Thomas B. Sanford, Ph.D. (M.I.T.), Professor. sanford@ apl.washington.edu. Measurement and interpretation of motionally-induced electric fields in the sea and within channels; structure and dynamics of ocean currents, eddies and waves; generation, propagation and dissipation of internal waves and microstructure; magnetotelluric studies in the deep sea; and oceanographic sensors and instrumentation. Principal Oceanographer at the Applied Physics Laboratory.
Sanford, T.B. and R.C. Lien (1999) Turbulent properties in a homogeneous tidal bottom boundary layer. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 104: 1245-1257.
Stahr, F.R. and T.B. Sanford (1999) Transport and bottom boundary layer observations of the North Atlantic Deep Western Boundary Current at the Blake Outer Ridge. Deep-Sea Research II 46: 205-243.
Tyler, R.H. and T.B. Sanford (1998) Electromagnetic forces on the earth's core due to the poleward transport of heat in the oceans. Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 88: 115-129.
Tyler, R.H., T.B. Sanford and M.J. Unsworth (1998) Propagation of electromagnetic fields in the coastal ocean with applications to underwater navigation and communication. Radio Science 33: 967-987.
Tyler, R.H., T.B. Sanford and J.M. Oberhuber (1997) Geophysical challenges in using large-scale ocean-generated EM fields to determine the ocean flow. Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity 49: 1351-1372.