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Dubravko Justic

Louisiana State University

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

School of the Coast and Environment
1002-Y Energy, Coast and Environment Building
Baton Rouge , LA  70803  

djusti1@lsu.edu

Project List:

Coastal Waters Consortium III (CWC III): Oil Spills as Stressors in Coastal Marshes - The Legacy and the Future

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead, Task Lead, Task Lead

Coastal Waters Consortium II (CWC II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead, Task Co-Lead

Coastal Waters Consortium (CWC)

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

Observations and Modeling to Advance a Louisiana Coastal Circulation and Oil Spill Prediction System

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Co-Principal Investigator, Outreach Team

Impact of Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on the Louisiana Coastal Environments

Year One Block Grant - The Northern Gulf InstituteRole: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 10

2021

Ainsworth, C. H., Chassignet, E. P., French-McCay, D., Beegle-Krause, C. J., Berenshtein, I., Englehardt, J., et al. (2021). Ten years of modeling the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Environmental Modelling & Software, 142, 105070.
Boufadel, M., Bracco, A., Chassignet, E., Chen, S., D'Asaro, E., Dewar, W., et al. (2021). Physical Transport Processes that Affect the Distribution of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Modeling. Oceanog, 34(1), 58–75.
Justic, D., Kourafalou, V., Mariotti, G., He, S., Weisberg, R., Androulidakis, Y., et al. (2021). Transport Processes in the Gulf of Mexico Along the River-Estuary-Shelf-Ocean Continuum: a Review of Research from the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Estuaries and Coasts, 2021.
Westerholm, D., Ainsworth, C., Barker, C., Brewer, P., Farrington, J., Justic, D., et al. (2021). Preparedness, Planning, and Advances in Operational Response. Oceanog, 34(1), 212–227.

2020

Sorourian, S., Huang, H., Li, C., Justic, D., & Payandeh, A. R. (2020). Wave dynamics near Barataria Bay tidal inlets during spring-summer time. Ocean Modelling, 147, 101553.

2019

Payandeh, A. R., Justic, D., Mariotti, G., Huang, H., & Sorourian, S. (2019). Subtidal Water Level and Current Variability in a Bar-Built Estuary During Cold Front Season: Barataria Bay, Gulf of Mexico. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124(10), 7226–7246.

2018

Cui, L., Huang, H., Li, C., & Justic, D. (2018). Lateral Circulation in a Partially Stratified Tidal Inlet. Jmse, 6(4), 159.
Mariotti, G., Justic, D., Huang, H., Xue, Z., Li, B., & Zang, Z. (2018). Biased wind measurements in estuarine waters. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 123(5), 3577–3587.

2014

Hooper-Bui, L. M., Rabalais, N. N., Engel, A. S., Turner, R. E., McClenachan, G., Roberts, B., et al. (2014). Overview of Research into the Coastal Effects of the Macondo Blowout from the Coastal Waters Consortium: A GoMRI Consortium. International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings, 2014(1), 604–617.
Justic, D., & Wang, L. (2014). Assessing temporal and spatial variability of hypoxia over the inner Louisiana-upper Texas shelf: Application of an unstructured-grid three-dimensional coupled hydrodynamic-water quality model. Continental Shelf Research, 72(1), 163–179.

Conference Presentations - 43

2020

Huang, H., Sorourian, S., & Justic, D. (2020). Numerical Modeling of Sediment Erosion, Deposition and Transport in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: The Barataria Pass Case Study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster.
Justic, D., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2020). Modeling the Effects of Mississippi River Diversions on Estuarine-Shelf Connectivity and Transport Pathways in the North-Central Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.
Rabalais, N. N., Roberts, B. J., Justic, D., Turner, R. E., & Morrison, W. (2020). [(26+23+(22+6)]PIs + [(7+15+8)PDoc] + [20+10+10)PhD] + [(14+8+5)MS] + [(26+50+13)UG] + [(8+10+7)REU)] = CWC-I+CWC-II+CWC-III = A LOT. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20.

2019

He, S., Justic, D., Mariotti, G., & Kourafalou, V. (2019). Fluxes between River, Estuary and Coastal Ocean: State of the Art and Future Challenges. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Huang, H., Cui, L., & Justic, D. (2019). A Modeling Study of Tidal- and Wind-Driven Estuary-Shelf Exchange through a Narrow Tidal Inlet: the Barataria Pass, Louisiana. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.
Justic, D. (2019). River diversions as coastal restoration tools: Plausibility, trade-offs, and ecological consequences. In 8th World Conference on Ecological Restoration (SER 2019). Cape Town, South Africa : 09/22/19-09/27/19.
Justic, D., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2019). Modeling the Effects of Mississippi River Diversions on Hydrodynamics, Nutrient Transport Pathways and Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19.
Mariotti, G., Huang, H., Li, B., Xue, G., & Justic, D. (2019). Biased Wind Measurements in Estuarine Waters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster.

2018

Huang, H., Sorourian, S., Cui, L., & Justic, D. (2018). An unstructured-grid coupled hydrodynamic-wave-sediment model for the Barataria Bay, Louisiana. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Justic, D., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2018). Assessing the Effects of Mississippi River Diversions on Estuarine-Shelf Exchanges and Oil Transport Pathways in the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Payandeh, A., Justic, D., & Mariotti, G. (2018). Assessing the effects of cold fronts on hydrodynamic characteristics and Temperature-Salinity patterns in Barataria Bay. In 2018 State of the Coast Conference. New Orleans, LA : 05/30/18-06/01/18: Poster.
Payandeh, A., Justic, D., Mariotti, G., & Huang, H. (2018). Low Frequency Variability in a Deltaic Mississippi River Estuary during Cold Front Season. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18.

2017

Huang, H., Cui, L., & Justic, D. (2017). Assessing the Effects of River Riversions on Oil Transport in Barataria Bay. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Huang, H., Cui, L., Sorourian, S., & Justic, D. (2017). Assessing the effects of river diversions on salinity gradient, residence time, and sediment transport in the Barataria Bay. In Estuarine Coastal Sciences Association 2017 Conference. Shanghai, China : 10/16/17-10/20/17.
Justic, D., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2017). Effects of Mississippi River Diversions on Hydrodynamics and Surface Oil Transport in the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.
Justic, D., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2017). Effects of Mississippi River Diversions on Nutrient Transport Pathways and Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Estuarine Coastal Sciences Association 2017 Conference. Shanghai, China : 10/16/17-10/20/17.

2016

Huang, H., Cui, L., Sorourian, S., & Justic, D. (2016). A coupled ocean-wave model for the Barataria Bay, Louisiana. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16: Poster.
Huang, H., & Justic, D. (2016). Hydrological modeling for water quality improvement in the Bayou Boeuf Basin (Louisiana, USA). In 10th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference. Changshu, China : 09/19/16-09/24/16.
Justic, D., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2016). Modeling the connectivity and material exchanges among wetland, bay and shelf systems in deltaic Gulf of Mexico estuaries. In 10th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference. Changshu, China : 09/19/16-09/24/16.
Justic, D., Wang, L., Huang, H., & Cui, L. (2016). Assessing the effects of river diversions on oil transport in deltaic Louisiana estuaries. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Justic, D., Wang, L., Huang, H., Walker, N., Benger, W., & Ayyala, I. (2015). Impacts of River Diversions on Surface Oil Transport in Deltaic Gulf of Mexico Estuaries. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.
Rabalais, N., Able, K., Bernhard, A., Besonen, M., Engel, A., Fodrie, F., et al. (2015). CWC-II Principal Investigators and Research Plan, CWC-II poster. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster.
Rabalais, N. N., Able, K. W., Bernhard, A. E., Brown, K. M., Crandall, K. A., Engel, A. S., et al. (2015). CWC-I Plenary Presentation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15.

2014

Huang, H., Justic, D., & Rose, K. (2014). An application of the Finite-Volume Coastal Ocean Model (FVCOM) to simulating oil slick movement under various river diversion scenarios and their impact on fish movements in a Gulf of Mexico coastal estuary. In Symposium Oil Spills in the Coastal Zone: Monitoring, Modeling and Environmental Impacts. Yantai, China : 9/26/14-9/30/14.
Justic, D. (2014). Where did the oil go? – Tracking oil slick movement along Louisiana's gulf coast. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Justic, D., Turner, R. E., & Rabalais, N. N. (2014). Modeling coastal hypoxia: lessons learned and perspectives for the future- Part II. In The 46th International Liège Colloquium on Ocean Dynamics. Liège, Belgium : 5/5/2014-5/9/2014.
Justic, D., Wang, L., Huang, H., Walker, N., Benger, W., & Ayyala, I. (2014). Where did the oil go? Modeling oil slick movement along Louisiana's deltaic coast. In Symposium Oil Spills in the Coastal Zone: Monitoring, Modeling and Environmental Impacts. Yantai, China : 9/26/14-9/30/14.
Justic, D. W. L., Huang, H., Walker, N., & Benger, W.;A., I. (2014). Vulnerability of deltaic Louisiana estuaries to pollution from an offshore oil spill. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
LaBone, E., Justic, D., Rose, K., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2014). Modeling the effects of hypoxia on fish movement in the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone. In 2014 State of the Coast Conference. New Orleans, LA - 03/18/14-03/20/14: Poster.
LaBone, E., Justic, D., Rose, K., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2014). Modeling the effects of hypoxia on fish movement in the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone. In State of the Coast Conference. Baton Rouge, LA : 3/18/2014-3/20/2014: Poster.
Rose, K., Justic, D., Huang, H., Sable, S., Watkins, K., & Das, A. (2014). Modeling the effects of diversions: can the biology and data keep up with computers? In Conference on Ecological and Ecosystem Restoration – 2014. New Orleans, LA : 7/2/14-8/1/14.

2013

Justic, D., & Wang, L. (2013). Gulf hypoxia modeling 1994-2012: Progress, challenges and prospects. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2013. New Orleans, LA : 02/17/13-02/22/2013.
Justic, D., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2013). Modeling the Impacts of Mississippi River Diversions on Surface Oil Transport in Deltaic Gulf of Mexico Estuaries. In ECSA 53: Estuaries and coastal areas in times of intense change. Shanghai, China, October 13 - 17, 2013.
Justic, D., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2013). Assessing temporal and spatial variability in hypoxia over the inner Louisiana-Texas shelf: Application of an unstructured-grid three-dimensional coupled hydrodynamic-water quality model. In 22nd Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation. San Diego, CA, November 3 - 7, 2013.
LaBone, B., Justic, D., Rose, K. A., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2013). Modeling the Effects of Hypoxia on Fish Movement in the Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone. In 22nd Biennial Conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation. San Diego, CA, November 3 - 7, 2013.
Manya, N., Ayyala, I., Benger, W., Ritter, M., Justic, D., & Wang, L. (2013). Cartographic rendering of elevation surfaces using procedural contour lines. In International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision. Plzen, Chech Republic, June 24-27, 2013.
Manya, N., Ayyala, I., Benger, W., Ritter, M., Justic, D., & Wang, L. (2013). Cartographic rendering of elevation surfaces using procedural contour lines. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision. Plzen, Czech Republic, June 24-27, 2013.

2012

Huang, H., Justic, D., & Rose, K. (2012). Numerical modeling study of pulsed diversion discharge on salinity distribution, oil slick transport, and fish movement in the Breton Sound estuary. In State of the State Conference. June 25-27, New Orleans, LA, June 25-27, 2012.
Huang, H., Justic, D., & Rose, K. A. (2012). From physics to fish: modeling the effects of pulsed river diversion on salinity distribution, oil slick transport, and fish movement in the Breton Sound estuary. In Northern Gulf Institute Annual Conference. Stennis Space Center, MS, May 23-24, 2012,.
Justic, D., Wang, L., Rose, K., & Huang, H. (2012). Modeling hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico: From physics to fish. In American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Lake Biwa, Japan, July 8-13, 2012.
Turner, R. E., Rabalais, N. N., & Justic, D. (2012). Nitrogen, phosphorus and silicate growth limitation of phytoplpankton on the Mississippi River continental shelf. In American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting. Lake Biwa, Japan, July 8-13, 2012.

2011

Justic, D., Rose, K. A., Wang, L., & Huang, H. (2011). Beyond Conventional Modeling of Coastal Hypoxia: Coupling Three-Dimentional Hydrodynamic-Biological Hypoxia Models with Individual Based Fish Models. In American Society of Limnology. San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 13-18, 2011.