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.