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Luke Kachelein

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Address:

4800 Oak Grove Drive

M/S 300-323

Pasadena, CA 91109

Curriculum Vitae:

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Member of:

Ocean Circulation And Air Sea Interaction

JPL Postdoctoral Fellow

Employed By

Caltech/JPL

Biography

I had the fortune to grow up primarily on the Oregon Coast where I got to witness coastal ocean phenomena over many years, which gave me an early appreciation for oceanography. When I’m not thinking about the ocean, I like to play harpsichord (badly) in my free time!

Education

  • B.S. in Physics, Vassar College (2015)
  • Ph.D. in Oceanography, UC San Diego – Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2023)

Research Interests

My dissertation examined diurnal and semidiurnal processes, primarily tides, in the California Current System from high-frequency radar observations of surface currents. More broadly, I am interested in tides and other “fast” processes and how they interact with slower processes in the ocean. I am also hoping to investigate the effects of these processes on coastal environments.

Selected Publications

  1. Luke Kachelein, Bruce D. Cornuelle, Sarah T. Gille, and Matthew R. Mazloff. Har-
    monic analysis of non-phase-locked tides with red noise using the red_tide package.
    Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1175/
    JTECH-D-21-0034.1