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Lynn K. (Nick) Shay

University of Miami

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL  33149  

nshay@rsmas.miami.edu

Project List:

Three-Dimensional Gulf Circulation and Biogeochemical Processes Unveiled by State-of-the-Art Profiling Float Technology and Data Assimilative Ocean Models

Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact, Task Lead, Task Lead, Task Co-Lead, Task Data Contact, Program Manager / Technical Coordinator

Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Early Warning 4-D Remote Sensing System to Assess Synoptic Threats to Coastal Ecosystems of Florida and of Adjacent States and Nations

Year One Block Grant - Florida Institute of OceanographyRole: Co-Principal Investigator

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 7

2020

Gordon, C., Fennel, K., Richards, C., Shay, L. K., & Brewster, J. K. (2020). Can ocean community production and respiration be determined by measuring high-frequency oxygen profiles from autonomous floats? Biogeosciences, 17(15), 4119–4134.

2019

Shay, L. K., Brewster, J., Jaimes, B., Gordon, C., Fennel, K., Furze, P., et al. (2019). Physical and Biochemical Structure Measured by APEX-EM Floats. 2019 IEEE/OES Twelfth Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurement (CWTM), , 1–6.
Yu, L., Fennel, K., Wang, B., Laurent, A., Thompson, K. R., & Shay, L. K. (2019). Evaluation of nonidentical versus identical twin approaches for observation impact assessments: an ensemble-Kalman-filter-based ocean assimilation application for the Gulf of Mexico. Ocean Sci., 15(6), 1801–1814.

2016

Jaimes, B., Shay, L. K., & Brewster, J. K. (2016). Observed air-sea interactions in tropical cyclone Isaac over Loop Current mesoscale eddy features. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 76, 306–324.

2015

Jaimes, B., & Shay, L. K. (2015). Enhanced Wind-Driven Downwelling Flow in Warm Oceanic Eddy Features During the Intensification of Tropical Cyclone Isaac (2012): Observations and Theory. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 45(6), 1667–1689.
Jaimes, B., Shay, L. K., & Uhlhorn, E. W. (2015). Enthalpy and momentum fluxes during Hurricane Earl relative to underlying ocean features. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143(1), 111–131.

2013

Uhlhorn, E. W., & Shay, L. K. (2013). Loop Current Mixed Layer Energy Response to Hurricane Lili (2002). Part II: Idealized Numerical Simulations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 43(6), 1173–1192.

Conference Presentations - 43

2019

Gordon, C., Fennel, K., Shay, L. K., Brewster, J., & Rudzin, J. (2019). Elucidating Drivers of Surface Variations in Dissolved Oxygen observed by autonomous floats in the Gulf of Mexico. In OceanPredict 2019. Halifax, Canada : 05/06/19-05/10/19.
Hiron, L., Shay, L. K., & Jaimes, B. (2019). Evidence of Loop Current Frontal Eddy intensification through interactions with the Loop Current. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Jaimes, B., & Shay, L. K. (2019). Observed Air-Sea Interactions During Hurricanes. In International Workshop on Tropical Cyclone – Ocean Interaction in the Northwest Pacific (TCOI 2019). Jeju, South Korea : 06/19/19-06/21/19.
Shay, L. K., Brewster, J., Jaimes, B., Furze, P., Fargher, H., Gordon, C., et al. (2019). Physical and Biochemical Response to a Cold Front Using Floats. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Shay, L. K., Brewster, J., Jaimes, B., Gordon, C., Fennel, K., Furze, P., et al. (2019). Physical and biochemical variability from APEX-EM Floats. In 2019 IEEE/OES Twelfth Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurement. San Diego, CA : 03/10/19-03/13/19.
Shay, L. K., Furze, P., Fargher, H., Brewster, J., Jaimes, B., Gordon, C., et al. (2019). Near-inertial current response to forcing events measured by APEX-EM Floats. In Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop. San Diego, CA : 10/06/19-10/09/19.
Yu, L., Fennel, K., Wang, B., Laurent, A., Thompson, K., & Shay, L. (2019). Hindcasting the subsurface oil plume after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. In OceanPredict 2019. Halifax, Canada : 05/06/19-05/10/19.

2018

Gordon, C., Fennel, K., Kuhn, A., Shay, L. K., & Brewster, J. (2018). Are surface chlorophyll measurements sufficient to accurately estimate primary production in the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.
Gordon, C., Fennel, K., Wang, B., Shay, L. K., & Brewster, J. (2018). Observing biogeochemical processes in the Gulf of Mexico using a set of uniquely-equipped autonomous floats. In CMOS 2018 Halifax. Halifax, Canada : 06/10/18-06/14/18.
Hiron, L., Jaimes, B., & Shay, L. (2018). Loop Current intensification by frontal eddy cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.
Shay, L., Brewster, J., Maturi, E., Leuliette, E., Jaimes, B., Zhang, J., et al. (2018). Observed Ocean Heat Content Variations From In-Situ and Satellite Measurements During the 2017 Hurricane Season. In 33rd AMS Tropical Meteorology and Hurricane Conference. Pontre Vedra, FL : 04/16/18-04/20/18.
Shay, L., Furze, P., Fargher, H., Brewster, J., Jaimes, B., Fennel, K., et al. (2018). APEX-EM float measurements of physical and biochemical variability. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.
Shay, L., Furze, P., Fargher, H., Brewster, J., Jaimes, B., Fennel, K., et al. (2018). APEX-EM float performance measuring ocean structure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Shay, L. K., Brewster, J. K., Maturi, E., Donahue, D., & Leuliette, E. (2018). Satellite derived ocean heat content variability for operational tropical cyclone intensity forecasting. In AMS Annual Meeting. Austin, TX : 01/08/18-01/12/18.
Yu, L., Fennel, K., Laurent, A., Zong, H., He, R., Kang, H., et al. (2018). Simulating deep-water hydrocarbon plumes with a data-assimilative model of the Gulf of Mexico. In CMOS 2018 Halifax. Halifax, Canada : 06/10/18-06/14/18.

2017

Jaimes, B., Shay, L. K., & Brewster, J. (2017). Observed air-sea interactions during hurricane Issac over warm Loop Current mesoscale ocean features. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Shay, L., Brewster, J., Maturi, E., Donahue, D., Leulitte, E., Jaimes, B., et al. (2017). Satellite Ocean Heat Content Variability: Implications for Weather and Climate Variations. In Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting (OSTST) 2017. Miami, FL : 10/23/17-10/27/17.

2016

Jaimes, B., Shay, L. K., & Brewster, J. (2016). A positive feedback mechanism for tropical cyclone intensification over warm oceanic mesoscale features. In 32nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. San Juan, Puerto Rico : 04/17/16-04/22/16.
Shay, L. K., Jaimes, B., Uhlhorn, E. (2016). Thermal and Momentum Loop Current Response to Hurricanes. In 32nd AMS Hurricane and Tropical Meteorology Conference. San Juan, PR : 04/17/16-04/23/16.
Shay, L. K., He, R., Fennel, K., & Furze, P. (2016). 3-Dimensional Gulf Circulation and Biogeochemical Processes Unveiled by State-of-the-Art Profiling Floats and Data Assimilative Ocean Models. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Steffen, J., Chen, S., Shay, L. K., & Jaimes, B. (2016). Observations of a self-induced barrier layer. In 32nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. San Juan, Puerto Rico : 04/17/16-04/22/16: Poster.

2015

Jaimes, B., & Shay, L. K. (2015). Observed downwelling in a warm core eddy during hurricane Isaac's intensification. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.

2014

Jaimes, B., Shay, L., & Brewster, J. (2014). Upwelling and Mixing Processes Induced by Hurricane Isaac in Geostrophically Balanced Eddies. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14.
Jaimes, B., Shay, L. K., & Brewster, J. (2014). Upwelling and Mixing processes Induced By Hurricane Isaac over Geostrophically Balanced Eddies. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2014. Honolulu, HI : 02/23/14-02/28/14: Poster.
Shay, L. K. (2014). Air sea Interactions During Hurricanes. In World Weather Open science Conference. Montreal, CA : 08/17/2014-08/21/2014.
Shay, L. K., Jaimes, B., Brewster, J., McCaskill, C., Uhlhorn, E., & Halliwell, G. (2014). Progress on Ocean Measurement Sampling Strategies in Hurricanes: AXCP and AXCTD Profiling. In Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference 2014. Miami, FL : 03/01/14-03/06/14.

2013

Jaimes, B., Shay, L. K., Brewster, J., Schuster, R., & Powell, M. D. (2013). Upper ocean observations of upwelling processes induced by tropical storm/hurricane Isaac. In Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference 2013. College Park, MD : 03/04/13-03/07/13.
Jaimes, B., Shay, L. K., Brewster, J., Schuster, R., & Powell, M. D. (2013). Observations of Upwelling Induced by Hurricane Isaac. In AGU Meeting of the Americas. Cancun, MX, May 14-17, 2013.
Schuster, R., Shay, L. K., Jaimes, B., & Teague, W. (2013). Deep ocean response to hurricane Ivan along the northern rim of the DeSoto Canyon. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.
Shay, L. K., Jaimes, B., Brewster, J., McCaskill, C., Uhlhorn, E., & Halliwell, G. (2013). Progress on Upper Ocean Strategies During Hurricanes: AXCP and AXCTD Profiling. In Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference 2013. College Park, MD : 03/04/13-03/07/13.
Shay, L. K., Jaimes, B., Schuster, R., & Brewster, J. K. (2013). Upwelling response to hurricane isaac. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Shay, L. K., Jaimes, B., Schuster, R., & Brewster, J. K. (2013). Impact of Ocean Eddies on the Upwelling Response to Isaac. In Asian Oceanographic and GeoSciences Meeting. Brisbane, Australia, June 22-28, 2013.

2012

Archer, M., Martinez-Pedraja, J., Shay, L. K., & Parks, A. B. (2012). Application of high frequency (HF) radar and the Okubo-Weiss parameter to analyze submesoscale variability in the Florida Current. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.
Archer, M., Parks, A. B., Shay, L. K., & Martinez-Pedraja, J. (2012). Resolving oceanic eddy variability in HF radar derived surface currents using Okubo-Weiss. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12.
Ault, J. S., Shay, L. K., Luo, J., Brewster, J., Hammerslag, N., Meyers, P., et al. (2012). Integrating animal borne sensors (ABS) with SMARTS climatology model to improve forecasts of hurricane intensity and fishery dynamics. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12: Poster.
Shay, L. K. (2012). Tropical cyclone induced air-sea interactions across warm oceanic fronts. In European Geosciences Union 2012 General Assembly. Vienna, Austria, April 23-27, 2012.
Shay, L. K. (2012). Advancing Technologies to improve oceanic analyses and products for hurricane forecasting. In American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA, January 22-26, 2012.
Shay, L. K. (2012). Surveys of the Loop Current During Deep Water Horizon. In AGU/AOGS Oceania Geosciences Meeting. Sentosa, Singapore, August 13-17, 2012.
Shay, L. K. (2012). Air-sea interactions across oceanic fronts during tropical cyclone passage. In AGU Annual Meeting. San Francisco, Ca, December 3-7, 2012.
Shay, L. K., Jaimes, B., Brewster, J. K., Meyers, P., McCaskill, C., Uhlhorn, E. W., et al. (2012). Resolving eddy shedding processes from the Loop Current During Deep Water Horizon (2010): Implications for coupled forecast intensity models. In American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting. Ponte Verde Beach, FL, April 16-20, 2012.
Shay, L. K., Jaimes, B., Brewster, J. K., Paul, S., & Richards, T. (2012). Improving the oceanic data acquisition system for research aircraft. In Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference 2012. Charleston, SC : 03/04/12-03/08/12.
Shay, L. K., Martinez-Pedraja, J., Haus, B. K., Archer, M., & Parks, A. B. (2012). Submesoscale surface current variability along the Florida Current. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2012. Salt Lake City, UT: 02/19/12-02/24/12: Poster.

2011

Shay, L. K., Jaimes, B., Brewster, J. D., Meyers, P., McCaskill, C., Paul, S., et al. (2011). Real-time airborne ocean measurements and predictions of Loop Current eddy shedding during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Implications for hurricane intensity forecasting. In Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference 2011. Miami, FL : 02/28/11-03/3/11.