Degrees:
B.Sc. (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow 1985)
M.Sc. (Imperial College, London 1986)
Ph.D. (Ohio State University 1997)

Research Interests:
Numerical modeling of the coastal marine environment (wind-waves, hydrodynamics, sediment transport), with an emphasis on the impacts of inter-model coupling physics. High performance, parallel computing and coupling is an additonal aspect of this work.

The analysis of nearshore video data using Particle Image Velocimetry techniques. This involves tracking water surface textural features (usually foam from breaking waves) from frame to frame, to deduce surface velocities. This provides wide data coverage inexpensively. Features of the circulation field can then be extracted for multiple length and time scales.

Email: welsh@superior.ceegs.ohio-state.edu
CEEGS Homepage: http://superior.ceegs.ohio-state.edu/~welsh/
Phone: 614-247-6051
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