Encyclopedia of Marine Science

Author Biography

C. Reid Nichols is the president of Marine Information Resources Corporation, a Maryland veteran-owned small business. He is a physical oceanographer with an M.S. from North Carolina State University. He has experience in commercial fishing, serving as a physical oceanographer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and providing applied oceanographic solutions to a variety of commercial and government customers. Nichols enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in 1977 as a combat engineer and has been a platoon, company, and battalion commander for units involved with landing support. He presently serves as a reserve staff officer for Marine Forces Pacific. Robert G. Williams, Ph.D, is an oceanographer with extensive experience in the fields of marine meteorology and physical oceanography. He has served as an oceanographer for the U.S. Navy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. As a senior scientist with Marine Information Resources Corporation, he provides basic and applied research solutions to resolve coastal oceanography issues for a variety of commercial and government customers. He routinely teaches introductory physics, astronomy, and meteorology part-time at community colleges, and has taught courses in oceanography and meteorology in the Johns Hopkins University continuing education programmes.