Background:

                              Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University.
                              Sc.M. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University.
                              B.S.    in Physics and Mathematics from Spelman College.
 
 

Reseach Interests:

General:  Geophysical fluid dynamics, physical oceanography, numerical solutions of PDEs
Specific:  Air/sea/seaice interactions, ocean mixed-layer dynamics, decadal thermocline variability,
                climate change
 
 

Selected Publications:

Stephens, M.,  Z. Liu and H. Yang (2001), Evolution of subduction planetary waves with application to North Pacific decadal thermocline variability, Journal of Physical Oceanography, vol. 31,  pp.1733-1746.

Stephens, M. and Z. Liu (2001), The response of the upper ocean to surface buoyancy forcing:  A characteristic solution to wave propagation , Contemporary Mathematics: Council for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences: Vol III, vol. 275., Ed. A. Noel, E. Barnes and S. Stephens, pp. 117-128.

Stephens, M.,  R. Oglesby,  and M. Maxey (2003), A one-dimensional mixed-layer ocean model for use in three-dimensional climate simulations:  Control simulation compared to observations, Journal of Climate, (accepted).

Oglesby, R., M. Stephens and B. Saltzman (2003) , The influence of ocean thermocline temperatures on the earth's surface climate,  Journal of Climate (accepted).