Don P. Chambers
Associate Professor
Physical Oceanography
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1996
Office Phone: (727) 553-3351
Office: MSL 220
Email: donc@usf.edu
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Research Interests
Dr. Chambers specializes in using satellite observations such as radar altimetry and satellite gravimetry to better understand ocean dynamics. Prior to coming to USF, he was a Research Scientist at the Center for Space Research at UT-Austin. His primary research focus is quantifying and understanding sea level variability, especially low frequency fluctuations related to climate change. He in interested in all the dynamical processes that cause sea level change, including ocean circulation, ocean heat storage, ocean mass redistribution, and influx of fresh water from the continents and ice sheets.
Dr. Chambers has been a member of several NASA satellite Science Teams, including TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason-1, and is currently a member of the NASA Ocean Surface Topography and GRACE Science Teams.
Selected Publications
Chambers D. P. and J. K. Willis, Analysis of large-scale ocean bottom pressure variability in the North Pacific, J. Geophys. Res., 113, C11003, doi:10.1029/2008JC004930, 2008.
Chambers D. P., Gravimetric Methods – Spacecraft Altimeter Measurements, in Treatise on Geophysics, Vol. 3 – Geodesy, G. Schubert (ed.), Oxford: Elsevier Ltd, pp. 123-162, 2007
Chambers D., Observing seasonal steric sea level variations with GRACE and satellite altimetry, J. Geophys. Res., 111 (C3), C03010, 10.1029/2005JC002914, 2006
Chambers D. P., J. Wahr, R. S. Nerem Preliminary observations of global ocean mass variations with GRACE, Geophys. Res. Ltrs, 31, L13310, doi:10.1029/2004GL020461, 2004
Chambers D. P., C. A. Mehlhaff, T. J. Urban, D. Fujii, and R. S. Nerem, Low Frequency Variations in Global Mean Sea Level: 1950-2000, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10.1029/2001JC001089, 2002
Chambers D. P., B. D. Tapley and R. H. Stewart, Anomalous warming in the Indian Ocean coincident with El Niño, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 3035-3047, 1999
Chambers D. P., B. D. Tapley and R. H. Stewart, Long-Period Ocean Heat Storage Rates and Basin-Scale Heat Fluxes from TOPEX Altimetry, J. Geophys. Res., 102 (C5), 10525-10533, 1997
