Janet Sprintall

Janet Sprintall is an Australian-born oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She specializes in inter-basin exchanges, and in particular in the Indonesian throughflow[1] and dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current through the Drake passage. Sprintall studied barrier layers for her doctoral research,[2] and as of 2016 is building on that work as a principal investigator with the NASA SPURS II project in the tropical Pacific.[3] As an expert in Pacific Ocean dynamics, she has been highly cited.[4] Sprintall provided plot advice for the TV series Lost.

Janet Sprintall at sea

References
  1. Sprintall, Janet (2009). "Direct estimates of the Indonesian Throughflow entering the Indian Ocean: 2004–2006". Journal of Geophysical Research. 114. Bibcode:2009JGRC..114.7001S. doi:10.1029/2008JC005257.
  2. .gov.au/Record/389484 Ph.D. thesis from National Library of Australia
  3. NASA blog
  4. "Janet Sprintall - Google Scholar". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-04.


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