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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Thomas Chor

University of California Los Angeles

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

University of California, Los Angeles
Box 957228
Los Angeles, CA 90095

tomaschor@ucla.edu

Project List:

Transport and fate of oil in the upper ocean: Studying and modeling multi-scale physical dispersion mechanisms and remediation strategies using Large Eddy Simulation

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level, GoMRI Scholar

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5
2021
Chor, T., McWilliams, J. C., & Chamecki, M. (2021). Modifications to the K-Profile Parameterization with Nondiffusive Fluxes for Langmuir Turbulence. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(5), 1503–1521.
2020
Chor, T., McWilliams, J. C., & Chamecki, M. (2020). Diffusive-nondiffusive flux decompositions in atmospheric boundary layers. J. Atmos. Sci., 77(10), 3479–3494.
2019
Chamecki, M., Chor, T., Yang, D., & Meneveau, C. (2019). Material transport in the ocean mixed layer: recent developments enabled by large eddy simulations. Rev. Geophys., 57(4), 1338–1371.
2018
Chor, T., Yang, D., Meneveau, C., & Chamecki, M. (2018). Preferential concentration of noninertial buoyant particles in the ocean mixed layer under free convection. Phys. Rev. Fluids, 3(6), 064501.
Chor, T., Yang, D., Meneveau, C., & Chamecki, M. (2018). A Turbulence Velocity Scale for Predicting the Fate of Buoyant Materials in the Oceanic Mixed Layer. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(21), 11,817–11,826.
Conference Presentations - 5
2019
Chor, T., McWilliams, J., & Chamecki, M. (2019). Revisiting eddy diffusivity models in geophysical boundary layers. In 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics. Seattle, WA : 11/23/19-11/26/19.
2018
Chor, T. L., Yang, D., Meneveau, C., & Chamecki, M. (2018). The dynamics of buoyant particles in the Ocean Surface Mixed Layer under free-convection. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.
Chor, T. L., Yang, D., Meneveau, C., & Chamecki, M. (2018). The dynamics of buoyant particles in the Ocean Surface Mixed Layer under free-convection. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18.
Chor, T. L., Yang, D., Meneveau, C., & Chamecki, M. (2018). The effect of oil droplet size on the surface signature of oil plumes under free-convection. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Chor, T. L., Yang, D., Meneveau, C., & Chamecki, M. (2018). Velocity scale for transport and mixing of buoyant particles in the oceanic mixed layer. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster.