Catherine G. Constable, Professor of Geophysics

• B.Sc. Physics (Hons), University of Western Australia, 1979.
• M.Sc. Geophysics, Australian National University, 1983.
• Ph.D. Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, 1987.

Courses Taught Recently

• Geophysical Data Analysis, Part 1 SIO 223A, Fall 2008
• Geophysical Data Analysis Part 2, SIO 223B, Spring 2009
• Gravity and Geomagnetism, SIO 229, Spring 2010
• Geophysical Inverse Theory, SIO 230, last taught Spring 2003
• Mathematical Methods for Geophysicists, SIO 239, Fall 2003

Courses I have taught in the past

• Rock Magnetism and Paleomagnetism, SIO 247
• Introduction to Geophysics, ERTH 103

Research Interests

• Data Analysis and Inverse theory.
• Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism.
• Recent and paleosecular variation of the geomagnetic field.
• Recent and paleo- geomagnetic field modeling.
• The crustal magnetic field.
• Influence of boundary conditions on the geomagnetic field.
• Electrical conductivity of the mantle.
• Satellite Magnetometry
• Paleo and rock magnetic databases

Research Unit Affiliations

• Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics

Awards

• Royal Astronomical Society's Price Medal for Geomagnetism and Aeronomy, (1997)
• Fellow American Geophysical Union, (1999)
• Antarctica Service Medal (Summer 2003/2004)

Publications

Contact Information

Catherine G. Constable
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225

tel: 858 534-3183
internet: cconstable@ucsd.edu
http://igppweb.ucsd.edu/cathy

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