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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Funding Source: Year 6-8 Investigator Grants (RFP-V)

Project Publications & Presentations

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

Journal Articles - 10

2021

Solo-Gabriele, H. M., Fiddaman, T., Mauritzen, C., Ainsworth, C., Abramson, D. M., Berenshtein, I., Chassignet, E. P., Chen, S. S., Conmy, R. N., Court, C. D., Dewar, W. K., Farrington, J. W., Feldman, M. G., Ferguson, A. C., Fetherston-Resch, E., French-McCay, D., Hale, C., He, R., Kourafalou, V. H., . . . Yoskowitz, D. (2021). Towards integrated modeling of the long-term impacts of oil spills. Marine Policy, 131, 104554.

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. K., Jaimes, B., Gordon, C., Fennel, K., Furze, P., Fargher, H., & He, R. (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 Science, 15(6), 1801-1814.
Zeng, X., Adams, A., Roffer, M., & He, R. (2019). Potential connectivity among spatially distinct management zones for Bonefish (Albula vulpes) via larval dispersal. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 102(2), 233-252.

2018

McGee, L., & He, R. (2018). Mesoscale and submesoscale mechanisms behind asymmetric cooling and phytoplankton blooms induced by hurricanes: a comparison between an open ocean case and a continental shelf sea case. Ocean Dynamics, 68(11), 1443-1456.
Robbins, L. L., Daly, K. L., Barbero, L., Wanninkhof, R., He, R., Zong, H., Lisle, J. T., Cai, W., & Smith, C. G. (2018). Spatial and Temporal Variability of <i>p</i>CO<sub>2</sub>, Carbon Fluxes, and Saturation State on the West Florida Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123(9), 6174-6188.
Yu, L., Fennel, K., Bertino, L., Gharamti, M. E., & Thompson, K. R. (2018). Insights on multivariate updates of physical and biogeochemical ocean variables using an Ensemble Kalman Filter and an idealized model of upwelling. Ocean Modelling, 126, 13-28.

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.
Shropshire, T., Li, Y., & He, R. (2016). Storm impact on sea surface temperature and chlorophyll <i>a</i> in the Gulf of Mexico and Sargasso Sea based on daily cloud‐free satellite data reconstructions. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(23).

Conference Presentations - 29

2020

Gates, H. M., J.P.; Fargher, H. J., & A.R.; Subramaniam, A. (2020). Using an Autonomous Biogeochemical Profiling Float to Determine the Effect of Natural Hydrocarbon Seeps and a Tropical Depression on the Gulf of Mexico System. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020

2019

Fennel, K. (2019). Challenges and opportunities for biogeochemical prediction. In OceanPredict 2019
Gordon, C. F., K.; Shay, L. B., & J.; Rudzin, J. (2019). Elucidating Drivers of Surface Variations in Dissolved Oxygen observed by autonomous floats in the Gulf of Mexico. In OceanPredict 2019
Hiron, L. S., & 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
Jaimes, B. S., & L.K (2019). Observed Air-Sea Interactions During Hurricanes. In International Workshop on Tropical Cyclone - Ocean Interaction in the Northwest Pacific (TCOI 2019)
Shay, L. B., J.; Jaimes, B. F., P.; Fargher, H. G., C.; Fennel, K. H., & R (2019). Physical and Biochemical Response to a Cold Front Using Floats. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019
Shay, L. B., J.; Jaimes, B. G., C.; Fennel, K. F., P.; Fargher, H. H., & R (2019). Physical and biochemical variability from APEX-EM Floats. In 2019 IEEE/OES Twelfth Current, Waves and Turbulence Measurement
Shay, L. F., P.; Fargher, H. B., J.; Jaimes, B. G., C.; Fennel, K. H., & R (2019). Near-inertial current response to forcing events measured by APEX-EM Floats. In Teledyne Marine Technology Workshop
Wang, B. F., K.; Yu, L. G., & C (2019). Tradeoffs between satellite surface and Argo profile observations when optimizing a biogeochemical model for the Gulf of Mexico. In OceanPredict 2019
Yu, L. F., K.; Wang, B. L., A.; Thompson, K. S., & L (2019). Hindcasting the subsurface oil plume after the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. In OceanPredict 2019

2018

[MISSING CITATION] [Author not available]. Biogeochemical Argo as an essential component of a North Atlantic Ocean Observing System. CMOS 2018 Halifax. (2018).
Gordon, C. F., K.; Kuhn, A. S., & 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
Gordon, C. F., K.; Wang, B. S., & 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
Hiron, L. J., & B.; Shay, L. (2018). Loop Current intensification by frontal eddy cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018
Shay, L. B., J.; Maturi, E. L., E.; Jaimes, B. Z., J.; Donahue, D. R., & J.; Hiron, L. (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
Shay, L. F., P.; Fargher, H. B., J.; Jaimes, B. F., K.; Gordon, C. H., & R (2018). APEX-EM float measurements of physical and biochemical variability. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018
Shay, L. F., P.; Fargher, H. B., J.; Jaimes, B. F., K.; Gordon, C. H., & R (2018). APEX-EM float performance measuring ocean structure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018
Shay, L. B., J.K.; Maturi, E. D., & D.; Leuliette, E. (2018). Satellite derived ocean heat content variability for operational tropical cyclone intensity forecasting. In AMS Annual Meeting
Shay. L.; Brewster, J. M., E.; Leuliette, B. J., J.; Zhang, E. S., S.; Jayne, D. D., J.; Wadler, J. H., & R (2018). Observed ocean-atmosphere interactions during the 2017 hurricane season. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018
Wang, B. F., K.; Yu, L. G., C.; Zong, H. H., & R (2018). A data-assimilative physical-biogeochemical model for the Gulf of Mexico. In CMOS 2018 Halifax
Yu, L. F., K.; Laurent, A. Z., H.; He, R. K., H.; Kourafalou, V. S., & L.K (2018). Simulating deep-water hydrocarbon plumes with a data-assimilative model of the Gulf of Mexico. In CMOS 2018 Halifax

2017

He, R. Z., H.; Xue, Z. F., K.; Tian, H. C., & W.-J.; Lohrenz, S. (2017). Predicting marine physical-biogeochemical variabilities in the Gulf of Mexico and southeastern U.S. shelf sea. In 2017 AGU Fall Meeting
Jaimes, B. S., & 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
Shay, L. B., J.; Maturi, E. D., D.; Leulitte, E. J., & B.; Zhang, J. (2017). Satellite Ocean Heat Content Variability: Implications for Weather and Climate Variations. In Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting (OSTST) 2017
Yu, L. F., K.; Laurent, A. Z., & H.; He, R. (2017). Hindcasting and forecasting the dynamics of deep hydrocarbon plumes: Results from a data-assimilative model. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017

2016

Jaimes, B. S., & 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
Shay, L., Jaimes, B., & Uhlhorn, E. (2016). Thermal and Momentum Loop Current Response to Hurricanes. In 32nd AMS Hurricane and Tropical Meteorology Conference
Shay, L. H., R.; Fennel, K. F., & 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
Steffen, J. C., S.; Shay, L. J., & B (2016). Observations of a self-induced barrier layer. In 32nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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