Person
Meyers, Gary Albert (1941 - 2016)
- Born
- 10 June 1941
Los Angeles, California, United States of America - Died
- 19 April 2016
- Occupation
- Physical oceanographer
Summary
Gary Meyers was an oceanographer who made significant contributions to the understanding of climate systems and in the design of observation systems and networks. His research interests included baroclinic Rossby waves, the variability of the Indian Ocean and its relationship to El Niño Southern Oscillation, and the series of ocean currents draining the Pacific into the Indian Ocean. He collaborated in the development of expendable bathythermographs to measure the oceans' subsurface salinity and temperature. This allowed the generation of maps of oceans' physical conditions to predict extent of rainfall and examine links between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Meyers was the research leader of the ten-year Tropical Oceans-Global Atmosphere program (1985-1994). As Manager of the CSIRO Oceans and Climate Program (1997-2003) he worked with the Bureau of Meteorology and the Australian Navy to develop predictive models of Australia's seasonal climate and provide maps of temperature and salinity in oceans around Australia. Following his retirement from CSIRO, Meyers was the inaugural Director of the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) at the University of Tasmania.
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Chronology
- 1975
- Education - MSc, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S.A.
- 1978 - 980
- Career position - Postdoctoral Research Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California USA
- 1978
- Education - PhD, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S.A.
- 1980 - 1983
- Career position - Assistant Research Oceanographer, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California USA
- 1983 - 1985
- Career position - Senior Research Scientist ,CSIRO Division of Oceanography, Hobart
- 1985 - 1996
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania
- 1996 - 2006
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania
- 1997
- Career position - Invitation Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 1997 - 2003
- Career position - Manager, CSIRO Oceans and Climate Program
- 1998 - 2007
- Career position - Science Advisory Committee, International Pacific Research Center
- 2003
- Award - CSIRO Partnership Excellence Award
- 2004 - 2008
- Career position - Founding Chairman, CLIVAR-GOOS Indian Ocean Panel, World Climate Research Program
- 2006
- Award - Morton Medal, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
- 2006 - 2007
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Tasmania
- 2007
- Life event - Retired
- 2007 - 2009
- Career position - Professor, Centre for Marine Science, University of Tasmania
- 2007 - 2009
- Career position - Director, Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS), University of Tasmania
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Macaulay, Craig, 'Dr. Gary Meyers: a man of science and humanity', Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 29 (2) (2016), 42-4. Details
Resources
- Inspiration for Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society awards, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, 2022. https://www.amos.org.au/activities/awards/inspiration-for-awards/. Details
- 'Meyers, Gary Albert (19410610-20160419)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772722. Details
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Last modified: 14 August 2019