PhOD Seminars

Past Physical Oceanography Seminars

  • November 5, 2019 at 2:00PM (EST) Matthieu Le Hénaff: Impact of Ocean Conditions on Hurricane Forecast during the 2017 and 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season. [link to presentation]
  • November 4, 2019 at 2:00PM (EST) George Halliwell: Sensitivity of Hurricane Intensity Forecasts to Ocean Initial Conditions: Results from Idealized Experiments and OSEs. [link to presentation]
  • June 21, 2019 at 10:00AM (EST) Dongmin Kim: Impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on subseasonal U.S. tornado activity and the underlying physical mechanisms. [link to presentation]
  • June 5, 2019 at 2:00PM (EST) Rick Lumpkin: The State of the ocean 2018. [link to presentation]
  • May 30, 2019 at 11:00AM (EST) Hosmay Lopez: The impact of remote forcing on US summer temperature extremes. [link to presentation]
  • May 15, 2019 at 3:00PM (EST) Rafael Concalves: Reconstruction of Submesoscale Velocity Field from Surface Drifters. [link to presentation]
  • May 8, 2019 at 2:00PM (EST) Libby Johns: The role of windage in the North Atlantic surface circulation. [link to presentation]
  • April 17, 2019 at 10:00AM (EST) Soumi Chakravorty: Trade Wind charging and ENSO predictability. [link to presentation]
  • April 3, 2019 at 3:30PM (EST) Chris Meinen: Structure and variability of the Antilles Current at 26.5°N. [link to presentation]
  • February 12, 2019 at 11:00AM (EST) Denis Volkov: Interconnection between the Meridional Overturning Circulation, atmospheric forcing, and sea level in the Subtropical North Atlantic. [link to presentation]
  • November 15, 2018 at 2:00PM (EST) Marlos Goes: An Updated Estimate of Salinity for the Atlantic Ocean Sector Using Temperature-Salinity Relationships. [link to presentation]
  • November 8, 2018 at 2:00PM (EST) Greg Foltz: Vertical turbulent cooling of the mixed layer in the tropical Atlantic ITCZ and trade wind regions. [link to presentation]
  • September 27, 2018 at 10:00AM (EST) Sang-Ki Lee: Global meridional overturning circulation inferred from a data-constrained ocean & sea-ice model. [link to presentation]
  • September 25, 2018 at 2:00PM (EST) Rick Lumpkin: Statistical simulations of drogued vs. undrogued drifters to improve understanding of marine debris transport pathways. [link to presentation]
  • September 4, 2018 at 2:00PM (EST) Renellys Perez: Upper ocean horizontal velocity and vertical shear in the tropical North Atlantic. [link to presentation]
  • August 9, 2018 at 2:00PM (EST) Sudip Majumder: Propagating modes of variability and their impact on the western boundary current in the South Atlantic. [link to presentation]
  • July 17, 2018 at 10:00AM (EST) Marion Kersalé: Shallow and Deep Eastern Boundary Currents in the South Atlantic at 34.5°S: Mean structure and variability. [link to presentation]
  • February 6, 2018 at 3:00PM (EST) Chris Meinen: Meridional Overturning Circulation transport variability at 34.5degS during 2009-2017: Baroclinic and barotropic flows and the dueling influence of the boundaries.
  • January 18, 2018 at 2:00PM (EST) George Halliwell: Evaluation of Supplemental Ocean Observing Strategies in the OSSE Framework for Improving Coupled Tropical Cyclone Prediction Model Performance: Summary and Future Plans. [link to presentation]
  • December 7, 2017 at 2:00PM (EST) Matthieu Le Hénaff: Influence of Mississippi River plume on surface oil in the northern Gulf of Mexico. [link to presentation]
  • December 4, 2017 at 2:00PM (EST) Libby Johns: Physical and biological consequences of the 2010 record negative phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation. [link to presentation]
  • November 9, 2017 at 2:00PM (EST) Hosmay Lopez: Attributions of North American heat waves and the pivotal role of natural variability versus climate change. [link to presentation]
  • October 31, 2017 at 2:00PM (EST) Renellys Perez: The Tropical Atlantic Current Observations Study (TACOS) at 4N, 23W. [link to presentation]
  • October 18, 2017 at 2:00PM (EST) Hyodae Seo's (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution): Distinct influence of air-sea coupling mediated by mesoscale SST and current on the California and Somali Current Systems.
  • October 10, 2017 at 10:30AM (EST) Shenfu Dong: Near-surface Salinity and Temperature Structure Observed with Dual-Sensor Drifters in the Subtropical South Pacific. [link to presentation]
  • October 5, 2017 at 2:00PM (EST) Fabian Gomez: Seasonal and Interannual Patterns in Phytoplankton Biomass across the Northern Gulf of Mexico: A Numerical Model Study.
  • October 3, 2017 at 3:00PM Marlos Goes: The variability of the Brazil current and regional impacts. [link to presentation]
  • September 28, 2017 at 3:00PM Gregory Foltz: Inter-basin differences in the relationship between SST and tropical cyclone intensification. [link to presentation]
  • September 5, 2017 at 10:00AM Sang-Ki Lee: On the fragile relationship between ENSO and California rainfall. [link to presentation]
  • August 17, 2017 at 3:00PM Claudia Schmid: On the structure and variability of the Meridional Overturning Circulation in the subtropical North Atlantic. [link to presentation]
  • August 10, 2017 at 2:00PM Christopher Meinen: The role of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the North and South Atlantic: Relationships between the upper and lower limbs of the MOC.
  • August 8, 2017 at 2:00PM Silvia Garzoli: South Atlantic Boundary Currents. Why do we care? [link to presentation]
  • July 27, 2017 at 2:00PM Rick Lumpkin: Improved estimates of subinertial surface currents from drifter, wind, and altimetry data. [link to presentation]
  • April 11, 2017 at 10:00AM Soumi Chakravorty: The Mechanism of onset of Warm Water discharge related to El Niño.
  • April 3, 2017 at 3:00PM Dr. Maria Paz Chidichimo: Brazil Current transport variability observed at 34.5S.
  • March 23, 2017 at 10:30AM Ms. Katherine Hutchinson: Seasonality of the Agulhas Current with respect to near and far-field winds.
  • March 7, 2017 at 10:30AM Dr. Sudip Majumder: A Study of the Variability of the Benguela Current. [link to presentation]
  • February 9, 2017 at 2pm Dr. Gregory C. Johnson: Improving Estimates of Earth's Energy Imbalance.
  • January 26, 2017 at 2pm Dr. Denis Volkov: On the decade-long deep-ocean warming in the subtropical South Pacific. [link to presentation]
  • November 4, 2016 Libby Johns: Sargassum accumulation in the Caribbean Sea in response to anomalous oceanographic and meteorological forcing in the North Atlantic Ocean. [link to presentation]
  • November 3, 2016 Matthieu Le Henaff: Cross-shelf processes in the Gulf of Mexico and the role of mesoscale dynamics in regional connectivity. [link to presentation]
  • October 27, 2016 Yanyun Liu: Modeling the ocean acidification processes along the East and Gulf coasts of the U.S.
  • October 18, 2016 Fabian Gomez: Biogeochemical modeling in the Gulf of Mexico
  • October 13, 2016 Nathan Putman: Environmental variability and the movement ecology of marine organisms. [link to presentation]
  • Sepetember 28, 2016 George Halliwell: OSSE Evaluation of Rapid-Response Ocean Profile Surveys Prior to Hurricanes Edouard and Gonzalo. [link to presentation]
  • Sepetember 15, 2016 Gregory Foltz: Prolonged El Nino conditions in 2014-15 and the rapid intensification of Hurricane Patricia in the eastern Pacific. [link to presentation]
  • Sepetember 6, 2016 Claudia Schmid: Modes of variability of the Brazil Current. [link to presentation]
  • August 10, 2016 Sang-Ki Lee: What caused the summer retreat and winter expansion of Antarctic sea-ice in the Amundsen and Bellingshausen Seas since 1979. [link to presentation]
  • July 19, 2016 Marlos Goes: Towards a Climate Quality XBT Probe. [link to presentation]
  • July 7, 2016 Christopher Meinen: Deep Western Boundary Current variability at 34.5°S during 2009-2014. [link to presentation]
  • July 5, 2016 Jili Dong: Impact of underwater glider observations on forecast of Hurrican Gonzalo (2014). [link to presentation]
  • May 2, 2016 Eleanor Frajka-Williams: Wind-driven variability of the AMOC at 26N, from RAPID moorings and GRACE satellite measurements
  • March 3, 2016 Denis Volkov: Maelstrom of the Nordic Seas
  • March 2, 2016 Raul Guerrer: Ocean Observing System in support of fisheries studies in the SW Atlantic Ocean
  • March 1, 2016 Martin Saraceno: Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the Brazil - Malvinas Front: an Altimetry Perspective
  • November 24, 2015 George Halliwell: Evaluating Ocean Observing Systems for Improving Hurricane Intensity Forecasts by Coupled Prediction Systems
  • November 5, 2015 Nathan Putman (NOAA Southeast Fisheries Science Center): Linking Mechanisms of Movement and Migration to Management of Marine Animals.
  • October 29, 2015 Hosmay Lopez  (CIMAS, PHOD) webinar at the  NOAA Central Library Brown Bag Seminar Series: The impact of the South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation variability on extreme weather events in the Northern Hemisphere with particular emphasis on the US.
  • Sepetember 29, 2015 Matthieu LeHenaff: Mississippi waters reaching South Florida reefs under no flood conditions: synthesis of observing nd modeling system findings [link to presentation]
  • September 25, 2015 Silvia Garzoli: South Atlantic, meridional heat transport and the AMOC pathways. [link to presentation]
  • September 22, 2015 Claudia Schmid: A look at the temporal and spatial variability of the Boundary Currents in the subtropical South Atlantic
  • August 31, 2015 Christopher Meinen: Downstream evolution of the Gulf Stream from the Straits of Florida to the Southeast Newfoundland Ridge. [link to presentation]
  • June 25, 2015 Jili Dong : The impact of prescribed SST on Hurricane Edouard (2014) forecast with HWRF
  • June 23, 2015 Xiaobiao Xu : Denmark Strait overflow water in western subpolar North Atlantic: Spreading and Modification
  • Februry 25, 2015 Yanyun Liu: Potential Impact of Climate Change on the Intra-Americas Sea. [link to presentation]
  • February 19, 2015 Denis Volkov: Internal and external forcing of sea level variability in the Black Sea. [link to presentation]
  • February 17, 2015 Marlos Goes: Assessing the meridional overturning and heat transport uncertainties derived from the AX18 XBT transect along 34S.
  • February 3, 2015 David Enfield: The Amazon and El Niño: Rainfall relationships at the large scale and a special look at a regional Amazon watershed near the Andes [link to presentation]
  • January 29, 2015 Hosmay Lopez: Links between South Atlantic meridional heat transport and decadal variation of heat waves and precipitation extremes over the Northern Hemisphere
  • January 27, 2015 Renellys Perez: Observed and Simulated Variability in the South Atlantic [link to presentation]
  • January 20, 2015 Hailong Liu: Modulated Effect of ENSO on Tropical Cyclones Rapid Intensification in the Western North Pacific [link to presentation]
  • January 13, 2015 Shefu Dong: Seasonal Variations of the MOC in the South Atlantic from Observations and Numerical Models
  • November 21, 2014 Jili Dong: Informal Presentation
  • November 20, 2014 Sang-Ki Lee: What caused the abrupt increase in Indian Ocean heat content during the first decade of the 21st century? [link to presentation]
  • October 28, 2014 Claudia Schmid: Analysis of the variability of transports in the subtropical South Atlantic as estimated from Argo and altimetry [link to presentation]
  • October 16, 2014 Janet Sprintall: Climate Variability Observed in the Drake Passage [link to presentation]
  • October 8, 2014 Jian Ma's IRR: Dynamics and Uncertainties of Global Warming Patterns: Atmospheric Circulation, Precipitation, and SST.
  • September 16, 2014 George Halliwell: OSSE evaluation of Ocean Observation Strategies for Improving Coupled Hurricane Forecasts [link to presentation]
  • September 4, 2014 Rick Lumpkin: Influence of nonstationary mean flow on Lagrangian diffusivity calculations [link to presentation]
  • August 7,2014 Chris Meinen: Florida Current transport variability and accuracy [link to presentation]
  • June 10, 2014 Rick Lumpkin: A census of near-surface eddies from looping drifter trajectories
  • April 8, 2014 Pedro DiNezio: Dynamics, predictability, and impacts of 2-year La Nina events [link to presentation]
  • March 11, 2014 Hailong Liu: How the Atlantic Warm Pool influences Hurricanes Intensity in the 21st century?
  • February 20, 2014 Marlos Goes: Antarctic Intermediate Water variability: Past, present and future [link to presentation]
  • February 18, 2014 Silvia Garzoli: The fate of the Deep Western Boundary Current in the South Atlantic [link to presentation]
  • February 12, 2014 Yanyun Liu: Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Climate Variability on the Gulf of Mexico [link to presentation]
  • February 6, 2014 You Kyoung Jang: The Atmospheric response to tropical diabatic heating in AGCM and its influence on Indian monsoon
  • February 4, 2014 Shenfu Dong: North Atlantic Subtropical Mode Water Variability and its Simulation in Climate Models [link to presentation]
  • January 28, 2014 Denis Volkov: Satellite observations of sea level variability in the Arctic Ocean.
  • January 28, 2014 Feili Li: Variability of Deep Ocean Convection in the Subpolar North Atlantic
  • January 21, 2014 Hosmay Lopez: Weather Noise and ENSO Variability and Predictability.
  • January 16, 2014 Renellys Perez: Mean meridional currents in the central and eastern equatorial Atlantic [link to presentation]
  • January 14, 2014 Christopher O'Donnell: Global trends in eddy kinetic energy from satellite altimetry
  • January 10, 2014 Sang-Ki Lee: Interhemispheric influence of the northern summer monsoons on the southern subtropical anticyclone [link to presentation]
  • September 11, 2013 Molly Baringer: Review of Meridional Heat Transport and Overturning Circulation [link to presentation]
  • September 10, 2013 Claudia Schmid: Transports of the Subtropical Gyre in the South Atlantic from three-dimensional velocity field based on Argo and Altimetry [link to presentation]
  • August 28, 2013 Elizabeth Johns: Synoptic oceanographic conditions and larval fish assemblages in the northeastern Caribbean Sea and the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, 2006 - 2009 [link to presentation]
  • August 22, 2013 Gregory Foltz: Mechanisms of seasonal sea surface temperature variability in the northeastern tropical Atlantic [link to presentation]
  • July 30, 2013 George Halliwell: Ocean model strategies for improving hurricane forecasting
  • June 18, 2013 Rick Lumpkin: The Structure and Dynamics of the Hawaiian Island Wake
  • May 21, 2013 Christopher Meinen: Attribution of Deep Western Boundary Current variability at 26.5oN