Bio

Earle Wilson is an assistant professor in the Department of Earth System Science. He is a physical oceanographer who studies ocean dynamics at high latitudes and their far-reaching impacts on the global climate. He is particularly interested in the circulation of the Southern Ocean and its interactions with the cryosphere (i.e., sea ice and marine-terminating glaciers). Dr. Wilson and his group explore these research questions using various tools and methods, ranging from in situ ocean observations and idealized numerical models.

Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Earth System Science (2022 - Present)

Professional Education

  • PhD, University of Washington, Oceanography (2019)
  • BS, Columbia University, Applied Physics (2012)

Contact

  • Academic
    earlew@stanford.edu
    University - Faculty Department: Department of Earth System Science Position: Assistant Professor
    • 473 VIA ORTEGA
    • STANFORD,  California  94305 

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2025-26 Courses

Stanford Advisees

All Publications

  • Modeling mixing and melting in laminar seawater intrusions under grounded ice CRYOSPHERE Mamer, M. S., Robel, A. A., Lai, C. K., Wilson, E., Washam, P. 2025; 19 (8): 3227-3251

    View details for DOI 10.5194/tc-19-3227-2025

    View details for Web of Science ID 001555454700001

  • The Impact of Underestimated Southern Ocean Freshening on Simulated Historical Sea Surface Temperature Trends Geophysical Research Letters Kaufman, Z., Wilson, E., Purich, A., Beadling, R., Li, Y. 2025

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2024GL112639

  • Future Priorities for Observing the Dynamics of the Southern Ocean BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY Wilson, E. A., Dove, L. A., Gray, A. R., Macgilchrist, G., Purkey, S., Thompson, A. F., Youngs, M., Diggs, S., Balwada, D., Campbell, E. C., Talley, L. D. 2024; 105 (12): E2316-E2323

    View details for DOI 10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0254.1

    View details for Web of Science ID 001421617700003

  • Mechanisms for Abrupt Summertime Circumpolar Surface Warming in the Southern Ocean JOURNAL OF CLIMATE Wilson, E. A., Bonan, D. B., Thompson, A. F., Armstrong, N., Riser, S. C. 2023; 36 (20): 7025-7039

    View details for DOI 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0501.1

    View details for Web of Science ID 001150576000002

  • Coastal Polynyas Enable Transitions Between High and Low West Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Rates GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS Moorman, R., Thompson, A. F., Wilson, E. A. 2023; 50 (16)

    View details for DOI 10.1029/2023GL104724

    View details for Web of Science ID 001053825800001

  • Commercial krill fishing within a foraging supergroup of fin whales in the Southern Ocean. Ecology Ryan, C., Santangelo, M., Stephenson, B., Branch, T. A., Wilson, E. A., Savoca, M. S. 2023: e4002

    View details for DOI 10.1002/ecy.4002

    View details for PubMedID 36807151

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