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Villy Kourafalou Publications

Tsiaras, K., V.H. Kourafalou, A. Davidov and J. Staneva, 2008. A three-dimensional coupled model of the western Black Sea plankton dynamics: seasonal variability and comparison to SEAWIFS data. J. Geophys. Res, 113, C07007, doi:10.1029/2006JC003959.

Peng, G., Z. Garraffo, G.R. Halliwell, O. M. Smedstad, C. S. Meinen, V.H. Kourafalou, and P. Hogan, 2008. Temporal Variability of the Florida Current Transport at 27^oN. In: “Ocean Circulation: The New Research”. Ed., F. Columbus. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (Accepted).

Kourafalou V.H., G. Peng, H. Kang, P.J. Hogan, O.M. Smedstad, R.H. Weisberg, M.O. Baringer and C.S. Meinen, 2008. Evaluation of Global Ocean Data Assimilation Experiment products on South Florida nested simulations with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model. Ocean Dynamics (Submitted).

Schiller, R.V. and V.H. Kourafalou, 2008. Modeling River Plume Dynamics with the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model. Ocean Modeling (Submitted).

Kourafalou, V.H. and K. Tsiaras, 2007.  A nested circulation model for the North Aegean Sea. Ocean Sci., 3,1-16.

Olson, D.B., V.H. Kourafalou, W.H. Johns, G. Samuels and M. Veneziani, 2007. Aegean Surface Circulation from a Satellite-tracked Drifter Array. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 37(7), pp. 1898-1917.

Soares, I.D., V.H. Kourafalou and T.N. Lee, 2007. The Western South Atlantic Continental Shelf circulation. Part 1: Numerical process studies on buoyancy. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C04002, doi:10.1029/2006JC003618.

Soares, I.D., V.H. Kourafalou and T.N. Lee, 2007. The Western South Atlantic Continental Shelf circulation. Part 2: Spring and Autumn realistic simulations. J. Geophys. Res., 112, C04003, doi:10.1029/2006JC003620.

Kourafalou, V.H., E. Williams and T.N. Lee, 2007. Favorite drifter trajectories deployed from the western shelf of Florida and the coastal waters of the Florida Keys. In: Lagrangian Analysis and Prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics, edited by A. Griffa, A. D. Kirwan, A. J. Mariano, T. …zgškmen, and T. Rossby, pp. 78-82, Amazon.

Kourafalou, V.H. and G. Peng, 2007. Modeling support for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project (South Florida): salinity changes under natural variability and anthropogenic influence. Proceedings of the Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics, CEMEPE07, pp. 595-600.

Kourafalou, V.H., R.S. Balotro, G. Peng, T.N. Lee, E. Johns, P.B. Ortner, A. Wallcraft and T. Townsend, 2006. Seasonal variability of circulation and salinity around Florida Bay and the Florida Keys: SoFLA-HYCOM results and comparison to in-situ data. UM/RSMAS Tech. Rep. 2006/04, 102 pp.

Kourafalou, V.H. and R.S. Balotro, 2006.  Connecting the U.S. Florida Keys coral reef ecosystem to the hydrodynamics. Proceedings of the 10^th International Coral Reef Symposium: The Physical and Hydrodynamic Environments and their influence on coral reef processes, ICRS2004, 890-895.

Kourafalou, V.H., K. Tsiaras and J.V. Staneva, 2005.  Numerical studies on the dynamics of the Northwestern Black Sea shelf.  Mediterranean Marine Science, 5/1, 133-142.

Sponaugle, S., T.N. Lee, V.H. Kourafalou and D. Pinkard, 2005.  Florida current frontal eddies and the settlement of coral reef fishes.  Limnology and Oceanography, 50: 1033-1048.

Kourafalou, V.H., R.S. Balotro and T.N. Lee, 2005. The SoFLA-HYCOM (South Florida HYCOM) Regional Model around the Straits of Florida, Florida Bay and the Florida Keys. UM/RSMAS Tech. Rep. 2005/03, 28 pp.

Kourafalou, V.H., Y.G. Savvidis, C.G. Koutitas and Y.N. Krestenitis, 2004.  Modeling studies on the processes that influence matter transfer on the Gulf of Thermaikos (NW Aegean Sea). Continental Shelf Research, 24, 203-222.

Kourafalou, V.H.and K.A. Barbopoulos, 2003.  High resolution simulations on the North Aegean Sea seasonal circulation. Annales Geophysicae, 21(1), 251-265.

Kontoyiannis, H., V. H. Kourafalou and V. Papadopoulos, 2003.  The seasonal characteristics of the hydrology and circulation in the Northwest Aegean Sea (Eastern Mediterranean): observations and modeling. J. Geophys. Res., 108, C9, 3302, doi: 10.1029/2001JC001132.

Kourafalou V.H., K.A. Barbopoulos,  K. Tsiaras and J.V. Staneva, 2003.  Numerical studies on shelf dynamics: North Aegean Sea and Northwestern Black Sea. In: “Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea.” A. Yilmaz (ed.), Tubitak publ., Ankara, Turkey, pp. 329-335.

Staneva, J., V.H. Kourafalou and E.V. Stanev, 2003.  The response of the Black Sea ecosystem to changes of nutrient discharge from the Danube River. In: “Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea,” A. Yilmaz (ed.), Tubitak publ., Ankara, Turkey, pp. 307-313.

Zavatarelli, M., N. Pinardi, V.H. Kourafalou and A. Maggiore, 2002.  Diagnostic and prognostic model studies of the Adriatic Sea general circulation. Part 1: The seasonal variability and the role of the forcing functions.  J. Geophys. Res., 107(C1), 4/1-4/20.

Kourafalou, V.H. and E.V. Stanev, 2001.  Modelling the impact of atmospheric and terrestrial inputs on the western Black Sea coastal dynamics. Annales Geophysicae, 19, 245-256.

Kourafalou, V.H., 2001.  Modelling river plumes on Mediterranean shelves: Po River plume (North Adriatic Sea) and Axios River plume (North Aegean Sea). J. Marine Syst., 30(3-4), 181-205.

Beg Paklar, G., V. Isakov, D. Koracin, V. H. Kourafalou and M. Orlic, 2001.  A case study of bora-driven currents and Po outflow spreading over the Adriatic shelf (16-20 January 1987). Cont. Shelf Res. 21, 1751-1783.

P.-M. Poulain, V.H. Kourafalou and B. Cushman-Roisin, 2001.  “The Northern Adriatic Sea.”  In: Oceanography of the Adriatic Sea: Past, Present and Future, B. Cushman-Roisin, M. Gacic and P.-M. Poulain, eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp.143-165.

Barbopoulos, K.A., Y.N. Krestenitis and V.H. Kourafalou, 2000.  High resolution modelling of the North Aegean Sea hydrodynamic circulation. Proceedings of the V Conference for the Protection and Restoration of the Environment, pp. 201-206.

Kourafalou, V.H., 1999.  Process studies on the Po River plume, North Adriatic Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 104(C12), 29963-29985.

Kourafalou, V.H. and E.V. Stanev, 1999.  Modelling the transport of Danube waters on the Western Black Sea. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea, pp. 313-318.

Beg Paklar, G., V. Isakov, D. Koracin, V.H. Kourafalou, and M. Orlic 1999.  Observations and modelling of the Po River inflow to the Northern Adriatic (the case of 16-20 January 1987). Proceedings of the International Conference on the Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea, pp. 121-125.

Kourafalou, V.H., Y. Krestenitis, K. Barbopoulos and C. Tziavos, 1999.  The implementation of the Mediterranean Forecasting System in the Aegean Sea. Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Coastal Prediction, edited by the American Meteorological Society, pp. 253-257.

Kourafalou, V.H., 1998.  "A 3-D model of the Po River plume". In: Ecosystems Research: the Adriatic Sea. 1998 EU/Environment Series, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 642-655.

Kourafalou, V.H. and M. Zavatarelli, 1997.  "Shelf - open sea exchanges in the Adriatic Sea,” IMGA-CNR, 10-97, 1-36.

Kourafalou, V.H., L.-Y. Oey, J.D. Wang and T.N. Lee, 1996.  The fate of river discharge on the continental shelf. Part I: modeling the river plume and the inner-shelf coastal current. J. Geophys. Res, 101(C2), 3415-3434.

Kourafalou, V.H., L.-Y. Oey,  T.N. Lee and J.D. Wang, 1996.  The fate of river discharge on the continental shelf. Part II: transport of low-salinity waters under realistic wind and tidal forcing. J. Geophys. Res, 101(C2), 3435-3455.

Kourafalou, V., 1986. “A 2-D, one-layer model of coastal circulation”. In: NATO Advanced Studies Institute Numerical Modeling Series, 3(2), pp.119-138.

Lee, T.N., V. Kourafalou, J.D. Wang, W.J. Ho, J.O. Blanton and L.P. Atkinson, 1985.  "Shelf circulation from Cape Canaveral to Cape Fear during winter.” In: Oceanography of the Southeastern U.S. continental shelf. (L.P. Atkinson, D.W. Menzel and K.A. Bush, eds.), pp. 33-62. AGU Coastal and estuarine sciences 2.

Pietrafesa, J.L., J.O. Blanton, J.D. Wang, V. Kourafalou, T.N. Lee and K.A. Bush, 1985.  "The tidal regime in the South Atlantic Bight.” In: Oceanography of the Southeastern U.S. continental shelf. (L.P. Atkinson, D.W. Menzel and K.A. Bush, eds.), pp. 63-76. AGU Coastal and estuarine sciences 2.

Lee, T.N., W-J Ho, V. Kourafalou and J.D. Wang, 1984.  Circulation on the continental shelf of the southeastern United States, Part 1: subtidal response to wind and Gulf Stream forcing. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 14, 1001-1012.

Wang, J.D., V. Kourafalou and T.N. Lee, 1984.  Circulation on the continental shelf of the southeastern United States, Part 2: model development and application to tidal flow. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 14, 1013-1021.

Kourafalou, V., J.D. Wang and T.N. Lee, 1984.  Circulation on the continental shelf of the southeastern United States, Part 3: modeling the winter wind-driven flow. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 14, 1022-1031.