Princeton University

Anand Gnanadesikan

Lecturer, Ph.D. M.I.T.

Address: 349 GFDL

Phone: (609) 987-5062

Email: Anand.Gnanadesikan at noaa.gov

Publications            Vita

My interests focus on understanding the mechanisms that drive the large-scale physical circulation of the ocean and the impact of changes in this circulation for climate, ocean chemistry, and ecosystems. I do this by using general circulation models of the ocean and atmosphere and looking at how these simulate not only the physical climate, but quantities such as radiocarbon, oxygen, and nutrients. This has also led to work looking at how human activities might perturb the carbon cycle. I am very involved in the development of new models at GFDL, including ocean-only models, coupled ocean atmosphere models, and models of biogeochemical cycling.

Princeton is an exciting place to work on these problems because it allows so much interaction between different disciplines. During my time here, I’ve had a chance to interact with biological, physical and chemical oceanographers, atmospheric dynamicists and chemists, terrestrial ecologists and mechanical engineers. Princeton is an outstanding place to get a broad view of how our planet works.

Gnanadesikan A., A.M. de Boer and B. Mignone, 2007: A simple theory of the pycnocline and overturning revisited, in press, Past and Future Changes of the Ocean's Meridional Overturning Circulation: Mechanisms and Impacts, forthcoming AGU Monograph.

Gnanadesikan A., J.L. Russell and F. Zeng, 2007: How does ocean ventilation change under global warming?, Ocean Science 3, 43-53.

Gnanadesikan A. and 27 others, 2006: GFDL's CM2 global coupled climate models, Part II: The baseline ocean simulation, Journal of Climate, 19, 675-697.

Gnanadesikan, A., R.D. Slater, P.S. Swathi and G.K. Vallis, 2005: The energetics of ocean heat transport, Journal of Climate, 18, 2604-2616.

Marinov, I., A. Gnanadesikan, J.R. Toggweiler and J.L. Sarmiento, 2006: The Southern Ocean Biogeochemical Divide, Nature, 441, 964-967.