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James C. McWilliams

University of California Los Angeles

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

University of California, Los Angeles
Box 957228
Los Angeles, CA  90095  

jcm@atmos.ucla.edu

Project List:

Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbons in the Environment III (CARTHE-III)

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

Effects of Turbulence and Waves on the Dispersion, Transport and Fate of Oil Droplets in the Upper Ocean: A Large Eddy Simulation Study

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

Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment II (CARTHE II)

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 10

2021

Chor, T., McWilliams, J. C., & Chamecki, M. (2021). Modifications to the K-Profile Parameterization with Nondiffusive Fluxes for Langmuir Turbulence. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 51(5), 1503–1521.

2020

Bodner, A. S., Fox-Kemper, B., Van Roekel, L. P., McWilliams, J. C., & Sullivan, P. P. (2020). A perturbation approach to understanding the effects of turbulence on frontogenesis. J. Fluid Mech., 883(A25), 1–35.
Sun, D., Bracco, A., Barkan, R., Berta, M., Dauhajre, D., Molemaker, M. J., et al. (2020). Diurnal Cycling of Submesoscale Dynamics: Lagrangian Implications in Drifter Observations and Model Simulations of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(6), 1605–1623.

2019

Barkan, R., Molemaker, J. M., Srinivasan, K., McWilliams, J. C., & D'Asaro, E. A. (2019). The Role of Horizontal Divergence in Submesoscale Frontogenesis. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 49(6), 1593–1618.
Pearson, J., Fox-Kemper, B., Barkan, R., Choi, J., Bracco, A., & McWilliams, J. C. (2019). Impacts of Convergence on Structure Functions from Surface Drifters in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 49(3), 675–690.

2018

D'Asaro, E. A., Shcherbina, A. Y., Klymak, J. M., Molemaker, J., Novelli, G., Guigand, C. M., et al. (2018). Ocean convergence and the dispersion of flotsam. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 115(6), 1162–1167.
Liang, J. - H., Wan, X., Rose, K. A., Sullivan, P. P., & McWilliams, J. C. (2018). Horizontal Dispersion of Buoyant Materials in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 48(9), 2103–2125.

2017

Barkan, R., McWilliams, J. C., Molemaker, M. J., Choi, J., Srinivasan, K., Shchepetkin, A. F., et al. (2017). Submesoscale Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Part II: Temperature-Salinity Relations and Cross-Shelf Transport Processes. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 47(9), 2347–2360.
Barkan, R., McWilliams, J. C., Shchepetkin, A. F., Molemaker, M. J., Renault, L., Bracco, A., et al. (2017). Submesoscale Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Part I: Regional and Seasonal Characterization and the Role of River Outflow. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 47(9), 2325–2346.
Choi, J., Bracco, A., Barkan, R., Shchepetkin, A. F., McWilliams, J. C., & Molemaker, J. M. (2017). Submesoscale Dynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Part III: Lagrangian Implications. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 47(9), 2361–2376.

Conference Presentations - 8

2018

Barkan, R., McWilliams, J. C., Srinivasan, K., Molemaker, M. J., & D'Asaro, E. (2018). The Dynamical Role of Horizontal Divergence in Submesoscale Frontogenesis. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18.
Liang, J. - H., McWilliams, J. C., Rose, K. A., & Benfield, M. (2018). Effects of Turbulence and Waves on the Dispersion, Transport and Fate of Oil Droplets in the Upper Ocean: A Large Eddy Simulation Study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Liang, J. - H., Wan, X., Rose, K. A., Sullivan, P. P., & McWilliams, J. C. (2018). Horizontal Dispersion of Buoyant Materials in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18: Poster.
Liang, J. - H., Wan, X., Rose, K. A., Sullivan, P. P., & McWilliams, J. C. (2018). Horizontal Dispersion of Buoyant Materials in the Ocean Surface Boundary Layer. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster.

2017

Choi, J., Barkan, R., Bracco, A., & McWilliams, J. (2017). Impacts of Mississippi riverine input on submesoscale features in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Lagrangian perspective. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17.

2016

Bracco, A., Luo, H., & McWilliams, J. (2016). Fresh water input as driver of submesoscale variability in coastal waters: The case of the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2016. New Orleans, LA : 02/21/16-02/26/16: Poster.
Choi, J., Bracco, A., Barka, R., & McWilliams, J. (2016). Diurnal cycle in strong submesocale flow. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16.

2015

Bracco, A., Luo, H., Cardona, Y., & McWilliams, J.,. (2015). Submesoscale Processes in Presence of Large River Outflows. The Case of the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In 2015 International Workshop on Mesoscale and Submesoscale Processes: Observations and Modeling. Qingdao, China : 05/28/15-05/29/15.