works of art incorporating ideas in ocean science. Work has been shown in San Diego and Seattle. Outreach Volunteer Educating the general public about oceanography through hands-on experiences at the Birch Aquarium and Pacific Science Center, participating in Reddit Ask Me Anything, coordinating social media at sea, and speaking with the local news and documentary filmmakers. OTHER OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Ocean Modeling with the MITgcm: NOAA MPOWIR Summer Internship Summer 2011 NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton NJ (Advisor Sonya Legg) Changes in Indian Ocean Temperature and Salinity Mar. - May 2009 CLIVAR Research Cruise, Indian Ocean (Advisor Dr. Gregory Johnson) UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Theoretical Neurobiology Summer - Fall 2008 Legacy Health System, Research Dept., Portland Oregon (Advisors Douglas Hanes and Gin McCollum) Undergraduate Thesis: Dense Diffusion Limited Aggregation Fall 2007 - Spring 2008 Reed College, Physics Dept., Portland OR (Advisor David Griffiths) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Summer 2007 University of Washington, Oceanography Dept., Seattle WA (Advisor Peter Rhines)
Atmospheric Chemistry Summer 2006 Portland State University REU, Physics Dept., Portland OR (Advisor Andrew Rice)