Monica Stephens, Ph.D.

Biography

Faculty Member Since 2001

Education

• Ph.D., Brown University

• Sc.M., Brown University

• B.S., Spelman College

Courses Taught

• Intermediate Algebra

• Pre-Calculus I, II

• Applied Calculus I

• Calculus I, II

• Linear Algebra and Applications

• Foundations of Math

• Differential Equations

• Applied Mathematics

• Numerical Analysis

• Complex Variables

Research Interests

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

Select 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).