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Albert Denny Kirwan, Jr.

University of Delaware

School of Marine Science and Policy

College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
111 Robinson Hall
Newark , DE  19716  

adk@udel.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

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

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

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

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 10

2020

Huntley, H. S., McMahon, C. W., Kuehl, J. J., & Kirwan Jr., A. D. (2020). Cross-Shelf Transport Through the Interaction among a Coastal Jet, a Topographic Wave, and Tides. Fluids, 5(4), 181. doi
Pearson, J., Fox-Kemper, B., Pearson, B., Chang, H., Haus, B. K., Horstmann, J., et al. (2020). Biases in Structure Functions from Observations of Submesoscale Flows. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 125(6). doi

2019

Chang, H., Huntley, H. S., Kirwan, A. D., Carlson, D. F., Mensa, J. A., Mehta, S., et al. (2019). Small-scale dispersion in the presence of Langmuir circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49(12), 3069–3085. doi
Huntley, H. S., Lipphardt Jr., B. L., & Kirwan Jr., A. D. (2019). Anisotropy and Inhomogeneity in Drifter Dispersion. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 124(12), 8667–8682. doi

2018

Chang, H., Huntley, H. S., Kirwan Jr., A. D., Lipphardt Jr., B. L., & Sulman, M. H. M. (2018). Transport structures in a 3D periodic flow. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 61(August 2018), 84–103. doi
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. doi

2017

Poje, A. C., Ozgokmen, T. M., Bogucki, D. J., & Kirwan, A. D. (2017). Evidence of a forward energy cascade and Kolmogorov self-similarity in submesoscale ocean surface drifter observations. Physics of Fluids, 29(2), 020701. doi

2015

Coelho, E. F., Hogan, P., Jacobs, G., Thoppil, P., Huntley, H. S., Haus, B. K., et al. (2015). Ocean current estimation using a Multi-Model Ensemble Kalman Filter during the Grand Lagrangian Deployment experiment (GLAD). Ocean Modelling, 87, 86–106. doi
Muscarella, P., Carrier, M. J., Ngodock, H., Smith, S., Lipphardt Jr., B. L., Kirwan Jr., A. D., et al. (2015). Do assimilated drifter velocities improve Lagrangian predictability in an operational ocean model? Mon. Wea. Rev., 143(5), 1822–1832. doi

2014

Jacobs, G. A., Bartels, B. P., Bogucki, D. J., Beron-Vera, F. J., Chen, S. S., Coelho, E. F., et al. (2014). Data assimilation considerations for improved ocean predictability during the Gulf of Mexico Grand Lagrangian Deployment (GLAD). Ocean Modelling, 83, 98–117. doi

Book Chapters - 2

2018

Kirwan, A. D., Huntley, H. S., & Chang, H. (2018). Emergence of Coherent Clusters in the Ocean. In A. A. Tsonis (Ed.), Advances in Nonlinear Geosciences (pp. 213–224). Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi

2013

Sulman, M. H. M., Huntley, H. S., Lipphardt, B. L., & Kirwan, A. D. (2013). Out of Flatland: Three-Dimensional Aspects of Lagrangian Transport in Geophysical Fluids. In A. Luhar and P. Webley A. Stohl C. Gerbig D. B. J. Lin (Ed.), Lagrangian Modeling of the Atmosphere (pp. 77–84). Washington, D. C.: American Geophysical Union. doi

Conference Presentations - 37

2020

Huntley, H. S., & Kirwan, A. D. (2020). Letting go: (In)Coherence on the Path to Final Detachment of Loop Current Rings. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Huntley, H. S., Kirwan, A. D., Mourre, B., & Lermusiaux, P. (2020). 3D Lagrangian Pathways in the Alboran Sea. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20. openurl
Kirwan, A. D., Chang, H., & Huntley, H. S. (2020). Lagrangian Observations of Transport, Dispersal, and Connectivity Patterns Across Scales: A GOMRI Legacy. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl

2019

Chang, H., Huntley, H. S., & Kirwan, A. D. (2019). Visualization for Synthesis of Large Data Sets from the CARTHE LASER Experiment. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Chang, H., Kirwan, A. D., Huntley, H. S., Carlson, D. F., & Lund, B. (2019). Scale-Dependent Dispersion and Structure Functions Near a Density Front. In 7th LAPCOD Meeting. Venice, Italy : 06/17/19-06/21/19. openurl
Huntley, H. S., Kirwan, A. D., & Chang, H. (2019). Exchange Properties of the Louisiana Bight. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster. openurl
Huntley, H. S., Kirwan, A. D., & Chang, H. (2019). Lagrangian Incoherence – The Role of Submesoscale Divergence, Deformation, and Vorticity in Mesoscale Coherence. In SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS19). Snowbird, UT : 05/19/19-05/23/19. openurl
Kirwan, A. D., Chang, H., & Huntley, H. S. (2019). Kinematic Properties from Single Trajectories: Serendipity or Stupidity? In 7th LAPCOD Meeting. Venice, Italy : 06/17/19-06/21/19. openurl

2018

Chang, H., Huntley, H., & Kirwan, A. D. (2018). High-Resolution Measurements of Clustering and Dispersion in Langmuir Cells. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster. openurl
Chang, H., Huntley, H., & Kirwan, A. D. (2018). Richardson Scaling across the Ocean Mesoscale and Submesoscale. In 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. Washington, DC : 12/10/18-12/14/18: Poster. openurl
Huntley, H., Kirwan, A. D., Chang, H., & Jacobs, G. (2018). Lagrangian Evolution of Kinematic Properties of Ocean Surface Currents Across Scales. In American Mathematical Society Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting. Newark, DE : 09/29/18-09/30/18. openurl
Huntley, H. S., Kirwan, A. D., & Chang, H. (2018). Clustering, Deformation, and Dispersion of Buoyant Material. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Kirwan, A. D., Chang, H., Huntley, H., Carlson, D., Mensa, J., Poje, A., et al. (2018). Dispersion and Cluster Scales in the Ocean. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. New Orleans, LA : 12/11/17-12/15/17. openurl
Kirwan, A. D., Chang, H., Huntley, H., Poje, A., Fox-Kemper, B., Carlson, D., et al. (2018). Dispersion and Clustering Experiments in the Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Kirwan, A. D., Huntley, H., & Chang, H. (2018). Identification and Prediction of Loop Current Ring Genesis. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018. Portland, OR : 02/11/18-02/16/18: Poster. openurl
Kirwan, A. D., Huntley, H., & Chang, H. (2018). Prediction and Data Assimilation -- Ocean vs. Arctic Sea Ice. In Workshop on Prediction and Data Assimilation for Non-Local Diffusions: From Crack Propagation to Random Graphs and the Arctic Sea Ice. Edinburgh, United Kingdom : 06/04/18-06/05/18. openurl

2017

Chang, H., Huntley, H., & Kirwan, A. D. (2017). A Stratified Three-Dimensional Model for Ocean Flows That Includes Internal Waves. In 2017 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems. Snowbird, UT : 05/21/17-05/25/17. openurl
Chang, H., Huntley, H. S., Kirwan, A. D., Carlson, D., Mensa, J., Novelli, G., et al. (2017). Clustering and Dispersion at the Ocean Surface in the Presence of Langmuir Circulation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17. openurl
Huntley, H. S., Chang, H., Kirwan, A. D., & Jacobs, G. (2017). Dispersion vs. Clustering: Evolution of Drifter Distributions at the Ocean Surface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster. openurl
Kirwan, A. D., Chang, H., & Huntley, H. (2017). Ephemeral Transport Boundaries in Geophysical Fluid Flows. In 2017 SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems. Snowbird, UT : 05/21/17-05/25/17. openurl
Kirwan, A. D., Huntley, H. S., Chang, H., Jacobs, G., Bartels, B., Griffa, A., et al. (2017). Velocity Gradients from LASER Drifters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17. openurl

2016

Chang, H., Huntley, H. S., & Kirwan, A. D. (2016). Lagrangian Transport in a Dynamic stratified Quadrupole Ocean Model. In SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth. Philadelphia, PA : 09/30/16-10/02/16: Poster. openurl
Huntley, H. S., Kirwan, A. D., & Chang, H. (2016). Evolution of Clusters at the Ocean Surface in Models and Observations. In SIAM Conference on Mathematics of Planet Earth. Philadelphia, PA : 09/30/16-10/02/16. openurl
Kirwan, A. D., Chang, H., & Huntley, H. S. (2016). Emergence of Coherent Structures in the Ocean and Atmosphere. In 30 Years of Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences. Rhodes, Greece : 07/03/16-07/08/16. openurl
Kirwan, A. D., Huntley, H. S., Chang, H., Sulman, M. H., & Lipphardt, B. L. (2016). Dynamics of time-dependent transport boundaries in a rotating stratified Euler Flow. In AmeriMech Symposium on Fluid Transport and Nonlinear Dynamics. Woods Hole, MA : 05/17/16-05/20/16. openurl

2015

Berta, M., Griffa, A., Magaldi, M., �zgökmen, T., Poje, A., Haza, A., et al. (2015). Improved surface transport estimates in the Gulf of Mexico by blending altimetry and drifter data. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15. openurl
Chang, H., Sulman, M., Huntley, H. S., Lipphardt, B. L., & Kirwan, A. (2015). 3D+1 dynamics of mixing boundaries. In 6th Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics (LAPCOD) Meeting. Winter Harbor, ME : 07/27/15-07/31/15. openurl
Huntley, H. S., Kirwan, A. D., & Jacobs, G. (2015). Life of a Cluster. In 6th Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics (LAPCOD) Meeting. Winter Harbor, ME : 07/27/15-07/31/15. openurl
Huntley, H. S., Lipphardt, B. L., Kirwan, A. D., & Poje, A. C. (2015). One- and Two-Dimensional Dispersion Quantification from Drifter Triads. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15: Poster. openurl
Lipphardt, B. L., Huntley, H. S., Kirwan, A. D., Wei, M., Rowley, C., Hogan, P., et al. (2015). An Assessment of the Lagrangian Predictive Skill of a Navy Coastal Ocean Model Ensemble in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Using GLAD Drifters. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015. Houston, TX : 02/16/15-02/19/15. openurl

2014

Lipphardt, B. L. J., Huntley, H., Kirwan, A. D., Chen, S., Coelho, E., Gough, M., et al. (2014). Objective Surface Velocity Maps from GLAD drifter observations in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster. openurl

2013

Hogan, P., Bogocki, D., Beron-Vera, J., Chen, S., Coelho, E., Curcic, M., et al. (2013). Inertial currents in the Northern Gulf of Mexico during the GLAD experiment. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013. url
Huntley, H., Lipphardt, B., Kirwan, A., Beron-Vera, F., Bogucki, D., Chen, S., et al. (2013). Observations and Coupled Model Forecasts from Calm Winds toHurricane Isaac (2012) during GLAD Field Campaign. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013. url
Olascoaga, J., Beron-Vera, F., Huntley, H., Haller, G., Griffa, A., Haus, B., et al. (2013). Ensemble forecasting in the Gulf of Mexico during the CARTHE-GLAD experiment. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013. url
Ozgokmen, T. M., Poje, A. C., Lipphardt, B., Haza, A., Haus, B., Jacobs, G., et al. (2013). Surface Dispersion Characteristics Near the DwH Oil Spill Site. In SIAM Annual Meeting. Snowbird, UT, May 19-23, 2013. url
Ozgokmen, T. M., Poje, A. C., Lipphardt, B., Haza, A., Haus, B., Jacobs, G., et al. (2013). Optimal Launch Strategies for Dispersion Near the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Site. In SIAM Annual Meeting. Snowbird, UT, May 19-23, 2013. url

2012

Kirwan, A. D., Sulman, M. H. M., Huntley, H. S., & Lipphardt, B. L. (2012). Out of Flatland: 3D Aspects of Lagrangian Coherent Structures in Oceanography. In American Institute of Mathematical Sciences Meeting. Orlando, FL, July 1-5, 2012. url
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