# overview
My research focuses on studying climate and climate change, ocean general circulation modeling, global ocean observing systems, data assimilation and synthesis of models and observations.

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4012 Fluid Mechanics And Thermal Engineering

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3709 Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience

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University of Chicago - (Chicago, Illinois, United States)

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University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States)

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University of Washington - (Seattle, Washington, United States)

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Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The

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Montague Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Scholar

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Eastern equatorial Pacific response to three composite westerly wind types

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El Nino variability in simple ocean data assimilation (SODA), 1871-2008

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An ensemble of ocean reanalyses for 1815-2013 with sparse observational input

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Sea surface salinity variability during the Indian Ocean Dipole and ENSO events in the tropical Indian Ocean

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Energetics and sedimentary processes in the Columbia River Estuary

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A Simple Ocean Data Assimilation Analysis of the Global Upper Ocean 195095. Part I: Methodology

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Equatorial currents in the Pacific Ocean 1992-1997

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Ocean heat transport in Simple Ocean Data Assimilation: Structure and mechanisms

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Labrador Sea convection and subpolar North Atlantic Deep Water export in the SODA assimilation model

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Surface heat flux parameterizations and tropical Pacific Sea surface temperature simulations

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Mechanisms of SST Change in the Equatorial Waveguide during the 198283 ENSO

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El Nino Southern Oscillation in an ensemble ocean reanalysis and coupled climate models

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Ocean dynamics and tropical Pacific climate change in ocean reanalyses and coupled climate models

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Towards a High-Resolution Global Coupled Navy Prediction System

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents

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Interannual and decadal variability in the tropical and midlatitude Pacific Ocean

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Modelling tidal energetics of the Columbia River Estuary

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Impact of altimeter, thermistor, and expendable bathythermograph data on retrospective analyses of the tropical Pacific Ocean

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Upper-Ocean Processes under the Stratus Cloud Deck in the Southeast Pacific Ocean

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Evidence of coastal Seiche excitation by tidegenerated internal solitary waves

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Historical changes in El Nino and La Nina characteristics in an ocean reanalysis

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Sea level rise and the warming of the oceans in the Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) ocean reanalysis

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Decadal change in the south tropical Pacific in a global assimilation analysis

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Remote westerly wind forcing of the eastern equatorial Pacific; Some model results

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Comparison of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation between 1960 and 2007 in six ocean reanalysis products

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The Seasonal Cycle in Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model

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Towards a high-resolution global coupled Navy prediction system

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Southern Hemisphere Origins of the 1976 Climate Shift

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Aspects of the Kelvin wave response to episodic wind forcing

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A reanalysis of ocean climate using Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA)

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Ocean Circulation Model Hindcasts of the 1982-83 El Nio: Thermal Variability along the Ship-of-Opportunity Tracks

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Decadal and interannual SST variability in the tropical Atlantic Ocean

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Low-Frequency Variability of Temperature in the Vicinity of the Equatorial Pacific Thermocline in SODA: Role of Equatorial Wave Dynamics and ENSO Asymmetry

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Detecting historical ocean climate variability

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The flow field of the upper hypoxic Eastern Tropical North Atlantic oxygen minimum zone

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Impact of Bathythermograph Temperature Bias Models on an Ocean Reanalysis

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Annual Cycle and ENSO in a Coupled OceanAtmosphere General Circulation Model

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Middepth circulation of the eastern tropical South Pacific and its link to the oxygen minimum zone

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Consistency and fidelity of Indonesian-throughflow total volume transport estimated by 14 ocean data assimilation products

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Variations in global mean sea level associated with the 1997-1998 ENSO event: Implications for measuring long term sea level change

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Variability of salt flux in the Indian Ocean during 1960-2008

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Low-Frequency Modulation of Intraseasonal Equatorial Kelvin Wave Activity in the Pacific from SODA: 1958-2001

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Episodes of surface westerly winds as observed from islands in the western tropical Pacific

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Impact of the extratropical Pacific on equatorial variability

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Sea level variability in the eastern tropical Pacific as observed by TOPEX and Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Tropical Atmosphere-Ocean Experiment

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Fine-Resolution Global Sea-Ice/Ocean Modeling and Data Assimilation

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Pacific Subtropical Cell variability in the SODA 2.0.2/3 assimilation

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The flow field of the upper hypoxic eastern tropical North Atlantic oxygen minimum zone

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Tropical Pacific decadal variability and global warming

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Comment [on The response of the equatorial Pacific Ocean to a westerly wind burst in May 1986 by M. J. McPhaden et al.]

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Application of ocean reanalysis to the problem of global sea level rise

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Collaborative Proposal: Type 1: Developing and Implementing Ocean-Atomosphere Reanalyses for Climate Applications (oarca)

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Collaborative Research:  Extratropical-Triggering of ENSO Events Through-the Trade-­-Wind Charging Mechanism

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Oceanography; 3146 TAMU

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Replogle, Lauren Elaine (2018-07). Mechanisms of Decadal Climate Variability Associated with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Master's Thesis.

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Zheng, Yangxing (2009-05). Ocean heat transport in a Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA): structure, mechanisms, and impacts on climate. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Bradley, Kelley A (2015-05). Analyzing El Nino- Southern Oscillation Sensitivity in a Large Ensemble of Ocean Reanalyses. Master's Thesis.

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Yang, Chunxue 1984- (2012-12). The long-term change of El Nino Southern Oscillation in an ensemble reanalysis and climate coupled models. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Ray, Sulagna (2012-02). El Nino Southern Oscillation Variability from 1871-2008. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Palacios Celin, Otoniel Cesar (2016-04). Analysis of Interannual Variability in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean Using a High Resolution Regional Ocean Modeling System. Master's Thesis.

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Paul, Ephraim Udo (2014-06). Development and Implementation of a Composite Model for Wave, Circulation, and Sediment Processes in Ibaka Deep Seaport in Nigeria. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Perugachi Salamea, Carlos (2012-02). Analysis of Upwelling Changes in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific during El Nino Southern Oscillation. Master's Thesis.