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Benjamin Jaimes

University of Miami

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: Research Scientist, Data Team

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

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Research Scientist

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 4

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.

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.

Conference Presentations - 27

2019

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.

2018

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.

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.
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., 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

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., 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.