Louis I. Gordon

 

Date of Birth:

17 August 1928

Education:

B.S. UCLA: Chemistry 1951
M.S. Univ. of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography:
Chemical Oceanography 1953
Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 1973

 

 

Present Position:

Associate Professor of Marine Chemistry
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Previous Positions:

U.S. Army Chemical Corps, Leader, Lab Team, Chemical Svc. Co. 1953-55
Graduate Research Assistant, Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1955-58
Assistant, then Associate Specialist in Marine Geochemistry, 1958-66
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Graduate Assistant, Oregon State University 1966-69
Instructor, Oceanography, Oregon State University 1969-73
Assistant Professor, Oceanography, Oregon State University 1973-77
Visiting Scholar, Inst. of Marine Resources, University of 1979-80
California, San Diego

Honors:

Recipient NSF and U.S. Navy Antarctic Service Medals, 1986

Professional Societies:

American Geophysical Union American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Sigma Xi The Oceanography Society

Recent Publications:

Gordon, L.I.,  C.W. Mordy, G.C. Johnson, A.A. Ross, J.C. Jennings, Jr., J. Johnson  (2002).  Nutrient data calibration for the Indian Ocean WHP one-time survey.  WOCE 2002 and Beyond, San Antonio, TX, November 2002. Poster presentation.

See poster-02-V6f.pdf

 

Alleau, D. Colbert, P. Covert, B. Haley, X. Qiu, R. Collier, K.Falkner, B. Hales, F. Prahl and L. Gordon. (2001).   Th-234 applied to particle removal rates from the surface ocean:  a mathematical treatment revisited. Geophysical Research Letters 28(14), 2855-2857.

 

Gordon, L.I., L.A. Codispoti, J.C. Jennings, Jr., F.J. Millero, J.M. Morrison, C. Sweeney. (2000).  Seasonal evolution of hydrographic properties in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, 1996-1997.  Deep-Sea Research II 47, 3095-3117.

 

Zhang, J-Z, C.W. Mordy, L.I. Gordon, A.A. Ross, H.E. Garcia. (2000).  Temporal trends in deep ocean Redfield Ratios.  Science 289, 1839a.

 

Sweeney, C., W.O. Smith, B. Hales, R.R. Bidigare, C.A. Carlson, L.A. Codispoti, L.I. Gordon, D.A. Hansell, F.J. Millero, M-O. Park, T. Takahashi. (2000).   Nutrient and carbon removal ratios and fluxes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.  Deep-Sea Research, Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography  47(15-16),  3395-3421.

 

Sweeney, C., D.A. Hansell, C.A. Carlson, L.A. Codispoti, L.I. Gordon, J. Marra, F.J. Millero, W.O. Smith, T. Takahashi. (2000).    Biogeochemical regimes, net community production and carbon export in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.   Deep-Sea Research  II: Topical Studies in Oceanography  47(15-16),  3369-3394. 

 

Bates, N.R., Hansell, D.A., Carlson, C.A., Gordon, I.  (1998).    Distribution of CO2 species, estimates of net community production, and air-sea CO2 exchange in the Ross Sea polynya.     Journal of Geophysical Research, [Oceans]  103(C2),  2883-2896. 

 

Gordon, L. I., J. C. Jennings Jr., A. A. Ross, and J. M. Krest. (1994).  A suggested protocol for continuous flow automated analysis of seawater nutrients (phosphate, nitrate, nitrite and silicic acid) in the WOCE Hydrographic Program and the Joint Global Ocean Fluxes Study.  WHP Operations and Methods. WOCE Hydrographic Program Office, Methods Manual 91-1,  November 1994.

 

 

Field Work: 

Oceanographic Cruises (* indicates Chief Scientist; + Associate Chief Scientist):

1955         R/V STRANGER, NE Pacific
1966         R/V ARGO, Bering Sea and NE Pacific
1967         R/V SURVEYOR, Bering Sea and NW Pacific
1967-77    *R/V YAQUINA, numerous cruises, Oregon coast
1973         +R/V KNORR, GEOSECS Expedition, Atlantic
1973         R/V MELVILLE, GEOSECS Expedition, Pacific
1975         R/V GYRE, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico
1976         R/V THOMPSON, ISOS FDRAKE, Drake Passage
1978-79    ALVIN, hydrothermal vents at Galapagos Spreading Center & 21 °N
1980         *R/V WECOMA, NORPAX-FGGE, North Pacific
1980         *R/V WECOMA, W8006A, Eastern N. Pacific
1986         R/V MELVILLE, AMERIEZ, Weddell Sea
1986         F/S POLARSTERN, Weddell Sea
1988         R/V POLAR DUKE, AMERIEZ, Weddell Sea
1992         R/V POLAR DUKE, Ross Sea Silicon Dynamics
1992         R/V MALCOLM BALDRIGE, NW Subtropical Atlantic. TRIDENT
1994         R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, Ross Sea Bloom Experiment
1995         R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, Ross Sea Bloom Experiment

Science Community Service:

Invited Participant (* indicates session leader):

ONR Chemical Oceanography Workshop, Monterey, California, 1972.

Final Project Meeting, WEPOLEX (Weddell Polynya Experiment), Leningrad, 1983.

Gordon Research Conferences on Chemical Oceanography, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1980,* 1984.

POLARSTERN ANT V/2 and V/3 Data Workshop, Bremerhaven, West Germany, 1987.

UNESCO IOC-JAEA-UNEP Group of Experts on Standards and Reference Materials

(GESREM), 1990-present.

 


Member (* indicates chair):


IDOE Evaluation Panel, IDOE-CUEA Technology Workshop, Seattle, 1973.

NAC/NRC Review Panel for NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, 1975.

NSF Advisory Panel, Chemical Oceanography Program, 1976-77.

*Scientific/Technical Advisory Group for Coos Bay, Oregon, South Slough Estuarine
    Sanctuary, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81.

International WOCE Hydrographic Program
    *Working Group on Standards and Calibration, Subgroup for Nutrients and Dissolved

     Oxygen, 1988-present.

*JGOFS Expert Group on Nutrients, 1988-present.

US WOCE Hydrographic Program (WHP)
    Implementation Panel (WHPIP), 1988-present.
    *Groups of Technical Experts on Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen, 1988-2001.

    Panel of Data Quality Experts, 1989-2001.
Organizing Committee for international symposium, "Circulation and Biogeochemistry of   

    Water Masses in the Southern Ocean," Brest, France, July 1990; 1988-90; ad hoc

    Editorial Committee, 1990. 

Scientific Committee for international symposium, "Carbon Fluxes and Dynamic Processes in

    the Southern Ocean: Present and Past." Brest, France, 28-31 August 1995. (* Poster 

    Session chair)

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