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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

Courses:

• SIO299: Research

Mentoring:

• Franck, Lauren (Graduate; 2008-)
• Subramanian, Aneesh (Graduate; 2006-)
• Putrasahan, Dian (Graduate; 2005-)
• Song, Hajoon (Graduate; 2005-)
• 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.

2008. An adjoint sensitivity analysis of the Southern California Current circulation and ecosystem. Part I: The physical circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography, in press.