A5026695172- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Climate variability and models
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Marine animal studies overview
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Astro and Planetary Science
University of Miami
2007-2024
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories
2011-2024
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
2007-2023
Cleveland Clinic
1972
Background Coral reefs are facing increasing pressure from natural and anthropogenic stressors that have already caused significant worldwide declines. In January 2010, coral of Florida, United States, were impacted by an extreme cold-water anomaly exposed corals to temperatures well below their reported thresholds (16°C), causing rapid mortality unprecedented in spatial extent severity. Methodology/Principal Findings Reef surveys conducted Martin County the Lower Florida Keys within weeks...
Starting in 2011, coastal areas of the Caribbean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean began to experience extraordinary yearly accumulations pelagic Sargassum brown alga. Historical reports place large quantities only North (mostly Gulf Mexico Sargasso Sea). Accumulations have continued. We used a numerical particle-tracking system, wind current reanalysis data, drifting buoy trajectories, satellite imagery determine origin that is now found persistently Atlantic. Our analyses suggest during...
Coral reefs are exceptionally biodiverse, and human dependence on their ecosystem services is high. Reefs experience significant direct indirect anthropogenic pressures, provide a sensitive indicator of coastal ocean health, climate change acidification, with associated implications for society. Monitoring coral reef status trends essential to better inform science, management policy, but the projected collapse systems within few decades makes provision accurate actionable monitoring data...
Since 2011, beach inundation of massive amounts pelagic Sargassum algae has occurred around the Caribbean nations and islands. Previous studies have applied satellite ocean color to determine origins this phenomenon. These techniques, combined with complementary approaches, suggest that, rather than blooms originating in Caribbean, they arrive from Equatorial Atlantic. However, oceanographic context for these occurrences remains limited. Here, we present results synthetic particle tracking...
For the last six years, Florida Reef Tract (FRT) has been experiencing an outbreak of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD). First reported off coast Miami-Dade County in 2014, SCTLD since spread throughout entire FRT with exception Dry Tortugas. However, causative agent for this is currently unknown. Here we show how a high-resolution bio-physical model coupled modified patch Susceptible-Infectious-Removed epidemic can characterize potential agent(s) disease and its vector. In present...
Abstract The role of wind stress curl (WSC) forcing in the observed interannual variability Florida Current (FC) transport is investigated. Evidence provided for baroclinic adjustment as a physical mechanism linking changes WSC and circulation North Atlantic subtropical gyre. A continuous monthly time series FC constructed using daily transports estimated from undersea telephone cables near 27°N Straits Florida. This 25-yr-long linearly regressed against derived NCEP–NCAR reanalysis. results...
Abstract This study demonstrates a link between coastal downwelling and tropical cyclone (TC) intensification. We show that increases air‐sea enthalpy (heat, moisture) fluxes ahead of TCs as they approach land, creating conditions conducive to intensification even in the presence typically inhibiting factors like strong vertical wind shear. The uses coupled TC model (HWRF‐B) buoy observations demonstrate developed three 2020 approached land. Results maintained warmer sea‐surface temperatures...
For the last 7 years, Florida’s Coral Reef (FCR) has suffered from widespread and severe coral loss caused by stony tissue disease (SCTLD). First observed off coast of Miami-Dade county in 2014, outbreak since spread throughout entirety FCR some areas Caribbean. However, propagation through seemed to slow down when it reached western end Marquesas August 2020. Despite being present about 30 km (∼20 miles) Dry Tortugas (DRTO), SCTLD was not reported this area before May 2021. As transmission...
N misst the multi-seNsor imProVeD sea surfaCe temPerature ProJeCt Oceanography Vol.22,No.2 76 aBstr aCt.Sea surface temperature (SST) measurements are vital to global weather prediction, climate change studies, fisheries management, and a wide range of other applications.Measurements taken by several satellites carrying infrared microwave radiometers, moored buoys, drifting ships.Collecting all these together producing maps SST has been difficult endeavor due in part different data formats,...
Satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST) images have had limited applications in near-shore and coastal environments due to inadequate spatial resolution, incorrect geocorrection, or cloud contamination. We developed a practical approach remove these errors using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 1-km resolution data. The objective was improve the accuracy of SST anomaly estimates Florida Keys provide best quality...
<para xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> Satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST) images have had limited applications in near-shore and coastal environments due to inadequate spatial resolution, incorrect geocorrection, or cloud contamination. We developed a practical approach remove these errors using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 1-km resolution data. The...
During the 2022 hurricane season, real-time forecasts were conducted using an experimental version of Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS). The HAFS detailed in this paper (HAFSV0.3S, hereafter HAFS-S) featured moving nest recently developed at NOAA AOML, also model physics upgrades: TC-specific modifications to planetary boundary layer (PBL) scheme introduction Thompson microphysics scheme. covered a large dataset cases across North Atlantic eastern Pacific seasons, providing...
Coupling a three-dimensional ocean circulation model to an atmospheric can significantly improve forecasting of tropical cyclones (TCs). This is particularly true forecasts for TC intensity (maximum sustained surface wind and minimum central pressure), but also structure (e.g., wind-field sizes). study seeks explore the physical mechanisms by which dynamic influences evolution, using operational model. The authors evaluated impacts ocean-coupling on from NOAA’s Hurricane Analysis Forecast...
Coral reefs are in decline worldwide. In response to this habitat loss, there efforts grow, outplant, and restore corals many regions. The physical oceanographic of corals—such as sea temperature, waves, ocean currents, available light—is spatially heterogeneous. We therefore hypothesize that outplant location may affect microbiomes, ultimately, coral health restoration success. evaluated the influence on microbes wild Porites astreoides Siderastrea siderea . Tissue samples were collected at...
The goal of this paper is to introduce a new multi-storm atmosphere/ocean coupling scheme that was implemented and tested in the Basin-Scale Hurricane Weather Research Forecasting (HWRF-B) model. HWRF-B, an experimental model developed at National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) supported by Forecast Improvement Program, configured with multiple storm-following nested domains produce high-resolution predictions for several tropical cyclones (TCs) within same forecast integration....
Abstract The global-nested Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS-globalnest) is one piece of NOAA’s Unified (UFS) application for hurricanes. In this study, results are analyzed from 2020 real-time forecasts by HAFS-globalnest a similar model, the Tropical Atlantic version GFDL’s High‐resolution prediction on Earth‐to‐Local Domains (T-SHiELD). produced highest track forecast skill compared to several operational experimental models, while T-SHiELD showed promising skills as well....
From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Educational Foundation,
The role of elevated sea temperatures in coral bleaching has been well documented. Many the temperature records utilized for purposes widespread, multi-species predictions recent publications have acquired through satellite remote sensing. Satellites estimate at only a narrow range depths near surface ocean and may therefore not adequately represent true endured by world's ecosystems. To better characterize regimes that reef ecosystems experience, as define individual thresholds each species...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON), has been operational since 2000 works closely with most US Government many international environmental partners involved in coral reef research. ICON program pioneered the use of artificial intelligence techniques to assess near real-time data streams from environment sensor networks such as SEAKEYS (Florida Keys), Australia Institute Marine Science Weather Network, NOAA's Reef Ecosystem...