Curriculum Vitae

Publications

2008

17. Beron-Vera, F. J. and M. J. Olascoaga (2008). An assessment of the importance of chaotic stirring and turbulent mixing in the West Florida Shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr., submitted.

16. Olascoaga, M. J., F. J. Beron-Vera, L. E. Brand and H. Kocak. Tracing the early development of harmful algal blooms with the aid of lagrangian coherent structure, J. Geophys. Res., accepted.

15. Olascoaga, M. J., F. J. Beron-Vera, M. G. Brown and H. Kocak, The effects of Lagrangian vs. population dynamics on plankton patchiness generation, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, to be resubmitted (http://arXiv.org/abs/nlin/0606065)

14. Beron-Vera, F. J., M. J. Olascoaga and G. J. Goni. Oceanic mesoscale eddies as revealed by Lagrangian coherent structures, Geophys. Res. Lett., accepted (doi:10.1029/2008GL033957).

13. Beron-Vera, F. J., M. G. Brown, M. J. Olascoaga, I. I. Rypina, H. Kocak and I. A. Udovydchenkov, Zonal jets as transport barriers in planetary atmospheres, J. Atmos. Sci., accepted (doi:10.1175/2008JAS2579.1).

2007

12. Rypina, I. I., F. J. Beron-Vera, M. G. Brown, H. Kocak, M. J. Olascoaga and I. A. Udovydchenkov,. Robust transport barriers resulting from strong Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser stability, Phys. Rev Lett. 98: 104102

11. Rypina, I. I., F. J. Beron-Vera, M. G. Brown, H. Kocak, M. J. Olascoaga and I. A. Udovydchenkov, On the Lagrangian Dynamics of Atmospheric Zonal Jets and the Impermeability of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex, J. Atmos. Sci., 64: 3595-3610.

2006

10. Olascoaga, M. J., I. I. Rypina, M. G. Brown, F. J. Beron-Vera, H. Kocak, L. E. Brand, G. R. Halliwell and L. K. Shay, Persistent Transport Barrier on the West Florida Shelf, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L22603, doi:10.1029/2006GL027800.

9. Rothstein, Cullen, Abbott, Chassignet, Denman, Doney, Ducklow, Fennel, Follows, Haidvogel, Hofmann, Karl, Kindle, Lima, Maltrud, McClain, McGillicuddy, Olascoaga, Spitz, Wiggert and Yoder, Modeling Ocean Ecosystems: The PARADIGM Program, Oceanography, 19: 1, 17-45

2005

8. Olascoaga, M. J., N. Idrisi and A. Romanou, Biophysical isopycnic-coordinate modelling of plankton dynamics in the Arabian Sea, Ocean Model. 8: 55-80.

2004

7. Beron-Vera, F. J., M. J. Olascoaga and J. Zavala-Garay, Linear waves and baroclinic instability in an inhomogeneous layer primitive equations ocean model, ICTAM04 Abstract Book and CD-ROM Proceedings, ISBN 83-89687-01-1, IPPT PAN, Warsaw (e-Print arXiv:physics/0401078).

6. Idrisi, N., M. J. Olascoaga, Z. Garraffo, D. B. Olson and S. L. Smith, Mechanisms for emergence from diapause of Calanoides carinatus in the Somali Current, Limnol. Oceanogr. 49: 1262-1268.

5. Beron-Vera, F. J., M. J. Olascoaga and M. G. Brown, Passive tracer patchiness and particle trajectory stability in incompressible two-dimensional flows, Nonlin. Proc. Geophys. 11: 67-74.

2003

4. Olascoaga, M. J., F. J. Beron-Vera and J. Sheinbaum, Deep ocean influence on upper ocean baroclinic instability saturation, in O. U. Velasco-Fuentes, J. Sheinbaum, and J. L. Ochoa (eds.), Nonlinear Processes in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: A Tribute to the Scientific Work of Pedro Ripa, Kluwer Academic, pp. 15-28.

3. Beron-Vera, F. J. and M. J. Olascoaga, Spectral, formal, and nonlinear stability in a layered quasigeostrophic model with application to the Atlantic North Equatorial Current, in G. J. Goni and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli (eds.), Interhemispheric Water Exchange in the Atlantic Ocean, Elsevier Oceanographic Series 68, Elsevier Science, pp. 313-334.

2001

2. Olascoaga, M. J., Deep ocean influence on upper ocean baroclinic instability, J. Geophys. Res. 106: 26,863-26,877

1999

1. Olascoaga, M. J. and P. Ripa, Baroclinic instability in a two-layer model with a free boundary and b effect, J. Geophys. Res. 104: 23,357-23,366

Talks

2007

Beron-Vera, F. J, M. J . Olascoaga, I. I. Rypina, M. G. Brown, H. Kocak, and I. A. Udovydchenkov, On the Lagrangian Dynamics of Atmospheric Zonal Jets and the Permeability of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex, Chapman Conference on The Role of the Stratosphere in Climate and Climate Change, Santorini, Greece, September.

2006

Olascoaga, M. J., I. I. Rypina, M. G. Brown, F. J. Beron-Vera, H. Kocak, L. E. Brand, G. R. Halliwell and L. K. Shay, Persistent Transport Barrier on the West Florida Shelf, 2006 HYCOM Workshop, Tallahassee, FL, USA, November.

Olascoaga, M. J., S. de Rada, J. Kindle and E. Chassignet, Biophysical modeling of the California Current System, 2006 HYCOM Workshop, Tallahassee, FL, USA, November.

Olascoaga, M. J, and F. J. Beron-Vera, Fluid particle clustering as a mechanism for plankton patchiness, Eos Trans. AGU 87 (36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl. , Abstract OS36H-06, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, February.

Beron-Vera, F. J. , and M. J Olascoaga, Nonlinear evolution of baroclinically unstable near-surface zonal jets, Eos Trans. AGU 87 (36), Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl. , Abstract OS45L-02, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, February.

2004

F. J. Beron-Vera, M. J. Olascoaga and J. Zavala-Garay, How much can we do with only a few layers?, 2004 Layered Ocean Model Users' Workshop, Miami, FL, USA, February.

Olascoaga, M. J., E. P. Chassignet, J. Kindle and A. Wallcraft, Sensitivity of biophysical modelling to model's vertical coordinate representation, 2004 ASLO/TOS Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, February.

2003

Olascoaga, M. J. , Modelling of biophysical interactions in the Arabian Sea, WHOI/AOPE, Woods Hole, MA, USA, May

Olascoaga, M. J. , Deep ocean influence on upper ocean baroclinic instability, WHOI/PO, Woods Hole, MA, USA, May

2002

Olascoaga, M. J. and F. J. Beron-Vera, Baroclinic instability in a three-layer quasigeostrophic model with application to the Atlantic North Equatorial Current, Pedro Ripa Memorial Colloquium on Nonlinear Processes in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Ensenada, Baja Cfa., Mexico, October.

Olascoaga, M. J. and F. J. Beron-Vera, Hamiltonian methods in Lagrangian ocean dynamics, ONR Planning Letter – Ocean Modeling and Prediction Program, Miami, FL, USA, March.

2001

Olascoaga, M. J., Upper ocean baroclinic instability, ScD thesis, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, January.

Ripa, P., M. J. Olascoaga and F. J. Beron-Vera, Generalization of the baroclinic instability problems, Waves Phenomena III, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June.

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