Francis Bringas

Francis Bringas retired from federal service in 2025.

Research Highlights

August 22, 2024

State of the Climate in 2023 Released

September 6, 2023

State of the Climate in 2022 Report Released

February 1, 2023

NOAA’s Saildrone Team Wins a Department of Commerce Gold Medal!

Francis Bringas, PhD.

Oceanographer, Physical Oceanography Division

305.361.4316

Francis.Bringas@noaa.gov

4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149

About

Francis Bringas is an Oceanographer at NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) in the Physical Oceanography division. He works with the Hurricane Glider Project, the XBT Network, and Saildrone.

Current Work & CV

Current Work

Hurricane Glider Project

XBT Network

Saildrone

Publications

Bringas, F., I.-I. Lin, and J.A. Knaff. The tropics: Tropical cyclone heat potential. In Chapter 4, State of the Climate in 2023. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(8):S261-S263, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0098.1 2024
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Chiodi, A.M., H. Hristova, G.R. Foltz, J.A. Zhang, C.W. Mordy, C.R. Edwards, C. Zhang, C. Meinig, D. Zhang, E. Mazza, E.D. Cokelet, E.F. Burger, F. Bringas, G. Goni, H.-S. Kim, S. Chen, J. Trinanes, K. Bailey, K.M. O’Brien, M. Morales-Caez, N. Lawrence-Slavas, S.S. Chen, and X. Chen. Surface ocean warming near the core of Hurricane Sam and its representation in forecast models. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10:1297974, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1297974 2024
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Lumpkin, R., F. Bringas, and R.C. Perez. Global oceans: Surface currents. In Chapter 3, State of the Climate in 2023. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(8):S187-S190, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0100.1 2024
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Bringas, F., I.-I. Lin, and J.A. Knaff. The tropics: Tropical cyclone heat potential. In Chapter 4, State of the Climate in 2023. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(8):S261-S263, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0098.1 2024
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Chiodi, A.M., H. Hristova, G.R. Foltz, J.A. Zhang, C.W. Mordy, C.R. Edwards, C. Zhang, C. Meinig, D. Zhang, E. Mazza, E.D. Cokelet, E.F. Burger, F. Bringas, G. Goni, H.-S. Kim, S. Chen, J. Trinanes, K. Bailey, K.M. O’Brien, M. Morales-Caez, N. Lawrence-Slavas, S.S. Chen, and X. Chen. Surface ocean warming near the core of Hurricane Sam and its representation in forecast models. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10:1297974, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1297974 2024
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Lumpkin, R., F. Bringas, and R.C. Perez. Global oceans: Surface currents. In Chapter 3, State of the Climate in 2023. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(8):S187-S190, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0100.1 2024
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Good, S., B. Mills, T. Boyer, F. Bringas, G. Castelão, R. Cowley, G. Goni, V. Gouretski, and C.M. Domingues. Benchmarking of automatic quality control checks for ocean temperature profiles and recommendations for optimal sets. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:1075510, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1075510 2023
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Lumpkin, R., F. Bringas, G. Goni, and B. Qiu. Surface currents. In Chapter 3, State of the Climate in 2022. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(9):S177-S180, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0076.2 2023
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Zhang, C., G.R. Foltz, A.M. Chiodi, C.W. Mordy, C.R. Edwards, C. Meinig, D. Zhang, E. Mazza, E.D. Cokelet, E.F. Burger, F. Bringas, G.J. Goni, H.G. Hristova, H.-S. Kim, J.A. Trinanes, J.A. Zhang, K.E. Bailey, K.M. O’Brien, M. Morales-Caez, N. Lawrence-Slavas, R. Jenkins, S.S. Chen, and X. Chen. Hurricane observations by uncrewed systems. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 104(10):E1893-E1917, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0327.1 2023
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Bringas, F., G. Goni, I.-I. Lin, and J.A. Knaff. The tropics: Tropical cyclone heat potential. In State of the Climate in 2021, J. Blunden and T. Boyer (eds.). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(8):S246-248, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0069.1 2022
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Lumpkin, R., F. Bringas, and G. Goni. Global oceans: Surface currents. In State of the Climate in 2021, J. Blunden and T. Boyer (eds.). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(8):S172-175, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0072.1 2022
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Parks, J., F. Bringas, R. Cowley, C.P. Hanstein, L. Krummel, J. Sprintall, L. Cheng, M. Cirano, S. Cruz, M.P. Goes, S. Kizu, and F. Reseghetti. XBT operational best practices for quality assurance. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:991760, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.991760 2022
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Domingues, R., G.J. Goni, J.A. Knaff, I.-I. Lin, and F. Bringas. The tropics: Tropical cyclone heat potential. In State of the Climate in 2020, J. Blunden, and T. Boyer (eds.). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(8):S252-S255, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0080.1 2021
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Domingues, R., M. Le Henaff, G. Halliwell, J.A. Zhang, F. Bringas, P. Chardon, H.-S. Kim, J. Morell, and G. Goni. Ocean conditions and the intensification of three major Atlantic hurricanes of 2017. Monthly Weather Review, 149(5):1265-1286, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0100.1 2021
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Dong, S., G. Goni, R. Domingues, F. Bringas, M. Goes, J. Christophersen, and M. Baringer. Synergy of in-situ and satellite ocean observations in determining meridional heat transport in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research–Oceans, 126(4):e2020JC017073, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC017073 2021
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Miles, T.N., D. Zhang, G.R. Foltz, J.A. Zhang, C. Meinig, F. Bringas, J. Trinanes, M. Le Henaff, M.F. Aristizabal Vargas, S. Coakley, C.R. Edwards, D. Gong, R.E. Todd, M.J. Oliver, W.D. Wilson, K. Whilden, B. Kirkpatrick, P. Chardon-Maldonado, J.M. Morell, D. Hernandez, G. Kuska, C.D. Stienbarger, K. Bailey, C. Zhang, S.M. Glenn, and G.J. Goni. Uncrewed ocean gliders and saildrones support hurricane forecasting and research. Oceanography 34(4):78-81, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.02 2021
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Morris, T., D. Rudnick, J. Sprintall, J. Hermes, G.J. Goni, J. Parks, F. Bringas, and E. Heslop. Monitoring boundary currents using ocean observing infrastructure. Oceanography, 34(4):16-17, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.supplement.0 2021
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Domingues, R., G. Goni, J.A. Knaff, I.-I. Lin, and F. Bringas. Tropical cyclones: Tropical cyclone heat potential. In State of the Climate in 2019, J. Blunden and D.S. Arndt (eds.). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(8):S227-S229, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0105.1 2020
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Domingues, R., A. Kuwano-Yoshida, P. Chardon-Maldonado, R.E. Todd, G. Halliwell, H.-S. Kim, I.-I. Lin, K. Sato, T. Narazaki, L.K. Shay, T. Miles, S. Glenn, J.A. Zhang, S.R. Jayne, L. Centurioni, M. Le Henaff, G. Foltz, F. Bringas, M.M. Ali, S.F. DiMarco, S. Hosoda, T. Fukuoka, B. LaCour, A. Mehra, E.R. Sanabia, J.R. Gyakum, J. Dong, J.A. Knaff, and G. Goni. Ocean observations in support of studies and forecasts of tropical and extratropical cyclones. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:446, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00446 2019
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Domingues, R., G.J. Goni, J.A. Knaff, I.-I. Lin, and F. Bringas. Tropical cyclones: Tropical cyclone heat potential. In State of the Climate in 2018, J. Blunden and D.S. Arndt (eds.) Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(9):S133-S135, https://doi.org/10.1175/2019BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 2019
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Goni, G.J., J. Sprintall, F. Bringas, L. Cheng, M. Cirano, S. Dong, R. Domingues, M. Goes, H. Lopez, R. Morrow, U. Rivero, T. Rossby, R.E. Todd, J. Trinanes, N. Zilberman, M. Baringer, T. Boyer, R. Cowley, C.M. Domingues, K. Hutchinson, M. Kramp, M.M. Mata, F. Reseghetti, C. Sun, U. Bhaskar, and D. Volkov. More than 50 years of successful continuous temperature section measurements by the Global Expendable Bathythermograph Network, its integrability, societal benefits, and future. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:452, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00452 2019
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Reverdin, G., H. Valdimarsson, G. Alory, D. Diverres, F. Bringas, G. Goni, L. Heilmann, L. Chafik, T. Szekely, and A.R. Friedman. North Atlantic subpolar gyre along predetermined ship tracks since 1993: A monthly data set of surface temperature, salinity, and density. Earth System Science Data, 10(3):1403-1415, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1403-2018 2018
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Reverdin, G., N. Metzl, S. Olafsdotir, V. Racape, T. Takahashi, M. Benetti, H. Valdimarsson, A. Benoit-Cattin, M. Danielsen, J. Fin, A. Naamar, D. Pierrot, K. Sullivan, F. Bringas, and G. Goni. SURATLANT: A 1993-2017 surface sampling in the central part of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre. Earth System Science Data, 10(4):1901-1924, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1901-2018 2018
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Dong, J., R. Domingues, G. Goni, G. Halliwell, H.-S. Kim, S.-K. Lee, M. Mehari, F. Bringas, J. Morell, and L. Pomales. Impact of assimilating underwater glider data on Hurricane Gonzalo (2014) forecasts. Weather and Forecasting, 32(3):1143-1159, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-16-0182.1 2017
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Goes, M., E. Babcock, F. Bringas, P. Ortner, and G. Goni. The impact of improved thermistor calibration on the expendable bathythermograph profile data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34(9):1947-1961, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0024.1 2017
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Goni, G.J., R.E. Todd, S.R. Jayne, G.R. Halliwell, S. Glenn, J. Dong, R. Curry, R. Domingues, F. Bringas, L. Centurioni, S.F. DiMarco, T. Miles, J. Morell, L. Pomales, H.-S. Kim, P.E. Robbins, G.G. Gawarkiewicz, J. Wilkin, J. Heiderich, B. Baltes, J.J. Cione, G. Seroka, K. Knee, and E.R. Sanabia. Autonomous and Lagrangian ocean observations for Atlantic tropical cyclone studies and forecasts. Oceanography, 30(2):85-95, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.227 2017
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Cheng, L., J. Abraham, G. Goni, T. Boyer, S. Wijffels, R. Cowley, V. Gouretski, F. Reseghetti, S. Kizu, S. Dong, F. Bringas, M. Goes, L. Houpert, J. Sprintall, and J. Zhu. XBT science: Assessment of instrumental biases and errors. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(6):924-933, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00031.1 2016
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Domingues, R., G. Goni, F. Bringas, B. Muhling, D. Lindo-Atichati, and J. Walter. Variability of preferred environmental conditions for Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) larvae in the Gulf of America during 1993-2011. Fisheries Oceanography, 25(3):320-336, https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12152 2016
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Bringas, F., and G. Goni. Early dynamics of deep blue XBT probes. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32(12):2253-2263, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0048.1 2015
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Domingues, R., G. Goni, F. Bringas, S.-K. Lee, H.-S. Kim, G. Halliwell, J. Dong, J. Morell, and L. Pomales. Upper-ocean response to Hurricane Gonzalo (2014): Salinity effects revealed by targeted and sustained underwater glider observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(17):7131-7138, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065378 2015
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Dong, S., G. Goni, and F. Bringas. Temporal variability of the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation between 20°S and 35°S. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(18):7655-7662, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL065603 2015
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Lindo-Atichati, D., F. Bringas, and G. Goni. Loop Current excursions and ring detachments during 1993-2009. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34(14):5042-5053, https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2013.787504 2013
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Lindo-Atichati, D., G.J. Goni, F. Bringas, B. Muhling, F.E. Muller-Karger, and S. Habtes. Varying mesoscale structures influence larval fish distribution in the northern Gulf of America. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 463:245-257, https://doi.org/10.3354/meps09860 2012
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Goni, G., F. Bringas, and P.N. Di Nezio. Observed low frequency variability of the Brazil Current front. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116:C10037, 10 pp., https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007198 2011
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Goni, G., M. DeMaria, J. Knaff, C. Sampson, J. Price, A. Mehra, I. Ginis, I.-I. Lin, P. Sandery, S. Ramos-Buarque, M.M. Ali, F. Bringas, S. Aberson, R. Lumpkin, G. Halliwell, C. Lauer, E. Chassignet, A. Mavume, and K. Kang. The ocean observing system for tropical cyclone intensification forecasts and studies. In Proceedings, OceanObs09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society (Volume 2), Venice, Italy, September 21-25, 2009, J. Hall, D.E. Harrison, and D. Stammer (eds.). ESA Publication, WPP-306, 13 pp., https://doi.org/10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.36 2010
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Goni, G.J., M. DeMaria, J. Knaff, C. Sampson, I. Ginis, F. Bringas, A. Mavume, C. Lauer, I.-I. Lin, M.M. Ali, P. Sandery, S. Ramos-Buarque, K. Kang, A. Mehra, E. Chassignet, and G.R. Halliwell. Applications of satellite-derived ocean measurements to tropical cyclone intensity forecasting. Oceanography, 22(3):191-197, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2009.78 2009
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Awards

Department of Commerce Gold Medal 2022

For the successful experimental application of uncrewed surface vehicles, i.e., saildrones, to observe conditions in Atlantic tropical cyclones.

Department of Commerce Bronze Medal 2021

For the successful coordination and operation of a “picket fence” of underwater gliders during the 2019 hurricane season for improved forecasting.

Department of Commerce Bronze Medal 2016

For contributions on the rapid and successful implementation of an array of underwater gliders geared towards Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean hurricane research and forecasts.

NOAA Administrator’s Award 2016

For developing and implementing an Iridium-based, real-time transmission system for oceanographic and meteorological observations from ships.