Worachat Wannawong received the B.Sc. degree
in science–physics from Srinakharinwirot University,
Bangkok, Thailand, in 2003, and the M.Sc.
and Ph.D. degrees in applied mathematics from
King Mongkuts University of Technology Thonburi
(KMUTT), Bangkok, Thailand, in 2006 and 2010,
respectively. He was with the Numerical Weather
Prediction Center, Hydrographic Department, Royal
Thai Navy from 2008 to 2010. He joined the Regional
Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) team in
October 2008. In April 2009, a part of his work was
advised by Prof. Charitha Pattiaratchi and Prof. Krish Thiagarajan from the
School of Environmental Systems Engineering and the School of Mechanical