Education

• Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Joint Program in Oceanography, 2003.
• M.S., Florida State University, Oceanography, 1997.
• M.A., New Mexico State University, English/Linguistics, 1989.
• B.A., California State University, Northridge, Fine Arts, 1983.

Research Interests

• Physical processes of inner shelf marine habitats
• Climate effects on coastal sea level and ocean temperature
• Inner shelf circulation effects on larval distribution, pollutant
  dispersion, and buoyant plume transport
• Groundwater and nearshore circulation modeling

Selected Publications

• Rasmussen, L., B. Cornuelle, L. Levin, J. Largier, and E. Di Lorenzo. (2009) Effects of small-scale features and local wind forcing on tracer dispersion and estimates of population connectivity in a regional scale circulation model. J. Geophysical Research , doi:10.1029/2008JC004777.


• Parnell, P.E., P. Dayton , C. Lennert-Cody , L. Rasmussen , J. Leichter. (2006) Marine Reserve Design: Optimal Size, Fine-Scale Habitats, Species Affinities, Diversity, and Ocean Microclimate. Ecological Applications 16(3):945-962.


• Rasmussen, L., G. Gawarkiewicz, W. B. Owens, M.S. Lozier, (2005) Slope water, Gulf Stream and seasonal influences on southern Mid-Atlantic Bight circulation during the fall-winter transition. J. Geophysical Research, 110, C02009, doi:10.1029/2004JC002311.

Contact Information

Linda L. Rasmussen Integrative Oceanography Division Center for Coastal Studies - 0209 Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0209 Email: "raz at ucsd.edu" Office: Center for Coastal Studies, Rm 306 Fax: (858) 534-0300

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