About the Author

Geoffrey K. Vallis

Exeter University, U.K.


http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/mathematics/staff/gv219/

Geoffrey K. Vallis is professor at Exeter University's Department of Mathematics. He was previously a faculty member in Princeton University's AOS Program and prior to that a professor at the University of Calfornia, Santa Cruz. His research interests include the general circulation of the ocean and atmosphere, turbulence theory, and climate dynamics. He taught a wide range of topics at Princeton and the University of California, and he has published extensively in both the oceanographic and meteorological literature.