Regional ocean data assimilation

CA Edwards, AM Moore, I Hoteit… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews the past 15 years of developments in regional ocean data assimilation. A
variety of scientific, management, and safety-related objectives motivate marine scientists to …

Advancing marine biogeochemical and ecosystem reanalyses and forecasts as tools for monitoring and managing ecosystem health

K Fennel, M Gehlen, P Brasseur, CW Brown… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ocean ecosystems are subject to a multitude of stressors, including changes in ocean
physics and biogeochemistry, and direct anthropogenic influences. Implementation of …

Coastal upwelling revisited: Ekman, Bakun, and improved upwelling indices for the US West Coast

MG Jacox, CA Edwards, EL Hazen… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal upwelling is responsible for thriving marine ecosystems and fisheries that are
disproportionately productive relative to their surface area, particularly in the world's major …

Dynamic ensemble models to predict distributions and anthropogenic risk exposure for highly mobile species

B Abrahms, H Welch, S Brodie, MG Jacox… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Advances in ecological and environmental modelling offer new opportunities for
estimating dynamic habitat suitability for highly mobile species and supporting management …

ENSO and the C alifornia C urrent coastal upwelling response

MG Jacox, J Fiechter, AM Moore… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A 31 year (1980–2010) sequence of historical analyses of the California Current
System (CCS) is used to describe the central CCS (35–43˚ N) coastal upwelling response to …

Predicting cetacean abundance and distribution in a changing climate

EA Becker, KA Forney, JV Redfern… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Changes in abundance and shifts in distribution as a result of a warming climate have
been documented for many marine species, but opportunities to test our ability to forecast …

An historical analysis of the California Current circulation using ROMS 4D-Var: System configuration and diagnostics

E Neveu, AM Moore, CA Edwards, J Fiechter, P Drake… - Ocean Modelling, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) 4-dimensional variational (4D-Var)
data assimilation tool has been used to compute two sequences of circulation analyses for …

Spatially resolved upwelling in the California Current System and its connections to climate variability

MG Jacox, AM Moore, CA Edwards… - Geophysical Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A historical analysis of California Current System (CCS) circulation, performed using the
Regional Ocean Modeling System with four‐dimensional variational data assimilation, was …

Performance evaluation of cetacean species distribution models developed using generalized additive models and boosted regression trees

EA Becker, JV Carretta, KA Forney… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) are important management tools for highly mobile
marine species because they provide spatially and temporally explicit information on animal …

Sensitivity of the California Current nutrient supply to wind, heat, and remote ocean forcing

MG Jacox, SJ Bograd, EL Hazen… - Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A regional ocean model is used to evaluate the roles of wind, surface heat flux, and basin‐
scale climate variability in regulating the upwelled nitrate supply in the California Current. A …