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MILLER, ARTHUR

Research Oceanographer and Senior Lecturer in Climate Sciences

Director, CASPO Division

Degrees:

• B.S., Florida Institute of Technology
• Ph.D., UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

• Ocean modeling, data assimilation, and predictability
• Coupled ocean-atmosphere modeling and predictability
• California Current System dynamics and ecosystem response
• Pacific Ocean decadal variability and ecosystem response
• Long-period tides and barotropic normal modes

Mentoring:

• Cavanaugh, Nick (Graduate; 2010-)
• Gupta, Ankur (Graduate; 2010-)
• Franck, Lauren (Graduate; 2008-)
• Subramanian, Aneesh (Graduate; 2006-)
• Putrasahan, Dian (Graduate; 2005-)
• Song, Hajoon (Graduate; 2005-2011)
• Kim, Hey-Jin (Graduate; 2002-2008)
• Seo, Hyodae (Graduate; 2002-2007)
• Di Lorenzo, Emanuele (Graduate; 1997-2003)

1998: A westward-intensified decadal change in the North Pacific thermocline and gyre-scale circulation. Journal of Climate 11:3112-3127.

2000. Interdecadal climate regime dynamics in the North Pacific Ocean: Theories, observations, and ecosystem impacts. Progress in Oceanography: 47:355-379.

2001: Predicting western North Pacific Ocean climate. Journal of Climate: 14:3997-4002.

2004. A comprehensive ocean prediction and analysis system based on the tangent linear and adjoint of a regional ocean model. Ocean Modelling 7:227-258.

2005. Interdecadal changes in mesoscale eddy variance in the Gulf of Alaska circulation: Possible implications for the Steller sea lion decline. Atmosphere-Ocean 43:231-240.

2005. The warming of the California Current: Dynamics and ecosystem implications. Journal of Physical Oceanography 35:336-362.

2006: Effect of ocean mesoscale variability on the mean state of tropical Atlantic climate. Geophysical Research Letters 33:L09606, doi:10.1029/2005GL025651.

2007. The Scripps Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Regional (SCOAR) model, with applications in the eastern Pacific sector. Journal of Climate 20:381-402.

2007. Did the thermocline deepen in the southern California Current after the 1976-77 climate regime shift? Journal of Physical Oceanography 37:1733-1739.

2007. Feedback of Tropical Instability Wave-induced atmospheric variability onto the ocean. Journal of Climate 20:5842-5855.

2007. Barotropic Rossby wave radiation from a model Gulf Stream. Geophysical Research Letters 34:L23613.

2008. Precipitation from African Easterly Waves in a coupled model of the tropical Atlantic. Journal of Climate 21:1417-1431.

2008. North Pacific Gyre Oscillation links ocean climate and ecosystem change. Geophysical Research Letters 35:L08607.

2008. Modeling of mesoscale coupled ocean-atmosphere interaction and its feedback to ocean in the western Arabian Sea. Ocean Modelling 25:120-131.

2009. An adjoint sensitivity analysis of the Southern California Current circulation and ecosystem. Journal of Physical Oceanography 39:702-720.

2009. Coastal phytoplankton blooms in the Southern California Bight. Progress in Oceanography 82:137-147.

2010. Climate controls on marine ecosystems and fish populations. Journal of Marine Systems 79: 305-315.

2010. Ocean ecosystem responses to future global change scenarios: A way forward. In: Global Change and Marine Ecosystems, pp. 287-322.

2011. The Madden Julian Oscillation in CCSM4. Journal of Climate, in press.

2011. Changes in upwelling and its water sources in the California Current System driven by different wind forcing. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, in press.