RESEARCH INTERESTS: Ocean and climate dynamics Regional and Coastal Oceanography Low Frequency Ocean Variability Ocean and Inverse Modeling Physical-biological Interactions Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics

Curricuum Vitae Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Georgia Institute of Technology 311 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA, 30332-0340 Office: ES&T 3252 voice: 404-894-3994 fax: 404-894-5638 email: edl@eas.gatech.edu 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

PUBLICATIONS

35. Di Lorenzo E., Schneider N., Franks P. J. S., Pena A., Crawford B., Bograd S. J., and Thomas A., 2008: Coherent variations of nutrients and salinity in the Gulf of Alaska and California Current. Geophys. Res. Lett., in prep.

34. Han W., A. M. Moore, J. Levin, B. Zhang, H. G. Arango, E. Curchister, E. Di Lorenzo, A. Gordon, J. Lin, 2008: Near-surface ocean circulation and dynamics in the Philippine Archipelago region: part I. Winter monsoon . Journal of Physical Oceanography, submitted.

33. Han W., J. Levin, B. Zhang, H. G. Arango, E. Curchister, A. M. Moore, E. Di Lorenzo, A. Gordon, 2008: Near-surface ocean circulation and dynamics in the Philippine Archipelago region: part II. Summer monsoon. Journal of Physical Oceanography, submitted.

32. Capotondi, A., V. Combes, M. A. Alexander, E. Di Lorenzo and A. J. Miller, 2008: Low-Frequency Variability in the Gulf of Alaska from coarse and eddy-permitting ocean models. Journal of Physical Oceanography, submitted.

31. Powell B. S., H. G. Arango, A. M. Moore, E. Di Lorenzo, R. F. Milliff and R. R. Leben, 2008: Low-Frequency Variability in the Gulf of Alaska from coarse and eddy-permitting ocean models. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, submitted. [ PDF ]

30. Chhak, K., E. Di Lorenzo, N. Schneider and P. Cummins, 2008: Forcing of low-frequency ocean variability in the Northeast Pacific. Journal of Climate, submitted. [ PDF ]

29. Combes, V. and E. Di Lorenzo, 2008: Interannual and decadal variations in cross-shore mixing in the Gulf of Alaska. Journal of Physical Oceanography, submitted. [ PDF ]

28. 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. [ PDF ]

27. Ionita D. A., E. Di Lorenzo, and J. Lynch-Stieglitz, 2008: The Effect of Lower Sea Level on Geostrophic Transport through the Florida Straits during the Last Glacial Maximum. Geophys. Res. Lett., accepted. [ PDF ]

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., submitted.

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, submitted.

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, accepted. [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

22. Furtado, J. C., E. Di Lorenzo, K. M. Cobb and A. Bracco, 2008: Reconstructing Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Using Precipitation Proxy Records: Methods and Uncertainties . Journal of Climate, accepted.

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, in revision.

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, in press.

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. [ PDF ]

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 . [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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

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

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. [ PDF ]

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 . [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

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 . [ PDF ]

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. [ PDF ]

0. Di Lorenzo, E., 2003: Dynamics of the Southern California Current. PhD thesis, defended at SIO/UCSD on April 28. [ PDF ]

RESEARCH GRANTS

Eddy-Dynamics and Impacts of Low-Frequency Variations in the California Current System (PI)
NSF-OCE 04/01/06 - 04/01/09 (funded)
Total: $194,938

Synthesis of biophysical observations at multiple trophic levels using spatially nested, data-assimilating models of the Coastal Gulf of Alaska (Co-PI)
NSF-GLOBEC 4/01/06 - 04/30/09 (funded)
Total: $186,721

Bio-physical modeling of the California Current (PI)
NASA-OES 04/01/06 - 04/01/09 (funded)
Total: $393,000

Nonlinear Transition in the California Current Coastal Pelagic Ecosystem (Co-PI)
NSF-LTER 11/01/04 - 11/01/07 (funded)
Total: $50,692

Nonlinear Transition in the California Current Coastal Pelagic Ecosystem (Co-PI)
NSF-LTER 11/01/07 - 11/01/10 (funded)
Total: $70,940

Dynamics of Ocean Climate Changes in the Gulf of Alaska (Co-PI)
NSF-OCE 03/01/05 - 03/01/08 (funded)
Total: $56,272

ROMS Data Assimilation Tools and Techniques (PI)
ONR 01/01/05 - 01/01/08 (funded)
Total: $93,654

Bayesian Hierarchical Models to Augment the Mediterranean Forecast System: Extending Ensemble Ocean Forecast Skill (Co-PI)
ONR 01/01/07 - 01/01/09 (funded)
Total: $80,000

Dynamics of anisotropic mean and time-varying structures of ocean circulation (Co-PI)
NASA 06/01/08 - 05/31/12 (funded)
Total: $238,916

Pacific Boundary Ecosystems response to natural and anthropogenic climate forcing (PI)
NSF-GLOBEC 10/01/08 - 31/09/11 (recommended)
Total: $1,330,180 ($455,00 GaTech)

EcoFore 06: Forecasting Kelp Forest Ecosystem Dynamics in Coastal CA (Co-PI)
NOAA 01/01/08 - 12/31/13 (recommended)
Total: $588,000

GRADUATE ADVISORS
Arthur J. Miller and Bruce Cornuelle (Scripps/UCSD)

POSTDOCTORAL ADVISORS
William R. Young and Stefan Lywellen-Smith (Scripps/UCSD)
James C. McWilliams (UCLA)

GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED
Vincent Combes (Ph.D.), 3rd year
Sara Vieira (Ph.D. co-advising), 3rd year
Dana Ionita (Ph.D. co-advising), 3rd year
Jason Furtado(Ph.D.), 2nd year
Lina Ceballos (Ph.D.), 2rndyear
Carina Saxton, (Ph.D.), 2nd year

POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS SUPERVISED
Ketty Chhack, 2nd year