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Lynne Talley

{{short description|American oceanographer}}

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| workplaces = Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

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| alma_mater = Marple-Newtown High School (1971)

BA Physics, Oberlin College (1976)

Bachelor of Music, Oberlin College (1977)

PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (1982)

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| awards = Huntsman Award (2003)

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Lynne Talley (born May 18, 1954) is a physical oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography known for her research into the large-scale circulation of water masses in the global ocean.

Early life and education

Talley received a B.A. in physics in 1976 from Oberlin College and a Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in piano performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music.{{Cite web|last=Waleson|first=Heidi|date=2006|title=Double Duty Degree / Oberlin Alumni Magazine / Fall 2006|url=https://www2.oberlin.edu/alummag/fall2006/double-duty-degree.html|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www2.oberlin.edu|edition=102(2)}} The following year, she studied piano performance with Carl Seeman at the Hochschule für Musik Freiburg in Freiburg, Germany. She continued her studies at the New England Conservatory of Music. After moving to San Diego, she studied music at San Diego State University.{{Cite web|title=Lynne Talley - music CV|url=http://sam.ucsd.edu/personal/Talley_CV_music_short.htm|access-date=2021-07-23|website=sam.ucsd.edu}}

Talley started oceanographic research as a graduate student{{Cite web|title=Lynne Talley {{!}} Aspen Global Change Institute|url=https://www.agci.org/redhen/contact/2036?recordID=5551|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.agci.org}} and completed a Ph.D. in physical oceanography from the Joint Program in Oceanography at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in 1982.{{Cite thesis|title=Instabilities and radiation of thin, baroclinic jets|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/57721|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|date=1982|degree=Thesis|first=Lynne E.|last=Talley|hdl=1721.1/57721}} After a postdoctoral research position at Oregon State University, she joined the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1984.{{Cite web|date=August 2019|title=Talley CV|url=https://ltalley.scrippsprofiles.ucsd.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/318/2019/10/talley_cv_aug2019-3.pdf}}

Career and impact

Talley has worked at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego since 1984, and was named a distinguished professor in 2012. While at Scripps, her research has combined analysis of ocean observations with advanced theoretical work to describe and map large-scale circulation.{{Cite web|url=https://ltalley.scrippsprofiles.ucsd.edu/|title=L. Talley|website=Research Profiles|access-date=April 5, 2021}} Her work involves analysis of data from most of the world's oceans, depicting the movement of heat, salinity, and water masses, and the formation of water masses, particularly in subpolar regions.{{cite web|date=February 1, 2008|title=For Better or Worse, Modern Ocean Explorers Stay Connected|url=http://www.livescience.com/technology/080201-bts-oceanographer-lifestyle.html|publisher=LiveScience|accessdate=September 18, 2009}} In addition to academic publications, she has published a graduate level textbook on descriptive physical oceanography and two oceanographic atlases.{{cite book|last1=Talley|first1=Lynne D., George L. Pickard, William J. Emery, James H. Swift|title=Descriptive Physical Oceanography: An Introduction|publisher=Academic Press|year=2011|isbn=9780750645522|edition=6th|location=Amsterdam}}{{cite book|url=http://www-pord.ucsd.edu/whp_atlas/pacific/atlas_text/WHPAtlas_Vol2_Pacific_Introduction.pdf|title=Hydrographic Atlas of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)|volume=2: Pacific Ocean}}

From 2004 to 2007 she was a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group and a lead author of the Fourth Assessment Report Working Group I chapter of the group's final report titled: "Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level",{{cite news|url=http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/01/18/environment/966ipcc011807.txt|title=Global Climate Report Shaped by Local Hands|date=January 18, 2007|newspaper=Voice of San Diego|accessdate=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611013014/http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/01/18/environment/966ipcc011807.txt|archive-date=June 11, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch5.html|title=Chapter 5: Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level - AR4 WGI|website=www.ipcc.ch|access-date=June 26, 2016}} which was released in February 2007. The report earned contributing scientists a share of the Nobel Peace Prize later that year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/index.html|title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2007|website=www.nobelprize.org|access-date=May 17, 2016}} She was also a lead author on the same topic for the Fifth Assessment Report.{{Cite web|date=2018|title=Observations:Ocean|url=https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/WG1AR5_Chapter03_FINAL.pdf|journal=}}

Talley has a long history of seagoing experiences. In 2000, Talley and co-principal investigator, Daniel Rudnick, worked with moorings and hydrography on the collaborative Okhotsk Sea dense water formation project.{{Cite web|url=http://www-pord.ucsd.edu/~ltalley/okhotsk/|title=Dense Water Formation in the Okhotsk Sea|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}} In 2005-2006, Talley used hydrography, CTD, and profiling floats to understand Antarctic Intermediate Water formation in the southeast Pacific.{{Cite web|url=http://www-pord.ucsd.edu/~ltalley/aaiw/|title=Process study of Antarctic Intermediate Water formation|website=www-pord.ucsd.edu|access-date=June 26, 2016}} Since 2016, Talley has led the observation team of the SOCCOM project: Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM),{{Cite web|url=http://soccom.princeton.edu/content/programs|title=Programs {{!}} SOCCOM|website=soccom.princeton.edu|access-date=May 17, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=http://soccom.princeton.edu/team/talley|title=Talley {{!}} SOCCOM|website=soccom.princeton.edu|access-date=May 17, 2016}} which is deploying biogeochemical profiling Argo floats throughout the Southern Ocean south of 30S. Starting in 2020, Talley has been one of the principal investigators for the Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO-BGC), which has begun deploying biogeochemical Argo floats globally.{{Cite web|last=St John|first=Alison|title=Robotic Floats Will Collect New Data On How Climate Change Is Affecting Our Oceans|url=https://www.kpbs.org/news/2020/nov/16/robotic-floats-will-collect-new-data-how-climate-c/|access-date=2021-05-21|website=KPBS Public Media|date=16 November 2020 |language=en}} She also continues as a principal investigator and member of the steering committee of the ongoing U.S. GO-SHIP,{{Cite web|url=http://usgoship.ucsd.edu/people/|title=US GO-SHIP Program|website=usgoship.ucsd.edu|access-date=2018-03-18}} which organizes and carries out the U.S. component of the international GO-SHIP program of deep-sea hydrographic cruises throughout the world's oceans.

Talley received the Albatross Award which has passed from one oceanographer to the next since 1959{{Cite journal|last1=Knauss|first1=John|last2=Lill|first2=Gordon|last3=Maxwell|first3=Arthur|date=1998|title=Recounting the History of the Albatross Award|journal=Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union|language=en|volume=79|issue=3|pages=31–35|doi=10.1029/98EO00022|bibcode=1998EOSTr..79...31K |issn=2324-9250|doi-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last=Walker|first=R.|date=1973-10-19|title=The Albatross Award|url=https://www.sciencemag.org/lookup/doi/10.1126/science.182.4109.220-a|journal=Science|language=en|volume=182|issue=4109|pages=220|doi=10.1126/science.182.4109.220-a|pmid=17749289|bibcode=1973Sci...182..220W |s2cid=46345304 |issn=0036-8075}} and was presented to Talley at the 2016 Ocean Sciences meeting.{{Cite web|last1=Yehle|first1=Emily|date=February 25, 2016|title=Science: Giggles, giggles everywhere as oceanographers honor their own|url=https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060033008|access-date=2021-05-21|website=www.eenews.net|language=en}}

In 2024 she was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

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