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John Wahr

Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1979
Professor, Physics

E-mail: wahr@lemond.colorado.edu
Office: Duane Physics F727
Phone: 303-492-8349
Web: Geophysics Group

Research Interests

Theoretical geophysics; earth rotation; earth and ocean tides; earth/ocean and earth/atmosphere interactions; terrestrial normal modes; crustal deformation.

Current Research Projects

Rotation of the earth; earth and ocean tides; the interaction of the atmosphere and oceans with the earth; viscous, elastic, and visco-elastic deformation of the earth due to surface loading; the earth's three-dimensional internal structure; satellite altimetry; use of geodetic observations of various types to study polar ice balance and other problems related to global sea level change.

Wahr is also one of the CIRES Faculty who teach at the University of Colorado at Boulder with teaching loads equivalent to those of CU faculty rostered solely in departments and programs.