Vincent Combes - Oceanography

Personal Website: [Link] Research Interests: • Ocean and climate dynamics • Regional and Coastal Oceanography • Low Frequency Ocean Variability • Ocean and Inverse Modeling • Physical-biological Interactions • Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics

Publications

[49] Furtado J., E. Di Lorenzo, N. Schneider, and N. Bond , 2011: North Pacific Decadal Variability and Climate Change in the IPCC AR4 Models. Journal of Climate, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3584.1.

[48] King J.R., V.N. Agostini, C.J. Harvey, G.A. McFarlane, M.G.G. Foreman, J.E. Overland, E. Di Lorenzo, N.A. Bond and K.Y. Aydin, 2010: Climate Forcing and the California Current Ecosystem. ICES Journal of Marine Science, accepted.

[47] Cloern, J., K. A. Hieb, T. Jacobson, B. Sanso, E. Di Lorenzo, et al., 2010: Biological Communities in San Francisco Bay Track a North Pacific Climate Shift. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L21602, doi:10.1029/2010GL044774.

[46] Keister, J.E., E. Di Lorenzo, C.A. Morgan, V. Combes and W.T. Peterson, 2010: Copepod species composition linked to ocean transport in the Northern California Current. Global Change Biology, in press.

[45] Song, H., A. J. Miller, B. D. Cornuelle and E. Di Lorenzo, 2010: Changes in upwelling and its water sources in the California Current System driven by different wind forcing. Journal of Physical Oceanography, accepted.

[44] Nurhati, I. S., K. Cobb, H. Crespo and E. Di Lorenzo, 2010: Decadal-scale SST and salinity variations in the central tropical Pacific: Signatures of natural and anthropogenic climate change. Journal of Climate, accepted.

[43] Combes V., F. Chenillat, E. Di Lorenzo, P. Riviere, S. Bograd and M. Ohman, 2010: Cross-shore transport varaibility in the California Current: Ekman upwelling vs. eddy regime. Journal of Physical Oceanography, submitted.

[42] Di Lorenzo, K. M. Cobb, J. Furtado, N. Schneider, B. Anderson, A. Bracco, M. A. Alexander, and D. Vimont , 2010: Central Pacific El Niño and decadal climate change in the North Pacific. Nature Geosciences, 3 (11), 762-765, doi: 10.1038/NGEO984.

[41] Luo, H., A. Bracco and E. Di Lorenzo, 2010: The interannual variability of the surface eddy kinetic energy in the Labrador Sea. Progress in Oceanography, submitted.

[40] Kilpatrick T., N. Schneider and E. Di Lorenzo, 2010: Generation of Low-Frequency Spiciness Variability in the Thermocline. Journal of Physical Oceanography, accepted.

[39] Combes V., E. Di Lorenzo, F. Gomez, S. Hormazabal, T. P. Strub and D. Putrasahan , 2009: Modeling interannual and decadal variability in the Humboldt Current upwelling system. Journal of Physical Oceanography, submitted.

[38] Di Lorenzo E., N. Schneider, K. M. Cobb, J. Furtado and M. Alexander, 2009: ENSO and the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation: an integrated view of Pacific decadal dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters, submitted.

[37] Di Lorenzo E., Fiechter J., Schneider N., Miller A. J., Franks P. J. S., Bograd S. J., Moore A. M., Thomas A., Crawford W. and Pena and Herman A., 2009: Nutrient and Salinity Decadal Variations in the central and eastern North Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2009GL038261.

[36] Menge B.M., F. Chan, K.J. Nielsen, E. Di Lorenzo and J. Lubchenco, 2009: Climatic variation alters supply-side ecology: impact of climate patterns on phytoplankton and mussel recruitment. Ecological Monograph, 79(3), pp. 379-395.

[35] Hsieh C.,H. J. Kim, W. Watson, E. Di Lorenzo, and G. Sugihara, 2009: Ocean warming caused changes in abundance and distribution of larvae of oceanic fishes in the southern California region. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01875.x.

[34] Ceballos L., E. Di Lorenzo, N. Schneider, B. Taguchi, 2009: North Pacific Gyre Oscillation synchronizes climate fluctuations in the eastern and western North Pacific. Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2848.1.

[33] Han W., A. M. Moore, J. Levin, B. Zhang, H. G. Arango, E. Curchister, E. Di Lorenzo, A. Gordon, J. Lin, 2009: Seasonal surface ocean circulation and dynamics in the Philippine Archipelago region during 2004-2008. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Vol. 47, 114-137.

[32] Capotondi, A., V. Combes, M. A. Alexander, E. Di Lorenzo and A. J. Miller, 2009: Low-Frequency Variability in the Gulf of Alaska from coarse and eddy-permitting ocean models. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2008JC004983.

[31] Powell B. S., H. G. Arango, A. M. Moore, E. Di Lorenzo, R. F. Milliff and R. R. Leben, 2009: Real-time Assimilation and Prediction in the Intra-Americas Sea with the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) . Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, doi: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2009.04.001.

[30] Chhak, K., E. Di Lorenzo, N. Schneider and P. Cummins, 2009: Forcing of low-frequency ocean variability in the Northeast Pacific. Journal of Climate, 22(5), 1255-1276, DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2639.1 .

[29] Combes, V., E. Di Lorenzo and E. Curchister, 2009: Interannual and decadal variations in cross-shore mixing in the Gulf of Alaska. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39(4), 1050-1059, DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO4014.1.

[28] Ionita D. A., E. Di Lorenzo, and J. Lynch-Stieglitz, 2009: The Effect of Lower Sea Level on Geostrophic Transport through the Florida Straits during the Last Glacial Maximum. Paleoceanography, doi: 10.1029/2009PA001820.

[27] Bograd, S. J., C. G. Castro, E. Di Lorenzo, D. M. Palacios, H. R. Bailey and W. Gilly, 2008: The shoaling of the hypoxic boundary in the California Current. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, L12607, doi:10.1029/2008GL034185.

[26] Rasmussen L. L., B. D. Cornuelle, L. A. Levin, J. L. Largier and E. Di Lorenzo, 2008: Effects of small-scale features and local wind forcing on tracer dispersion and estimates of population connectivity in a regional scale circulation model . Journal of Geophys. Res., 114, C01012, doi:10.1029/2008JC004777.

[25] Fiechter J., A.M. Moore, C.A. Edwards, K.W. Bruland, E. Di Lorenzo, Craig V.W. Lewis, T.M. Powell, E.N. Curchitser, and K. Hedstrom, 2008: A simple approach to model iron limitation on primary production in the coastal Gulf of Alaska. Deep-Sea Research II, (56) 2503-2519.

[24] Powell B. S., H. G. Arango, A. M. Moore, E. Di Lorenzo, R. F. Milliff and D. Foley, 2008: 4DVAR Data Assimilation in the Intra-Americas Sea with the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS). Ocean Modeling, Vol. 25, 173--188.

[23] Di Lorenzo E., Schneider N., Cobb K. M., Chhak, K, Franks P. J. S., Miller A. J., McWilliams J. C., Bograd S. J., Arango H., Curchister E., Powell T. M. and P. Rivere, 2008: North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate and ecosystem change. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08607, doi:10.1029/2007GL032838.

[22] Furtado, J. C., E. Di Lorenzo, K. M. Cobb and A. Bracco, 2009: Reconstructing Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Using Precipitation Proxy Records: Methods and Uncertainties . Journal of Climate, 22(5),1104-1123, DOI: 10.1175/2008JCLI2415.1.

[21] Moore, A., H. Arango, E. Di Lorenzo, B. D. Cornuelle and A. J. Miller, 2008: An Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis of the Southern California Current Circulation and Ecosystem. Part I: The Physical Circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3740.1.

[20] Muccino, J., A. Bennett, B. Cornuelle, B. Chua, E. Di Lorenzo, et al., 2008: The Inverse Ocean Modeling System. II: Applications. Journal of Atmospheric and Ocean Technology, 25(9),1623-1637.

[19] Foreman M. G. G., W. Wiggins , A. MacFadyen, B. M. Hickey, R. E. Thomson and E. Di Lorenzo, 2008: Modeling and Observational Studies of the Juan de Fuca Eddy. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 113, C03006, doi:10.1029/2006JC004082.

[18] Haidvogel D., H. Arango, W.P. Budgell, B.D. Cornuelle, E. Curchitser, E. Di Lorenzo, K. Fennel, W.R. Geyer, A.J. Hermann, L. Lanerolle, J. Levin, J.C. McWilliams, A.J. Miller, A.M. Moore, T.M. Powell, A.F. Shchepetkin, C.R. Sherwood, R.P. Signell, J.C. Warner, J. Wilkin, 2008: Ocean forecasting in terrain-following coordinates: Formulation and skill assessment of the Regional Ocean Modeling System. Journal of Computational Physics, 227, 3595-3624.

[17] Chhak, K. and E. Di Lorenzo, 2007: Decadal variations in the California Current upwelling cells. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14604, doi:10.1029/2007GL030203.

[16] Combes, V. and E. Di Lorenzo, 2007: Intrinsic and forced interannual variability of the Gulf of Alaska mesoscale circulation. Progress in Oceanography, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2007.08.011.

[15] Trites, A. W., A. J. Miller, H. D. G. Maschner, M. A. Alexander, S. J. Bograd, J. A. Calder, A. Capotondi, K. O. Coyle, E. Di Lorenzo, et al., 2007: Bottom-up forcing and the decline of Steller sea lions in Alaska: Assessing the ocean climate hypothesis. Fisheries Oceanography, 16, 46-67.

[14] Miller, A. J., A. J. Gabric, J. R. Moisan, F. Chai, D. J. Neilson, D. W. Pierce, and E. Di Lorenzo, 2007: Global Change and Oceanic Primary Productivity: Effects of Ocean-Atmosphere-Biological Feedbacks Global Climate Change and Response of the Carbon Cycle in the Equatorial Pacific and Indian Oceans and Adjacent Land Masses, H. Kawahata and Y. Awaya, eds. Elsevier Oceanography Series, 73, pp. 29-65.

[13] Di Lorenzo, E., Moore, A., H. Arango, Chua, B. D. Cornuelle, A. J. Miller, B. Powell and Bennett A., 2007: Weak and strong constraint data assimilation in the inverse Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS): development and application for a baroclinic coastal upwelling system. Ocean Modeling, 16 (3-4): 160-187.

[12] Auad G., A. J. Miller and E. Di Lorenzo, 2006: Long Term Forecast of oceanic conditions off California and their biological implications. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 111, C09008, doi:10.1029/2005JC003219.

[11] Di Lorenzo, E., Young W.R. and Llewellyn Smith S.G., 2006: Numerical and analytical estimates of M2 tidal conversion at steep oceanic ridges. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 36(6), 1072-1084.

[10] Miller, A. J., E. Di Lorenzo, D. J. Neilson, et al., 2005: Interdecadal changes in mesoscale eddy variance in the Gulf of Alaska circulation: Implications for the Steller sea lion decline. Atmosphere-Ocean, 43, 231-240.

[9] Di Lorenzo, E., 2005: The warming California Current System. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86 (4), pp. 495-496.

[8] Schneider, N., E. Di Lorenzo, and P. Niiler, 2005: Salinity variations in the California Current. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35 (8), 1421-1436.

[7] Di Lorenzo, E., A. J. Miller, N. Schneider, and J. C. McWilliams, 2005: The warming of the California Current: Dynamics and ecosystem implications. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 35 (3), 336-362.

[6] Di Lorenzo, E., M. G. G. Foreman, and W. R. Crawford, 2005: Modeling the generation of Haida eddies. Deep-Sea Research II, 52 (7-8), 853-874.

[5] Di Lorenzo, E., A. J. Miller, D. J. Neilson, B. D. Cornuelle, and J. R. Moisan, 2004: Modeling observed California Current mesoscale eddies and the ecosystem response. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25 (7-8), 1307-1312.

[4] Moisan, J. R., A. J. Miller, E. Di Lorenzo, J. Wilkin, 2004: MODELING AND DATA ASSIMILATION. Remote Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments, pp. 229-257. Springer, New York.

[3] Moore, A., H. Arango, E. Di Lorenzo, B. D. Cornuelle, A. J. Miller, and D. J. Neilson, 2004: A Comprehensive Ocean Prediction and Analysis System Based on the Tangent Linear and Adjoint of a Regional Ocean Model. Ocean Modeling, 7, 227-258.

[2] Di Lorenzo, E., 2003: Seasonal dynamics of the surface circulation in the Southern California Current System. Deep-Sea Research II, 50 (14-16), 2371-2388.

[1] Miller, A. J., E. Di Lorenzo, D. J. Neilson, B. D. Cornuelle, and J. R. Moisan, 2000: Modeling CalCOFI observations during El Nino: Fitting physics and biology. California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations Reports, 41, 87-97.

Education

2003:
Ph.D., Climate Sciences, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

1997:
Laurea in Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy