Brian Ward 

B.Sc., Ph.D

Contact Information

National University of Ireland, Galway
Phone: 353 91 493029
Fax: 353 91 494584
email: bwardnuigalway.ie

Brief Career Details

Graduated with a B.Sc. in Applied Physics (NUIG) and a Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography (NUIG, 1998).
Marie Curie Fellow at the Geophysical Institute/Nansen Centre (Bergen, Norway) from 1999 to 2000.
Postdoctoral Fellow at the NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, (Miami FL, USA) 2001.
Researcher at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole MA, USA) 2002 to 2006.
Assistant professor at Old Dominion University (Norfolk VA, USA) 2006 to present (currently on leave of absence).
Current position: Lecturer in School of Physics, NUIG, and Adjunct Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Physical Oceanography Department).

Research Keywords

Air-Sea Exhange; Air-Sea Fluxes; Upper Ocean Physics;
Air-Sea Interfacial Molecular Boundary Layer; Small-Scale Turbulence

Recent Publications

Gentemann, C.L., P.J. Minnett, and B. Ward, Profiles of Ocean Heating (POSH): A new model of upper ocean diurnal thermal variability, Journal of Geophysical Research, sub judice, 2008.

Ward B., Air-Water Interfacial Laboratory Measurements, In "Transport at the Air Sea Interface - Measurements, Models and
Parameterizations", (eds. Garbe, C.S., Handler, R.A., Jhne, B.), Springer Verlag, 193-203, 2007.

Ward B. and M.A. Donelan, Thermometric measurements of the molecular sublayer at the air-water interface, Geophysical Research Letters,33, L07605, doi:10.1029/2005GL024769, 2006.

Ward, B., Near-Surface Ocean Temperature, Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, doi:10.1029/2004JC002689, 2006.

C.L. McNeil, B. Ward, W.R. McGillis, M.D. DeGrandpre and L. Marcinowski, Fluxes of N2, O2, and CO2 in Nearshore Waters off Martha's Vineyard, Continental Shelf Research, 26, 1281-1294,doi:10.1016/j.csr.2006.04.008, 2006.

McNeil, C.L., D.R., Katz, and B. Ward, W.R. McGillis, and B. D. Johnson, A method to estimate net community metabolism from profiles of dissolved O2 and N2, Hydrobiologia, DOI 10.1007/s10750-006-0236-7, 2006.

Jenkins, A.D., and B. Ward, A Simple Model for the Short-Time Evolution of Near-Surface Current and Temperature Profiles,
Deep-Sea Research II, 52, 1202-1214, 2005.

Jenkins, A.D., and B. Ward, Reply to: Comment on the paper: A simple model for the short-time evolution of near-surface current and temperature profiles, Deep-Sea Research II, 52, 1218-1219, 2005.

Ward, B., R. Wanninkhof, W. R. McGillis, A. T. Jessup, M. D. DeGrandpre, J. E. Hare, and J. B. Edson, Biases in the air-sea flux of CO2 resulting from ocean surface temperature gradients, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C08S08, doi:10.1029/2003JC001800, 2004a.

Ward, B., R. Wanninkhof, P.J. Minnett, and M. Head, SkinDeEP: A Profiling Instrument for Upper Decameter Sea Surface Measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 21, 207-222, 2004b.

Ho, D.T., C.J. Zappa, W.R. McGillis, L.F. Bliven, B. Ward, J.W.H. Dacey, P. Schlosser, and M.B. Hendricks, Influence of rain on air-sea gas exchange: Lessons from a model ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C08S18, doi:10.1029/2003JC001806, 2004.

Hare, J.E., C.W. Fairall, W.R. McGillis, J.B. Edson, B. Ward, and R. Wanninkhof, Evaluation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Coupled-Ocean Atmospheric Response Experiment (NOAA/COARE) air-sea gas transfer parameterization using GasEx data, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, C08S11, doi:10.1029/2003JC001831, 2004.

Recent Grants and Contracts

B. Ward: Establishing a Programme for the Study of Oceanic and Atmospheric Processes Controlling Air-Sea Exchange of Climate-Forcing Gases, Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant, Sep01 2008 to Aug31 2012, €100,000

B. Ward: Collaborative Research: Near-Surface Controls of Air-Sea CO2 Exchange: A Contribution to the UK-SOLAS "Deep Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment", US National Science Foundation, Oct01 2006 to Sep30 2009, $179,519

R.W. Schmitt & B. Ward: Development of a New Generation of Diamond-Coated Thermometers to Extend Small-Scale Oceanic Measurements of Temperature, US National Science Foundation, Sep15 2006 to Aug31 2009, $772,724

B. Ward & R.A. Weller: Measurements of the Diurnal Warm Layer and Biologically-Induced Heating during the CIRENE Campaign, US National Science Foundation, Jan01 2006 to Dec31 2009, $387,847

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