MICHAEL C (Mick) SPILLANE 
                            Research Scientist 
 
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE 
 
Dr. Spillane is a physical oceanographer with 30 years experience in the
analysis and modeling of marine and atmospheric processes.  He has a 
strong mathematical and statistical background and employs FORTRAN, Unix 
scripts and various visualization tools (Ferret, EPIC, HTML, Javascript) 
in the analyses of large data sets.  With over 15 years of experience with 
Ferret (even longer with the PlotPlus graphics that underlie it) he often 
responds to queries from the Ferret User  Group.  Dr. Spillane currently
is a member of the Tsunami group and contributes to PMEL research in 
tsunami wave propagation and detection. Earlier activity included  Arctic 
climate change, wind forced ocean circulation of the Bering Sea and Gulf 
of Alaska, signal/noise issues for the TAO array. In earlier employment he 
was involved in continental shelf wave and marine aerosol research, and has 
developed, implemented and reviewed numerical models in assessments of the 
environmental impacts associated with mining, oil exploration, municipal 
and industrial waste discharge, and solid rocket testing.  Dr. Spillane has 
taught physics, applied mathematics, programming and data analysis in 
university and technical college settings. 
 
EDUCATION 
 
Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, Oregon State University, 1980. 
  Thesis:  A model of wind-forced viscous circulation near coastal boundaries. 
M.Sc., Experimental Physics, University College Cork, Ireland, 1974. 
  Thesis:  A study on the sidereal diurnal variations in the flux of cosmic  
    stopping muons. 
B.Sc.(Hons.), Experimental and Mathematical Physics, University College Cork, 
           Ireland. 
 
Professional Affiliation - American Geophysical Union (AGU). 
 
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 
 
NOAA PMEL/University of Washington, Seattle WA 
Physical Oceanographer/Research Programmer (1997-Present) 
   As a member of the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research his primary tasks are
   site selection for the DART tsunameter array, designing sources for the 
   propagation database, and data analysis in support of group endeavors. 
   Earlier efforts included time series analysis of Arctic datasets to search 
   for long term climate trends, application of numerical circulation model 
   (SPEM) to Shelikof Strait/Gulf of Alaska in support of fisheries research, 
   development of visualization tools and on-line data bases for atmospheric 
   chemistry cruise results, maintainance and additions to the EPIC program 
   suite and assurance of Y2K compliance.
 
Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle WA 
Physical Oceanographer/Research Programmer (1996-1997) 
   Data acquisition for calibration/validation of satellite-observed sea 
   surface winds from NSCAT with ground truth from the TOGA-TAO buoy array 
   in the tropical Pacific; evaluation of space-time scales appropriate to 
   mapping of NSCAT winds. 
 
NOAA PMEL/University of Washington, Seattle WA 
Physical Oceanographer (1990-1996) 
   Determination of spatial/temporal scales and signal to noise ratios of  
   upper ocean parameters and near surface meteorology of the tropical  
   Pacific from TOGA-TAO buoy array observations; application of Navy 
   Layered-ocean model to Bering Sea circulation. 
 
Tetra Tech Inc. Bellevue WA. 
Physical Oceanographer (1989-1990) 
   Numerical modeling and data analysis associated with the rise and 
   subsequent trajectories of buoyant plumes of municipal effluent from 
   ocean outfalls. 
 
Envirosphere Co., Bellevue WA 
Physical Oceanographer (1987-1989) 
   Numerical modelling of wind-driven circulation in shallow water; 
   interpretion of observations from the Endicott Environmental Monitoring 
   Program near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska; assessment of current database on 
   circulation in the Oregon-Washington continental shelf region; monitoring and 
   assessing the numerical modeling, by Battelle Northwest, of remedial action 
   scenarios for the New Bedford Harbor superfund site; evaluation of models of 
   circulation and sedimentation associated with the disposal of mine tailings 
   in southeast Alaskan fjords. 
 
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR 
Research Associate (1985-1987) 
   Study of the space and time scales of the variability of the coastal waters 
   off Washington, Oregon and northern California using the CODE and SuperCODE 
   datasets; time series and empirical orthogonal function analysis to identify 
   a low frequency signal, of equatorial origin, in sea level records from the 
   Pacific coasts of North, Central and South America. 
 
University College Galway, Ireland 
Research Fellow (1980-1984) 
   Field studies of coastal zone circulation using current meters, fluorescent 
   dye and drifters, for sedimentation, effluent dispersal and oil-slick 
   trajectory prediction; contributions to ONR funded study of the role of  
   aerosols and whitecaps in the marine environment; developed climatological  
   atlas for the fluxes of aerosols, salt and electric charge to the atmosphere 
   associated with oceanic whitecaps; participated in study groups of the Irish 
   National Board for Science and Technology; taught classes in programming and 
   oceanographic data analysis. 
 
Oregon State University, Corvallis OR 
Research Assistant (1975-1980) 
   Prepared doctoral thesis on a spectral theory of frictional wind-driven 
   continental shelf circulation;  participated in research cruises for the 
   deployment and retrieval of deep-water current meter moorings during the 
   Polymode experiment. 
 
University College Cork, Ireland 
Research Assistant (1972-1975) 
   Constructed and employed a cosmic ray telescope, to monitor time variations 
   in the flux of muons, as a Masters thesis project in Experimental Physics; 
   conducted undergraduate laboratory sessions. 
 
Crawford Municipal Technical Institute, Cork City, Ireland. 
Physics Teacher (1971-1972) 
   Taught 3rd level courses in Introductory and Laboratory Physics and 
   Instrumentation.  Also, as a part-time External Lecturer in the Mathematical 
   Physics Department of University College Cork, taught course in Mathematical 
   Methods to seniors and supervised tutorials. 
 
 
PUBLICATIONS 
 
Wei, Y., E. Bernard, L. Tang, R. Weiss, V. Titov, C. Moore, M. Spillane, M. 
   Hopkins, and U. Kanoglu (2008): Real-time experimental forecast of the Peruvian 
   tsunami of August 2007 for U.S. coastlines. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L04609, 
   doi: 10.1029/2007GL032250. 
 
Overland, J.E., M.C. Spillane, D.B. Percival, M. Wang, and H.O. Mofjeld, (2004) 
   Seasonal and regional variations in pan-Arctic surface air temperature over the 
   instrumental record. J. Climate,17(17), 3263-3282. 
 
Overland, J.E., M. Spillane, and N.N. Soreide (2004): Integrated analysis of 
   physical and biological pan-Arctic changes. Clim. Change, 63(3), 291-322. 
 
Bond, N.A., J.E. Overland, M. Spillane, and P.Stabeno (2003) Recent shifts in  
   the state of the North Pacific. Geophys. Res. Lett. 30(23), 2183-2186. 
 
Kessler, W.S., M.C. Spillane, M.J. McPhaden and D.E. Harrison, 1996. Scales of 
   variability in the equatorial Pacific inferred from the Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean
   (TAO) buoy array.  J. Climate, 9, 2999-3024. 
  
Overland, J.E., M.C. Spillane, H.E. Hurlburt and A.J. Wallcraft, 1994.  A  
   numerical study of the circulation of the Bering Sea basin and exchange with the
   north Pacific Ocean.  J. Phys. Oceanogr. 24, 736-758. 
 
Spillane, M.C., D.E. Enfield and J.S. Allen, 1987.  The intra-seasonal oscillation
   in sea level along the west coast of the Americas. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 17: 313-325. 
 
Monahan, E.C., P.A. Bowyer and M.C. Spillane, 1984.  The temperature dependence of 
   whitecap aerosol productivity, and the implications for regional sea - air salt 
   fluxes.  Terra Cognita, 4: 347-348. 
 
Monahan, E.C. and M.C. Spillane. 1984. The role of oceanic whitecaps in air-sea 
   gas exchange. In: Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, W. Brutsaert and G.H. Jirka,
   eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Holland, 495-503. 
 
Monahan, E.C., M.C. Spillane and E.M. Murphy, 1983.  Remarks on the surface currents off
   the northwest coast of Ireland. Rapp. P.-v. Reun. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer, 185: 67-77. 
 
Spillane, M.C., E.C. Monahan, P.A. Bowyer, D.M. Doyle and P.J. Stabeno, 1983. Whitecaps
   and Global Fluxes. In: Oceanic Whitecaps and their Role in Air-sea Exchange Processes,
   E.C. Monahan and G. MacNiocaill (Editors),  University College Galway Press. 
 
Monahan, E.C. and M.C. Spillane, 1983. The role of whitecaps in air-sea gas exchange. In: 
   Proceedings of Symposium on Gas Exchange at Water Surfaces. Cornell University. 
 
Spillane, M.C., and P.P. Niiler, 1978. Subinertial viscous response of a continental shelf
   to alongshore wind stress forcing. American Geophysical Union, EOS: Transactions. 
   Vol. 59, no. 12, 1103. 
 
O'Sullivan, C.T., M.C. Spillane and P.J. Twomey, 1975. A lowcost Time of Event recorder.
   Nuclear Instruments and Methods, 126: 591-593. 
 
 
ORAL PRESENTATIONS 
 
Donald W. Denbo, E. Burger, J. Osborne, J. Sirott, N. N. Soreide, M. Spillane, N. Merati,
   and W. H. Zhu, 2004. Data Services from NOAA's PMEL/EPIC group. 20th Int. Conf. on
   Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography,
   and Hydrology. 
 
Overland, J.E., M. Spillane and K. Wood, 2004. Historical variability in Arctic surface 
   air temperature records. 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations.  
 
Overland, J.E., M. Spillane, and N.N. Soreide (2003): Three modes of recent pan-Arctic
   multivariate change. In: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and
   Joint Symposium on High Latitude Climate Variations, AMS, Session 2.4, Hyannis, MA,
   12-16 May 2003.   
 
Overland, J.E., M.C. Spillane, and K.R. Wood (2003): Regional, seasonal, and historic
   Arctic temperature change. In: Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography
   and Joint Symposium on High Latitude Climate Variations, AMS, Session 1.12, Hyannis, MA,
   12-16 May 2003. 
   
Denbo, D.W., N.N. Soreide, M.C. Spillane, and W.H. Zhu (1998): EPIC utilities for management,
   display, and analysis of oceanographic data. Ocean Community Conference '98, Marine
   Technology Society, 16-19 November 1998, Baltimore, MD.   
 
Denbo, D.W., N.N. Soreide, M.C. Spillane, and W.H. Zhu (1999): EPIC: Providing World Wide
   Web access to oceanographic observations. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference
   on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography,
   and Hydrology, AMS, Dallas, TX, 10-15 January 1999, 445-447.   
 
Caruso, M, K. Kelly, M. McPhaden, M. Spillane, L. Mangum and S. Dickenson, 1997. Comparison of
   NSCAT wind vectors with TAO buoy winds.  NSCAT Calibration / Validation Meeting, Honolulu HI. 
 
Kessler, W.S., M.C. Spillane, D.E. Harrison, and M.J. McPhaden (1995): Scales of variability in
   the equatorial Pacific inferred from the TOGA-TAO buoy array. In: Proceedings of the TOGA 95
   Symposium, 2-7 April 1995, Melbourne, Australia, WCRP-91, WMO/TD No. 717, Dec. 1995, 210-214.   
 
Spillane, M.C., 1992.  Observations and modeling of circulation in the Bering Sea during FOCI.
   Eastern Pacific Ocean Conference, Timberline, OR. 
 
Spillane, M.C., P.J. Stabeno, R.K. Reed and J.E. Overland, 1991.  Shelf-basin exchanges in the
   Eastern Bering Sea. 23rd International Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics, Liege, Belgium. 
 
Allen, J.S. and M.C. Spillane, 1988.  Frequency dependent structure of eastern Pacific coastal
   sea level fluctuations. Ocean Sciences Meeting, New Orleans. 
 
Spillane, M.C., J.S. Allen, R.L. Smith and A. Huyer, 1986.  Atmospheric forcing of shelf
   currents and sea level on the west coast of North America: Winter 1981-82. Fall Meeting AGU,
   San Francisco CA. 
 
Spillane, M.C., D.B. Enfield and J.S. Allen, 1985.  Large-scale coherence of low-frequency
   coastal sea level in the  eastern Pacific Ocean. Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco CA. 
 
Monahan, E.C., P.A. Bowyer and M.C. Spillane, 1985.  Sea water temperature influence on whitecap
   aerosol productivity.  IAMAP/ISPSO General Assembly, Honolulu HI. 
 
Monahan, E.C., P.A. Bowyer and M.C. Spillane, 1984.  Oceanic whitecaps and global salt flux.
   Physical Oceanography '84 - Challenger Society Conference, Menai Bridge, Wales. 
 
Monahan, E.C. and M.C. Spillane, 1983.  The role of whitecaps in the exchange of mass at the
   air-sea interface.  XVIII IUGG General Assembly, Hamburg. 
 
Spillane, M.C., 1979.  A model of wind-driven continental shelf waves.  OCS Meeting on Shelf
   and Slope Circulation  and Exchange,  La Jolla CA. 
 
Spillane, M.C., 1978.  Sub-inertial viscous response of a continental shelf to alongshore wind
   stress forcing.  Fall Meeting AGU, San Francisco CA. 


TECHNICAL REPORTS 
 
Gica, E., M. Spillane, V.V. Titov, C.D. Chamberlin, and J.C. Newman (2008): Development of the
   forecast propagation database for NOAA's Short-term Inundation Forecast for Tsunamis (SIFT).
   NOAA Tech. Memo. OAR PMEL-139, 89pp. 
 
Tang, L., C. Chamberlin, E. Tolkova, M. Spillane, V.V. Titov, E.N. Bernard, and H.O. Mofjeld
   (2006): Assessment of potential tsunami impact for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. NOAA Tech. Memo.
   OAR PMEL-131, NTIS: PB2007-100617, 36 pp. 
 
Caruso, M.J., S. Dickinson, K.A. Kelly, M. Spillane, L.J. Mangum, M. McPhaden, and L.D.
   Stratton, (1999): Evaluation of scatterometer winds using equatorial Pacific buoy
   observations. WHOI-99-10, 62 pp. 
 
Dickinson, S., S. Singh, K.A. Kelly, M. Spillane, M.J. McPhaden, 1998. Establishing A Mapping
   Methodology For NSCAT Winds.  Univ. Washington, Seattle. Applied Physics Lab. Report: 
   APL-UW-TR-9801. 
 
Monahan, E.C., M.C. Spillane, P.A. Bowyer, M.R. Higgins and P.J. Stabeno, 1984. Whitecaps &
   the Marine Atmosphere, Report#7, U.S. Office of Naval Research. 
 
Monahan, E.C. M.C. Spillane, P.A. Bowyer, D.M. Doyle and P.J. Stabeno, 1983. Whitecaps & the
   Marine Atmosphere, Report#5, U.S. Office of Naval Research. 
 
Spillane, M.C. and E.C. Monahan, 1983.  Surface Drifter/Oilslick Trajectory Prediction,
   Report#4, for Department of Industry, Energy and Commerce, Ireland. 
 
Jenkinson, I.R., M.C. Spillane and P.J. Stabeno, 1982. Tidal and Residual Currents in Southern
   Newport Bay, Co. Mayo, Ireland, for Clew Bay Oyster Co-operative Society Ltd. 
 
Monahan, E.C., M.C. Spillane, P.A. Bowyer, D.M. Doyle and J.J. Taper, 1982. Whitecaps & the 
   Marine Atmosphere, Report#4, U.S. Office of Naval Research. 
 
Monahan, E.C., P.A. Bowyer, D.M. Doyle, M.P. Fitzgerald, I.G. O'Muircheartaigh, M.C. Spillane,
   J.J. Taper, 1981. Whitecaps & the Marine Atmosphere, Report#3, U.S. Office of Naval Research. 
 
Monahan, E.C. and M.C. Spillane, 1981. Current Meter Data Analysis for Mooring Shannon-4, for
   Limerick Harbour Commissioners. 
 
Monahan, E.C., and M.C. Spillane, 1980. October 1980 Sandy Cove Effluent Outfall Field 
   Evaluation, for Elanco SA, Ireland.