Brad Werner

Professor/Researcher

Room: Revelle Lab 3209

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

Telephone: (858) 534-0583

Email: bwerner@ucsd.edu

Website: http://complex-systems.ucsd.edu

Research Summary for 2006: Download PDF (397.840KB)

Research Interests:

• Complex systems, self-organization, geophysical pattern formation, Arctic landscapes and permafrost.
• Human-landscape interactions, urban geomorphology, theory of modeling, models for science, human consciousness/free will, environmental management, social and economic human behavior, resistance and the Mexico-US border.

Courses Taught:

• ERTH112 (Urban Landscapes)
• ERTH185 (Applied Complexity)
• ERTH199 (Independent Study)
• ESYS190A (Envir Sys/Senior Project)
• SIO112 (Urban Landscapes)
• SIO185 (Applied Complexity)
• SIO216 (Intro/Physics of Complex Systm)
• SIO239 (Special Topics in Geophysics)
• SIO298 (Spec Studies/Marine Sciences)
• SIO299 (Research)
• SIO87 (Freshman Seminar)

Recent publications: ^†

• 2008, Modelling of ice-wedge networks. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes. doi:10.1002/ppp.604
• 2008, Coupled barrier island–resort model: 2. Tests and predictions along Ocean City and Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland, J. Geophys. Res., 113, F01017, doi:10.1029/2007JF000841.
• 2008, Coupled barrier island–resort model: 1. Emergent instabilities induced by strong human-landscape interactions, J. Geophys. Res., 113, F01016, doi:10.1029/2007JF000840.
• 2007, Dynamics of coupled human-landscape systems, Geomorphology, Volume 91, Issues 3-4, 1 November 2007, Pages 393-407
• 2004, Tidally modulated occurrence of megaripples in a saturated surf zone, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 109, C1, -
• 2004, The role of tides in beach cusp development, J. Geophys. Res., 109, C04011, doi:10.1029/2003JC002154.
• 2003, Test of self-organization in beach cusp formation, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 108, C3, -
• 2003, Synoptic imaging of nearshore bathymetric patterns, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 108, C1, -
• 2003, Self-organization of sorted patterned ground, Science, 299, 5605, 380-383
• 2003, Modeling Landforms as Self-Organized, Hierarchical Dynamical System, GEOPHYSICAL MONOGRAPH- AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, VOL 135, pages 133-150
• 2002, Nonlinear dynamics of ice-wedge networks and resulting sensitivity to severe cooling events, Nature, 417, 6892, 929-933
• 2001, Fracture networks in frozen ground, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 106, B5, 8599-8613
• 2001, A model for sorted circles as self-organized patterns, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 106, B7, 13287-13306
• 1999, Complexity in natural landform patterns, Science, 284, 5411, 102-104
• 1999, Bedform spacing from defect dynamics, Geology, 27, 8, 727-730
• 1998, A numerical model for the organization of ice-wedge networks, in Permafrost Seventh International Conference Proceedings, pp. 897-902, Univ. of Laval Press, Quebec, Canada