Prof. David T. Sandwell dsandwell@ucsd.edu

Research Interests:

1.    Marine Gravity Anomaly from Satellite Altimetry

2.    Predicted and Measured Seafloor Topography

3.    Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry - InSAR

4.    Thermal and Mechanical Structure of the Oceanic Lithosphere.

5.    Geodynamic Applications of Satellite Altimetry.

6.    Tectonics on Venus.

7.    Intraplate Deformation.

Courses:

1.    The Earth - ES 10

2.    Introduction to Geodynamics - SIO 234

3.    Satellite Remote Sensing - SIO 236

4.    Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry - SIO 239

5.    Physics of Surfing - SIO 87

CURRICULUM VITAE

PUBLICATIONS - PDF

 

Ph. D. Students:

1. Bohai Zhang - Geosat/ERM Altimeter Data Analysis for the Determination of Global Oceanic Mesoscale Variability - 1988
2. Christopher Small - Applications off Satellite Altimetry to Global Studies of Mid-Ocean Ridges and Continental Margins - 1993.
3. Catherine Johnson - The Geomagnetic Field Over the Last 5 Myr From Lava Flows, and Properties of the Venusian Lithopshere From Magellan Data - 1994.
4. Daniel Levitt - Lithospheric Bending at Subduction Zones and Geophysical Investigations of the Pukapuka Volcanic Ridge System - 1996.
5. Mara Yale - Modeling Upper Mantle Rheology with Numerical Experiments and Mapping Marine Gravity with Satellite Altimetry - 1997.
6. Evelyn Price - Coseismic and Postseismic Deformations Associated With the 1992 Landers, California, Earthquake Measured by Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry - 1999.
7. Suzanne Lyons - Investigations of fault creep in southern California using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar and GPS - 2002.
8. Bridget Smith - Three-dimensional Deformation and Stress Models:Exploring One-Thousand Years of Earthquake HistoryAlong the San Andreas Fault System - 2005.
9. JJ Becker - Improved Global Bathymetry, Global Sea Floor Roughness, and Deep Ocean Mixing - 2008.

 

Students Advised:

Other Interests:

1.    Susan and David

2.    Katie, Melissa, and Nick

3.    #1 at Luau 2000 Contest

4.    Surfing

5.    More Surfing

6.    Professor Sandwell

7.    Sierra with Nick

8.    Newton >> Sandwell

Contact:

PHONE: (858) 534-7109 (off.) FAX: (858) 534-2902 

CELL (858) 663-9426

INTERNET: dsandwell@ucsd.edu

David T. Sandwell

IGPP 0225

Scripps Inst. of Oceano.

La Jolla, CA 92093-0225